Empire State Page #5

Synopsis: After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis (Liam Hemsworth), settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck Company. Chris makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, Eddie (Michael Angarano), and is soon unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored there - resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S. History. As the stakes continue to rise, Chris and Eddie must outwit James Ransone (Dwayne Johnson), the veteran NYPD Detective that is hot on their trail, as well as the local crime bosses that want to know who pulled a job on their turf, or suffer the consequences.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Dito Montiel
Production: The Film Arcade
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.2
R
Year:
2013
94 min
302 Views


in the whole place at night.

Uh, yeah.

- Where the f*** were you?

- Chris.

You know, Eddie was just

telling us about the 25Gs.

That true you're

the only guy there at night?

We were just talking, bro.

Yeah, so, you know,

I'm just curious,

you know, how can... how can you take

that much and they don't know nothing?

- Hmm?

- Tell them how they leave

the truck outside overnight

with the f***ing money in it.

- Enough, Eddie, okay?

- Tell them that.

Whatever you guys

are thinking, forget it.

Guys, he doesn't know

what he's talking about.

- Chris, it's... it's a simple 1-2-3...

- Enough, okay? Enough.

Eddie, why would you say

anything to those people?

I mean, it's like

you're retarded. Mike...

I mean, he's a maniac,

you know that.

We were just talking, bro, relax.

You already said that.

Besides the fact,

they work for Spiro!

F*** Spiro.

They don't give a sh*t about Spiro,

nobody does.

You know you didn't tell me

that they leave the truck

outside overnight for no reason.

You know you wanted me

to put it in action, bro.

Put what into action?

Listen, you idiot,

get whatever stupid idea is

in your head out of your head.

Seriously, let me ask you, what's

the worst that could happen, what?

What did Georgie get that

one time for auto theft, a year?

And a year ain't worth

a chance at a million dollars?

We're not talking about

robbing a car, Eddie.

I'm not cleaning lambjizz

the rest of my life, bro.

My father died when he was 42.

Your father... no offense,

but he just got canned

- for cleaning Spiro's toilets.

- Watch your mouth.

All right,

I'm sorry. Look,

all I'm saying is think about it, okay?

Just think about it when you go

to your house tonight, okay?

Worst-case scenario, I go to jail

for robbing a f***ing truck,

you know, for a year.

Anything else, we're set.

We're set.

F***ing think about it.

We're set, bro.

Hamilton Bohannon, 1978.

Have a great night, New York.

Look at you, buddy.

Sitting in there with $25 million.

That's a lot of money.

Okay, Eddie, the diner, tonight.

Look, Chris, I just gotta know that

this a**hole can keep his mouth shut.

Okay?

If Spiro finds out, we're dead,

- me and Jimmy.

- Why, you don't trust me?

No!

Listen, no more bullshitting, okay?

This is serious.

And Mike's right.

Nobody but us knows anything

about anything, okay?

What's his problem?

I just... I just think

if we're going to do this,

we should let Spiro in on it, no?

You tell Spiro, he'll want it all.

Yeah, but we don't have

to give it to him all.

See what I'm saying?

Eddie's right.

He's trlos, but he's right.

Spiro can't know nothing.

What, you don't think

he's gonna find out?

No, I don't.

Okay.

Okay, Jimmy.

I'm serious.

We're serious.

Are you good with that?

Hey.

He's asking you a question.

Eh, I'm out.

- F*** it.

- You're out.

You don't need me for this.

You got two guys anyway.

I was going to do construction

at the movie theater this weekend.

All right?

I'm gonna go.

Look, I'm still in

for the Colombian deal.

All right?

However that goes down,

but this...

it's... no.

No, I'm gonna go.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

F*** him.

More money for me then, right?

Okay.

Don't worry, all right, Chris?

Don't worry.

He knows I'd kill him.

We're good.

Right.

Okay okay.

Okay, this...

is Empire.

Okay, Thursday night

I'll be the only one there.

Eddie, off Boston Road

there'll be a fence.

At the top of the fence,

there'll be a camera.

I want you to break it.

The next night... Friday night...

- the guards will be out by 8:00.

- I'll see you tomorrow.

Nobody gets overtime, so believe me,

they'll be out like clockwork.

8:
00 sharp.

There's a phone booth

two blocks away on Jerome Avenue.

You and Mike will go there

and you'll wait.

I'll go inside,

so I'll make sure everything's cool.

But I'm serious,

you stay out there and you'll wait.

And nothing happens until I call you.

Nothing... until I call.

Hey, whoa whoa whoa, hey!

He's okay, he's okay, he's okay,

he's okay. Anyone else here?

- Is anyone here?!

- What? No.

- All right.

- What's going on?

We got a tip a crew's coming in here.

You know anything about it?

- Do you know anything about it?

- No no.

All right, get up on the roof.

Staircase's right there.

Secure that door.

Check the perimeter.

Everyone, move!

I've been upstairs,

downstairs, all over the place.

Nothing in here.

