Enemy Territory (1987) Movie Script
White C.O.D. ain't the misery
I've been chosen for bad delivery
Too many problems
for me to be luggin'
And if I keep this pace
I wake up in the morning,
and then I look around
I think about lightin' one
and lay back down
Then I hear a little voice
from way inside
Say, "Get your butt outta bed, man,
you gotta survive"
When I stop to think about it,
I feel like a jerk
Cos everything I got,
I got through hard work
People dealin' with guns
and dealin' with knives
Even dealin' with drugs,
but never dealin' with life
Sometimes I say,
"Homes, just forget it
"Life's to run,
and I just ain't winning"
But the little voice says
when things go wrong,
"Man, you gotta keep on,
keep on"
Keep on, keep on
Dealin' with life
Get with it right now
Dealin' with life
Get with it right now
Gotta keep on, you gotta be strong,
gotta keep on, gotta be strong
Dealin' with life
Dealin' with life
Dealin' with life...
Hey, Carol, you can get all
the court orders that you want to,
but that's not going to put money
in my account.
I've had a bad month.
Shit, I've had a bad decade.
You wanna put me in jail?
You wanna put me in jail? Go right ahead,
because I could use the break.
But that's not gonna put money
in your account.
Carol?
Yes, well... when I get the money,
you'll be the first to know.
Alright?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Yes.
Alright.
So, tell me, how are the kids?
Oh, did Billy win his playoff game?
Listen, I wanted to come,
but I just, I...
Uh-huh.
OK.
Tell him I love him,
and I'll see him Sunday.
Yo!
- Beckhorne's been trying to reach you.
- So?
- He wants to see you in his office.
- OK.
Right now.
OK.
Barry.
Barry, what are we gonna do
with you?
You used to be
one of our best closers.
I don't understand
what happened here.
Listen, Mr. Beckhorne,
I know I've had a dry spell,
but look how many calls
I've made.
And the way the premium rates
have soared,
and, I must say,
since you changed my territory,
those people over there
don't have that kind of money.
Oh, come on, Rapchick.
You know how the merit system works.
I had to give Ryan your territory.
He earned it.
And I'll tell you something else,
already he's 30% over your numbers.
But, Barry... I like you.
And I'm gonna do you a favor.
Look this over.
- This is a $100,000 policy.
- That's right.
A policy on a 70-year-old
retired school teacher.
She initiated,
arranged her own physical.
All you have to do to collect
a big fat commission is go over there,
get her signature
and collect the premium.
I should clear $6,000.
More like four, Barry.
No, no, no, on a $100,000 policy?
Oh, for Christ's sake, Rapchick.
Do I have to spell it out for you?
I'm trying to do you a favor.
Look, if you don't wanna handle this,
just say so.
No, no.
Listen, it's... no problem.
You can count on me, Mr. Beckhorne.
Um... it's kinda late today,
but I'll get on it
first thing Monday morning.
Today.
It's gotta be today, Barry.
The policy just came in.
By Monday, Gottfried will know about it,
and you'll be out that big fat commission.
And you'll lose $2,000.
Uh... I guess I better get moving then,
if I wanna get outta there before dark,
which I do.
And, Rapchick?
Don't screw up.
Don't worry, Mr. Beckhorne.
I need the money too much.
Sure you wanna take this one
by yourself?
Hey, you get off an hour early.
You gotta put on no bulletproof vest
to go into the towers.
So, what you bitchin' about?
Hey, man, you want it?
You can have it.
Oh, they probably cut the cable again.
Won't be anything we can do
till a crew gets out tomorrow.
You wanna go in there for nothin'?
Be my guest.
Go home, Dave, take a bath,
have a Miller Lite.
Loosen up a little bit.
You know something
I don't know.
Alright, alright.
I got this girl in the towers,
and I figured, you know,
I'd pay her a visit on the company's time,
you know?
What the heck?
Eh, you know what they say...
Comes the dawn
Reach out and touch someone
Get outta here, Dave.
You talk big.
You got a big mouth.
Man, ain't no one gonna
push me around.
- I can watch my ass.
- What are you talking about?
You in the wrong place at the wrong time,
they'll get you, man.
- Not me. I can always get away.
- What makes you think so?
Because I know something
nobody knows.
There you go again,
you think you're so smart.
If they get a hold of you
and you talk like that...
Man, I'm not scared to get out.
I got me a secret way.
No way you got a secret way.
Vampires say stay, you stay.
Ain't no other way.
Man, I ain't scared
of no sissy-ass Vampires.
Shit you ain't.
- I ain't. What do you know?
- You know more than you...
You gonna be parked there
for some time, man?
About 15 minutes. I'm gonna see a lady
in the Lincoln Towers.
Fifteen minutes, huh?
You white dudes always in a hurry.
We'll watch your car for two dollars.
Make sure nobody takes your tires.
- Or breaks your window.
- Or rips off your radio.
- Two dollars, huh?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Thanks, man.
- Which bit is your lady in?
- N-16.
In the middle? Vampire cats!
Hey, you don't get caught in there
after dark, or it's your blood.
- What are you laughing at?
- Are you simple, man?
Just watch the car.
Ozzie, man, get the radio.
- "Just watch the car."
- You stupid!
So, you know, if there's nothin' goin' on
in the castle tonight, we can get together...
I'm looking for Mrs. Elva Briggs.
You know what floor she's on?
Me and you around the...
Excuse me.
Do you know which apartment
Elva Briggs is in?
Don't touch me, motherfucker!
Don't nobody touch me!
- Who you laughing at?
- I'm gonna tell you something, sonny.
I've had a very long day, and I have
neither the time nor the patience
for any more of you kids
playing "Scarface" with me.
You laughing at me, ghost?
Hey, Decon!
It's almost dark, old man.
Vacate, boy.
This old man don't feel like playin'.
Nobody laughs at a Vampire,
motherfucker.
You dead, man.
Er... thank you.
You're one of the security guards
around here?
I am the security.
They must keep you busy.
I earn my keep.
Most times the uniform's enough.
They don't like messin' with cops.
Uniform makes me near enough a cop.
What the hell are you doing here?
I'm here to see Mrs. Elva Briggs.
I've got an insurance policy in here
for her to sign.
And they sent a white man
this time of night?
Are you from Neptune or Vulcan
or some such?
Could you please tell me
where Elva Briggs' apartment is?
Suit yourself.
The elevator is in no big rush.
Lucky it's going at all.
The other one is down.
See, the elevator people
ain't in no big hurry
to come in here and get shot at.
You think I'm jiving you?
Even the window cleaners
wear bulletproof vests.
Snipers.
We got us a war zone here.
Don't you read the papers?
Look at the TV?
I sell insurance.
I hope you buy it, too.
Do you scare all the white salesmen
who come in here with ghost stories?
White, black, yellow and red.
This is a Vampire building.
Other buildings got other gangs.
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
call themselves Mortes.
Whites, hillbillies call themselves
the Pig Stickers.
And the Vampires run this one.
Decon's a Vampire.
He's a baby.
Vampires come all ages.
You get bitten, you join the tide.
Twenty, as far as this flight goes.
Apartment 2016, um...
right down the hall.
I'll wait for you.
We'll go down together.
Thank you.
Get a move on.
Who's there?
Barry Rapchick, Harbor Insurance.
Come in.
You could have waited until morning.
You must need the commission
pretty badly,
to come into Lincoln Towers at night.
Yeah... I need the commission.
Alright.
I just need you to sign right there.
Why do you want a $100,000 policy?
I mean, I'm not complaining, but...
the premiums in a woman your age...
My granddaughter Antoinette,
she lives with me.
She's downstairs visiting now.
I'm buying her out of here.
I know what's out there, you see?
I taught school,
and I know the possibilities.
Just sign right there. That's all.
Mm-hmm.
We'll send you a copy of the policy.
- How did you come to...?
- End up here?
Most families in these buildings
don't have a man.
At least not a working man.
If they did, they wouldn't be here.
We've got kids all ages,
boys, young men, all playing games,
and no daddy to keep the games
from being rough.
I'm sorry, I can't take cash.
Suit yourself.
I signed, I've got the payment.
You want somebody to come and get it
tomorrow or Monday, that's fine.
N-no, it's alright.
The receipt, please.
- You not gonna count the money?
- No.
You've got an honest face.
You'd better hurry.
I hope your granddaughter
has a long wait for the insurance.
Thanks.
Never can tell around here.
Let's move, insurance man.
You get your business taken care of?
Yes, indeed.
It's after dark, old man.
You better save that shit, son,
and back off.
- We don't want trouble.
- Oh, no. There's no trouble, Pops.
We just want a word
with the big mouth ghost.
He put his hand
on the blood brother.
I just tapped the kid on the shoulder.
Shut up!
You came in here after sundown
and put your hand on a blood brother.
You mocked a blood brother
with a woman watchin'.
He's sorry. Real sorry.
Look, I didn't mean
to cause any trouble.
No, no, it's gonna take blood, chump.
Now, you'll maybe live,
but, um... you can't get out clean.
The other buildings will see.
For the honor of the Vampires...
I don't give a pig's tit for your honor.
This is gone as far as it's going.
Now, back off, son,
or this elevator is gonna be painted red.
Look, I'm sorry, but this is crazy.
Help!
Somebody help!
Oh, my God. Oh, Jesus.
