The Killing Gene Page #4

Synopsis: A series of deaths have started occurring in New York; Some are being found mutilated while others have an equation wÎ"z = Cov (w,z) = Ã?wzVz carved onto their skin. As police investigate they discover each victim was forced to choose between sacrificing their own life or a loved ones' life. Before long it becomes clear that this perpetrator has suffered just such a similar fate...so now is coping by seeking a way of solving this philosophical enigma, can Captain Maclean and his officers such as Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott stop this suspect, because he/she won't not until he/she gets to the end of this equation.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Tom Shankland
Production: Vertigo Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
2007
104 min
152 Views


thinking about you right f***in' now!

My Mom used to say,

before we killed her...

You!

And if they act like wild beasts,

it's not their fault.

So deep down,

you're still the little boy

your grandmother loved.

Pierre?

Where is the little boy you loved?

lt's okay, Grandma,

it's okay. Alright.

You take care of your grandmother,

right, Pierre?

l mean, you love her.

l wonder how much.

What are you doing?

Where are you going?

lf you want the pain to stop...

there's the switch.

Or you can lay down your life.

lf you love her enough.

But there will be pain.

l don't want...

Sorry.

Hey, l can be too quick to judge.

lt's a flaw in my character l'm told.

Look, if you think Danny Leone's

not such a bad guy, what do l know?

He's the scum of the f***in' earth.

Hey, Eddie.

Where's your grandma?

You killed her, right?

Oh man...

l did her a f***in' favor, man.

Where did Jean Lerner take you?

What the f*** do you care?

l was fu... l was unconscious.

l don't know where we went.

Ain't no f***in' cowboy

gonna just ride in for me, Eddie.

The only person

that's lookin' after me is me.

We're about the same.

Hey, Babe,

what you got to say?

She didn't cut you up

like Wesley and Jamal.

Come on.

Let's get this f***!

Elly's the only one that got to me.

The others... it'd be a miracle

if they passed her test.

But l did think a mother

would do anything for her child.

Well, you never met mine, then.

You want kids?

No.

Talked about it.

With that guy who walked out on you?

The one who thinks

you're a self-righteous b*tch.

He didn't walk out on me.

l threw him out.

Yeah.

l figured that out.

God, no one would pass

Jean Lerner's test.

How'd you get so bitter?

You spend seven years with someone,

you think it counts for something.

lt doesn't matter how many times

a guy says he loves you.

ln the end it doesn't mean a thing.

So this guy hurt you. l get it.

But maybe he loved you

and that's somethin'.

You gotta bleed to know there's blood,

to know your heart is beating.

Someone will love you

if you're lucky

and when they do,

just f***ing grab it...

with both hands.

Let's go.

She won't try to take him

until it's dark.

Take an officer with you.

Just two guys?

We don't wanna scare her off, do we?

How's it hangin', Danny?

lt's not my idea of a night out

either, fuckface, watchin' your ass.

Come on.

Hey!

F*** him.

Yeah?

Hey. Apparently Leone

doesn't trust us to look after him.

He just took off.

ls that Corelli?

Eddie!

What's going on?

Come on, boy.

Sh*t.

Holy sh*t!

Yo, it's Danny, leave a message.

Danny, what the f***

are you playing at? Call me!

Hey, man!

Could you gimme some help?

Sh*t.

Hey!

You okay?

Hey!

- You okay?

You alright, man? What happened?

Dunno. He just dropped.

He hit his head pretty hard.

lt seemed kinda serious.

l think we should

get him to the hospital.

l should call an ambulance.

- No.

lt could take an hour or more.

You know what?

l work at Mercy Hospital.

Why don't l just get him

in my van and drop him off?

lt's okay.

Let's get him.

Let's get him in there.

You're gonna be okay.

Here, l'll get the doors.

Okay.

Okay. Got you.

Look out, your head!

lt's okay. You're gonna

be at the hospital real soon.

Thank you so much.

Most people nowadays

won't even stop to help.

Danny?

No. Hey, it's me.

Leave Daniel alone.

He didn't do anything.

Have they told you?

Danny ran off

from his police escort.

Stupid of him.

Don't you wanna know

where to find Daniel?

Eddie?

Let's go.

Jean!

Danny!

Jean!

Eddie!

Where is he?

Eddie?

ls it her?

lt's Jean!

Eddie, gimme that!

...what you did for those f***ers.

For one of them, anyway.

lt's incredible...

that nobody's

figured it all out yet.

Or maybe they have, but...

did they... figure out why?

l mean, the truth about Daniel Leone?

l mean, what you've been hiding.

l've got him.

Daniel.

Hey, what's going on?

Eddie!

Don't play any f***ing games with me.

Tell me where he is

or l blow your head off.

lf you shoot me, Eddie,

you'll never find him.

He'll starve to death.

Have you hurt him?

Eddie...

You don't have to find a vein,

anywhere will do.

lt was Eddie's idea

to beat up Jamal Osman, wasn't it?

Yeah, well, it didn't take

too much f***in' persuasion.

The confession had to be unusable.

Eddie made sure it was

and got you to do it.

What are you talkin' about?

F***, he must have paid those kids

to smash up the crime scene.

Flooded the lab himself.

All these deaths are Eddie's fault.

You don't know

what the f*** you're talkin' about.

Jean...

Your face always

made me feel safer, Eddie.

You look older.

Well, it's taken its toll, l guess.

Yeah,

it's taken its toll.

What the f*** are we gonna do, Eddie?

l'm sorry, Danny.

Eddie, what are we gonna do, man?

Help! F***!

Oh, so you think

someone's gonna save you.

Let me outta this chair!

But no one can hear you.

No one knows you're here.

And if they did,

they'd probably just turn up the TV.

Don't let those bastards win.

Jean...

Don't let them

make you into this pers...

See, l don't enjoy any of this!

You understand that, right?

l know.

l know.

You killed a three-year-old boy, Jean.

He was just a little boy.

No, l didn't kill him.

His mother did.

What's any of this prove, Jean?

F***! Stop!

l was a coward,

you were a coward, l am a coward...

What the f*** are you doing?

Same as every f***ing animal

in the jungle, Jean!

That's right, Eddie.

That's what it proves.

Help!

Sh*t!

What're you doing?

Sh*t! Help!

Help us, come on!

You better start talkin' to me.

Hey!

Westcott!

What the f*** is goin' on here?

- Just get in the car, Corelli.

Help!

After l killed my mother,

all l thought about was dying.

l mean, even waking up was pain.

But then... the equation...

it was all so clear.

lt wasn't about

what you did, Eddie.

lt's alright.

Or what l did.

l mean, we were part of

something so much bigger!

lt's f***ing ugly!

Well, Gelb thinks it's beautiful.

Eddie!

One night you came

to see me in the hospital

and l was sobbing in your arms.

And l believed you.

l believed...

that you were sincere

and that you were angry

and that you cared about me.

l did care.

l did care.

l took this

the day the case collapsed.

l went to your house to just

tell you that l didn't blame you.

l guess, l just really

wanted to see you, l think.

Because you were...

the only one who really understood...

what l'd been through.

And then l saw you both there.

Whatever happened to Daniel's gun?

l threw it in the river.

Eddie...

What the f***?

What? You didn't know?

God! If you weren't so pretty,

you'd be safely in jail!

l wasn't worth it, man.

l wasn't worth it, Eddie.

l...

l never wanted to hurt you.

Oh, l know l was never a factor.

Because what you did, Eddie... God!

l couldn't understand,

for two years,

the sheer pain

of what you put me through!

Of what you did to me!

Jean...

- But then with the equation,

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