Forced to Fight Page #2

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I don't fight anymore.

Well, you could have fooled me.

Arn over here's still got a headache.

With a little training, who knows?

Besides, everybody loves a comeback.

No way. It's not gonna happen.

That's pretty whimsical.

Looky here.

You fight again,

you get your brother off the hook.

I make some cash, you make some cash.

And your family you can't say wouldn't

be happy with a little bit of loot, right?

You keep my family out of this.

Now, how am I gonna do that?

Everybody's rolled

into a little ball like a bunch of kittens.

Are you threatening me?

Are you threatening my family?

Now, that's a glass-half-empty way

of looking at it.

I'm offering you a choice.

You fight, or I am gonna hound,

I am gonna dog your brother

right into a pine box.

And don't think about

squirreling him away someplace,

'cause I will get my 64K.

You said 62.

Yeah, well now there's a little bit of vig

for me suffering the goddamn degradation

for coming down to this shithole

and talking to you.

Now think about it. Get out.

Start the car, Arnold.

(ENGINE STARTING)

He never thinks of anybody but himself!

I mean, when the hell is he gonna grow up?

I'm sick and tired

of all the messes he gets into.

And I'm sick and tired

of taking care of him all my life.

And now what?

I'm supposed to give up my life for him?

We can leave.

We'll take James, we'll get out of here.

- We'll lose everything.

- We'll make it.

Look, Connie, I don't have

a lot of marketable skills.

And I'm not going to make a living

as a grease monkey

working at somebody else's place.

So you wanna get beat up for a living?

You saw what happened to your brother.

He was stupid. He tried to cut out on Danny.

They nearly killed him, Shane.

Look, Con, it's just a few fights

until this nightmare is over

and then we'll get our lives back.

I just don't like it.

Con, you never saw me fight.

I was pretty good at this.

But besides,

I just don't see we have any other choice.

It's gotta be done.

(SIGHS)

DANNY G:
Well, if he could've done

any better, he would've done it by now.

And I want 50K, that's it,

spent on those upgrades.

And don't call me at this number again

till you get it done.

So what's all this?

It's all for the new venue.

See, things have gotten very, very, very

vanilla since you quit this business.

People wanna see real brutality,

they gotta go underground.

Venue changes every two weeks,

but to the world it all looks the same,

streamed into my service

from Eastern Europe.

Well,

here you are.

What, you get tired of fixing fenders?

So how much do I make for each fight?

Seven K each fight only if you win.

So we're talking about

nine fights?

Only if you win.

Then again, you fix your brother's debt,

I'm only doing this

till Scotty's debt is cleared.

Then I'm out.

Yeah, that's what they all say.

So when do I get started?

How about now?

(SHANE GRUNTS)

DANNY G:
Stop it, cut it out.

You don't wanna kill him.

(GROANS)

This is killing me.

Look, I don't know

where you've been these last two years,

you've been living under a rock or something,

You gotta cutout

this pansy Muay Thai dancing sh*t.

Get with wrestling holds, judo, jujitsu.

You don't understand these takedowns,

you're not gonna last one round.

I don't give a f*** how quick you are.

I'm a stand-up fighter, all right?

That's what I do.

Stand-up?

This ain't stand-up, this is anything goes!

This is head butts, this is knees, eye-gouging,

punches to the groin, break your fingers.

Some tvvo-ton mutt is gonna knock you down,

sit on your face, bite you on the balls,

and he don't give a sh*t

whether it looks like bi-curious man play,

you're done.

And you're not gonna find

a ring doc to come in here

So get with the program or get out.

Now let's do it again.

Sh*t!

(GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

SHANE:
Sh*t!

(GRUNTS)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(SCREAMS)

SHANE:
I'm not gonna pretend I like this.

I resent being put in this position

and I resent being put in this position by you,

but you're my brother,

and I'm doing it

because I think it's the right thing to do.

But you screw up once and you're out.

I catch you doing drugs, you're out.

I catch you selling drugs, you're out.

I catch you bringing girls in or making bets

or any of that garbage that you're into,

you're out.

I hope I made myself perfectly clear.

SCOTTY:
Yeah, look,

lgetH,okay?

And whatever you say.

lwon't screw up, I promise.

This is your last chance, Scotty.

Yeah, I understand that, just...

I won't disappoint you, okay?

Look at the state of you.

Yeah, I know.

Not cool, huh?

You like that I'm here?

(GRUNTS)

Phew!

(PANTING)

SHANE:
I'm ready.

I'm ready to fight.

I'm tired of this bullshit training.

(GRUNTS)

ls that all you got?

Oh, this is just so dreary.

Sh*t.

Go home, Shane.

Go home and come back when you're ready

to learn how to fight, okay?

Just go home.

By the way, this is Dracul "The Killer" Lupe,

my latest acquisition, Shane.

Now, he can fight.

(BREATH ES H EAVILY)

(LAUGHING) N0, don't even look at him.

Don't go there.

Don't go there, Shane.

CONNIE:
We're home.

SCOTTY:
I'm in here.

Well, I'm cooking dinner.

So I see.

You can cook?

Well, we'll soon see about that.

- Uh-oh.

- James.

Hey, buddy. How's it hanging?

- Fine.

- Okay, well, do you wanna come over here

and give your Uncle Scotty a hand

because I'm kind of all elbows,

or should I say one elbow?

CONNIE:
Uh, butjust for like an hour or so,

he's got homework to do.

SCOTTY:
Okay.

All right, promise.

(EGG CRACKS)

That's gotta suck.

Um...

I mean, you know,

you gotta do what you gotta do, right, kid?

I guess.

I got an A in my math quiz today.

You got an A?

Wow, that's...

That's really cool. You know,

I don't think I ever got an A in anything.

No. No, I didn't.

Too stupid, you know.

You're not stupid, you're a fighter.

It's the same thing, kid.

Believe me, it's that same thing.

Well, you're gonna love

your Uncle Scotty's pizza.

The best in town.

(GRUNTING)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

CONNIE:
Okay, he's down.

Dinner was good, huh?

You know, next time I'll make meatloaf.

You cannot miss with meatloaf.

Pizza? New experience for me.

Listen, man, you don't need to do this, okay?

Once I'm back on my feet,

I'll sort it outwith Danny.

I'm doing it, okay?

I just need to get my first fight.

Right now

I'm getting my ass kicked for nothing.

Listen, Shane,

I know what you're going through, man.

Now that's the game,

that's what people come to see.

If I wanted your advice, I'd ask for it.

And I don't fight dirty.

Well, you better start, man,

or you can quit now.

You know what?

I've got work to finish downstairs.

(GRUNTS)

Yep.

Yep.

DANNY GI N0.

No.

Bigger.

Yeah.

I don't know.

Yeah, no.

(\/ELCRO RIPPING)

(\/ELCRO RIPPING)

DANNY G:
What about Saturday?

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Yep.

It's nothing personal.

(GRUNTS)

Yeah, Saturday. Hang on, I'll call you back.

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

BOTH:
Hey.

Hey, guys.

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