The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998) Movie Script
NO MORE PENCILS
NO MORE RULE BOOKS
NO MORE TEACHERS'
DIRTY LOOKS
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT COMPLETELY
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S BEEN BLOWN
TO PIECES
WELL, YOU GOT NO CHOICE
ALL THE GIRLS AND BOYS
THEY MADE ALL THAT NOISE
BUT THEY FOUND NEW TOYS
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT COMPLETELY
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S BEEN BLOWN
TO PIECES
WELL, WE'VE GOT NO CLASS
AND WE'VE GOT NO PRINCIPAL
WE'VE GOT NO INNOCENCE
CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER WORD
THAT RHYMES
OH, SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT COMPLETELY
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
DON'T YOU KNOW
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
[ Boy ]
CHECK IT OUT.
WE WERE HEADED UPTOWN.
WATCH YOURSELF !
[ Horn Honking ]
[ Tires Squealing ]
OH, NO.
[ Squealing Continues ]
LEAVE ME ALONE !
GET OFF ALREADY !
[ Gasps ]
-OH, NO !
- PULL THE FUCKING CAR
OVER NOW, GIRL.
PULL THE FUCKING CAR
OVER NOW, GIRL !
I'M NOT FUCKIN' AROUND !
- [ Tires Squealing ]
- [ Van Horn Honking ]
YO, COME ON !
LET'S GO ! LET'S MOVE IT !
WE'RE NOT PLAYIN' AROUND,
FOOL ! COME ON !
OPEN THE DOOR ! GET OUT !
YO, YO, YO !
CHECK THIS OUT !
[ Woman ]
OH, PLEASE ! MY GOD.
[ Man ] HEY !
- YO. LOOK WHO'S HERE.
- RANDALL THOMASSON.
OUR LUCKY DAY.
- BACK THE FUCK UP !
- WAIT A MINUTE.
[ Gasping ]
NO ONE WANTS TO GET HURT.
YOU KNOW THAT,
AND I KNOW THAT.
LIKE YOU KNOW THIS GUN
FUCKIN' POINTED AT YOU ?
YOU BOYS ARE FROM LENTHROP ?
END THIS NOW, BEFORE
YOU RUIN YOUR LIVES.
- DON'T FUCK
WITH THE BROTHERHOOD !
-I'M NOT.
JUST GIVE ME THE GUNS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TALKIN'.
GET ON THE FUCKING GROUND !
YOU HEARD HIM ! NOW !
THINK ABOUWHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M OFFERING YOU
A WAY OUT.
EVERYBODY WINS.
WHAT THE FUCK ?
[ Gasping ]
[ Gunshots Continue ]
FUCK YOU, THOMASSON !
ARE YOU CRAZY ?
WHAT THE FUCK
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?
HE WAS OUTTA CONTROL !
WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO STEAL
THE CAR !
HE WAS GOIN' DOWN
SOONER OR LATER !
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT ?
WHY WERE YOU SHOOTIN'
AT HER ?
I DON'T KNOW !
LET'S GRAB THE CAR, AND GETHE FUCK OUT OF HERE !
ALL RIGHT ! ALL RIGHT !
GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
SO LONG, THOMASSON.
[ Gunshots ]
ARE YOU CRAZY ?
WHO'S THE ONE
OUT OF CONTROL NOW ?
GET OUT OF HERE !
COME ON !
COME ON !
SO LONG, TEACH.
[ Engines Starting ]
YEAH, THIS IS WILLY.
[ Tires Squealing ]
[ Siren Wailing ]
[ "Taps" ]
THANKS.
HOW YOU FEELIN' ?
I'M OKAY.
THANKS, DANNY.
LISTEN, IF YOU WANTO TALK, I'M AROUND.
MAYBE TOMORROW
WE COULD GO GRAB
A SLICE OR SOMETHING.
TAKE YOUR MIND OFF
ALL THIS STUFF.
OKAY.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO
TO HELP YOU--
YEAH.
YOU COULD TELL ME WHY
SOMEONE WOULD DO THIS.
THAT WOULD HELP.
[ Man ]ANYA.
UNCLE CARL ?
I REMEMBER A KID
WHO WAS ABOUT THIS TALL.
YEAH ? WELL, THAT WAS
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
KARA LAVELLE,
I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE.
THIS IS CARL THOMASSON,
MY UNCLE.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
I WORKED WITH ANYA'S
FATHER AT LENTHROP.
I DON'T REMEMBER RANDALL
MENTIONING A BROTHER.
ANYA'S ONE OF THE TOP
STUDENTS AT LENTHROP.
YOU MUST BE PROUD OF HER.
YES.
EXCUSE ME.
NOT MUCH
OF A STUDENT TURNOUT.
NOT MUCH OF A SURPRISE.
RANDALL WORKED
IN THE SPECIAL STUDENTS' WING.
KIDS WITH DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS.
VIOLENT.
THEY'RE PROBABLY OUCELEBRATING.
THE REST COULDN'T MAKE BAIL.
ANYA HAS MY NUMBER
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
FEEL FREE.
DAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE CODE
AND WHICH NEWSPAPER
TO PUT IT IN...
IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED.
LOOK, I KNOW YOU TWO
HAD YOUR OWN DEAL,
BUT HE KNEW THAIF I EVER NEEDED HELP,
HE COULD TRUST YOU.
WHAT HAPPENED ?
HE WAS MURDERED.
HE WAS PICKING UP
SOME GROCERIES
AT A PLACE NEAR SCHOOL.
TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD,
BUT MY DAD WASN'AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
HE USED TO SAY,
"NEGOTIATE,
[ Together ]
DON'T INITIATE."
LOOK WHERE IT GOT HIM.
DAD ALWAYS FIGURED
THAT YOU'D BE THE ONE
TO GO FIRST.
KILLED IN SOME
THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS NEVER
GONNA SEE YOU AGAIN.
I GUESS HE WAS
ONLY HALF RIGHT.
I WONDER--
I WONDER
HOW MANY FIREFIGHTS
YOU WALKED OUT OF.
AND HE...
WALKED INTO A CAR JACKING,
AND THEY SHOT HIM.
WHAT DO YOU CARE ?
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
HE WAS TRYING TO FIND YOU ?
DO YOU KNOW
HOW MANY OTHER CODES
HE PUT IN THE PAPERS ?
DID YOU KNOW THAT HE USED TO
TEACH ME KARATE ?
[ Crying ]
SO.
ARE YOU HERE TO HELP,
OR ARE YOU JUSON YOUR WAY ?
PASSING THROUGH ?
[ Boy ]
YOU KNOW YOU WANT ME, BABY.
WHAT'S UP ?
YOU COULD TRUST US.
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
[ Girl ]
DON'T TOUCH ME.
HEY, GUYS !
I'LL SEE YOU IN CLASS.
YOU NEED IT, GIRL.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG
WITH THAT GIRL ?
DAMN.
SHE'S ALL YOURS.
THINKS HE'S GONNA DO SOMETHIN'.
[ Crying ]
YOU OKAY ?
[ Car Approaching ]
[ Boy ]
YO, ASSHOLE.
YOU ADDRESSING ME ?
I'M TALKIN' TO YOUR ASS,
BEAVIS. WHAT THE FUCK
YOU DOIN' ON MY BLOCK ?
WALKING.
YOU HERE LOOKIN'
FOR A LITTLE SOMETHIN' ?
HOW LITTLE YOU WANT IT ?
DON'T COME LOOKIN' OVER HERE,
'LESS YOU WANNA GEYOUR ASS KICKED.
YOU WOULDN'T BE
THREATENING ME, WOULD YOU ?
-[ Siren Wails ]
-[ Man On Bullhorn ]
YOU WANNA GET IN THE CAR ?
LATER, ASSHOLE.
[ Boy ]
WATCH THIS !
[ Screaming ]
[ Bell Ringing ]
MR. SIX,
YOU'RE LOOKING FIT.
LOOKING GOOD YOURSELF.
NICE RENDEZVOUS POINT.
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY
I WAS TO SEE YOUR NAME
ON THE LOCAL AVAILABLE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN MIAMI
WITH SHALE.
I WAS.
I'M A NEW YORKER NOW.
I GOT MYSELF
AN EXPENSIVE APARTMENT,
THE OVERPRICED CLOTHES,
SEASON TICKETS TO THE KNICKS.
HEY, CARL.
I'M SORRY ABOUYOUR BROTHER, MAN.
THANKS.
DID YOU TWO EVER MANAGE
TO WORK THINGS OUT ?
NO.
- SO WHY AREN'T YOU
WITH SHALE ?
- WHY ?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
'CAUSE SHE IS.
HER NAME IS JANE HETZKO.
THIS IS COSTA RICA.
YOU NORMALLY CARRY AROUND OTHER
PEOPLE'S VACATION PICTURES ?
SHALE SENT IT TO ME
FROM THE PEACE CORPS.
THE MAN IS TEACHING NOW.
JOEY, I'VE GOT SOMETHING.
I'M GONNA BE STRAIGHT.
THERE'S NO MONEY IN IT.
- YOUR BROTHER ?
- YEAH.
WHAT DID THE COPS
HAVE TO SAY ?
THEY'RE DOIN' THE BEST THEY CAN,
BUT IT'S A BIG CITY.
I'M IN.
EVERYTHING'S STILL FRESH,
SO I WANT TO MOVE ON THIS.
TALK TO THIS GUY.
HE OWNS THE PLACE
WHERE MY BROTHER WAS KILLED.
OKAY.
YOU NEED A RIDE ?
NO, THANKS.
HEY, LIEUTENANT.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK
IN YOUR CREW.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
HI.
HI.
NO, THANKS.
[ Chuckles ]
SO. DID THIS PULL YOU
AWAY FROM ANYTHING ?
NO, NO.
I'M BETWEEN WARS.
YEAH. ME TOO.
YOU MUST HATE THIS,
HAVING TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT SOMEONE.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU'RE MY BROTHER'S DAUGHTER--
I MEAN IT'S OKAY IF YOU'RE NOT.
I CAN HANDLE THIS ON MY OWN.
HOW MUCH LONGER
YOU WANT TO STAY ?
UNTIL I FIND OUWHO KILLED YOUR FATHER.
THAT WORKS FOR ME.
THE GUY FROM THE REPAIR SHOP
DIDN'T WANT TO TALK AT FIRST.
HE WAS PRETTY SPOOKED.
HE SAW THE SHOOTERS ?
ONE SHOOTER.
AROUND LENTHROP HIGH SCHOOL,
THE MAJOR GANGBANGERS CALL
THEMSELVES THE "BROTHERHOOD."
OR THE 'HOODS.
THESE LITTLE SCUMBAGS,
THEY WEAR SWEATSHIRTS
TURNED AROUND WITH LITTLE
EYEHOLES CUT IN THE HOODS...
SO WHENEVER THEY MAKE A MOVE,
UP COMES THE HOOD.
THE REPAIR SHOP OWNER SAID
HE WAS SURE THAT THE KIDS
WERE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHERE DO THEY SPEND
MOST OF THEIR TIME ?
FINDING THAT OUT'S
NOT A PROBLEM.
GETTING YOU INSIDE THE SCHOOL,
THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
GOT ANY IDEAS WHO MIGHT BE
ABLE TO HELP US OUT ?
[ Door Opener Buzzing ]
[ Locks Clicking ]
HEY. COME ON IN.
THANKS.
IS THAT FOR ME?
YEAH.
IT WAS A NICE SURPRISE
WHEN YOU CALLED.
HOW'S ANYA HOLDING UP ?
ACTUALLY,
SHE'S DOING VERY WELL.
BOY, BOTH PARENTS DEAD
BEFORE YOU TURN 18.
WHO DEFINES "FAIR" ?
YOU SEEM TO KNOW
A LOT ABOUT HER.
RANDALL AND I WERE INVOLVED
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
EVENTUALLY WE BECAME FRIENDS,
ALTHOUGH HE WAS A LITTLE
TOUGH TO GET CLOSE TO.
HOPE IT'S NOT A FAMILY TRAIT.
LISTEN, KARA, WHO'S, UH--
WHO'S GONNA TAKE OVER
RANDALL'S CLASSES ?
I'M SURE REGISTRY WILL TRY
TO RECRUIT A SUBSTITUTE.
RECRUIT ?
THE SPECIAL WING IS NOONE OF THE POPULAR ASSIGNMENTS.
ALTHOUGH, YOUR BROTHER
ACTUALLY THOUGHHE COULD HELP THOSE KIDS.
IS THERE ANY REASON
WHY I COULDN'T BE A SUBSTITUTE ?
WELL, THAT DEPENDS.
WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY
DO FOR A LIVING ?
I'M A TEACHER TOO,
OF SORTS.
I TEACH PEOPLE
HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
DEFEND THEMSELVES.
LIKE WHAT ? KARATE ?
THAT'S PART OF IT, BUT, UH,
ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE.
WHO DO YOU TEACH ?
WHOEVER PAYS ME.
ARE WE TALKING
COUNTRIES HERE ?
KARA.
I'M GONNA FIND OUWHAT HAPPENED TO RANDALL
WHETHER YOU HELP ME OR NOT.
I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME.
YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF
A TEACHING CERTIFICATE.
BUT THAT SHOULD ONLY TAKE
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND WE NEED TO GET YOUR NAME
INTO THE COMPUTER REGISTRY.
[ Kids Chattering ]
[ Boy ]
LOOK AT THE HANDS.
I CUT 'EM OFF.
[ Scoffing ]
YOU CUT 'EM OFF !
NICE SHOES THERE.
FUCK YOU.
HOW YOU DOIN', MAN ?
HOW YOU FEELIN' ?
I'M ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S UP ?
THANKS FOR ASKING.
SORRY ABOUWHAT HAPPENED.
WORD IS THE BROTHERHOOD
WAS DOWN WITH IT.
THERE'S NO DOUBT.
WHEN THE SHIT HITS,
IT'S ALWAYS THEM.
SO WHO'S TAKIN' OVER
YOUR DAD'S CLASS ?
YOU FUCKING STUPID ?
WHAT ? WHAT ?
[ Buzzer ]
EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE THE REGISTRY OFFICE IS ?
IT'S THIS WAY.
FOLLOW ME.
THANKS.
YOU'RE NEW.
YEAH.
WELCOME TO LENTHROP.
I'M WARREN DRUMMOND.
FRANK PERAKOWSKI.
HOW YOU DOIN', FRANK ?
I TEACH AUTO SHOP, DRIVER'S ED,
COACH THE SOCCER TEAM.
ARE YOU PERMANENOR SUBSTITUTE ?
I DON'T KNOW YET.
I'M TAKING OVER
FOR MR. THOMASSON.
TAUGHT IN SOME
SPECIAL STUDENTS' WING ?
YEAH. SIBERIA.
REGISTRATION WILL GIVE YOU
AN I.D. BADGE. SECURITY WON'LET YOU UP THERE WITHOUT ONE.
WHAT'S UP, MR. D ?
DANNY.
HEY, THANKS
FOR THAT ADVICE.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
EVERYTHING'S WORKIN' OUPRETTY GOOD.
I'M GLAD.
IF THAT KID HADN'T FOUND SOCCER,
HE'D BE LOST.
HERE'S THE OFFICE.
YOU GOT A WHIP
IN THAT BRIEFCASE ?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND A SENSE OF HUMOR.
YOU'LL NEED IT.
GOOD LUCK UP THERE.
THANKS.
CAN'T STOP THE BEASWHEN NATURE CALLS
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN'S
IT'S LIKE THE JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN'
IN BROOKLYN
[ Metal Detector Beeps ]
[ Wand Squeals ]
[ Boy Shouting ]
YO, CHECK IT OUT.
SHUT UP !
EXCUSE ME.
CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE ROOM 416 IS ?
MR. THOMASSON'S OLD CLASS.
AROUND THE CORNER TO THE RIGHT.
BETTER WATCH YOUR ASS
UP IN THERE.
[ Students Shouting ]
PAY ATTENTION.
WE GOT CHICAGO OVER HERE.
FURTHER WESWE GOT SEATTLE--
[ Loud Music Playing ]
[ Everyone Talking At Once ]
I KNOW YOU'RE FEELIN' ME, BABY.
I KNOW YOU'RE FEELIN' ME.