Wait...
Help!
Shit. The Vampires?
- Yeah.
- Did the Vampires do this?
Uh-huh.
- Fuck. Are they after you, too?
- Yeah...
Come on.
The elevator...
No, they probably got it parked on 19th.
A phone! We gotta get to a phone
to call the police.
No, the phones in the towers are out.
They out till morning. Come on.
Come on, come on!
Open up the door.
Ginny!
The door!
Come on, open the door!
People getting killed out here.
Why do you think
I ain't opening it up?
Are you fuckin'...?
Bitch, open the door!
Well, then give me my damn shoes!
Bullets.
See if he's got bullets on him.
Come on, man, do it!
I only got five shots left.
- Come on.
- Yeah.
Now, we gotta get out
of this hallway.
Come on, we gotta get out
the hallway.
- Mrs. Briggs... it's here.
- Let's go.
Mrs. Briggs?
Mrs. Briggs, it's Barry Rapchick.
Please, let me in.
Who's out there with you?
Will Jackson, telephone company.
The devil's just two steps behind.
I heard what was going on out there,
but no phone to call the cops.
That gun won't hold 'em off long.
- Then why'd you answer the damn door?
- I'm a Christian.
Besides, I got a big investment
in the insurance man.
- Why did you help him?
- I didn't have time to think.
Army training, I guess.
If somebody hollers "help" in English,
you just help.
My son Andrew was in Korea, Infantry.
He is dead.
Well, I was Signal Corps, Vietnam,
and I plan on stayin' alive.
The window.
- We'll call for help.
- They won't help you.
They hear screamin' and shootin'
every night.
You stick your head out of that window,
they'll shoot you between the eyes
for target practice.
Hey, the phone company! When you don't
show up, they'll look for you, right?
No, man. I'm not due back till morning.
This is my last stop.
You got a gun around here
or somethin'?
Can you picture me
shooting someone?
I don't see why not.
Seems like you got the temper for it.
Hey, get rid of that stupid bag
and tuck that in.
Make it easy.
You come on out
and save the old woman.
Now, I know the white ass in there don't
give a damn about any old black woman.
But the brother in there
got to be righteous.
Yeah, well, I got somethin' righteous
for you in here.
Vampires got no fight with you, brother.
Just give us the ghost.
Now, we gonna get him one way
or every which way.
Yeah, well, you have to pay
for what you get.
How much you willing to pay, anyway, huh?
How many Vampires?
We'll be back with your answer.
When the sun comes up, you'll all be nothin'
but marks in a bucket of messy.
Psycho...
You stay on this door.
Eyes on the door.
Gather my children.
Tonight we taste blood.
What are we gonna do?
Well, I guess it's up or down,
ain't it?
Uh, maybe if they haven't got
to the roof yet, we can.
The roof is flat.
There's no place to hide up there.
A fireman got shot last summer
from the roof of the next building.
Great. Then it's down.
What do you mean, down?
How the hell are we gonna get down?
They've got the elevator covered,
they've got the stairwell covered.
There are two people
probably dead out there.
Not to mention the fact there's some
gentleman outside the door named Psycho.
We ain't using the door.
Get rid of that briefcase
and tuck the knife in your belt.
Get ready to fly.
What the hell are you talking about?
I'm not going out that window.
We... we can hold out here.
We can barricade the door.
No way, man.
We stay here, we're dead meat.
We may take a few of 'em down,
but it ain't gonna matter to Count Sicko.
He's got plenty.
And what you think
they gonna do to Mrs. Briggs, huh?
She did help us out.
So, let's go.
- They know you got that?
- No.
Mrs. Briggs, you gonna be alright?
They don't want me,
it's my insurance man they want.
Besides, there's no way
that I could make it with you.
Don't worry about me, now.
You got time to argue?
- We can't just leave.
- Don't worry. I can take care of myself.
I don't want your company
paying off just yet.
You get down to 18, go to 1804,
find my granddaughter Toni.
Smart as she is,
she'll think of something.
Vampires, what do you see?
- The moon.
- What kind of moon?
- Full moon!
- This is our night, our castle.
Nobody rubs an ass-dirty finger
on the walls of our castle.
Especially not on our night.
Especially not no ghost.
- What's out there for us?
- Nothing!
- What's out there for us?
- Nothing!
- What's in here for us?
- Everything!
In these walls, we are the world.
Not faithless, black holes.
The world, the night belongs to...
Vampires!
Show me your fangs!
Before the sun comes up,
the ghost and the blood traitor
must pay for our honor.
For our honor!
For Decon!
For Decon!
What the hell is so funny, man?
You losing your mind or somethin'?
- I'm just afraid of heights.
- What's so funny about that?
An hour ago, I figured that my luck
had finally changed.
Now I'm twenty stories up,
$6,000 in my pocket,
about to swing out into nothing
with a bedsheet,
because some kids who call themselves
Vampires wanna kill me.
So, what's so funny about that?
Black humor.
Oh, really?
Look, it's down two stories.
You got plenty of place
to put your feet, alright?
And if the window's closed,
just kick it in.
Oh, just kick it in? Just like that?
- Well, I can't do it, I'm barefoot. Come on.
- But I'll be killed.
Look, now, I saved your life,
so don't cost me mine.
Now, let's go.
- Come on, move it, man!
- Oh, God!
Shit.
I got this! Alright, I'm going!
Wahey... hey!
Ah... nice...
- Are you gonna rape us?
- What?
- You gonna rape us?
- No.
- Where's your mother?
- Out. I'm watching Agnes.
She still sucks her thumb.
- Oh, my gosh. Give me a hill.
- What?
From the roll in your pocket.
Give me a bill.
It's not my money.
I don't care, man.
Take it from your commission.
Just give me a bill.
Hi, honey.
When your mother comes home,
tell her Santa Claus came early.
OK?
Alright, Saint Nick, let's move.
We ain't telling Mama about this.
She'll disbelieve.
We'll use this for gummy worms.
- Who's that?
- Mrs. Briggs sent us.
Poor Briggs must be getting senile.
Didn't you hear them shots?
Something's going on wrong.
Yeah, the Vampires are after us.
She said you'd help.
Come on, now.
- Get in. Quick.
- What the fuck do you want?
Hold it, young girl.
Your grandmother sent them.
Yeah, we just had a run in
with your local boys club.
Oh, shit. Vampires.
They're gone.
Where are they?
- Who?
- You know who, old bitch.
The white meat
and the blood traitor.
Seems to me, you're the traitor
of the people in these towers.
You prey on them like a...
Like a what? A Vampire?
That's cos there's only so much
to go around.
The strong got to take it
if they're going to survive.
If we shared in this prison,
we all stay weak.
And that's what the white devils want!
A dime-store Darwin!
Haj, you take five.
You go through this floor,
room by room, closet by closet.
Anybody won't let you in,
you blow the door,
then you cut 'em, you burn 'em,
whatever it takes.
You work your way down.
Every floor, every apartment.
Beez, you take five,
go down to the first floor, same thing.
Room by room,
working your way up.
Flush those cockroaches out!
Then stomp 'em.
- Psycho?
- Yeah, man.
Heat up your blade.
Let's see what the old bitch really knows.
- Get in there!
- Move it! Sit down, shut up!
In here, in here!
Get down!
It's a nice pair of kicks.
Thanks.
- Barry.
- Excuse me?
Pay the man.
We're not taking 'em for free.
Keep your money, son.
I only wish I could offer you
something more
than a few moments of sanctuary
and an old pair shoes.
Thank you.
That's very gracious of you.
Look, we have to get you guys
out of here.
They're gonna be going through
these apartments like Storm Troopers.
And even if we do get down to one,
they'll have the doors covered.
- Chet knows another way out.
- Hush, son.
There is one place
I think you can hold out at.
What are you thinking?
Well, if we can get them down
to Mr. Parker's.
Oh, that crazy fool?
You talking about a cure
that's worse than the disease.
Well, wait a minute.
Who is this Parker?
He's the one man in this building
that the Vampires are afraid of.
That's cos he'll shoot anyone
who looks like they might even be
thinking about messing with him.
Hell, he'll probably shoot y'all.
Chet says he knows another way outta here
that the Vampires don't know nothing about.
And I told you to hush, L.B.
And we don't wanna hear
about your storytelling friend.
Well, I say let's do it. Sounds like
this Parker is happenin' to me.
Let's go.
Don't!
- They might be on the elevator, right?
- Good thinkin'.
We had enough surprises already.
Where are we headed?
- Fourteen.
- Let's do the stairs.
I think he's gone.
Oh, God...
Get this guy off of me.
Shut up, man. Shut up.
Hey, hey. Shut up. Quiet.
It's me, man, Will Jackson,
telephone company, right?
Will Jackson.
What's your name?
Come on, tell me your name.
You know your name, huh?
Come on, tell me your name.
You can do it, man.
Come on, hold yourself together.
We can make it.
Let me take my hand down, alright?
Count to three.
I want you to just tell me your name.
- OK?
- Mm-hmm.
One, two... three.
Now, tell me your name.
Come on, man.
Don't let me down.
Barry Rapchick.
Alright. Alright, man.
It's gonna be alright, OK?
Now, let's grab the knife,
and let's go.
Come on.
Here, man.
Come on.
What is it? Blood?
Give me your jacket.
