Gook Page #3

Synopsis: Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers, own a struggling shoe store and have an unlikely friendship with Kamilla, a street wise 11-year-old African American girl. Kamilla ditches school, Eli stresses about the store, and Daniel tries to have a good time. It's just another typical day at the store until the Rodney King verdict is read and riots break out. With the chaos moving towards them, the trio is forced to defend the store while contemplating the future of their own personal dreams and the true meaning of family.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Justin Chon
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Films
  6 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
UNRATED
Year:
2017
94 min
$222,191
Website
695 Views


about 200 bucks.

Oh, wow, um,

is that with the discount?

Yeah, I knocked off

like 50 bucks.

Come here.

You ever been

with a black girl before?

Oh, you crazy.

Oh, you are kinda,

you are saucy, aren't you?

You lucky I got

baggy pants on right now.

Do you have any other

discounts we don't know about?

No!

Man, shut the f*** up, man.

Yeah, so there's something called

a manager's discount.

How 'bout I knock off

70% off?

Yo, what the f***?

Yo, I'm just gonna wrap

this up for you real quick.

That's so nice of you,

thank you.

Okay. All right.

Appreciate it.

Thank you, boo.

Okay, you can call me boo,

you crazy.

All right, ladies.

Okay.

Y'all have a good day.

All right, thank you,

come again.

Y'all didn't give me your number.

How am I gonna hit you back up?

Yeah, you didn't

give him your number.

How you gonna know

when we got some new shoes?

Yeah, you gonna

let 'em know, right?

Yo, you havin' fun?

I'm havin' some fun, relax,

man, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not that big of a deal?

You're funny.

You're so funny, man.

The f*** is your problem?

Just havin' some fun, man.

Oh, you're havin' some fun?

Yeah, I'm-a be here all day,

so let me just have some fun.

- Okay.

- I made the sale, didn't I?

You did make a sale.

You think I'm on you

because you're trying

to have some

f***ing fun right now?

This is so much fun

right now, huh?

Selling women's shoes

is so much f***ing fun, right?

I'm having

a f***ing great time.

I'm having so much

f***ing fun right now.

Yo! What the f***'s

your problem?!

My problem?

Yo, you having a good time giving

our sh*t away for free right now?

Hey, I'm having a great time.

It's f***ing fun.

Yo, what the f***

are you doing, huh?

Huh?

What's up? Talk!

See you're not f***ing

funny now, are you?

Yo, we're already

two months late on rent.

We miss this month,

we're f***ing outta here.

Huh?

Who the f***

do you think you are?

Tell me, who the f***

do you think you are?

A f***ing

great time, right?

Yo, I'm in here f***ing

every f***ing day.

Busting my f***in' ass

and you're givin' our sh*t away

because some f***ing

p*ssy walks through the door.

Yeah, you have a

f***ing good time, man.

F***ing past.

Sh*t.

Eli.

Yo, I locked up the store.

And cash register.

Man, Daniel just left.

Let's get outta here.

The f***.

What happened?

Car's not starting.

Yo, what does that even mean?

What?

Oh, gook?

No, it just means uh...

In Korean, it just means

"country".

- Really?

- Yeah.

Yeah, so like, uh...

You know,

Hanguk is Korea.

Yogguk is England.

What about America?

Hmm.

That's uh,

that's my favorite one.

Miguk.

Here's a little somethin'

'bout my DJ

Hey, that nigga dyslexic, nigga.

Let me turn this up, man.

Hold on, hold on.

We the jury in the

above entitled action

find the defendant,

Lawrence M. Powell

not guilty of the

crime of assault

by force likely to produce

great bodily injury

- and with a deadly weapon

- The f***?!

- Oh, hell no, man!

- What the f***'s said?

- F***ing sketchy.

- Yo, they f***ing said...

All around Los Angeles,

people were wondering, why?

Why did the jury

reach a verdict of...

- not guilty?

- That's messed up.

Nah, that's f***ed up.

Hey, cuz, ain't that fool

right there work at that store?

The f*** this nigga

doin' over here?

- This fat ass.

- Oh, sh*t.

Roll us up real quick.

Hey.

- Hey.

- F***.

Hey, partner, Ima need

you to slow the f*** down.