GOOD MORNING, CLASS.
EXCUSE ME. WOULD YOU
TURN THAT DOWN, PLEASE ?
- WHAT ?
- WOULD YOU TURN
THAT DOWN, PLEASE.
FUCK YOU, MAN.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG.
YO, TURN IT DOWN, MASE.
I WANNA HEAR WHATHE MAN GOT TO SAY.
[ Turns Off ]
SHIT, MAN. I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOU GOT TO SAY.
- TRUE.
- THANK YOU.
DID YOU BRING ENOUGH
OF THAT FOR EVERYONE ?
UH, I MUST HAVE LEFT MY COOLER
AT HOME, BILL.
[ Boys Laugh ]
THAT'S NOT VERY CONSIDERATE.
YOUR CLASSMATES
MIGHT BE THIRSTY.
FUCK THAT !
WHAT THE FUCK I LOOK LIKE ?
DR. PEPPER ?
THIS AIN'T GOODWILL,
MOTHERFUCKER. BETTER
SLOW THAT SHIT DOWN.
MY NAME'S MR. PERAKOWSKI.
'SCUSE ME.
MR. PERA-WHAT-SKI ?
I'LL BE YOUR NEW TEACHER.
YOU GONNA TEACH US
HOW TO USE FOUR GUYS
TO SCREW IN A LIGHTBULB ?
[ Students Chuckle ]
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD TAKE
FOUR GUYS TO SCREW ANYTHING.
UNLESS WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUFOUR COWARDLY LOWLIFES. IS THAWHAT WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT ?
YO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK
YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT.
- HOW'D YOU GET THAT ?
- I HURT IT PLAYING BASKETBALL.
SPORTS CAN BE ROUGH.
SO CAN TEACHING.
NOT IF YOU HAVE
A STRONG LESSON PLAN.
OH, YEAH ? WHAT'S THIS
SO-CALLED GREAT LESSON PLAN
YOU GOT FOR US ?
I HAVE IRIGHT HERE.
[ Metal Clinking ]
- [ Scoffing ]
- YO-YO. SHOW AND TELL ?
NOW, GIVEN THAT THIS IS
A HISTORY CLASS,
HISTORY IS ALL ABOUPERCEPTION.
WHAT THE FUCK
IS YOU TALKIN' ABOUT, MAN ?
PERCEPTION.
FOR EXAMPLE,
30 YEARS AGO...
THE UNITED STATES PERCEIVED
THE SOVIET UNION TO BE
ITS GREATEST THREAT.
BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY
CAN BARELY FEED THEMSELVES,
MUCH LESS CONQUER US.
- AW, MAN.
-LET'S TALK ABOUT VIETNAM.
VIETNAM WAS A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT PERCEPTION.
WE PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE
A SMALL, AGRARIAN COUNTRY...
THAT MILITARILY
WE COULD EASILY JUST...
ROLL OVER.
BUT AS WE NOW KNOW,
AND IT WAS A VERY
TOUGH LESSON TO LEARN,
THAT THEY JUSROLLED RIGHT OVER US.
SO WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THESE
TWO MISTAKEN PERCEPTIONS ?
ANYONE ?
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT AM I HOLDING ?
WHAT THE FUCK.
IT'S A YO-YO.
MM-HMM. NOW.
DEFINE IT FURTHER.
SAY WHAT ?
WHAT EXACTLY IS A YO-YO ?
IT'S A STUPID
LITTLE TOY, MAN.
[ Carl ]
THAT'S RIGHT.
TODAY IT'S A TOY.
BUT 400 YEARS AGO,
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
IT WAS A WEAPON.
[ Students Exclaiming,
Laughing ]
[ Boy ]
HE'S A NINJA !
PERCEPTION.
NOW, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ?
NEVER JUDGE A BOOK
BY ITS COVER.
NEXT TIME, BRING
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE.
WE GONNA
BUST HIS ASS UP ?
I'M READY.
DON'T NOBODY MOVE
ON IT TODAY.
ALL RIGHT.
HAD THE WORD WITH LITTLE B.
TOMORROW SOMEBODY'S GONNA
TAKE CARE OF THAT MOTHERFUCKER.
[ Beeps ]
[ News Announcer On Radio,
Indistinct ]
MIND IF I SIT DOWN ?
MIGHT AS WELL.
NOBODY ELSE WILL HAVE YOU,
NOT WEARING THAT I.D. BADGE.
HERE AT LENTHROP WE WEAR
OUR SCARLET LETTERS WITH PRIDE.
MACK WEATHERS.
FRANK PERAKOWSKI.
MEET AN ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE,
ROY SINGER.
JOSEPH KARPAL...
AND CAPTAIN SALAMANDER HIMSELF,
HOWARD MARTIN.
WELL, HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP,
FIRST DAY IN HELL ?
PRETTY GOOD.
I'M STILL HERE.
HOW ARE THE KIDS
TREATING YOU ?
THEY THINK THEY'RE
PRETTY TOUGH, BUI'M NOT SO SURE.
OOH. THAT'S WHARANDALL THOMASSON THOUGHT.
THE MAN YOU'RE SUBSTITUTING FOR,
HE HAD SOME IDEA
THAT THESE CRETINS WERE WORTH
SOME KIND OF AN EFFORT.
HE FOUND OUT A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY, DIDN'T HE ?
ONLY A FOOL SUFFERS
A FOOL'S FOLLY.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME
ADVICE. PUNCH IN, PUNCH OUAND TRY TO STAY ALIVE.
YOU'LL NEVER BE PAID ENOUGH
TO DO MORE.
PREACHIN' TO THE CHOIR AGAIN,
WEATHERS ?
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.
THE TRUTH IS, YOU COULDN'T TEACH
A FISH HOW TO SWIM.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY ALL
YOUR STUDENTS ARE DROWNING.
YOU'VE GOT STUDENTS, DRUMMOND.
I'VE GOT LAB EXPERIMENTS.
MAYBE IF MR. THOMASSON HAD
LEARNED TO ACCEPT THAT...
HE WOULDN'T BE GETTING
A MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN THE HALL.
RANDALL THOMASSON WAS
THE ONLY TEACHER WHO TRIED
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YEAH. LOOK WHAHE GOT FOR IT. BOOM.
FRANK. YEAH ?
YOU GOT A MINUTE ?
SURE.
EXCUSE ME.
GOOD LUCK.
DON'T LISTEN TO THAT SHIT.
THOMASSON WAS A GOOD MAN
AND A GOOD TEACHER.
HIS LOSS WAS A TRAGEDY
FOR THIS SCHOOL.
HE'S NOT LIKE THESE GUYS.
DID YOU REQUESTHIS ASSIGNMENT ?
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SUBJECYOURSELF TO THAT ABUSE ?
WARREN.
KARA.
ARE YOU GOING
TO INTRODUCE ME ?
YEAH, SURE.
FRANK PERAKOWSKI.
KARA LAVELLE.
WELCOME.
SO NICE TO MEET YOU, FRANK.
[ Buzzer Sounding ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING ?
I WAS JUST HAVING FUN
AT WARREN'S EXPENSE.
COULD YOU HAVE IWITH LESS ENTHUSIASM ?
YES, SIR.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHOW ME
HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY, SIR.
SHALL WE SAY 1900 HOURS ?
HOLA, SENORITA.
WANT TO COME FOR A RIDE
IN MY CAR ?
MAN, WHAT'S UP
WITH THIS ?
DANNY, THIS CAR
IS BEAUTIFUL.
IS IT YOURS ?
IT'S THE BOMB, AIN'T IT ?
WHERE ARE YOU HEADED ?
HOW'S A GUY LIKE YOU
AFFORD A RIDE LIKE THIS ?
LET ME GUESS. AN EARLY
BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
YEAH.
THAT'LL BE THE DAY.
SMART MONEY SAYS
THE BETTER ACTION IS
IN THE CAR WITH THE NIECE.
I THINK THE SMART MONEY
SHOULD SHUT UP.
SHALL WE ?
LET'S.
LET'S GO SEE WILLY.
LET ME SHOW Y'ALL
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK
WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE.
[ Guys Shouting ]
[ Man Groaning ]
[ Man Grunts Painfully ]
[ Laughter, Jeering ]
- [ Machine Whirring ]
- [ Grunts ]
[ Jeering Continues ]
REMEMBER YOUR
REPAIR SHOP GUY ?
[ Grunts, Moans ]
THAT'S HIM.
SHALL WE ?
LET'S.
DON'T FUCK UP.
STRIKE ONE.
[ Laughs ]
HEY, WILLY.
YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.
WE ALWAYS TREATED YOU GOOD.
PROTECTED YOU.
BUT NOW YOU'RE TELLIN' EVERYONE
THAT WE KILLED THAT TEACHER.
WE EVEN GAVE YOU A TASTE
OF THE BUSINESS.
SO YOU CALLED THEM,
DIDN'T YOU ?
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
SO I CALLED THE COPS.
SO WHAT ?
YOU DIDN'T JUST CALL FOR HELP.
I GOT N.Y.P.D. BLUE
ALL OVER MY ASS.
I GOT SHIT TO MOVE.
MIGHT AS WELL BUST A CAP
IN MY ASS WHILE YOU AT IT.
BUT, NAH, YOU HAD TO SPIIN MY FACE.
GIMME THAT BAT.
I TOLD YOU TO NEVER FUCK
WITH THE BROTHERHOOD.
WHAT YOU THINK ?
YOU ROBBIE ALOMAR ?
SPIT IN MY FACE
AND GET AWAY WITH IT ?
LOWER THE BAT.
- WHO THE FUCK ?
- I SAID PUT THE BAT DOWN.
- YOU FUCKIN' UP.
- COME ON, SIX.
SLOW IT DOWN.
LITTLE B. WHAT DOES THASTAND FOR ? LITTLE BRAINS
OR LITTLE BALLS ?
HELP ME OUT HERE.
YOU GOT SOME BALLS.
I'M GONNA USE 'EM
FOR BATTING PRACTICE.
HEY, LITTLE BALLS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAAN INFRARED LASER SIGHT IS ?
TAKE A LOOK
AT YOUR CHEST.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS MAN
OUTTA HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU UNDERSTAND ?
[ Silenced Gunshots ]
DAMN, MAN,
MY LEG !
WANNA TRY THAT YOURSELF ?
I DIDN'T THINK SO.
LOOK AROUND YOU.
EVERYBODY HERE IS DEAD
WHEN I SAY SO...
IF YOU EVEN THINK
OF MAKIN' A MOVE.
[ Groaning ]
YOU CAN END UP
LIKE YOUR SCUMBAG FRIENDS.
IT'S YOUR MOVE.
-[ Bat Clatters ]
- GOOD CHOICE.
GO UNTIE THE MAN.
- LET HIM DOWN.
- YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
I WANT YOU TO DO IT.
YOU'RE FUCKIN' UP NOW,
MISTER MAN.
[ Blade Clicks Open ]
DON'T MESS WITH MY CREW.
I ALREADY DID.
EVERYBODY STAY PUT TILL THOSE
LITTLE RED DOTS DISAPPEAR.
UNLESS YOU CARE
TO BE VENTILATED.
PEACE.
MMM. WHAT ARE WE DOING ?
EXPRESSING
OUR FRIENDSHIP.
MM-HMM.
COME ON. I'VE BEEN
HOPING THIS WOULD HAPPEN
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
YEAH ? ME TOO.
WHY DON'T WE JUST SLOW DOWN
JUST A LITTLE BIT ? OKAY ?
'CAUSE--
I DON'T GET YOU. I MEAN,
YOU LIKE ME, RIGHT ?
WELL, WELCOME
TO THE THOMASSON FAMILY.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE THOMASSON FAMILY ?
I'M SORRY.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN--
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
BUT THERE'S AN OLD FRIEND
OF HIS THAT'S LOOKING.
YEAH ? HIS OLD FRIEND
A COP OR WHAT ?
NO. HE'S JUST THIS GUY.
KIND OF STRANGE. VERY INTENSE.
BUT HIS HEART'S
IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
IS THERE ANYTHING
I CAN DO ?
NO.
NO ?
SHIT.
IT'S MY UNCLE.
YOU'VE GOTTA GO.
WHY ? I GOT MY CLOTHES ON.
LET ME MEET HIM.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HE'S A MORMON.
WHAT ?
HE'S A MORMON.
I'M SERIOUS !
[ Footsteps On Stairs ]
HI.
HEY.
WELCOME BACK
FROM SIBERIA.
THANK YOU.
[ Car Engine Starting ]
HOW WAS IT ?
GOOD. WE DISCUSSED
THE HISTORY OF THE YO-YO.
AH, DEEP.
[ Laughs ]
HEY.
NICE MUSTANG.
[ Sighs ]
HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.
RIGHT HERE.
LET'S GO.
GET OUT, MAN.
I'M LOOKIN'.
I'M LOOKIN'.
[ Alarm Wailing ]
[ Alarm Stops ]
LET'S GO.
[ Engine Starts ]
[ Kara ]
YOU EVER BEEN MARRIED ?
NO.
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT ?
NO.
EVER HAD A DOG ?
YEAH.
BUT... IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
[ Laughs ]
OKAY, OKAY.
THAT'S FAIR.
TELL ME SOMETHING
ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
NOT MUCH TO TELL.
GEEZ.
YOU'RE TOUGH.
NOTHING SCARES YOU
EXCEPT MAYBE SHARING
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
ONCE UPON A TIME...
A LONG TIME AGO--
RANDALL AND I WERE PARTNERS.
IN WHAT ?
WRESTLING.
MERCENARIES.
RANDALL THOMASSON
WAS A MERCENARY.
[ Inhales ]
YES, HE WAS.
HE AND I CREWED TOGETHER
QUITE A LOT.
IN SEPTEMBER, 1986,
WE TOOK AN ASSIGNMENT.
TWO MONTHS IN GHANA.
SOME THINGS HAPPENED.
MISTAKES WERE MADE.
A MAN WAS KILLED,
AND THE MISSION WENT TO SHIT.
EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE
OF ANYA'S BIRTHDAYS, I NEVER
SPOKE TO HIM AFTER THAT.
WHY DID HE DECIDE
TO TEACH ?
[ Sighs ]
'CAUSE HE WAS
A GREAT TEACHER.
[ Phone Ringing ]
YEAH.
SO, WHERE ARE YOU ?
THE SAME PLACE.
AND WHERE IS THAT ?
LOOK, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
FOR ME OR NOT ?
I THINK I DO.
OUR FRIENDS DONTAE AND MASE
HAVE BEEN VERY BAD BOYS TONIGHT.
I PLANTED A CAR,
AND OFF IT WENT.
AND GUESS WHERE IT ENDED UP.
OKAY. I'LL MEET YOU THERE
IN 20 MINUTES.
[ Hangs Phone Up ]
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.
THANKS FOR THE EGG ROLLS.
MMM.
[ Joey ]
HEY. INSIDE THAT TRUCK
IS WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR CAR.
ANY IDEA WHY THEY
BROUGHT IT HERE ?
JUST SITTING HERE
WAITING FOR YOU,
LOVER BOY.
SIDE DOOR.
BAY DOORS.
[ Carl ]
TOMORROW NIGHWE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
BIG DAY TOMORROW.
WHY IS THAT ?
[ Dontae On Tape ]
DON'T NOBODY MOVE ON IT TODAY.
HAD A WORD WITH LITTLE B.
SAYS TOMORROW SOMEBODY'S GONNA
TAKE CARE OF THAT MOTHERFUCKER
REAL GOOD.
SOUNDS INTERESTING.
[ Loud Rap
On Boom Box ]
GOOD MORNING, CLASS.
WELL, IF IT AIN'T THE MAN
WITH THE LESSON PLAN.
[ Moaning ]
- IS HE NOT FEELING WELL ?
- I GUESS NOT.
LET'S DO THIS SHIT.
[ Loud Rap Continues ]
I'D LIKE TO
GET STARTED, MASE.
I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED.
WHAT ?
I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED.
[ Continues ]
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU,
THEN, BABY ?
I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY
CAN HEAR ME.
YOU KNOW, HONESTLY,
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
GIVES A FUCK.
I KNOW I DON'T,
CRACKER.
