LUV Page #2

Synopsis: An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the ex-convict uncle he idolizes.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Sheldon Candis
Production: Indomina Media Inc.
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
R
Year:
2012
94 min
$151,089
Website
265 Views


- I TOLD HIM I AIN'T SEE YOU.

I MEAN, BALTIMORE--

BALTIMORE GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW.

LOOK.

THIS SH*T JUST STARTED 'CAUSE

LIL BABY BEEFING WITH ENOCH.

A COUPLE OF GUYS

OUTTA CHERRY HILL.

MAN, OVER THE WEEKEND,

EIGHT MURDERS--ALL ENOCH.

- YEAH, I AIN'T LOOKING

FOR THAT KINDA TROUBLE.

- TROUBLE'LL FIND YOU

IN YOUR SLEEP.

SH*T.

THIS AIN'T SO EASY

TO COME BY NO MORE.

THE RECORD CLEAN THOUGH.

NO PRIORS, GOOD CREDIT.

YOU'RE SET.

YOU KNOW.

NOW, WHETHER IT WORKS FOR YOU,

THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

- GOOD SH*T.

- ALL RIGHT.

- GOOD SH*T, MY MAN.

- I KNOW IT IS.

- [chuckles]

- BUT YOU KNOW.

BUT HIT ME.

HIT ME THE RIGHT WAY THOUGH.

- MAN, LOOK, I'M A LITTLE

LIGHT ON CASH.

- I DON'T KNOW WHY I KNEW

YOU WAS GONNA SAY THAT SH*T.

"I'M LIGHT ON CASH."

AND I KNOW YOU JUST COME HOME,

SO DON'T GIVE ME

THAT GODDAMN EXCUSE.

- YOU KNOW I'M ABOUT TO BE

ON MY FEET REAL SOON.

YOU FEEL ME?

- YOU'S ABOUT TO BE ON YOUR FEE REAL SOON, MOTHERF***ER, JACK.

- LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I'MA DO.

I GOT YOU THESE RAVEN TICKETS

RIGHT NOW.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

AGAINST THE STEELERS.

THIS YOU.

- OH, SH*T.

- THAT'S YOU.

- OH, SH*T.

UH-OH, GOOD SEATS TOO, BABY.

ALL RIGHT.

- I GOT YOU.

- ALL RIGHT.

WELL, F*** THEM STEELERS.

I KNOW YOU GOT ME.

- HEY, WOOD.

LET'S GO.

- THAT MAN REALLY LIKE

THE RAVENS, HUH?

- YEAH, HE BLEED PURPLE.

YOU LIKE THE RAVENS?

- YEAH.

WHY YOU AIN'T TAKE ME

TO THE GAME?

- NAH, SEE THAT WAS BUSINESS.

SOMETIMES, YOU AIN'T GO ALL THE CASH.

YOU GOTTA THROW IN

SOMETHING THEY LOVE.

FAIR EXCHANGE:

AIN'T NO ROBBERY.

[camera clicking]

- A MAN OVER THERE WATCHING US.

- LET HIM LOOK.

YOU GOT YOUR SHIRT TUCKED IN?

- YEP.

[blows raspberry]

- QUIT MAKING THAT NOISE

AND SIT UP.

HEY, MAN,

PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN.

PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN.

- AH, MR. WOODS.

- HEY, MR. BARNES.

HOW YOU DOING, SIR?

- GOOD,

THANKS FOR DROPPING IN.

WHAT, NO SCHOOL

FOR YOU TODAY, YOUNG MAN?

- AH, TODAY IS OUR DAY.

I'M JUST TAKING HIM OU AND SHOW HOW BUSINESS OPERATES.

- AND YOU ARE HERE...

TO TRY AND GET A LOAN

FOR $150,000.

WHAT'S THE PROPERTY WORTH?

- $250,000.

- DO YOU HAVE THE EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY THAT I ASKED FOR?

- OH, YEAH.

MR. BARNES,

I BELIEVE THERE'S

TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE

IN THIS WORLD.

OWNERS AND RENTERS.

I WANNA OWN SOMETHING.

- AND WHY IS I THAT YOU WANNA OWN

THE MARYLAND CUP

FACTORY BUILDING?

I MEAN, THAT PLACE

IS BARELY STANDING.

- IT'S LOCATION.

LOCATION, MR. BARNES.

THERE'S NO PLACE

ALONG THE HARBOR

WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO

FOR BIG CRABS AND LIVE MUSIC.

WE'RE GONNA RESTORE THE FEELING

OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

BACK IN THE '50s.

LIKE THE WAY OUR PARENTS

USED TO DO IT.

I GET THE BEST CRABS

FOR THE CHEAPEST PRICE.

- HOW SO?

- IT'S ALL IN THE PLAN.

- "ALL IN THE PLAN."

I DON'T KNOW, YOU REALLY THINK

WE NEED ANOTHER CRAB SHACK?

THERE'S GOTTA BE 100 OF 'EM

IN BALTIMORE ALONE, HUH?

- IT'S NOT ONLY CRABS.

I MEAN, WE'RE CREATING

AN EXPERIENCE:

WHERE YOU GET TO CELEBRATE

LIFE'S GREATEST MOMENTS.

ANYTHING FROM WEDDINGS,

PROMS, CONCERTS.

WE COULD EVEN HAVE

BAR MITZVAHS THERE.

- WELL...

YOUR...CREDIT REPOR SEEMS TO BE...

GOOD.

YOUR BUSINESS PLAN IS...

INTRIGUING.

- [chuckling]

- SO, MR. WOODS--

- CALL ME MIKE.

- MIKE...

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,

I'M JUST GONNA--

JUST GONNA TALK:

TO THE BANK MANAGER.

- I THOUGH YOU WERE THE MANAGER.

