The Cut (2024) Movie Script

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We're not even halfway
through the fight here
in Vegas, and the
crowd is really eating it.
These guys are served to
win, but I don't think there's
a chance in hell this fight
is going in the distance.
Somebody's going home
to their shield tonight.
This is relentless, simply relentless.
No, what a great shot he's got,
but if he keeps eating punches
like that, there's no reason to
learn until the end of the fight.
And that is a huge blow by the Irishman.
Yeah, the sweat is just biting off these
guys here. The energy is unbelievable.
I don't think either fighter's going to
quit. They are really barreling hard.
And that is a flurry of bubble shots.
He's got to fight eventually.
He's got to fight back.
They're having to win.
Just keep their distance.
He's working hard in the
Irishman's corner over there.
Joe, they are not letting up.
He has to keep the pressure up now.
This fight is supposed to lose.
Look at that, left to the
party there, right to the head.
He needs a right to the
body and a right to the right.
He's letting off the hook there.
That is a huge cut that's
opened up above the eye.
There is no way the doctor
likes his critique with the break.
No way. That cut is nasty. If he doesn't
close the show this round, it's over.
But he takes another and another.
He's out on his feet.
He has to stop this now.
It's over. It's over.
He came so close, but he's thrown it away.
Can't hear you.
Powder. Powder.
Let's go.
Hit it. Hit it. Hit it.
Oh, you missed it.
Oh, you missed it. Where's your left?
Where's your left?
Hey, hey.
Iowar.
Rounded up a few stragglers here.
Nice one, ladies.
All right. Let's go on your feet.
Come on.
Right. Who's ready?
I can't hear you. Who's ready?
Great. Ten press-ups. Let's go.
Let me see that twist. Come on.
Flick it.
That's right.
He'll flick like that.
Jab parry. Jab parry. Jab parry.
Now, remember, straight down the middle.
Keep your arms straight, okay?
That's great.
Now, one, two. Lovely, lovely.
You've been doing good, right?
Remember.
Can you give me a photo of my wee son?
Come on, get in there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
Hit your fists up.
Gorgeous.
Thank you.
Come on, double it up.
Come on, double it up.
You all right, Bobby?
I'm good.
Now, we just finish it off with the sports.
Yeah?
Finish that meal prep I sent you.
Yeah, I'm standing up.
I mean... What do
you think, kitty-cuff?
Poison, yeah?
Why don't you go get changed?
Pop that left face.
Pick your shots.
It's not a fucking brawl.
What's up?
It's late, no.
No, she wasn't tight.
Your rhythm's off.
Look out, you're daunting, you're moving.
Turn that thing off, ready?
Just stay focused.
Start focusing.
Your man keeps fucking with my flow.
Right, Bobby.
Out of the ring.
Still got your floor work to get through.
I'm going to take him in.
There's a shot shot too.
Three points got you.
Don't worry.
He connects you with those big swings.
Do you know what?
I got your eyes out.
You know?
When you've been
there, he's backing off you.
I mean, he needs to put
some pressure on him.
He's convinced it's been terrible tonight.
He just cannot seem to get into this fight.
He'll make sure they
can't run his strength.
Give me another five.
I've got plans I can do.
Good.
I'm going to tell you what
you're lazy to show you.
He just stops until you're still there.
The trainer seems to be very concerned.
I'm sorry.
Hey.
You ready?
Yeah.
Pop.
You fucking with me?
Hey, you fucking with me?
I want you.
The news from here, the hospital
where Mendez was being treated,
is that he has to come to
the injury to stand over the
fight earlier this evening
and has regularly lost his life.
The medical team released a
statement confirming dehydration
may have been a factor
in the boxers' death.
There will now be a full investigation.
Meanwhile, the boxing community
mourns the loss of a talented athlete.
It has not been confirmed
whether the fight will
go on with a replacement
challenger at this time.
From Las Vegas, I'm Catalina Perez-Armina.
That's the latest news
there from Las Vegas.
Or, of course, as we have it.
I'm moving along the way.
You okay?
Yeah, sure.
I'm fine.
Mmm.
Vegetarians.
Biscuitarians.
Vegans, huh?
Me, personally?
If I can't kill it, I can't eat it.
Mmmm.
Jesus.
Here's the man, right?
I just not got the win ratio for that,
I has not got the win ratio
for a super welterweight, huh?
Hey, that's a stat
that's still unchallenged.
Nobody's close.
People don't care about stats.
How many champions?
That's for sure.
For sure you don't want to order nothing.
No, ground.
Okay, then. Business.
We weren't already talking business.
You're Ricky Duff's little girl, right?
That's no secret.
Some 20-year-old man.
That must have been quite the schooling.
You want the boys, not girls.
We washed the towels,
made a lot of tea, and listened.
Your little problem must
have broke his heart.
More than your manners.
