On The Inside Page #3

Synopsis: Allen Meneric is committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane because of a brutal revenge murder. There he is forced to deal with the very ill and the dangerous until, as part of a socialization program, he is transferred to minimum security where he meets Mia, a beautiful bipolar female inmate. Ever haunted by his past, Allen seeks his redemption when sudden events demand that he protect Mia from the violence and chaos of the institution.
 
IMDB:
5.3
R
Year:
2011
95 min
63 Views


Where the skin

on the neck just separates.

- What are those?

- Those are birds.

Ah.

Hey.

Don't make it

too f***ing wonderful.

You know what?

This sh*t's over.

- What's over?

- You talking to me.

I don't want you

to do it anymore.

You don't tell me

what not to do.

- Just stay away from me.

- I'm sorry?

I'm serious.

You stay away from me.

You keep all that

sick sh*t to yourself.

Am I disturbing you?

Hmm?

Is this offensive?

Are you disturbed?

Am I upsetting you? Hmm?

'Cause I didn't even tell you

about the little children.

- Hey, shut your mouth!

- Whoa-ho!

Shut your mouth.

I'm warning you.

You're warning me?

- Don't.

- What?

I said don't.

And I said

don't tell me what not to do.

You touch me...

Touch me. Touch me.

Touch me!

Touch me. Touch me. Touch me.

Touch me.

Ben!

- Ben! Ah!

- Touch me.

Touch me. Touch me.

I haven't killed somebody

in a long time.

- Leave him alone!

- I'm due.

Oh, f***!

Hey! What's going on in here?

Well, we're all really impressed

with your big entrance.

Okay, okay.

Let's all calm down.

Everything's cool.

What were we talking about?

You take him down to Baker.

Yeah, take me down to Baker.

All right. On three.

One, two...

Go ahead. I got this.

No, no, what about this guy?

We're cool.

Was he dangerous?

No.

He was loud.

He was really loud

at one point.

What did that other one do?

Nothing.

He didn't do anything?

No.

Yeah, okay.

I'll just take a look

at the video.

Hit that switch for me

over there, please?

Look. I might not

be here much longer,

so I gotta talk to you.

Like I might not

normally talk to you.

Just play the game.

Tell them

what they want to hear.

Right now, try to make things

better for yourself.

Little by little. Go to chapel.

And that guy in there with you?

It's fine you don't snitch

because you gotta live here.

And that's right.

But don't get in

with people like that.

- 'Cause he's not your friend.

- Friend, friend, friend.

- Friend, friend, friend...

- It's okay. Easy, man.

- Friend...

- Easy. Breathe.

Breathe.

It's okay.

Friend.

Friend.

Is he talking to you?

Is he?

Yeah.

I guess so.

I wanna be respectful

and I appreciate the opportunity

to be here today.

Because you believe...

Maybe I could.

What?

What you were saying.

You'd like to go with us

on our next visit?

Maybe, yeah.

"Maybe yes"?

Yes... ahem... yes.

Good. Good.

Mia?

Don't forget your baking.

Yes.

How are things?

Well,

my medication has been changed.

And, uh,

lately I've been feeling

especially lonely.

Sometimes I'm scared,

because I think I'll disappear.

Sometimes I wish I would.

This is the minimum security

rec room.

Here's the kitchen.

You're welcome to use it.

Bring your own...

Bring your own food,

you clean up after yourself.

Welcome to use

any of the games.

Anything you take out,

you gotta put back.

This here is Phil. This is Lem.

- Maybe these guys can show you around.

- Hey.

- Hi.

- Nice to meet ya.

I want to be happy.

I think that's what I want.

There's this...

other thing in me, though,

that doesn't seem

to care about that.

I... I think...

I just... I have to think...

all this

was handed down to me.

Like it's...

It's been always

coming down to me...

from somewhere.

Like from somewhere

before there were horses.

Before...

I don't know. Like by a great,

great, great, great, great,

great, great, great,

great, great,

great, great, great, great,

great, great,

great, great, great,

great, great, great, great,

great, great...

What was I saying?

You want to stay?

Hold me down. Hold me down.

- Thank you, Allen.

- You're welcome.

This is very, very thoughtful.

Happy birthday, Mom.

What did you get me?

You come right here, right now.

Did you make me something?

I talk...

and talk, you know.

But I'm...

still lonely.

Ben?

Ben?

This way, Mia.

Thank you, Eloy.

Put it right down here.

Right down here, Mia.

Lisa?

Sheri, put that in the kitchen.

Like, Phil might feel different

than Zoe and...

Lisa may feel different

than Josh and...

getting along is about seeing

the other person's point of view

and respecting that.

To get out of here

and to make a go of it,

you need to do that.

Hey.

Those cookies with the powdered sugar,

they were a big hit.

- Did you make those?

- No.

I put them on the pan

and then I took them off the pan.

I didn't have any, actually.

I was just going by reactions,

how fast they went.

Snooze, you lose.

This is an unusual kind

of co-mixing, isn't it?

They told us there hasn't been

any acts of violence

with you guys in seven years.

Well, I feel reassured.

Yeah, me, too.

Do you want something to drink?

Yeah.

- Okay.

- I'll go with you.

This one.

Do you care why I'm here?

No.

What, I'm gonna say

something about you?

Like I don't have a story.

What's your story?

I'm bipolar and I'm gonna be

on medication

for the rest of my life.

I started a fire.

This T-shirt store

where I'd been working.

But there were old people

living upstairs, so...

Anyway...

- A woman with a past.

- Yeah, that's right.

You're probably Jack the Ripper

or something, right?

- I'm what? I'm...

- Very pretty.

I should help them

clean up over there.

Hey.

You wanna live in Denver?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, they said I could

start at the courthouse

the first day of next month.

Better pay.

Advancement possibilities.

Yeah, yeah.

And less chance of that.

So, anyway, look, I gotta go.

I just wanted to let you know.

Okay.

- You have one.

- I know how to play.

...ask you what you heard

and what you understood.

You're gonna try to feel what...

You're killing me.

- I have...

- Because... well. Hold on.

You're gonna try to feel

what Josh was feeling...

Yeah, see, I have two queens.

You have three nines.

Dr. Lofton? Dr. Lofton.

I'd like to ask you something.

Oh, I'm actually running late

to the Wilton.

Not that I'm looking

forward to it.

I'm sitting with a neurologist

this year.

What is it, Beth?

I was wondering if,

under controlled circumstances,

chaperoned circumstances,

we might allow

for the males and the females

to have one-on-one visitation?

Beth, please.

Do I have to tell you

there are some

who don't want things here

made too nice for our people?

I doubt if they saw

the pain and emptiness

in these people's lives,

there would be many who would

wish anything worse on them.

You've been here a long time,

haven't you?

Yes. A long time.

Try it once. Just once.

I want a full report

and all the documentations.

Beth, anything goes wrong,

it is your responsibility.

I understand, Dr. Lofton.

What did you do to yourself?

Oh. It was Terri.

She was getting an injection

and she threw her head back.

It was totally my fault.

For goodness' sake.

Wait a minute.

Here.

This is light on me,

but it's going to be dark on you.

Yeah.

You couldn't receive

visitors before.

I was in maximum

security before.

Did you do something else?

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D.W. Brown

D. W. Brown is the co-owner and head instructor at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio in Santa Monica, California. He began his acting career early at the age of 15 in his hometown theater company in Tucson, Arizona Starring in "Desire Under The Elms". He later came to Los Angeles, where he starred in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, his own series, "Jo's Cousin," and performed numerous leading roles in film and on television. more…

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