Lakeview Terrace Page #8

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
416 Views


with the Valley Bureau.

I need a black and white and an

ambulance at 1100 Lakeview Circle.

- Don't move her!

- Look, I'm trying to see if she's alive!

Just talk to her.

Keep her calm till the paramedics come.

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God, you're okay.

You're okay. You're gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

Come on.

Sh*t, where's your goddamn phone?

- Abel.

- Jesus Christ!

Everything's under control.

The ambulance is on its way.

- You all right?

- Fine.

Dr. Cohen, 6931. Dr. Cohen, 6931.

Mr. Mattson? The doctor will see you now.

Okay, thanks.

Hey.

How you doing?

About three degrees south of awful.

I don't even know what that means.

So they checked you out and you're okay.

Baby's okay.

Honey, that guy...

What happened? Did they catch him?

Abel took care of him.

Abel?

- Shot him.

- In our house?

What was Abel doing in our house?

We heard the alarm. Ran over.

Right.

- Hey, you need to rest, okay?

- Yeah.

They're just gonna do a few more tests

and we'll get out of here soon.

Yeah, Turner here.

Hey, my man. How's it going?

Detective. How goes it with you?

Hey, man, I just wanted you to know,

I told them you never

laid a finger on that guy.

Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

So when you coming back?

You know, it's hard to say. I don't know.

Baby.

Yeah, well, we still got

some fine times ahead of us, man.

I'm not taking that test for,

like, probably a year, or whatever.

That's great.

Anyway, I just thought I'd call

and check up on you, man.

I saw your neighborhood on the news

and you pour that whole reservoir

on it if you have to, okay?

You know I will. Thanks for calling.

All right.

Bye.

Hey.

Go on through. Right on through.

Keep going.

- He's right. They've been notified!

- It's closed off.

Hey. Can we go up?

Only fire crew and homeowners, sir.

We live on Lakeview Circle.

Hold on.

That's us. That's our address.

I strongly suggest you pack

what you can quickly and evacuate.

Nobody knows where

this thing's headed right now.

- Okay. Thanks.

- Thank you.

All right, clear a lane here!

No problem. Let them through.

Hey.

You better think about getting out of here.

I'll tough it out.

Yo, what's up? This is Clarence. Leave it.

Oh, God.

This is unbelievable.

Oh, my God.

Honey, we should start packing.

I know. I know, I know, I know.

Let's get going.

You know what?

Go on inside, I'm gonna go talk to Abel.

- Baby...

- No, I wanna thank him.

Right.

Abel.

Hey, how's your wife?

She's okay. Thanks to you.

Look, that guy who broke in,

he deserved what he got.

And I'll tell anyone that.

You know, you better get on this

or get on back down the hill.

Yeah, we're just gonna

grab some things and...

Just wanna say thanks.

Okay.

Babe, what can I get from downstairs?

Just the photo albums.

Okay. I'll be right back up.

Turner.

Lisa!

Chris?

You got this all wrong.

Yeah, that's the bad guy's phone.

He's been calling me, threatening me,

saying he's gonna hurt Celia.

Came to your place by mistake.

You said yourself I did the right thing.

And you were good with that, right?

Chris!

Oh, God!

Stay down! Stay down!

Don't move, you son of a b*tch!

Lisa! Lisa, get out here!

Stay down!

Take the keys, take the car, take this phone,

go down the hill and get the police.

- What do you mean?

- He lied about everything!

He got the guy to break into the house!

Just go, honey, go! Go!

Okay, okay! Okay, okay.

You son of a b*tch!

Please help me!

Chris.

- Chris, help!

- Come on!

Chris! Chris, please help!

You can't get away!

Neither one of you!

- Stay back!

- Give it up, Chris!

Get away from us!

- You made your stand!

- Chris!

- Get back!

- Come on!

Help me!

Please, no, no, no, no!

- Put down your weapon! Do it!

- Jesus Christ.

- Put down your weapon!

- He's trying to kill us!

I got it under control, fellows.

It's all right, okay?

He's my neighbor.

He's having a bad day, you know?

He's under a lot of stress.

He's lying!

Don't listen to him, he's got a gun!

- I do not have a weapon! Look!

- No, he's lying.

His wife was attacked today.

I took the guy down.

You can call in and check that out.

All right?

Do not move any further!

He's just a little demented.

He went off and attacked me,

but he's okay. All right?

He's got a gun, it's right behind his back!

Listen, I'm LAPD, guys!

I'm law enforcement like you!

I don't give a damn

if you're the Pope, a**hole!

Do not move any further!

It's true, he's a cop!

See, Chris? I'm the police!

You have to do what I say, okay?

Put down the gun, all right?

Sir, put the weapon down!

No, I will not! Not till he puts his down!

- He's got a gun, God damn it!

- Chris, get down.

I do not have a gun.

Then turn around, Abel! Then turn around!

Sir, drop the weapon!

Please. Please get down.

Come on!

If you point that thing at me, Chris,

you better be willing to use it.

- Stay where you are!

- This is what you want, huh, Abel?

- Sir, drop it!

- This is what you want?

Chris, listen to me! Stop it!

Listen to your wife, a**hole!

Chris, please stop!

Chris.

- Did you listen to your wife?

- What?

- Did you?

- Chris, stop!

Maybe you should've listened to your wife.

Did you see it coming?

- Shut up! You don't bring my wife into this!

- When she ran off on you?

- You leave my wife out of this!

- Did you see it coming?

- Don't let her name come out of your mouth!

- Did you see it coming, Abel?

- He's got a gun! He's got a gun!

- Just shut up!

Ma'am, can you come with me please?

Just take your time. Here we go.

Let's get you up in here to see someone.

Watch your step.

Hey.

We're gonna move him to the hospital now.

We've stopped the bleeding.

You should let me take a look at you, miss.

No, I'm fine.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

How are you?

Three degrees south of...

I love you.

I know.

I love you, too.

The rest isn't important.

We're gonna have a family.

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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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