Yo, this motherf***er, man.

F*** that nigga up, man.

Yo, I think you

owe me somethin', nigga.

That's what I think I remember.

I think I remember

you owe me somethin', brah.

I think he ignoring you, man.

I think he is. I think

this nigga's really rude.

He's scared of you.

He needs to go back

to school or somethin', man.

- This nigga's really not...

- He about to run.

- Nigga, stop running.

- He always gotta run.

- He always gotta...

- This nigga, man.

Hey! Fat boy!

Hold on!

Fat little man,

we gon' come get yo ass.

You really thought you was far.

You thought you was gettin...

Look, nigga, put

the Walkman down, then.

Oh, sh*t.

Oh.

You should get

yo ass beat, fat f***.

Give me them chains.

Fat ass nigga, man.

We outta here. Let's go,

let's go, let's go.

Oh, sh*t.

Yo, we out!

Yo!

I got two chains now!

I knew niggas was

gon' be f***in' wildin'.

I knew niggas was

gon' start wildin', man.

Yo, what'd I tell you?

What'd I tell you?

They f***in' wildin' down there.

They f***in' wildin' down there.

Look at that sh*t.

Free sh*t, free sh*t.

What you all take

from this nigga, man?

Man, see, I told you some

sh*t was gonna happen, right?

Why you come down

this alley, anyway?

- Yeah, back up in here.

- Now we got some f***in' extra.

Sorry, ma'am to keep you waiting.

Um, is this the ones

that you wanted?

Mm-hmm.

Uh, I'm sorry, ma'am,

I don't have enough change.

Hey, babe, you got change?

Nah, I ain't got it.

Hey, Kamilla.

Hey, Kamilla.

- Could you come here real quick?

- Oh, wait one second, ma'am.

Yo, what's up?

Hey, could you uh...

Could you-could you go to

Mr. Kim's and break this for me?

Please?

Man, Mr. Kim's a b*tch.

I know he's a b*tch, but I got

no choice right now, please.

- Please, can you...

- Man, I don't want to.

You know how he does.

Okay.

If I don't get change for this,

we gotta close out for the day.

Come on.

Put it in your sock.

No way.

Yo, you got change for a $50?

No.

- You got some change?

- No.

- You got change for this $50?

- No.

I'm a motherfucking gangsta.

Yo, Mr. Kim.

Give me some change.

Mr. Kim!

Give me some change.

Come on, it's for Eli

across the street.

He needs some change.

Get out.

Man, why you gotta be

such a b*tch sometimes?

Get the f*** out here!

Make me.

- Make me?

- Oh, sh*t!

- I should get a discount.

- I'm sorry, ma'am.

Mr. Kim pulled a gun on me!

What?

Mr. Kim...

pulled a gun on me!

Oh, hell no! Out!

Wait here.

Old man.

Old man!

Did you pull a gun

on that little girl?

Yo, she was just asking

for some change.

I told her to f***ing

come over here.

The f*** is wrong with you?

Hey!

Hey, I'm f***ing talking

to you, motherf***er!

Hey, I'm f***ing

talking to you!

I'm gonna break your

f***ing sh*t, f***er.

Then why the f*** you

ignoring me then, b*tch?!

F***?

F***?

I don't give a f***.

I don't give a f***!

What'd you say?

What'd you say?!

Hey, motherf***er, where do you

get off talkin' about my dad, huh?

Because this is America,

motherf***er.

This is America, motherf***er.

Why don't you learn

some f***in' English, b*tch?

F*** this, man.

Yeah, that's right.

The f*** you gonna

do about it, huh, b*tch?

The f*** you gonna do?

Yeah, stay the f***

behind your glass box, b*tch!

Awesome, man!

Hey!

You're not drinking that.

Put that back.

Come on, man.

Greedy.

Hey!

You guys tag on my f***ing car?

Huh?

Nah, it wasn't us.

Hey, but yo!

- You hear what's going on?

- I know he's lyin'.

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Justin Chon

Justin Jitae Chon (born May 29, 1981) is an American actor, director, and YouTube personality. He is best known for portraying Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series, for his critically acclaimed 2017 film Gook, and for being a member of the K-pop parody group Boys Generally Asian. more…

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