Come on, give me your jacket.
Here.
Hey, man, it was either him or me.
Now, personally, I think you made
the right choice, alright?
Now, take the knife.
Now, tuck that in your belt
and let's go.
Here.
Man, come on, we gotta get outta here.
Come on. Come on, Barry.
Man, come on.
Move it. Move it!
Come on, move it.
Yeah.
Mr. Parker, it's me, Toni Briggs,
from up on 20.
Hey, fuck off, Mau Mau.
I don't need any more
magazine subscriptions.
Mr. Parker, please.
We need your help.
These men are on the run
from the Vampires, please.
Oh, yeah?
Looks like they're standing up to me.
Mr. Parker, please.
You're the only one they're afraid of.
Oh, really?
Naturally, you just thought of me, huh?
Hey, listen, baby,
you can do better than that.
I let you in, your pals will be coming
from down the hall.
- Now, get outta here!
- I am not one of them.
Come on, man.
Do we look like Vampires?
Let us in. They trying to Kill us.
Alright, we'll pay you, then.
- Pay me? How much?
- 100.
- Huh?
- OK, 200.
500!
OK, $500.
Now, please let us in.
- Money first.
- Huh! You get the money when we come in.
- Why? You don't trust me?
- Fuck no.
- Let me see your hands.
- Get your hands up.
Now, keep 'em like that.
Oh, my God...
Look, you guys are OK now, alright?
Hold it, sugar.
What, are you gonna get
these guys in here,
then go back down and get the rest
of those Zulus in the hallway?
No, I'm just going to check
on my grandmother.
- Your grandmother, huh?
- I swear.
Alright. But you throw any funny stuff,
I'll turn these guys into dog meat.
- OK. OK.
- Get!
- OK.
- Be careful.
The door!
OK, asshole, put your piece
on the shelf over here.
You, too, jerk meat.
Put the knife beside it. Now, move!
Why don't you lighten up, brother?
We didn't ask for all this.
Don't you "brother" me, boy.
You think those Vampires are bad?
You try fucking with me.
I'll take that money.
Alright.
What's all this about?
Well, it's... it's me that they're
after really. Will saved my life.
I've heard that story before.
Man tries to help a friend,
he gets his own dick in the ringer.
- Come on, this way.
- Move it, move it!
You think this is a joke?
I'll show you what a joke is.
Fuck it up.
Tear up the apartment!
OK, where's the white ghost?
You're holding out, bitch?
Where is the white ghost?
You ladies will suffer. You dig it?
Where is he?
I'm not playin' anymore.
Oh, my God!
Grandma?
Grandma? Grandma.
Are you OK?
How touching.
Son of a bitch.
OK, bitch.
I wanna know where the ghost
and the blood traitor are.
And I want to know now.
Don't tell him anything, baby.
Oh, right, young blood.
Oh, for that, after this is all over,
after we done found
those motherfuckers,
cut off their balls
and stuffed them down their throats,
us, we, you and I are gonna have
a little Vampire party.
And you gonna take it
in every hole in your body.
And then we gonna cut us
some new holes and do those, too.
Now, you talk!
OK.
OK! I'll tell you.
But it won't to you any good.
You can't get at them.
Well, we'll see about that.
Now you just start talking.
You know, dumb shit?
I thought you were smarter than that.
You brought a raid of shit down
on this whole building.
Why don't you just let 'em
have his miserable ass?
Maybe you are smarter than that.
Maybe you figured you'd make a fat piece
of change off this white boy's ass.
Well, let me tell you somethin'.
I don't care if he's white, black,
or fucking fudge ripple.
A man's in trouble, I'm gonna help him.
You ignorant son of a bitch.
You don't even know what
you're talking about, for Christ sakes.
I went to Vietnam to fight off
the communist scourge for my country.
Well, the Commies are doing just fine.
Uncle Sam's doing even better.
And all those assholes who were
out there protesting in the streets,
those yuppies driving Volvos?
I'm down here fighting off Mau Maus
and eating spam.
Hey, man, I was in 'Nam, too.
I don't wanna sound like I'm sniveling.
I mean, Uncle Sam, he, um... gave me
a righteous disability pension,
and of course this...
hot rod go-kart here.
Pretty generous, I figure.
All I had to do was
waste a couple hundred slopes
and have my backbone blown out.
What about Casper here?
Where were you?
I was in college.
Where?
I was in college.
You driving a Volvo?
No, as a matter of fact,
my ex-wife got the Volvo.
Wh... what can I say?
I'm sorry, guys.
Look, I'll be going.
- Come on. Come on, come on.
- What?
Hey, why don't you lighten up, man?
You're just as bad as the rest of 'em.
You're the rat in this maze.
The only difference between you and them
is you built a stronger cage.
This is no cage.
This is a bunker.
There's a war going on out there, man!
And this time, I'm not going down.
I'm ready for anything
they can throw at me.
You see that fucking bird right there, huh?
You know why I got that?
I don't know, man.
I guess you're an animal lover.
No, you dumb shit.
I got that bird because if they pump
poison gas in here, the bird dies,
I got time to put my gas mask on.
That's some brilliant shit, man.
Fuckin' A,
there's nobody fucking with me.
See, I own that cat.
Where the fuck's my mangy cat?
You know why I got
that goddamn cat?
To taste my food,
make sure it's not poisoned.
But I gotta shoot one every now and then,
get another one.
Cos they put those bugs in the cats
to get me, you know?
AIDS and cancer, and pinkeye,
shit like that.
Shit.
I think we know that knock, don't we?
Oh, Christ!
Hey, you better get your direct ass
away from my door,
if you wanna keep your face.
We want them.
Well, you back off, squid lips.
We want the ghost
and the blood traitor.
Or we do the bitches.
I'm coming out.
Not till you take the ropes off.
One wrong move, crip,
and we drop 'em where they stand.
Here. We ain't dead yet.
- I'm sorry.
- It's OK.
They come out,
the women come in. Same time.
No, no, no.
They come out first.
I don't trust your crippled ass.
I'm supposed to trust you, fool?
It... it's OK.
Your ass.
Here they come.
Don't you try no shit, batman!
See? The men are coming out.
Now, the women.
What the fuck you think
you're doing?
I already got busted once
this week.
- I paid!
- If my wife...
Shut up, man. We ain't the cops.
- Who the hell is shootin'?
- The Vampires.
Just be quiet.
Now, suppose you tell me
what the hell you think you doin' here?
Get with the cash.
Well, hello, sailor.
What's your pleasure, sugar?
Hey, now, just a minute.
Don't worry, baby.
I'm ain't gonna use it all up.
I... no, I... just keep it.
Oh, I see.
Not your type, huh, fruit loops?
Oh, shit. I mean, this stuff
just keeps getting thicker.
- Oh, you got an idea?
- Yeah, just one.
- But I don't know if it's gonna work.
- Well, what the hell is it?
Well, it's L.B.'s friend, Chet. He says
he knows a secret way out of here.
And there's a chance he's not lying.
I mean, we have nothing else.
- Where's he at?
- Him and his mother live down on ten.
It's worth a try.
Alright, let's go for it.
Leaving so soon?
Do come back.
Hey, Tinkerbell.
If you ever get your head straight,
remember... I owe you one.
Come on.
This way.
- You know these people?
- No, not that well.
And with all the commotion,
I doubt she'll let me in.
Oh, come on.
Let's try the direct approach.
- Who is it?
- Er... the phone company.
- Your phone is out, right?
- Do you know how late it is?
Yeah, lady, and...
I wanna get this over with.
You don't want me to do it, then that's fine.
We'll come back next week.
Wait.
Don't let him in, Mama.
Vampires are on the move tonight.
How do I know
you're who you say you are?
I got my ID right here.
Slip it under the door.
Picture's black,
you sound white.
I went to Harvard.
Come on, lady.
- What do you want?
- Let me at him, mom!
- Whoa, we're the good guys.
- It's alright, Mrs. Cole.
Mrs. Cole, we need your help.
Or rather, we need your help, Chet.
L.B. told me that you know a way
out of here the Vampires don't know about.
That's right.
Now, Chet, you wouldn't be jiving us,
would you?
- I mean, our lives depend on this.
- I ain't lying.
Tell her, Mama.
You know when I'm lying.
Chester, you have been
hiding something.
But he is telling the truth.
Ma'am, we'd just like to ask him
just a few questions.
We'll be out of your way.
Now, Chet, start talking.
Where is this way out?
- Down on B.
- On B?
All the way down.
- Down on B? In the basement, baby?
- That's right.
Down with the cobwebs and spiders
and rats, there's a way out.
And I'm the only one who knows.
Don't worry.
They can't get through that door.
It's solid steel.
I'm just so worried about my Toni.
Don't worry about her.
That girl's a survivor.
I can tell.
That's some cool shit.
Four of my soldiers are dead.
And those cockroach scum still free,
spreading their cancer
through my castle!
We've been down 12 and up eight.
Nothing. We've been through
every apartment, every hole.
Alright, you keep closing the net.
Psycho!
Between 12 and eight.
Now, these are the elevators.
Then you go straight over,
and there are the furnaces,
and they go to garbage,
until you get straight through there.
There got some rats, where they live.
They sleep down with the pipes.
So, then you go through there,
and there, that's how you get out.
I can't understand this.
What are you talking about?
It's simple.
