Angels Unaware (2022) Movie Script

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Before The beginning,
God created powerful archangels.
After many years of
peace and harmony,
a war broke out as
one of the archangels
and his minions
tried to remove God.
They were exiled from heaven.
God's greatest
creation, humankind,
is now being threatened
by that archangel,
my brother, Lucifer.
I have been sent to earth
to thwart his attacks.
Judge Ceiver, well, well, well.
Pastor Matt.
How are you this fine evening?
So many things going my way.
How goes your ministry?
I'm struggling.
It's occupational
hazard, I think.
Hmm, it's not uncommon.
Humans are flawed.
I don't know if I
can truly listen to,
and love unconditionally
all these inmates, you know?
All these child molesters
and murderers and rapists.
Interesting.
But aren't we just one act
from being them ourselves?
Looks like a storm's coming.
Have a good night, judge.
Good night.
A storm, indeed.
Well, I say let it pour.
Come on!
No, no, no, no.
Hello.
Hello?
You belong to your father,
and so shall carry
out his desires.
What? Hey, is this?
As to the son from the father.
The father of lies.
Hey! Hey!
Give it up, I know
you're in here.
Come on, man,
there's no way out.
Where the hell
did you come from?
What did he do?
Who are you?
Eden.
Eden, what?
Just Eden?
- What?
- I don't know.
You wouldn't happen to
have an extra phone in there,
would you?
I prefer face to
face communication.
Hey, would you
like a cookie, Mac?
How'd you know my name?
Now, is that a no?
Is what a no?
No, you don't want a cookie.
They're delicious.
Who are you?
I told you, Eden.
Something about you.
I don't know, you're not
like the rest of them.
Not like the rest of who?
Not like the rest of
the homeless people?
Women?
Black women?
Humans?
What are you doing
up here anyway?
Waiting for you.
You do
realize you're trespassing?
And you do realize that
you are no longer a cop,
Brian MacDougal?
Okay, I get it.
You caught the news.
What do you have, a newspaper,
a TV in there or something?
You don't know a thing about me.
Ooh, you're carrying
a lot of weight.
And to think that
you always dreamed
about doing this when
you were a child.
Now your grandfather,
and his father,
they were both cops, right?
Yep, and I wish they would've
beat some sense into me.
You're tired.
And that's understandable
after what happened.
Who the hell do
you think you are?
And who do you think you're-
- Go ahead.
Do it!
Add one more to the list.
Stay back.
You.
Yeah, it's me.
Do it!
It'll be one more down.
You two know each other?
Is he the one you were chasing?
Yes.
Mmm, now what did you do?
I ain't done nothing wrong.
I was trying to get away from
this crazy, vicious animal.
Crazy dog.
You wasn't there.
You didn't hear it.
What are you even doing here?
This is your side of
the street anymore.
I wasn't supposed
to be here tonight.
Look, you startled me,
and I automatically
went into cop mode.
That's always the
excuse, isn't it?
Your face has been all over
the news since that shooting.
I was at the protest.
I organized it.
You were standing right
there next to the chief's son
when he shot Areleus
Jenkins down in cold blood.
The man was just protesting.
Respectfully.
Peacefully. Legally.
Had no weapons, posed no threat.
You made quite a name
for yourself out of this,
hadn't you?
Yeah, I know who you are.
Somebody's gotta
stand up for this city.
Standing up for the city,
but you're running from a dog?
I got my limit, okay?
Don't try to change the subject.
I still can't believe
that the DA and the mayor
took your word over
everybody else's.
Over 300 people, a
mixed crowd, mind you,
say they saw an unarmed man
shot down in cold blood!
Now, how is it that
only two people,
the chief's son and you,
say the exact opposite
and your story's believed?
You don't understand
how it works!
As painful as
the truth may be.
It will always set you free.
I wanted to tell the truth.
I tried, but-
- You were afraid,
afraid of what
would happen next.
That's your chief?
Hm?
Aren't you going answer it?
Bet he's wondering
where you are.
Why you haven't stopped by to
pick up your Purple Heart yet.
After all, you are his hero.
Matter of fact, give it to me.
I got a few things
to say to your chief.
He's no longer my chief.
You still took the
fall for some people
that wouldn't do the
same thing for you?
Must be a bad feeling being
at the bottom again, huh?
All right, that's
enough outta you, Randolph.
How do you know my name?