[ Everyone Laughs ]
WELL, CLASS, IT APPEARS WE HAVE
WHAT IS CALLED AN IMPASSE.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED
WITH THIS SITUATION...
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
CAN ANYBODY TELL ME
WHAT AN IMPASSE IS ?
YEAH. ISN'T THAT SOMETHING
LIKE A "COMP-ASS" ?
[ Continues ]
[ Students Laughing ]
NO.
AN IMPASSE IS A SITUATION
THAT HAS NO APPARENT SOLUTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'D LIKE
TO BEGIN MY LECTURE,
WHILE MASE WANTS TO LISTEN
TO HIS MUSIC.
NOW, IF WE BOTH REFUSE
TO COMPROMISE,
WHAT WE HAVE
IS CALLED AN "IMPASSE."
SO IN THE ABSENCE
OF COMPROMISE,
HOW DO WE RESOLVE A SITUATION
OF THIS NATURE ?
- WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOIN'
WITH MY RADIO ?
- ANYONE ?
MOTHERFUCKER !
THAT'S MY GODDAMN RADIO !
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU REFUSED TO COMPROMISE,
AND SO, IN FACT, DID I.
HOWEVER, MY POSITION WAS
EXPLAINED TO YOU VERY CLEARLY.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO ELABORATE FURTHER ?
NO, I THINK I SHOULD ELABORATE
YOUR MONKEY ASS.
I'M GONNA CUT YOU REAL GOOD.
VERY GOOD. WE CAN DISCUSS
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAIF YOU PREFER.
PARRY AWAY.
ALWAYS PARRY AWAY.
ALWAYS KEEP THE WEAPON
AS FAR FROM THE BODY
AS POSSIBLE.
[ Student ]
AH, MAN !
EVERYONE SEE HOW OPEN HE IS ?
IN THE ABSENCE OF COMPROMISE,
THE GREATER FORCE PREVAILS.
MASE, YOU LOST A RADIO,
BUT YOU LEARNED A LESSON.
THAT LESSON COULD
SAVE YOUR LIFE SOMEDAY.
KEYSHAWN'S BEEN GONE
A LONG TIME.
MASE, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AFTER
THE CLASS WHILE I'M GONE.
OH, AND, UH, MASE.
DON'T USE THAUNLESS YOU HAVE TO.
[ Boy ]
MASE AIN'T NOBODY.
KEYSHAWN ?
KEYSHAWN, YOU OKAY ?
KEYSHAWN ?
[ Grunts, Groans ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ]
WE'RE GONNA NEED A SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE SUBSTITUTE.
[ Boy Groans ]
[ Punches Landing ]
YO, MAN !
STOP THAT CRAP !
WHAT'S WRONG WITH Y'ALL ?
[ Gasping ]
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOURANDALL THOMASSON'S MURDER ?
FUCK YOU.
[ Toilet Flushing ]
[ Exhales ]
MY FRIEND, YOU ARE
A VERY DANGEROUS PERSON.
MOTHERFUCKER, DON'T LOOK AT ME
LIKE THAT ! I'LL COME OVER
THERE AND KICK YOUR ASS.
I WORK IN THIS BUILDING.
THE JANITOR, JOHNNY BARTEE.
YEAH. I AIN'T NEVER
SEEN NO TEACHER...
USE NO GREEN BERET SPECIAL
FORCES TACTICS LIKE THAT BEFORE.
YOU RECOGNIZE THAT ?
JANUARY, 1971.
NOVEMBER, 1972.
FIRST BATTALION,
16th INFANTRY.
SENT US INTO THEM
V.C. TUNNELS.
SOME OF US NEVER CAME OUT.
SOME OF US STAYED IN
TOO LONG.
TUNNEL RAT.
NOW I UNDERSTAND
THE ENTRANCE.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY
THESE GENTLEMEN MEANT YOU
SUCH SERIOUS HURT.
I MEAN, THEY ARE CLEARLY
TOO MATURE TO BE STUDENTS,
AND YOU ARE CLEARLY
NO ORDINARY TEACHER.
I'M ON A SECRET MISSION.
GODDAMN IT !
I KNEW IT !
YOU'RE AN UNDERCOVER AGENT.
THAT'S RIGHT, BUT I WANTO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
YOU JUST GET YOURSELF
BACK TO CLASS.
I'LL CLEAN UP THIS MESS.
YOU SURE ?
I'M THE JANITOR.
THAT'S MY JOB.
YOU CRAWL AROUND INSIDE
THESE WALLS LONG ENOUGH,
YOU HEAR SOME THINGS.
YOU JUST COME DOWN AND FIND ME
IN THE BASEMENT LATER.
ALL RIGHT ?
I'LL DO THAT.
[ Chuckles ]
UH, BARTEE ?
YEAH ?
YOU GOT ANY SPOT REMOVER ?
WHAT BRAND ?
[ Laughing ]
YOU SHOULD HAVE
CAME WITH ME.
[ Door Opening ]
SO HE WAS TRYIN'
TO GET OUT ?
HE WAS LIKE, BOOM, BOOM--
KEYSHAWN.
- ARE YOU OKAY ?
- YEAH. I'M COOL.
I'M CHILLIN'.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT OKAY,
I COULD WALK YOU BACK
TO THE BATHROOM MYSELF.
YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY ?
I'M COOL.
I'M CHILLIN'.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, LET'S SEE.
WHERE WERE WE ?
I BELIEVE WE WERE DISCUSSING
FORCE VERSUS COMPROMISE.
[ Buzzer Sounding ]
OKAY, GUYS. LISTEN.
TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING
ABOUT ALASKA, THE 49th STATE.
HEY, MASE.
LISTEN. UM, WAS
THAT RADIO EXPENSIVE ?
NO, NO. STOLEN.
YO, MAN. I WAS WRONG.
IT WAS A RIGHTEOUS BUST.
WAIT A MINUTE. HOLD ON.
IF YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH
TO KNOW THAT, YOU'RE
SMART ENOUGH...
TO BREAK LOOSE
FROM THOSE GANGBANGERS.
OH, YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
I COULD BE A STOCKBROKER,
RIGHT ?
- WHY NOT ?
- [ Scoffs ]
MAN, DO YOU KNOW ME ?
DO YOU KNOW MY LIFE ?
MY POP'S IN PRISON, RIGHT ?
MY LITTLE BROTHER JUST GOT SHOIN A DRIVE-BY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK
MY MOM IS.
DO YOU DIG WHAT I'M SAYIN' ?
WHAT I DIG IS THAT YOU DON'HAVE TO END UP THE SAME WAY,
NOT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO LIVE
THIS LIFE ! AND I'M LEADIN'
IT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NEVER
JUST ONE WAY.
WHAT THE FUCK
ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT ?
YOU KNOW ANOTHER WAY ?
YOU KNOW HOW I'M GONNA GETHE FUCK OUT OF THIS CIRCLE ?
FUCK IT, MAN. YOU AIN'NEVER GONNA UNDERSTAND.
I LET THEM IN MYSELF. I SAW
THAT FUCKIN' TEACHER GO IN.
WHO IS THIS GUY ?
SO WHERE THE 'HOODS ?
[ Stall Doors
Slamming ]
FUCK.
YOU SURE YOU LET 'EM
IN HERE ?
I LET 'EM IN MYSELF !
SO WHERE THE FUCK
THEY GO ?
BUT I DRAGGED THOSE THREE
OUT THE BATHROOM THE WAY I CAME.
HUH ? A COUPLE OF NEW YORK'S
FINEST CAME BY, PICKED 'EM UP.
WATCH YOURSELF !
PIPES CAN JUMP OUAND GRAB YOU WHEN
YOU DON'T EXPECT IT.
LIKE IN 'NAM, CAUGHIN THEM V.C. TUNNELS.
YOU HAD TO LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ?
YEP.
YOU TAKE FEAR,
AND YOU MAKE IT YOUR FRIEND.
ROGER THAT SHIT !
THEY TEACH YOU TO LOVE IT.
ONLY WHEN IT'S OVER,
AIN'T NOBODY TEACH YOU
HOW TO STOP LOVIN' IT.
SO FUCK IT.
I STAY DOWN HERE.
IT'S WARM, IT'S COMFORTABLE,
IT'S MINE.
DON'T BOTHER NOBODY.
I LIKE--
I LIKE TO FEEL
THE EARTH AROUND ME.
[ Laughs ]
WHAT ?
AIN'T NOBODY EVER COME TO THIS
PART OF THE SUBLEVEL 'CEPT ME.
AND NOW YOU.
CHECK THIS OUT.
I THINK YOU GONNA LIKE THIS.
TA-DA ! BEEN COLLECTIN'
SINCE '69.
AND IT ALL WORK TOO.
REALLY ?
YEAH.
[ Chuckles ]
THAT'S LIVE !
THAT'S BULLSHIT.
[ Laughs ]
BARTEE, DID YOU KNOW
RANDALL THOMASSON ?
YEAH. HE WAS A GOOD ONE.
I DIDN'T LIKE HEARIN'
HE GOT HISSELF FRAGGED.
HE WAS MY BROTHER.
OH !
BOY, THAT'S ONE BIG BITE
OF A SHIT SANDWICH.
I'M SORRY.
YOU WANNA POP ?
BARTEE, YOU SAID BEFORE
YOU HEARD A LOT OF THINGS
CRAWLIN' THROUGH THESE WALLS.
IT'S USUALLY NOTHIN'.
BUT FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS...
I HEAR PEOPLE COMIN'
AND GOIN' AT NIGHT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SUPPOSED
TO BE THERE 'CEPT SECURITY.
YOU NEVER CHECKED IT OUYOURSELF ?
HELL, YEAH.
BUT WHEN I GOT THERE,
WASN'T NO ONE AROUND.
NOTHIN'S BEIN' STOLEN, AND
NOTHIN'S BEEN REPORTED MISSIN'.
I CAN'T FIGURE IT.
I HAVE ANOTHER MAN
WORKING WITH ME.
WE NEED TO KNOW
WHERE THOSE SOUNDS
ARE COMING FROM.
TONIGHT. NOW.
ARE YOU READY
FOR A LITTLE RECON ?
YEAH, BUDDY.
I'M THE KEY MASTER.
ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU BRING ME
SOMETHING FOR MY COLLECTION.
ALL RIGHT.
- OH !
- YO ! DON'T FUCKIN' MOVE !
STUPID ! YOU WANNA END UP
LIKE YOUR DEAD-ASS POP !
I WANT YOU TO GEYOUR FRIEND OFF OUR ASS.
ALL RIGHT ?
GOT THAT ?
GOT THAT ?
THIS CONVERSATION
DID NOT HAPPEN.
[ Tires Squealing ]
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY FOUND OUT,
BUT THEY KNOW.
THEY KNOW ABOUT YOU AND ME
BEING CONNECTED.
I SWEAR I DIDN'SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
ALL RIGHT.
IN THE MEANTIME
I WANT YOU TO STAY HOME
FOR A DAY OR TWO.
QUARANTINED ?
[ Chuckles ]
WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL ?
DON'T YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THACAN PICK UP YOUR ASSIGNMENTS ?
YEAH, BUT--
LOOK, ANYA, I NEED YOU
TO DO THIS. OKAY ?
[ Car Horn Honks ]
ALL RIGHT ?
I'LL GET WHATEVER YOU NEED.
WHILE I'M HERE IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT,
YOU COULD DO SOME SHOPPING.
YOU KNOW, GET SOME SODAS,
DEFINITELY SOME YOGURT.
OKAY.
AND A COUPLE OF VIDEOS.
WHATEVER'S NEW ON THE SHELF.
BUT NO ROMANTIC COMEDIES.
RIGHT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LIST, OKAY ?
THANK YOU.
[ Groans ]
JOEY, THIS IS JOHNNY BARTEE.
OKAY. LET'S GET GOING.
WHOA. AREN'T YOU
FORGETTIN' SOMETHING ?
FOUND THIS
IN AN IRAQI BUNKER.
TRICLOSAN. GOVERNMENWON'T TELL YOU THIS,
BUT I WILL.
THIS IS WHAT'S CAUSING
GULF WAR SYNDROME.
SHIT.
THIS IS GONNA BE A FINE
ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION.
WHERE WE GOING, MAN ?
AUTO SHOP.
WE NEED TO OBSERVE
WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
ALL RIGHT.
I CAN ARRANGE THAT.
TRICLOSAN ?
THEY USE IIN HAND SOAP.
DON'T ASK.
LET THEM KNOW
THE SUBSTITUTE'S
ON HIS WAY IN, MAN.
[ Phone Dialing ]
[ Hammer Tapping Nearby ]
MIGHTY BUSY
FOR AN OFF NIGHT, HUH ?
WE GET UP
IN THIS DUCT HERE.
[ Equipment Whirring
Nearby ]
[ Grunts ]
LOOK RIGHT IN
ON THE PARTY.
[ Whirring Continues ]
THERE AIN'T NO VIETCONG
WAITIN' FOR YOU IN THERE.
HOIST YOUR ASS ON UP.
YO, B.
GO ON.
IT'S A REGULAR ASSEMBLY LINE
DOWN THERE.
NOT TOO STUPID, RUNNING
A CHOP SHOP OUT OF
YOUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[ Phone Ringing ]
- YEAH.
- WE GOT A PROBLEM, MAN.
A BIG, FUCKIN' PROBLEM.
I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CALL
YOU ON THIS PHONE--
HEY, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.
YOU TAKE DOWN WHAT,
THREE OR FOUR CARS
A WEEK.
TAKE A LITTLE OFF
THE ACTUAL RETAIL PRICE.
THEY'RE KNOCKIN' DOWN
A HUNDRED GRAND A MONTH.
WE GRABBED THIS CAR,
RIGHT ?
I WAS DRIVING FOLLOW-UP.
A LO-JACK MUST HAVE KICKED IN.
THE COPS PICKED UP
THAT THE CAR WAS HOT.
THERE WAS THIS CHASE.
DO YOU THINK RANDALL
FOUND OUT ? MAYBE ONE
OF THE 'HOODS TOOK HIM OUT.
NAH, I LAID BACK,
BUT THAT AIN'T THE PROBLEM.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR ?
WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUT THE CAR ?
FUCK THE CAR !
THAT SHIT WAS TOTALED.
THEY ARRESTED MASE,
DIDN'T THEY ?
WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUARRESTIN' MASE ?
THE BROTHER'S DEAD !
MASE IS DEAD !
FIRST GOOD NEWS
OF THE EVENING.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ?
MASE IS DEAD,
AND NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY.
WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO SAY,
MAN ? THE BROTHER'S
DEAD. THAT'S THAT.
IS IT ?
THE MAN TOOK A RISK.
HE FUCKED UP !
NEXT PAGE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IN COMBAWILL TELL YOU.
THE GUY NEXT TO YOU GOES DOWN,
YOU DON'T BLINK.
YOU PUSH ON. KEEP FIGHTING.
'CAUSE IF YOU LOSE YOUR FOCUS,
YOU LOSE YOUR CONCENTRATION
EVEN FOR ONE SECOND,
YOU COULD BE NEXT.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT MASE
WAS NO SOLDIER.
- AND THIS IS NO BATTLEFIELD.
- SEE. THAT'S WHERE YOU WRONG.
MISTER WHITE COLLEGE GRADUATE,
GO-TO-THE-FRONT,
SUBSTITUTE-TEACHER MAN.
YOU LIVE ON THESE STREETS ?
HMM ?
SEE, ME AND MY HOMEBOYS,
WE GOTTA FIGHFOR EVERYTHING WE GET,
'CAUSE AIN'T NOBODY
GONNA GIVE 'EM TO US
LIKE THEY GAVE 'EM TO YOU.
SO YOU KILL.
YOU TAKE OUT ANYBODY THAT GETS
IN YOUR WAY.
THAT'S YOUR M.O.,
ISN'T IT ?
WHAT YOU TRYIN' TO SAY ?
WHAT, THAT I SMOKED MASE ?
'CAUSE THE COPS THE ONES
WHO SMOKED MASE.
I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT MASE.
WHAT THE FUCK
IS YOU TALKIN' ABOUT ?
[ Buzzer Sounding ]
[ Sighs ]
AND HOW WAS YOUR DAY ?
TO BE HONEST, I'VE HAD BETTER.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD
OF LENTHROP.
