Lakeview Terrace Page #6

Synopsis: In California, the Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move to a house in a gated community. The racist and dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Neil LaBute
Production: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG-13
Year:
2008
110 min
$39,263,506
Website
415 Views


He's bringing a suit against the department.

Brutality charges, violation of civil rights,

as well as a personnel complaint

against you.

"Officer Turner used excessive force,

made threats against... "

I gave that a**hole a pass, Cap.

He took two shots at us.

You were verbally abusive

and you left him with three broken ribs.

Not to mention shoving a gun in his face.

That is not accurate.

I talked to him.

I tried to educate the individual.

I never struck him.

If he was injured, that happened

when he was out of our custody.

Look, this is all bullshit, Abel.

But this is what

we have to deal with now, right?

So finish your tour today,

then take some time off

in lieu of disciplinary action.

All right?

- How much time?

- Until we tell you otherwise.

Because, you know, frankly,

over the last few years,

you have a number of question marks

on your record.

So I wouldn't push it.

You should be thinking retirement.

It's about that time.

What do you think you deserve?

Heads up, heads up.

- Don't stop on my account.

- You don't wanna hear it, Abel.

- I heard n*gger jokes before.

- No, it's not that.

We're throwing a bachelor party

for Davis tonight.

- And I'm not invited?

- Yeah, sure you are.

We just thought that, you know, it wasn't...

We thought it's not your thing.

Tell you what,

why don't you bring it to my house, okay?

No civilians, you can cut loose all night.

What about the kids?

They're doing their two-week bit

with my sister-in-law out in Lancaster.

- Perfect timing.

- You really want to?

My reputation's on the line here.

Besides, I need a good lap dance.

- All right, let's do it.

- Now we got a place.

We got a place.

What's going on?

- Nothing.

- Babe, do you hear this?

- I don't believe this.

- What time is it?

It's, like, 3:
00 in the morning.

- Where are you going?

- To tell them to shut up!

No, you're not... Lisa, wait. Wait!

No.

- Wait! Wait, wait.

- No.

- Look, please.

- Hey, let go of me.

I'll deal with it.

Oh, this you wanna deal with, right?

The macho bullshit. This you can handle.

Don't start.

- Open the front door, man. Open it!

- I got it.

Yeah?

Hey, can you ask Abel to come to the door?

- What's the problem?

- Well, we're trying to sleep.

We're trying to get hammered, a**hole.

- Hey, man!

- What's up?

Hey, there you guys are, man.

What happened to you?

Hey! Who put you on the VIP list?

Abel, what are you doing?

It's 3:
00 in the morning,

we're trying to sleep.

Come on, Chris. I'm glad you came over,

we can bury the hatchet.

Let's get you a drink.

Fellows!

This is my next door neighbor, Chris.

As you can see, he is a Democrat.

Hey, we're not biased here.

You can hug as many

and any tree you want. All right?

Here you go.

Fellow cop's getting hitched.

Condemned man's last meal,

you know the deal, right?

Oh, hey, congratulations.

Now can you just turn

the goddamn music down?

Is it disturbing you?

Come on, it's practically

breaking the fricking windows.

I bet you can't even

hear yourselves screw, huh?

Chris here got himself a little dark

meat over there, you know?

You know, you need to be careful, neighbor.

You might not be enough man for her.

Just busting your balls.

You know what they say,

"Once you go black... "

- "You never go back. "

- There you go!

Besides, you don't wanna

piss these guys off, do you?

Look at that! That's something, isn't it?

I'm massively aroused.

Oh, see, there you go.

You're doing that Berkeley thing again.

You're saying one thing,

but you mean another.

That's irony, right?

I don't know. I don't know.

You don't know?

If you went to Stanford you'd know.

Oh, come on, man, lighten up.

Look, look.

As soon as we get through with the groom,

we'll turn the music down, you go home,

you get some sleep, all right?

Bring him in here, yeah!

Bring him in here, guys!

- Put it on him, put it on him, put it on him!

- Show these cops.

Come on, now!

Hit him in the face with them!

Beat him in the face with those things!

Come on, now!

Kim!

Come on, now, give it up!

- Thank you.

- Oh, shut up. Come with me.

- Are you bad?

- Take it down!

Now, look...

Don't let him get away! No, no!

Now we talking! Now we talking!

Get off me!

Grind it on him, baby. Put it on him!

Put it on him!

Be careful now, he's a married man!

He doesn't look so married to me.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Let him up, let him up! Let him up!

Nice pair, huh, Chris?

Little bit better than Lisa's, though, right?

You do not wanna do that. Believe me.

- Get him out of here.

- Get off me.

It's a grown man's

playground over here, Chris.

Tell the wife good night!

Oh, sh*t! Bring those strippers back here.

Come on, don't let her stop!

No, now's the time. Put them titties out.

Break those titties out on him, baby!

Yeah, right there! Right there.

Hey.

Babe, what are you doing?

Where's my goddamn camcorder?

Why?

I've gotta record everything

that bastard does.

Chris.

I'm gonna take away his job...

Honey.

Pension...

- His house...

- Honey, what happened over there?

God. You didn't forget.

- What?

- You didn't forget!

- You stopped taking them!

- What are you talking about?

Your pills! What, you had to trick me?

That's the kind of marriage you want? Fine!

I didn't stop taking them,

I just missed a few days, and then I...

I didn't do it on purpose!

Oh, really?

'Cause I find that hard to believe!

- I don't even know who you are.

- I'm your wife.

Are you?

'Cause I don't even recognize you anymore!

Where is that damn thing?

A number of wildfires

are raging out of control

and have so far burned 2500 acres

and destroyed 185 homes

and businesses all around the Southland.

The governor has declared

a state of emergency

in six counties in Southern California.

Forty thousand people have been

evacuated in the declared areas.

Everything is just so hard.

I mean, no one want to lose any houses,

much less their own.

Right now two additional fire teams

are gearing up to hit the lines tonight.

We are joined right now

by Metro fire chief Greg Malio.

- Greg, thanks for being with us.

- You're welcome, Pamela.

Be careful now, he's a married man!

He doesn't look so married to me.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Let him up, let him up! Let him up!

That's great, guys.

Just put them all along the wall.

Why are we doing this?

It's good for the environment.

Trees make oxygen.

Well, you certainly don't look pregnant.

That must make you happy.

What's going on, Lis?

I'm sorry.

I just can't stand this.

I hate my job. I'm not even getting paid.

- Then quit.

- And do what?

I hate this neighborhood. I miss my family.

Look, we knew it was gonna be hard.

Maybe not this hard.

But we agreed that we'd...

No, I agreed to do whatever you wanted

because I thought that we were

moving toward something.

We are.

It's your idea about what all this

is supposed to look like.

- We just need to get used to this.

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David Loughery

David Loughery is an American screenwriter and producer. Born in Chicago, Loughery attended Ball State University and the University of Iowa where he was a member of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. His first produced screenplay was Dreamscape in 1984. Loughery often works with director Joseph Ruben for whom he has written or rewritten several films including The Stepfather, The Good Son, and Penthouse North. Five of Loughery's films (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Passenger 57, The Three Musketeers, Lakeview Terrace, and Obsessed) have opened Number One at the box office. more…

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