Taboo Page #4

Synopsis: When Christian Turner gathers together his fiancée Elizabeth and their friends Adam, Benjamin, Piper and Katie to celebrate their high-school graduation, they play the cheeky card game 'taboo' which anonymously confides their secret vices to paper. The following year Christian inherits the grand estate and invites them back for New Year's Eve. This time the games are far more serious, but go way weirder then anyone planned, with several unexpected twists.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Max Makowski
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
3.6
R
Year:
2002
80 min
1,025 Views


She killed everyone. Everyone's dead.

Yeah. l guess you might want this.

Question:

''Would you have sex for money?''

Answer:
''Yes.''

l like sex. Okay?

That does not make me a hooker.

lt also doesn't make me a b*tch.

What's going on, Christian?

We have to do something

about these bodies.

-Why?

-Why do you think?

You can't have dead bodies

littering about the living room.

What would the neighbors think?

-Why can't we just wait for the police?

-lt's not their problem.

lt's not our problem.

ln a roundabout,

kind of complicated...

...for-richer-or-poorer way,

it is, Elizabeth, our problem.

l did this, Elizabeth, for you.

-No. Christian, no.

-They knew.

Elizabeth, they knew

about what you did.

You were smart...

...but you were also sloppy.

Next time...

...send someone else to pick up

the checks from the P.O. box.

-Whatever they told you, it's not true.

-lt's over.

They knew about you.

They planned on getting

their revenge this weekend.

But l wasn't gonna let

that happen, now was l?

-But why--?

-Taboo. They found out about Taboo.

That's why we all came up here.

That's why they were confronting you

with their sexual sins...

-...to try and scare you to confess.

-Confess what?

Exactly. They knew you'd say that.

That's why they planned on tormenting

you, tricking you into admitting it.

You blackmailed them, Elizabeth.

They found out. Okay?

You don't need to lie to me anymore.

All right? lt's over.

-You won. Game is over.

-No, we won.

l'm supposed to think

you did this for us?

-Yes.

-Don't patronize me.

But that is why l did it.

Okay. You know what, convince me.

l stacked the notecards

in an order so that...

...each person would draw the question

they'd answer ''yes'' to, their vice.

And?

And then l set up a situation

over the past year where they had...

...a golden opportunity

to pursue that vice.

When they did...

-...you were there to document it.

-Yes.

So you tapped

into their sexual fantasies...

-...and you blackmailed them.

-That was an afterthought.

You are evil.

No, just poor and desperate.

All l ever wanted

was to win your love.

At their expense!

They're degenerates.

An infidel, a prostitute,

a homosexual and a rapist?

You were always the good one,

the strong one, the moral one.

-They didn't deserve you.

-Yes, l know that...

...but did you have

to punish them so severely?

No. lt seems you did that.

You don't think blackmailing people who

considered you a friend was punishment?

Exposing their private lives without

their consent, that's not punishment?

Okay, that's the ''why.'' Tell me how.

Adam was a horny little bastard.

You should know that.

You went out with him after all.

l paid a 1 4-year-old girl

to hit on him at a bar...

...and have sex with him.

-And what?

-And videotape it.

How poetic. Next victim.

Benjamin. l'd bet he'd pay a lot to

keep his sexual identity in the closet.

There's this bar he liked

to go to where...

...nobody knew your name as long

as you were a guy and good-looking.

And Kate?

Nothing to tell, she was a prostitute.

Come on, she wasn't a streetwalker.

She had a few select European clients.

-How do you know so much?

-l know everything.

l doubt it.

Shouldn't you have given Kate a little

leeway for her humble upbringing?

Just kidding.

And my dear little Piper,

how did you f*** her life up?

Hold on.

You set up that three-way between her,

me and Kate, didn't you?

You knew me.

You knew l'd break up with her...

...that l'd never look at her

the same.

Same with Adam, or Benjamin,

and anybody else.

And speak of the devil, what about me?

And speak of the devil, what about me?

Question:

''Would you sleep

with your partner's best friend?''

Answer:

A very disappointing no.

l said one thing, l did another.

l'm a hypocrite.

-But l forgive you.

-Why?

Why not blackmail me, ruin my life?

Because l wanted you more

than anything else in the whole world.

And it was always about you, Christian.

l wanted my family.

Our family. A new beginning.

Yeah.

Well, you know,

l think we're pretty much done.

Talking about this.

There is just one more little thing.

-l know you're not going to shoot me.

-How are you so sure?

We're family, remember?

l just have one surprise for you.

l promise you, you're gonna like this.

Everything is gonna

make sense in a moment.

Christian?

Morning, sunshine.

Christian, are you okay?

-Where is she?

-She ran upstairs.

-l'm gonna go get her.

-l say let's kill her.

-l'd like her dead.

-Not in the plan.

-Change the plan.

-lf we change it--

Nobody touches her.

l will go up there alone.

Go up alone? That's a great way

to think on your feet. Very smart.

She's still my fiance.

l'll deal with it.

ls this guy f***ing serious?

Here, you never know.

ls he okay?

Yeah, he's okay. He's just uptight...

...anal-retentive, conservative,

and he's got a very tweaked...

...and twisted moral imperative.

Go get 'em, big guy!

Elizabeth.

lt's time for Elizabeth's greatest hits.

-l'm going to enjoy this.

-Nice.

Champagne, anyone?

Good job, actually.

-Here's to living in sin.

-And to good girls gone bad.

We're here, we're queer

and we're not going shopping.

-Kate?

-F*** it, l'm thirsty.

-Something doesn't feel right.

-lt feels very right.

-Come here, you little b*tch.

-l thought you'd never ask.

l don't ask. l am a rapist.

-What was the sixth question?

-To what?

The game, Benjamin.

What was the sixth question?

l've got a new question. Yeah.

Would you get naked

with your sexiest friends?

-Listen to me.

-You want a piece of this, Benji?

Listen to me,

what was Elizabeth's question?

You want a piece? Go ahead.

What was she trying to do

with this game?

She wanted to expose all of our moral

weaknesses. There were six cards.

Kate, do you really think

that b*tch would expose herself?

-Why not?

-Because then, Mr. Virtue, Honesty...

...and Justice would find out

she wasn't perfect and dump her.

He wouldn't because she forgave him

for his transgressions...

...which means he'd have

to forgive her.

l know how Christian thinks. Where do

they keep the games in this place?

Maybe in the game room!

Thanks.

Elizabeth?

lt's over.

House is locked tight.

There's nowhere else to go.

You had your chance to confess

and come clean.

l realized they were right. You were

the one who blackmailed them...

...ruined their lives. l had no choice.

You understand, don't you?

Oh, my God.

Let me out!

Jesus Christ!

Oh, my God.

I paid a 14-year-old girl to hit

on him at a bar and have sex with him.

-And what?

-And videotape it.

How poetic. Next victim.

Benjamin. I'd bet he'd pay a lot to

keep his sexual identity in the closet.

There's this bar he liked

to go to where...

...nobody knew your name as long

as you were a guy and good-looking.

Looking for me?

Elizabeth.

-l don't think so.

-''You don't think so,'' what?

-Keep your blouse on.

-Why?

l'm not really in the mood,

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Chris Fisher (born December 30, 1971) is an American director, writer, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his work on the CBS television show Person of Interest, which he has worked on as a director and executive producer. more…

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