Camera look like it's out of order,

but hey,

what you gonna do, huh?

Other than that,

not a mice stirring.

Do you have any idea how many

violations are going on in this place?

- It's crazy.

- Yeah yeah,

it's about as secure

as a candy shop.

- Hey, it's only money, right?

- Yeah, exactly.

All right, I'll take one

last look around the premises.

- Just holler.

- For sure.

Mind if I do a few sets

on your thing over there?

You know,

knock yourself out.

'Cause it's Nautilus by the gym

over by my place.

You know what they say?

Dead weight,

that's the only way

to really get

that size on, you know?

Gotta feel that burn.

- Yeah.

- Little hard work,

no big shirts.

You know how it is.

Yo?

The f***ing cops are here,

you hear me?

- Are you f***ing kidding me?

- F***ing cops...

- they're already inside and I f***ing...

- Yo!

Hey hey hey,

what was that there?

- That?

- Yeah, what was that?

Naw, I was just, uh...

you know,

I was talking to my mother.

- That was your mother?

- No, she was...

I don't know, she was doing

some cooking or something.

- I'm gonna go use the bathroom, okay?

- Yeah, it's right down there.

You sure you don't

want to call her back?

No no, that's okay.

That's what I'm talking about.

I think we got

something out here, boss.

Roger that.

On the move.

Let's roll.

Enough with the weights.

- Everyone move!

- Let's go. Move!

F***.

How are things going out there?

Come on, talk to me.

Two perps,

both armed, masks on.

- One just slipped the fence.

- Anyone else?

Negative.

Roger that.

- You ready?

- Ready.

You stay.

- You ready?

- I'm ready.

Let's do this.

Freeze! I said freeze,

drop your weapons!

Ah sh*t, get back.

Stay down, stay down. Don't move.

Johnson, call for backup.

Call for backup.

There's shots fired down here!

- We need backup!

- What do you see, Ronny?

Talk to me, buddy.

Talk to me.

The bald perp's behind the trucks.

No eyes on him.

If they move, I got 'em.

Okay, you see anything,

you talk to me, you got it?

Roger that.

- Johnson, get to the back.

- Roger. I got it.

Stay here, don't move.

You hear?

- What are you...

- Don't move, stay there!

Any visuals, Ronny?

Huh-uh, nothing yet.

Dispatch,

we've got guns fired here.

We're gonna need backup at Empire.

Situation just got real.

10-71, code two Jerome Avenue.

- Yeah.

- We need backup! We need backup here!

Got eyes on one.

By the gate, by the gate!

No hits, sir.

One's still behind the truck.

Roger. Stay the course.

Two cars headed over.

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Adam Mazer

Adam Mazer is an American screenwriter. He is the writer of HBO Film’s biopic, You Don't Know Jack, about the life of assisted-suicide advocate, Jack Kevorkian.Mazer was the co-writer of the 2007 Universal Pictures feature film, Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney. Directed by Billy Ray, Breach is based on the true story of the FBI’s most notorious spy, Robert Hanssen. Adam and his former partner, Bill Rotko, optioned the rights of the young FBI aide who worked side-by-side with Robert Hanssen and played a vital role in his arrest. The movie was released in February, 2007. He’s recently finished the screenplay, The Sentry Keep; based on the true story of a 1982 New York City armored car company heist, that at the time, was the largest cash heist in U.S. history. Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Fighting) is attached to direct. The movie is being produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films. He’s also currently working on a one-hour TV pilot, Contingency, with the television production company, Reveille (The Office, Ugly Betty). Contingency is set in the early 1980s and explores the wild early days of a Personal Injury law firm. Additionally, he wrote the one-hour TV pilot, Ghosts, for the CW Network. The drama deals with the personal and professional lives of young undercover FBI Agents who work in an elite unit called the “Special Surveillances Group”. Prior, Adam sold the family comedy, Big Baby, (co-written with Gregg Lichtenstein) to Warner Brothers with Neal Moritz and Richard Suckle producing, and Raja Gosnell attached to direct. Adam was a founding partner of Point Blank Entertainment where he was an Associate Producer on the outrageous ensemble comedy, Super Troopers. The film was sold at the Sundance Film Festival and released in 2002 by Fox Searchlight. Adam’s other efforts include his screenplay, The Amateur which was set up with the Kennedy-Marshall Company. Based on true events, The Amateur tells the story of 19-year-old golfer Francis Ouimet’s remarkable underdog victory at the 1913 U.S. Open. He also wrote the police corruption drama, Officer Down, the comic book fantasy adventure, The Last Ride of Waterloo Clyde, and Shelter From the Storm – an adaptation of Stephen Miller’s southern mystery novel, A Woman in the Yard. Upon graduating from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1989, Adam moved to Los Angeles and partnered with Bill Rotko (A&E’s recent The Beast) until 2005. They sold their first screenplay, Freeze – a harrowing Antarctic action-adventure – to Columbia Pictures and Mandalay Pictures. more…

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