You're fighting my fights for me now.
Okay, then.
Business.
I have a title fight.
Sit in Vegas for next week.
And the contender knocked dead.
After a goddamn celebrity match
with the fucking Veloca YouTuber.
Quite a circus of urine.
Johnny YouTube has
a half a billion viewers.
We wanted those, so we set it up.
Wasn't supposed to swing real heads.
Got all excited in the room. There you go.
Six months work.
Venue, insurance, pay-per-view.
Yeah, and a dead contender.
Yeah, sure, that too.
Well, if you want to
swing by the gym and have
a look at a few of the
lads from Warden Malcolm.
I got plenty of contenders I could go to.
But who pays to see Mr. Nobody
from Timbuktu fight a champ, huh?
People like a comeback edge story.
Plain as that. Always have.
He's not a competitive foiter anymore.
Yeah? Then why'd he call me?
We were going to say.
He won't make the weight check.
We talked about that.
I'll take care of the checks as
long as you get the official weigh-in.
So it's all worked out, huh?
I need you, Hannah.
Don't do it without you, you know that.
Hey, don't say no to a good thing.
You're carrying what?
One seventy-five.
Don't fucking bullshit this.
One eighty.
I said don't fucking bullshit.
One eighty straight.
Seven days.
Six including travel.
That's twenty-six pounds in six days.
It's just a number.
Let's not get too down here, huh?
Come out to Vegas. Come to the facility.
We have trainers, man. The very best.
She tries me.
I can get you anyone.
Name and name I make it happen.
It's you and me.
That's how I do it.
But not at all.
What?
And if it doesn't go well.
Pull out.
Are you trying them?
And we choose the team.
Sure.
No promotional bullshit.
I need a photo shoot.
Maybe one person.
I'll send off the deal, Rama.
Okay, let me travel.
Hey.
Hurry.
Rama.
Oh, yeah, the champ.
There they are.
Elliot.
This is long.
Thanks.
How you doing, Caitlyn?
Great.
You okay?
That's flash, what?
One of the best for the champ.
You in, champ, okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
I'm looking good.
You just knocked out a
12-hour flight like floor.
I lit that type of light that
lights you ain't no door.
There's a spotlight and
everybody making noise.
You see the water
leaving it all on the floor.
And it make money, but it's in the form.
It's ain't funny, but
it's ain't funny, boy.
Baby, thank you.
Nice to meet you.
Because you know I wasn't
feeling what you needed.
These are all things
I'm gonna have to admit.
I put it one by one,
making this shit look easy.
This piece is one of those
things I can't stop there.
Okay, thanks.
There they are, out of flight.
Yeah, it was good.
I fly you in, all the travel trimmings,
and all you can see is good.
No, darling.
It was great.
Thanks, no.
I just, I meant we should... We
should go check out the gym myself.
It was great.
Okay.
You all right?
Let's get you to tour.
Everything you need, you
don't gotta leave this hotel.
Got that.
Thanks, Tommy.
Yeah.
I appreciate you doing this.
You don't say it, you let
me know, and I'll get it.
Okay.
Let's get this performative
bullshit out of the way.
What's going on?
What's going on?
I thought he was taking care of this.
Really?
You kidding me?
That scale doesn't lie.
They want to see the weight.
What?
You said this was a formality.
He just needs to get on the scale.
Hey, trust me on this.
They just need to see
what they need to see.
All right.
I'll be sure about this.
When?
Okay.
Ready, Nintendo.
Jesus, Donny.
186, you're way off of 154.
This is nowhere even closer.
Hey, come here.
Don't look at me.
He can't help you nothing.
How long has it been, huh?
Five, six years, huh?
We go way back, right?
Me and you.
We go way back.
Okay, gentlemen.
Let's double-check our work, huh?
We all cool with that.
Let's try again, pal.
Strip all the way down.
Hey, help me with some towels.
Try again.
You'll get there.
Hey, how about that, huh?
All right.
So...
Just a couple of pounds to go on.
No problem.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Fight!
Get off of me!
Get off of me!
What was your money?
Time to go!
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Time to go!
Get in.
Is that hurt?
How about that?
Did that hurt you?
What?
You're the man.
You got all the choice.
You get to be the one that hurts.
Or you get to be the one
that makes other people hurt.
Just say.
Just say.
A fucking minute!
Go on, go get yourself something.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Two gallons of water today.
I drop it to one, half, quarter, none.
Routine and grains, drop the carb down.
Low, sweat, cardio, sweat.
You good, chef?
No.
Nah, I don't rattle.
I don't lose out of my goal.
I'm the best I've ever been.
And this Saturday, I'm
gonna conquer the weak.
If he makes weight.
That's right.
If he makes weight.
Is that dumb son of a
bitch thought he'd go out
of early retirement to
come tangle with the best?
Fuck.
