Panic Page #6

Synopsis: Alex, a sad-eyed mournful man, goes into psychotherapy: he discloses he's a hit man. He also tells the doctor, after a few sessions, that he's attracted to a young woman he's met in the waiting room. She's Sarah, 23, quick, edgy, and perhaps attracted to him as well. But he's married, the dutiful father of a young precocious boy, so Sarah brushes him off. In flashbacks we see him get his start as a killer, at his father's prompting: it's the family business. Dad gives Alex his next assignment: to kill the therapist. Alex keeps returning to Sarah, calling her, stopping by her apartment, as he decides what to do about the hit, his father, his marriage, and his malaise.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Henry Bromell
Production: Roxie Releasing
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2000
88 min
1,268 Views


Touch me.

Kiss me.

F*** me.

Oh, why am I begging you?

Why am I spreading my legs for you?

Get out, alex. Get out!

This is my house now, not your house.

You don't live here anymore.

You live somewhere else.

You laugh with someone else.

You look at someone else

and get a hard-on, not at me.

Mom. Dad.

I did a really bad thing today.

What did you do, sweetheart?

I killed a squirrel.

What do you mean,

you killed a squirrel?

Grandpa told me not to tell you.

He said I would get in trouble.

Here.

You know what this is?

A g-gun. Is it real?

Very real. It's as

real as it gets.

That's the beauty of the thing.

Now pay attention.

It's loaded.

Now you see that squirrel over there?

Yes, sir.

Shoot it. Shoot it?

Yeah, shoot it. Aim the gun.

That's right. A little lower...

than your target...

'cause it's gonna jump

when you fire.

I don't want to

shoot the squirrel.

Sure you do.

Just aim a little low.

Pull back on the trigger.

It's easy.

But what if I hit the squirrel?

Jesus christ, that's the whole damn

point, to hit the damn squirrel.

Now aim the gun

and pull the trigger.

Please, grandpa, don't make

me shoot the squirrel.

Pull the trigger now.

Good boy, sammy.

You just got

your first squirrel.

Do you

know what destiny is, sammy?

No.

It's who you really are,

who you're really meant to be.

Where's mom?

I love your mother

with all my heart.

But she talks so much

sometimes, I wanna scream.

That's when I say, "honey,

I know I'm boring you.

Why don't you go next door and have a nice

game of hearts with Mrs. Memmershef?"

You took sammy out.

Yeah, and put some hair

on his chest.

He could use it.

He's a natural, you know.

You shouldn't have taken

sammy out.

Who says?

Hey!

Aah! Goddamn it!

Ah, sh*t! Aah!

What the hell?

Alex? Alex!

Oh... god!

Alex?

Alex, what have you done?

What have you done?

No!

Oh!

No!

No!

Hi. Hi.

I haven't seen you here before.

Is this your first time?

I'm waiting for someone.

Yeah, well, I think I'm pretty much chained

to this place for the rest of my life.

You just do the best you can

every day.

Slowly. Slowly.

It takes time to get over

something like this.

Tell me about school, sammy.

School's okay.

You doing your homework? I don't

have homework. I'm too little.

You miss your dad?

Yes.

I hate the news.

Excuse me?

I hate the news.

It's always bad.

Bombs going off, people

starving and planes crashing.

It's a regular disaster

out there.

It seems like we oughta

be able to lead safer lives.

Safe is hard to come by.

I lost someone very close to me recently.

It's kind of made me a wreck.

Somebody died?

- Yes.

- I'm sorry.

It's hard being a woman.

Don't you think? I mean,

compared to being a man.

We're done for the day.

He's all yours.

How's he doing?

Better. Much better.

Aren't you, sammy?

Sammy?

Yeah, that's my son.

Hi.

Nice to meet you, sammy.

so, same time next week, right, dr.

Parks? Right.

Okay. Come on, honey.

Good-bye.

And you know how I know there's

no such thing as infinity?

How? I can see it

when I close my eyes.

Well, if you can see it,

doesn't that mean it exists?

No, exactly the opposite. You

said infinity was endless.

How could I see it

if it was endless?

I think you got me, kiddo.

Yeah, I got you.

Dad? Hmm?

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

But you seem to have

a lot on your mind lately.

No, I'm... i'm okay.

Shh, shh, shh. Good night, dad.

Good night. Close your eyes.

Close your eyes.

Sweet dreams. I love you.

Good night again.

Infinity, huh?

Sounds like you and your father had

some pretty serious conversations.

I didn't used to think

there's such thing as infinity.

I used to think everything

began and ended.

I don't think that anymore.

What do you think now?

Now I think

nothing really ends.

?? You're sailing away??

?? To another shore??

?? My heartache today??

?? I can't tell you anymore??

?? And I thought

I saw your shadow??

?? In the street today??

?? But that was yesterday??

?? Oh, that was yesterday??

?? And I thought

I saw your jacket??

?? In my room today??

?? But that was yesterday??

?? Oh, was that yesterday??

?? With a little courage??

?? In time??

?? You might forgive me??

?? With a little loving??

?? In time????

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Henry Bromell

Alfred Henry Bromell (September 19, 1947 – March 18, 2013) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and director. more…

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