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Synopsis: Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse. Street-wise and tough, an ex-marine, he is betrayed by a one-time partner, and shot in the back by his junkie wife. He survives and returns, looking to recover his share from the robbery of an Asian crime gang. The money has passed into the hands of "the Outfit", a slick gangster organisation that runs the city. He has to make his way through a world populated by heroin dealers, prostitutes, sado-masochists, gunmen and crooked cops, a place where torture is a way of life. His only friend is a former employer, a prostitute, and her loyalty is in question, given she now works for the Outfit. He makes good early progress, but then falls into the hands of Fairfax, the crime boss.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Brian Helgeland
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
R
Year:
1999
100 min
Website
3,114 Views


you'll ever get to it.

I'll make you a deal.

Tell me where John is,

and I'll finish you quick.

You won't have to find out

what your left ball tastes like.

But if there's even a bruise on him,

I'll make this last three weeks.

I'll give you a blood transfusion

to keep you alive.

Where is he?

I'm waiting.

This piggy went to the market.

I'm listening.

This piggy stayed home.

It's looking like roast beef.

Eight to go.

Then it's your knees.

You can guess where we go from there.

Where is he?

Twenty-four...

Twenty-four Fielding.

Apartment 11.

You'll understand

if I don't trust you.

Put him in the trunk.

We'll take him along.

Let's go, tough guy.

You two watch the front.

F***! Come on, Porter.

Hey, give me a light.

- What the hell's going on?

- You're right not to trust me.

Help me.

Get out!

Come on, Porter.

It's been fun. See you later.

Get back here!

You b*tch!

Come on, Porter.

Let's go.

What took you so long?

Come on, Porter.

Get in.

Good boy.

What happened?

I got hammered.

You okay?

You got it.

Piece of cake.

Where to?

Just drive, baby.

We were going for breakfast...

...in Canada.

We made a deal:

If she'd stop hooking...

...l'd stop shooting people.

Maybe we were aiming high.

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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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