TELL ME ABOUT DRUMMOND.
HE'S A BRIGHT GUY.
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
LIKE HIM.
BUT HE'S DIFFERENAWAY FROM WORK--
COLD, REGIMENTED.
FOR A WHILE
WE WERE FRIENDS.
BUT THEN
HE ASKED ME OUT.
I WASN'T INTERESTED.
HE HAS THIS VERY...
POSSESSIVE QUALITY
ABOUT HIM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THAT'S ABOUT ?
JEALOUSY.
DO YOU WANSOME MORE SAKE ?
YEAH.
YEAH ? A LITTLE BIT ?
YEAH.
I HAVE THIS STORY ABOUJEALOUSY. MY GRANDMOTHER
TOLD ME THIS A LONG TIME AGO.
THAT IF YOU TAKE JEALOUSY
AND YOU PUT IT IN
THE RIGHT PLACE,
THAT IT WILL
CREATE FRICTION.
AND THAT FRICTION
CREATES A SPARK.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ?
NOT YET, BUT I'M TRYING. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU TAKE, UM...
THE COMMON FIREFLY--
THIS LITTLE BUG.
MM-HMM.
NOW, DURING THE SUMMERTIME
IT FLIES AROUND AND AROUND
LOOKING INTO THE SKY.
GO ON.
I WON'T BITE,
I PROMISE.
[ Chattering ]
[ Whistling ]
DID YOU GETHE ASSIGNMENT ?
[ Carl ]
LISTEN, I NEED
SOMETHING FROM YOU.
OH, REALLY ?
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
I NEED YOU TO GET BACK
INTO THAT COMPUTER...
AND CHECK ON
DRUMMOND'S CAREER MOVES
BEFORE HE GOT HERE.
CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME ?
YEAH, BUT WHAT DOES THAHAVE TO DO WITH YOUR BROTHER ?
YOU GOTTA TRUST ME ON THIS.
I NEED THAT INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
THAT'S THE NEW GUY
WHO TOOK OVER FOR RANDALL ?
WONDER IF HE'S GONNA LAST.
[ Doorbell Ringing ]
DON'T WORRY. IT'S OKAY.
I'LL GET IT.
HELLO, LITTLE MISS.
HEY, BOSS.
CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG, BUT, UH,
DON'T PRISONERS GET AN HOUR
IN THE YARD FOR EXERCISE ?
OCCASIONALLY.
[ Sighs ]
[ Phone Ringing ]
HELLO ?
IT'S FOR YOU, COMMANDANT.
YEAH ?
[ Kara ]
CARL ?
I'VE GOT IT.
SOME INTERESTING THINGS
POPPED UP WHEN I WENT ON-LINE.
YOU'LL STOP BY LATER
AND PICK IT UP ?
WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
"WE" ?
DON'T OPEN THE DOOR
FOR ANYONE, OKAY ?
WE'LL BE BACK SOON.
[ Opening Door ]
[ Knocking ]
[ Reggae ]
HEY, KARA.
WARREN.
I WAS JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
THOUGHT I'D SAY HI.
BROUGHT YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM:
CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP.
THANKS.
NOT VERY HUNGRY.
I FORGOT WHAA GREAT APARTMENT YOU HAVE.
YOU WERE ONLY HERE
ONE TIME.
YEAH, AND WHAT WAS
I THINKIN', RIGHT ?
TERRIFIC GIRL WITH A GREAT JOB
AND A GREAT APARTMENT.
WARREN, THIS LITTLE
COMPETITION YOU HAVE GOING--
TELL ME ABOUT HIM.
[ Reggae ]
HEY.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU ?
GOOD.
[ Giggles ]
[ Continues ]
[ Kissing ]
[ Grunts ]
WHAT'S THE MATTER ?
NOTHING. I LIKE YOU.
WELL, I LIKE YOU TOO.
YOU KNOW THAT.
I KNOW.
THE THING IS...
YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY
THE ONLY REMAINING VIRGIN
OF OUR BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL.
OH, YEAH ?
YEAH.
THAT'S OKAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
SO !
[ Groaning ]
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAWE'RE BOTH HAVING FUN.
[ Grunting ]
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHO HE IS, HUH ?
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHO HE IS, HUH ?
[ Chuckles ]
FUCK YOU, WARREN !
[ Grunting ]
I'M NOT PLAYING WITH YOU,
KARA. WHO IS HE ?
[ Gasping ]
HE'S RANDALL THOMASSON'S
BROTHER.
THAT'S IT ?
HE JUST WANTS TO--
TO KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.
AND THAT'S IT ?
- BULLSHIT !
- [ Groans ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Whimpering ]
HE WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM ?
WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM ?
NOTHING.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM
ANYTHING.
SORRY.
[ Silenced Gunshots ]
YEAH. LOOK, I'M TIRED
OF THIS GUY, HUH.
I DON'T CARE. BY TOMORROW
MORNING, YOU AND YOUR 'HOODS
FIND HIM, YOU TAKE HIM OUT.
[ Chattering ]
[ Man ]
JUST HOLD IT OPEN.
I'LL GET THE DOOR.
I DON'T WANT IT SCRATCHED.
EXCUSE ME. CAN I GEBY HERE, PLEASE ?
YEAH, SURE.
THANK YOU.
WATCH THE LEG !
I GOT IT. I GOT IT.
[ Continues ]
YOU REALLY DON'WANNA DO THIS, DO YOU ?
NO, I REALLY DO
WANNA DO THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO WAIT.
[ Sighs ]
YOU'RE KILLIN' ME.
THIS IS MORE TORTURE
THAN PRACTICE.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHBE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YEAH ? YEAH.
YOU WANNA TAKE A SHOWER ?
NO WAY.
[ Laughs ]
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[ Shower Running ]
WHERE IS IT ?
COME ON.
WHERE ARE YOU GOIN' ?
WHERE'D YOU GET THIS ?
DANNY, WHERE'D
YOU GET THIS ?
HEY.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU SHOT HIM, DIDN'T YOU ?
YOU SET UP THE BROTHERHOOD,
AND YOU KILLED MY FATHER.
I NEEDED THE MONEY.
FOR WHAT ?
- YOU FUCKIN' STUPID ? HOW
WAS I GONNA PAY FOR THE CAR ?
- A CAR ?
WHAT WAS I GONNA DO,
ASK MY PARENTS ? I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHERE THE FUCK THEY ARE.
IF YOU AIN'T GOT SOMETHIN'
THEY WANT, THEY WON'T FUCKIN'
TALK TO YOU, SO FUCK THEM !
FUCK THOSE ASSHOLES
IN THE BROTHERHOOD.
WHAT'D IT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ?
SPECIAL THINGS. IT WAS
SUCH AN EASY SETUP, MAN.
BUT YOUR FATHER COMES ALONG
AND HAS TO PLAY
THE FUCKIN' HERO.
SO YOU FUCKED HIM ?
BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH,
SO YOU TRIED TO FUCK ME TOO.
HYAH !
[ Groans ]
STAFF SERGEANWARREN K. DRUMMOND OF
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,
GRANTED HONORABLE DISCHARGE
WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHARGED WITH SUSPICION
OF EXTRALEGAL AFFAIRS,
HONDURAS, 1986.
SON OF A BITCH
IS ONE OF US.
PLEADED "NO CONTEST" IN RETURN
FOR THE HONORABLE IN 1987.
[ Door Opens ]
HI.
HI.
I KNOW YOU'RE A BIG,
TOUGH MERC, BUT A PHONE CALL
WOULDN'T HAVE HURT.
I'M GETTING TIRED
OF LOSING PEOPLE. ANYA--
DANNY BRAMSON
KILLED MY DAD.
HE SET UP THE BROTHERHOOD,
HE STOLE A CAR AND
HE JUST SHOT HIM.
NICE TRADE, HUH:
A CAR FOR MY DAD ?
HE SAID HOW HE PROVED
TO MR. DRUMMOND...
THAT HE WAS SOMETHIN' SPECIAL.
WHEN IS THIS GONNA END ?
SOON.
VERY SOON.
THIS GUY GETS
TO SCHOOL EARLY.
HE DOES SEEM TO
KEEP HIMSELF BUSY.
CARL,
THAT FUCKUP IN GHANA,
THAT'S BERGER'S FAULT--
HE FROZE.
RANDALL DID
THE RIGHT THING.
I CAUGHT TWO CARLOADS.
YOU READY ?
BORN READY.
LET'S DO IT.
[ Carl ]
HOW CLOSE ?
LESS THAN A MINUTE.
WOO-HOO-HOO !
PARTY TIME.
IT'S ALL GOOD.
[ Chattering ]
I GOT IT.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA !
WHAT Y'ALL FELLAS INTO NOW ?
NOBODY EVEN HERE YET.
BAD NEWS, JOHNNY.
WE GOT TROOPS IN PURSUIT,
HEAVILY ARMED.
COME ON IN.
[ Bell Rings On Door ]
[ Doors Opening ]
- YOU OKAY ?
- WHY ?
- 'CAUSE YOU'RE HIT.
- FUCK.
THE GUNS IN THE BASEMENT. WE
GOTTA GO THROUGH THE AIR DUCT.
- GOOD. LET'S GO.
- WHERE'S THE OPENING ?
WE GOTTA GET ACROSS THE HALL.
WHY'D YOU BRING US IN HERE ?
BECAUSE THEY WERE
SHOOTIN' AT US !
NO SHIT !
FORGET ABOUT HIM !
HE'S GONE !
HE WAS JUST A KID !
WILL YOU COME THE FUCK ON !
[ Screaming ]
- LET'S GO.
- [ Groaning ]
THIS WAY.
HOW'D Y'ALL LIKE
THAT TUNNEL TOUR ?
JUST MAKE IT OUR LAST.
MY GUESS IS WE GOABOUT A MINUTE.
DON'T WORRY. Y'ALL GONNA
LIKE THIS. I KEEP THESE
HERE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
PUT A TIGER
IN YOUR TANK, SIR.
DOES IT WORK ?
FIRED IT TWO WEEKS AGO.
OUTSTANDING.
GO ON. I'M WITH YOU.
[ Boy ]
THIS IS IT, Y'ALL, ALL RIGHT.
IT'S SHOW TIME NOW.
[ Groans ]
WE'RE GOOD.
ONE DOWN.
[ Gunshots ]
- [ Groans ]
-[ Rapid Gunfire ]
[ Screams ]
THAT'S TWO AND THREE.
[ Gasps ]
WHAT THE HELL
Y'ALL WAITIN' ON ?
- I DON'T KNOW. YOU ?
- WE GOTTA MOVE.
SHOW US THE WAY.
WHAT DO YOU KEEP LOOKIN' AT ?
KNOCKOUT GAS.
DAMN STUFF SHOULD'VE GONE OFF.
YOU GOT A GAS MASK
FOR THAT ?
DOWN !
OH, DAMN.
WE ALMOST HOME.
LET'S MOVE !
LET'S GO, BARTEE.
[ Joey ]
COME ON. SOME TIME TODAY.
I'M WITH YA !
- ANY TIME.
- JUST ONE MORE SECOND.
[ Weapon Clicks,
Fails To Fire ]
SAY GOOD-BYE, MOTHERFUCKERS,
AND BE SURE TO WRITE.
[ Gunshots ]
[ Shouting, Indistinctly ]
THIRTY SECONDS,
THEY'LL ALL BE UP.
HEY, LITTLE BALLS.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT HURTS.
[ Gunfire ]
WHY DID DRUMMOND HAVE
RANDALL THOMASSON KILLED ?
DRUMMOND SAID,
"KILL WILLY."
WHAT ABOUTHOMASSON ?
DIDN'T LIKE HIM.
TOO FUCKIN' NOSY.
WASN'T US, MAN.
SOME KID GOT HIM FIRST.
WHERE NOW ?
THERE'S A CERTAIN TEACHER
IN NEED OF A NEW LESSON PLAN.
YO, DONTAE.
WHAT'S UP ?
SOME SHIT'S BUZZIN' AROUND
SCHOOL ABOUT MR. T'S SUPPOSED
TO BE KICKIN' BROTHERHOOD'S ASS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT ?
I SAW HIM HEADED TOWARDS
SHOP ! AND SECURITY
IS ALL OVER THE PLACE !
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
OH, SHIT.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HEADS.
THE HEADS CONTROL AIRFLOW
MIXTURE, INTAKE AND EXHAUST.
OPEN YOUR BOOKS.
[ Girl ]
MR. DRUMMOND ?
- DID YOU HEAR
ABOUT MISS LAVELLE ?
- HE DOESN'T HAVE TO.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT,
DRUMMOND ?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
'CAUSE YOU KILLED HER.
THAT'S VERY ENTERTAINING.
OPEN YOUR--
KARA LAVELLE DIED
BECAUSE SHE KNEW SOMETHING.
SO DID MY BROTHER.
NOW THAT WE KNOW
WHO KILLED HIM,
EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE.
I FEEL SORRY
FOR DANNY BRAMSON.
SEEMED LIKE A GOOD KID.
I NEVER MENTIONED HIS NAME.
YOU ALSO NEVER SAID
YOU WERE A MERCENARY,
RIGHT ?
[ Muttering ]
LIEUTENANT CARL M. THOMASSON.
YOU KILL PEOPLE FOR MONEY.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOU
DIDN'T KILL MISS LAVELLE ?
WHAT I DO IS A JOB.
I TRY NOT TO LIKE ITOO MUCH.
SO THIS
IS GOING TO BE
A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
MARLA, CALL SECURITY.
- I WOULDN'T DO THAT, PROFESSOR.
-[ Boys Muttering ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Students Muttering ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Students Muttering ]
YO, YO, BACK UP !
MY GOD !
VIOLENCE
[ Students Shouting ]
[ Groaning ]
CARL !
NO !
[ Screwdriver
Piercing Body ]
[ Gurgles ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Students Chattering ]
YOU'RE OKAY.
HOW YA DOING ?
NO WORSE THAN YOU.
SO, TELL ME,
WHAT DO YOU GOT PLANNED
FOR THIRD PERIOD, HUH ?
ALL RIGHT, ALL Y'ALL KIDS,
BACK TO CLASS.
SHOW'S OVER, UNLESS YOU WANANOTHER DEMONSTRATION FROM ME.
YO, SECURITY, GET ME
AN AMBULANCE OUT HERE.
LOOK LIKE YOU COULD
USE A DOCTOR.
YEAH, AND A VACATION.
SO ? SO--
[ Chuckles ]
THANKS.
NO PROBLEM.
I'LL SEND YOU
A BILL.
[ Laughing ]
[ Bartee ]
MAN, YOU ALL RIGHT.
SO, WHAT DANGEROUS PAROF THE WORLD ARE WE
OFF TO NOW ?
WELL, I THINK YOU SHOULD
FINISH HIGH SCHOOL,
AND THEN WE'LL TALK
ABOUT DANGEROUS PARTS
OF THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW,
I'M KEEPING THE HOUSE,
AND THERE'S
A SPARE BEDROOM,
AND YOUR NAME IS
THOMASSON.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY
PROUD OF YOU.
VERY PROUD.
CLOSED-CAPTIONED BY
CAPTIONS, INC. LOS ANGELES
THE FEAR OF MANY MEN
TIMES AN INFINITE NUMBER
OF FUCKUPS
HAS BROUGHT US TO THE STREETS
WHERE FOOT SOLDIERS SIC UP
BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN
STYLES ARE BASEMENFILES ARE FUNK
TEN GIG OF HARD DRIVE
WE RIDE IN THE TRUNK
THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND
WORDS, SOUND
WORDS, SOUND
WORDS, SOUND
THE WHITE LINE IS GROUND
THE RED LINE TIES YOU IN
AND THAT MEANS
THE SHIT IS HOT
I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
AND IT'S THE ONLY SPOT
WHERE MASS STYLES FESTER
AND DROP
UNWRITTEN LAWS AND
A FUCKED-UP INDUSTRY
WITH NO BALLS
CAN'T STOP THE BEASWHEN NATURE CALLS
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
A JUNGLE
A JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
[ Continues Repeating ]
COME ON
[ Echoing ]
[ Reggae, Indistinct ]
NO MORE RULE BOOKS
NO MORE TEACHERS'
DIRTY LOOKS
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT COMPLETELY
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S BEEN BLOWN
TO PIECES
WELL, YOU GOT NO CHOICE
ALL THE GIRLS AND BOYS
THEY MADE ALL THAT NOISE
BUT THEY FOUND NEW TOYS
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT COMPLETELY
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S BEEN BLOWN
TO PIECES
WELL, WE'VE GOT NO CLASS
AND WE'VE GOT NO PRINCIPAL
WE'VE GOT NO INNOCENCE
CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER WORD
THAT RHYMES
OH, SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT COMPLETELY
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
DON'T YOU KNOW
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
[ Boy ]
CHECK IT OUT.
