Man Down Page #6

Synopsis: When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Dito Montiel
Production: Krannel Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
R
Year:
2015
90 min
Website
472 Views


Daddy. Daddy.

Hold on.

Dev, made contact.

Coming out.

- Johnny!

- Back, back, back, back.

All right,

you're okay. Come on.

Johnny!

- Watch your footing.

- Gabe!

Shooting in the house. He's got my son.

He's got my son. What do I do?

Police!

Shots fired!

Go back in!

You're okay. Okay. You're okay.

Come on, we'll go over here.

I'm going to go.

Stay right there.

- You okay, buddy?

- Yeah.

Whatever happens,

you'll be fine, you understand?

Dev, come in, Dev. Dev!

The f***ing thing, man.

What's wrong with you?

I'm scared.

Hey, no, you're not.

Huh?

Okay?

- Yeah.

It's all right.

Don't cry. You're gonna

be fine. Okay?

Yeah.

You're gonna be okay.

I'm sorry.

Johnny, you'll be fine.

Yeah.

I got something for you, too.

Here. Remember that'?

- Who's that?

- It's me and Mom.

She's your mom.

She's my everything.

She's your mom.

That's my everything.

Yeah.

That's my everything.

Jon, you'll be fine.

Be strong.

I got you, son.

Police! Come out!

Go! Go! Go!

What's that?

Gummy bears.

Your favorite candy, right?

That's your favorite candy.

Yeah.

I remember.

Is that your

favorite candy, huh?

- Yeah.

- The red ones, right?

Johnny's favorite candy.

- Hmm?

- Yeah.

You eat them red ones.

I'll be back

in five seconds, okay?

Say, "Yeah, Dad, I understand."

Yeah, Dad, I understand.

- Police, don't move!

- Daddy!

Daddy!

Johnny, don't look!

Gabriel!

How do you know my name?

How do you know my name?

Drummer, we got this.

Check the last room.

Okay. You okay?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Huh'?

Devin, team two here, Dev.

Dev, are you tracking me? Dev!

I'm in deep sh*t here.

Do you copy?

Dev, do you... F***.

We're okay. We're okay.

Yeah.

I don't even have

the doctor's number.

- Who are you?

- He's here. He's here.

Who are you?

Who are you?

Stay right there, Jon.

- Who are you?

- It's me.

Who are you?

Who are you talking to?

It's me.

Mom.

Shh. I know what you're

doing to the kids.

My kid was with his mother.

Where is she?

Where is she?

It's me.

You aren't...

Gabe.

Where is she?

Where's my kid's mother?

Where is she?

Where is she? Down.

Get down, get down.

Where's my wife?

Natalie Drummer is my wife.

Where is she?

Where is she?

Gabriel.

- Where is she?

- No, Gabriel...

Where is she?

- Where is she?

- I'm right here.

- Natalie Drummer, where is she?

- Gabriel, please.

Where is she?

Where is she?

Where is my f***ing wife?

Don't. No, no, no.

Don't.

[voices shouting, gunfire

They're not feelings, sir.

They're real.

What happened

in that room is real.

Oh, my God.

Oh' my...

Oh, my God.

I'm sorry.

Oh, my God.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

It's okay, Dad.

I didn't mean it.

I didn't know.

I was confused.

I was confused.

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

Natty, I'm sorry.

I was confused. I didn't...

In this heart

Lies for you

A lark born

Only for you

Who sings only

To you

My love, my love

My love

You know,

I was thinking about...

I was thinking about...

You know, in the old days,

we used to send letters.

I wrote these for you.

It was, like, a big process.

It was, like, impossible.

You had to, like,

write it by hand.

My love, my love

Now we got email and Skype...

It's almost like

I'm here already, you know?

...is my grief for you

No!

For only

The loss of you

I ain't Mom, but I damn

sure am gonna tell my kid

I love him when he gets

out the car, as'! right?

Yeah.

So we gotta come up some kind

of little middle ground,

like a secret word or something.

My love, my love

What about "man down"?

Man clown?

- That's pretty good.

Yeah, I like that.

- / like it, too.

Damn sure is manly enough.

Nobody will know what we're talking

about when we say it.

So, anytime I want to say I love you

what am I going to say to you?

- Man down.

- All right, good.

All right, get out the car.

All loneliness have died

My love, my love

No! Johnny, no!

My love

I will have you

Hey, man down.

Man down.

Little cowboy, go ahead.

In my arms

Have a good day, bud.

You too.

I love you.

How much?

My love

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Adam G. Simon

Adam Gregory Simon (born March 13, 1977) is an American actor and writer. He started his professional career as an actor in theatre with roles in the early 2000s and then made his television and film debut. Simon is the writer of Man Down, a post-apocalyptic thriller directed by Dito Montiel which stars Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Gary Oldman, Jai Courtney and Clifton Collins, Jr..Simon is also the writer of Synapse, a film where he also makes his theatrical acting debut. Directed by veteran music video director Kenlon Clark. Synapse stars Sophina Brown, Henry Simmons, Joshua Alba and Simon himself. Synapse is the first theatrical content produced by Los Angeles Center Studios and Hollywood Locations. more…

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