Let me check over a few things.
That seems off.
Scales don't fuck with moe, pal.
You should be below that.
We've been wrong somewhere.
I saw that foodway, man.
It can't be carrying that at the scale.
Sorry, you're the fucking expert now.
He's eating what we're
trying to get him to lose.
Lenny, all over you.
Let him do that thing, all right?
If we cut him off from
the protein too quick, then
he won't have enough
energy for the next four days.
If you cut him off from the
water, then his body shuts down.
He'll try to hold on to whatever fluid I
can, and we'll be back to square one.
There isn't enough time, though.
Not by my count.
We've got time.
All he needs is protein, fat and water.
Right?
Protein, fat, water and exercise.
That's the combo.
And we just tapered
down carefully from there.
Right?
Right.
Fuck!
Jesus!
Are you leaving?
I want to run a few more off.
Get off and walk yourself.
I'm not clearing that up.
No, no, no.
River!
River!
River!
River!
River!
Push!
Against order.
Push!
Against expectation.
Push!
Against basic cellular instinct.
You see, we've all been
lulled into a sleepwalk.
And we're all sleepwalking
right to the edge of the abyss.
Right?
Lint, passive, sleepwalking
our way to the grave.
So you can quit now if you like.
Huh?
Get on back to that sleepwalking.
It's that easy if that's what you want.
Hell no.
Yeah, you sure?
Sure you don't want to take the easy lane?
Fuck that!
Hell no!
Now be some goddamn cookie cutter fighter
that Showtime can mop the
canvas with for a few bucks.
Fuck that, man!
You want to be great, huh?
Yeah, hell yeah!
Yeah, you want to be a goddamn legend, huh?
Hell yeah!
So why don't you look like you
want it already, motherfucker?
Come on!
Come on, man!
Fuck!
Do you need a goddamn permission
slip to take your eyeballs off my fighter?
Water!
Fuck!
That looks right.
We don't have enough time.
I know.
We agreed that was
going to be the approach.
Right?
Why did the book run out of law?
Even I agreed that.
I know.
That's what the fuck we still do in here.
Hey.
You have to let me in a bit
so we can understand where your head's at.
There's just one way
you have to do nothing.
Why this fight?
You've been hit with it for so long.
Why now?
Jesus Christ!
Fuck's sake!
Come on.
The truth.
It's all we needed then, all right?
Why is that the way no one
gave a second thought about it?
I tried to move on.
But this thing...
this hunger...
it's they to me.
I know.
I put everything into the gym.
I heard Jim.
The gym has...
it's what's kept me clean.
It's what saved me.
And I put my heart into it.
Kindly for you.
But it's still there.
It's eating me from the inside.
But don't you see?
But I'll learn how to heal.
There's no one's going to go
in, there's no one in your head.
This hunger...
never leaves you.
You just...
you have to learn to live with it.
I can't.
I won't.
If I don't get a little older, maybe
you don't stop, but it's the opposite.
You know, the older I
get, the hungrier I get.
And I know I should be
grateful for everything I've got.
But I'm not.
I'm sorry.
And every time I train someone...
I don't want to see them in
the ring, you see what I mean?
I feel like...
that's the only way I
should be in that ring.
And that's the only way I'll get back.
And maybe...
this is my little shot...
of ours all over.
I just need to get in the ring, I think.
You know?
And I need you to get me there.
Early.
Early.
Joins?
He's not going to make
it, not in the time we have.
Not the way you're doing things.
I know a guy gets things
done, but I ain't going to lie.
It'll be rough on him.
The man's name is... Boss.
What's the diet?
50 grams of carbs, protein and fat only.
Bring the sodium down
to 175 milligrams today.
Two gallons.
Distilled?
As of today, of course.
Work out.
Two hours on the biker
treadmill twice a day.
One hour of calisthenics after lunch.
Paint by numbers, huh?
Well, we're open to suggestions.
Good. They've got plenty.
Fuck this guy. We don't need this noise.
How easy, man.
It's okay. Don't dial it back for me, kid.
A decade ago, you had a title shot,
and got caught in the sixth, I remember.
I opened up like a Christmas present.
That won't happen this time.
It could have won.
You had them on the ropes.
What stopped you?
It don't matter.
Saturday night, he's taking the strap.
Nah.
Not for my view.
For my view, he's a loser.
Hey.
No, no, no. That's enough.
No.
We don't need him.
You're not gonna make the wait.
I'm not at this rate.
I got my pain. I'll make it.
To make it, you gotta take the brakes off.
And your team, well, the problem
is, they care about you too much.
Sorry. This is your, listen to me,
because I don't care about your life pitch.
Would you prefer to make
my daddy proud pitch?
You can't move ahead dragging
your past along for the ride.
That's extra weight, extra fuel to burn.
That shit comes at a cost.
