Living & Dying Page #4

Synopsis: Two killers turn the tables on a trio of robbers when they find themselves in a hostage situation. Surrounded by the police, the robbers must become the heroes before the killers execute everyone.
Director(s): Jon Keeyes
Production: New Films International
 
IMDB:
4.1
R
Year:
2007
90 min
Website
112 Views


l wanna talk to Rick.

Well, it's all me

from now on, pal.

And you're not gonna have to deal

with the locals anymore.

All right, man.

Go ahead, f***ing talk.

How many hostages

do you have?

l can't tell you

that, man.

You better

tell me something.

Because if we're gonna

make this work,

we need to establish

a mutual trust.

You give me something,

l give you something.

That's the way

it's gonna work.

Dude!

You are barking up

the wrong tree.

You saw what

happened last time.

Do you want anyone

else getting hurt?

- 'Cause we don't.

- No no, we don't.

Well, then l f***ing suggest you get

the van and the plane together

so we can all f***ing

get this over with.

There ain't gonna

be any van,

and there ain't

gonna be any plane

until you give up

some hostages,

or what you stoled.

What's it gonna be?

Are you

a f***ing idiot?

Do you want more

people to die?

Give me the f***ing phone!

Let me explain something:

lf you keep up

with this sh*t,

l'm gonna start

executing some hostages.

Sam, is this you?

Hello? Hello?

- God damn it!

- What?

Those sons of b*tches!

F***!

Hello-- get 'em back

on the line.

Get 'em on the line.

God!

l don't think even Jesus

can plug that many holes.

Well, let's see if they're

ready to play nice.

Christ in Heaven

Almighty.

- Hello?

- Hey, you listening now?

Hey.

How many people

were hurt?

That don't matter.

Now are you ready to stop

making demands?

l tell you what

l need to make this work.

You really want

to see people die, don't you?

l need

to come in, okay?

l just need

to walk in.

l just want to take

a look, that's all.

l just want to walk in,

take a look

and just talk to you.

l'm not even armed, okay?

lt's never

gonna happen.

l just want to take

a look, that's all.

l am coming to you live

from the Duca Enterprises

payroll office,

as four armed suspects

held it up this morning.

Hey, are you watching

Channel 3?

No.

Should l be?

All right.

...executed in front

of the cafe by a robber

as the police watched.

That reporter--

she can come in

with the camera.

- l know she's not a cop.

- ...and the other three...

You like her, huh?

Okay.

Guess what?

l ain't gonna send

a reporter in there.

Well, she comes in,

or no one come in.

That's the rule.

Get that reporter

in here.

Go get her.

- What, do you got sh*t in your ear?

- l heard him!

- Move!

- Hey, l mean, you can't be serious?

You can't even

be thinking that!

Oh, l am thinking that.

l'm thinking

a mile a minute.

And you better

hush yourself up

'cause l know a lot more

about this than you do--

honey.

lf he calls me honey one more time,

l'm gonna shoot him myself.

l know.

The guy's an a**hole.

Just focus on what

we got to do, all right?

Think about those people

across the street.

Come on,

let's get to work.

You sure you're

okay with this?

Okay?

This is a chance of a lifetime.

l'll get a promotion

for this.

Yeah, but it's

dangerous.

l know the risks.

Nothing dangerous

is gonna happen

as long as you don't

do something stupid.

You know what

to do, ma'am.

l'll make sure to get as many of them

on the camera as possible.

As soon as l know

everything is fine,

l head back out.

We'll be watching you

from the command center.

You walk in, you turn around,

you walk out. Got it?

Let's do it.

She's outside,

she's ready to come in.

She's unarmed.

She's too pretty

to kill.

All right, listen, l'm gonna have

to pat you down, okay?

l don't like this being

broadcast live.

Me neither.

Jesus Christ,

this is how it works:

you can look around

and you can see that everybody's okay,

but you keep the camera

on my face, okay?

- You understand?

- Yeah.

All right, follow me.

Well, there's four

hostages visible.

Why keep the camera

on his face?

lt's staged. They don't want the camera

to see something.

There's one suspect,

and another hostage.

Where'd that second

camera come from?

lt's a micro-camera.

lt's a cell-phone camera.

- lt's a backup.

- Oh, you idiot.

- Hey!

- Hey, why don't you go shopping?

- Sorry, no questions.

- No, just a couple of questions.

What the hell

is she doing?

ls there something you

want to say to the people?

Why are you

doing this?

Look, you can

get your view...

What's going on?

Why not let

the hostages go?

What is this sh*t?

- Nothing.

- This is a camera.

- No no--

- You brought a second f***ing camera!

- Damn it!

- No--!

You'd better do something.

All right.

Shut it down.

Shut the whole damn thing down.

Cut off the main

camera transmission.

l want a direct

line only.

Alpha unit, are you

in position down in the pipe?

- Alpha unit's ready.

- Stand down, Officer!

Catherine, get the outside team

ready.

l told you to stand down.

You stop right there!

Hey, we're on again!

No, please!

- Come on!

- Please!

Please,

l'm begging you, no!

No! Ah!