See this? This is the furnace.
And here's where the custodian sleeps
when he don't want nobody to know.
Look, it's not your fault.
It's just that I've never been down there.
- I'll show you.
- You think you can?
You must be out of your mind,
if you think my baby's going anywhere
with all this craziness.
I'm not your baby anymore.
I'm almost ten.
Hush, now!
- He could save our lives.
- Please, Mom.
Chester, go to your room.
I want you in the bed right now.
Move it!
Mrs. Cole, is it?
Listen, we really need Chet.
Now... I'll give you $300.
Alright, $400.
Listen, Mister,
I don't know where you've been,
but $400 can't buy
a black boy anymore.
Oh, my God. No, I...
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't...
You know, maybe it'll make more sense
to us once we get down there.
In fact, I got an idea.
Let's hope the elevator's above us.
What do you mean, the elevators?
You know they've got the elevators covered.
They can have the elevator,
cos we got the shaft.
Mrs... Mrs. Cole,
please forgive me.
I'm sorry, I apologize.
I guess that I'm just scared.
- Forget it.
- Because I would never do...
You got good reason to be scared.
I just hope you make it.
Well, I just wanted to say
thanks a lot for everything.
Sure.
It's clear.
Alright, we're in business.
Here, hold the gun.
I knew this nerd pack
would come in handy.
- What the hell are you doing?
- Just watch the door.
Just give me a second
to find out if this is gonna work.
Alright.
Here we go, straight to hell.
Oh, shit.
Are you alright?
- Nice stroke, kid.
- Thanks.
OK, let's move out.
The shot's gonna bring 'em for sure.
Toni, you go first.
Come on, let's go.
OK, Barry, you next.
Come on, y'all, move it.
OK, Barry, come on.
You're next.
Go ahead.
- Get down.
- OK.
Open the door,
it's the Vampires!
Go away. I don't want any trouble.
We just wanna look around.
Open the door or we'll kick it in!
Look, there's no one here,
but me and Chet.
Just please leave us...
Hey, man, check out the bedroom.
Come on, man!
- Come on.
- Let's go, let's go.
Chet, baby!
Chet!
- You fucking with us!
- No. No!
- Time?
- It's four o'clock.
Where the fuck are they?
Somebody's hiding 'em, I know it.
You let 'em get away with this shit,
and you start to lose control.
It wasn't supposed to go down
like this.
They get away with this, man,
this whole building's gonna pay.
I swear it.
Vampire blood will not go unavenged.
Everybody's gonna bleed
before I get through.
Vampires!
Shit.
Watch out.
I gotcha. OK.
- Here. That's the rear entrance?
- That's right.
Yo, what's up with this shit, man?
They got us waiting out all fucking night!
I don't know, I don't know
what's going on, man.
Yo, fuck that,
why we gotta stand out here?
You know what happened?
They caught the motherfucker, shot him,
and we standing out here
like two jerks.
That's just what it is, man.
They always twist it.
Yeah, they're out there, alright.
Alright, Chet, show us the way out.
Come on.
Which way?
See? There's the furnace.
And right here, over there,
that's the way you get out.
Hold this for me, please.
Do you wanna go back up?
- Take the bat.
- Yeah, go.
Barry. Barry!
Barry! Barry!
Get out the way. Get out the way!
Wait! Hey, cool it.
Hey, cool it, man.
Now, stay down, you fucking freak!
Let's get the fuck outta here.
We had to listen to the kid,
didn't we?
There, just pull the vent out.
Oh, Chet, we can't get through there.
What are you talkin' about?
I've been through there all the time.
Yeah, but, Chet, look at us.
- I think I can.
- Can what?
- Can fit through.
- Yeah, then what?
A girl like you in a neighborhood like this,
shit, you wouldn't last ten seconds!
You get by the Vampires,
then you'll really be in trouble.
Look, don't tell me, OK?
I grew up around here.
I know how to get around.
I'll be at the precinct in 15 minutes.
I'm going.
- So, you're serious about this?
- Yes, I'm serious about this.
- Here.
- Thank you.
- Go to the playground and over the fence.
- OK.
- Toni, I'm sorry...
- Look, don't worry about it.
They want me just as bad
as they want you, maybe worse.
Hey.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
Take care of 'em, Chet, OK?
Oh! Oh, darlin'...
So, now what?
We just sit and wait?
I gotta tell you somethin'.
Good things come to those who wait,
including Vampires.
I got another plan.
A "just-in-case" plan.
Like, just in case Toni don't make it.
And just in case the police don't get up
off their asses and get down here.
A "just-in-case" plan.
I gotta tell you something, though.
I don't think you gonna like it.
No, please... try me.
Hey, Chet, you think
you can make it upstairs?
- Shit, yeah.
- Watch your language.
- Let me have the rolls.
- What for?
Just give me the rolls.
You've been trusting me this long, come on.
Alright, Chet.
Police don't show up by daybreak, right...
here's what we're gonna do.
Hey, beautiful. How you doin"?
What you doin"?
Hey, hey. Jesus! Angel!
Hey, beauty?
Come on, chiqui, chiqui, chiqui!
Come on, chiqui!
Good, bounce for it.
That's it, that's it.
Getting a bit closer.
Ah! No!
Quick, go get that bitch!
Wait till I got your ass, man!
Come here, man!
Yeah, man.
- I got you, bitch!
- No!
Fuck you! Fuck you!
You don't know where you are?
You're standing on the corner, right?
You look up at the sign...
- Officer! Officer, please!
- Just a minute.
I need your help right now.
Now, Officer, please!
I'll be with you in a second, Miss.
Now, sir, just look up at the...
Miss, you can't go that way.
- Garmin, get her!
- Hey, where the hell you're going?
You can't go back there, sweetheart.
- I'm here to report a crime!
- Get up against the wall.
There's people in trouble.
Let go of me, please.
- I'm not the criminal.
- Get your arms behind your back.
Hey, Jim. I don't what else
she has on her, she had a crowbar.
- No, there's these two men...
- Get your legs back, sweetheart.
Just stay still!
- We need a policewoman over here.
- Let go!
God, no! Fuck you.
Get off of me, damn it!
Look, sweetheart,
you come busting in the here.
How do we know you're not a terrorist
with a bomb under your blouse?
You wanna talk, you get searched.
Come on, come on.
You get searched,
then you can talk. In the back.
- Time?
- 5:15, it's almost sun up.
I know it's almost sun up, dumb ass!
Now, where the fuck is Psycho?
Or has he betrayed me, too?
I don't know, man.
- What? What, what, what?
- Nothin', man.
We've been through every apartment.
Well, they gotta be someplace, man.
Unless they got away from you.
Wait... wait, wait.
The only place they could've been
is the basement.
How are they gonna be
in the basement
with us on the elevator
and T.J. and A-Train on the door?
I don't know!
But we checked every place else.
- Alright.
- I swear.
Alright, alright, let's go.
But they better be there.
Count, we'll check, OK?
Yeah, right.
OK, right.
Listen, what do I have to do
to get through to you?
I just told you there are people
being killed in that building.
- My grandmother was tortured.
- Listen, Miss.
The last time we sent men up there,
two men were shot.
We are not anxious
to go up there anymore.
So far, your story checks out.
The phones are dead,
but we need more to go on.
You don't like it, there's the door.
Shit, man. Sun's coming up.
People be leaving,
cops be coming, man.
Check this shit out.
Where the fuck is the Count?
Where the fuck is the Count?
People dead, shot up, cut up.
And I don't see him
nowhere around, man.
Yo, Marcus said
that Psycho was gone.
- What?
- Word.
We don't find 'em suckers pretty quick,
I be gone too, man.
- I'm tellin' you, it's how it is.
- Word, man.
Shit. I'm tired of this shit.
What the hell do you think
is keeping her?
I don't know, man.
I can think of about 5,000 reasons
why she'd just leave us here.
No, I don't think so.
I really don't.
I mean, she saved our lives
once already for free.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Shit. It's comin' down.
Give it here.
Same old shit. They got us down here,
ain't nothin' going on, man.
What the fuck? Holy shit, man!
A fuckin' 50!
Oh, man!
- Hey, it's working.
- Great. Let's go.
Not yet.
- Come on!
- Not yet.
Now, go.
Psycho!
Motherfucker!
Shit.
Oh, God!
Let's go, let's go.
If you're expecting me to say
you should go on without me,
you've seen too many movies.
Come on. Come on!
Come on, man.
Oh, motherfuckin' A!
Damn it. Shit.
They're mine.
- Kill the son of a bitch.
- I only got one shot left.
Yeah, boy.
Got you now, boy.
You're mine now, boy.
All motherfucking night.
I got you now, you candy-ass
simple-minded motherfucker.
You're mine, OK?
Alright, boy? You stand there.
Stand there, boy. Stand there.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
Pray, motherfucker.
Pray, goddamnit,
cos you're gonna die, bro...
The taste of blood...
I'm gonna rip out your heart
and suck your blood!
I am immortal!
I am immortal!
Vampires, move up!
You got any other ideas?
Vampires, move up!
Just run, come on!
Get 'em, get 'em!
Get those Vampires!
- The Count, man!
- The Count!
Don't mess with my baby.
I think I hear the calvary coming.
- Are you bad, insurance man?
- Oh, God, I hope not.