WE WERE HEADED UPTOWN.
WATCH YOURSELF !
[ Horn Honking ]
[ Tires Squealing ]
OH, NO.
[ Squealing Continues ]
LEAVE ME ALONE !
GET OFF ALREADY !
[ Gasps ]
-OH, NO !
- PULL THE FUCKING CAR
OVER NOW, GIRL.
PULL THE FUCKING CAR
OVER NOW, GIRL !
I'M NOT FUCKIN' AROUND !
- [ Tires Squealing ]
- [ Van Horn Honking ]
YO, COME ON !
LET'S GO ! LET'S MOVE IT !
WE'RE NOT PLAYIN' AROUND,
FOOL ! COME ON !
OPEN THE DOOR ! GET OUT !
YO, YO, YO !
CHECK THIS OUT !
[ Woman ]
OH, PLEASE ! MY GOD.
[ Man ] HEY !
- YO. LOOK WHO'S HERE.
- RANDALL THOMASSON.
OUR LUCKY DAY.
- BACK THE FUCK UP !
- WAIT A MINUTE.
[ Gasping ]
NO ONE WANTS TO GET HURT.
YOU KNOW THAT,
AND I KNOW THAT.
LIKE YOU KNOW THIS GUN
FUCKIN' POINTED AT YOU ?
YOU BOYS ARE FROM LENTHROP ?
END THIS NOW, BEFORE
YOU RUIN YOUR LIVES.
- DON'T FUCK
WITH THE BROTHERHOOD !
-I'M NOT.
JUST GIVE ME THE GUNS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TALKIN'.
GET ON THE FUCKING GROUND !
YOU HEARD HIM ! NOW !
THINK ABOUWHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M OFFERING YOU
A WAY OUT.
EVERYBODY WINS.
WHAT THE FUCK ?
[ Gasping ]
[ Gunshots Continue ]
FUCK YOU, THOMASSON !
ARE YOU CRAZY ?
WHAT THE FUCK
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?
HE WAS OUTTA CONTROL !
WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO STEAL
THE CAR !
HE WAS GOIN' DOWN
SOONER OR LATER !
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT ?
WHY WERE YOU SHOOTIN'
AT HER ?
I DON'T KNOW !
LET'S GRAB THE CAR, AND GETHE FUCK OUT OF HERE !
ALL RIGHT ! ALL RIGHT !
GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
SO LONG, THOMASSON.
[ Gunshots ]
ARE YOU CRAZY ?
WHO'S THE ONE
OUT OF CONTROL NOW ?
GET OUT OF HERE !
COME ON !
COME ON !
SO LONG, TEACH.
[ Engines Starting ]
YEAH, THIS IS WILLY.
[ Tires Squealing ]
[ Siren Wailing ]
[ "Taps" ]
THANKS.
HOW YOU FEELIN' ?
I'M OKAY.
THANKS, DANNY.
LISTEN, IF YOU WANTO TALK, I'M AROUND.
MAYBE TOMORROW
WE COULD GO GRAB
A SLICE OR SOMETHING.
TAKE YOUR MIND OFF
ALL THIS STUFF.
OKAY.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO
TO HELP YOU--
YEAH.
YOU COULD TELL ME WHY
SOMEONE WOULD DO THIS.
THAT WOULD HELP.
[ Man ]ANYA.
UNCLE CARL ?
I REMEMBER A KID
WHO WAS ABOUT THIS TALL.
YEAH ? WELL, THAT WAS
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
KARA LAVELLE,
I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE.
THIS IS CARL THOMASSON,
MY UNCLE.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
I WORKED WITH ANYA'S
FATHER AT LENTHROP.
I DON'T REMEMBER RANDALL
MENTIONING A BROTHER.
ANYA'S ONE OF THE TOP
STUDENTS AT LENTHROP.
YOU MUST BE PROUD OF HER.
YES.
EXCUSE ME.
NOT MUCH
OF A STUDENT TURNOUT.
NOT MUCH OF A SURPRISE.
RANDALL WORKED
IN THE SPECIAL STUDENTS' WING.
KIDS WITH DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS.
VIOLENT.
THEY'RE PROBABLY OUCELEBRATING.
THE REST COULDN'T MAKE BAIL.
ANYA HAS MY NUMBER
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
FEEL FREE.
DAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE CODE
AND WHICH NEWSPAPER
TO PUT IT IN...
IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED.
LOOK, I KNOW YOU TWO
HAD YOUR OWN DEAL,
BUT HE KNEW THAIF I EVER NEEDED HELP,
HE COULD TRUST YOU.
WHAT HAPPENED ?
HE WAS MURDERED.
HE WAS PICKING UP
SOME GROCERIES
AT A PLACE NEAR SCHOOL.
TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD,
BUT MY DAD WASN'AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
HE USED TO SAY,
"NEGOTIATE,
[ Together ]
DON'T INITIATE."
LOOK WHERE IT GOT HIM.
DAD ALWAYS FIGURED
THAT YOU'D BE THE ONE
TO GO FIRST.
KILLED IN SOME
THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS NEVER
GONNA SEE YOU AGAIN.
I GUESS HE WAS
ONLY HALF RIGHT.
I WONDER--
I WONDER
HOW MANY FIREFIGHTS
YOU WALKED OUT OF.
AND HE...
WALKED INTO A CAR JACKING,
AND THEY SHOT HIM.
WHAT DO YOU CARE ?
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
HE WAS TRYING TO FIND YOU ?
DO YOU KNOW
HOW MANY OTHER CODES
HE PUT IN THE PAPERS ?
DID YOU KNOW THAT HE USED TO
TEACH ME KARATE ?
[ Crying ]
SO.
ARE YOU HERE TO HELP,
OR ARE YOU JUSON YOUR WAY ?
PASSING THROUGH ?
[ Boy ]
YOU KNOW YOU WANT ME, BABY.
WHAT'S UP ?
YOU COULD TRUST US.
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
[ Girl ]
DON'T TOUCH ME.
HEY, GUYS !
I'LL SEE YOU IN CLASS.
YOU NEED IT, GIRL.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG
WITH THAT GIRL ?
DAMN.
SHE'S ALL YOURS.
THINKS HE'S GONNA DO SOMETHIN'.
[ Crying ]
YOU OKAY ?
[ Car Approaching ]
[ Boy ]
YO, ASSHOLE.
YOU ADDRESSING ME ?
I'M TALKIN' TO YOUR ASS,
BEAVIS. WHAT THE FUCK
YOU DOIN' ON MY BLOCK ?
WALKING.
YOU HERE LOOKIN'
FOR A LITTLE SOMETHIN' ?
HOW LITTLE YOU WANT IT ?
DON'T COME LOOKIN' OVER HERE,
'LESS YOU WANNA GEYOUR ASS KICKED.
YOU WOULDN'T BE
THREATENING ME, WOULD YOU ?
-[ Siren Wails ]
-[ Man On Bullhorn ]
YOU WANNA GET IN THE CAR ?
LATER, ASSHOLE.
[ Boy ]
WATCH THIS !
[ Screaming ]
[ Bell Ringing ]
MR. SIX,
YOU'RE LOOKING FIT.
LOOKING GOOD YOURSELF.
NICE RENDEZVOUS POINT.
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY
I WAS TO SEE YOUR NAME
ON THE LOCAL AVAILABLE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN MIAMI
WITH SHALE.
I WAS.
I'M A NEW YORKER NOW.
I GOT MYSELF
AN EXPENSIVE APARTMENT,
THE OVERPRICED CLOTHES,
SEASON TICKETS TO THE KNICKS.
HEY, CARL.
I'M SORRY ABOUYOUR BROTHER, MAN.
THANKS.
DID YOU TWO EVER MANAGE
TO WORK THINGS OUT ?
NO.
- SO WHY AREN'T YOU
WITH SHALE ?
- WHY ?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
'CAUSE SHE IS.
HER NAME IS JANE HETZKO.
THIS IS COSTA RICA.
YOU NORMALLY CARRY AROUND OTHER
PEOPLE'S VACATION PICTURES ?
SHALE SENT IT TO ME
FROM THE PEACE CORPS.
THE MAN IS TEACHING NOW.
JOEY, I'VE GOT SOMETHING.
I'M GONNA BE STRAIGHT.
THERE'S NO MONEY IN IT.
- YOUR BROTHER ?
- YEAH.
WHAT DID THE COPS
HAVE TO SAY ?
THEY'RE DOIN' THE BEST THEY CAN,
BUT IT'S A BIG CITY.
I'M IN.
EVERYTHING'S STILL FRESH,
SO I WANT TO MOVE ON THIS.
TALK TO THIS GUY.
HE OWNS THE PLACE
WHERE MY BROTHER WAS KILLED.
OKAY.
YOU NEED A RIDE ?
NO, THANKS.
HEY, LIEUTENANT.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK
IN YOUR CREW.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
HI.
HI.
NO, THANKS.
[ Chuckles ]
SO. DID THIS PULL YOU
AWAY FROM ANYTHING ?
NO, NO.
I'M BETWEEN WARS.
YEAH. ME TOO.
YOU MUST HATE THIS,
HAVING TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT SOMEONE.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU'RE MY BROTHER'S DAUGHTER--
I MEAN IT'S OKAY IF YOU'RE NOT.
I CAN HANDLE THIS ON MY OWN.
HOW MUCH LONGER
YOU WANT TO STAY ?
UNTIL I FIND OUWHO KILLED YOUR FATHER.
THAT WORKS FOR ME.
THE GUY FROM THE REPAIR SHOP
DIDN'T WANT TO TALK AT FIRST.
HE WAS PRETTY SPOOKED.
HE SAW THE SHOOTERS ?
ONE SHOOTER.
AROUND LENTHROP HIGH SCHOOL,
THE MAJOR GANGBANGERS CALL
THEMSELVES THE "BROTHERHOOD."
OR THE 'HOODS.
THESE LITTLE SCUMBAGS,
THEY WEAR SWEATSHIRTS
TURNED AROUND WITH LITTLE
EYEHOLES CUT IN THE HOODS...
SO WHENEVER THEY MAKE A MOVE,
UP COMES THE HOOD.
THE REPAIR SHOP OWNER SAID
HE WAS SURE THAT THE KIDS
WERE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHERE DO THEY SPEND
MOST OF THEIR TIME ?
FINDING THAT OUT'S
NOT A PROBLEM.
GETTING YOU INSIDE THE SCHOOL,
THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
GOT ANY IDEAS WHO MIGHT BE
ABLE TO HELP US OUT ?
[ Door Opener Buzzing ]
[ Locks Clicking ]
HEY. COME ON IN.
THANKS.
IS THAT FOR ME?
YEAH.
IT WAS A NICE SURPRISE
WHEN YOU CALLED.
HOW'S ANYA HOLDING UP ?
ACTUALLY,
SHE'S DOING VERY WELL.
BOY, BOTH PARENTS DEAD
BEFORE YOU TURN 18.
WHO DEFINES "FAIR" ?
YOU SEEM TO KNOW
A LOT ABOUT HER.
RANDALL AND I WERE INVOLVED
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
EVENTUALLY WE BECAME FRIENDS,
ALTHOUGH HE WAS A LITTLE
TOUGH TO GET CLOSE TO.
HOPE IT'S NOT A FAMILY TRAIT.
LISTEN, KARA, WHO'S, UH--
WHO'S GONNA TAKE OVER
RANDALL'S CLASSES ?
I'M SURE REGISTRY WILL TRY
TO RECRUIT A SUBSTITUTE.
RECRUIT ?
THE SPECIAL WING IS NOONE OF THE POPULAR ASSIGNMENTS.
ALTHOUGH, YOUR BROTHER
ACTUALLY THOUGHHE COULD HELP THOSE KIDS.
IS THERE ANY REASON
WHY I COULDN'T BE A SUBSTITUTE ?
WELL, THAT DEPENDS.
WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY
DO FOR A LIVING ?
I'M A TEACHER TOO,
OF SORTS.
I TEACH PEOPLE
HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
DEFEND THEMSELVES.
LIKE WHAT ? KARATE ?
THAT'S PART OF IT, BUT, UH,
ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE.
WHO DO YOU TEACH ?
WHOEVER PAYS ME.
ARE WE TALKING
COUNTRIES HERE ?
KARA.
I'M GONNA FIND OUWHAT HAPPENED TO RANDALL
WHETHER YOU HELP ME OR NOT.
I'D LIKE YOU TO HELP ME.
YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF
A TEACHING CERTIFICATE.
BUT THAT SHOULD ONLY TAKE
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND WE NEED TO GET YOUR NAME
INTO THE COMPUTER REGISTRY.
[ Kids Chattering ]
[ Boy ]
LOOK AT THE HANDS.
I CUT 'EM OFF.
[ Scoffing ]
YOU CUT 'EM OFF !
NICE SHOES THERE.
FUCK YOU.
HOW YOU DOIN', MAN ?
HOW YOU FEELIN' ?
I'M ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S UP ?
THANKS FOR ASKING.
SORRY ABOUWHAT HAPPENED.
WORD IS THE BROTHERHOOD
WAS DOWN WITH IT.
THERE'S NO DOUBT.
WHEN THE SHIT HITS,
IT'S ALWAYS THEM.
SO WHO'S TAKIN' OVER
YOUR DAD'S CLASS ?
YOU FUCKING STUPID ?
WHAT ? WHAT ?
[ Buzzer ]
EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE THE REGISTRY OFFICE IS ?
IT'S THIS WAY.
FOLLOW ME.
THANKS.
YOU'RE NEW.
YEAH.
WELCOME TO LENTHROP.
I'M WARREN DRUMMOND.
FRANK PERAKOWSKI.
HOW YOU DOIN', FRANK ?
I TEACH AUTO SHOP, DRIVER'S ED,
COACH THE SOCCER TEAM.
ARE YOU PERMANENOR SUBSTITUTE ?
I DON'T KNOW YET.
I'M TAKING OVER
FOR MR. THOMASSON.
TAUGHT IN SOME
SPECIAL STUDENTS' WING ?
YEAH. SIBERIA.
REGISTRATION WILL GIVE YOU
AN I.D. BADGE. SECURITY WON'LET YOU UP THERE WITHOUT ONE.
WHAT'S UP, MR. D ?
DANNY.
HEY, THANKS
FOR THAT ADVICE.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
EVERYTHING'S WORKIN' OUPRETTY GOOD.
I'M GLAD.
IF THAT KID HADN'T FOUND SOCCER,
HE'D BE LOST.
HERE'S THE OFFICE.
YOU GOT A WHIP
IN THAT BRIEFCASE ?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND A SENSE OF HUMOR.
YOU'LL NEED IT.
GOOD LUCK UP THERE.
THANKS.
CAN'T STOP THE BEASWHEN NATURE CALLS
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN'S
IT'S LIKE THE JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN'
IN BROOKLYN
[ Metal Detector Beeps ]
[ Wand Squeals ]
[ Boy Shouting ]
YO, CHECK IT OUT.
SHUT UP !
EXCUSE ME.
CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE ROOM 416 IS ?
MR. THOMASSON'S OLD CLASS.
AROUND THE CORNER TO THE RIGHT.
BETTER WATCH YOUR ASS
UP IN THERE.
[ Students Shouting ]
PAY ATTENTION.
WE GOT CHICAGO OVER HERE.
FURTHER WESWE GOT SEATTLE--
[ Loud Music Playing ]
[ Everyone Talking At Once ]
I KNOW YOU'RE FEELIN' ME, BABY.
I KNOW YOU'RE FEELIN' ME.
GOOD MORNING, CLASS.
EXCUSE ME. WOULD YOU
TURN THAT DOWN, PLEASE ?
