The Winner Page #4

Synopsis: A story about a man who can't seem to do anything but win at the tables in Vegas. This, of course, brings hustlers out of the woodwork intent on using him for financial gain. One of them is the man's brother who, incidentally, is trying to find who it was that killed their father, while still another is a woman who has schemes of her own. Couple all of this with drug kingpins and general thugs and you have a comedy with a fresh twist on surviving in Vegas.
Director(s): Alex Cox
Production: Norstar Entertainment
 
IMDB:
4.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
R
Year:
1996
92 min
56 Views


on him. You never

understood him.

Everybody's misunderstood

one way or another.

And everybody dies.

Last time I saw you,

you hit me over the head...

And left me in

the middle of the desert

and stole my car.

Plan on doing that again?

You don't forget

anything, do ya?

I said I was sorry about that.

We should say something.

A prayer or something.

You're gonna get all

sentimental on me now,

aren't ya?

All right, then, go ahead.

Let's get the f*** outta here.

Philip, that's my bag.

I thought you put it

in the hole.

Me?

Yeah.

You gotta be careful

about stuff like that.

I'll get rid of it.

I'll be careful.

They took his hand.

What do you mean?

What do you mean,

"they took his hand"?

They cut off his hand.

Oh, no!

I wrapped up the stump,

'cause I didn't want you

to see it.

It bothered me too, okay?

Nobody hated him as much

as I did, Philip.

I gotta go.

I gotta go warn somebody.

Would you just use

the keys once?

Let me tell you what I see.

I see a man...

Swimming out

in the middle of the ocean.

And you know what.

He went out too far.

He's going to drown.

Know why?

He went out too far?

Exactly.

Don't step over the line, Jack.

Nobody likes somebody

who goes out too far.

You stay with the group.

The group does not like

people leaving the group.

Is something

wrong, Kingman?

Do you feel okay?

I feel very strong.

Hey, guys!

Look who it is! Philip!

How you doin'?

Ready for the big night

on Sunday?

You haven't seen Louise,

have you?

Louise, Louise.

What's the big rush?

I got a hot tip.

I read your horoscope.

Sunday's gonna be...

can ya help me out?

It's a pleasure.

What the f***!

What the f*** are you doin'?

Who the f*** are you?

Huh? Who the f*** are you?

Who the f*** are you?

You scumbag! I saw

what you were tryin' to do!

You were reaching for

the f***in' wallet! I saw...

what are you doing?

No!

That's wrong.

You calm down.

You calm down.

You could get some help

for that.

You calm down.

Phil. Phil.

You think his arm's

really broken?

Think of how it would have

hurt him when I hit him

if his arm was really broken.

He would have passed out in

the street right in front of us.

Philip!

Phil! Wait!

Philip! It's difficult

to know who to trust Phil!

Philip!

Johnny?

Hiya, Lucy.

Hey.

Why'd you run away?

Every time I turned my back,

you were looking at the door.

No, I wasn't.

Why would I

do that, hmm?

You know how much I love you.

I always have.

Yeah?

Louise?

Baby, you there?

Oh, gosh.

What?

Philip's gonna be here soon.

Philip?

Your brother.

That was him.

He's gonna be here soon.

I know who it was.

What the f*** is goin' on

with you and my brother?

Where do you get keys

to that door?

What are you doin' here?

What are you talkin' about?

We're together.

Not true, baby!

You and my brother?

That's right.

You and him together?

Yeah, just relax, okay?

Boy.

Does he know about us?

No. Come on.

There's not

that much to know.

Hmm. I don't know, honey.

You disappeared on me.

Me driving around.

I thought I might die

if I never saw you again.

I'm sure it wasn't that bad.

I thought we made

a pretty good team.

We did, you know?

But counting cards?

I don't know. The thrill

just doesn't last forever.

You better start talkin' to me.

You better tell me what

you're gonna take him for.

You don't talk to me,

I'm gonna start talkin'

to him about you.

I'm not takin' him,

okay?

Yeah, sure.

I'd be lyin' to you if I

didn't tell you I was gonna,

but I fell in love with him.

It's true. I fell madly

in love with your brother.

Yeah, sure.

I don't believe

a word you say, honey.

What the f*** do I care

what you believe?

You know,

you are really a mess.

Okay? Now Philip is going

to be here any minute.

So tell me what it is

you really want and get out.

Got some money for me?

I've got nothing

else for you.

Go f*** yourself, honey.

You wish.

Hey! That's my truck!

Come back here! Hey!

Could I get

a shot of vodka, please?

Vodka!

I was wondering if you could

help me out with something.

Have you heard about

the, uh, disappearance...

Of a nearby

trailer park resident?

Yeah.

He was an old man.

He lived all by himself.

He looked something like that.

Get it for ya right away.

You ever see this jerk

in here?

How about you?

Nope.

I seen him. Isn't this

the guy that was killed...

By those people

in the drugstore?

A tragedy!

Pues andale,

salud Al gringo muerto.

Bueno.

I salud!

Bueno.

Your brother swears

he didn't do it?

His hand was cut off.

Wolf couldn't do something

like that.

Your father's hand?

My father's hand!

Oh!

Louise, you got to tell me

who you borrowed

the money from.

You've got to tell me.

Look, I told you,

I don't know.

I've never even seen 'em

face-to-face.

What if you had to meet

with them? Where did you

meet them in the first place?

If I told you, you'd just

try and go after them.

You don't know what

you're up against.

They're evil!

I don't wanna hear

about the evil!

Jesus!

You don't understand!

I want the truth!

You don't understand.

What do you think I've

been giving you, Philip?

My God! Jesus Christ!

I don't know

how to find him.

He finds me.

He does whatever

the f*** he wants!

You don't have

any ice cream either.

Oh!

Yeah.

I can get some.

Well, I want some

ice cream, Philip.

What kind do you like?

I like rocky road!

It's what I like.

I'll get some. Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, I'll be right back.

Okay?

Okay.

Lookin' around

for some extra cash?

Philip gone?

I've been checking around

about my father's murder.

Philip tell you

how he was killed?

Yeah. Seems to think you

wouldn't have the heart to

cut off your own father's hand.

It seems there

was a dark gray,

four-door sedan...

Next to the trailer that night.

A gray sedan?

Yeah.

You used to have one

like that, didn't ya?

What'd you do?

Lend it to a friend?

I'd love to hang out and

reminisce about old cars,

but I got other stuff I...

hey. Come here.

I'm gonna find out

about it sooner or later.

Why don't you throw your arms

around me and ask me to run away

with you forever?

Get a grip.

I got one.

Okay, baby.

I need that money you offered me.

A thousand dollars.

As a matter of fact, I think

Philip's doin' pretty well.

I could use 5,000.

Just to get me out of

a bad time. That's all.

Mm-hmm.

Look, you don't have

to explain, okay?

I already told you,

you need cash,

I'll get it for you.

You need five grand,

you got it.

Just give me 'til Sunday.

Okay?

Don't forget.

I know you.

Oh, no, you don't.

Yes, I do.

No, you don't.

He's gonna come out here.

That's when I'm gonna

grab him. Now, Paulie...

Frankie.

You handle the girl

or anyone else who's

hanging around him.

Frankie...

Paulie.

You stay with the car.

Now...

hey, you know what?

I had a dream about him.

Paulie, be quiet.

All I'm saying is I had

a dream about Philip.

What kind of a dream?

Maybe we should get

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