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Synopsis: BOOTED OUT of his comfortable suburban house by his father for being gay after being outed by his manipulative stepmother, Ethan Mao, 18, survives on the street as a hustler selling sex to older men. He meets Remigio, 19, a drug dealer and sometime hustler, who befriends Ethan and takes him in. After being tipped off by his younger brother that his family is going on a day trip on Thanksgiving Day, Ethan asks Remigio for a ride to his family house to get some of his belongings and a necklace that belonged to his late mother. Ethan and Remigio break into Ethan's family house, but are caught in the act and believe they have no choice other than to hold his father, stepmother, and bullying stepbrother hostage. In the following increasingly desperate hours, Ethan, his family, and Remigio are forced to confront their unresolved conflicts between each other. As the tension between Ethan and his family escalates, their inner demons and family secrets unravel in this suspenseful drama.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Quentin Lee
Production: TLA Releasing
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
29
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
Year:
2004
87 min
Website
63 Views


Sure. It's you hood

Wow, nice TV!

Why don't you sit here

and watch TV?

Oh, but we shouldn't

make any noise

Good thinking. I'll pay for the cable

when we get back, all right?

Hey, do you need any help?

No, I'm cool. Won't be long

Noel, who do you keep calling?

Just checking the weather, Dad

Ethan?

Where did you leave it?

On the dressing table, I suppose

Get up!

Listen, Sir, I was just -

Put it down. Put down the photo

Raise you hands and walk

towards me out of the room

Are you alone?

Yes, Sir

Now turn around and

walk downstairs

Drop the gun

Ethan?

I said drop the f***ing gun

Remigio

What are you doing here?

You know, Dad, I worked for you

since I was eleven...

and not once have I gotten paid

So what are you going to do?

Just stay back

Go ahead, you f*ggot! I dare you!

Let him go. Let him go, Sir!

What's going on?

I need to use the bathroom

I need to use the restroom too

Get up. Move

Abe?

What the hell?

Shut up, Josh

Just do what he says

Ethan, what are you doing?

This ingrate has come back

to rob us

You're gonna fry for this

You think I'm still going

to take your sh*t?

Ethan, no

For all the years you've

been shitting on me and Noel

I really feel like blowing

your brains out right now

Ethan, he's your brother

You mustn't hurt him

My brother? He's not my brother

He never treated me like one

And you are a back-stabbing b*tch

Look at me

Look me in the eyes and...

tell me you didn't take that

magazine from my room

I just found it, Ethan

My mother loved you and

worked for you all her life and...

you treated her like a dog

This woman is a leech

and you treated her like a queen

What do you see in her?

Don't talk to me like this

I talk to you however

the f*** I please

You've got our money. Now leave

Don't you ever come back again

or I'll kill you, you monster

Maybe I'm a monster

But I didn't ask to be born

And one more thing

I want my mom's necklace back

It isn't worth anything

It's not yours. Where is it?

It's not here. It's in the safety

deposit box at the bank

It's Thanksgiving, Ethan

Well, then. We just have

to wait till tomorrow morning

Get it first thing, and we'll leave

But until we're gone, you'll all

listen to me for a change

Honey, let me take a look

You don't have to look

Mom. I feel fine

So Ethan, how've you been?

I'm still breathing

We haven't heard

from you in months

We're all very worried about you

I don't know what happened

between you and your father -

You knew exactly what happened

You couldn't wait to show him

the magazine, could you?

Whatever happened, Ethan

let's just put it all behind us

You are part of the family

F*** you!

Abraham, talk to your son

About what?

You're scared, aren't you? You're

scared for yourself and your baby

Ethan, there has been a great deal

of misunderstanding between...

all of us. It shouldn't

have come to this

Just shut up, b*tch!

I need to take a crap

So?

So can I use the bathroom?

Please?

Please, your majesty

Go. Downstairs

Sh*t!

Motherf***er!

Watch them

I'm gonna f***ing shoot you

if you're on your cell phone

Open the door!

Stop!

C'mon, Ethan. We've never gotten

a chance to do this man-to-man

Remigio!