- WHAT ?
- WOULD YOU TURN
THAT DOWN, PLEASE.
FUCK YOU, MAN.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG.
YO, TURN IT DOWN, MASE.
I WANNA HEAR WHATHE MAN GOT TO SAY.
[ Turns Off ]
SHIT, MAN. I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOU GOT TO SAY.
- TRUE.
- THANK YOU.
DID YOU BRING ENOUGH
OF THAT FOR EVERYONE ?
UH, I MUST HAVE LEFT MY COOLER
AT HOME, BILL.
[ Boys Laugh ]
THAT'S NOT VERY CONSIDERATE.
YOUR CLASSMATES
MIGHT BE THIRSTY.
FUCK THAT !
WHAT THE FUCK I LOOK LIKE ?
DR. PEPPER ?
THIS AIN'T GOODWILL,
MOTHERFUCKER. BETTER
SLOW THAT SHIT DOWN.
MY NAME'S MR. PERAKOWSKI.
'SCUSE ME.
MR. PERA-WHAT-SKI ?
I'LL BE YOUR NEW TEACHER.
YOU GONNA TEACH US
HOW TO USE FOUR GUYS
TO SCREW IN A LIGHTBULB ?
[ Students Chuckle ]
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD TAKE
FOUR GUYS TO SCREW ANYTHING.
UNLESS WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUFOUR COWARDLY LOWLIFES. IS THAWHAT WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT ?
YO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK
YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT.
- HOW'D YOU GET THAT ?
- I HURT IT PLAYING BASKETBALL.
SPORTS CAN BE ROUGH.
SO CAN TEACHING.
NOT IF YOU HAVE
A STRONG LESSON PLAN.
OH, YEAH ? WHAT'S THIS
SO-CALLED GREAT LESSON PLAN
YOU GOT FOR US ?
I HAVE IRIGHT HERE.
[ Metal Clinking ]
- [ Scoffing ]
- YO-YO. SHOW AND TELL ?
NOW, GIVEN THAT THIS IS
A HISTORY CLASS,
HISTORY IS ALL ABOUPERCEPTION.
WHAT THE FUCK
IS YOU TALKIN' ABOUT, MAN ?
PERCEPTION.
FOR EXAMPLE,
30 YEARS AGO...
THE UNITED STATES PERCEIVED
THE SOVIET UNION TO BE
ITS GREATEST THREAT.
BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY
CAN BARELY FEED THEMSELVES,
MUCH LESS CONQUER US.
- AW, MAN.
-LET'S TALK ABOUT VIETNAM.
VIETNAM WAS A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT PERCEPTION.
WE PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE
A SMALL, AGRARIAN COUNTRY...
THAT MILITARILY
WE COULD EASILY JUST...
ROLL OVER.
BUT AS WE NOW KNOW,
AND IT WAS A VERY
TOUGH LESSON TO LEARN,
THAT THEY JUSROLLED RIGHT OVER US.
SO WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THESE
TWO MISTAKEN PERCEPTIONS ?
ANYONE ?
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT AM I HOLDING ?
WHAT THE FUCK.
IT'S A YO-YO.
MM-HMM. NOW.
DEFINE IT FURTHER.
SAY WHAT ?
WHAT EXACTLY IS A YO-YO ?
IT'S A STUPID
LITTLE TOY, MAN.
[ Carl ]
THAT'S RIGHT.
TODAY IT'S A TOY.
BUT 400 YEARS AGO,
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
IT WAS A WEAPON.
[ Students Exclaiming,
Laughing ]
[ Boy ]
HE'S A NINJA !
PERCEPTION.
NOW, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ?
NEVER JUDGE A BOOK
BY ITS COVER.
NEXT TIME, BRING
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE.
WE GONNA
BUST HIS ASS UP ?
I'M READY.
DON'T NOBODY MOVE
ON IT TODAY.
ALL RIGHT.
HAD THE WORD WITH LITTLE B.
TOMORROW SOMEBODY'S GONNA
TAKE CARE OF THAT MOTHERFUCKER.
[ Beeps ]
[ News Announcer On Radio,
Indistinct ]
MIND IF I SIT DOWN ?
MIGHT AS WELL.
NOBODY ELSE WILL HAVE YOU,
NOT WEARING THAT I.D. BADGE.
HERE AT LENTHROP WE WEAR
OUR SCARLET LETTERS WITH PRIDE.
MACK WEATHERS.
FRANK PERAKOWSKI.
MEET AN ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE,
ROY SINGER.
JOSEPH KARPAL...
AND CAPTAIN SALAMANDER HIMSELF,
HOWARD MARTIN.
WELL, HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP,
FIRST DAY IN HELL ?
PRETTY GOOD.
I'M STILL HERE.
HOW ARE THE KIDS
TREATING YOU ?
THEY THINK THEY'RE
PRETTY TOUGH, BUI'M NOT SO SURE.
OOH. THAT'S WHARANDALL THOMASSON THOUGHT.
THE MAN YOU'RE SUBSTITUTING FOR,
HE HAD SOME IDEA
THAT THESE CRETINS WERE WORTH
SOME KIND OF AN EFFORT.
HE FOUND OUT A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY, DIDN'T HE ?
ONLY A FOOL SUFFERS
A FOOL'S FOLLY.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME
ADVICE. PUNCH IN, PUNCH OUAND TRY TO STAY ALIVE.
YOU'LL NEVER BE PAID ENOUGH
TO DO MORE.
PREACHIN' TO THE CHOIR AGAIN,
WEATHERS ?
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.
THE TRUTH IS, YOU COULDN'T TEACH
A FISH HOW TO SWIM.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY ALL
YOUR STUDENTS ARE DROWNING.
YOU'VE GOT STUDENTS, DRUMMOND.
I'VE GOT LAB EXPERIMENTS.
MAYBE IF MR. THOMASSON HAD
LEARNED TO ACCEPT THAT...
HE WOULDN'T BE GETTING
A MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN THE HALL.
RANDALL THOMASSON WAS
THE ONLY TEACHER WHO TRIED
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YEAH. LOOK WHAHE GOT FOR IT. BOOM.
FRANK. YEAH ?
YOU GOT A MINUTE ?
SURE.
EXCUSE ME.
GOOD LUCK.
DON'T LISTEN TO THAT SHIT.
THOMASSON WAS A GOOD MAN
AND A GOOD TEACHER.
HIS LOSS WAS A TRAGEDY
FOR THIS SCHOOL.
HE'S NOT LIKE THESE GUYS.
DID YOU REQUESTHIS ASSIGNMENT ?
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SUBJECYOURSELF TO THAT ABUSE ?
WARREN.
KARA.
ARE YOU GOING
TO INTRODUCE ME ?
YEAH, SURE.
FRANK PERAKOWSKI.
KARA LAVELLE.
WELCOME.
SO NICE TO MEET YOU, FRANK.
[ Buzzer Sounding ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING ?
I WAS JUST HAVING FUN
AT WARREN'S EXPENSE.
COULD YOU HAVE IWITH LESS ENTHUSIASM ?
YES, SIR.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHOW ME
HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY, SIR.
SHALL WE SAY 1900 HOURS ?
HOLA, SENORITA.
WANT TO COME FOR A RIDE
IN MY CAR ?
MAN, WHAT'S UP
WITH THIS ?
DANNY, THIS CAR
IS BEAUTIFUL.
IS IT YOURS ?
IT'S THE BOMB, AIN'T IT ?
WHERE ARE YOU HEADED ?
HOW'S A GUY LIKE YOU
AFFORD A RIDE LIKE THIS ?
LET ME GUESS. AN EARLY
BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
YEAH.
THAT'LL BE THE DAY.
SMART MONEY SAYS
THE BETTER ACTION IS
IN THE CAR WITH THE NIECE.
I THINK THE SMART MONEY
SHOULD SHUT UP.
SHALL WE ?
LET'S.
LET'S GO SEE WILLY.
LET ME SHOW Y'ALL
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK
WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE.
[ Guys Shouting ]
[ Man Groaning ]
[ Man Grunts Painfully ]
[ Laughter, Jeering ]
- [ Machine Whirring ]
- [ Grunts ]
[ Jeering Continues ]
REMEMBER YOUR
REPAIR SHOP GUY ?
[ Grunts, Moans ]
THAT'S HIM.
SHALL WE ?
LET'S.
DON'T FUCK UP.
STRIKE ONE.
[ Laughs ]
HEY, WILLY.
YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.
WE ALWAYS TREATED YOU GOOD.
PROTECTED YOU.
BUT NOW YOU'RE TELLIN' EVERYONE
THAT WE KILLED THAT TEACHER.
WE EVEN GAVE YOU A TASTE
OF THE BUSINESS.
SO YOU CALLED THEM,
DIDN'T YOU ?
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
SO I CALLED THE COPS.
SO WHAT ?
YOU DIDN'T JUST CALL FOR HELP.
I GOT N.Y.P.D. BLUE
ALL OVER MY ASS.
I GOT SHIT TO MOVE.
MIGHT AS WELL BUST A CAP
IN MY ASS WHILE YOU AT IT.
BUT, NAH, YOU HAD TO SPIIN MY FACE.
GIMME THAT BAT.
I TOLD YOU TO NEVER FUCK
WITH THE BROTHERHOOD.
WHAT YOU THINK ?
YOU ROBBIE ALOMAR ?
SPIT IN MY FACE
AND GET AWAY WITH IT ?
LOWER THE BAT.
- WHO THE FUCK ?
- I SAID PUT THE BAT DOWN.
- YOU FUCKIN' UP.
- COME ON, SIX.
SLOW IT DOWN.
LITTLE B. WHAT DOES THASTAND FOR ? LITTLE BRAINS
OR LITTLE BALLS ?
HELP ME OUT HERE.
YOU GOT SOME BALLS.
I'M GONNA USE 'EM
FOR BATTING PRACTICE.
HEY, LITTLE BALLS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAAN INFRARED LASER SIGHT IS ?
TAKE A LOOK
AT YOUR CHEST.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS MAN
OUTTA HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU UNDERSTAND ?
[ Silenced Gunshots ]
DAMN, MAN,
MY LEG !
WANNA TRY THAT YOURSELF ?
I DIDN'T THINK SO.
LOOK AROUND YOU.
EVERYBODY HERE IS DEAD
WHEN I SAY SO...
IF YOU EVEN THINK
OF MAKIN' A MOVE.
[ Groaning ]
YOU CAN END UP
LIKE YOUR SCUMBAG FRIENDS.
IT'S YOUR MOVE.
-[ Bat Clatters ]
- GOOD CHOICE.
GO UNTIE THE MAN.
- LET HIM DOWN.
- YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
I WANT YOU TO DO IT.
YOU'RE FUCKIN' UP NOW,
MISTER MAN.
[ Blade Clicks Open ]
DON'T MESS WITH MY CREW.
I ALREADY DID.
EVERYBODY STAY PUT TILL THOSE
LITTLE RED DOTS DISAPPEAR.
UNLESS YOU CARE
TO BE VENTILATED.
PEACE.
MMM. WHAT ARE WE DOING ?
EXPRESSING
OUR FRIENDSHIP.
MM-HMM.
COME ON. I'VE BEEN
HOPING THIS WOULD HAPPEN
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
YEAH ? ME TOO.
WHY DON'T WE JUST SLOW DOWN
JUST A LITTLE BIT ? OKAY ?
'CAUSE--
I DON'T GET YOU. I MEAN,
YOU LIKE ME, RIGHT ?
WELL, WELCOME
TO THE THOMASSON FAMILY.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE THOMASSON FAMILY ?
I'M SORRY.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN--
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
BUT THERE'S AN OLD FRIEND
OF HIS THAT'S LOOKING.
YEAH ? HIS OLD FRIEND
A COP OR WHAT ?
NO. HE'S JUST THIS GUY.
KIND OF STRANGE. VERY INTENSE.
BUT HIS HEART'S
IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
IS THERE ANYTHING
I CAN DO ?
NO.
NO ?
SHIT.
IT'S MY UNCLE.
YOU'VE GOTTA GO.
WHY ? I GOT MY CLOTHES ON.
LET ME MEET HIM.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HE'S A MORMON.
WHAT ?
HE'S A MORMON.
I'M SERIOUS !
[ Footsteps On Stairs ]
HI.
HEY.
WELCOME BACK
FROM SIBERIA.
THANK YOU.
[ Car Engine Starting ]
HOW WAS IT ?
GOOD. WE DISCUSSED
THE HISTORY OF THE YO-YO.
AH, DEEP.
[ Laughs ]
HEY.
NICE MUSTANG.
[ Sighs ]
HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.
RIGHT HERE.
LET'S GO.
GET OUT, MAN.
I'M LOOKIN'.
I'M LOOKIN'.
[ Alarm Wailing ]
[ Alarm Stops ]
LET'S GO.
[ Engine Starts ]
[ Kara ]
YOU EVER BEEN MARRIED ?
NO.
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT ?
NO.
EVER HAD A DOG ?
YEAH.
BUT... IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
[ Laughs ]
OKAY, OKAY.
THAT'S FAIR.
TELL ME SOMETHING
ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
NOT MUCH TO TELL.
GEEZ.
YOU'RE TOUGH.
NOTHING SCARES YOU
EXCEPT MAYBE SHARING
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
ONCE UPON A TIME...
A LONG TIME AGO--
RANDALL AND I WERE PARTNERS.
IN WHAT ?
WRESTLING.
MERCENARIES.
RANDALL THOMASSON
WAS A MERCENARY.
[ Inhales ]
YES, HE WAS.
HE AND I CREWED TOGETHER
QUITE A LOT.
IN SEPTEMBER, 1986,
WE TOOK AN ASSIGNMENT.
TWO MONTHS IN GHANA.
SOME THINGS HAPPENED.
MISTAKES WERE MADE.
A MAN WAS KILLED,
AND THE MISSION WENT TO SHIT.
EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE
OF ANYA'S BIRTHDAYS, I NEVER
SPOKE TO HIM AFTER THAT.
WHY DID HE DECIDE
TO TEACH ?
[ Sighs ]
'CAUSE HE WAS
A GREAT TEACHER.
[ Phone Ringing ]
YEAH.
SO, WHERE ARE YOU ?
THE SAME PLACE.
AND WHERE IS THAT ?
LOOK, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
FOR ME OR NOT ?
I THINK I DO.
OUR FRIENDS DONTAE AND MASE
HAVE BEEN VERY BAD BOYS TONIGHT.
I PLANTED A CAR,
AND OFF IT WENT.
AND GUESS WHERE IT ENDED UP.
OKAY. I'LL MEET YOU THERE
IN 20 MINUTES.
[ Hangs Phone Up ]
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.
THANKS FOR THE EGG ROLLS.
MMM.
[ Joey ]
HEY. INSIDE THAT TRUCK
IS WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR CAR.
ANY IDEA WHY THEY
BROUGHT IT HERE ?
JUST SITTING HERE
WAITING FOR YOU,
LOVER BOY.
SIDE DOOR.
BAY DOORS.
[ Carl ]
TOMORROW NIGHWE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
BIG DAY TOMORROW.
WHY IS THAT ?
[ Dontae On Tape ]
DON'T NOBODY MOVE ON IT TODAY.
HAD A WORD WITH LITTLE B.
SAYS TOMORROW SOMEBODY'S GONNA
TAKE CARE OF THAT MOTHERFUCKER
REAL GOOD.
SOUNDS INTERESTING.
[ Loud Rap
On Boom Box ]
GOOD MORNING, CLASS.
WELL, IF IT AIN'T THE MAN
WITH THE LESSON PLAN.
[ Moaning ]
- IS HE NOT FEELING WELL ?
- I GUESS NOT.
LET'S DO THIS SHIT.
[ Loud Rap Continues ]
I'D LIKE TO
GET STARTED, MASE.
I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED.
WHAT ?
I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED.
[ Continues ]
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU,
THEN, BABY ?
I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY
CAN HEAR ME.
YOU KNOW, HONESTLY,
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
GIVES A FUCK.
I KNOW I DON'T,
CRACKER.
[ Everyone Laughs ]
WELL, CLASS, IT APPEARS WE HAVE
WHAT IS CALLED AN IMPASSE.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED
WITH THIS SITUATION...
