Snitch Page #4

Synopsis: Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.
Director(s): Ric Roman Waugh
Production: Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG-13
Year:
2013
112 min
$42,908,315
Website
925 Views


The moment it's done,

you'll get your other 10. My word.

Your word? Only reason this is going down

is because I went on the line for you.

Three days ago, man, I was working a job,

I was staying clean.

I was doing everything

I was supposed to do,

and now here I am.

I'm back in.

Think this is some kind of thrill for me?

Would you just please

take me to my money?

Y'all checked him out with

them niggas in Sandstone.

They sayin' Cruizer's solid.

He's on the main line like he said.

Soldiering up.

Putting in work like good wood should.

Even had keys to the yard for a minute.

That's the Cruizer I know.

What about our other player?

Bones say he live in the suburbs.

Fat crib with a wife, little girl,

he ain't 5-0, that's for sure.

He better not be.

Because he on us with El Topo.

No, the new TV spots

are testing really well with your core.

Then why am I down by five points?

Because the liberals think you're a b*tch.

Maybe I should go to a gay wedding.

- It wouldn't hurt.

- Please.

Listen, we had 900 convictions

last year alone.

They speak volumes to our core, right?

But to win this primary,

the key to this primary

is getting some crossover votes.

Your next meeting is checking in

down in security.

- Who is it?

- John Matthews.

I'll need a coffee.

Let's go over her press schedules.

Man, if I was in

the thousand-pound business,

I wouldn't be sitting in this dump right now.

All I'm saying is,

whatever you want to move,

it won't matter in my trucks.

So I looked at it as a business thing.

What do I have that they want?

I'm impressed. You're a natural.

You're lucky he didn't rip you open, man.

He's a heavy hitter.

Runs the entire Adams district now.

What's his jacket?

He earned his stripes on the corner

as a punk ass kid, did a nickel for ADW.

Three more for distribution.

Rivals robbed his bank last year.

Instead of sending out

his posse to do a drive by,

he tracked them each down

and bled them out with a buck knife.

Personally.

All right. I'm signing off. Cooper is my

witness. We arrest

Mr. Anderson,

and I will reduce Jake's sentence.

Jason.

Right, sorry, Jason's sentence.

By how much?

I'll cut it to a year.

Come on, I can't let him get off scot-free.

And with the time that he's already served,

Jason will probably be out in six months.

That is the best that I can do.

- Okay.

- All right.

Rock and roll.

Is she going to keep her word?

Don't give her a reason not to.

I like stuffing.

Hi, Daddy.

Hey, honey.

How long are you going away for?

Just two days. That's it.

Do you know how much I love you,

Miss Izzy? All right.

Come here.

Are you sure you have to go now?

You know, with everything

going on with Jason?

Yeah, we need the contract.

Especially after those new trucks

we bought.

Come on, Iz. Let's go.

We gotta go to school.

I want you to finish. Have your toast.

- Hey.

- Hey.

You getting ready to go out

on one of those trucks?

Yeah.

How long you going for?

Sh*t, I don't even know where

we're going to.

It's a good thing your boss is giving you

more responsibility.

Means he believes in you.

I'm proud of you.

- You proud of me?

- Yeah.

That is a good thing.

I love you, too.

Come here.

Wires in the semi are in place.

We'll do the same to the warehouse

once you're gone.

I know you've done this before.

Undercover.

Do you have any advice?

Just be yourself, John.

Try to be something you're not,

their bloodhounds will smell it right away.

You're a family man,

you're trying to stay afloat.

You got means they could use.

That's it.

You hide in plain sight

and you just keep doing what you're doing.

And they'll believe it because it's the truth.

All right. Audio's up. Here we go.

Truck's GPS is on his tail. Right?

You got it.

I'm here.

Where we going?

El Paso. Right by the border.

That's over a thousand miles.

What'd you think?

We were just going around the corner?

If you don't mind me asking,

how long were you in prison for?

Just a little over a nickel total.

You never told me if you had kids.

What are you doing, man?

Just don't do that.

You don't need to ask me

about my life, all right?

And I won't ask you about yours. Let's just...

Guy said we're about 150 miles out.

I got it, Daniel. I got it. I got it.

Sh*t.

No, no.

Come on, we gotta get this thing moving!

We can't! We can't! Check my right!

- Check my right!

- You're good,

you're good, you're good!

Stop, stop.

Keep moving! Go! Go! Go!

John, where are you going?

Sh*t.

Matthews left in the semi

hitting Torres' ride in the process.

- Is Torres mobile?

- Negative.

We got local PDs responding to shots fired.

Tell Torres to supersede PD.

No one sets foot in that yard.

No one tips off Malik's suppliers.

Torres, talk to me.

Let's go. Let's go!

What the hell was that?

I don't know, man. We gotta hide this thing.

No, we gotta get back on the interstate.

Public. Moving.

Yeah, man, I'm sorry for your trouble.

Your driver...

He has fortitude.

He handled the situation very well.

We will use that.

Glad to hear it.

I'll let you know when he get here.

Them eses don't play, boy.

Smoked every one of them busters.

They out back digging ditches right now.

Who tried to jack 'em?

Man, I don't even care, nigga.

AII I care about is El Topo

loving them trucks.

Gonna take our game

to a whole nother level.

- You hear?

- Yeah.

You have one new message.

Hi, honey, I got your message about

your meeting being delayed.

But Izzy's really

excited to make you dinner tomorrow night.

I love you. Bye.

All right, everybody, get live.

All right, we here.

Black Yukon's on Worth and 4th.

Put the work in the back of

your boy's truck and follow it.

Malik, you know that had

nothing to do with us, man.

Man, just handle business

and get there, homey.

He's changing up the meet.

Said he wants us to put it in your pickup.

All right.

There's a hidden compartment

behind the back seat.

Where are you going?

Take a leak.

Yeah.

Tell me you got a wire in that truck.

In the dash in the back.

Sims, get that needle on two.

I need Raven One over

at the following location.

Who'd you call, John?

I asked you a question.

Who'd you call, man?

My wife.

Your wife.

You expect me to believe that, man?

Why don't you go ahead

and grab that beam for me, man.

When I say grab that beam,

turn your ass around and grab that beam.

You want to play me, man?

John, you need to know that

if this comes down to either you or me,

I will take your life.

I will shoot you where you stand,

do you understand me?

Now I'm gonna ask you one last time.

Who did you call?

My wife.

You want to bullshit me, man?

It was my wife!

It was my wife. Daniel, it was my wife!

Come on, man, don't you lie to me!

That's the truth!

You have a cell phone in your truck.

Why didn't you use it?

I wanted her to see the caller ID

from the warehouse

so she believes that I'm working my ass off

to save the company. That's the truth.

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Justin Haythe

Justin Haythe (born September 16, 1973) is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He worked on the 2013 action films Snitch and The Lone Ranger, as well as the 2017 horror film A Cure for Wellness. Haythe lives in New York City, United States. more…

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