You're always trying
to fill that vacant spot
inside of you.
Isn't that right, Mac?
When you first
joined that force,
you were on a fast
trip to the top.
And, ooh, that police chief,
he you sure took
a liking to you.
Hey chief, would
you like some more coffee?
Felt good to be seen,
especially by someone
that you respected.
He quickly became like the
father that you always wanted.
He's not the man
I thought he was.
People,
they disappoint.
They lie.
When someone you hold
in a high regard,
turns out not to be who
you thought they were,
that's really something.
First time I saw the
chief beat his wife,
he had that same look in his eye
that my dad would get
when he would hit my mom.
Must really be something.
When you realize that
you're not the hero
you thought you'd be,
'cause you look in the mirror
and all you see is a
coward looking back at you,
because you didn't have
the guts to stop somebody.
What did you do,
Eden, for all this?
What I still do,
I help people make decisions.
What kind of decisions?
Decisions that will influence
the shape of things to come.
Essentially, the fate of
many individual lives.
You're tired.
You haven't had a good
night sleep in months.
It's this city.
Nothing good can come
from a city like this.
I begged to differ.
A long time ago,
they said that nothing good
would come out of Nazareth.
What?
This city has great promise.
Well, if it's not this city,
then it's the people
that make up this city.
48 hours this time.
They never keep me.
I'm not crazy.
It's probably why I
never had kids of my own.
I know firsthand how bad a
father can screw up as kids.
Ain't that the truth?
Randolph, your stepfather
was a very bad man too.
He would tie your
wrist to your ankles
and he would beat you.
And then he would lock you in
a closet, sometimes for days.
Is she right?
So what, man, what about it?
I'm not judging you, man.
Been, knocked around more
times than I care to remember.
That's right, Mac.
Your father, he would make
you go hungry for days on end.
And he would sit across
the table from him
and he would make you watch
him as he ate his dinner
and his dessert.
And he would dare you to
ask for something to eat.
And then he would send
you to your room hungry.
And you would eat from
people's garbage cans
on your way to school.
Damn.
And the way he
would beat your mother.
She never told anybody.
She was scared of
what my grandfather
and his brothers
in blue would do.
She didn't wanna leave
us kids without a father.
Can't imagine the kind
of guilt that carries.
I can.
You two have more in common
than you will ever know.
Turn my head way too much.
Looking the other
way when other cops
were planting drugs on innocent
victims, lying on the stand.
Move ahead another step in line.
I got nobody to
blame for myself.
What about Tamir?
Hey, what you doing, punk?
What? Nothing?
I wasn't doing anything.
I was just taking
this bike home.
I didn't mean to do anything.
Story after story, but you
should have done different.
You didn't do anything to stop
that one neither, did you?
I tried.
But you didn't.
I thought I told
you not to come around here.
I wasn't doing anything wrong.
Now you see, Ms. Eden,
this is why I gather
crowds in the streets
to protest this abuse of power.
This is why I stand up,
because somebody has to!
I gotta wake up the people.
Yes, wake up the people.
Protest all the injustice.
Protest, yes, you do that,
but you do the right way.
You do it without the
violence, without the looting,
without the fires, without
the breaking windows.
And you educate the people.
You educate the people
and you teach them how
to educate themselves.
And you make sure that they
get together and they vote,
and they need to know
who they're voting for.
And they've got to
vote every time,
not just for the president
of the United States,
but for the people
in that district,
they've got to know
what they believe in.
They've got to know
where they've come from.
They've got to know
what they've done.
Educate the people.
And yes, you, you protest.
But you do it the right way.
So that's where your
abuse of power comes from.
Are you serious?
So you're still not
gonna take responsibility
for your actions
through all of this?
That kid was countless
other black and brown kids.
What happened to him
happens on a regular.
Now you're gonna shoot me?
Hm?
Now you finally got the
courage to do something?
Hm?
All that talk, should've
done what was right,
but it ain't even
about them, man.
It still all about you
protecting yourself,
your jobs, your people, you.
You gonna follow through
with it this time?
'Cause I sure as hell won't
go down a coward like you.
This isn't for you.
Put it down.
No, he's right,
this is the best way.
No, there is another way.
You don't have to carry
that weight around your neck
for another moment,
for another second.
If you are really sorry,
ask for forgiveness.
God will forgive you.
Why?
Why should he?
