Live Cargo

Synopsis: A grieving couple retreats to a remote Bahamian island where they become entangled in a dangerous turf war between the island's mayor and a greedy human trafficker.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Logan Sandler
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.7
Metacritic:
56
Year:
2016
88 min
16 Views


It's time.

What? He's dead.

Thank you.

Let's go.

Right here.

You comin'?

Let's go.

The black man in the picture.

Has a situation.

Okay...

I love a married man.

Roy:
Hey.

Hey.

Oh.

I missed you.

Roy:
I love to see you, girl.

- Roy, Lewis.

- Hey.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

The grand master.

Yeah...

One second.

So, how you do, girl?

Come on, go upstairs.

We have some conch salad

for you.

It's gonna be all right.

I promise.

Nadine...

Surprise.

My old spear.

It's yours now.

Thank you.

You don't have to.

We will never have to.

You all right, Nadine?

It's been a couple months now.

Everything will be all right.

You know, if I had a woman to

drive the boat over to Miami,

they'd be content to get a

service at the end of the month.

That's a long way.

You telling me?

Yeah, well I'll take

Brooks with me.

Really?

I go and top

the motor up for tomorrow.

Brooks gonna be

down there with you, now.

What do you mean?

I don't dive no more.

Hey, you guy, what's up?

- Hey baby.

- Hey babes.

How you doin'?

Smell good.

I got good news,

dolphin no biting today.

Huh? Hey.

- Nadine's back.

- Oh, really.

Yeah, we get some konkan

fish tomorrow.

Okay.

Where did you get that?

Did you steal that or what?

I'm gonna try to maintain his position.

It was my engine...

I got my engine up now.

Think I'm pushing

against my anchor though.

All right. Okay.

- Hey, wait a second.

- Yeah.

Have some breakfast?

Hmm.

Yeah, boy, good.

Mmm-hmm.

Roy, I've been seeing some

things lately down by the docks.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- What's that?

- That doughboy...

- Hmm.

- You know, he got more boats now.

He's still taking a cut of the catch

and he ain't giving us our share.

He there now?

Yeah, filleting fish in front

of them all.

Blood, all in the water.

A recorded propaganda video

use to recruit new members

headlines the news this hour.

About 13 Haitian

migrants have drowned,

after an overloaded boat

capsized in the Bahamas.

Haitian migrants often travel by the

Bahamas en route to the United States.

The man have one boat, man.

He can't get

the business he need,

if you take all the business

and undercharge the tourism.

Roy:
Huh?

We have a system here, man.

Man, look.

Do you know what time

it is, man?

I already have

just one strike left.

- Eh?

- Maybe they should get more boats.

Myron, boy.

Roy:
Come, let me talk to you.

I have some business

for you, boy.

Come on.

Best be careful, hanging out

with doughboy and his crew, boy.

Yeah, man.

You know, it's

my birthday tomorrow?

You mother call?

No, man.

She's not coming back.

What you gonna do

for your birthday?

I'm not sure.

Tickets! Come get

your tickets.

California, right?

Tickets, tickets, get your

tickets, Miami right?

- Which one?

- All right, my boy, good luck.

What's goin' on my boy!

What you sayin'?

Hey man, I have some tools

to pick up and sort out.

All right, all right.

Buy me a ticket now.

Chicago, you know my number.

- Five, eight, nine, right?

- Yeah, same one.

All right, all right,

i got you.

You want ticket for your

birthday, boy?

We ought to buy them on your

birthday, lottery time.

Give me a number.

And what seat do you want?

Colorado. Four, two,

nine, four.

Here.

Four, two, nine, four.

Boy, these some good numbers.

You know boy, these numbers

are always coming by.

Good luck my boy.

Tickets, tickets!

Tickets!

Roy:
Hey boy.

You still drive a good boat?

- Yeah.

- Tickets! Tickets!

Right, tomorrow we go fishing

for your birthday.

Okay.

Tickets! Tickets!

I love you.

I love you too.

Hey Roy.

Hey myron, boy.

Good man, put those tools

right up front there.

And set up a nice place

for Lewis and Nadine, huh?

Hey...

