Rock and a Hard Place Page #6

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- Girl:
Hi, Avery.

- Hey, sis.

A little birdy told me you

was doing bad in school.

Girl:
Yeah, I'm doing

horrible in school.

That trash needs to tighten up.

- You have one minute left.

- Aye, sir.

We got about one minute left, Ma.

- Man:
Love you.

- Woman:
What? Love you!

- Love you, too, Ma. Bye.

- Okay.

- Man #2:
Love you!

- Blaine says, "Love you!"

All right, love you, too, dawg.

- All right, bye-bye.

- Bye, Mom.

- Lopez:
Hey, come here.

- Yes, sir.

- You got a nice family.

- Sir, yes, sir.

You don't feel the slightest bit bad

about what the freak

you did to get here?

Sir, yes, sir.

Does that picture of your

mom ever hit you in the...

Sir, yes, sir.

How much do you love her?

More than life itself, sir.

- Say again.

- More than life itself, sir.

So, this should inspire you not

to do anything wrong anymore.

Sir, yes, sir.

Your grandpa...

your sister.

Picture 'em in your head

right now. Close your eyes.

Think about how much you wanna be there

and do stuff for them and...

and make things right again.

Now open up your eyes.

Where are you right now?

Sir, Dade County Boot Camp, sir.

Okay. Where do you need to go?

To go home, sir.

So, between...

between here and there

is a journey you have to

take to redeem yourself...

- and to carry on with your life.

- Sir, yes, sir.

I'ma do it.

I'ma complete this program.

I'ma get home to my mom and my sister,

my dad and my brother and my grandparents.

I'm gonna get home...

no matter what it takes.

No matter how many push-ups,

bend and thrusts, mule kicks.

Whatever it takes.

Sir, Cadet Cordero reporting

as you ordered, sir.

You're reporting as ordered? Is

that what you're trying to say?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- Okay, sorry, sorry.

- Reporting as ordered!

- "Reportings" as ordered, sir.

- Reporting as ordered!

- Reportings as ordered, sir.

Jeez, this guy's a numbskull.

All right. Hey, enter.

Aye, sir.

To the rear march!

Turn, step. Turn, step.

Just march yourself into the wall.

- No one told you to stop!

- Keep marching into the wall.

- Aye, sir.

- I don't see you freaking marching.

You ain't freaking marching.

You're just following along with everybody,

but you're not learning anything.

You're following what they say.

You're... you're freaking... you're

trying to blend in with the crowd.

- Aye, sir.

- But it's not working.

- Aye, sir.

- Get the hell out of here.

Aye, sir.

Yeah, he fails.

Get out! Get your trash!

- Aye, sir.

- Hurry the freak up.

Get your trash. Get out of my classroom.

Get out! Get out!

- Get out!

- Get out of here, failure.

Get out of here, failure. He's just

a failure in life, that's what he is.

- Aye, sir.

- You're just a failure in life.

Lopez:
Have a nice day.

He was unable to understand a lot of the...

The language of what we were saying.

You know, he has most of

the protocol down right.

He gots the protocol down.

It's just that that language

barrier is his big issue

on trying to pass our... our test.

So, the language barrier

is the biggest problem.

He's gotta learn English and

he's gotta learn to follow the law

and the rules and the regulations.

(crying)

(speaking Spanish)

(sobbing)

(sniffles)

Lopez:
If I was in his situation,

I would like for

somebody to help me.

I look at him and I don't see malice.

I just see confusion.

You know, these kids just made a couple

of stupid mistakes here and there,

and I don't want him to lose hope.

Left, right.

Cadets:
Hup, ten, hup!

- Hey, Williams, get over here!

- Aye, ma'am.

- Some time today.

- Aye, ma'am.

- Ma'am, good morning, ma'am.

- Green over there yet?

- Aye, ma'am.

- Five, four, three, two, and freakin' one.

- Have a seat.

- Aye, ma'am.

- Williams, this your third time here, right?

- Ma'am, yes, ma'am.

- Still planning to get kicked out again?

- Ma'am, no, ma'am.

- You sure?

- Ma'am, yes, ma'am.

Boot camp has blessed me to

come back multiple times...

on different occasions,

and still, you've given me a

chance, still trying to help me out

with my... with my life and myself.

They're still trying to work with me

'cause I guess they see something in me

that I don't see in myself

that I'm finally trying to figure out.

All right, Timothy Williams.

- We shall meet again.

- Aye, aye, ma'am.

Bye.

(birds chirping)

I keep trying to tell you

this here over and over again.

Stop taking everybody

for granted, son.

They are there to help you.

- You have three minutes left.

- Aye, sir.

- How much time you have left?

- Three.

Three minutes? Okay.

Hey, Ma.

Ma.

Here your grandma. You can say hi to her.

- Here you go.

- Hi, sweetie.

- Hey, baby.

- How you doing?

- All right. And yourself?

- I'm doing... you know I'm blessed, baby.

I'm just waiting on you.

I know, I know. I made

a mistake. I messed up.

But, you know, I'm trying

to correct it right now, so.

Okay.

Do that, now, 'cause you know I'm waiting.

- Five, four, three...

- See you later.

- All right. I'ma write you.

- ...two...

- Okay, bye.

- ...and hang up right now.

Later.

It's gonna be all right, Lord.

(sighs)

I'm gonna make it for myself.

I'm gonna make it for myself.

(stammering) By the

blessings and grace of God.

He's gonna bless me to walk out these gates

to my family that misses me and loves me.

I'm gonna make it for myself and my family,

by the grace of God.

I don't have that many chances

and I don't have that much time.

(officer vocalizing commands)

(vocalizing continues)

Lopez:
We have cameras here everywhere.

You can see everything,

yet they still break the rules.

And for that, there

are consequences.

(sirens wailing)

I didn't freaking say stop.

I didn't say bend over and die.

You better give me my...

you better give me my trash.

You stole it.

- Now you gotta pay for it!

- Aye, aye, sir.

- You understand me?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- Good! Mule.

- Aye, sir.

One, sir, two, sir, three, sir,

four, sir, five, sir, six, sir,

seven, sir, eight, sir,

nine, sir, zero, sir.

One, sir, two, sir, three, sir,

- four, sir, five, sir...

- Hey, what'd you do, dummy?

Aye, sir. So, this cadet stole a...

a cold tray out of the... (panting)

the chow cart, sir.

- Really?

- Sir, yes, sir.

I hid it under my bunk so I could

eat it later on at night, sir.

This cadet was hungry, sir.

- Well, now you're gonna pay for it.

- Aye, sir.

Lopez:
You have two seconds

to get in that sandpit,

and I better see some

sand on your grape.

If I don't, I'm gonna go in

and I'm gonna put

my foot up your ass.

- Go.

- Aye, sir.

You got 15,

14, 13...

Mr. Dukes swiped two

breads and a cookie

so, uh, I'm giving him

some special attention.

- (panting)

- Put your grape in that sandpit.

Sir, this cadet got sand in his eye, sir.

Oh, well. You shouldn't

have stolen my cookie.

Put your... put your damn

head in the freaking sandpit.

You stole it. Now you gotta pay for it!

- (mumbling) I hate this.

- Nine.

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