You want to be another
statistic that has been on repeat?
Your girl loves you.
So she's only gonna hurt you so much.
What you need is someone that loves
something more than they love you.
Your girl's right about me.
I don't give a shit about your life.
The only thing I care about is winning.
To me, you're nothing but a poker chip.
If you bring me on, you better be ready.
Because there's no ripcord, no parachute.
But come Saturday, I will
deliver you to that squared circle.
And the rest is up to you.
Huh?
Mom, I'm hungry.
We're here.
He's coming.
He's due for a break.
Yeah.
I think we should stop for dinner.
It's a good idea.
I'll have a burger, lettuce,
tomato, onion, no cheese, no bread.
He needs a break.
And he'll get one after the fight.
You need a break.
We've been going all day.
I'm going. I'm going.
When?
The shops.
What?
Okay, Mom.
I'll go.
We said I'll go.
I don't know. He's crashing.
Manny, Manny, will you help us get him up?
Hey, hey, hey.
Come back.
Just be all right.
Can you hear me?
Hey, catch your breath.
Check.
Hey, hey, hurry.
How long?
About an hour.
Oh, I needed that hour.
No, I needed to rest.
You have to keep pushing yourself so much,
you're gonna end up
in the hospital or worse.
Worse is you don't make a wait.
That's, uh, quite a spill you took, huh?
Listen.
Listen.
Listen.
Yeah.
He's good.
Let's get back at it.
No.
We're taking the night.
That's cute.
Come on now, we're
back at it on the double.
Hey.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, but did I miss something?
Was I supposed to bring my swimming tracks?
He took a fall.
He needs to rest.
When a fighter falls, he gets
the fuck up, isn't that right?
I got it.
Fine, okay.
We're not playing here, man.
You play baseball, tennis,
you don't play boxing.
You remember what I said, right?
There's no ripcord on
this jump, you hear me?
Nah.
You didn't hear me.
I'll tell you for real now.
There is no ripcord.
Will you shut the fuck up with that shite?
There is no ripcord.
You say it for me.
There is no ripcord.
Ready to ride.
For fuck's sake.
Fuck.
Fuck.
You up?
You should be sweating.
I got this charity thing now.
Honey, sale.
You're not going.
That's not really a good thing.
Yeah.
You went along, though.
Now get your ass back in
that sauna when you get back.
Appetizer?
Fuck.
Fuck.
And here, we have one
of our very own champs.
This is Luca.
He's at the very top of our donor list.
Luca.
Chippin' away, are ya?
I'm trying.
Doin' a photo?
We have a few.
I think we've got the photos.
Yes.
We'll wait for you in the hall.
Yeah?
Oh, yeah?
How long you been in here?
Like, forever.
Well, that's a long time.
Flex that for me, big man.
Jesus, you been in my channel?
Your body's the one thing God gave
you when you came into this world.
You feel that, right?
Yeah.
But his body's nothin' but a tool.
This is where the foyer happens, over here.
This is where he went.
So you make that body
strong to get all you deserve.
This is where you end.
What you keepin' over here.
You keepin' over here.
This is where you end.
How you feelin'?
Run!
Ready strong.
Ready for the fight?
Okay, you gotta keep movin', people.
That's fine.
This is not gonna be
like the Garcia fight, is it?
Hey, man, shut your fuckin' mouth.
Back up, motherfucker.
Hey, you'll make way.
We have no doubt.
Well, what'd you say that people
would call you if that has been?
Do that!
You fucker!
Fuck you!
Your idol's got himself a lawsuit, Donny.
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
Man, fuck those guys.
Don't let him get me ahead.
They don't know shit.
Give me some space, will ya?
I'm not kidding, man.
They don't know shit about shit.
Is he staying here?
Oh.
You're the fella.
I've been thinking of setting up
on the Bellagio with some shit.
He's walkin' in there.
Who?
The champ!
You okay, man?
I know you're in there.
Jesus, man, you gotta chill.
I am so fuckin' sorry.
I'm sorry.
He's flippin' his job, setting up that boy.
Did you see that?
Fuckin' Royce.
Comin' in there for him.
Slide your hand with us, you know.
He's weak, though.
Hey.
Straight?
Yeah.
You're gonna suffocate him
with worry, you keep it up.
You're gonna suffocate him
with worry, you keep it up.
You can back out.
There's no shame.
That's not entirely true.
I mean, there would be shame.
I mean, to quit now, there would
be massive crushing shame.
And the money.
Don't forget the money.
Crippling.
You do what you gotta do.
What he's gotta do is listen
to me for the next 48 hours.
You do that, and we're
underweight and in the ring.
Look.
This is the easy.
Look.
Look.
Look.
Look.
Look.
Look.
Look.
Look.
This is the easy part.
This is the part where you just
squeeze you like a wet towel.
A little diuretic to get
things moving along.
