Rampart Page #6

Synopsis: Dave Brown is a Los Angeles police officer who works out of the Rampart Division. Dave is misogynistic, racist, brutally violent, egotistical and a womanizer, although he defends himself against many of these accusations as he says that his hate is equal opportunity. However unlawful, he uses intimidation and brutal force to defend his ideals. The most notorious of his actions is purportedly murdering a suspected serial date rapist, which is why he has been given the nickname "Date Rape Dave". He lives with two of his ex-wives - sisters Barbara and Catherine - in an effort to keep family together, namely his two daughters, Helen and Margaret, who each have a different sister as their mother. Dave still maintains a sexual relationship with both sisters - whenever the mood suits any of them - while he openly has other sexual relationships. His life is put under a microscope after he is caught on video brutally beating a person with who he got into an automobile crash. This situation is m
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Oren Moverman
Production: Millenium Entertainment
  3 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
R
Year:
2011
108 min
$969,239
Website
415 Views


You were a bad husband.

You're a bad father.

- You're a bad lay.

- Why are you doing this?

Just let him go.

This "man keeping family

together" bullshit?

It's f***ed the girls

up forever. Forever.

Helen is out here. Can you stop?

You don't know one thing

about your girls.

You are a fraud, Dave.

That's enough.

- You're a fraud.

- You've got to go.

Okay.

It's okay.

Bye.

Come on. Everything's okay.

Let's go inside.

I'm sorry, honey.

Damn it.

I'm thirsty.

I'll bet you are.

Come on, just give me a pull.

Just give me a pull.

Get your f***ing hand

out of the car.

Come on. You're my brother.

Just a sip. A sip.

Give me a smoke.

Give me a smoke. I want a cigarette.

Give me a cigarette.

No.

Yeah. Come on, give me a drink.

Sober up.

Linda's a good woman. She's taken

really good care of me.

We're gonna take all your

a**hole friends down.

Can you spot me a fiver?

I don't feel so hot.

Sell your wheelchair.

F*** you, white skin. I got robbed.

I need a blanket.

Five bucks, please.

Just five bucks.

Do I look like Santa Claus to you?

No, you don't look like Santa

Claus. You're my brother.

Us vets got to stick

together, don't we?

I'm not your brother.

- I don't have a family.

- Yes you are. Yes you do.

I'll pay you back.

I'll pay you back when Linda

and I make a killing.

- Stop saying her name.

- Linda.

You stop saying her name, okay?

You say her name one more time,

I'll hurt you.

You don't get it. We're

gonna be rich as sh*t.

I'm gonna go around the world,

around the world.

Around the world. Around the world.

I'm gonna tell my story and they're

gonna f***ing pay me.

I'm gonna be on talk shows.

I'm gonna have a suit.

- What did you tell her?

- I told her everything.

- Tell me exactly what

you told her.

- I told her my plan...

about we're gonna get a

big house together...

somewhere in Northern California

on a lot of property where

anybody can come

who needs a place, has a place

where you can shower,

you can hang out,

or you can get your head right.

All my friends are gonna be there,

so you should definitely come.

And Linda will make us eggs.

What about the Crystal Market?

- I told her everything.

- Everything?

Everything.

Come on, give me a drink.

Get the f*** out of here!

What the hell are you doing?

Why, are you afraid of something?

Will you come inside? Come

on. It's raining.

Yeah, I can see that. I'm already

in. What does it matter?

What are you doing?

General told you.

Who?

He saw me shoot that man in the Crystal

Market and drop a piece on him.

Baby, I don't want to hear this.

It's raining. Come inside.

He got roughed up by the

L.A.P.D. That's all.

You gonna believe him over me?

- What?

- Get in the pool.

I'm not getting in the

f***ing pool. No.

If you're on my side, get

in the f***ing pool.

No. You're crazy. I'm going in.

Get in the f***ing pool.

I'm going in. You make

the next move.

- Get in the pool.

- Don't f***ing touch me. Get off.