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
CAN ANYBODY TELL ME
WHAT AN IMPASSE IS ?
YEAH. ISN'T THAT SOMETHING
LIKE A "COMP-ASS" ?
[ Continues ]
[ Students Laughing ]
NO.
AN IMPASSE IS A SITUATION
THAT HAS NO APPARENT SOLUTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'D LIKE
TO BEGIN MY LECTURE,
WHILE MASE WANTS TO LISTEN
TO HIS MUSIC.
NOW, IF WE BOTH REFUSE
TO COMPROMISE,
WHAT WE HAVE
IS CALLED AN "IMPASSE."
SO IN THE ABSENCE
OF COMPROMISE,
HOW DO WE RESOLVE A SITUATION
OF THIS NATURE ?
- WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOIN'
WITH MY RADIO ?
- ANYONE ?
MOTHERFUCKER !
THAT'S MY GODDAMN RADIO !
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU REFUSED TO COMPROMISE,
AND SO, IN FACT, DID I.
HOWEVER, MY POSITION WAS
EXPLAINED TO YOU VERY CLEARLY.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO ELABORATE FURTHER ?
NO, I THINK I SHOULD ELABORATE
YOUR MONKEY ASS.
I'M GONNA CUT YOU REAL GOOD.
VERY GOOD. WE CAN DISCUSS
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAIF YOU PREFER.
PARRY AWAY.
ALWAYS PARRY AWAY.
ALWAYS KEEP THE WEAPON
AS FAR FROM THE BODY
AS POSSIBLE.
[ Student ]
AH, MAN !
EVERYONE SEE HOW OPEN HE IS ?
IN THE ABSENCE OF COMPROMISE,
THE GREATER FORCE PREVAILS.
MASE, YOU LOST A RADIO,
BUT YOU LEARNED A LESSON.
THAT LESSON COULD
SAVE YOUR LIFE SOMEDAY.
KEYSHAWN'S BEEN GONE
A LONG TIME.
MASE, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AFTER
THE CLASS WHILE I'M GONE.
OH, AND, UH, MASE.
DON'T USE THAUNLESS YOU HAVE TO.
[ Boy ]
MASE AIN'T NOBODY.
KEYSHAWN ?
KEYSHAWN, YOU OKAY ?
KEYSHAWN ?
[ Grunts, Groans ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughing ]
WE'RE GONNA NEED A SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE SUBSTITUTE.
[ Boy Groans ]
[ Punches Landing ]
YO, MAN !
STOP THAT CRAP !
WHAT'S WRONG WITH Y'ALL ?
[ Gasping ]
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOURANDALL THOMASSON'S MURDER ?
FUCK YOU.
[ Toilet Flushing ]
[ Exhales ]
MY FRIEND, YOU ARE
A VERY DANGEROUS PERSON.
MOTHERFUCKER, DON'T LOOK AT ME
LIKE THAT ! I'LL COME OVER
THERE AND KICK YOUR ASS.
I WORK IN THIS BUILDING.
THE JANITOR, JOHNNY BARTEE.
YEAH. I AIN'T NEVER
SEEN NO TEACHER...
USE NO GREEN BERET SPECIAL
FORCES TACTICS LIKE THAT BEFORE.
YOU RECOGNIZE THAT ?
JANUARY, 1971.
NOVEMBER, 1972.
FIRST BATTALION,
16th INFANTRY.
SENT US INTO THEM
V.C. TUNNELS.
SOME OF US NEVER CAME OUT.
SOME OF US STAYED IN
TOO LONG.
TUNNEL RAT.
NOW I UNDERSTAND
THE ENTRANCE.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY
THESE GENTLEMEN MEANT YOU
SUCH SERIOUS HURT.
I MEAN, THEY ARE CLEARLY
TOO MATURE TO BE STUDENTS,
AND YOU ARE CLEARLY
NO ORDINARY TEACHER.
I'M ON A SECRET MISSION.
GODDAMN IT !
I KNEW IT !
YOU'RE AN UNDERCOVER AGENT.
THAT'S RIGHT, BUT I WANTO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
YOU JUST GET YOURSELF
BACK TO CLASS.
I'LL CLEAN UP THIS MESS.
YOU SURE ?
I'M THE JANITOR.
THAT'S MY JOB.
YOU CRAWL AROUND INSIDE
THESE WALLS LONG ENOUGH,
YOU HEAR SOME THINGS.
YOU JUST COME DOWN AND FIND ME
IN THE BASEMENT LATER.
ALL RIGHT ?
I'LL DO THAT.
[ Chuckles ]
UH, BARTEE ?
YEAH ?
YOU GOT ANY SPOT REMOVER ?
WHAT BRAND ?
[ Laughing ]
YOU SHOULD HAVE
CAME WITH ME.
[ Door Opening ]
SO HE WAS TRYIN'
TO GET OUT ?
HE WAS LIKE, BOOM, BOOM--
KEYSHAWN.
- ARE YOU OKAY ?
- YEAH. I'M COOL.
I'M CHILLIN'.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT OKAY,
I COULD WALK YOU BACK
TO THE BATHROOM MYSELF.
YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY ?
I'M COOL.
I'M CHILLIN'.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, LET'S SEE.
WHERE WERE WE ?
I BELIEVE WE WERE DISCUSSING
FORCE VERSUS COMPROMISE.
[ Buzzer Sounding ]
OKAY, GUYS. LISTEN.
TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING
ABOUT ALASKA, THE 49th STATE.
HEY, MASE.
LISTEN. UM, WAS
THAT RADIO EXPENSIVE ?
NO, NO. STOLEN.
YO, MAN. I WAS WRONG.
IT WAS A RIGHTEOUS BUST.
WAIT A MINUTE. HOLD ON.
IF YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH
TO KNOW THAT, YOU'RE
SMART ENOUGH...
TO BREAK LOOSE
FROM THOSE GANGBANGERS.
OH, YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
I COULD BE A STOCKBROKER,
RIGHT ?
- WHY NOT ?
- [ Scoffs ]
MAN, DO YOU KNOW ME ?
DO YOU KNOW MY LIFE ?
MY POP'S IN PRISON, RIGHT ?
MY LITTLE BROTHER JUST GOT SHOIN A DRIVE-BY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK
MY MOM IS.
DO YOU DIG WHAT I'M SAYIN' ?
WHAT I DIG IS THAT YOU DON'HAVE TO END UP THE SAME WAY,
NOT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO LIVE
THIS LIFE ! AND I'M LEADIN'
IT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NEVER
JUST ONE WAY.
WHAT THE FUCK
ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT ?
YOU KNOW ANOTHER WAY ?
YOU KNOW HOW I'M GONNA GETHE FUCK OUT OF THIS CIRCLE ?
FUCK IT, MAN. YOU AIN'NEVER GONNA UNDERSTAND.
I LET THEM IN MYSELF. I SAW
THAT FUCKIN' TEACHER GO IN.
WHO IS THIS GUY ?
SO WHERE THE 'HOODS ?
[ Stall Doors
Slamming ]
FUCK.
YOU SURE YOU LET 'EM
IN HERE ?
I LET 'EM IN MYSELF !
SO WHERE THE FUCK
THEY GO ?
BUT I DRAGGED THOSE THREE
OUT THE BATHROOM THE WAY I CAME.
HUH ? A COUPLE OF NEW YORK'S
FINEST CAME BY, PICKED 'EM UP.
WATCH YOURSELF !
PIPES CAN JUMP OUAND GRAB YOU WHEN
YOU DON'T EXPECT IT.
LIKE IN 'NAM, CAUGHIN THEM V.C. TUNNELS.
YOU HAD TO LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ?
YEP.
YOU TAKE FEAR,
AND YOU MAKE IT YOUR FRIEND.
ROGER THAT SHIT !
THEY TEACH YOU TO LOVE IT.
ONLY WHEN IT'S OVER,
AIN'T NOBODY TEACH YOU
HOW TO STOP LOVIN' IT.
SO FUCK IT.
I STAY DOWN HERE.
IT'S WARM, IT'S COMFORTABLE,
IT'S MINE.
DON'T BOTHER NOBODY.
I LIKE--
I LIKE TO FEEL
THE EARTH AROUND ME.
[ Laughs ]
WHAT ?
AIN'T NOBODY EVER COME TO THIS
PART OF THE SUBLEVEL 'CEPT ME.
AND NOW YOU.
CHECK THIS OUT.
I THINK YOU GONNA LIKE THIS.
TA-DA ! BEEN COLLECTIN'
SINCE '69.
AND IT ALL WORK TOO.
REALLY ?
YEAH.
[ Chuckles ]
THAT'S LIVE !
THAT'S BULLSHIT.
[ Laughs ]
BARTEE, DID YOU KNOW
RANDALL THOMASSON ?
YEAH. HE WAS A GOOD ONE.
I DIDN'T LIKE HEARIN'
HE GOT HISSELF FRAGGED.
HE WAS MY BROTHER.
OH !
BOY, THAT'S ONE BIG BITE
OF A SHIT SANDWICH.
I'M SORRY.
YOU WANNA POP ?
BARTEE, YOU SAID BEFORE
YOU HEARD A LOT OF THINGS
CRAWLIN' THROUGH THESE WALLS.
IT'S USUALLY NOTHIN'.
BUT FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS...
I HEAR PEOPLE COMIN'
AND GOIN' AT NIGHT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SUPPOSED
TO BE THERE 'CEPT SECURITY.
YOU NEVER CHECKED IT OUYOURSELF ?
HELL, YEAH.
BUT WHEN I GOT THERE,
WASN'T NO ONE AROUND.
NOTHIN'S BEIN' STOLEN, AND
NOTHIN'S BEEN REPORTED MISSIN'.
I CAN'T FIGURE IT.
I HAVE ANOTHER MAN
WORKING WITH ME.
WE NEED TO KNOW
WHERE THOSE SOUNDS
ARE COMING FROM.
TONIGHT. NOW.
ARE YOU READY
FOR A LITTLE RECON ?
YEAH, BUDDY.
I'M THE KEY MASTER.
ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU BRING ME
SOMETHING FOR MY COLLECTION.
ALL RIGHT.
- OH !
- YO ! DON'T FUCKIN' MOVE !
STUPID ! YOU WANNA END UP
LIKE YOUR DEAD-ASS POP !
I WANT YOU TO GEYOUR FRIEND OFF OUR ASS.
ALL RIGHT ?
GOT THAT ?
GOT THAT ?
THIS CONVERSATION
DID NOT HAPPEN.
[ Tires Squealing ]
I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY FOUND OUT,
BUT THEY KNOW.
THEY KNOW ABOUT YOU AND ME
BEING CONNECTED.
I SWEAR I DIDN'SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
ALL RIGHT.
IN THE MEANTIME
I WANT YOU TO STAY HOME
FOR A DAY OR TWO.
QUARANTINED ?
[ Chuckles ]
WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL ?
DON'T YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THACAN PICK UP YOUR ASSIGNMENTS ?
YEAH, BUT--
LOOK, ANYA, I NEED YOU
TO DO THIS. OKAY ?
[ Car Horn Honks ]
ALL RIGHT ?
I'LL GET WHATEVER YOU NEED.
WHILE I'M HERE IN
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT,
YOU COULD DO SOME SHOPPING.
YOU KNOW, GET SOME SODAS,
DEFINITELY SOME YOGURT.
OKAY.
AND A COUPLE OF VIDEOS.
WHATEVER'S NEW ON THE SHELF.
BUT NO ROMANTIC COMEDIES.
RIGHT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LIST, OKAY ?
THANK YOU.
[ Groans ]
JOEY, THIS IS JOHNNY BARTEE.
OKAY. LET'S GET GOING.
WHOA. AREN'T YOU
FORGETTIN' SOMETHING ?
FOUND THIS
IN AN IRAQI BUNKER.
TRICLOSAN. GOVERNMENWON'T TELL YOU THIS,
BUT I WILL.
THIS IS WHAT'S CAUSING
GULF WAR SYNDROME.
SHIT.
THIS IS GONNA BE A FINE
ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION.
WHERE WE GOING, MAN ?
AUTO SHOP.
WE NEED TO OBSERVE
WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
ALL RIGHT.
I CAN ARRANGE THAT.
TRICLOSAN ?
THEY USE IIN HAND SOAP.
DON'T ASK.
LET THEM KNOW
THE SUBSTITUTE'S
ON HIS WAY IN, MAN.
[ Phone Dialing ]
[ Hammer Tapping Nearby ]
MIGHTY BUSY
FOR AN OFF NIGHT, HUH ?
WE GET UP
IN THIS DUCT HERE.
[ Equipment Whirring
Nearby ]
[ Grunts ]
LOOK RIGHT IN
ON THE PARTY.
[ Whirring Continues ]
THERE AIN'T NO VIETCONG
WAITIN' FOR YOU IN THERE.
HOIST YOUR ASS ON UP.
YO, B.
GO ON.
IT'S A REGULAR ASSEMBLY LINE
DOWN THERE.
NOT TOO STUPID, RUNNING
A CHOP SHOP OUT OF
YOUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[ Phone Ringing ]
- YEAH.
- WE GOT A PROBLEM, MAN.
A BIG, FUCKIN' PROBLEM.
I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CALL
YOU ON THIS PHONE--
HEY, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.
YOU TAKE DOWN WHAT,
THREE OR FOUR CARS
A WEEK.
TAKE A LITTLE OFF
THE ACTUAL RETAIL PRICE.
THEY'RE KNOCKIN' DOWN
A HUNDRED GRAND A MONTH.
WE GRABBED THIS CAR,
RIGHT ?
I WAS DRIVING FOLLOW-UP.
A LO-JACK MUST HAVE KICKED IN.
THE COPS PICKED UP
THAT THE CAR WAS HOT.
THERE WAS THIS CHASE.
DO YOU THINK RANDALL
FOUND OUT ? MAYBE ONE
OF THE 'HOODS TOOK HIM OUT.
NAH, I LAID BACK,
BUT THAT AIN'T THE PROBLEM.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR ?
WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUT THE CAR ?
FUCK THE CAR !
THAT SHIT WAS TOTALED.
THEY ARRESTED MASE,
DIDN'T THEY ?
WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUARRESTIN' MASE ?
THE BROTHER'S DEAD !
MASE IS DEAD !
FIRST GOOD NEWS
OF THE EVENING.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ?
MASE IS DEAD,
AND NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY.
WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO SAY,
MAN ? THE BROTHER'S
DEAD. THAT'S THAT.
IS IT ?
THE MAN TOOK A RISK.
HE FUCKED UP !
NEXT PAGE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IN COMBAWILL TELL YOU.
THE GUY NEXT TO YOU GOES DOWN,
YOU DON'T BLINK.
YOU PUSH ON. KEEP FIGHTING.
'CAUSE IF YOU LOSE YOUR FOCUS,
YOU LOSE YOUR CONCENTRATION
EVEN FOR ONE SECOND,
YOU COULD BE NEXT.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT MASE
WAS NO SOLDIER.
- AND THIS IS NO BATTLEFIELD.
- SEE. THAT'S WHERE YOU WRONG.
MISTER WHITE COLLEGE GRADUATE,
GO-TO-THE-FRONT,
SUBSTITUTE-TEACHER MAN.
YOU LIVE ON THESE STREETS ?
HMM ?
SEE, ME AND MY HOMEBOYS,
WE GOTTA FIGHFOR EVERYTHING WE GET,
'CAUSE AIN'T NOBODY
GONNA GIVE 'EM TO US
LIKE THEY GAVE 'EM TO YOU.
SO YOU KILL.
YOU TAKE OUT ANYBODY THAT GETS
IN YOUR WAY.
THAT'S YOUR M.O.,
ISN'T IT ?
WHAT YOU TRYIN' TO SAY ?
WHAT, THAT I SMOKED MASE ?
'CAUSE THE COPS THE ONES
WHO SMOKED MASE.
I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT MASE.
WHAT THE FUCK
IS YOU TALKIN' ABOUT ?
[ Buzzer Sounding ]
[ Sighs ]
AND HOW WAS YOUR DAY ?
TO BE HONEST, I'VE HAD BETTER.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD
OF LENTHROP.
TELL ME ABOUT DRUMMOND.