Doesn't need that.
We're gonna dry you up like a sweet raisin.
That'll show up in a test.
I don't recall either fighter
signing up for the VA DA.
Are you a Vada poster boy?
Huh?
He gets caught.
That'll be a four-year ban.
Ban for four years.
From all that pro-boxing he's been doing.
Well, fuck you.
Wow.
We have a real dilemma
here on the off chance
that a fight run by Donny Hops brings
drug testing on its fighters unannounced.
He's a reputation.
You have community.
People who look up to you.
Nobody looks up to a loser.
Look.
It's a little diuretic.
We can do this or shove a
glycerin suppository up your asshole.
Same result.
Two to five pounds.
There are legit ways to do this.
Let the man make up his
own fucking mind, won't you?
We want those pounds.
And this is how we get them.
No.
No, we don't know that, Kaylin.
Kaylin?
Can we talk outside?
Yeah.
Well, the time we have left, even
with the diuretic... I didn't approve that.
No, I know.
Even with it, we're not gonna get there.
He has, what, nine pounds
to go with a BMI of what?
Jesus.
Yeah, I know.
So that's it, right?
Kaylin.
We stop.
Now, you and I agreed.
If it became dangerous, if it
was a pointless task, we stop.
Now, that is a dangerous, pointless task.
And this boss character
doesn't care about that at all.
He will push as far as
he likes for a payday.
I know.
If he ends up in the ER
or dead, that is on us.
I know.
But you're not gonna pull out.
Can't do that to him.
Even if it kills him.
Well, I suppose we're
all slaves to our own gods.
Do me a favor.
Look after Manny.
Manny's all right.
He's a puppy.
Be smart, Kaylin.
Every last bit, if we don't
want to drop it, I'd go on back in.
Get him on the scale.
You good?
Where we are?
Back in the tub.
Not bad, is it?
We've got time. We'll get there.
Don't mind me, Kaylin.
We'll get there.
Roy, I promise.
Why, if I don't want to...
I'm spending.
Huh?
Oh, no.
You all right, Manny?
Yeah.
Is this one all right?
Yeah. All part of the plan.
All right.
Look, Manny, you don't have to stay
if you're not feeling good about this.
No.
All right.
I gotta see him through.
Best of all, right?
Let's get some.
I'm your guy.
Thing is, this isn't the worst of it.
Fuck. He's overheating.
Will you help me unwrap him?
We've got to get his body temp down.
We go again in 15.
Let's get his core temp down.
15?
If I don't get his body temp
down, then it won't even matter.
So get his temp down.
Cold showers, ice him, drive
him to the north fucking pole.
It will only go down so fast.
Oh, God.
You know, you can be a food inspector.
There's lots of flow charts,
lots of boxes you can check.
Fuck you.
This isn't a vacation, honey.
I thought you said we were gonna make it.
Yeah, right? We got this.
No, we do not got this.
This moment is sand,
slipping through his
fingers because of
your inability to commit.
Good question.
My ability to commit?
Who the fuck are you?
We don't have time for hysteria, sweetie.
Oh, I'm not the one walking around
here like some fucking drill sergeant.
That's your fucking broken ego.
That's what taking
shit seriously looks like.
If your soft touch doesn't apply,
maybe you want to rethink your role.
Yo, yo, you got this, man, yeah?
You got this. You're almost home.
You're almost home.
Flesh and bone.
You're almost home.
Flesh and bone.
Yeah.
Heard you on the Bot Xpress now, huh?
He's helping out the team.
Nah, he bet.
Yeah, because he really a team player.
Yo.
I know you, man.
He will not tell Gonzalez
in under 30 seconds.
Right?
Yeah.
They got this all set up, huh?
All-inclusive torture factory.
All-inclusive torture factory.
What are they working on?
18 pounds.
Beg no more.
Some bars.
He a pain in the ass, but he the real deal.
You know, he willing to go there, you know?
Full throttle.
See me and bars on him.
Yeah, we got all the angles.
You feel me?
Whoever want to...
...cole a little extra...
...I'm your man.
So, I got my EC-8.
I got my Clambuteral.
And...
...these little beauties?
DMP.
That shit'll cook your
organs if you not careful, man.
That's messed up.
Yeah, sure, man.
What part of this isn't, huh?
Hey.
Here.
On the house, right?
Super fan discount for my man.
There we go.
What, you gonna let all
their work go to waste, huh?
Good looking, man.
You want one, man?
I don't want that shit.
Help you move all that weight.
Fuck you, man.
Fuck you.
Come on, man.
Go to Golden Glove, hopeful.
I'm gonna do that shit with you.
I don't trip.
Yo.
Yo.
Shit about to get lit, man.
You do the full sweat?
Yeah, full sweat.
Shit.
You never waste your time.
Come on, Jim.
Let's go.
