Unlucky Stars Page #2

Synopsis: When Peru's Biggest Action Film Star and Jordan's newest rising talent find themselves pursued by a notorious Bookie, a couple of private investigators are forced to choose between their job and their conscience.
Director(s): Dennis Ruel
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
100 min
16 Views


He can do it, okay?

I'm gonna go take a break.

You guys figure it out.

Let me know when you need me.

And get this guy some medical

attention or something.

Jesus.

Tomas.

Manny, just tell Carl

that I'm getting paid

enough for this masterpiece

I'm working on now.

Yeah, okay.

Who's this?

What?

That's just...

That's just his fan that came up

to me and wanted an autograph.

Yeah.

Yeah, sure he is. Come on.

You know I'm here to bring back

something of value.

All right.

I got some cash in the car,

all right? Just hang on.

Yeah, let me come with you.

Make sure your fans

don't get too hostile.

Tomas's Beatdown

put Carl's right-hand-man

- in the hospital.

- Damn.

Carl's not a guy

you want to be making bets with.

I mean, he's closer to a mob

boss than he is to a bookie.

So, why is Tomas up here

if he's an action star

down in Peru?

He thought he could break

into the industry up here.

Since he couldn't catch

a good break,

he started betting on a few

things to make some money back,

but the losses started

racking up pretty quickly.

So, what, we... we find him,

tell Carl where he is?

That's usually

how it's supposed to go,

but if it was that easy,

I wouldn't need a partner

to back me up.

People don't like being followed

around, you know?

Yeah, well...

Maybe they

can choose their friends

a little better then, you know?

All right, who is this

and where is he allowed

to be in action movies, man?

Sameer Yousef...

Another popular action star

- from Sahab.

- Where's that?

A small city in Jordan.

Doesn't matter.

Sameer's actually been following

in Tomas's footsteps for years.

He claims he taught him

everything he knows.

So, Sameer owes Carl money, too?

I don't know.

But Sameer's been

seen with Tomas.

He's the only connection

we have right now.

So far, we don't know if Tomas

has any other friends up here,

and we still don't even know

where the guy lives.

So then how are we even

supposed to find these guys?

Well, Tomas is gonna be tough,

but Sameer is actually a lead

in an indie action film

that is now on hold 'cause

he walked off.

So we're just gonna have to keep

an eye out for that production

to get up and running again.

Okay, cut!

Did he just say "cut"?

I'm feeling a little hungry,

so why don't you go ahead

and bring my stunt double

for now while I take a rest?

Okay.

Yeah, right.

Okay. Uh, well, all right.

Let's get the stunt double out.

Okay, this guy's terrible, man.

What do you say

we shoot the last few moves

with the stunt double?

Sure. It's good to make sure.

Yeah? Okay, yeah.

Yeah, we're gonna take it back

a few shots, all right guys?

Hey.

You know,

I could do these moves,

but I wouldn't want

to stop the pace right now.

Yeah, okay.

All right.

Hey, do your thing, man.

Do they look alike?

He came highly recommended.

Yeah, that's fine.

But we still

have to shoot the shot.

Now, how do we do

that when they don't look alike?

If you shoot it

at the right angle.

Guys, sorry about the confusion

on that last take.

Let's just work on the set

of moves that we did earlier,

and you guys will be great.

All right, guys.

Let's lock it down.

Give me a slate.

Scene 19, take 85.

Roll camera.

And action!

Wow.

Cut. Wow.

That was incredible, man. Huh.

Man, if this guy

lost 100 pounds,

you could have him as the lead.

Uh, all right, guys.

That's dinner.

Food's out in the truck.

Let's go.

Hey, man.

I think me and you, we trained

at the same martial arts school.

All right. I'm gonna go take...

I detect a little disbelief.

You're probably thinking

because I took a break time

it's your time

to shine and make me look bad!

I'm just trying to do my job.

If you have a problem,

talk to the director.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I studied 10 styles

of martial arts

and I never needed

this spinning kicking stuff,

just the element of surprise.

Hey, what's that?

That was pretty good.

I'm glad you passed my test.

I only surround myself

with the best talent there is.

And you, my friend, are good

enough to be my stunt double.

- Find someone else, a**hole.

- Okay.

Okay, that's fine.

But just to let you know

that you won't be nothing

in this industry.

Nothing!

Hey, what's going on, man?

Why am I seeing

Dave walk off like that?

If you can't hire

a professional stunt double...

hey, buddy.

That guy's obviously a pro.

He's been doing it for years!

Yeah?

Well, y-y-your pro just

attacked me.

I can't believe this guy

is an action anywhere.

I got to see his movies.

No, you don't.

All right, man.

Time to help

break someone's heart.

Grab that folder.

Are we just gonna give her

the photos and that's it?

Isn't that kind of cold?

We're not her psychiatrist.

What do you want to do?

I don't know.

- Who's this?

- I-I'm Josh.

Um, I'm... I'm sorry for...

Just come on inside.

I'll get your money.

All right,

let me see the pictures.

Sorry, Michelle.

Hey, um...

Michelle, you know,

sometimes people, you know,

they've...

son of a b*tch is gonna pay.

Was that normal

for her to carry a switchblade

- in her apron?

- I don't know.

I'm hungry, though. You hungry?

- Oh, morning.

- Afternoon.

Really?

Yeah.

I made you some breakfast.

You might have

to heat it up a little.

Thanks.

Hey, you think I

could borrow your car again?

I-I-I got to get down to...

Tomas, I have to get to class

and I have to work later.

Right, right.

What is it?

I was thinking, you know,

you and I, we should... need

to take a trip, you know?

Like, let's get out of here,

you know?

Let's do something

to break the routine.

Just me and you, you know?

Uh, that would be nice,

but you know I have finals

next week.

But maybe after that.

Mm-hmm.

And besides, you have

to finish your movie, right?

Yeah, you're right.

- Yeah.

- Okay. I got to go.

- Yeah, who is it?

- It's Tomas.

If you're in debt,

why don't you just use this

to pay whoever you owe money to?

'Cause I think I need

a little bit more on the down

before I could start

making payments.

Huh. Okay. Same time tomorrow...

You got a passport and I.D.

Okay.

Dick.

Mmm.

What?

Want me... want me

to get something else?

You're... you're...

You're not even worried

about what Michelle might do

- to her now-ex-boyfriend?

- Why?

Do you have some special place

in your heart for cheaters?

No, I... I'm just saying,

what if she actually goes

and nunchakus this guy up

or worse?

Yeah, well, she might do that.

She might have done

that to the last guy.

I guess we'll never know, right?

Unless she pays us

to follow her.

Okay, so...

You're saying

if you don't see anything, then.

Out of sight out of mind.

I suggest you get used to it,

all right?

Nick and I got paid

for delivering information

to people,

not for what they do with it.

Hang on. I got to take this.

Hello?

Welcome back to "celebrity

action rehab live!"

Did you move my stuff?

- What stuff?

- My makeup bag in the bathroom.

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