Are you sorry?
Yes.
I wish I had done
what was right,
even if it cost me
everything else.
You're not gonna
kill yourself, Mac.
How do you know?
Like I told you
before, I know things.
Put, put that down.
What do you want?
Peace.
I want peace.
I need peace and forgiveness.
Who or what do you believe in?
I don't know.
And what about you?
I believe there is a God.
I have a lot of
questions concerning him,
and I have a lot of
questions for him,
but yeah, I believe God exists.
Now that peace and
forgiveness that you desire,
it's available,
but you have to be
willing to change.
Answer it.
Hello.
Who is this?
Who do you think that was?
I don't know.
I heard "It's still time."
Like, "Now's time."
"Come, it's the time."
Be clear headed, be alert.
Your enemy, the dark one,
is like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour.
Ms. Eden,
I don't really know who you are,
and I don't really know
what's going on here,
but I feel like things
will be all right.
You keep doing what you doing.
You are walking in your purpose.
I look forward to
watching you as you grow
into the leader that
you are born to be.
I said leave!
Mac, my dearest, dearest, Mac,
you are now and have
always been my hero.
My greatest pleasure on this
earth was being your wife.
This cancer in my bones
will never reach the depths
that your love
reaches in my soul.
I will see you in heaven, Mac,
and just know that you always,
always be my hero.
You okay, man?
Well, it's in your hands.
I follow through with this,
you realize what
this means, right?
I realize what it
means if you don't.
When we turn our heads
to things that are wrong
and we don't do anything to
stop it, we are just as guilty,
because we are allowing
it to continue.
Just like you were willing
to lay down your gun,
you are showing deep sacrifice
for the greater good.
Isn't that the irony?
That's what I assumed
I'd be doing as a cop.
Be the hero, Mac.
Be the hero for all
of those young boys
and all of those young
girls that are dreaming
the way you once did.
This.
This is your new beginning.
For you to take hold of it.
You,
you were created
to do good things.
Do good.
There are a lot of
good cops out there.
They're waiting for you
to do the right thing.
You, you stand up
and you lead the way!
Truth will set
you free, right?
Yes.
This is full of emails
and files and photographs
and the dashboard cam footage
from the day of the shooting.
I've been meaning to do
this for a long time.
I just never had the
guts to follow through.
This is the perfect time.
Take it.
Do what you do, man.
We can do this.
Right?
Right?
You don't wanna do this.
I'm telling you, you
don't wanna do this.
I was right.
She's here.
It's you.
You're back.
I am.
I'm sorry, come in.
It's just,
I'm still so overwhelmed
that you're actually here.
It looks like a storm is coming.
The storm is already here.
How was your evening?
Fruitful, Sister
Anne, fruitful.
I am so glad.
May I get you something?
Anything.
You are so good to me.
Serving you is an honor.
That God would use
me in this way.
Don't, no, Sister
Anne, you don't bow me.
We only bow to Father God.
The prophecy
will be fulfilled.
Yes, the prophecy
will be fulfilled.
Are you all ready?
We have been
ready for centuries.
Just waiting for you.
Here, I'll give you your space.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Father God,
creator and source,
ancient of days,
as it has always been and
will be forever, I am yours.
I will serve you, I
will worship you only.
Use me.
Lucifer.
Sister, I have missed you.
And I missed you, brother.
I wanna go back
to how we once were.
We can't.
Why not?
Lucifer, what you've
done, it can't be undone.
When you've tried
to remove Father God
you severed ties that
can never be repaired.
Your selfishness, your pride,
your, your greed for power,
it destroyed our
sacred relationship.
You did this.
Yes, brother, you did-
- I know!
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I know that you are.
Please.
My one regret, my one
regret, it that I lost you.
There's gotta be
something I can do.
I've gained the world but
I have nothing without you.
Please, my life is
miserable without you.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry too.
Give another chance.
Gimme another chance
to prove myself.
Let me in.
I can't come in
unless you allow me.
I'll do anything.
Tell me what to do!
There's nothing
that you can do.
And there's nothing,
nothing that I can do.
No! No!
No!
No!
Eden!
Breaking news.
We have live coverage as
protestors take to the streets.
New video evidence comes forward
about the Areleus
Jenkins police shooting.
Dash cam footage,
as well as a series of
incriminating emails,
has surfaced showing
widespread corruption
of the police force
to the very top.