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Fighting (2009)
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Excuse me. You know where 42nd Street is? Hey! What are you doing? Stop him, he took my briefcase! I got you, don't worry about it! Hold on a second, ma'am, there, I'll get it. Thank you. Hey! Hey, you're holding people up here! How you doing today? Not so good. Through the turnstile, please. Yo, we got it! Piano Man, Piano Man. Billy Joel. Uptown Girl. Hello, beautiful. Anybody selling tickets to Piano Man? Box seats. Piano Man! Les Misrables, sir. Les Misrables. Come on. Billy Joel, Uptown Girl. Anybody selling ticket for Piano Man? Uptown Girl! We Built This City on Rock and Roll. You know that's it, come on. Hey, Janet, how you doing? You okay today? You be careful today, there's cops everywhere. Anybody selling tickets for Piano Man? IPods! Harry Potter books! IPods, $20. Uptown Girl. We Built This City on Rock and Roll. You know... How you doing, ma'am? IPods, $20. I like that oriental jacket you got on. That's $20 each, ma'am. Two for $20! No, no, you got... That's $20 right here, ma'am. You got to give me another $20. Ma'am, you got two of them right there. How you doing, young lady? How much is this Harry Potter book? $20. Kids love them things, that Harry Potter stuff. You got kids, they gonna love that. Yo, move your shit, man. What's that? IPods, $20! Move your shit, man. How much is your book? I'm just trying to make some money, man. Harry Potter Versus the Hipopotamus? This is misspelled. No, that's how you spell it. Where do you put the tape? No, it's not a Walkman, it's an iPod, sir. Move all this shit, man. Move all this shit. Excuse me, can I have my money back? I want my money back. Hey, hey! What are you doing? Get off me! Get off me! Come on, stop! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Drop this, man! Get off me, I said! Don't run, bitch! Watch yourself! Get off me, man! Look, I'm sorry. I'm not trying anything. Grab that. Grab that. Grab that. Hey, hey, hey. Come here. Come here. Hey, what are you doing? Just watch yourself. Give me back my money! Somebody ought to call the cops on you. Walk this way, walk. Pay your fare! Hey, Mr. Sou. How you doing, Mr. Sou? Good? You know that Radio Music Hall up there? Man, I'll tell you, they tried to kill me up there, man. I bought some stuff from downtown. It was a fake book. I don't even know how you do a fake book. I'm gonna get some umbrellas from you, is that okay? Can I get some umbrellas from you? Yeah? You said $100 last time, right? I got in a fight, lost all my money. This is all I got left. Is that okay? That's $100 right there. I got one $20 left, all right? Man, I had my stuff at Radio City Music Hall. I ain't gonna go down there no more, though. They're a bunch of crooks down there. I'll see you later, Mr. Sou. It's that kid from before, Harvey. He's coming in here. Can I help you? Come on, look, I want my money back, okay? What money are you talking about? You know what I'm talking about. Look, I don't mean no... Come on. He took it. No, he did not... Okay, I want it back right now. He took your money? Okay. Same shirt and everything. This is Z and as you can tell, he's a little retarded sometimes, okay? Harvey. Look, listen. How much are we talking about here? Don't give him shit. No, no, listen. I've got this. How much... Hey, that's not nice. That's not nice. Here, thank you very much. I should call the police on you, you know? You should. That's exactly what you should do. I'll wait here for you if you want. You know, you shouldn't be robbing people, you know that? And especially ones that can come and find you. Why don't you sit down and talk to me for a second? I just want to have a conversation with you. I was talking about you earlier. Look, try some of these bread things, they're terrible. You're going to go after this kid? Hey, wait up a second. Where you going? You know, that was some show you put on out there today. In the streets, you know, the fisticuff thing. Can I ask you one question, though? I'd much rather you just stop following me. I'm not following you, I'm walking down the street. But look, if you want to make money... You know... Sorry, buddy. There ain't no friends here. Think sitting behind a desk, sucking ass all day, is making money. Look, I'm Harvey Boarden, all right? Let me introduce myself, I'm Harvey Boarden. Shawn MacArthur. Good to meet you. You like to fight? If I have to. I can make you $5,000. Got you interested, huh? You see that store right