The Land Page #5

Synopsis: THE LAND tells the story of four teenage boys who devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local Queen-pin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Steven Caple Jr.
Production: Low Spark Films
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
R
Year:
2016
104 min
$17,958
236 Views


to see the fireworks.

You're going to have

so much fun.

Go.

Go on, now.

- Bye, honey.

- Cute kid.

- Oh, yeah. Yeah.

- Do you have any kids?

- Me? No.

I mean, I know it's hard to

understand how a fine specimen

such as myself didn't

knock up a broad, but no.

- Uh, it's just that,

I know a kid.

Cisco.

I thought he was yours.

- What kind of business

did you say you are in?

- Hey, ray?

Yo.

Guess he's not home.

- That's it?

- Yeah, he's not home.

- Are you serious?

You brought me out here

carrying this sh*t?

- Let's say you were robbed

you love kids and you definitely

wouldn't want to harm anybody

but... It's business.

- What, what, Cisco robbed you?

He stole from you?

- Unless you're somehow

tied to this mishap?

- No, no, I know,

I didn't steal anything.

But Cisco, yeah,

you what, what..

He, what did he do?

He was by.. He stole from you?

- Just... Tell Cisco

and his little friends..

I want what's mine.

Don't let your, your father

god rest his soul

regret leaving you this diner.

- Listen to me

you ever go near Cisco

or this diner again..

- Happy fourth of July.

- There go that nigga

right there.

- Sh*t.

- Come on, get him!

- Come here.

Come here, motherf***er.

Hold him up, hold him up.

- Ooh.

- Let me see this.

Let's go. We good, we good.

Come on, let's go.

Get the f*** outta here.

- Pops, I can...

I'm selling it to help us.

I just.. I don't want you to

have to take care of me, pops?

- You think this helps me?

I shouldn't have to explain

to you how dangerous this is.

You're a grown man now.

Grown man who can make

your own decisions.

But this, this leaves

my house tonight.

And you better decide

if you gonna go with them.

- You alright?

- I f***ed up.

- Yeah, you did.

- Listen, bro, you're chillin'.

Your face f***ed up,

but you're chillin'.

- Smile.

- Hey, y'all's want pizza?

Ah!

- Yeah, yeah, let's go,

let's go have pizza.

- Hi.

- I want cheese, I want cheese.

- I want cheese, I want cheese.

- Ma?

- Can I get a cheese pizza,

half-peperoni?

- Good looks, okay.

- Stacey...

- Hey! Sorry.

- Careful.

- I got it.

- Come on, guys, be careful.

- Yep.

Thank you.

You care to grab the pop?

- I got it.

- Yep.

- Junior, junior, mommy!

- Junior?

- Junior, wake up. Junior.

- Junior, stop teasing

your sister.

Come on, get up.

Junior, get up.

- Junior!

- Junior?

Junior, get up!

What happened?

What happened? What happened?

- I don't know.

- Junior, come on, wake up.

No, no, no.

Oh, my god. What is it? What..

No! No!

No, please, junior,

wake up, please.

Junior, please!

Cisco! Cisco, please!

Cisco!

I'm gonna put Stacey to bed.

- I got it.

- I can do it.

- No, I got it, okay?

You can go home.

- Cisco, I said I got it.

- I... I... I can do it.

- Go, Cisco! Get the f***

out of my house already!

I don't need your help, okay? I

don't need you next to my family.

I don't need you around me. I don't

your f***ing help, Cisco. Now, get out!

- Mom.

- Where's my money?

Where's my money?

- You held out on me.

- Where's my money, Steve?

- You f***ing stole it.

You brought us down, you did.

You brought us down.

The money is gone. It's gone.

- Aah!

- Here you go. Enjoy.

Hey, I'll be with you

in just a second.

Okay, how can I help...

I didn't know if uncle Steve

was gonna deliver my message.

- You killed my friend?

- Whoa.

I didn't kill anyone.

- Those bikers work for you?

- Sh*t.

Look, son, I didn't want

anyone to get hurt.

I just wanted my pills.

So now what?

You're gonna shoot me

in front of all these witnesses?

You're smarter than that, Cisco.

- You don't know me.

- But I do.

I'll tell you what.

You need to stop thinking

about your mistakes

and move on, hmm?

No regrets in life.

They're just... Lessons

that show you the way.

Aim that thing here.

Handle him before he comes

after everyone you know.

- Hey, yo.

- You know..

You and your buddies

still owe me money.

- Leave them out of this.

- Ride?

- Did you brush your teeth?

- Yes.

- Is that your final answer?

- Mm-hmm.

- I don't know.

Did you brush your teeth?

Go, brush your teeth. Go.

- Alright, is everybody up

there? Guys, I'm rollin'.

Alright. Hit it, Cisco.

Alright, so we out here.

We're deciding which... which

roller-coasters to go to.

Guys, which roller-coasters

are we going in?

We got that cool one over there.

We got this one over there

what y'all think?

Guys, what's up?

- That one.

- You want the big one.

Bro, this feel like

it would totally f*** you up

and I'm super down.

- Post up.

- Tell me what you feel.

- I don't wanna be on camera.

- Alright, I'll put it

down here.

I'm just tryin' to say what's up?

How you feelin'?

- No more cotton candy.

- Yeah, that tape is crazy bro.

That looks like my father.

- They're gonna kick us

out of here, bro.

They'll kick us out of here.

- PC, let's go with yours.

Let me see it. Okay,

yeah, I'll rock with it.

- Yo, genius.

- What's up?

You want knee pads? For what?

- For your mom.

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Steven Caple Jr.

Steven Caple Jr. is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His credits include The Land (2016), A Different Tree, and Prentice-N-Fury’s Ice Cream Adventure. In 2017 Forbes named Caple Jr. one of the 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment. more…

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