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Synopsis: In New Orleans, English teacher of the high school Rampart High, Will Gerard, and his wife, musician Laura Gerard, are in love with each other. One night, Laura leaves a rehearsal and is assaulted, while Will is playing chess with his friend Jimmy. Will is visiting her in hospital when, out of the blue, a stranger named Simon tells him that he belongs to an organization of vigilantes and offers to eliminate the assailant. In return, the organisation would want a favor from Will in the future. Will agrees, and the criminal is murdered. Six months later, Simon collects his debt with Will. He demands that Will kill Alan Marsh, a pedophile. Will accidentally kills Alan and soon he learns that the victim was an awarded journalist that was investigating the organization. Now he seeks evidences to prove his innocence but the network of the organization is powerful and is seeking Will out to eliminate him.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Roger Donaldson
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
R
Year:
2011
105 min
$410,819
Website
258 Views


you should have

something that's worth it, huh?

Hey. Cool, man.

It's all right.

What the f***...?

What do you want?

You raped a woman tonight.

Your wife?

I have no wife.

I don't know who she is.

My wife was murdered three months ago

by some scumbag just like you.

Yeah. Yeah.

Kirksey Funeral Homes.

The hungry rabbit jumps.

Mr. Gerard?

- Mr. Gerard?

- Yes.

We need you to sign a few more

insurance forms, please.

I talked to the police this morning.

They found the rapist.

He's dead.

Committed suicide.

We'll find a way to get over this

...together.

I know.

- I'm sorry.

- No.

Don't say that.

It's just hard.

Sweetheart, that man is gone.

- I want a new lock on the door.

- Okay.

And bars on the windows.

Will?

Yeah, just me.

- Did you lock the door?

- Doors locked.

I sound like a crazy person.

No, you sound like a person

who's getting over something difficult.

I wanna buy a gun.

We're not keeping a gun in this house.

No guns.

All right. If your stance is not stable

you're not gonna be stable.

Remember feet shoulder-width apart

knees slightly bent.

Lean forward at the waist.

Bring the gun to your eyesight.

You got that front sight, rear sight.

Squeeze the trigger.

There's your pepper spray.

Remember, squeeze the trigger.

- Take care.

- Thanks.

Oh, on you I missed.

- Well, you still have to make it.

- All right,

- side pocket.

- Oh, no. A lot of green, Laura.

A lot of green.

- Oh, good game, honey.

- You're a pool shark.

You noticed.

All right, let's go again.

I'll give you a chance to even the score.

- All right, I'll rack 'em, you grab drinks.

- Fine. Good idea.

Hello?

Will? Come outside.

I need to talk to you.

- Who is this?

- It's Simon. I have to talk to you.

Come outside.

Just tell Laura, it's your sister.

- Hello?

- You see the store on the corner?

- Yes.

- Go in there.

Now I want you to buy a pack of gum

then come out the back entrance.

- Have any gum?

- Yes.

- How much is it?

- Dollar fifty.

- Is that the back entrance?

- Yeah, through that.

- Hey, Will, come on in.

- What do you want?

Just a quick talk.

Relax. You're looking good.

So is your wife. I'm glad to

see you guys are back on track.

What do you want to talk about?

What do you think?

There is a, uh, mailbox

at the entrance of the zoo.

And we would like you

to go there tomorrow after work

and mail this at exactly 4:15.

What is it?

It's a letter to Santa Claus.

Santa Claus?

- And then I'm even?

- Well, that's not up to me.

Well, who's it up to?

All I know is I need you to mail that

Where did you go?

Well, my sister called. It was too noisy

in here so I had to step outside.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, everything's fine.

- Fine.

- Play again? Double or nothing?

No. I'm real tired. Let's go.

- Okay?

- Okay.

Yes?

- You're in the mailbox?

- I am.

Open the letter.

Okay. Hold on.

- Okay.

- Go to the zoo.

Pay for the ticket with cash

and wait by the entrance.