there? You ever wonder how little places like that stay in business? BMW parked in front of it. People dressed nicely. They like people that like to fight. You want to make some money at it? Huh? Yes or no? You don't want to make no money, you don't have to go. You can go on with your life. I can make $5,000 with you on one fight alone. You can stay there and go home if you like or you can come and get $5,000. Wait, hey. You ain't got no place to go, go where you're going. You better give me $5,000 if I walk across the street. Come on, break out one of them umbrellas. It ain't raining. You're right. You know these guys, you ever seen these guys before? I'm like an agent for them, I get them talent and stuff. Hey, Christopher, Jack. Hey, Harvey. Hey, Claudette, Martinez. Chinese guy named Martinez. What? Go figure. That guy was Chinese? Yeah, his mother or something. But those guys, they run every bet place in this whole city. And that's what matters 'cause that's how you get paid. Hey, Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson. Harvey, I have to thank you so much for those Billy Joel tickets. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. You look lovely tonight, ma'am. Did he do my favorite song, the "Downtown Alexa" thing? Okay. Hey! What are you doing, Harvey? No way. No way. I gotta go to 38th Street to get some juice. It's about to rain. Get in the car, drive. Get in the car, Z. I got an umbrella for you anyway. Come on, get in. Get rid of the box, you don't need that anymore. Where are we going? We're in a $100,000 Mercedes. That's where we're going. Okay, so what happened to the $5,000? Hey, here's your boy. Good morning. Thanks for showing. I got your text, so here I am. You need a soda or anything? No, I'm cool. Do me a favor. Go get me a orange soda or something. So what goes on here? Well, we're going to get you an opportunity. You want to fight, right? I want to make money. Okay, first thing, we got to make you presentable. Put this on. I don't want to wear your jacket. Presentation is everything. Come on. It's about making money. I'm going to give you an opportunity. Real nice smile. This thing don't even fit me. Where's my change? It was $3. You know, I can get that for $1 across the street. Yeah, and you could have gotten it for 50 cents at the supermarket. Comedians. Come on. I don't... We're going to make some money? Yeah. I feel stupid. If they invite you over, tell them you can fight, 'cause you can, you know? Better yet, don't even say nothing to them, let me do the talking and I'll take care of everything. Yo, Harvey, you want a stove? Hey, Christopher, you guys are still doing the fight stuff, right? I've got a guy right here. Hey, Z, bring him over here! This kid right here is an incredible fighter. CHRISTOPHER: Oh, yeah? Jack. Jack. Tell me, when was the last time that you had a white guy that looked like this in one of your fights? And you did college and everything, right? You went to college? That is remarkable. He's the real thing. A white kid who went to college, that's amazing. How come I never heard of you? Well, he's from... No offense, but I've never heard of you either. Look, I'm sorry, you know, sometimes he's a wiseass. But he's... I'm not joking here. I'll give him a peep. Yeah, I'll give him a peep. White boy who went to college. Thanks, Jack. Can I get my jacket back, please? Why'd you go talking to him? He asked me a question. You got to let me do the talking from now on, okay? Please. Okay. Please. You know, I'll beep you if he calls me. Come on. Beep me? Well, I'll page you, text you, whatever. Where are y'all going? What, you lonely, you need a friend? We got things to do. We'll text you. Now there's these junk stores and these vendors and these big signs and overhead construction cranes and all this... Lady! What are you yelling about? You know, they used to sell drugs in that building. Well, that's okay, but now they've got men riding elevators to wash the windows... Well, let them... Move on, it's okay. And you take your life in your hands just crossing the street, there's so much demolition stuff all around. Look at it... After you. Hey, Giovanni, you got a refrigerator in there? Last one, baby, get it while it's hot. Baby, come and get one, buy one, get one free. Come on over. They had money on you not making it. So this thing's for real? Yes, it's very real. Very real. $5,000? Yes, but minus costs. Hey, be careful with those shoes there. Minus what? Costs. This is Alexander. Ray, Alexander. Ray, Shawn. You roughed them