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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
276 Views


- YOUNG WOODY,

HE'S LYING TO YOU.

TELL YOU HOW HE GOT THOSE SCARS,

IS HIS EX-WIFE CHASING HIM

DOWN SOUTH BALTIMORE WITH

A SWITCHBLADE AFTER HIS ASS.

- I'M TRYING TO TELL HIM

LIKE IT IS.

A BOY DESERVES THAT.

- WE ALL DO.

- REMEMBER WHEN VINCEN WAS WOODY'S AGE?

- HMM.

- LITTLE PUNK LISTENED

TO ANYTHING I TELL HIM.

- YEAH, THAT TIME

YOU TOLD HIM:

HE HAD TO EA THE WHOLE CRAB SHELL.

- HIS CRAZY ASS

TRIED TO EAT IT.

- YEAH.

THERE WAS A TIME YOUR WORD

MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME.

- YEAH, WELL...

I BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR YOU

SINCE YOU WAS HIS AGE.

- THAT REALLY WORKED OUT.

- COME ON, VINCENT,

LET IT GO.

- I TREATED YOU

LIKE YOU WERE ONE OF MY SONS.

- YOU WERE ALWAYS TALKING

THAT FAMILY SH*T.

YOU DON'T REALLY LOOK OU FOR NOBODY BUT YOU.

- HMM.

THIS PARANOIA'S EATING AT YOU

LIKE CANCER.

I AIN'T YOUR ENEMY, SON.

- WHO MY MOTHERFUCKIN' ENEMY?

'CAUSE JAMISON AIN'T HAD

NO MOTHERFUCKIN' MONEY.

SO WHO MY ENEMY?

- I'D HAVE KILLED YOU

A LONG TIME AGO...

IF I REALLY WANTED TO.

- HEY, COME ON.

IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN

LIKE THAT NOW, OKAY?

- WOOD, GET OUTTA HERE.

- YOU DON'T THINK I REMEMBER

ALL THOSE SIDE DEALS

YOU TRIED TO DO?

- I AIN'T NEVER STOLE

FROM YOU, MAN.

I AIN'T NO THIEF.

- FOR YEARS,

I LOOKED THE OTHER WAY.

YOU THINK I'M STUPID, V?

YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW

WHAT'S GOING DOWN...

ON MY STREETS?

- NIGGA, THOSE STREETS

WOULD'VE ATE YOUR OLD ASS UP

IF I WASN'T OUT THERE

FOR YOU.

THEM STREETS WOULDA

ATE YOUR ASS ALIVE!

I PUT THAT WORK IN.

I DID THAT SH*T, MAN.

AND YOU KNOW IT.

I DID IT.

SO YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE ME

OUT HERE HANGING--YOUR SON?

YOUR SON.

FAMILY.

ALL THAT BULLSHIT YOU BE

TALKING TO EVERYBODY.

THAT SH*T AIN'T WORKING, YO.

THAT SH*T AIN'T WORKING, YO.

THEM DAYS IS OVER.

THEM DAYS IS OVER.

- YEAH, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

I TAUGHT YOU EVERYTHING

I KNOW.

- WHAT YOU TEACH ME?

WHERE THAT SH*T GET ME?

- IF YOU HAD JUS FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS,

YOUR ASS WOULDA STAYED

OUTTA JAIL.

- YOU LEFT ME HANGING!

SELFISH-ASS MOTHERF***ER.

- VINCENT, VINCENT.

PUT THE GUN DOWN.

YOU AIN'T GONNA SHOO NOBODY, NOW.

- I'M TIRED OF YOUR SH*T, MAN.

- VINCENT.

HEY, HERE--

[thud]

UHH!

- YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS,

VINCENT?

YOU BELIEVE:

YOUR OWN BULLSHIT.

YOU'RE THE SAME PERSON THAT GO YOUR OWN SISTER ON DRUGS.

- SHUT UP, MAN!

- YOUR OWN SISTER.

- I TRIED TO HELP HER KICK

THAT SH*T.

- STOP LYING TO THAT BOY.

- WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOM?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOM?

- WOOD, PUT THE GUN DOWN.