Fuck you.
God, this is it.
This is it.
This body is it.
This body is it too.
This body is it too.
Come on.
Come on.
Your body is it too.
Come on.
Your body is it too.
Your body is it too.
Come on.
You hear that shit?
Oh, man, that shit, man.
It's like my heart.
It's going real fast,
like... Then it flutters.
Like it knows the fight is coming.
Like it's hungry for the fight.
That sounds like harder with me, man.
Fuck you talking about, man?
My cousin had that shit.
You got to take that shit serious.
What you talking about
your cousin had that shit?
I'm telling you.
You got to take that shit serious, man.
You trying to fucking hex
me or something, man?
I don't fucking hex me, you understand me?
Fuck out of here.
I'm not gonna fucking
play games with you, man.
Don't fucking hex me, because I will
fucking kill you, you understand me?
Sit the fuck down.
Get out. Move.
All right.
Move.
All right.
Hurry up, move. Get out.
Fuck.
I'll fucking kill you, you part
of bean-looking motherfucker.
I can't even skip with this motherfucker.
It's easier on you, man.
I'm not looking for easy.
I'm here for you. I'm in your corner.
And now you are.
Hand me corn.
It's not so close, yeah?
All right, Lupe.
What we doing, man?
Let's go.
You okay?
Yeah.
I'm gonna go play some slots.
Make money.
I mean, I'm in Vegas, right?
So fuck this noise.
I'll take it easy like the man said.
Honey, don't be like that.
All right.
Let's go check.
Hit it.
Let's go.
You think I might throw an animal?
You think I might throw an animal?
Really throw that shit out, you know?
Really help me to just fucking
get that pound off, you know?
One pound, two pounds, whatever it is.
I gotta get that shit off me
so I can hit that scale, man.
And I can get in that ring.
And I can do what I fucking do, man.
Luscious Lupe in the fucking ring, man.
Luscious Lupe in the ring, man.
You know what I mean?
The fuck you just say to me?
It'll hurt.
The fuck do you mean it hurt?
You can't hurt me.
I'll fucking hurt you.
You hear me?
You can't fucking hurt me!
I will fucking hurt you!
I will make you fucking hurt!
Open the door!
When did you last see them?
I went to the sauna, but then
I never saw them come out.
I got worried, so I
checked and he went there.
Open the fucking door!
Or call the police!
You don't want to do that.
Where are they?
They're resting. It's all fine.
You don't cut me out.
Not in the last 24 hours.
What the fuck's all this?
Just a little drain.
Nothing worth getting worked up about.
Fuck this.
All right, come on.
We're getting out of here.
Hey.
What? What?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
I'm pulling you out.
No.
No, you're all right.
We're done.
Oi, Manny, come on.
Help me.
No.
No.
Manny!
I'm all right.
Good for you.
You put a fucking pants up, then, too.
What?
We're done.
He's a grown boy, Caitlin.
Let him make his own choices.
I can't get whatever license
you think you have pulled.
That's not nice.
Don't think I don't know
where you came from.
You know where the
boy is downstairs, Chloe?
I knocked your fucking teeth
down your throat, motherfucker.
Shut your mouth.
Leave it, Manny.
There's no fucking more to it.
Come on, just help me get him out.
Come on, just help me!
Leave it, Manny.
Let's just get you suited up.
We can get out of here.
Don't say, ma'am.
Come on, man.
Stop fucking talking to me, Manny!
You dropped him hard.
Manny, are you all right?
Yeah, it's all good.
Listen to me.
It's him or never.
Please.
Please.
I can't.
I can't.
I can't.
Caitlin.
I just need him, you know.
Why now?
Why?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
No.
You don't have to go.
Caitlin!
Oh, come on.
Caitlin!
You can't quit.
You can't quit, can you?
She never understood that, you girl there.
She's one of those people that
sees forks in every road they take.
The thing about people like that is they
can't imagine a mind wired any differently.
But you and me know there's
another kind of mind, right?
A streamlined mind.
An efficient mind.
No choice at all.
But that's our strength, right?
Hmm?
Yeah.
Why don't you take a minute, right?
Before we get that IV back in.
Hmm?
Who am I going to?
You better run.
You better run for your life, son.
That's it.
Juggle that fucking ball, man.
Juggle it.
Fucking burn those calories.
Every last calorie, let's go.
You better run.
You better run for your life, son.
Are you here for the fight?
Sure.
We're all here for the fight.
We're only ever here for the fight.
Every last calorie.
Come on.
Every drop of sweat.
We'll squeeze your damn
soul out if we have to.
All right?
All right.
I got you.
Your boss.
I got you.
Your boss.
Where you at, bro?
Hey.
Here comes mommy.
What's up?
Some service finally, huh?
I have him in a wrap.
Come on, man.
Give me some ice, man.
You still good?
All right.
