Smoke Screen Page #4

Synopsis: A television reporter finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when she wakes up next to a dead body, not remembering a thing about the night before.
Genre: Crime
Director(s): Gary Yates
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.1
TV-PG
Year:
2010
87 min
92 Views


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Two nights ago, someone

did the exact same thing to you.

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I think we were set up

by the same person.

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The question is, who and why?

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You need some help?

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You got it.

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I forgot to tell you.

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I saw on the news that cop who died,

he was your dad's partner, right?

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Yeah, for almost 1 0 years.

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-When was the last time you saw him?

-Jay?

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A month ago.

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Dad's funeral.

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He was actually really upset.

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You know, it was actually

kind of weird to see him like that.

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Listen, honey, I'm not gonna be home

for lunch today.

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-You're not working through again?

-I'm afraid so. I'm sorry.

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Okay, we're done. All done.

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Good job, buddy.

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Eggs?

290

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You-- You kidnap me,

you interrogate me, and now eggs?

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I told you.

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I needed to know

what really happened.

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-I want to make sure that--

-I was telling the truth.

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And now you are.

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Fine, don't eat. I don't care.

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-The beard's new.

-So?

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It suits you. It's very menacing.

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I got you some clothes.

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Can't have you going to town

dressed like that.

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People will get suspicious.

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If this kidnapping thing

doesn't work out for you...

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...you could always become

a personal shopper.

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You thought what happened to you

five years ago...

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...and what happened to me

the other night were somehow related.

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Our stories are similar.

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Especially considering

they both involve Jay.

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Charleston's a very small town.

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Jay knew everybody,

everybody knew Jay.

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So it's not surprising he could've

been involved in both situations.

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Second of all,

only one element is really the same.

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We both woke up

next to a dead body.

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That's a pretty big one element,

don't you think?

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I will admit there is that one

glaring similarity...

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...but all the other circumstances

are different.

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You got drunk

and had sex with a drug addict.

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Nobody slipped you anything

in your drink.

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Actually, I always suspected

that somebody did.

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-Don't look at me like that.

-This is the way I look...

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...when someone tells a story

that strains credibility.

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I don't care. That's what happened.

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Someone slipped you

the date-rape drug?

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Apparently,

it's not just for women anymore.

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Okay. Who?

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Yeah, well,

that's where it gets complicated.

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I'm listening.

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Okay.

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The police station fire.

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-Candy, are you all right?

-I'm fine, Jay, I'm okay.

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Help her.

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-Ground floor's clear.

-The basement?

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I don't know.

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-George?

-All right, we better check.

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-You can't go back there.

-Candy, stay here.

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Pat, let's go.

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-Raley.

-Get out of here. Get back, okay?

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Jay, George and Pat

went back in there.

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We got three cops inside.

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Bring him out. Let's go.

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Bring him out.

Put him on the ground.

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Easy, easy. Is he breathing, Jay?

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-I don't think he's breathing.

-Get out of here.

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Pat, Jay, get out of here.

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iI was the investigator in charge./i

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iAll the evidence suggested/i

ithat Cleveland Jones.../i

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i...the one fatality,/i

ihad actually set the fire./i

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Seemed like just desserts.

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I just had a few loose ends

to wrap up.

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It wasn't my story...

349

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...but I do remember my boss waited

a while for that arson report.

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Yeah, because I was waiting on Jay.

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Come on, Jay, I came all the way

down here to get it.

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-Yeah, I know, man.

-I can't do the report...

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...until I finish the investigation.

I can't finish until I get the Jones file.

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Look at this place.

I can't even find a frigging pen.

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His autopsy said cause of death

was actually a skull fracture.

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I'm not clear whether he got

that before or after the fire.

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-Any idea?

-He didn't get it before.

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Maybe he hit his head

when he was trying to get out.

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Really, man, who cares, you know?

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I mean, the guy

was in a revolving door to juvie.

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-I mean, armed robbery, assault.

-But not arson.

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He learned a new trick

at juvenile hall.

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I just need this file

and then I can close the case.

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