Rock and a Hard Place

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1

(crickets chirping)

(door opens)

(door closes)

So, you're probably thinking right now,

"What the f*** have I gotten myself into?"

I understand that.

When I was your age, I

was getting in trouble.

When I was your age, I

started getting arrested.

I know what it's like to f*** up.

I know what it's like

thinking nobody gives a sh*t.

Everybody in this room...

they care.

They're gonna dog you,

they're gonna smoke you,

they're gonna break you down.

But no one here

is gonna f***ing break, you understand?

Cadets:
Sir, yes, sir!

I know this boot camp

program. I believe in it.

And I want the world to see

the importance of this program.

I want the world to see how

powerful this program is.

Show you something.

(camera shutter clicks)

Look at this.

That's your new life.

That's what you look like.

You may not be able to see it right now.

You can't visualize it in your

head, but the day is gonna come,

and it's gonna come like

that... (snaps fingers)

where it's graduation.

- You understand?

- Cadets:
Sir, yes, sir!

No quitting.

Stay strong...

and don't f*** this thing up.

I mean that.

(music playing)

His charges are very serious.

He's facing up to life in prison.

Man:
You're going into

the boot camp program

as an alternative to

20 years in prison.

We don't have many second chances,

but you've been granted one.

Don't squander this opportunity

because there will be no other.

Man:
When you get to boot camp,

it's gonna be the

shock of your life.

We are gonna beat that demon out of you

that had you on the

streets committing crimes.

(siren wailing)

(door opens)

(brakes squeaking)

- (all shouting)

- Let's go!

Welcome to Miami-Dade County Boot Camp!

(overlapping voices)

Let them off! Let's go!

- Get them off!

- Move, move, move!

Hurry up! Get off the bus!

- Hurry up!

- (shouting continues)

Do not freakin' eyeball me, you understand?

- I say something, you say something!

- Yes, sir! Aye, sir!

- That's a freaking, "Aye, sir!"

- Yes, sir!

Aye, sir! Aye, sir!

Officer:
I say something, you

say something. Don't look at me!

(door buzzes)

Officer:
Get them out.

Let's hurry up, hurry up.

Quickly, let's go! I said...

Go! Let's go, let's go!

Today! Let's go! Every... hey, let's go!

- Hurry up! Come on, let's go!

- Officer:
Get them off!

(shouting continues)

This is not easy.

It is not personal.

We have one mission and one mission only.

That's to take you from boys to men.

Somebody your mama can be proud of,

somebody your daddy can be proud of.

You're gonna cry sometime tonight.

You're gonna sweat some tears, trust me.

Your body ain't gonna be able to

take what we're gonna dish out.

I already know it.

You tried it your way all this time.

Look how far it got you.

This is where your way got you.

If you want different results,

you gotta do different things.

If you want the same

results, do the same thing!

- On your feet!

- Cadets:
Sir, yes, sir!

Officer:
10, nine,

eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, and one.

Cadets:
Sir, yes, sir!

Fall in, fall in, fall in. Give

me two lines, give me two lines.

Break off and give me

another line in the front.

Let's go.

Officer:
If you still

got the street mentality,

hey, you ain't gonna

freaking make it in here.

You're not gonna freaking

make it by yourself.

You need friggin' teamwork to make

it through this friggin' program.

If you ain't got no friggin' teamwork,

you better find some real quick.

- Do you understand that?

- Cadets:
Sir, yes, sir!

(vocalizing commands)

Officer:
Right face!

For those of you who haven't met me,

I am your primary drill instructor,

Officer Drill Instructor Fouquet.

- You understand that, trash?

- Cadets:
Ma'am, yes, ma'am!

I'ma also go ahead and

introduce Corporal Hodge

and Drill Instructor Officer Lopez.

Platoon, attention!

Everybody get into push-up position.

Cadets:
Aye, sir.

Lopez:
Every time you

stinking freaking move

at the position of attention,

you're gonna go freaking pay for it.

- Down!

- Cadets:
Discipline.

- Up!

- Two, sir.

- Down!

- Discipline.

- Louder!

- Three, sir.

- Get on up.

- Aye, sir.

Five, four, three, two, and freaking one.

Yes, sir.

Now, I highly recommend

you do not move

at the position of attention

or you're gonna do push-up after

darn push-up till you explode.

- You understand me?

- Sir, yes, sir!

Why are you moving?

Didn't I tell you at

the position of attention

that I would punish you?

You... you can have a...

you can smile if you want.

You can smile if you want.

If you want, I'll put the

cuffs on you right now.

Now, you want that, it's on stinkin' you.

So go ahead and stinking smile again.

Smile again!

- (Fouquet shouting)

- How many years are you facing?

- He wanna freaking die like that?

- Get him out of the squad room.

We don't need him. Get

him out of the squad room.

Does anybody else wanna

go back to freaking jail?

- Cadets:
Sir, no, sir.

- Good. I hope you're inspired.

Hodge:
Dukes, you don't

wanna be here no more?

Do we need to call the paddy wagon?

I'm talking to you.

Hello? I'm talking to you.

Sir, I wanna leave, but then...

and then I don't wanna leave.

Hodge:
You can't have both.

Either you're gonna be here

or you're freaking rolling up out of here.

Guess what. You think all them

other cadets up there wanna be there?

I'm pretty sure they freaking don't.

Instead of doing four months of boot camp,

you'd rather go to prison?

Tell me, what's different in prison?

You're gonna eat when they

tell you to friggin' eat.

You're gonna go to freaking rec

or whatever the freak you gonna do

when they tell you to do it.

It's not gonna be at your freaking leisure.

Everything gonna be on

they freaking agenda.

Nothing on your freaking agenda.

You understand that, right?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- All right.

So, you need a moment

to get yourself together,

'cause I can tell you right now

you're not going nowhere, Dukes,

so you might as well put

your little game face on

and do what the freak you gotta do.

- It's real simple.

- (sniffles) Sir, yes, sir.

All right, get to the end of the hall.

- Aye, sir.

- Aye, sir.

Hodge:
He just going

through that thing

that all the cadets go

through initially...

that shock of incarceration,

of all the yelling and the screaming,

and they're not used to

conforming to that environment.

Cadets:
Sir, yes, sir!

I wanna welcome you to Miami-Dade

County Boot Camp program.

You had no discipline

in the streets.

You didn't have a job,

you didn't go to school,

disrespected your community.

So, now things are gonna change.

There's nothing easy about

the freaking boot camp program.

Why don't you take a seat?

Hodge:
They never get

to talk during a meal.

They don't do nothing but

sit down and eat their food.

Once they're done eating, they're

back awaiting their next command.

(chatter)

(shouting)

Aye, sir!

Aye, sir!

A lot of you guys still

got trash on my deck

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