What Doesn't Kill You Page #9

Synopsis: An armored car is robbed by three men. A passing police officer and one of the robbers exchange fire. The robber is Paulie. In a flashback we follow him and his closest friend, Brian, as they grow up together in South Boston. They're tough guys, thugs, doing jobs for the local boss and chaffing to do more. Paulie's the leader. Brian drinks too much and free bases, ignoring his wife and two young boys. Life-changing events lead him to try to go straight, look for work, take what comes his way, and go to A.A. meetings. He struggles. Paulie shows him the plans for the armored car job. Will they do it? "I am who I am," Brian tells his wife. Is crime his only skill?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Brian Goodman
Production: Yari Film Group
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
R
Year:
2008
100 min
Website
138 Views


Sit in that cell with all these

hopes and dreams of my life,

and it's f***ing bullshit.

Who am I kidding?

It's impossible for me.

And nobody loves their

kids more than I do. Nobody.

But I look at them, I see

nothing but victims. My victims.

I can't give them

anything, nothing,

let alone what they deserve.

Just...

It's okay. Go

ahead. Let it out.

It took me 50 years

to learn real men cry.

Today Sean asked me to stay

sober and not ever go away again.

Man...

It scared the f*** out of me because I

don't think it's anything that I can do.

A day at a time, you can.

I'll tell you something, they'd

be better off without me, really.

They would.

I just screw everything up

when I come around, anyway.

Let's do it. F*** this.

Get down! Get down!

- Get down! Get down!

- Get your hands up.

There you go.

- F***!

- Nice and easy. Nobody gets hurt.

We don't need any heroes.

Police! Freeze!

- Freeze!

- Let's go!

F***, f***, f***, f***.

- Let's go!

- Drop your weapon! Now! I said now!

What are you doing? Get in!

- Get in the car!

- Let's go! Move!

Go, go, go, go!

Sh*t. Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

Where you been?

- I went for a walk.

- Yeah? You hungry?

Thanks.

This chick I've been seeing is making

these unbelievable pancakes, all right?

You're gonna want one of

these suckers. All right.

What's up? You all right?

Yeah.

I don't know what, she taught

me a little something, but...

These f***ing things are good.

What's up?

I...

I can't go, Paulie.

I gotta take a

pass for my boys.

Don't worry, all

right? I seen it coming.

You know, I got a guy ready.

But I gotta tell you something.

I'm getting away with it.

There's not a doubt in my mind.

I'm retiring on this one. I'm not

going back to prison for no one.

You can bet on that.

I guess there's no chance I

could talk you out of it then.

It's not gonna be the same.

- I understand, Brian.

- Paul.

Come on, you got kids.

It's good. It's good.

Come on.

I understand, all right.

Topping today's news, a brazen

broad-daylight armored-car robbery.

A shootout erupted after three men

robbed a South Shore mall this morning,

getting away with an

undetermined amount of cash.

A wounded guard was transported

to Boston City Hospital.

His condition is unknown.

Good job.

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