Resolution Page #7

Synopsis: Soon-to-be-a-dad Michael makes a last ditch effort to save his longtime but addicted friend Chris from a foreseeable drug related death. Visiting Chris and handcuffing him to an exposed plumbing pipe, Michael forces his buddy into detox, but while watching over his friend he also discovers that all is not right within the territory Chris has drifted into. Situated on Indian Reservation land, the area seems to attract a number of strange people. Someone or some thing has a longtime interest in recording activities in the area, all captured on a variety of recording devices (CDs, film, phonographs, etc.). Michael comes to understand he's been pulled into the latest "story" of an unseen entity, one with a grizzly resolution projected for him and his pal unless they can possibly work out their own agreeable alternate ending.
Production: Tribeca Films
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
93 min
Website
519 Views


if there's something down there, man,

you gotta just,

please, just run

like it doesn't hurt, okay?

Please?

Okay.

Do you remember Derrick Jones?

Oh, f***. All right, I'll go.

Jesus.

Thanks, man.

What if we just didn't open it?

We have to open it.

What if we just took it with us,

and then if we wanted to open it,

we would consider opening,

opening it then?

Look, I can't go home and

that last footage saved you

from getting beaten

to death or shot.

We don't know that, right?

What if this thing's actually

trying to help us?

We don't even know if this stuff

is really gonna happen or not.

That car was a gift.

Goddammit.

All right, man, open it.

Ow, f***.

It's us.

And?

Uh, we're outside

and the cabin's

in the background.

Okay, what else?

Okay, we're still

outside but it's night,

and we're lit by a fire.

A fire?

Yeah.

Do we look all right?

I, I don't know, I mean,

yeah, I think,

I think we look okay.

And are we upset?

I don't know.

It's difficult to see.

I don't know.

Do you think all that stuff

down there is of us?

Why are you asking me?

F***, really?

You don't wanna talk about it?

Okay.

Yes, I think it's all us.

Do you think that's all of it?

No.

I think we could be on any

recording device anywhere.

We could be on a f***ing

hard drive in China.

They should be at

the cabin by now.

Do you think they

found the bag?

I left it inside

for them to find.

F***.

They're smoking that bag, man.

They're f***ing smoking that bag.

Maybe they took the

trees to the road.

No, man, they're getting f***ed up,

and they're f***ing waiting for us

to f*** us up.

I'm gonna go to that

place in the film.

The rocks in front

of the cabin.

Why would... That's

f***ing nighttime, man.

It's like f***ing noon right now.

Are you crazy?

I'll be fine, okay?

Look, I'm gonna sneak

around the back,

I'll be far enough away,

and plus they're probably

so f***ed up they won't

even know I'm there.

Why would you f***ing do that?

Because I think if we

can get to the end

of this reel of film,

we'll be fine.

You don't f***ing know that.

No, I don't, but do you

have a better plan?

Yeah, man, let's f***ing leave.

Chris, I am not taking this

home to my wife.

F***!

All right, man,

f*** it I'll go.

Let's go.

You can leave. No, f*** you,

don't make me feel guilty.

I'll f***ing go, I said

I'll go, let's go.

All right.

Lighter, lighter,

lighter, pants on fire.

Do it, do it, do it, do it.

So, what's it like, uh,

what's it like being married?

It's good, you know,

I mean it's, uh,

it's hard, but, uh,

yeah, I like it.

What's it like being single?

Well, getting high all

the time pretty much

covers that base.

You don't have like

a, like a junkie

girlfriend or something?

No.

No, I don't.

Actually, I did go into the

city like a couple months ago,

and I picked

up a little "hmm-hmm."

What's that? What's "hmm-hmm"?

Yeah, what's that?

You know, man, like

on the back of the...

Like the reader those,

those like little box ads.

I don't know.

A f***ing hooker, Mike.

Goddamn.

Yeah, the whole thing just

was like ridiculous, man.

Um, we just, basically

just were gacking rails

all night long, and, uh,

I just talked her ear

off for like six hours,

and then by the end of it, um,

she just like took off

like all freaked out.

We never even took our

clothes off or nothing.

We just talked,

and then I scared her.