No, please, no!

- No!

- Come here.

You want to watch something?

Huh? You want to see something?

Ah, no!

l'm begging you--!

Shut up!

Shut the f*** up!

Shut up, shut up.

You like being

on camera, huh?

- No no no no no no no no.

- You like it?

No! No!

Don't fight me!

Do not f***ing fight me!

- You hear me?

- No!

- No no!

- Yeah? Yeah?

No no, please...

Stand the f*** up,

stand up!

- Turn around!

- Ah!

No! No! No!

- Now get up...!

- Jesus.

Alpha unit,

on my mark, you go in.

- l repeat--

- Hey.

l thought l told you

to stand down, didn't l?

He's raping her.

There's already one dead person

because of you.

l don't need

anybody else executed

from some half-baked

counterplan.

Devlin, he's right.

lt won't work.

They'll kill everyone.

We still don't know what's

happening in the main room.

No!

Say it, say it.

God damn it,

say it.

All units, stand down.

l repeat,

all units stand down.

- Alpha unit coming out.

- Thank you.

l want to know which one

of them is your officer.

Ah!

Come here!

No!

Yeah.

Stop it. l'll blow

your f***ing head off!

Just take it,

take it.

No! No!

- No... no, please.

- F***!

Ah!

No, please God!

No, please,

l'm begging you!

- You wanna sit?

- No!

No! No!

Shut up!

Take it!

Huh?

All right,

back to the tables.

Let's go.

Ah... come on,

come on.

Okay.

- Can l go check on her?

- No.

She stays alone.

That was quick.

l worked up

an appetite.

l'll bet, yeah.

A little hungry.

Piece of sh*t.

What'd you say?

That's what l thought.

Why don't you go in the kitchen and cook

us up some food, all right?

Something nice.

Steaks.

Steaks?

- Mm, steaks sound good.

- Yeah?

Come on, let's go,

let's go.

You, go help her.

l'm not leaving

my daughter.

Shut up!

Yeah, you are.

l've been trying.

They're just

not answering.

Give 'em some time.

Let's go see

what's going on.

So now what?

Well...

the van is

on its way back.

But we need

to buy some time.

So l don't want

to give it to them

until the deadline.

l can't do this

by myself.

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Jon Keeyes

Jon Keeyes (born April 5, 1969) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his horror movies. He is a co-founder and principal of Texas-based independent film company Highland Myst Entertainment. With 25 produced feature films, Jon Keeyes made his filmmaking debut in 2000 with American Nightmare. This critically acclaimed psychological thriller starring Debbie Rochon followed serial killer Jane Toppan on Halloween night as she brings to life the fears of a group of friends. Now considered a cult classic, American Nightmare remains in distribution throughout the world. Jon went on to write, direct and produce Suburban Nightmare, receiving rave reviews including numerous “top ten” lists. This was followed by directing the 80’s throwback horror movie Hallow’s End for ThinkFilm Company, followed by the crime thriller Mad Bad released by Maverick Entertainment. In 2006, Jon wrote, directed and produced Living & Dying for New Films International. An intense crime caper about two killers that turn the tables on a trio of robbers during a hostage stand-off, Living & Dying stars Edward Furlong, Michael Madsen, Arnold Vosloo, and Bai Ling. Living & Dying was released by HBO in 2007 along with an international theatrical release through Warner Bros. Independent. Jon went on to direct and produce the thriller Fall Down Dead starring Dominique Swain, Udo Kier, and David Carradine. Combining elements of Panic Room and Saw, it was released theatrically by Warner Bros. in the international market and received a limited theatrical release domestically. Most recently, Jon directed the Victorian-era murder mystery Phobia starring Erica Leerhsen, as well as the psychological crime thriller Element starring Michael Ironside and Steven Michael Quezada of Breaking Bad fame. He also wrote, directed and produced Nightmare Box in England, touring the worldwide film festival circuit, and winning awards including 4 Best Movie Awards, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography. Jon’s most current directorial work is the supernatural horror movie The Harrowing. Starring Matthew Tompkins, Michael Ironside and Arnold Vosloo, The Harrowing is an intelligent, stylish horror movie to be released in 2018. Besides writing and directing, Jon is also an accomplished producer with fifteen movies to his credit. Among his more recent credits is the thriller Crypto starring Beau Knapp, Kurt Russell, Alexis Bledel, Luke Hemsworth and Vincent Kartheiser, the dark comedy After Everything (FKA Shotgun) starring Jeremy Allen White, Maika Monroe and Marisa Tomei, The Pretenders directed by James Franco and starring Jane Levy, Juno Temple, Brian Cox and Jack Kilmer, and Welcome the Stranger starring Riley Keough, Caleb Landry Jones and Abbey Lee. Along with feature film work, Jon has produced and directed numerous regional and national television commercials and was an Academy Award semi-finalist with his short film Angela’s Body. He’s directed episodes of the show Inspector Mom for The Lifetime Channel, produced the web series Exposed for Warner Bros. and McG’s company Wonderland, and sold his screenplay The Assassination Game to Bigfoot Entertainment. more…

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