- WE HAVE A LOT OF MANAGERS

AROUND HERE, EXCUSE ME.

- PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, BUDDY.

WHEN DID YOU BECOME

SO HARD-HEADED?

PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, MAN.

SIT UP STRAIGHT.

- WHY YOU

IN HERE LYING?

- I'M DOING WHAT I NEED TO DO

TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

- ALL RIGHT.

- MR. WOODS.

WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE.

THERE'S SECOND MORTGAGE

ON THAT PROPERTY.

- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

- MR. WOODS,

YOUR LOAN IS DELINQUEN

AND IN SERIOUS DEFAULT.

- WELL, HOW MUCH DO I OWE?

- IT'LL TAKE $22,000

TO BRING YOUR LOAN UP TO DATE.

- OR WE BEGIN FORECLOSURE

PROCEDURES ON MONDAY.

AM I TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS?

- YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

- SORRY.

- MR. BARNES.

HEY, MR. BARNES,

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

WOODY, COME ON.

WHAT IF I CAN GET THIS MONEY

BY MONDAY?

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN

APPROVE THE LOAN?

- IF YOU CAN COME UP

WITH $22,000 BY MONDAY MORNING.

- YEAH, 22,000.

- WELL, WE'D HAVE TO RESUBMI THE APPLICATION

AND DO ANOTHER APPRAISAL.

BUT...I DON'T SEE--

I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T.

- ALL RIGHT, MAN.

I'LL BE HERE FIRST THING MONDAY.

- [chuckling]

I LIKE YOUR STYLE.

- THANK YOU.

- YOURS TOO, YOUNG MAN.

- THANK YOU.

- HAVE A NICE DAY.

- LET'S GO, UNCLE V.

COME ON, MOVE IT.

CHOP, CHOP!

LET'S GO!

HOW COME YOU DIDN'T PAY

FOR THOSE FLOWERS?

- FLOWERS FROM THE EARTH, MAN.

GOD OWN THESE.

[elevator chimes]

COME ON, WOOD.

HOW YOU DOING?

- HOW YOU DOING?

CAN I HELP YOU?

- YEAH, I WAS LOOKING

FOR BEVERLY FREEMAN.

- OH, BEV.

SHE'S AT LUNCH RIGHT NOW.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A SEAT?

- YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE

TO HANDLE SOME BUSINESS,

SO MAYBE--

WHAT TIME DOES SHE GET OFF

TONIGHT?

- SHE USUALLY GETS OFF

AROUND 7:
00.

- 7:
00.

CAN I LEAVE THESE

FOR HER?

- SURE YOU CAN.

- THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU MAKE SURE

SHE GETS THESE?

- I WILL MAKE SURE.

- THANKS FOR LOOKING OUT.

- HAVE A GOOD DAY.

- YOU TOO.

I LIKE YOUR SMILE.

- HA HA!

LOOK AT THIS UGLY MOTHERF***ER.

[chuckling]

HEY, MAN, LOOK AT YOU.

ALL IN SHAPE AND SH*T.

- YEAH, MAN.

AH, YOU KNOW, I BEEN

GETTING IT IN--THAT YARD WORK.

- IS THA YOUR NEPHEW THERE, MAN?

- YEAH, I'M TEACHING HIM

THE WALK.

- YEAH, BABY.

- SO YOU HIT SOME TODAY OR WHAT?

WHAT YOU DO?

- SH*T, MAN, I'M BORED AS HELL

OUT HERE MOST OF THE TIME.

HEY, YOUNGBLOOD!

THEY CLAWS IS SHARP!

GO AND TAKE THOSE AND RUN 'EM

BY THE PORCH FOR ME, YOU HEAR?

FOR THE OLD MAN, OKAY?

YEAH, WE GOT A LITTLE MONEY

IN THIS LITTLE TRUCKIN' BUSINESS

DOWN ON THE EASTERN SHORE, MAN--

REAL NICE.

MY BOY, HANK, MAN, BRINGS

BY CRABS ALL THE TIME, MAN.

IN FACT, ME AND FISH GONNA PU SOMETHING TOGETHER TONIGHT, MAN.

IT'S GONNA BE SLAMMIN'.

YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE NICE.

- WHERE HE AT?

HE IN THE HOUSE?

- NAH.

NO, MAN.

YOU KNOW, LITTLE BROTHER'S

BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU, MAN.

HMM.

MAY HAVE BEEN BEEN BES

IF YOU WOULDA CALLED

BEFORE YOU COME BY.

BUT HEY, THERE'S A WHOLE LOTTA

SENSELESS MURDERS

GOING ON AROUND HERE, MAN.

YOU DON'T KNOW

WHO TO TRUST NOW.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO...

IS GET ON DOWN TO THE GYM

AND TALK WITH HIM, OKAY?

- ALL RIGHT.

- ALL RIGHT?

- ALL RIGHT.

[both laughing]

- YEAH, V.

- HEY,

WITH THIS BIG OL' TRUCK,

YOU NEED:

TO KILL A DEER WITH THAT,

BECAUSE YOU AIN'T GONNA DO SHI WITH THAT RIFLE.

- HEY, GET ON OUTTA HERE!

[both laughing]

HEY, MAN, COME ON BACK

AROUND 8:
00, MAN.

- OKAY.

AND BRING LITTLE BARACK

WITH YOU TOO.

LOOK AT HIM--

CLEAN AS TACK, BOY.

[chuckling]

LOOK AT YOU, BABY.

YEAH.

HEY.

[overlapping chatter]

- YOU GOTTA MOVE

FASTER THAN THAT.

FAST, FAST, FAST, FAST, FAST.

KEEP IT GOING, KEEP IT GOING,

KEEP IT GOING!

- GOT A GOOD TEAM HERE, COACH.

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