Southbound Page #3

Synopsis: On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers - two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation - are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in a series of interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
58
R
Year:
2015
89 min
272 Views


- Sir?

- There's no one here.

- It's abandoned or something.

- Okay, calm down, sir.

Is no one f***ing here?

Sir, I need you to calm down,

I'm sure there's someone near by.

I'm gonna need you to find the nearest

surgeon, nurse, who ever you can find.

- I need you to find the closest person.

- There is no one here.

You understand?

I'm looking,

I do not see anyone.

Okay, how is the victim?

- How is the victim?

- I don't know what's happening.

Lucas, what about the girl?

How is she doing?

Sh*t. F***. No.

- Lucas how is she doing?

- Not good.

Okay, what's happening?

Her leg is, is broken.

She's bleeding really,

really bad.

All right. Focus.

Need to stop the bleeding. I need

you to look for anything you can use.

- Like a tourniquet?

- Yes.

All right, I got it.

Okay, now wrap it

around her leg.

All right,

how tight do I make it?

- Tight as you can.

- Okay.

Somethings happening, she's

moving, I don't know what to do.

- Sir, you need to focus.

- Okay, tell me what am I supposed to do.

Lucas, is she responsive?

- I don't know what that means.

- How is the breathing?

It's upsetting. There's blood

bubbling out of her mouth.

He's losing her.

I need to hear it.

- Can you hear?

- Yes.

Now listen carefully,

you have to intubate her,

do you know what that means?

Stick a tube in her throat.

Exactly, now you wanna

find a specific kit for that.

Pretty standard

stuff but it's specific.

- Lucas?

- What am I looking for?

Package or a cabra bag,

probably has a cubic meter

on the front.

In variant shape or size.

What am I looking for?

It's best to look

for the word intubation.

Or tracheal, endotracheal

or tracheal intubation.

Any of those.

Or airway, airway aesthetician,

airway management kit, EMS airway.

That's the one we use.

Anything that has those words on

it, just tell me what you find.

Lucas, tell me what you find.

You see anything that

looks like that?

- Got it.

- Okay good, first open the kit.

Look for a curved blade,

it's a metal hand tool.

There's no blade

it's just the tube.

- Just the tube?

- That's right.

You'll have to do manually.

First identify the glottis.

It's a little squishy valve at the back

of the throat. Feel for the breath.

You want me to stick my

fingers in her throat?

Yes.

You have to, it's the

intubation and have it ready.

You need to hurry, you

have to do it now.

All right, locating it.

Okay.

You must go farther Lucas, all

the way to the back of the tongue.

- Now do it.

- Okay.

Insert the tube.

Don't hesitate.

Keep going... keep going.

F***! She's biting me.

She's biting me.

What happened?

- What's happening?

- Something is wrong.

She's close to death.

Who is this?

Hello? Who is this?

I'm the surgeon, Lucas. I've been

listening since you've arrived.

- Okay!

- He's here to help.

Do you want to save her life?

Yes!

Then whatever you do, do not

remove your hand from her throat.

Trust me the tube is not set

and is the only thing giving her oxygen,

the only thing keeping her alive.

But it's also killing her.

She's got several broken

ribs on her right side

and the diaphragm is unable

to compress the lung.

She can't breath, you

must compress the lung.

- How do you know that?

- You must compress the lung.

- I didn't tell you that.

- You must compress the lung.

No, look I need a minute here

I'm not really sure how...

I must compress the lung. Fine.

What the f*** does that mean?

First use your free hand

to expose the rib cage.

Okay.

Okay, now what?

- Slowly, carefully.

- You can do this Lucas.

- Now what?

- Make an incission.

- An incission?

- Make an incission.

You have to.

Okay.

You have the blade?

Five to seven inches.

Just below the rib cage.

Slowly.

Slowly.

Slowly.

Okay.

- Find the lung.

- Okay

I got it.

Compress the lung.

F***!

F***!

Locked?

F***!

F***!

Claire!

Claire's not here,

we're still on.

We're going to have to

talk about this, Lucas.

I don't deserve this.

Really?

Why don't you elaborate?

She was out in the

middle of the road.

In the middle of

the f***ing night.

In the middle of nowhere.

How am I supposed

to have expected...

I mean it's...

It's an extraordinary

circumstance, okay?

How am I supposed to be...

- Lucas, it's okay.

- Absolutely okay.

Right!

You had no way of knowing.

She was in the middle

of the road.

In the middle of the f***ing night.

In the middle of nowhere.

It doesn't have to

be your fault, Lucas.

Go be with your wife.

I can just walk out of here.

- Yeah.

- Yes.

- Yes.

- I can leave?

Yes.

And you aren't

tricking me again?

No, Lucas.

Find the locker room.

You'll see.

Do I need to worry about

what's back there?

- No.

- Absolutely not.

You were never here.

Okay.

I'm hanging up now.

That's good, Lucas.

Good night.

I'll take a beer and

a shot of whiskey.

You forgot to shut the door.

No, I didn't.

It didn't latch.

Come on, Al!

I've been on my feet for

hours, just give me a beer.

First the door.

Seriously?

It's shut!

It's fine.

Sounds pretty sure

of herself, Al.

At the same time, being

sure is sort of a...

fancy way of being lazy.

You want to go check the door?

I mean...

You can see from here it's

not shut all the way.

I'll buy you a beer.

Well...

when you put it like that.

All right, everybody.

Put your hands on the tables.

Cooperate and we'll get these

over with real f***ing quick.

- You, sit the f*** down!

- Hang on, buddy.

Put your hands on the table.

What the f*** part of "put your hands on

the table" so hard for you to understand?

Maybe before we all

get carried away here.

We stop and think for a minute?

- How's that sound?

- That sounds great.

I know that one shitty bar

might look like just any other.

But here's some free advice.

Get back on whatever road

it was that brought you here.

And keep moving.

'Cause I guarantee you,

that robbing this place,

is way more trouble

than it's worth.

This is not a robbery!

This is my sister.

Her name is Jessy.

I know that she's in this town.

Now, I don't want

to hurt anybody.

But I'm telling you

right the f*** now,

I'll do anything,

to find her. Put your

f***ing hands on the bar!

Thank you!

Anyone?

Anybody see her?

Where'd you get that tattoo?

Did you get that around here?

I don't know if I can kill you.

But I bet that hurts

like a motherf***er!

One more step!

One more f***ing step.

Last time,

have you seen her?

Yeah!

Yeah?

- Where?

- No where you can go, big shot.

You'll f***ing take me.

Move, motherf***er!

Get in.

Get in.

And drive.

F***ing go, man.

Where are my road warriors at?

You might be an old dog but you

still can learn some new tricks.

So, what's stopping you?

You don't owe the world, sh*t!

Each time live your own life and if

someone is dumb enough to stand in...

You don't get a lot of time before

the whole valley finds out, but,

- you know that, don't you?

- Yeah.

If I need you to, I'm going to

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