I got this really shitty accident insurance.
Alright. OK.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I've been chosen for bad delivery
Too many problems
for me to be luggin'
And if I keep this pace
I wake up in the morning,
and then I look around
I think about lightin' one
and lay back down
Then I hear a little voice
from way inside
Say, "Get your butt outta bed, man,
you gotta survive"
When I stop to think about it,
I feel like a jerk
Cos everything I got,
I got through hard work
People dealin' with guns
and dealin' with knives
Even dealin' with drugs,
but never dealin' with life
Sometimes I say,
"Homes, just forget it
"Life's to run,
and I just ain't winning"
But the little voice says
when things go wrong,
"Man, you gotta keep on,
keep on"
Keep on, keep on
Dealin' with life
Get with it right now
Dealin' with life
Get with it right now
Gotta keep on, you gotta be strong,
gotta keep on, gotta be strong
Dealin' with life
Dealin' with life
Dealin' with life...
Hey, Carol, you can get all
the court orders that you want to,
but that's not going to put money
in my account.
I've had a bad month.
Shit, I've had a bad decade.
You wanna put me in jail?
You wanna put me in jail? Go right ahead,
because I could use the break.
But that's not gonna put money
in your account.
Carol?
Yes, well... when I get the money,
you'll be the first to know.
Alright?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Yes.
Alright.
So, tell me, how are the kids?
Oh, did Billy win his playoff game?
Listen, I wanted to come,
but I just, I...
Uh-huh.
OK.
Tell him I love him,
and I'll see him Sunday.
Yo!
- Beckhorne's been trying to reach you.
- So?
- He wants to see you in his office.
- OK.
Right now.
OK.
Barry.
Barry, what are we gonna do
with you?
You used to be
one of our best closers.
I don't understand
what happened here.
Listen, Mr. Beckhorne,
I know I've had a dry spell,
but look how many calls
I've made.
And the way the premium rates
have soared,
and, I must say,
since you changed my territory,
those people over there
don't have that kind of money.
Oh, come on, Rapchick.
You know how the merit system works.
I had to give Ryan your territory.
He earned it.
And I'll tell you something else,
already he's 30% over your numbers.
But, Barry... I like you.
And I'm gonna do you a favor.
Look this over.
- This is a $100,000 policy.
- That's right.
A policy on a 70-year-old
retired school teacher.
She initiated,
arranged her own physical.
All you have to do to collect
a big fat commission is go over there,
get her signature
and collect the premium.
I should clear $6,000.
More like four, Barry.
No, no, no, on a $100,000 policy?
Oh, for Christ's sake, Rapchick.
Do I have to spell it out for you?
I'm trying to do you a favor.
Look, if you don't wanna handle this,
just say so.
No, no.
Listen, it's... no problem.
You can count on me, Mr. Beckhorne.
Um... it's kinda late today,
but I'll get on it
first thing Monday morning.
Today.
It's gotta be today, Barry.
The policy just came in.
By Monday, Gottfried will know about it,
and you'll be out that big fat commission.
And you'll lose $2,000.
Uh... I guess I better get moving then,
if I wanna get outta there before dark,
which I do.
And, Rapchick?
Don't screw up.
Don't worry, Mr. Beckhorne.
I need the money too much.
Sure you wanna take this one
by yourself?
Hey, you get off an hour early.
You gotta put on no bulletproof vest
to go into the towers.
So, what you bitchin' about?
Hey, man, you want it?
You can have it.
Oh, they probably cut the cable again.
Won't be anything we can do
till a crew gets out tomorrow.
You wanna go in there for nothin'?
Be my guest.
Go home, Dave, take a bath,
have a Miller Lite.
Loosen up a little bit.
You know something
I don't know.
Alright, alright.
I got this girl in the towers,
and I figured, you know,
I'd pay her a visit on the company's time,
you know?
What the heck?
Eh, you know what they say...
Comes the dawn
Reach out and touch someone
Get outta here, Dave.
You talk big.
You got a big mouth.
Man, ain't no one gonna
push me around.
- I can watch my ass.
- What are you talking about?
You in the wrong place at the wrong time,
they'll get you, man.
- Not me. I can always get away.
- What makes you think so?
Because I know something
nobody knows.
There you go again,
you think you're so smart.
If they get a hold of you
and you talk like that...
Man, I'm not scared to get out.
I got me a secret way.
No way you got a secret way.
Vampires say stay, you stay.
Ain't no other way.
Man, I ain't scared
of no sissy-ass Vampires.
Shit you ain't.
- I ain't. What do you know?
- You know more than you...
You gonna be parked there
for some time, man?
About 15 minutes. I'm gonna see a lady
in the Lincoln Towers.
Fifteen minutes, huh?
You white dudes always in a hurry.
We'll watch your car for two dollars.
Make sure nobody takes your tires.
- Or breaks your window.
- Or rips off your radio.
- Two dollars, huh?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Thanks, man.
- Which bit is your lady in?
- N-16.
In the middle? Vampire cats!
Hey, you don't get caught in there
after dark, or it's your blood.
- What are you laughing at?
- Are you simple, man?
Just watch the car.
Ozzie, man, get the radio.
- "Just watch the car."
- You stupid!
So, you know, if there's nothin' goin' on
in the castle tonight, we can get together...
I'm looking for Mrs. Elva Briggs.
You know what floor she's on?
Me and you around the...
Excuse me.
Do you know which apartment
Elva Briggs is in?
Don't touch me, motherfucker!
Don't nobody touch me!
- Who you laughing at?
- I'm gonna tell you something, sonny.
I've had a very long day, and I have
neither the time nor the patience
for any more of you kids
playing "Scarface" with me.
You laughing at me, ghost?
Hey, Decon!
It's almost dark, old man.
Vacate, boy.
This old man don't feel like playin'.
Nobody laughs at a Vampire,
motherfucker.
You dead, man.
Er... thank you.
You're one of the security guards
around here?
I am the security.
They must keep you busy.
I earn my keep.
Most times the uniform's enough.
They don't like messin' with cops.
Uniform makes me near enough a cop.
What the hell are you doing here?
I'm here to see Mrs. Elva Briggs.
I've got an insurance policy in here
for her to sign.
And they sent a white man
this time of night?
Are you from Neptune or Vulcan
or some such?
Could you please tell me
where Elva Briggs' apartment is?
Suit yourself.
The elevator is in no big rush.
Lucky it's going at all.
The other one is down.
See, the elevator people
ain't in no big hurry
to come in here and get shot at.
You think I'm jiving you?
Even the window cleaners
wear bulletproof vests.
Snipers.
We got us a war zone here.
Don't you read the papers?
Look at the TV?
I sell insurance.
I hope you buy it, too.
Do you scare all the white salesmen
who come in here with ghost stories?
White, black, yellow and red.
This is a Vampire building.
Other buildings got other gangs.
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
call themselves Mortes.
Whites, hillbillies call themselves
the Pig Stickers.
And the Vampires run this one.
Decon's a Vampire.
He's a baby.
Vampires come all ages.
You get bitten, you join the tide.
Twenty, as far as this flight goes.
Apartment 2016, um...
right down the hall.
I'll wait for you.
We'll go down together.
Thank you.
Get a move on.
Who's there?
Barry Rapchick, Harbor Insurance.
Come in.
You could have waited until morning.
You must need the commission
pretty badly,
to come into Lincoln Towers at night.
Yeah... I need the commission.
Alright.
I just need you to sign right there.
Why do you want a $100,000 policy?
I mean, I'm not complaining, but...
the premiums in a woman your age...
My granddaughter Antoinette,
she lives with me.
She's downstairs visiting now.
I'm buying her out of here.
I know what's out there, you see?
I taught school,
and I know the possibilities.
Just sign right there. That's all.
Mm-hmm.
We'll send you a copy of the policy.
- How did you come to...?
- End up here?
Most families in these buildings
don't have a man.
At least not a working man.
If they did, they wouldn't be here.
We've got kids all ages,
boys, young men, all playing games,
and no daddy to keep the games
from being rough.
I'm sorry, I can't take cash.
Suit yourself.
I signed, I've got the payment.
You want somebody to come and get it
tomorrow or Monday, that's fine.
N-no, it's alright.
The receipt, please.
- You not gonna count the money?
- No.
You've got an honest face.
You'd better hurry.
I hope your granddaughter
has a long wait for the insurance.
Thanks.
Never can tell around here.
Let's move, insurance man.
You get your business taken care of?
Yes, indeed.
It's after dark, old man.
You better save that shit, son,
and back off.
- We don't want trouble.
- Oh, no. There's no trouble, Pops.
We just want a word
with the big mouth ghost.
He put his hand
on the blood brother.
I just tapped the kid on the shoulder.
Shut up!
You came in here after sundown
and put your hand on a blood brother.
You mocked a blood brother
with a woman watchin'.
He's sorry. Real sorry.
Look, I didn't mean
to cause any trouble.
No, no, it's gonna take blood, chump.
Now, you'll maybe live,
but, um... you can't get out clean.
The other buildings will see.
For the honor of the Vampires...
I don't give a pig's tit for your honor.
This is gone as far as it's going.
Now, back off, son,
or this elevator is gonna be painted red.
Look, I'm sorry, but this is crazy.
Help!
Somebody help!
Oh, my God. Oh, Jesus.
Wait...
Help!
