Seeking Justice Page #5

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


Well, it was just supposed to be the worst.

You know rapists, murderers

child molesters. But then...

Simon he started widening the net.

Anybody he designated as

"unworthy of living"

Who's Simon?

He runs my cell.

I don't know his real name.

- Tell me about how your cell works.

- Uh, it's just handful of men.

Uh, Simon gives us our orders.

He gets his from higher up. I mean

the idea is that if complications arise

then the cell can be cut off

without a threat to the organization.

We also use people

who have made a deal with us

who owes us a favor.

Hey, look

I got into this because I was sick

of seeing the city rot.

I wanted to help. I wanted to

make it a livable place for my family

my two little girls.

Okay? But now it's... it's wrong.

Simon's out of control

and I have no way

for talking anybody higher

in the organization.

Oh, god.

- What is it, Mr. Bourdette?

- I can't. This is wrong.

Whoa!

Mr. Bourdette?

November 3rd, this is Alan Marsh.

Will, Jesus, man,

everybody's looking...

- Christ, what the hell is going on?

- I know, Jimmy.

- What the f*** do you know?

- I saw the pictures.

You and Simon.

- You're part of this.

- Look, okay. Will,

okay, listen to me, okay?

I'm a part of the organization, okay?

I joined 15 years ago

when my brother got killed.

They didn't even test the bastard.

I had to do something so I'm sorry.

The f***ing scumbag that raped Laura

I wanted him crucified.

Who set me up for the murder

of that reporter, huh?

- Was it you, you f***?

- I called Durgan

told him to let you go.

That was me.

What's Simon's real name?

Will, I can't tell you that.

You have no idea

what this guy is capable of.

His name.

- I'm your f***ing friend.

- No!

You're Simon's friend.

You tell me his f***ing name.

What's his name?

Get out of the car!

Get out of the car now!

- Open the seatbelt.

- Get out of the car!

Okay.

F*** you pedophile.

The hungry rabbit jumps.

- The hungry rabbit jumps.

- The hungry rabbit jumps.

How long have you been following me?

Answer me!

Not long. Just from that house

on Seaborne Street.

I was just told to wait for you there.

And if you turned up

and I was to follow you and...

Why did you agree to kill me?

I owed him.

He killed the man

who murdered my sister.

Simon?

- What's his mobile number?

- It's in my cellphone.

Get up.

- Get up!

- Don't kill me, please. Please don't kill...

Get up! Give me the phone.

Get outta here, Go!

What does hungry rabbit jumps mean?

"It's not what a lawyer tells me

I must do..."

Yeah?

Eugene Cook

head of the RJ Allen Group.

- Will?

- You framed me.

You framed me for the murder

of Alan Marsh.

I also know that

you had Bourdette killed.

Watch.

The hungry rabbit jumps mean...

"It's not what a lawyer tells me

I must do but it's what..."

And there's more.

Very resourceful.

I want the security tape

from the overpass.

The one that shows I didn't kill Marsh.

So I've got something you want

and now it looks like

you've got something I want.

We should trade.

Here's what's going to happen.

You're going to meet me

at the Superdome

five o'clock tonight.

You bring the tape.

- Eugene Cook.

- There'll be a prepaid ticket in your name.

Go to your assigned seat

and wait for me there.

Hey, Trudy, I need to talk to you.

Can I come in?

Yeah, sure.

By hiding out, she is not helping Will.

And she may be charged with aiding

and abetting a fugitive

or even as an accessory to murder.

- Do you...

- I'm sorry, Jimmy. I don't know.

She's not answering her cell.

She's not returning my calls.

You're her best friend, right?

You know her better than

maybe anyone else in the whole world.

If you were in her shoes,

where would you go?

Will?

- Who is it?

- Laura? Where's Jimmy?

- How did you...?

- Can I come in?

Where's Will?

Will?

I'm here.

- Where are you?

- Get up on your seat

and head towards the concourse.

- What?

- Get up and head toward the concourse.

- Yeah?

- Go out on to the concourse.

You'll see a men's room.

Go in.

Yeah?

Take a leak.

- Yeah?

- Go to the hotdog stand

and buy yourself a hotdog.

Having fun?

Look at you

- trying not to kill a child pornographer.

- He wasn't a child pornographer.

Oh, but you didn't know that.

You must be a good man, Will.

An endangered species.

- But where is the actual security tape?

- Yeah?

Good.

Sent me a picture.

It's with your wife.

This time Jimmy's done a good job.

Now where's my DVD?

I don't have it on me.

I'll tell you where it is

when I get my wife.

Well, she's in the abandoned mall

next door.

Let's go see her.

You believe they

haven't fixed this place up

all these years after the hurricane?

Laura.

Sorry, buddy.

You left me no choice.

Let her go.

Did you make copies of this thing?

- No.

- Now that's good.

'Cause if you did, I'm gonna fly to Philly

and find your sister and her two little kids

- and tell them a really scary bedtime story.

- You have what you want.

Please let her go.

What I do is so important

to jeopardize. I'm sorry.

So you and Laura are not gonna

walk outta here today.

You're insane.

What did you say?

I said I think you're sick.

On the contrary, I am very well.

You don't see it, do you?

The city and how close

we are to absolute chaos?

Jimmy sees it.

Don't you, Jimmy?

Sick, I'm not sick.

The sick ones are sitting on their fat,

f***ing asses eating and

drinking and f***ing themselves

into a stupor.

Polluting the world without a second

thought while it goes down the toilet.

Nobody wants

to do the nasty work, Will.

You know the sh*t that

we all just think about.

Most good citizens

are just along for the ride

and they f***ing b*tch and moan

and complain about everything

when it doesn't work out.

But not me.

Get it done.

Will!

What the f***, Jimmy?

You promised not to hurt them!

We didn't get into this organization

to kill innocent people.

Laura, run!

You're happy now?

Will!

Will!

So Jimmy's dead, huh?

Eugene Cook killed him.

Who killed Eugene Cook?

I did.

I don't think so.

Here's what happened.

Eugene Cook

and Jimmy killed each other.

I don't even think you two were here.

Simple case of a dead man

killing a dead man.

You don't suppose I could interest you

in joining our organization.

- No.

- You sure?

Well, if you have a change of heart

you know where to find me, right?

Now, I think you two better

get the hell outta here.

Lieutenant.

The story you just told us

is that how it's going to be?

This is New Orleans.

Yeah, that's how it's gonna be.

Go on.

Breaking news, we're going live

to Catherine James

on the scene.

Detective, the bodies of four males were

found shot in that abandoned mall.

Can you tell us what happened?

I'm not gonna comment in the middle

of an ongoing investigation.

But I can tell you

NOPD is gonna do everything

in its power to get to the bottom of it.

In other news, prosecutors have dropped

all charges against school teacher Will Gerard

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