Rapid Fire Page #2

Synopsis: When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents protecting him, the only one he can trust is Ryan, a single-minded Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father. To clear his name, Jake agrees to help Ryan bring down the drug lords.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Dwight H. Little
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
1992
95 min
818 Views


If I'm not under arrest, I'm going home.

You'll be under 24-hour FBI protection.

A weekend in Chicago,

first-class air, hotel.

- No way!

- You'll cooperate...

or I'll bury your ass in charges

you can't even spell.

What charges?

How about assault and battery,

obstruction of justice, manslaughter?

What judge is gonna buy that?

My judge.

Think it over, Jake.

You wanna make the right decision here.

That's blackmail.

That...

is law enforcement

Where are they keepin' him?

Yeah?

He's broke.

All his guys are in the pen. He's weak.

Tau to Chang to Serrano.

Around the Horn.

And last night somebody

took Chang out of the game

- What does that tell you?

- Eliminate the middleman.

Somebody's going into business for

themselves. Something's coming down.

My guy at the airport just called.

Well, Detective Withers,

my intelligence officer.

Lay some intelligence

on me, will you?

You used to be on top

of things, Lieutenant

- What have you got?

- A witness.

And he's right here in Chicago.

- Who, what, and where?

- Some kid, just flew in from LA.

- Who's got him?

- The Feds.

The Feds.

Get off your asses!

Farris, pull these guys together. Move it!

Go get yourself a bag of doughnuts.

This way.

Look, Jake... Any problems, you get nervous,

you need to talk, whatever...

you can reach me at this number.

- OK.

- I need to call home.

- It's taken care of.

Relax. Watch TV.

- I'll see you in eight hours.

- OK.

Daniels.

- Who is it?

- It's me. Daniels.

- Anderson, this is Jake.

- Jake.

- And this is Klein.

- Jake, welcome aboard.

Well, it was a lousy flight.

Great hotel, though

- Glass of water?

- Help yourself.

Pop-Tarts.

More Pop-Tarts. This is good.

- What are you doin', Jake?

- I'm hungry.

We can send out for Chinese if you like.

Can I stand the excitement?

I'm gonna see if there's a game on.

So who else is testifying against this guy?

Nobody's gonna testify against Serrano,

especially you, Jake.

It's a low neighbourhood.

Yeah, it's a low neighbourhood.

Oh, sh*t.

- Wrong place, wrong time.

- Yeah, Jake Lo...

- Cop killer.

- Go, go.

Ow!

Ow! You...

broke my f***in' nose!

Son of a b*tch!

Agh!

You're all done, Jake!

Sh*t!

- Don't move!

- No, it's OK!

Drop your weapon now.

- Listen, lady, you got the wrong guy!

- Shut up! Stay put.

Release the hammer slowly

and surrender your weapon.

- I'm a cop!

- I said drop the gun!

Daniels! FBI!

That kid just killed 2 federal officers!

- Let me see that.

- Hey, watch it!

- Let the girl go now!

- Goddamn it! He's trying to kill me!

- Just do it!

- I didn't do anything!

It's gonna be all right.

Hey, hey, hold your fire!

I'll get it.

- Hello.

- Hi, Frank.

- Jake?

- Yeah. Remember me?

Jake, Jesus Christ! What happened?

What the hell is going on?

You know what kills you?

You know what's killing you in life, huh?

Negative thinking. You gotta think positive.

Like here in Chicago, we had that mayor...

whatshisname, you know. Anyone

Everybody thinks everything

is going down the tubes.

Bada-bing! He has a heart attack. He's dead.

Think positive.

This Tau... Everything looks terrible.

He's got us by the balls.

Think positive. Cut off his hands.

Mr Serrano, it's for you.

I'm gonna have to insure that stomach

of yours with Lloyd's of London.

Yeah?

The kid got away.

He got away?

Damn it! What do you mean he got away?

How did he get away?

- Did they pop Klein?

- They killed Klein, but the kid got away.

- We paid good money to them Feds.

- Don't worry. I have it wired.

You better have it wired.

That kid saw everything.

Too bad these wires ain't legit.

He's meeting me at 7

There's a streetlight there.

You can't miss him.

We'll be there

I'm sure you will.

Hey, you f*** this up again,

I'll blow your house up!

Jake?

Right here.

Let's go. Come on.

If you wanna keep breathing,

kid, don't move.

- Freeze!

- I'm a cop. You freeze!

- Stay the hell out of this.

- Figure it out.

If this d*ckhead was

any kind of real FBI man...

two of his buddies dead,

he'd have offed you already himself.

Who the hell is this guy, Jake?

I'm your friend.

I've been through this with you.

Now, just keep coming and

let's get you the hell out of here.

Get down!

Agh!

You're a slow learner, kid

Get your ass in here!

Get your head down!

Sons of b*tches!

Son of a b*tch!

Jesus Christ!

Hiya.

Name's Ryan. Lieutenant Mace Ryan.

Jake Lo.

So tell me, Jake, are you

having a bad day or what?

Everybody, listen up.

Meet Jake Lo.

He's gonna give us Kinman Tau.

Jake, this is Detective Farris.

Takes care of tactical surveillance.

- Nice to meet you.

- Karla, meet Jake.

We've met.

- What the hell are you doing?

- What the hell are you doing?!

This guy is all over the radio.

We've got to turn him over.

Forget it, goddamn it. We are gonna get Tau!

Hey, hey, hey. Where you going?

I was just supposed to identify

some guy named Serrano.

Serrano is at war with Tau.

Great! I hope they kill each other.

I could not be that lucky.

I've been after Tau for 10 years

He's one of the largest producers of heroin

Chang was his No.1 distributor

till Serrano took him out.

So what? What does this have to do with me?

You are gonna help me nail him.

Yeah.

This is not my problem.

Where you gonna go

with a gun at your head, huh?

Every cop in this

city's looking for you.

You're a cop killer.

You know what that means?

I'm off the department's Christmas list?

Wise-ass. Step out on that street,

you'll last as long as a new Ferrari!

It was self-defence!

You think the first cop you run into

is gonna give you time to explain that?

And don't forget about your friend

Antonio Serrano still looking for you.

I'm your only ticket outta here, kid.

So what do you want, cop?

How do I get off this ride?

Cheer up, Jake.

You're doing a public service.

Hell, you should be happy

to nail scum like Tau.

Like I can give a sh*t.

Yeah?

I used to think like that too

when I was young, but things change.

Been after this son of a b*tch for 10 years.

- Why?

- Why?

- It's my job.

- Oh, Christ! Another hero.

Mind if I take a little stab

in the dark here?

- Got a family?

- Yeah.

You see 'em much? No, right?

- I'm divorced.

- Yeah.

And when you do see 'em,

you talk about your job, right?

Only it's not a job, it's a cause.

It's this righteous cause and

it's more important than anything, right?

- Well, how come that is?

- Listen, kid.

Sooner or later, you gotta

take a stand in life.

You gotta care about

something, I don't know,

community, people, something.

- You sound like my father.

- Yeah?

Sounds like a pretty smart man.

Maybe I'll meet him sometime.

Yeah. Maybe you will.

Nice house on government pay, huh?

He tells me to call him Frank,

like we're soul mates, the son of a b*tch!

Listen I know you're pissed at this guy,

but keep yourself under control.

This isn't some goddamn revenge thing, OK?

OK?

Sure, Lieutenant. Anything you say.

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Alan B. McElroy

Alan B. McElroy is an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film, television, comic books, and video games. He is best known for his collaborations with Todd McFarlane on the Spawn franchise, and for penning horror films such as Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Wrong Turn. more…

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