That was pretty much my

last sexual experience.

That sounds awful.

It was horrible.

Yeah.

Was it true about

the, uh, dad thing?

What dad thing?

On the f***ing CD.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm gonna be a dad.

F***, man.

Are you sketched out?

I'm okay with it.

When's it going down?

Seven months.

Seven months?

Boy or girl?

Well, it's a little

early to tell.

Well, I'm not

a pediatrician, Mike.

I don't know.

Obstetrician.

Whatever, man.

Um, yeah, let's just

hope it's a boy, right?

Better worrying about one wiener

than like every wiener in the world.

Could I borrow

one of your guns?

Sure, dude.

You would make a good uncle.

Whatever.

That's bull, that's

bullshit, man.

Give yourself

a little credit, man.

Seriously, you're like,

you're one of the most loyal,

protective, and smartest

people I know.

You know, and you don't

wave it in people's faces

and make them feel

stupid about it.

Come on, that's

a bunch of malarkey,

but thanks, though.

I'm serious.

Okay, why do you think,

why do you think you've

lasted as long as you have

like you have?

It's because the dirt bags you hang out

with actually like being around you.

You know, I think it

makes them feel better

about their dark souls

to have someone

like you around.

I appreciate it, man,

but I'm a piece of sh*t.

You know it.

You know.

No, you're not.

Well, well, I mean even

though you completely

abandoned your pregnant wife

to save a piece of sh*t

like myself, I, uh,

I think you're gonna

be a good dad.

Thanks.

Yeah, I mean, I don't

know really much about it,

but I would imagine

being forgiving

has something to do

with being a good dad,

and, uh, you and I have

lasted this long,

so that shows that you're one

forgiving motherf***er.

There's something

I should tell you.

It's cool, man, don't.

You...

You're my buddy, that's

all that matters.

No.

Look, I'm... I'm

trying to tell you...

Don't do it, man.

No, you were right, okay?

You know, I felt guilty

and I missed my best friend,

but I had, I had no

right to intrude

on your life like this, man.

I just didn't.

Dude, whatever, man.

Don't even sweat it.

I don't care.

We're cool.

I know, it's just

like, you know,

with the baby coming like

I felt like this was

my last chance to do

something to feel better

about myself, and I'm

just f***ing sorry, man.

It is what it is, Mike.

I don't, I don't give a sh*t.

I mean, I'm sorry that I can't

be this imaginary guy that you

think is me, you know?

You're still my buddy.

Sh*t.

Ha-ha-ha!

That was cool.

F***, man!

Holy sh*t.

F*** me.

Holy f***.

Oh, my God.

Burn it.

Oh, my f***ing God.

That's my bullets.

Is that it? Is that all of 'em?

Chris?

Chris.

Oh, f***.

Oh, f***!

No, Mike!

It's gonna burn, man.

I need a f***ing

hit, let me go!

F***!

I don't wanna

f***ing die, Mike.

I can't control it, man,

I really f***ing can't.

I need help.

Can I take you to rehab?

Yeah.

It has to be now, man.

You have to f***ing

take me right now.

Okay.

Oh, sh*t.

Hey, we gave that thing

a story with a happy ending.

F*** you.

Oh, God.

I'm sorry.

Oh, f***, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Can we try it another way?

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Justin Benson

Justin David Ramsay Benson (born 1 March 1967 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler as well as an occasional wicket-keeper. Though born in Ireland, he spent the early part of his cricket career playing solely in England, starting by playing minor counties cricket with Cambridgeshire before moving on to play first-class cricket with Leicestershire. He spent five years with Leicestershire from 1988 to 1993 and as his career with them was winding down, he began to play for the country of his birth shortly after they gained associate membership of the International Cricket Council in 1993. He made his debut for Ireland against Australia in 1993 and was then selected for the 1994 ICC Trophy. He carried on playing for Ireland whilst also again playing minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire, playing in one more ICC Trophy in 1997 as well as the inaugural European Championship in 1996. His last match came against the MCC at Lord's in August 1997 at which point he had represented Ireland 59 times. He was captain in all his games in 1996 and 1997. more…

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