Shit. The Vampires?
- Yeah.
- Did the Vampires do this?
Uh-huh.
- Fuck. Are they after you, too?
- Yeah...
Come on.
The elevator...
No, they probably got it parked on 19th.
A phone! We gotta get to a phone
to call the police.
No, the phones in the towers are out.
They out till morning. Come on.
Come on, come on!
Open up the door.
Ginny!
The door!
Come on, open the door!
People getting killed out here.
Why do you think
I ain't opening it up?
Are you fuckin'...?
Bitch, open the door!
Well, then give me my damn shoes!
Bullets.
See if he's got bullets on him.
Come on, man, do it!
I only got five shots left.
- Come on.
- Yeah.
Now, we gotta get out
of this hallway.
Come on, we gotta get out
the hallway.
- Mrs. Briggs... it's here.
- Let's go.
Mrs. Briggs?
Mrs. Briggs, it's Barry Rapchick.
Please, let me in.
Who's out there with you?
Will Jackson, telephone company.
The devil's just two steps behind.
I heard what was going on out there,
but no phone to call the cops.
That gun won't hold 'em off long.
- Then why'd you answer the damn door?
- I'm a Christian.
Besides, I got a big investment
in the insurance man.
- Why did you help him?
- I didn't have time to think.
Army training, I guess.
If somebody hollers "help" in English,
you just help.
My son Andrew was in Korea, Infantry.
He is dead.
Well, I was Signal Corps, Vietnam,
and I plan on stayin' alive.
The window.
- We'll call for help.
- They won't help you.
They hear screamin' and shootin'
every night.
You stick your head out of that window,
they'll shoot you between the eyes
for target practice.
Hey, the phone company! When you don't
show up, they'll look for you, right?
No, man. I'm not due back till morning.
This is my last stop.
You got a gun around here
or somethin'?
Can you picture me
shooting someone?
I don't see why not.
Seems like you got the temper for it.
Hey, get rid of that stupid bag
and tuck that in.
Make it easy.
You come on out
and save the old woman.
Now, I know the white ass in there don't
give a damn about any old black woman.
But the brother in there
got to be righteous.
Yeah, well, I got somethin' righteous
for you in here.
Vampires got no fight with you, brother.
Just give us the ghost.
Now, we gonna get him one way
or every which way.
Yeah, well, you have to pay
for what you get.
How much you willing to pay, anyway, huh?
How many Vampires?
We'll be back with your answer.
When the sun comes up, you'll all be nothin'
but marks in a bucket of messy.
Psycho...
You stay on this door.
Eyes on the door.
Gather my children.
Tonight we taste blood.
What are we gonna do?
Well, I guess it's up or down,
ain't it?
Uh, maybe if they haven't got
to the roof yet, we can.
The roof is flat.
There's no place to hide up there.
A fireman got shot last summer
from the roof of the next building.
Great. Then it's down.
What do you mean, down?
How the hell are we gonna get down?
They've got the elevator covered,
they've got the stairwell covered.
There are two people
probably dead out there.
Not to mention the fact there's some
gentleman outside the door named Psycho.
We ain't using the door.
Get rid of that briefcase
and tuck the knife in your belt.
Get ready to fly.
What the hell are you talking about?
I'm not going out that window.
We... we can hold out here.
We can barricade the door.
No way, man.
We stay here, we're dead meat.
We may take a few of 'em down,
but it ain't gonna matter to Count Sicko.
He's got plenty.
And what you think
they gonna do to Mrs. Briggs, huh?
She did help us out.
So, let's go.
- They know you got that?
- No.
Mrs. Briggs, you gonna be alright?
They don't want me,
it's my insurance man they want.
Besides, there's no way
that I could make it with you.
Don't worry about me, now.
You got time to argue?
- We can't just leave.
- Don't worry. I can take care of myself.
I don't want your company
paying off just yet.
You get down to 18, go to 1804,
find my granddaughter Toni.
Smart as she is,
she'll think of something.
Vampires, what do you see?
- The moon.
- What kind of moon?
- Full moon!
- This is our night, our castle.
Nobody rubs an ass-dirty finger
on the walls of our castle.
Especially not on our night.
Especially not no ghost.
- What's out there for us?
- Nothing!
- What's out there for us?
- Nothing!
- What's in here for us?
- Everything!
In these walls, we are the world.
Not faithless, black holes.
The world, the night belongs to...
Vampires!
Show me your fangs!
Before the sun comes up,
the ghost and the blood traitor
must pay for our honor.
For our honor!
For Decon!
For Decon!
What the hell is so funny, man?
You losing your mind or somethin'?
- I'm just afraid of heights.
- What's so funny about that?
An hour ago, I figured that my luck
had finally changed.
Now I'm twenty stories up,
$6,000 in my pocket,
about to swing out into nothing
with a bedsheet,
because some kids who call themselves
Vampires wanna kill me.
So, what's so funny about that?
Black humor.
Oh, really?
Look, it's down two stories.
You got plenty of place
to put your feet, alright?
And if the window's closed,
just kick it in.
Oh, just kick it in? Just like that?
- Well, I can't do it, I'm barefoot. Come on.
- But I'll be killed.
Look, now, I saved your life,
so don't cost me mine.
Now, let's go.
- Come on, move it, man!
- Oh, God!
Shit.
I got this! Alright, I'm going!
Wahey... hey!
Ah... nice...
- Are you gonna rape us?
- What?
- You gonna rape us?
- No.
- Where's your mother?
- Out. I'm watching Agnes.
She still sucks her thumb.
- Oh, my gosh. Give me a hill.
- What?
From the roll in your pocket.
Give me a bill.
It's not my money.
I don't care, man.
Take it from your commission.
Just give me a bill.
Hi, honey.
When your mother comes home,
tell her Santa Claus came early.
OK?
Alright, Saint Nick, let's move.
We ain't telling Mama about this.
She'll disbelieve.
We'll use this for gummy worms.
- Who's that?
- Mrs. Briggs sent us.
Poor Briggs must be getting senile.
Didn't you hear them shots?
Something's going on wrong.
Yeah, the Vampires are after us.
She said you'd help.
Come on, now.
- Get in. Quick.
- What the fuck do you want?
Hold it, young girl.
Your grandmother sent them.
Yeah, we just had a run in
with your local boys club.
Oh, shit. Vampires.
They're gone.
Where are they?
- Who?
- You know who, old bitch.
The white meat
and the blood traitor.
Seems to me, you're the traitor
of the people in these towers.
You prey on them like a...
Like a what? A Vampire?
That's cos there's only so much
to go around.
The strong got to take it
if they're going to survive.
If we shared in this prison,
we all stay weak.
And that's what the white devils want!
A dime-store Darwin!
Haj, you take five.
You go through this floor,
room by room, closet by closet.
Anybody won't let you in,
you blow the door,
then you cut 'em, you burn 'em,
whatever it takes.
You work your way down.
Every floor, every apartment.
Beez, you take five,
go down to the first floor, same thing.
Room by room,
working your way up.
Flush those cockroaches out!
Then stomp 'em.
- Psycho?
- Yeah, man.
Heat up your blade.
Let's see what the old bitch really knows.
- Get in there!
- Move it! Sit down, shut up!
In here, in here!
Get down!
It's a nice pair of kicks.
Thanks.
- Barry.
- Excuse me?
Pay the man.
We're not taking 'em for free.
Keep your money, son.
I only wish I could offer you
something more
than a few moments of sanctuary
and an old pair shoes.
Thank you.
That's very gracious of you.
Look, we have to get you guys
out of here.
They're gonna be going through
these apartments like Storm Troopers.
And even if we do get down to one,
they'll have the doors covered.
- Chet knows another way out.
- Hush, son.
There is one place
I think you can hold out at.
What are you thinking?
Well, if we can get them down
to Mr. Parker's.
Oh, that crazy fool?
You talking about a cure
that's worse than the disease.
Well, wait a minute.
Who is this Parker?
He's the one man in this building
that the Vampires are afraid of.
That's cos he'll shoot anyone
who looks like they might even be
thinking about messing with him.
Hell, he'll probably shoot y'all.
Chet says he knows another way outta here
that the Vampires don't know nothing about.
And I told you to hush, L.B.
And we don't wanna hear
about your storytelling friend.
Well, I say let's do it. Sounds like
this Parker is happenin' to me.
Let's go.
Don't!
- They might be on the elevator, right?
- Good thinkin'.
We had enough surprises already.
Where are we headed?
- Fourteen.
- Let's do the stairs.
I think he's gone.
Oh, God...
Get this guy off of me.
Shut up, man. Shut up.
Hey, hey. Shut up. Quiet.
It's me, man, Will Jackson,
telephone company, right?
Will Jackson.
What's your name?
Come on, tell me your name.
You know your name, huh?
Come on, tell me your name.
You can do it, man.
Come on, hold yourself together.
We can make it.
Let me take my hand down, alright?
Count to three.
I want you to just tell me your name.
- OK?
- Mm-hmm.
One, two... three.
Now, tell me your name.
Come on, man.
Don't let me down.
Barry Rapchick.
Alright. Alright, man.
It's gonna be alright, OK?
Now, let's grab the knife,
and let's go.
Come on.
Here, man.
Come on.
What is it? Blood?
Give me your jacket.
Come on, give me your jacket.
Here.
