Falling Down Page #5

You're a sick a**hole.

What kind of vigilante are you?

I am not a vigilante.

I'm just trying to get home

for my little girl's birthday.

And if everybody will stay

out of my way, nobody will get hurt.

F*** you!

Who the f*** are you?

Are you f***ing with me?

I am just disagreeing with you!

In America, we have freedom of speech,

the right to disagree!

F*** you and your freedom!

Who the f*** are you?

You f***!

You f*ggot f***!

Gonna take my rocket.

I ought to shoot you, motherf***er!

Now turn around!

Now lean on that counter!

Go on, lean on it!

Look at this sh*t!

What is this doing in there?

-F*ggot sh*t!

-No!

You want freedom, huh?

I'll give you f***ing freedom!

Further back.

Feet farther back.

Spread them out.

Farther.

You're going to jail, motherf***er!

How's that for freedom?

Freedom to get f***ed up the ass

by some big buck n*gger.

Give me your hand.

He's gonna be right behind you,

just like this.

Think about it.

You gonna like that, f*ggot?

You gonna like that, you f*ggot f***?

Give me your other hand.

-I can't.

-Why not?

Gravity.

Gravity?

What the f*** does that mean?

I'll fall down.

Now give me your other hand!

Give it to me now!

Give it to me! Give it to me!

Come on. Come on.

Give it to me.

This isn't one of mine.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

FOSTER:

Good!

Freedom of religion.

Now you get the swing of it!

Feels good to exercise your rights.

I'm listening.

We got a nutcase

with a bag full of guns.

He's in Hollywood, heading west.

YARDLEY:

What is he up to?

PRENDERGAST:

He's up to a lot of trouble.

Never mind, we've got

a hallway full of suspects.

It wasn't a gang thing.

I can tell you that.

Angelina is a tramp and a liar.

We don't appreciate you interfering

with our investigation.

I've got a positive I.D.

on the gym bag, okay?

What's this?

A gym bag.

Does this mean you're

putting me under arrest?

You guys take off.

I gave you that speech earlier...

...because that's regulations.

They make me do it.

This one's from me.

I've never liked you.

You know why? You don't curse.

I don't trust a man who doesn't curse.

Not a "f***" or a "sh*t" in all

these years. Real men curse.

And I don't like a man

who's afraid to hit the street.

-It's bad for morale.

-I'm not afraid.

Get back behind that desk

where you belong...

...and don't waste any more of my time

pretending you're a cop.

A man in a white shirt and tie shot up

a phone booth near the Whammyburger.

-Did you hear me?

-I heard you.

Right about here, right?

How did you know?

He got the bag of guns

at the drive-by.

Then you were right.

Excuse me.

-What is wrong with you?

-Me?

I'm a coward, the captain told me.

Get out of my way.

Hey, look. It is your own fault.

You let everybody think that,

when it was your wife.

She made you get off the street.

What happens between me and my wife

is nobody's business but mine!

Sorry, I've been a b*tch all day.

She didn't make me quit.

I came home late one night...

...and found her sitting in the dark.

She thought I'd been killed.

She thought I was a ghost.

I had to chase her all over the house.

-I'm sorry.

-Forget it.

-Where are you going?

-See if I can earn my last day's pay.

Let me go with you.

I thought you were on duty.

What do you say, partner?

F*** them!

Go!

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

FOSTER:

Who were you talking to a while ago?

You're trying to scare me.

Am I succeeding?

No, you're not succeeding.

So you just might as well stop it.

And you're not scaring me

out of my own house.

And you're not coming here.

But I am. I'm on my way.

You can count on that.

I'm past the point of no return.

Do you know when that is?

That's the point in a journey...

...where it's longer to go back

to the beginning...

...than it is to continue

to the end.

It's like...

Remember when those

astronauts got in trouble?

They were going to the moon

and something went wrong.

They had to get back to Earth...

...but they had passed

the point of no return.

So they had to go all the way

around the moon to get back...

...and they were

out of contact for hours.

Everybody waited to see

if a bunch of dead guys in a can...

...would pop out the other side.

That's me.

On the other side of the moon now...

...out of contact...

...and everybody's just going

to have to wait till I pop out.

The police are here.

Did you know, Beth...

...that in certain South American

countries it's still legal...

...to kill your wife

if she insults you?

They're here right now.

I'm looking at one right now.

Put him on the phone.

SANDRA:
What are we gonna do?

PRENDERGAST:
Talk to the Korean guy.

PRENDERGAST:

Then we just start banging on doors.

SANDRA:

What is it?

Where are you going?

I'll be right back.

I'm sure the guy will

let you use his bathroom.

Prendergast, what are you doing?

I know who this guy is!

Who is he?

He had a personalized license plate.

What the hell was it?

It said, "D-Fens."

Defense?

D-dash-F-E-N-S.

"D-Fens."

They said he was on his way home.

Go check out his address.

Mr. Lee!

Defense!

BETH:

Honey, honey. No, no.

Hold it! Back up.

MAN:
You dumb b*tch! You cut me off!

What's wrong with you!

Move back! Out of the way!

What are you, a moron?

If I wanted to be in a parking lot,

I'd buy a ticket, you dumb b*tch!

You can't come this way.

What are you doing?

Fixing the street!

What does it look like?

Two days ago, it was fine.

You're saying

it fell apart in two days?

Well, I guess so.

Pardon me, but that's bullshit!

I don't think anything's

wrong with the street.

You're trying

to justify your budgets.

-Are you nuts?

-I know how it works.

If you don't spend your budget,

you won't get any money next year.

I want you to admit

nothing's wrong with the street!

F*** you, pal!

You're not gonna hold us hostage with

these yellow lights and big trucks.

I'm just here to keep people

from falling in. That's all.

I want to hear it from you.

What's wrong with the street?

I don't know. I really don't.

I think it's a sewer job.

You're lying.

What's wrong with the street?

Nothing.

I knew it.

See, I knew it was fine.

But I'll give you something to fix.

WORKER:
Oh, Jesus--

-Here!

WORKER:
Hey, Charlie!

Oh, please, man!

We got a goddamn nut here!

WORKER:

F***ing guy back there with a bazooka!

Pull that thing off.

-What thing?

-That.

Then pull on both ends.

It gets bigger.

Like this?

Now flip that thing up.

It's your aimer.

How do you know?

I saw it on TV.

What's the name of the movie?

What's the movie you're making?

Under Construction. You like it?

It's all right.

Where's the cameras?

The cameras are on.

Just stand back.

What do I do now?

Just look through the aimer.

What you aiming at?

That yellow monster down there.

Look at it and pull the trigger.

It's really easy.

Trigger?

That one right there.

But aim first, man.

Look out!

-Nothing happened.

-Must have been a dud or something.

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