If the woman and the girls show up,

you follow them. If that man appears,

and say, "The hungry rabbit jumps."

- You got it?

- The hungry rabbit jumps.

That's right.

- What does it mean?

- It means what it means.

Now, memorize the number

and their pictures

and tear up that sheet

until it's confetti.

You got it?

Okay, good luck.

I wanna welcome you to the zoo

and to our elephant show.

We have two elephants here

in the Audobon Zoo both Asian females.

This is Jean.

She is 36 years old

and she weighs 7600 pounds.

Anya is 45

and she's 10,400 pounds.

What we're gonna show you today

are a few behaviors

that the elephants know

and things that we need

to do daily to take a look at 'em

to make sure they're healthy

and doing well.

What you're looking at?

I've seen b*tch.

All right! All right.

Nobody's looking at anybody.

- Settle down. Come on.

- Don't touch me.

I'm not touching you, I'm guiding you.

All right. We need everybody to...

- Hey, Will.

- You came into my classroom?

- Why? I don't get this.

- No need to shout, Will. I'm right here.

I've done everything you asked

- the Santa Claus letter, the zoo...

- The man didn't show up?

No, I don't think so but,

look, I'm finished.

Will, you've been very helpful

and we appreciate it.

But what you've done

is only part of it, okay?

- We just need you to do one more thing.

- I think you made a mistake here.

I'm not cut out to the kind of activity.

- Yeah?

- I hope you're right.

Will, a promise is a promise, okay?

I'll be in touch.

- Oh.

- Excuse me. Hey, now, my bad, brother.

- It's all right.

- Oh.

- You dropped something.

- No, it's not mine.

Oh, sure it is.

Hey, this isn't mine.

- Will?

- Yeah?

We finished rehearsal early today.

You wanna go out for dinner?

Uh, sure.

- Hello.

- I assume you got the package.

Yes.

Okay, tomorrow morning

you'll have an issue with your car

and take the Number 7

Broad Street bus to school

get off at the Earhart Boulevard stop.

You'll see a pedestrian ramp that

goes down to the ground level.

Walczak takes the bus to work.

He arrives about 8:15.

Wait for him on the ramp.

As he passes

you're gonna bump him and knock him

over the edge. It'll be easy.

There's a low rail.

It's gonna look like a suicide.

Now, there's two security cameras

that cover that spot.

But don't worry about them,

they're both disabled.

- When it's done, you call me.

- No, I am done.

- Will...

- I followed that woman, those girls.

I'm done.

...all you have to say is

"the hungry rabbit jumps."

You got it?

The hungry rabbit jumps.

- What are you doing out here?

- I can't get reception inside.

What is it?

Does it have something to do with me?

I read that sometimes

the partner of the victim

has trouble readjusting.

Oh, God, no, no.

We're fine.

Then what is it?

- Will, whatever it is, you can tell me.

- It's nothing. I love you.

So take the Number 7

Broad Street bus to school

get off at the Earhart Boulevard.

Walczak takes the bus to work.

He arrives about 8:15.

You'll see a pedestrian ramp

that goes down to the ground level.

It'll be easy. There's a low rail.

It's gonna look like a suicide.

- Hey, you're late.

- I'm sorry.

But you're never late.

Okay, I get it.

How many times

do you want me to apologize?

And I wished that I had died

and far into the night

he crooned that tune.

The stars went out

and so did the moon.

The singer stopped playing

and went to bed

while the weary blues echoed

through his head.

He slept like a rock

or man that's dead.

What happened?

You backed out?

I told you I couldn't do it.

Will, you know

what a child pornographer does.

He arranges for adult men to

have sex with children in videotapes it.

I get it. He's the scum of the earth.

Needs to get what's coming to him.

But I'm not the guy to do it.

I am not a killer.

- Will, let's not forget what we did for you.

- I wasn't myself that night.

Nobody said anything in the agreement

about killing anybody.

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