Hey, man, it was either him or me.
Now, personally, I think you made
the right choice, alright?
Now, take the knife.
Now, tuck that in your belt
and let's go.
Here.
Man, come on, we gotta get outta here.
Come on. Come on, Barry.
Man, come on.
Move it. Move it!
Come on, move it.
Yeah.
Mr. Parker, it's me, Toni Briggs,
from up on 20.
Hey, fuck off, Mau Mau.
I don't need any more
magazine subscriptions.
Mr. Parker, please.
We need your help.
These men are on the run
from the Vampires, please.
Oh, yeah?
Looks like they're standing up to me.
Mr. Parker, please.
You're the only one they're afraid of.
Oh, really?
Naturally, you just thought of me, huh?
Hey, listen, baby,
you can do better than that.
I let you in, your pals will be coming
from down the hall.
- Now, get outta here!
- I am not one of them.
Come on, man.
Do we look like Vampires?
Let us in. They trying to Kill us.
Alright, we'll pay you, then.
- Pay me? How much?
- 100.
- Huh?
- OK, 200.
500!
OK, $500.
Now, please let us in.
- Money first.
- Huh! You get the money when we come in.
- Why? You don't trust me?
- Fuck no.
- Let me see your hands.
- Get your hands up.
Now, keep 'em like that.
Oh, my God...
Look, you guys are OK now, alright?
Hold it, sugar.
What, are you gonna get
these guys in here,
then go back down and get the rest
of those Zulus in the hallway?
No, I'm just going to check
on my grandmother.
- Your grandmother, huh?
- I swear.
Alright. But you throw any funny stuff,
I'll turn these guys into dog meat.
- OK. OK.
- Get!
- OK.
- Be careful.
The door!
OK, asshole, put your piece
on the shelf over here.
You, too, jerk meat.
Put the knife beside it. Now, move!
Why don't you lighten up, brother?
We didn't ask for all this.
Don't you "brother" me, boy.
You think those Vampires are bad?
You try fucking with me.
I'll take that money.
Alright.
What's all this about?
Well, it's... it's me that they're
after really. Will saved my life.
I've heard that story before.
Man tries to help a friend,
he gets his own dick in the ringer.
- Come on, this way.
- Move it, move it!
You think this is a joke?
I'll show you what a joke is.
Fuck it up.
Tear up the apartment!
OK, where's the white ghost?
You're holding out, bitch?
Where is the white ghost?
You ladies will suffer. You dig it?
Where is he?
I'm not playin' anymore.
Oh, my God!
Grandma?
Grandma? Grandma.
Are you OK?
How touching.
Son of a bitch.
OK, bitch.
I wanna know where the ghost
and the blood traitor are.
And I want to know now.
Don't tell him anything, baby.
Oh, right, young blood.
Oh, for that, after this is all over,
after we done found
those motherfuckers,
cut off their balls
and stuffed them down their throats,
us, we, you and I are gonna have
a little Vampire party.
And you gonna take it
in every hole in your body.
And then we gonna cut us
some new holes and do those, too.
Now, you talk!
OK.
OK! I'll tell you.
But it won't to you any good.
You can't get at them.
Well, we'll see about that.
Now you just start talking.
You know, dumb shit?
I thought you were smarter than that.
You brought a raid of shit down
on this whole building.
Why don't you just let 'em
have his miserable ass?
Maybe you are smarter than that.
Maybe you figured you'd make a fat piece
of change off this white boy's ass.
Well, let me tell you somethin'.
I don't care if he's white, black,
or fucking fudge ripple.
A man's in trouble, I'm gonna help him.
You ignorant son of a bitch.
You don't even know what
you're talking about, for Christ sakes.
I went to Vietnam to fight off
the communist scourge for my country.
Well, the Commies are doing just fine.
Uncle Sam's doing even better.
And all those assholes who were
out there protesting in the streets,
those yuppies driving Volvos?
I'm down here fighting off Mau Maus
and eating spam.
Hey, man, I was in 'Nam, too.
I don't wanna sound like I'm sniveling.
I mean, Uncle Sam, he, um... gave me
a righteous disability pension,
and of course this...
hot rod go-kart here.
Pretty generous, I figure.
All I had to do was
waste a couple hundred slopes
and have my backbone blown out.
What about Casper here?
Where were you?
I was in college.
Where?
I was in college.
You driving a Volvo?
No, as a matter of fact,
my ex-wife got the Volvo.
Wh... what can I say?
I'm sorry, guys.
Look, I'll be going.
- Come on. Come on, come on.
- What?
Hey, why don't you lighten up, man?
You're just as bad as the rest of 'em.
You're the rat in this maze.
The only difference between you and them
is you built a stronger cage.
This is no cage.
This is a bunker.
There's a war going on out there, man!
And this time, I'm not going down.
I'm ready for anything
they can throw at me.
You see that fucking bird right there, huh?
You know why I got that?
I don't know, man.
I guess you're an animal lover.
No, you dumb shit.
I got that bird because if they pump
poison gas in here, the bird dies,
I got time to put my gas mask on.
That's some brilliant shit, man.
Fuckin' A,
there's nobody fucking with me.
See, I own that cat.
Where the fuck's my mangy cat?
You know why I got
that goddamn cat?
To taste my food,
make sure it's not poisoned.
But I gotta shoot one every now and then,
get another one.
Cos they put those bugs in the cats
to get me, you know?
AIDS and cancer, and pinkeye,
shit like that.
Shit.
I think we know that knock, don't we?
Oh, Christ!
Hey, you better get your direct ass
away from my door,
if you wanna keep your face.
We want them.
Well, you back off, squid lips.
We want the ghost
and the blood traitor.
Or we do the bitches.
I'm coming out.
Not till you take the ropes off.
One wrong move, crip,
and we drop 'em where they stand.
Here. We ain't dead yet.
- I'm sorry.
- It's OK.
They come out,
the women come in. Same time.
No, no, no.
They come out first.
I don't trust your crippled ass.
I'm supposed to trust you, fool?
It... it's OK.
Your ass.
Here they come.
Don't you try no shit, batman!
See? The men are coming out.
Now, the women.
What the fuck you think
you're doing?
I already got busted once
this week.
- I paid!
- If my wife...
Shut up, man. We ain't the cops.
- Who the hell is shootin'?
- The Vampires.
Just be quiet.
Now, suppose you tell me
what the hell you think you doin' here?
Get with the cash.
Well, hello, sailor.
What's your pleasure, sugar?
Hey, now, just a minute.
Don't worry, baby.
I'm ain't gonna use it all up.
I... no, I... just keep it.
Oh, I see.
Not your type, huh, fruit loops?
Oh, shit. I mean, this stuff
just keeps getting thicker.
- Oh, you got an idea?
- Yeah, just one.
- But I don't know if it's gonna work.
- Well, what the hell is it?
Well, it's L.B.'s friend, Chet. He says
he knows a secret way out of here.
And there's a chance he's not lying.
I mean, we have nothing else.
- Where's he at?
- Him and his mother live down on ten.
It's worth a try.
Alright, let's go for it.
Leaving so soon?
Do come back.
Hey, Tinkerbell.
If you ever get your head straight,
remember... I owe you one.
Come on.
This way.
- You know these people?
- No, not that well.
And with all the commotion,
I doubt she'll let me in.
Oh, come on.
Let's try the direct approach.
- Who is it?
- Er... the phone company.
- Your phone is out, right?
- Do you know how late it is?
Yeah, lady, and...
I wanna get this over with.
You don't want me to do it, then that's fine.
We'll come back next week.
Wait.
Don't let him in, Mama.
Vampires are on the move tonight.
How do I know
you're who you say you are?
I got my ID right here.
Slip it under the door.
Picture's black,
you sound white.
I went to Harvard.
Come on, lady.
- What do you want?
- Let me at him, mom!
- Whoa, we're the good guys.
- It's alright, Mrs. Cole.
Mrs. Cole, we need your help.
Or rather, we need your help, Chet.
L.B. told me that you know a way
out of here the Vampires don't know about.
That's right.
Now, Chet, you wouldn't be jiving us,
would you?
- I mean, our lives depend on this.
- I ain't lying.
Tell her, Mama.
You know when I'm lying.
Chester, you have been
hiding something.
But he is telling the truth.
Ma'am, we'd just like to ask him
just a few questions.
We'll be out of your way.
Now, Chet, start talking.
Where is this way out?
- Down on B.
- On B?
All the way down.
- Down on B? In the basement, baby?
- That's right.
Down with the cobwebs and spiders
and rats, there's a way out.
And I'm the only one who knows.
Don't worry.
They can't get through that door.
It's solid steel.
I'm just so worried about my Toni.
Don't worry about her.
That girl's a survivor.
I can tell.
That's some cool shit.
Four of my soldiers are dead.
And those cockroach scum still free,
spreading their cancer
through my castle!
We've been down 12 and up eight.
Nothing. We've been through
every apartment, every hole.
Alright, you keep closing the net.
Psycho!
Between 12 and eight.
Now, these are the elevators.
Then you go straight over,
and there are the furnaces,
and they go to garbage,
until you get straight through there.
There got some rats, where they live.
They sleep down with the pipes.
So, then you go through there,
and there, that's how you get out.
I can't understand this.
What are you talking about?
It's simple.
See this? This is the furnace.
