Firewall Page #6

Synopsis: With his family held for ransom, the head security executive for a global bank is commanded to loot his own business for millions in order to ensure his wife and children's safety. He then faces the demanding task of thwarting the kidnapper's grand scheme, which makes him look guilty of embezzlement.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Richard Loncraine
Production: Warner Bros.
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
PG-13
Year:
2006
105 min
$48,699,400
Website
833 Views


Yeah. I wanted something...

...sort of Dean Martin-ish,

you know what I mean?

COX:

Well, you nailed it.

You know, I had my doubts.

But after our meeting...

...I could tell Jack was

definitely interested.

And the timing was perfect.

Without the merger, Jack would

never consider leaving the bank...

...and starting up on his own.

HARRY:
How about a beer?

COX:
No, I'm good.

HARRY:
Once Jack gets his teeth into it,

there'll be no stopping him.

Thanks for pulling that proposal

together so fast.

COX:

I think I will have that beer.

HARRY:

You bet.

[GUNSHOT]

JACK:

Harry?

Harry?

Oh, Jesus.

Sure it wasn't the TV, Mrs. Levy?

WOMAN [OVER PHONE]:

No, it wasn't the damn TV.

I'm telling you,

the guy had a gun in his hand.

Okay, what'd the guy look like?

He was wearing a gray suit with,

like, a necktie.

[WHISTLES]

Sh*t.

Taxi.

Hey, taxi! Taxi!

WOMAN:

Let's go inside and play. Get your toy.

Janet?

Janet--

[SPEAKING IN ASIAN LANGUAGE]

- Janet Stone. She--

-Oh, uh...

- Thank you.

-Over there.

Janet

- Janet. Janet, let me in, please.

-What are you doing here?

- Get out of here, Jack. You're crazy!

JACK:
Let me in.

Get out!

Listen to me. Listen to me.

Listen to me.

The man who was in my office.

Mr. Redmond. He's a bank robber.

He's got Beth and the kids.

He's gonna kill them.

They may be dead already.

I need your help.

Do you understand me?

I need your help to try and save them.

Okay.

- I understand.

-Don't scream.

- Sorry.

-Shouldn't we call the police?

No. No police.

What about Harry?

Harry's dead.

Jesus.

I was at Harry's apartment

when Cox...

...or Redmond, whatever his name is,

shot him.

People there saw me

with a gun in my hand.

There's a dead man in my house.

By the time I explain to the police...

...Beth and the kids could be dead.

-God.

I need you to help me find Bobby.

- Bobby? Why?

-I need his cell phone.

I used his phone to photograph

some account code numbers.

I've gotta have it to get the money back.

Can you help me?

Yeah. I'll find his number.

VEL:
Why can't you get

a rare burger anymore?

PIM:

E. coli.

[LAUGHING]

- Everything all right?

-Yeah. Did you talk to Liam?

- No, not yet.

-Where the hell is he, man?

- Let's go.

-Now?

Yeah, now!

Sh*t.

You guys need to go

to the washroom?

Don't say I didn't ask.

Jack.

- Jesus.

-I found Bobby.

Oh, great.

[PHONE RINGING]

-It's Cox.

-Are you gonna answer?

I'm not ready to talk to him yet.

I need Bobby's cell phone first.

- And I'll need your laptop.

-No problem.

- And can we use your car?

-Problem.

Pop it! Pop it! Pop the clutch!

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Keep the gas up.

I can't believe Harry's dead.

Was he involved with Cox?

No.

No. Harry thought

he was a businessman.

But didn't Harry introduce you to Cox?

The whole...

...investment thing was just a scam.

Cox was using Harry to get next to me.

Harry didn't know about the robbery.

Cox killed him with my gun...

...to make it look as if I shot him

in a jealous rage over Beth.

Harry and Beth? Give me a break.

He planted a message from Beth

on Harry's answering machine.

Saying she...

Saying she was leaving me.

I also found some encrypted files

on his computer.

I'm sure they'd tie him and me

together in the robbery.

Cox had it all planned out.

Even the gambling debts.

We hatch this plan to rob the bank...

...then I find out my buddy is

sleeping with my wife.