All right.
Fuck.
I'll be right down the hallway, yeah?
Okay.
And don't fucking fall asleep.
Hey.
Hey.
Stay away.
Hey, Sally.
I'm doing a cut and I'm down the crew.
Two guys.
I just need an old-nighter.
Tonight.
Yeah, it's the home stretch.
A babysitting job, really.
So you didn't like how
Mexico City ended, huh?
Moo-hoo.
Look, we had our differences, but I'm still
willing to bring you in on this one, huh?
Why didn't you tell me
you were in Florida before
I started blowing smoke
up your goddamn asshole?
Fuck.
Lupe, you good?
Come on.
Come on.
Wake up, man.
How many pills did you take, huh?
Fuck.
Come on.
Lupe, I said, are you good?
Okay.
Fuck.
Out of the top.
Out of the fucking top!
Fuck, boss, man.
I thought you messed
up my fucking fat, man.
Hey, come on.
Get up.
Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
Come on.
Out of the way.
Would you fucking help?
Fuck, man.
You need me to pull an
ambulance or something?
Yeah, you're too many fucking pills.
You should pull an ambulance, boss, man.
Look at him.
He's fucked, man.
You got a car here?
Yeah.
Shit.
Fuck, man.
Thank God, man.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Easy.
Come on.
All right.
Come on.
All right.
All right.
Come on.
All right.
Come on, big guy.
All right.
All right.
Easy, easy.
Come on.
You got to stand.
Take your hands off.
I got to weigh you.
Okay.
You're over.
Jesus.
Okay.
All right.
All right.
All right.
Yeah.
Fuck.
You're on?
Yeah, come on.
Hey, where did the MP eat?
It's too late for that shit.
You hiding my stuff, man?
Yeah, I'm not hiding anything, man.
We have to sweat it out.
I'm not sweating no three
pounds about weighing, boss.
Would you stay over there?
Get out of the way from my bed.
No whole reason.
Where is it, man?
I'll find it.
I'll find it.
Get out of there, man.
Where did the MP eat, man?
Hey, hey.
You need to sit.
Come on, boss.
Where is it, man?
Come on, man.
Hey, hey.
What is it, man?
Is it in there?
Come on, boss.
Is it in there?
You got it.
Hey, stay put, man.
Don't touch my fucking man.
Get in there.
Hey, idiot.
Fuck, man.
Pick him up.
Pick him up.
Here you go.
Hey, I told you to stay put.
I need a rest.
Rest here.
No.
It's eight minutes.
You put your heads back in that room now.
I'm not in no room.
It's just... It's just
a waste of space.
There we go.
There we go.
I'm never on me now!
Listen.
Listen to me.
Hey.
Are you waking up with me?
Huh?
Don't be like that.
Come on.
I only need to find you.
For the next seven hours.
It is mine.
Did you hear me?
You want to try?
Hey, man.
Hey, hey!
You fucking know what I'm doing, man!
Fuck me!
That's my game, man!
It's my fucking rules, motherfucker!
Fuck you!
It's my fucking game!
Fucking asshole!
You said I'll paint you a legend, huh?
And now can you just forget about me?
Oh, okay.
Fucking dinosaur.
Fucking yelling at me.
You gonna fucking scare me?
Fuck you, fuck.
I ain't a fucking old man
who used to beat me, man.
You're not gonna fucking scare me.
They're going down the fucking toilet.
You understand?
Yeah, the fuck I'm not gonna sway you.
You gotta keep playing.
Fuck!
Fuck!
Right there! Right there!
Come on!
Fuck you!
Come on!
Shadow box a little bit, motherfucker!
Come on!
Come on!
Throw it!
Throw it!
Throw it!
Throw it!
Throw it!
Yeah!
Motherfucker!
Listen, you shot my man.
Hey, wake up.
Hey.
You call yourself a fucking champion, huh?
You call yourself a fucking champion?
You ain't no fighter.
You're an old fucking man.
You a ass, baby.
You know who the next generation is?
That's me.
You know who the champion is?
That's me, baby.
Yeah, I'm coming to eat
your lunch, your dinner.
I'm coming to take that thing from you.
Stop playing now.
Get up!
I'm off.
I'm off.
Get up, man.
Get up now!
I'm off, all right.
I'm off, all right.
Come on.
Hold it, baby.
Wait a minute, man.
I told you not to leave.
Shit.
I'll tell you.
I'll tell you.
Will you stay, man?
I didn't want to.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Everything I did for you.
Come on.
Come on.
Stop playing, man.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
That hurts.
That hurts.
That hurts.
You're sleeping beauty.
You finally rest.
Are you Sunday?
No.
You're my boy now.
Ah.
Let's take that trip.
Let's go all the way down.
Let's go all the way down.
The journey is a destination.
What do you think about that?
Well, I read about some
billboard the other night.