- Is Brooks coming?

- We'll get him.

Come here darling.

Ah, Lewis.

Got sea legs, huh?

You dive?

No, not me.

Ever done this type

of thing before?

No, man.

Just look at the horizon

if you feel funny.

Right there is a good place

for you boy.

Yeah.

It's a nice little

wedding ring, you got there.

It's my girl.

It must be nice, coming home

to that, every night, huh?

I'd kill for a girl

like Nadine, man.

Yeah. Yeah.

You have a good day today?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

Ah. All right. Come on.

You ready for the ride?

- Yeah.

- Here we go.

Hold on tight, baby.

Hold on tight.

You know...

Yes!

Everything I do,

i do it for you, yeah?

Yeah.

Sing daddy a song.

- Any song?

- Any song.

Sing a song.

Sing a song for daddy, yeah?

- What you got?

- I don't know.

You don't know?

Oh, my sweetness.

I wanna be over there.

over where?

- There.

- Wanna go over by the water?

- Yes.

- Yeah?

- Yes. - Then we walking

in the water a little bit, yeah?

Let's walk by the water.

All right.

We walk by the water.

- Hey, papa Roy, what's good?

- Good, darling.

- How you doing?

- Good. Good.

That's good.

You brought a t-shirt for me?

I forget.

Why you

forget the t-shirt?

I never write it down.

So, you're going

fishing today?

I am, mama.

Is she all right?

All right.

Just take this home.

All right. Thank you so much.

- Ah. Cool.

- See you later.

Roy:
Hey, man.

Those numbers come up?

What them numbers be?

Your number, boy?

Four, two, ninety-four.

No boy.

No birthday luck for you.

Good luck next year, boy.

Roy:
Myron.

What you gonna do with all

that money anyway, boy?

All right. Look, I've a...

Call me some people.

Come to the jungle

later tonight, huh?

All right. Good.

Doughboy:
Hey, boy.

Where you been all day?

Just out fishing with Roy.

And, uh...

One girl from

the south island.

Yeah, I see you leave this am.

Nice contender.

How many horse power?

Five hundred.

You got a shower up

at your place?

All right. Come on.

Oh, yeah.

It ain't warm but it'll get

that smell off you.

Boy, you stinking.

All right. All right. You

know myron. He's Jenny's boy.

Come on.

All right. That's good?

- Yeah.

- Yeah. Turn it off.

Here.

You been here

for how long now?

Long enough.

Roy...

Roy think he run the island

but he look out for himself.

Everybody look out

for themself.

Look at them

big boats out there.

You don't think them white people

look out for themselves too?

Yeah.

Come on. Get dressed.

Come on.

Don't take all day now.

Doughboy:

You want a beer, boy?

Myron:
Yeah.

Hmm.

You wanna get married one day?

Sure.

Well, then,

you need money, don't you?

Yeah, you gotta

show them ladies you

got something to offer.

Yeah?

Oh.

Ain't that what

they about, boy?

Cash.

Huh?

I was thinking

maybe next year I go to

the mainland and get my ged.

Doughboy:
Ged?

Myron, you're too old now.

No. No.

Now, what you need to get

is capital.

Okay.

Close the door.

Now, you need to diversify.

Maybe...

Maybe you work for me

exclusively and not for Roy.

All right.

Sure.

Oh?

You like a roley?

I got a drawer

of them right here.

You know how I got them?

By being resourceful.

Women like resourceful.

Don't they, myron?

Yeah.

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Thymaya Payne

Thymaya Payne is a University of Chicago and AFI graduate born in New York City and currently residing in Los Angeles and New York. Payne is also an award-winning documentary and narrative film maker with extensive production and project management experience. In 2008 Payne began a four-year journey to direct and produce an in-depth documentary about Somali piracy and its root causes called Stolen Seas. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was awarded the Boccolino' D'oro. Later, at the Palm Springs Film Festival, Stolen Seas won the John Schlesinger award for best documentary. "A dangerous 90-minute immersion in a world where lawlessness applies to all sides" said Variety. The New York Times called the Stolen Seas "Magnificent". Stolen Seas was theatrically released in early 2013. more…

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