- TELL ME WHAT YOU DID TO MOM.

- PUT DOWN THE GUN, WOOD!

- TELL ME!

- WOOD, PUT THE GUN DOWN!

- WHAT'D YOU DO?

- PUT DOWN THE GUN, WOOD!

- TELL ME!

- WOODY!

- MAKE HIM TELL YOU, WOOD!

- WHAT YOU DOING?

GUN DOWN!

- TELL ME WHAT YOU DID

TO MY MOM?

- YO, WOOD!

PUT IT--

[gunshot]

- [panting]

[dog barking in distance]

- [coughing]

[panting]

WOODY.

WOO--

[coughing]

[coughing]

- UNCLE V, COME ON.

DON'T DIE ON ME.

[crying]

COME ON.

NO.

UNCLE V!

- [hyperventilating]

WOODY, WOODY.

GO IN MY POCKET.

GO IN MY POCKET.

I TRIED.

I TRIED.

I TRIED.

- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

- I TRIED. I TRIED.

- WHAT, UNCLE V?

UNCLE V!

WHAT?

[crying]

UNCLE V!

HELP!

HELP ME!

HELP...

HELP ME!

HELP ME!

- [chuckling]

- THAT SH*T'S NOT FUNNY.

- CAN I GO HOME NOW?

- YOU WERE INVOLVED IN

A TRIPLE HOMICIDE TONIGHT, KID.

THIS AIN'T DETENTION.

THIS A POLICE STATION.

- LOOK, WE CAN'T CHARGE YOU

WITH ANYTHING.

NOT YET.

NOW, TOMORROW, I WANT YOU

TO COME DOWN HERE

AND ANSWER:

SOME MORE QUESTIONS.

UNDERSTOOD?

- ALL RIGHT.

- ALL RIGHT.

NOW, GET YOUR BOOK BAG

AND WE'LL TAKE YOU HOME

TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S.

- WHAT ABOUT THAT?

- DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT THIS.

- HEY, KID,

FORGOT SOMETHING.

- [yawns]

- I LIKE THAT PICTURE

YOU DREW.

- THOSE YOUR DAUGHTERS?

- YEAH, MY ANGELS.

ABOUT A FEW YEARS YOUNGER

THAN YOU.

TELL YOU, EVERY NIGH I GO HOME...

WATCH 'EM IN THEIR BED,

SLEEP.

ONLY GOD KEEP 'EM SAFE.

- CAN'T PROTECT 'EM

FROM BAD PEOPLE.

- [sighs]

YEAH, I KNOW.

I CAN'T HELP TRYING THOUGH.

YOU FEEL ME?

GOT YOUR WHOLE LIFE

AHEAD OF YOU.

YOU'RE YOUNG.

YOU CAN STILL DO SOMETHING

WITH YOUR LIFE.

COME ON, I GOTTA TALK

TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

- I THINK IT'S BES THAT I TELL HER.

PLEASE?

- ALL RIGHT.

I'LL BE BACK IN THE MORNING,

TO PICK BOTH Y'ALL UP.

- ALL RIGHT.

- ALL RIGHT.

- MY UNCLE USED TO SAY

THERE'S TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE

IN THIS WORLD--

OWNERS AND RENTERS.

BUT THE QUESTION IS...

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA OWN?

DO YOU THINK:

I'LL EVER FIND YOU?

[crying]

- SO LET ME LIVE

OF LET ME KNOW:

YOU CAN'T SEE

OUT YOUR WINDOW:

NOTHING CAN MESS UP

OUR FLOW:

IF WE BUILD THEM,

AYE, FROM LOVE

- WHERE YOU GOING

YOU KNOW THA YOU'RE ALREADY HERE

WHERE YOU GOING:

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE

ALREADY HERE:

- I WOKE UP

IN THAT CHILDHOOD DREAM

BUT I VAGUELY:

REMEMBER SCENES:

NOTHING ELSE MATTERED

TO ME:

NO, NOTHING REALLY

MATTERS AT ALL:

- WHERE YOU GOING

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE

ALREADY HERE:

WHERE YOU GOING:

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE

ALREADY HERE:

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