Don't go inside. Get in this pool.

No.

- Come here.

- No.

- Don't.

- Get in this pool.

No.

You b*tch.

Come in.

You think you can take me down?

I don't need you! I

don't need anyone!

I'm just a f***ing cop!

I'm a f***ing soldier!

I'm dispensable!

There're a lot of other

c*cks to suck!

You're heartless, Linda!

You played me!

I hate you! I f***ing hate you!!

Are you even listening, you b*tch?!

Get in this f***ing pool!

Discrepancies and inconsistencies.

Ah, Jesus.

Dave, I've got six card players,

all of them claiming that

it was a no weapons game.

Four of them heard the shots.

All of them claim it was

two sets of three pops,

all at the same clip,

which indicates you fired

your weapon first.

Right? Now, I traced

the gun right back

to this station right here.

Ballistics show that

the gun was involved

in another officer shooting.

Alright?

So I'm sweating the cop

that sold you the gun,

because not only can I prove

that his shooting was dirty,

I can prove that your

shooting was dirty,

just like I can prove you're dirty.

I got two eyewitnesses

that saw your ass

outside of that Crystal Market

right before it jumped off.

So go home and pack a bag.

Make sure there's a

wetsuit in there

because I'm sending your

ass up the river.

Come on, baby.

I've been up river, motherf***er,

when you were still sucking

on your mama's tit.

My mother died when I was born,

you racist son-of-a-b*tch.

You save that Grand wizard

sh*t for the jury.

I need you to help me put

a leash on Kyle Timkins.

Help you?

That's all I do is help.

I am not the help.

Crystal Market.

Again with the market.

No, still with the market.

You're covering for someone

who's trying to bury me.

I'm not sure I understand

the rules, okay?

The rules change.

The laws change. The people change.

They accommodate. They adapt.

But not you.

Why is that?

Explain to me exactly what happened

at the Crystal Market.

I've got to get away from you.

I've got a business to

protect, contacts.

I don't know you. I don't know...

Put that away.

Why me, Hart? Why me?

Stop whining. Why you?

Why me? Why anybody?

You set me up.

You set yourself up, Dave.

Give me the gun.

Call an ambulance.

Hey.

Come in.

What was that noise?

Oh, the lock.

Come on. Come in. Get out

of the hallway. Please.

Come on.

Hey, what a surprise.

Do you want to give it to him?

- I thought you wanted to.

- No, I'm fine.

These are for you.

Thank you.

- How are you?

- Good.

Yeah?

So tell me... what have

you been up to?

Nothing. We just came by

to drop off the clothes.

Oh. Okay.

You found me.

How did you do that?

There was a caller I.D.

What?

Caller I.D. You called

the house from here.

That's good police work.

Yeah, it was really hard.

So...

here you are.

Come on in. Don't be afraid.

You want to sit?

No.

Can I get you a soda?

- No, I'm good.

- Yeah?

Okay.

You don't want anything?

No, I'm good.

You look beautiful, both of you.

Your face looks red.

Too much sun.

It means he's been drinking.

Haven't you?

What?

You've been drinking.

I was just... Yeah, a little bit.

A little bit.

Okay. Wow.

- Do you wanna go?

- Yeah.

I don't know.

We're gonna go.

You want to talk a little bit?

No, that's fine.

Hey. Hey.

I know why you came.

To drop off the clothes.

Let's go. Come on.

You want to know if it's true.

Every bad thing you've

heard about me?

You want me to give you some

way out so it doesn't

hurt so much.

There's no way out.

Every single thing you heard

and more, it's all true.

I can never... change.

But I want you to know

I never hurt any good people.

What about us?

No, that's not what I mean, Helen.

I don't understand

what you do mean.

Have I hurt you?

I didn't mean to.

We have to go, okay?

Hey.

- It's okay. It's okay.

- Hey. Come on.

Hey! Hey, come here!

- Come back to the room.

- What are you doing?

I love you, monkey. You

know that, right?

I'm not letting you do this.

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