Mercury Plains Page #3

Synopsis: A troubled young man runs away to Mexico, where he is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. Isolated in the desert, he proves himself by becoming The Captain's top soldier, but questions the group's true purpose. As the Mexican police close in, he realizes that his only way out is to escape back to America, but first he must outwit The Captain.
Director(s): Charles Burmeister
Production: Number 5 Films
 
IMDB:
4.3
R
Year:
2016
102 min
45 Views


- Hey!

Pull the f*** over!

Pull over!

Pull over!

OK.

I'm not getting out.

Camarillo, Where's that backup?

We're coming.

On, sh*t!

Hey, just stay back in the car.

FBI, just get back in your car.

Benito, just...

FBI, tell him to put

his hands oh his head.

Come on, yeah, there you go.

Jesse, pull up over there.

Jesse, come on.

Paul, Paul, there's

someone in the back.

Paul!

Get out of the car.

Get out of the... get the f***

out of the car, amigo!

Let's go!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Turn around, turn around, amigo.

Spread your legs, come on.

Stay down.

What the f*** are they saying?

He wants badges.

Benito make them

shut the f*** up.

Benito, f***ing keep them quiet!

Jesse, come on!

I can't get his hand cuffs,

the hand cuffs aren't Working.

Hold his hands!

I'm not holding

his f***ing hands!

Just hold them!

I'm not holding

his f***ing hands!

Hold his hands!

Sh*t!

Stay down.

Get back.

Come on, let's go!

Come on!

Benito, we gotta go.

- Come on!

- Benito!

- Benito!

- Come on!

Where'd you steal that from?

The Captain.

I thought the big

house was all locked up.

It is.

- So how'd you get in?

- The cellar.

What are you gonna do about it?

Have you seen my coke?

You seen my coke?

No.

For a special live report.

Police raided a cartel

safe house in Juarez...

in a month-long

operation against the cartels.

Melinda Hinojosa is embedded

with the tactical unit

that led the raid.

Confiscated 40 kilos

of high-quality cocaine.

Holy f***.

Reporting live from

the city of Juarez...

I Want everyone packed tonight.

We leave at 0600 hours.

We have an assignment at Juarez.

God bless.

What the f*** is Juarez?

It's the city across

the border from El Paso.

All the drug cartels

are fighting for power,

there's a war clown there.

Holy sh*t!

Yeah, holy sh*t.

Draw.

Camarillo.

What the hell's that thing?

A gun.

No sh*t.

Only has one shot.

But look, it's so small,

it can go everywhere.

Even in butt

for if you're in jail.

I'm a gun fighter.

Hey, buddy.

Baby, can you give us a minute?

Sit down.

Can I get you a Jack?

Sure.

Mitch, you're my favorite.

You know that don't you?

You're a quiet motherf***er.

That means you think too much.

I like that.

I think too much.

It's a bad thing for musicians

lovers, and soldiers.

Stop thinking so much.

OK.

But not just yet.

Right now I want you to think

just a little bit.

If you say so.

You ever wonder

What soldiers are for?

- War.

- And What is war?

I mean take out the killing

part. What's its purpose?

To take and keep territory.

And What is territory?

If you think about it, I own this,

you don't, get off my property.

It's the foundation

for the power structure.

Armies are all about keeping

power structure in place.

Keeping the rich folks rich,

and the poor folks poor.

And the places Where

there's no power structure...

those armies are worthless.

But out here in the third world,

the power structure

is all f***ed up.

They've got hospitals for sh*t,

police for sh*t,

but they also

don't have the man,

locking you in place.

Down here, any one man can be

as powerful as any one other man

at any point in time.

That's the beauty of it.

It means, if I'm sharp up here,

and if I've got guts,

I can own the whole World.

Back in America, I'd probably

just be another f***ed up vet,

living in an apartment,

driving a used car,

be a security guard

at some place.

Unlucky.

But down here... look at me.

I've got my family.

I got a ranch.

I'm a king.

A funny thing happened

on the Way to the castle.

Now I gotta protect

my power structure.

I didn't see it

coming but here I am.

That's why I need

soldiers like you.

What a f***ing hassle.

Food, water, love.

You boys are worse than horses

and I got a stable for them.

Gotta keep my eye

on every one of you.

But... at least I'm the king.

It's good to be the king.

Long live the king.

Are you f***ing my girlfriend?

No.

Good.

Don't.

Will you read it?

No.

No.

Why?

Please.

If you read,

I will give you sunglasses.

Food?

Guns?

We interrupt this program

for a live report.

Just moments ago, Federal Police...

in the holiest state of matrimony,

will though love him,

comfort him, honor and keep him,

in sickness and in health,

and forsaking all others,

giving only unto him,

so long as you both shall live?

- I will.

- Hello.

"stormed a compound

on the outskirts of Juarez.

Melinda Hinojosa is live

in the La Questa neighborhood.

La Questa neighborhood.

La Questa neighborhood.

We're on it.

'1 O-4.

Police seized ten vehicles

and over a million dollars in cash.

Brown van, brown van.

West on Paseo de Santa Clarita.

Alright, Camarillo,

We're at... and San Mateo.

Mitch, I got a...

intersect point for you.

You're gonna take a left

at Ignacio...

Then a right at Angola.

They should be there.

Camarillo, I don't see him.

The brown van!

Brown van!

Camarillo, I don't see him.

They should be right there!

Mitch.

Mitch, Mitch.

What?

Got him.

Turn the fights on.

You ready?

Jack hold on.

Hold on!

F***!

Drive!

Sh*t.

Come on, come on.

Go to the ditch.

Go that Way.

Come on, Mitch,

he's gaining on us.

- I don't see it.

- That way, that Way.

Right turn, right.

There he is.

Turn right at the tree.

What are we doing here?

Waiting on a paper.

For What?

Find out who took that move.

You steal from federal police,

they're bound to find us.

Yeah, but not that fast.

Maybe you did it.

Did you do it?

Nah, that's not your style.

What have we got?

Gang, operating

from a farmhouse.

May have been connected

to other acts of violence.

Jesse... of Macon, Georgia,

found dead in Monterrey.

Paul Whitesall, of Houston,

shot dead in Juarez, by federal agents.

Captured at the scene was

Ruben Gustavo Hernandez, 13.

Material Witness,

Alyssa Booker, 19,

of San Antonio, Texas,

was taken into custody.

Jack Barnes 14, thought to be

the son of Barry Barnes, the leader...

was killed in the shootout.

Benito.

He's not listed there.

Oh, Benito.

How you doing, son?

I made it out alive.

Glad you did, too.

Let's go for a

little walk, Benito.

What for?

Just Want to have a little talk.

No, no, that's OK.

- Come on, let's go.

- No.

Get out...

Sometimes...

Sometimes, a great man have to do...

terrible things.

Sex, hunger...

sh*t!

We are animals!

There's one alone that sets us

apart from the beasts.

What is war?

Not to bind us.

It gave us castles

and cities and nations.

Inside the walls,

we built cities.

Around the armies

we formed nations.

You see, there is a beauty

in the darkness.

A Purpose.

Parley, son!

Parley and talk!

Come to me and parley, boy!

Come to me!

I alone know you.

You suspected you were

meant for greatness,

but I knew, I told you,

I birthed you!

And now that you have tasted

that hot salt of life,

you are high.

Your blood runs with

a quicksilver pulse.

But you are afraid.

Boldness is best tasted

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