HE'S A BRIGHT GUY.
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
LIKE HIM.
BUT HE'S DIFFERENAWAY FROM WORK--
COLD, REGIMENTED.
FOR A WHILE
WE WERE FRIENDS.
BUT THEN
HE ASKED ME OUT.
I WASN'T INTERESTED.
HE HAS THIS VERY...
POSSESSIVE QUALITY
ABOUT HIM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THAT'S ABOUT ?
JEALOUSY.
DO YOU WANSOME MORE SAKE ?
YEAH.
YEAH ? A LITTLE BIT ?
YEAH.
I HAVE THIS STORY ABOUJEALOUSY. MY GRANDMOTHER
TOLD ME THIS A LONG TIME AGO.
THAT IF YOU TAKE JEALOUSY
AND YOU PUT IT IN
THE RIGHT PLACE,
THAT IT WILL
CREATE FRICTION.
AND THAT FRICTION
CREATES A SPARK.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ?
NOT YET, BUT I'M TRYING. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU TAKE, UM...
THE COMMON FIREFLY--
THIS LITTLE BUG.
MM-HMM.
NOW, DURING THE SUMMERTIME
IT FLIES AROUND AND AROUND
LOOKING INTO THE SKY.
GO ON.
I WON'T BITE,
I PROMISE.
[ Chattering ]
[ Whistling ]
DID YOU GETHE ASSIGNMENT ?
[ Carl ]
LISTEN, I NEED
SOMETHING FROM YOU.
OH, REALLY ?
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
I NEED YOU TO GET BACK
INTO THAT COMPUTER...
AND CHECK ON
DRUMMOND'S CAREER MOVES
BEFORE HE GOT HERE.
CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME ?
YEAH, BUT WHAT DOES THAHAVE TO DO WITH YOUR BROTHER ?
YOU GOTTA TRUST ME ON THIS.
I NEED THAT INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
THAT'S THE NEW GUY
WHO TOOK OVER FOR RANDALL ?
WONDER IF HE'S GONNA LAST.
[ Doorbell Ringing ]
DON'T WORRY. IT'S OKAY.
I'LL GET IT.
HELLO, LITTLE MISS.
HEY, BOSS.
CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG, BUT, UH,
DON'T PRISONERS GET AN HOUR
IN THE YARD FOR EXERCISE ?
OCCASIONALLY.
[ Sighs ]
[ Phone Ringing ]
HELLO ?
IT'S FOR YOU, COMMANDANT.
YEAH ?
[ Kara ]
CARL ?
I'VE GOT IT.
SOME INTERESTING THINGS
POPPED UP WHEN I WENT ON-LINE.
YOU'LL STOP BY LATER
AND PICK IT UP ?
WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
"WE" ?
DON'T OPEN THE DOOR
FOR ANYONE, OKAY ?
WE'LL BE BACK SOON.
[ Opening Door ]
[ Knocking ]
[ Reggae ]
HEY, KARA.
WARREN.
I WAS JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
THOUGHT I'D SAY HI.
BROUGHT YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM:
CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP.
THANKS.
NOT VERY HUNGRY.
I FORGOT WHAA GREAT APARTMENT YOU HAVE.
YOU WERE ONLY HERE
ONE TIME.
YEAH, AND WHAT WAS
I THINKIN', RIGHT ?
TERRIFIC GIRL WITH A GREAT JOB
AND A GREAT APARTMENT.
WARREN, THIS LITTLE
COMPETITION YOU HAVE GOING--
TELL ME ABOUT HIM.
[ Reggae ]
HEY.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU ?
GOOD.
[ Giggles ]
[ Continues ]
[ Kissing ]
[ Grunts ]
WHAT'S THE MATTER ?
NOTHING. I LIKE YOU.
WELL, I LIKE YOU TOO.
YOU KNOW THAT.
I KNOW.
THE THING IS...
YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY
THE ONLY REMAINING VIRGIN
OF OUR BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL.
OH, YEAH ?
YEAH.
THAT'S OKAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
SO !
[ Groaning ]
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAWE'RE BOTH HAVING FUN.
[ Grunting ]
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHO HE IS, HUH ?
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHO HE IS, HUH ?
[ Chuckles ]
FUCK YOU, WARREN !
[ Grunting ]
I'M NOT PLAYING WITH YOU,
KARA. WHO IS HE ?
[ Gasping ]
HE'S RANDALL THOMASSON'S
BROTHER.
THAT'S IT ?
HE JUST WANTS TO--
TO KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.
AND THAT'S IT ?
- BULLSHIT !
- [ Groans ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Whimpering ]
HE WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM ?
WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM ?
NOTHING.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM
ANYTHING.
SORRY.
[ Silenced Gunshots ]
YEAH. LOOK, I'M TIRED
OF THIS GUY, HUH.
I DON'T CARE. BY TOMORROW
MORNING, YOU AND YOUR 'HOODS
FIND HIM, YOU TAKE HIM OUT.
[ Chattering ]
[ Man ]
JUST HOLD IT OPEN.
I'LL GET THE DOOR.
I DON'T WANT IT SCRATCHED.
EXCUSE ME. CAN I GEBY HERE, PLEASE ?
YEAH, SURE.
THANK YOU.
WATCH THE LEG !
I GOT IT. I GOT IT.
[ Continues ]
YOU REALLY DON'WANNA DO THIS, DO YOU ?
NO, I REALLY DO
WANNA DO THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO WAIT.
[ Sighs ]
YOU'RE KILLIN' ME.
THIS IS MORE TORTURE
THAN PRACTICE.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHBE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YEAH ? YEAH.
YOU WANNA TAKE A SHOWER ?
NO WAY.
[ Laughs ]
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[ Shower Running ]
WHERE IS IT ?
COME ON.
WHERE ARE YOU GOIN' ?
WHERE'D YOU GET THIS ?
DANNY, WHERE'D
YOU GET THIS ?
HEY.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU SHOT HIM, DIDN'T YOU ?
YOU SET UP THE BROTHERHOOD,
AND YOU KILLED MY FATHER.
I NEEDED THE MONEY.
FOR WHAT ?
- YOU FUCKIN' STUPID ? HOW
WAS I GONNA PAY FOR THE CAR ?
- A CAR ?
WHAT WAS I GONNA DO,
ASK MY PARENTS ? I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHERE THE FUCK THEY ARE.
IF YOU AIN'T GOT SOMETHIN'
THEY WANT, THEY WON'T FUCKIN'
TALK TO YOU, SO FUCK THEM !
FUCK THOSE ASSHOLES
IN THE BROTHERHOOD.
WHAT'D IT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ?
SPECIAL THINGS. IT WAS
SUCH AN EASY SETUP, MAN.
BUT YOUR FATHER COMES ALONG
AND HAS TO PLAY
THE FUCKIN' HERO.
SO YOU FUCKED HIM ?
BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH,
SO YOU TRIED TO FUCK ME TOO.
HYAH !
[ Groans ]
STAFF SERGEANWARREN K. DRUMMOND OF
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,
GRANTED HONORABLE DISCHARGE
WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHARGED WITH SUSPICION
OF EXTRALEGAL AFFAIRS,
HONDURAS, 1986.
SON OF A BITCH
IS ONE OF US.
PLEADED "NO CONTEST" IN RETURN
FOR THE HONORABLE IN 1987.
[ Door Opens ]
HI.
HI.
I KNOW YOU'RE A BIG,
TOUGH MERC, BUT A PHONE CALL
WOULDN'T HAVE HURT.
I'M GETTING TIRED
OF LOSING PEOPLE. ANYA--
DANNY BRAMSON
KILLED MY DAD.
HE SET UP THE BROTHERHOOD,
HE STOLE A CAR AND
HE JUST SHOT HIM.
NICE TRADE, HUH:
A CAR FOR MY DAD ?
HE SAID HOW HE PROVED
TO MR. DRUMMOND...
THAT HE WAS SOMETHIN' SPECIAL.
WHEN IS THIS GONNA END ?
SOON.
VERY SOON.
THIS GUY GETS
TO SCHOOL EARLY.
HE DOES SEEM TO
KEEP HIMSELF BUSY.
CARL,
THAT FUCKUP IN GHANA,
THAT'S BERGER'S FAULT--
HE FROZE.
RANDALL DID
THE RIGHT THING.
I CAUGHT TWO CARLOADS.
YOU READY ?
BORN READY.
LET'S DO IT.
[ Carl ]
HOW CLOSE ?
LESS THAN A MINUTE.
WOO-HOO-HOO !
PARTY TIME.
IT'S ALL GOOD.
[ Chattering ]
I GOT IT.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA !
WHAT Y'ALL FELLAS INTO NOW ?
NOBODY EVEN HERE YET.
BAD NEWS, JOHNNY.
WE GOT TROOPS IN PURSUIT,
HEAVILY ARMED.
COME ON IN.
[ Bell Rings On Door ]
[ Doors Opening ]
- YOU OKAY ?
- WHY ?
- 'CAUSE YOU'RE HIT.
- FUCK.
THE GUNS IN THE BASEMENT. WE
GOTTA GO THROUGH THE AIR DUCT.
- GOOD. LET'S GO.
- WHERE'S THE OPENING ?
WE GOTTA GET ACROSS THE HALL.
WHY'D YOU BRING US IN HERE ?
BECAUSE THEY WERE
SHOOTIN' AT US !
NO SHIT !
FORGET ABOUT HIM !
HE'S GONE !
HE WAS JUST A KID !
WILL YOU COME THE FUCK ON !
[ Screaming ]
- LET'S GO.
- [ Groaning ]
THIS WAY.
HOW'D Y'ALL LIKE
THAT TUNNEL TOUR ?
JUST MAKE IT OUR LAST.
MY GUESS IS WE GOABOUT A MINUTE.
DON'T WORRY. Y'ALL GONNA
LIKE THIS. I KEEP THESE
HERE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
PUT A TIGER
IN YOUR TANK, SIR.
DOES IT WORK ?
FIRED IT TWO WEEKS AGO.
OUTSTANDING.
GO ON. I'M WITH YOU.
[ Boy ]
THIS IS IT, Y'ALL, ALL RIGHT.
IT'S SHOW TIME NOW.
[ Groans ]
WE'RE GOOD.
ONE DOWN.
[ Gunshots ]
- [ Groans ]
-[ Rapid Gunfire ]
[ Screams ]
THAT'S TWO AND THREE.
[ Gasps ]
WHAT THE HELL
Y'ALL WAITIN' ON ?
- I DON'T KNOW. YOU ?
- WE GOTTA MOVE.
SHOW US THE WAY.
WHAT DO YOU KEEP LOOKIN' AT ?
KNOCKOUT GAS.
DAMN STUFF SHOULD'VE GONE OFF.
YOU GOT A GAS MASK
FOR THAT ?
DOWN !
OH, DAMN.
WE ALMOST HOME.
LET'S MOVE !
LET'S GO, BARTEE.
[ Joey ]
COME ON. SOME TIME TODAY.
I'M WITH YA !
- ANY TIME.
- JUST ONE MORE SECOND.
[ Weapon Clicks,
Fails To Fire ]
SAY GOOD-BYE, MOTHERFUCKERS,
AND BE SURE TO WRITE.
[ Gunshots ]
[ Shouting, Indistinctly ]
THIRTY SECONDS,
THEY'LL ALL BE UP.
HEY, LITTLE BALLS.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT HURTS.
[ Gunfire ]
WHY DID DRUMMOND HAVE
RANDALL THOMASSON KILLED ?
DRUMMOND SAID,
"KILL WILLY."
WHAT ABOUTHOMASSON ?
DIDN'T LIKE HIM.
TOO FUCKIN' NOSY.
WASN'T US, MAN.
SOME KID GOT HIM FIRST.
WHERE NOW ?
THERE'S A CERTAIN TEACHER
IN NEED OF A NEW LESSON PLAN.
YO, DONTAE.
WHAT'S UP ?
SOME SHIT'S BUZZIN' AROUND
SCHOOL ABOUT MR. T'S SUPPOSED
TO BE KICKIN' BROTHERHOOD'S ASS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT ?
I SAW HIM HEADED TOWARDS
SHOP ! AND SECURITY
IS ALL OVER THE PLACE !
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
OH, SHIT.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HEADS.
THE HEADS CONTROL AIRFLOW
MIXTURE, INTAKE AND EXHAUST.
OPEN YOUR BOOKS.
[ Girl ]
MR. DRUMMOND ?
- DID YOU HEAR
ABOUT MISS LAVELLE ?
- HE DOESN'T HAVE TO.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT,
DRUMMOND ?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
'CAUSE YOU KILLED HER.
THAT'S VERY ENTERTAINING.
OPEN YOUR--
KARA LAVELLE DIED
BECAUSE SHE KNEW SOMETHING.
SO DID MY BROTHER.
NOW THAT WE KNOW
WHO KILLED HIM,
EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE.
I FEEL SORRY
FOR DANNY BRAMSON.
SEEMED LIKE A GOOD KID.
I NEVER MENTIONED HIS NAME.
YOU ALSO NEVER SAID
YOU WERE A MERCENARY,
RIGHT ?
[ Muttering ]
LIEUTENANT CARL M. THOMASSON.
YOU KILL PEOPLE FOR MONEY.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOU
DIDN'T KILL MISS LAVELLE ?
WHAT I DO IS A JOB.
I TRY NOT TO LIKE ITOO MUCH.
SO THIS
IS GOING TO BE
A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
MARLA, CALL SECURITY.
- I WOULDN'T DO THAT, PROFESSOR.
-[ Boys Muttering ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Students Muttering ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Students Muttering ]
YO, YO, BACK UP !
MY GOD !
VIOLENCE
[ Students Shouting ]
[ Groaning ]
CARL !
NO !
[ Screwdriver
Piercing Body ]
[ Gurgles ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Students Chattering ]
YOU'RE OKAY.
HOW YA DOING ?
NO WORSE THAN YOU.
SO, TELL ME,
WHAT DO YOU GOT PLANNED
FOR THIRD PERIOD, HUH ?
ALL RIGHT, ALL Y'ALL KIDS,
BACK TO CLASS.
SHOW'S OVER, UNLESS YOU WANANOTHER DEMONSTRATION FROM ME.
YO, SECURITY, GET ME
AN AMBULANCE OUT HERE.
LOOK LIKE YOU COULD
USE A DOCTOR.
YEAH, AND A VACATION.
SO ? SO--
[ Chuckles ]
THANKS.
NO PROBLEM.
I'LL SEND YOU
A BILL.
[ Laughing ]
[ Bartee ]
MAN, YOU ALL RIGHT.
SO, WHAT DANGEROUS PAROF THE WORLD ARE WE
OFF TO NOW ?
WELL, I THINK YOU SHOULD
FINISH HIGH SCHOOL,
AND THEN WE'LL TALK
ABOUT DANGEROUS PARTS
OF THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW,
I'M KEEPING THE HOUSE,
AND THERE'S
A SPARE BEDROOM,
AND YOUR NAME IS
THOMASSON.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY
PROUD OF YOU.
VERY PROUD.
CLOSED-CAPTIONED BY
CAPTIONS, INC. LOS ANGELES
THE FEAR OF MANY MEN
TIMES AN INFINITE NUMBER
OF FUCKUPS
HAS BROUGHT US TO THE STREETS
WHERE FOOT SOLDIERS SIC UP
BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN
STYLES ARE BASEMENFILES ARE FUNK
TEN GIG OF HARD DRIVE
WE RIDE IN THE TRUNK
THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND
WORDS, SOUND
WORDS, SOUND
WORDS, SOUND
THE WHITE LINE IS GROUND
THE RED LINE TIES YOU IN
AND THAT MEANS
THE SHIT IS HOT
I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
AND IT'S THE ONLY SPOT
WHERE MASS STYLES FESTER
AND DROP
UNWRITTEN LAWS AND
A FUCKED-UP INDUSTRY
WITH NO BALLS
CAN'T STOP THE BEASWHEN NATURE CALLS
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
A JUNGLE
A JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE
'CAUSE I BE LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
WHEN YOU LIVIN' IN BROOKLYN
IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
LIKE A JUNGLE, LIKE A JUNGLE
[ Continues Repeating ]
COME ON
[ Echoing ]
[ Reggae, Indistinct ]