Godspeed Page #5

Synopsis: Na Dow carries out his drug-delivering routine by taking a cab down south and returning in the same cab on the same day. One day he reluctantly gets into a shabby taxi driven by the carefree, innocent Xu, who came to Taiwan more than 20 years ago and somehow decided to stay. Na Dow's plan to reform himself and Xu's wish for a peaceful life take a wrong turn when they become the target of a mob attack. The drugs and the money are gone, and both Na Dow and Xu are held hostage in the trunk of a car.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Mong-Hong Chung
  3 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Year:
2016
111 min
175 Views


Follow this road backward

Drive about half an hour or so

You'll see a sign

To Kouhu Township

You'll see a Jizo statue

Then turn left,

and not long after you'll hit a levee

Turn right following the levee,

then turn left at the first fork

You'll see that Mercedes

There'll be someone there to receive you

We have two packages stashed

in the car

You need to take those

two packages and go

Back to Taipei

Take it to the old spot

Put it somewhere safe

You understand?

Why didn't we take the

goods and money

straight back to Taipei?

The farther we are from it, the better

If we're too close

and something happens

We won't be able to get away

Boss

You let Brother Wen go like that

You're not worried he's going

to come for us someday?

Ever since I visited Brother Tuo that time

I always thought Ah Wen was odd

I just didn't think

something would happen so fast

Brother Tuo's already gone

His death brings me pain

But would killing one or two more

Relieve that pain?

I don't think so

In our line of work

If someone comes looking for us

Or someone comes to kill us

Would one more

Ah Wen make a difference?

In a little While, I'll talk with Red Eye

If we can continue doing business

We'll do business

If we can't do business

We'll see what happens then

What is it?

What?

What is it? Say it

That day I took you to airport

I told you, have a good trip

I just suddenly felt like wishing you

a smooth journey

There was no special meaning

Why'd you suddenly bring this up?

Brother Tuo called me recently

I don't know how he got my number

He never called me before

He talked about other stuff first

Then he said

When you told your boss

to have a good trip

It seems you made him concerned

He told me to find a chance

to explain it to you

Do you believe people can live

to 1400 years old?

Holy sh*t

Too amazing

Good as f***ing new

I can't bear to sit on it

You move pretty f***ing fast

You know what?

A few days ago my phone rang

I took one look

Turns out it was a reminder

for my birthday

Holy sh*t

I only just f***ing realized

I'm already fifty years old

Afterwards I was bored

I kept checking my cellphone

Damn thing jumped past the year 3000

Then the f***ing display said

I was 1400 years old

Are these calendar programmers

Sick in the head?

1400 years old

You're being too emotional

I'm not motherfucking emotional

I just don't like people mocking me

F***ing 1400 years

They're motherfucking mocking me

They think I don't know

How long I can live?

Can we turn back?

Young Boss

I don't care where you go anymore

I'm out of strength

I can't go on driving

If you pay or not

It doesn't matter

Then can I borrow your car?

What?

Can I borrow your car?

Can you borrow my car?

Can you borrow my car?

I'll tell you

Twenty years ago,

times were bad in Hong Kong

I was still young

I had this idea

Why not go see the world outside?

I ended up going a lot of places

Finally came to Taiwan

Settled down without much thought

Someone said

Driving a taxi makes good money

And you can learn the language

I bought a car right away

This car here

Year after year passed

I haven't made money

Haven't learned the language well

You could tell from listening right away

I soon met my wife

We married

Had a child

It's damn bullshit been over twenty years

I don't know how the time passed

I don't have any ideas now

I just tell myself each day

If I can drive another year, I'll drive

If I can drive another day, I'll drive

Hong Kong's pretty close to Taiwan

I used to go back once in a while

to see friends

See relatives

Not anymore

But in Taiwan

I have a home

And a wife, and a kid

I don't know why

I feel like my possessions grew fewer

and fewer

The only one thing

I'm certain I have now

Is this car

Even though it's a little worn

A little Old

No one would flag it down in daylight

Including you

But that's fine

I can drive at night

They can't tell at night

They just see headlights

Can't see it's a rundown car

By the time they wave me down

There's no problem

They'll get on

They feel obliged

The truth is,

we were born without possessions

I think, to be able to have this car

ls already a great fortune

What was your question again?

Nothing

Nothing

Young Boss

I'm really exhausted

You've got two choices now

The first, is stay here

And wait for me to wake up

Or else go on by yourself

Dear Listeners

Our program is near the end again

Today we want to play the song

"Subaru" by Shinji Tanimura

as a farewell to our friends

We look forward to meeting you

in the air tomorrow

Wish everybody happiness

Thank you and goodbye

Thirty nine plus two

Forty

Forty plus one

Forty one

Forty one plus two

Forty three

Forty three plus three

Forty five

Forty five plus two

Wu

Forty seven

Forty seven plus three

Fifty

Fifty plus two

Fifty two

Fifty two plus one

Fifty three

Fifty three plus three

Fifty six

Fifty six plus two

Fifty seven

Fifty seven plus three

Sixty

Sixty plus one

Sixty one

Sixty one plus two

Sixty three

Sixty three plus three

What's this for?

It's for you

I don't need this much money

I came here to give you the money

Actually,

I finished my business a while ago

But I needed to wait for

the breakfast shops to open

It took some time to buy

steamed dumplings

How'd you know I'd still be here?

I didn't know

I assumed you were so tired

You ought to have slept a while

Either way, if you weren't here when

I returned

I'd drive around to search

If you'd really gone

I'd look you up back in Taipei

How'd you get there yesterday?

Stole someone's car

It was that late

And there were still cars to steal?

I just had to look around

It's still hot

Eat up

Old Xu

Happy birthday

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