And here's where the custodian sleeps
when he don't want nobody to know.
Look, it's not your fault.
It's just that I've never been down there.
- I'll show you.
- You think you can?
You must be out of your mind,
if you think my baby's going anywhere
with all this craziness.
I'm not your baby anymore.
I'm almost ten.
Hush, now!
- He could save our lives.
- Please, Mom.
Chester, go to your room.
I want you in the bed right now.
Move it!
Mrs. Cole, is it?
Listen, we really need Chet.
Now... I'll give you $300.
Alright, $400.
Listen, Mister,
I don't know where you've been,
but $400 can't buy
a black boy anymore.
Oh, my God. No, I...
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't...
You know, maybe it'll make more sense
to us once we get down there.
In fact, I got an idea.
Let's hope the elevator's above us.
What do you mean, the elevators?
You know they've got the elevators covered.
They can have the elevator,
cos we got the shaft.
Mrs... Mrs. Cole,
please forgive me.
I'm sorry, I apologize.
I guess that I'm just scared.
- Forget it.
- Because I would never do...
You got good reason to be scared.
I just hope you make it.
Well, I just wanted to say
thanks a lot for everything.
Sure.
It's clear.
Alright, we're in business.
Here, hold the gun.
I knew this nerd pack
would come in handy.
- What the hell are you doing?
- Just watch the door.
Just give me a second
to find out if this is gonna work.
Alright.
Here we go, straight to hell.
Oh, shit.
Are you alright?
- Nice stroke, kid.
- Thanks.
OK, let's move out.
The shot's gonna bring 'em for sure.
Toni, you go first.
Come on, let's go.
OK, Barry, you next.
Come on, y'all, move it.
OK, Barry, come on.
You're next.
Go ahead.
- Get down.
- OK.
Open the door,
it's the Vampires!
Go away. I don't want any trouble.
We just wanna look around.
Open the door or we'll kick it in!
Look, there's no one here,
but me and Chet.
Just please leave us...
Hey, man, check out the bedroom.
Come on, man!
- Come on.
- Let's go, let's go.
Chet, baby!
Chet!
- You fucking with us!
- No. No!
- Time?
- It's four o'clock.
Where the fuck are they?
Somebody's hiding 'em, I know it.
You let 'em get away with this shit,
and you start to lose control.
It wasn't supposed to go down
like this.
They get away with this, man,
this whole building's gonna pay.
I swear it.
Vampire blood will not go unavenged.
Everybody's gonna bleed
before I get through.
Vampires!
Shit.
Watch out.
I gotcha. OK.
- Here. That's the rear entrance?
- That's right.
Yo, what's up with this shit, man?
They got us waiting out all fucking night!
I don't know, I don't know
what's going on, man.
Yo, fuck that,
why we gotta stand out here?
You know what happened?
They caught the motherfucker, shot him,
and we standing out here
like two jerks.
That's just what it is, man.
They always twist it.
Yeah, they're out there, alright.
Alright, Chet, show us the way out.
Come on.
Which way?
See? There's the furnace.
And right here, over there,
that's the way you get out.
Hold this for me, please.
Do you wanna go back up?
- Take the bat.
- Yeah, go.
Barry. Barry!
Barry! Barry!
Get out the way. Get out the way!
Wait! Hey, cool it.
Hey, cool it, man.
Now, stay down, you fucking freak!
Let's get the fuck outta here.
We had to listen to the kid,
didn't we?
There, just pull the vent out.
Oh, Chet, we can't get through there.
What are you talkin' about?
I've been through there all the time.
Yeah, but, Chet, look at us.
- I think I can.
- Can what?
- Can fit through.
- Yeah, then what?
A girl like you in a neighborhood like this,
shit, you wouldn't last ten seconds!
You get by the Vampires,
then you'll really be in trouble.
Look, don't tell me, OK?
I grew up around here.
I know how to get around.
I'll be at the precinct in 15 minutes.
I'm going.
- So, you're serious about this?
- Yes, I'm serious about this.
- Here.
- Thank you.
- Go to the playground and over the fence.
- OK.
- Toni, I'm sorry...
- Look, don't worry about it.
They want me just as bad
as they want you, maybe worse.
Hey.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
Take care of 'em, Chet, OK?
Oh! Oh, darlin'...
So, now what?
We just sit and wait?
I gotta tell you somethin'.
Good things come to those who wait,
including Vampires.
I got another plan.
A "just-in-case" plan.
Like, just in case Toni don't make it.
And just in case the police don't get up
off their asses and get down here.
A "just-in-case" plan.
I gotta tell you something, though.
I don't think you gonna like it.
No, please... try me.
Hey, Chet, you think
you can make it upstairs?
- Shit, yeah.
- Watch your language.
- Let me have the rolls.
- What for?
Just give me the rolls.
You've been trusting me this long, come on.
Alright, Chet.
Police don't show up by daybreak, right...
here's what we're gonna do.
Hey, beautiful. How you doin"?
What you doin"?
Hey, hey. Jesus! Angel!
Hey, beauty?
Come on, chiqui, chiqui, chiqui!
Come on, chiqui!
Good, bounce for it.
That's it, that's it.
Getting a bit closer.
Ah! No!
Quick, go get that bitch!
Wait till I got your ass, man!
Come here, man!
Yeah, man.
- I got you, bitch!
- No!
Fuck you! Fuck you!
You don't know where you are?
You're standing on the corner, right?
You look up at the sign...
- Officer! Officer, please!
- Just a minute.
I need your help right now.
Now, Officer, please!
I'll be with you in a second, Miss.
Now, sir, just look up at the...
Miss, you can't go that way.
- Garmin, get her!
- Hey, where the hell you're going?
You can't go back there, sweetheart.
- I'm here to report a crime!
- Get up against the wall.
There's people in trouble.
Let go of me, please.
- I'm not the criminal.
- Get your arms behind your back.
Hey, Jim. I don't what else
she has on her, she had a crowbar.
- No, there's these two men...
- Get your legs back, sweetheart.
Just stay still!
- We need a policewoman over here.
- Let go!
God, no! Fuck you.
Get off of me, damn it!
Look, sweetheart,
you come busting in the here.
How do we know you're not a terrorist
with a bomb under your blouse?
You wanna talk, you get searched.
Come on, come on.
You get searched,
then you can talk. In the back.
- Time?
- 5:15, it's almost sun up.
I know it's almost sun up, dumb ass!
Now, where the fuck is Psycho?
Or has he betrayed me, too?
I don't know, man.
- What? What, what, what?
- Nothin', man.
We've been through every apartment.
Well, they gotta be someplace, man.
Unless they got away from you.
Wait... wait, wait.
The only place they could've been
is the basement.
How are they gonna be
in the basement
with us on the elevator
and T.J. and A-Train on the door?
I don't know!
But we checked every place else.
- Alright.
- I swear.
Alright, alright, let's go.
But they better be there.
Count, we'll check, OK?
Yeah, right.
OK, right.
Listen, what do I have to do
to get through to you?
I just told you there are people
being killed in that building.
- My grandmother was tortured.
- Listen, Miss.
The last time we sent men up there,
two men were shot.
We are not anxious
to go up there anymore.
So far, your story checks out.
The phones are dead,
but we need more to go on.
You don't like it, there's the door.
Shit, man. Sun's coming up.
People be leaving,
cops be coming, man.
Check this shit out.
Where the fuck is the Count?
Where the fuck is the Count?
People dead, shot up, cut up.
And I don't see him
nowhere around, man.
Yo, Marcus said
that Psycho was gone.
- What?
- Word.
We don't find 'em suckers pretty quick,
I be gone too, man.
- I'm tellin' you, it's how it is.
- Word, man.
Shit. I'm tired of this shit.
What the hell do you think
is keeping her?
I don't know, man.
I can think of about 5,000 reasons
why she'd just leave us here.
No, I don't think so.
I really don't.
I mean, she saved our lives
once already for free.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Shit. It's comin' down.
Give it here.
Same old shit. They got us down here,
ain't nothin' going on, man.
What the fuck? Holy shit, man!
A fuckin' 50!
Oh, man!
- Hey, it's working.
- Great. Let's go.
Not yet.
- Come on!
- Not yet.
Now, go.
Psycho!
Motherfucker!
Shit.
Oh, God!
Let's go, let's go.
If you're expecting me to say
you should go on without me,
you've seen too many movies.
Come on. Come on!
Come on, man.
Oh, motherfuckin' A!
Damn it. Shit.
They're mine.
- Kill the son of a bitch.
- I only got one shot left.
Yeah, boy.
Got you now, boy.
You're mine now, boy.
All motherfucking night.
I got you now, you candy-ass
simple-minded motherfucker.
You're mine, OK?
Alright, boy? You stand there.
Stand there, boy. Stand there.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
Pray, motherfucker.
Pray, goddamnit,
cos you're gonna die, bro...
The taste of blood...
I'm gonna rip out your heart
and suck your blood!
I am immortal!
I am immortal!
Vampires, move up!
You got any other ideas?
Vampires, move up!
Just run, come on!
Get 'em, get 'em!
Get those Vampires!
- The Count, man!
- The Count!
Don't mess with my baby.
I think I hear the calvary coming.
- Are you bad, insurance man?
- Oh, God, I hope not.
I got this really shitty accident insurance.
Alright. OK.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.