Dad!

I'm fine

Get up!

Why did you shoot Dad?

He was trying to kill us

I said get up. Now move

Oh my God, Abe

What happened?

My son shot me

Josh, Josh! Are you all right?

Yeah. I'm all right, Mom

Just don't hurt my son

He started it all

I've got to get some

bandages for Dad

Go!

Everyone stays still

It's Mrs. Harvisham

What the f*** does she want?

I'll deal with her

Noel, go take care of her

Do you know what day this is?

It's Thanksgiving

Exactly. This is a very

important national holiday

So if you could please

keep the noise level down

which means no banging

no screaming

And please don't play your Hong

Kong action movies too loud

Do you understand?

Yes, Mrs. Harvisham

Good day!

She's gone. Where's Ethan?

He'll be right back

And I suggested all of you

turn in your cell phones

And you?

Gracias

Josh, honey

Leave me alone, Mom

Don't talk to your mother like this

She's my mom

And I talk to her the way I want

Besides you're not my father

Josh, I love you

I know, Mom. And I don't have

to hear it all the time

Will you help me tie them up?

If that's what you want

Ethan, take the money

and tomorrow morning

we'll get you the necklace

I hope a gag won't be necessary

Why are you doing this to us?

Because I feel like it

Sarah!

This is all your fault

Your son is a psycho

You've made your point

Please don't put us through this

I don't trust you anymore

I have to pee

Piss in your pants

Look Ethan, I may be an a**hole

But I don't lie

You have my word that

I won't do anything stupid

and I'll make sure

no one else does

I will untie you when I feel like it

Now that I have

everyone's attention

you better call Aunty May

and tell her...

that you guys aren't going

to make it to Roy Town

How did you know we were

going to Roy Town today?

Just a guess

Roy Town is your favorite place

Noel, you called him

with the alarm code in the car

didn't you?

Yes, he did

Noel... I'll kill you -

If any of you touches a strand

of my brother's hair

I'll hunt you down and

put a bullet in your head

He's my son

I work all my life to put a roof

over my children's head

put them through school

give them what they need...

I don't know what more

they want from me

For you, all there is is money

That's all your children need

They just need your money

And that's exactly what I'm here for

Your stinking money

I need to use the bathroom

I said, "Piss in your pants, b*tch!"

Feeling better?

You call Aunty May and

make it sound good

Hello May... it's Abe here

Yes, something came up and

we're not coming over anymore

Yeah. Sarah's not feeling well

Yeah... okay... I'm sorry. Hold on

She wants to talk to you

Hi, May. I got a really

bad stomachache

We'll give it to you

some other time

Listen, say hi to Chuen for me

and have fun. And Ethan

Ethan, you have

humiliated us enough

They got the point

I don't know what more

you want from us

We'll give you what you came for

And we'll listen to all your

reasonable demands

in the meantime

But please, untie us!

Do we have a deal?

Fine

I want your word

You have my word

So this is a done deal

And no one is gonna

do anything contrary. Josh?

You have my word

Sarah? And Noel?

Yes, Dad

Tomorrow, only one of you goes

Well it has to be Sarah

The safety deposit box

is under her name

Don't worry. I'll give it to you...

it's not worth anything

Don't you get it?

It's not how much it's worth

It's all I have of her

So everyone understands

and is going to abide by this deal

Including you

Don't worry

I want nothing from you guys

I'm only here because of Ethan

But if any of you comes

at me with a knife again

I'll have no problem

in shooting him or her

May I please go and

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Quentin Lee

Quentin Lee (Chinese name: Chinese: 李孟熙; pinyin: Lǐ Mèngxī; Cantonese Yale: Lei5 Maang6 Hei1; born 1971 in Hong Kong) is a Canadian and American film writer, director and producer. He is most notable for the films The Unbidden (2016), White Frog (2012), The People I've Slept With (2009), Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), Flow (1996), and the film short To Ride a Cow (1993). Lee also co-directed Shopping for Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and gay, two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films. He attended UCLA film school. more…

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