Wonderland Page #9

Synopsis: John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): James Cox
Production: Lions Gate Releasing
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2003
104 min
Website
272 Views


He had your name in there...

he said he was going to kill you.

What did you do for us?

I had to, Sharon...

I had no choice.

Oh, there's so much blood.

Ron's head was like a firework.

I saw inside his head.

It just opened like a grapefruit.

What did you do, John?

What did you do, John?

I left before anything happened.

I don't understand,

what'd you...

what did you do?!

I left before anything happened.

But, l... I never... Sharon, l...

No, I don't want to know. No.

- Sharon...

- I don't want to know. No.

You need to get out.

You need to leave.

No, I want you

out of my house.

- I want you to leave.

- Okay. Fine.

You don't understand anyway.

- I understand, I understand.

- What your husband had to do...

You brought filth into my life again!

Filth?

You wanna know what filth is?

What your husband had to do to survive

down at Peanuts with those faggots.

- You're not my f***ing husband!

- Really?

- You're a gigolo.

- Oh, really?

No, I'm Johnny-f***ing-Wadd!

That's what I am, huh?

You know what they wanted

up at Wonderland?

What Eddie wanted?

That thing, that thing... that thing that

makes me a star, Sharon.

Look at me.

Any idea what it's like?

- What thing are you talking about?

- This thing! This f***ing thing!

Everybody wants

and nobody can have.

- Do you remember when you loved it?

- That went away a long time ago.

- A long time ago.

- You left me!

- Bullshit.

- That is not bullshit!

That's bullshit, John. You left me!

Then we can stop arguing.

You left me that day

in the bathroom.

You chose that thing over me.

That disgusting thing

that makes me sick.

John:
I'm not nobody, Sharon.

I'm a star.

- You are a whore, John.

- Oh, really, yeah?

I'm a survivor, Sharon!

I'm scum?

I'm filth? I'm alive.

And those people at Wonderland?

They'll never laugh at me again.

They got theirs with a lead pipe,

and I'm still here surviving.

Cruz:
You know, this case

could make our careers.

Nico:

This case could end our careers.

Nobody's going to back us

against Nash without an eyewitness.

I talked to Nimziki this morning.

- Nash is untouchable until November.

- Sh*t.

- Who's dick's Nimziki sucking?

- Everybody's.

It's a goddamn swordfight

in there. All right?

- (heart monitor beeping)

- (respirator hissing)

Ms. Launius?

- Can she hear us?

- I don't know.

Goddamn it, Ron, you told me it was

going to be different this time.

I don't want to start like this!

Come here.

- Goddamn it.

- Come here.

Nico:

Ms. Launius?

Can you hear me?

I need you.

- I need you here.

- Goddamn it.

Baby, I'm going crazy down here.

Come on, come on.

- That didn't last long, did it?

- F*** you.

Can you tell me anything about

what happened to you?

Shadows.

Shadows, shadows.

(screams)

(murmuring)

- Cruz:
What did she say?

- Nico:
Nothing.

(beeping faster)

(doorbell buzzing)

- Yeah?

- It's John, man.

- Holmes, no.

- Come on, let me in, it's John.

- No.

- (buzzing)

(door buzzes)

(screams, groans)

Look! Look!

Stop it, John!

Stop it, John! Stop it, John!

Look, you motherf***er!

Look at her motherfucking head bust.

Are you looking at this, Johnny?

Look what you did,

look what the f*** you did.

You're a bad man, Johnny!

You want to f*** with me?

Let's go.

- (shouting)

- (groaning)

- (coughing)

- (shouting)

It's your turn, baby.

It's Christmas.

Let's go to work, Johnny.

Let's go to work, baby.

Let's go to work, baby.

Let's go to work.

- Let's get dirty, Johnny.

- No.

Let's go!

Let's get dirty, Johnny.

Let's get dirty, Johnny!

Hit that motherf***er!

That's right, that's right!

Hit him! Love it!

Hit him. Hit him.

Look at you.

Look at you. Oh, man.

Johnny's doing a movie.

- Another bad dream, baby?

- No.

Um...

what time is it?

Morning or evening?

Morning.

Didn't I promise

I'd get you out of there?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Didn't I?

- Didn't I?

- Mm-hmm.

Who's my girl?

I'm your girl.

(engine starts)

If you could read my mind, love

What a tale my thoughts could tell

Just like an old time movie

About a ghost from a wishing well

In a castle dark

Or a fortress strong

With chains upon my feet

You know that ghost is me

And I will never be set free

As long as I'm a ghost

You can't see

If I could read your mind, love

What a tale your thoughts

could tell

Just like a paperback novel

The kind the drugstores sell

When you reach the part

where the heartaches come

The hero would be me

Heroes often fail

If you read between

the lines

You'll know

that I'm

Just trying

to understand

The feeling

that you left

I never thought I could

feel this way

And I've got to say

that I just don't get it

I don't know where

we went wrong

But the feeling's gone

and I just can't get it back.

(soft music plays)

Love on the rocks

It ain't no surprise

Just pour me a drink, b*tch

And I'll tell you some lies

Had nothing to lose

So you just sing the blues

All the time

Gave you my heart

Gave you my soul

You left me alone here

With nothing to hold

Yesterday's gone

Now all I want

Is a smile

At first they say they want you

They really need you

Suddenly you find

you're out there

Walking in a storm

And then they know

they have you

Then they really have you

Nothing you can do or say

You've got to leave,

just get away

We all know the song

You need what you need

You can say what you want

Not much you can do

When the feeling is gone

May be blue skies above

But it's cold

When your love's

on the rocks

At first they say

they want you

They really need you

Suddenly you find

you're out there

Walking in a storm

And then they know

they have you

Then they really have you

Nothing you can do or say

You've got to leave,

just get away

We all know the song

Love on the rocks

Ain't no big surprise

Just pour me a drink, b*tch

And I'll tell you some lies

Yesterday's gone

And now all I want

Is a smile.

How many days

has it been since I was born?

How many days till I die?

Why...

Do I know anyway?

I can make you laugh

Or do I only know how

to make you cry?

When the baby looks

around him

It's such a sight to see

Share the simple secret

with a wise man

He's a stranger

in a strange land

Just a stranger

in a strange land

Tell me why

He's a stranger

in a strange land

Whoa

A stranger

in a strange la-and.

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