Man On Fire Page #7

Synopsis: Hard drinking, burnt out ex CIA operative John Creasy has given up on life until he's hired as a bodyguard to protect nine year old Pita Ramos. Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim some of his soul, but when pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is finally released and he will stop at nothing to save her as he sets out on a dangerous, revenge fuelled rescue mission.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Tony Scott
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
R
Year:
2004
146 min
$77,600,000
Website
4,860 Views


Jordan told me she'd sit in a room...

and watch cartoons all day...

and she'd eat ice cream

and we'd have her back in two days.

He lied to me!

That's why he's f***ing dead!

I did it!

I did it, Lisa!

I agreed to the kidnapping.

I did it for us...

for the three of us.

I'm so sorry, Lisa.

[Lisa Shuddering]

You kill him.

You kill him or I will.

Huh. You know, they say a, um...

a bullet always tells the truth.

It never lies.

- It didn't work for me, Samuel, but maybe...

- [Shudders]

maybe it'll work for you.

I'll pray for you.

[Sniffles]

[Gunshot]

[Man Speaking Spanish]

[Manzano Continues]

[Chuckles]

- Gracias.

- [Gunshot]

[Gasping]

[Spanish]

[Exhales, Panting]

[Phone Ringing]

- [Mariana] Hola?

- [Creasy] Hola.

- Mr. Creasy?

- Yeah, it's me.

- I traced the PIN for you

and I have an address.

- Yeah?

The cardholder is Reina Rosas Sanchez,

the wife of"The Voice."

She lives in Los Arcos,

apartment 26D, Via Appia.

- Good.

- And another thing.

Pick up today's paper and you'll have

a picture of"The Voice."

Good. Thank you.

[Church Bell Ringing]

[Boy Shouting In Spanish]

[Creasy]

Shh, shh, shh.

[Woman Speaking Spanish Over Radio]

[Baby Crying]

Jos? Qu te pasa?

[Creasy Speaking Spanish]

[Grunts]

[Woman Shouting]

[Tires Screeching]

[Crowd Shouting]

- [Baby Crying]

- [Door Closes]

[Creasy Continues Speaking Spanish]

- [Shouts]

- [Spanish]

[Man Coughing]

S.

Okay.

[Coughing]

Hmm?

[Creasy, Spanish]

Hmm?

- [Grunting]

- [Spanish]

S.

Okay. Uh...

- S?

- S.

Aurelio Rosas Sanchez. Okay.

[Sniffling]

Okay.

[Panting]

S.

S.

Huh?

[Aurelio Panting]

[Grunting]

Momento.

[Woman Speaking Spanish Over Radio]

[Cell Phone Ringing]

[Ringing Continues]

Hola, Daniel.

Seor Creasy.

Yeah. Yeah, I got your family here.

Your brother doesn't look too good.

Yeah, Reina, she's what,

about eight months?

Huh? You wanna negotiate?

The most important thing

in life is family.

Do you agree?

I agree.

And there you are.

You have my family.

Well, most of my family.

My wife and I are separated.

You know how that is.

Now, tell me seriously,

h-how much do you want?

Ah.

Your brother wants to speak to you.

Yeah, hold on.

[Screaming]

[Creasy Speaking Spanish]

I'm gonna take your family apart

piece by piece. You understand me?

- [Reina Shouting]

- Piece by piece. Shut up!

I don't want your money!

Do you understand me?

You understand me? I want you.

[Aurelio Groaning]

[Phone Beeps Off]

[Aurelio Continues Groaning

Over Radio]

- [Cell Phone Ringing]

- I'm listening.

I'm listening, Daniel. I'm listening.

[Daniel] All right,

I will give you a life for a life.

Whose life?

What are you talking about?

Whose life, Daniel? I want you.

I will give you her life for your life.

And in exchange,

I will get my life back.

- What life? Whose life?

- The girl's. Pita's.

- Pita's dead.

- [Pita Screaming, Distorted] Creasy!

[Daniel] I'm a businessman.

A girl dead is worth nothing. She's alive.

All right.

I want proof of life. You hear me?

I want proof of life.

I want... I want...

I want the name of her bear.

What does she call her bear?

You tell her to tell you...

to tell me what she calls her bear.

[Cell Phone Ringing]

- Yeah?

- Creasy.

She calls the bear Creasy Bear.

Okay.

O-Okay.

I give you your brother,

you give me the girl.

- All right.

- Where?

[Man Speaking Spanish]

[Man Over Radio]

[Ringing]

[Line Ringing]

Hello?

Lisa, listen to me. Don't hang up.

I think Pita's alive.

I can't take this anymore.

Take the road to Puebla.

Get off junction 34, south side.

I'll meet you there in two hours.

So where is she?

She's right over there.

You see those two cars out there?

Pita's kidnapper, Daniel...

- this is his brother.

- [Moans]

Here.

I'm goin' up on the bridge to get Pita.

If anything goes wrong,

you put it to his head.

You pull the trigger, all right?

You understand?

- You don't...

- [Moaning]

let him loose until she's with you.

You got it?

And you don't wait for me, okay?

Yeah.

- You'll be all right. You okay?

- Yeah.

[Groans]

[Moaning]

[Mouthing Word]

[Distorted Scream]

Creasy!

Creasy!

Creasy!

[Sighs]

- You all right?

- Yeah.

They didn't hurt you?

Hi.

[Both Chuckle]

Your mother's waitin' for you. She's right

down there at the end of the bridge.

- Okay? You go home.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Where are you goin'?

I'm goin' home too.

I'm goin' to Blue Bayou.

- [Sniffles]

- [Chuckles]

Oh, Hey.

I got something for you.

I got the last number too.

[Sniffles]

I love you, Creasy.

And you love me, don't you?

Yes, I do.

- With all my heart. Pita, go.

- [Pats Back]

- Go. Run.

- Bye.

[Lisa]

: Vamos!

- Pita! Baby, come here. It's okay.

- Mom!

- Mom!

- Come on! Okay, I'll let you go now.

Mom!

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Woman Singing Indistinctly]

[Man Singing In Spanish]

[Continues]

[Woman Singing In Spanish]

[Continues]

[Man Singing In Spanish]

[Singing Stops]

[Women Humming]

[Man Singing In Spanish]

[Continues]

[Continues]

[Continues]

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Brian Helgeland

Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Mystic River, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Helgeland also wrote and directed 42 (2013), a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and Legend (2015), about the rise and fall of the Kray twins. more…

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