Good Take Too Page #4

Synopsis: An omnibus of 4 short stories, each of them occurring in different corners of our society, but all of which encompass the same themes: courage, determination, pursuance and hope.
Year:
2016
94 min
14 Views


So where are the goods?

Ask your Brother Yip Foon!

He used you

Idiot

When the operation begins

you two charge in

Take care of the display cases

Smash them all

Sai

Stop playing

I'm working on car stunts

You have 1 minute to complete the operation

- I'll keep watch at the entrance...

- Foon!

Can you repeat what you just said?

I didn't get it on camera

You have 1 minute to complete the operation

I'll keep watch at the entrance

I'll alert you if there's a situation

You have a 5 to 8 second window

Okay?

Good!

"Director:
Tsui Sai-man"

Not sleepy?

What are you watching?

A film

What film?

Never seen "A Better Tomorrow"?

HK movies...

I haven't been a Big Brother

for a very long time

Between brothers...

Just like this?

Why not let Mark finish his sentence?

"Between brothers," then what?

What kind of ending is this? You call this art?

It's the director's approach

What I hate the most...

is when someone interrupts me

It's been 23 years

For 23 years, the police never let me finish

Like you said

once you start something

you must see it through to the end

Right?

Right!

Not to show off

but to prove you can take back what you lost!

23 years ago

I had over ten police guns pointed at my head

Why? For the money!

You people are something else

You blow your money on a pipe dream

Hah...

I may have a dream

but I have no money

I've got a hundred dollars in the bank

I can't even rent fake jewelry

I have to pay if they break

Each of those prop glasses cost thousands

What now?

This... forget it

Cut that out too

You've got money!

Pow and Picnic kept this for me

It's not dirty money

Use it

Remember

This job...

isn't just about you

It's about us

"Jewelry store"

Yip Foon treats you well

because you see him as a movie outlaw

He's been using you

He switched cars without telling you

Because he used you as bait to distract us

He exploited your passion for cinema

You even wrote the script for him

You helped him with a robbery like a fool

We're shooting

a training video about ethics

You say you'll give us...

a $200,000 security system in return

How is it different from the one we have?

It's safer

Safer...

Actually it doesn't seem safe...

to let you shoot here

WhY do you say that?

You can trust me

How can I trust you?

Well, you relax

because we'll replace everything...

with fake jewelry and sugar glass

and restore everything afterwards

So you'll switch everything to props

I'll hide the real jewelry first...

Actually, I'm a cinephile myself

I admire young people with heart

I'll find a way to help you

It's a deal

Freeze!

Stop!

There's a camera over there

Turn to the side so it gets your face

As for you

show your strength

Get down!

Cut!

You must look like you're aiming

Director!

How did we perform?

- Very well

- Those gentlemen were very intimidating

Of course, they're pros

I only forgot the seatbelt

No need to draw your guns, sir!

Damn!

Stop the car!

We're investigating! Go!

What?

Watch that taxi

- Freeze!

- Behind you, find cover!

Watch out, they're armed!

Put up your hands!

Freeze! Put up your hands!

Step out slowly!

Freeze! Put up your hands!

Freeze!

Cut!

I said cut!

Director

We did okay

didn't we?

Good take!

That's a wrap!

Wow!

Yeah!

Yeah!

If you confess your crimes now

and return the stolen goods

I'll consider...

going easy on your two brothers

Excuse me

I have three

I lost a brother...

23 years ago

Today I gained another brother

I'm happy that...

I've helped him realize his dream

Give me a break

Stop pretending

As a Big Brother, at least...

don't drag them down with you

Sir

I haven't been a Big Brother for a long time

I didn't steal a thing

I even invested my own money

All I did was help a kid fulfill his dream

If you still don't believe me, so be it

When I finished my script...

no one believed I could pull it off

Only Foon believed in me

Now it's my turn to believe in him

Wake up, kid

You still think those crooks are your brothers?

I believe cinema...

can do more than inspire me

I can also use it to inspire others

Sir, Customs just intercepted

the jewelry shop manager

He tried to skip town with the stolen jewelry

He confessed to everything

Chief is angry

He's on his way

Sir!

What's wrong with you?

The reporters are camping outside

The management thinks

you're targeting "reformed citizens"

Know what "reformed citizens" means?

Remodeled?

Not "remodeled"

"Re-formed"

"Reformed citizens"

Repeat after me

Remodeled

Not "remodeled"

remodeled means updated

They can't be updated!

"Reformed citizens"...

after serving their sentence

they should be given a chance...

to re-enter society

What are you charging him with?

I'm a filmmaker

Filmmakers are valuable to society!

How can you arrest him...

for being a filmmaker?

You used the Bureau's resources...

to persecute reformed citizens for making films

If the word gets out, it'll be...

shame on you!

And shame on me!

We must work with the People

Support the HK film industry! Understand?

Yes, sir!

Follow procedure, take them to the cell

Yes, sir

Come sit down...

What's the fuss?

I want to...

record a message for your loved ones

Look at the camera

Say whatever you want

to anyone you want

Hey, kid

We have work to do

I don't have time to play with you

Foon, wait

Jane, I'm sorry...

for disappearing for a month

I've been working

Not that kind of work

I promised you I'd go straight

and stay straight

I'm helping a young man

to make a film

I know you won't believe me...

and you'd yell at me

Imagine yourself...

about to die

What would your final words be?

Can you try to look more sincere?

More serious?

With more heart?

Morn

You loved watching movies, remember?

Grace Kelly, Cary Grant and so on

A director hired me...

to act in his film

I'll be a movie star!

Awesome?

I have no family

...except for Pow and Picnic

...and you

Sai

Remember when we were watching...

"A Better Tomorrow"?

In the end, Mark says:

"Between brothers..."

and BAM! he was shot dead

Remember how pissed off I was?

Why couldn't they let him finish?

After thinking about it, I finally understood

Between brothers - says it all!

Hmm

Between brothers...

Hmm

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