The journey is a destination.
Can you believe that shit?
I don't know.
I think it's something you say to losers
to make them feel better about failing.
Failing.
You don't know that word, do you?
What word?
You don't know that word at all.
Neither do I.
Start there.
Burn those calories.
Let's go.
Destination is the destination, son.
How we get there ain't the point.
How we get there is
just the cost of traveling.
What is that?
That's the weight dragging you down.
Time to bury the fat.
No red coins.
No red coins.
Fuck.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
One minute.
Oh, man, these assholes can't wait.
All right.
I'm filling this morning.
Light.
Light and ready.
And ready.
And ready.
You'd wait.
It was nearly there.
The rest should have
come off while he slept.
I'd have kept the wound a treadmill.
I had to go to sleep knowing
that I did what I had to.
I slept like a baby.
Well, then, let's see.
Okay, let's get this show on the road.
Fuck.
What?
We wolf?
That little bit?
So that's... Nearly
half an ounce.
Ten grams.
Give or take.
Go take a piss.
I can't.
There's nothing there.
I'm fucking dry.
That's it.
Go take a piss.
Jeez.
I said there's no none in there.
I'm fucking dry.
Maybe jerk yourself off.
That could be five grams.
How about it?
I thought...
That...
Christ.
Get him in the room.
Fucking dead ass.
I put a lot of faith into you.
And you.
I'm gonna be safe.
Shut the hell up and let me do my work.
I got the whole fucking circus down there.
You said you'd deliver.
He'll make it.
We'll throw a bag and the rest
will burn off on the way over.
Bullshit.
The scale says he'll be there.
You're there.
You're there.
You're there.
You hear me?
It'll burn.
This is your show.
It's all yours.
You ready?
Yeah.
Yeah?
You ready?
Yeah.
Hey.
Over.
Weigh him again.
Weigh him again.
It ain't gonna change, buddy.
Weigh him again.
It ain't gonna change.
You let out all that air.
You let everything out.
Just spit your damn soul
out on the floor, if you have to.
You hear me?
Fuck it up.
Fuck that motherfucker up.
Come on.
All right, he's ready.
He's ready.
Easy. Easy.
No hands.
No hands.
Okay.
Hey.
Hey.
No hands.
I'm not touching him, asshole.
Hey.
What is this?
What the fuck is this?
Sorry.
He's... okay?
It's over.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Fuck her!
Let's get a new scare.
Get a new scare.
Come on now.
General, please.
General Fraser, there's no meep with them!
Get on your car! Get on your car!
Stop!
England's chunky horse!
No, no, no, no!
No!
No!
No, no, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no!
Get on your knees!
Get on your knees!
No!
Face forward!
You've got the block!
Face forward!
Face above!
You'll be back in no time!
Fuck! Jesus fucking Christ!
You'll call the fucker.
Hey! Get your ass over there.
Nail. Nail, I'm ready.
One more.
Weigh him again.
Under.
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
And that's a great shot,
and he's put up such a
good fight, especially after all the
controversy in the build up to the fight.
This has turned out to
be an absolute classic.
Absolute stunning fight.
One of these men has
fought like warriors tonight.
I don't know how they're still standing.
I don't know what he wants to show you.
I don't know how to watch it.
The question is not whether or not.
Can he last the next ride?
Can he finish the fight?
Oh, that's another challenge.
They're both nearly out of the ring.
This is amazing.
This has to be his last hurrah.
Last hurrah.
It looks like he's put a lot of energy.
He's exhausted himself.
He's got to stop by and punch his back.
He's grooving around the ring here.
What's our ride?
What's our ride?
There we go.
Four feet.
We're calling it a slip.
And back he comes.
The gloves are wiped down.
I don't believe this.
I can't believe this.
At least he got the straight finish.
He's got a lot of energy.
That's an absolute... 30
seconds left in his corner.
He's banging on the canvas,
telling the ass to finish him.
It's now more near it.
And in comes the flurry of punches.
The damage he's taken.
I've never seen an end like that.
The ref, the ref is watching this closely.
Watching whether he's
going to end it or not.
He's in real trouble.
He's really trying, really trying.
He's against the ropes.
He's getting ahead left, right, center.
And I don't believe it.
Hello.
Hey.
You okay?
Wait.
Listen to it.
On the radio.
It was hard to pin down, you know.
Dancing all over the place.
Getting hell in the middle of the soil.
I think I got to taking
him on a tour around.
I always knew where he was.
I just...
didn't want to face him.
There's a lot of things
you don't want to face.
I know.
I'm sorry.
You'd rather hurt yourself than face it.
You're right.
And I hurt you.
Yeah, I hurt.
I've got to go. Open the gym.
Caleb.
Wait.
I need help.
Yeah, I know.
Just...
I'm home.
Okay.
I love you.
See you, too.