Rocky V Page #8

Oh, please. Oh, Paulie!

Nice tree. Charming.

- Hey, Tommy. How you doin'?

- Merry Christmas, milord. Greetings!

- Yeah, how you doin'?

- Listen.

I don't want to take up too much time.

Season's greetings.

- I don't need no presents.

- You've done a helluva job with the man.

Facts are facts. I'd have to be blind

if I didn't see a title shot on the cards.

- Title shot?

- Right. We'll work beautifully together.

No problems.

No friction. Only harmony, huh? It's time

to put some hustle behind this muscle.

Tommy-boy's got a little something

personal to discuss with you.

So I'm gonna be sayin' good night.

Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas to you.

- See you soon, huh?

Sorry I'm late.

I got hung up havin' dinner.

Hey, that's OK, Tommy. Adrian cooked

somethin', but it's probably all cold.

- What we can do is make sandwiches.

- Rocky, I don't wanna make sandwiches.

Tommy, why did you bring him here?

He just wanted to come by. Rocky, mind

if I talk to you outside about a few things?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

It's getting late.

We have to be there by ten.

- Rocky...

- No, it's OK.

Hey, Tommy,

what do you wanna talk to me about?

- Isn't it a long drive?

- Yeah.

So, uh... what do you think?

- Where'd you get this?

- Duke gave it to me.

Tommy...!

Hey, maybe you oughta

give this thing back.

Man, I knew it! I knew you'd say that.

Give it back? Why?

He likes the way I fight.

- It's almost ten.

- We'll make it.

I know, but you see what he's doin' here?

Tommy, hey,

don't let him put nothin' between us, OK?

Put like what? The guy was

just talking about getting a shot.

Look, we don't need him.

I mean, you're gonna get a shot.

You'll be able to buy ten of these.

When you gonna wake up?

We're watchin' the parade go by.

What parade? What are you talkin' about?

The big time. The way I'm goin',

I won't get a shot for a long time.

I've got a perfect record.

I'm 22 and 0. Where's the money?

Where? We haven't made serious money.

And we won't without the man.

I ain't talkin' about money. It'll be there.

I'm talkin' about your rep, Tommy.

- Don't sell out. We don't need this guy.

- Listen. Duke is a wonderful man.

- Put the top up.

- Forget about the top!

- I'm signin' papers with him tomorrow.

- You sign them, you're like his property.

You got no control. This is a dirty

business, full of thieves and gangsters.

They promise every good young fighter

who comes by, they promise the world.

And then they suck 'em dry and

they leave 'em in the gutter broke.

That's the way this business is run.

Guys like Duke... You know what he is?

He's a vampire. He's livin' off your blood.

Tommy, you know, the thing I'm

tryin' to do is what Mick done for me.

He tried to keep me away from

the dirty part of the business...

...the way I'm tryin' to do for you.

- I ain't you. And you ain't Mick.

When are you gonna understand this is

a business? And in business you need...

- What, brains?

- You said that, not me.

- You saying I got no brains?

- Duke gave me my title shot, you didn't.

If you wanna keep trainin' me, do it.

If not, don't!

But it's my way or it's the highway.

Tommy!

(intense ringing)

Rocky, put on your coat.

Just put on your coat.

Come on. It's not worth it.

Adrian, it is worth it. The kid's confused.

- You don't see what's happening.

- Yeah, I do see!

- He's twisted around by Duke.

- Come on, it's you. It's not him.

You can't live backwards or turn back

the clocks. We live now. We live here.

Hey, I know where we live!

Do you think I'm stupid?

I'm not as dumb as you think I am!

I look. You don't think I can smell it?

I see where we are!

I don't want this no more! I want

something good for the family, not this!

I don't want this! Did I come back here

and get my brains beat out...

...for guys to say "There goes Balboa,

just another bum in the neighbourhood"?

- I didn't want this!

- No! Come on, nobody says that.

I'm sayin' it, Adrian.

I'm sayin' this! I'm sayin' this.

When that kid was in the ring,

you know what I was doin'? I was winnin'.

- You were winning?

- Yeah, it was...

It was my last chance

at gettin' some respect for us.

- Come on. I respect you!

- You can't respect me.

- Yes, I do.

- No, you can't! Don't tell me that.

All those beatings you took in the ring,

I took them with you. I know how you feel.

I know when somebody like Tommy

comes along, you feel alive.

But he's not you.

He doesn't have your heart.

All those fighters you beat, you beat 'em

with heart, not muscle. Mickey knew that.

That's why you and Mickey were special.

But Mickey's dead!

If there's something you wanna pass on,

pass it on to your son, for God's sakes!

Your son is lost.

He needs you.

I know Tommy makes you feel great. He

makes you feel like you're winning again.

But you're losing us!

Rocky, you're losing your family!

I'm sorry.

You know, it was always you and me.

It was always you and me.

I'm sorry, Adrian.

I don't know about you guys...

...but I gotta get outta here.

- What do you say we go to the shore?

- Oh, yeah, great(!)

- How are we gonna get there?

- What do you mean?

We throw our thumbs

in the air and hitchhike.

- Uh, yo!

- Oh, what's he want?

- You want me to stay with you?

- No.

You're right. I got enough problems

with my old man. Come on.

- You ain't gonna hit him, are you?

- No, I ain't gonna hit him.

Yo, kid. When you start smokin'?

- I don't know. Didn't you ever smoke?

- Uh, yeah. I done a lot of bad things.

So?

So I... I wised up.

OK, so maybe I'll wise up someday too.

Maybe tonight's a good night

for both of us to start wisin' up.

- Don't worry about it.

- I gotta worry about it.

The deal was we were

supposed to be tight.

What about Tommy?

You're tight with him too, huh?

Tommy.

Yeah, well...

That was yesterday, you know?

You know, kid...

Remember you told me

a long time ago about deceptions?

And I was talking to you about scams?

I shoulda listened to you.

I was tryin' to teach you, all right?

But you were teachin' me

and I didn't wise up.

I didn't know and I made mistakes.

And I do things, you know...

It bothers me, you know?

I forget a lot of things and I...

I... just...

Hey, kid.

I know I made a few mistakes, you know?

But I would love to hang out

with you again. Just you and me.

I swear to God.

It's just gonna be you and me this time.

Home team?

Yeah. Home team.

- Hey, kid, you wanna hear a joke?

- Yeah, sure. Why not?

- Knock, knock.

- Who's there?

- Tuna fish.

- Tuna fish who?

You can tune a piano,

but you cannot tune a fish.

- Well, you're gettin' better.

- Yeah. That's a good one.

All right, folks. Lock the door and

hide the kids. It's time to wage war!

Tommy Gunn is such a student

of Rocky Balboa's style...

... he's been nicknamed

by the press the Clone Ranger.

- Relax, Rocko. He ain't worth the stress.

- It ain't him, Paulie.

... turbocharged.

Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!

(booing, some cheering)

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