After the robbery, I go to his apartment,

I kill him and l...

I disappear with the money forever.

Forever, as in dead?

I killed the man who was

supposed to kill me.

Be right back.

[CHRISTIAN ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[PHONE RINGING]

- What are you doing?

-I didn't tell Jack any of that stuff.

- Why did he say you did?

-I don't know. I'm sorry about that.

Can I borrow your cell phone?

Your cell phone, do you have it?

Can I borrow it?

Thanks.

- Here.

-Great.

Please let this work.

JACK:
Here we go.

JANET:
Now what?

I just need to find

a wire-transfer terminal.

Where are you gonna find

a bank open at this hour?

WOMAN [OVER INTERCOM]: Welcome

to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Jack, you look like a bank robber.

- Keep the motor running.

-Good luck.

Thank you.

[PHONE RINGING]

We'll see you in the morning.

I'm sorry, we're closed.

I need to get on your

wire-transfer terminal.

Absolutely. I'm sorry.

We usually don't have

a supervisor here this late.

- You can use this one.

-Thank you.

The money is put away. I--

It's not about the money.

Sit down. Sit down.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

8499116...

[PHONE RINGING]

Liam, where have you been?

Change of plans, a**hole.

Jack. Where are you?

At a bank. I just hacked

into your Cayman Island accounts.

- That's impossible.

- You think so?

I have your account details.

You just lost 20 million.

Bullshit.

What's going on?

Check the accounts.

- What for?

-Can you check the accounts, please?

Yeah.

There goes another 20 million.

- Come on.

-I'm going as fast as I can.

We're down 40 million.

Now you know what it feels like

to lose what you love.

- Another account just cleared.

-That was for Harry.

Your family are dead. Do you hear me?

They are dead!

For all I know, they're dead already.

He emptied another one.

You're down to your last 20 million.

- Talk to your husband.

-Jack?

I love you. Just do whatever you can

to save the children.

I am, baby. I love you too.

[DOG BARKING]

Put the money back

or I'll put a bullet through her head.

You do anything to her

or my children...

...and you don't get a dime.

It's all gone.

Jack, calm down.

If you calm down, we can talk this--

You'll get the money

when I get my family.

Tomorrow morning, when

the banks open. I'll let you know where.

- Yeah, I'll be there.

-Do you hear me?

- I'll be there. Just--

-Don't bother calling me.

Because I've got nothing to say

to you.

- You need to get out of here.

-What?

- I pushed the silent alarm.

-When?

A couple of minutes ago. I'm sorry.

PIM:

Liam was gonna take care of him.

Put the woman back in the van.

- How you gonna give me my money?!

-Put her back in the van!

COX:

Shut up!

Sh*t.

- Move it!

-Just a second. Here he is.

- Get out of here, now.

-Sorry.

What happened?

They're alive.

Thank God.

I just bet everything on Cox's greed.

I got the money.

So we still got a chance.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna meet Cox at the bank

in the morning.

- How are you gonna get in?

-I can't. You can.

You fired me, remember?

I don't have a pass.

Barking. Jesus, he was barking.

- Jack?

-He was...

Pull over. Pull over here.

[HORNS HONKING]

Jack, what are you doing?

I heard Rusty barking.

- He's with Beth and the kids in the van.

-So?

He's got this...

...GPS. He's got this GPS thing.

You're not making any sense.

He was running away all the time...

...so we got him a collar

with a GPS locator.

It's from this website.

If he's still got it on...

Got him. There they are.

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Joe Forte

Joe Forte is an American painter and filmmaker. Born in New Jersey, he is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. As a screenwriter Forte is best known for Firewall, the 2006 thriller starring Harrison Ford and the 2005 film, Say I Do. As a painter he is known for Wonder, a solo exhibition of his baseball card (paintings), which was shown at Bergamot Station's James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, in Oct-Nov of 2008. He is the director of the upcoming documentary Storyteller: The Wonderful, Magical Life of the Man Who Saved Ben Hur. Forte lives in Los Angeles, United States and has been a mentor, teacher, consultant and panelist for UCLA, the Sedona Film Festival, Scriptfest, Cinestory, Film Victoria (Australia) and New South Wales (Australia). more…

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