up the other day, so they're gonna ride in the front and drive and you're going to be in the back with me. No, no, I'm driving, this is my car. And it's a very nice car. You know, if your boy wants to go, we can go. Wait a second. Come on, man, look, I wasn't interested in no trouble with you, so you need to relax, okay? Where's this hostility coming from? Text me again, and I swear to God I'm gonna hurt you. He keeps sending me these stupid little things, you know. Just costing me money. Come on, Harvey. Why am I sitting in the car and it ain't moving? Come on, these little texts that you keep sending me are costing me $1 a minute. So, what, I'm going to fight this guy, then what happens? Well, we go in, you win, you get $5,000. You lose, you get nothing. So we get paid tonight? Yes, we will get paid. You keep asking me the same question. All right, Harvey. So what, they got rules or something? They don't like scared, okay. There's the church. Yeah, if you kick him in the nuts, you win. Right. There's Sydney up there. Gouge the eyes, everything. Come on. Come on, Z. This is Brooklyn, huh? Yeah, as you can see. Hey, there, Sydney. How you doing? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're late. We have to have this place cleaned up by the morning, so hurry up. Okay. Excuse me. Here you go, do what you got to do. Excuse me. Scratch, bite. Thank you. Yo, smells like farts and ass in here, you smell that? Smell like pure vodka. The place is a playground, but, like, bad. Filled with bad people. Fighter. You ready? Go make some money. Hey, Jack. Harvey, you running on Caucasian people time, huh? I'm running. I'm running. You're running? Yeah. Yeah, you keep running. Na zdorovie, brother. Let's see what you got, Shawn! Let's see it, Shawn! Go, go, go, go! Ow! Yeah. Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me. Hey, come here. It's over, it's over. Come on, have a seat. Don't smile at nobody. Just sit down. Watch yourselves. You got some tissue in your pocket? Anybody got tissue? Give him some tissue. He can fight, right? On the water fountain. Told you he could fight. So you both should come to the club. He's going to need a jacket. I got to get out of here. Give him your jacket. I can't stand Brooklyn. You tell Jack I know what I'm doing. Yeah. No, we're special guests of Mr. Dancing. Could you just see for me? I'm telling you, we're on the list. Will you let Renee know I'm on the list, please? Let them through. Two of you. Now, come on, Harvey. Harvey! I feel like a bum. No, you look great. Cordell! Cordell, Harvey Boarden. We're VIP. We're VIP. Hi. We got VIP. That's reserved for us. Right here. They ain't gonna tell us. Try to ink out. Come here, have a drink. You gonna introduce me to your friend? Shawn, this is Shevonne Dubai. Am I pronouncing that right? Mmm-hmm. Have a seat. Have a seat. Yo, yo, yo! Come here, where you going? Yo, man. I heard you were great out there in Brooklyn today, man! He's a winner, he's a real winner. Yeah, look, I meant to say hi to you the other day on the street, but with Harvey, you never know when anybody's anybody, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, I think I saw you out there. Yeah, yeah, you guys are just coming from dinner, right, something like that? Right? No. Yeah, listen, man, you ever want to dine, I'll take you to a place where you don't have to sit at a counter, you know what I'm saying? Shawn, right? Yeah, that's his name. Listen. It seems we're going to be working together, okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, I heard he'd already lined up to fight big boy over there. Yeah, yeah, well, I was talking to him about that. What is this, Harvey, $10,000? Since when are you into this kind of stakes? Can he just rest for a minute? He just had a fight. You want some water? Yeah, yeah. Can I get you some water? Poor Harvey, man. Let me ask you something. You think you could beat big boy over there? Do we think he can win? MARTINEZ: Harvey, I wasn't asking you. I was asking your friend here in the nice blazer, with the blonde. Can I do that? Can you all pardon me for a second? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Hey, Harvey, you're gonna lose that real quick. Watch. Excuse me, Harry Potter book. You got to be kidding. Okay. I knew I was going to see you again. Look, I feel bad about that book. Look, you remember me? You remember me, don't you? I remember you. We spoke, you... Yeah. Yeah. Yeah? Hey, look, I just wanted to take you to dinner or something. I'm good, thank you. No, I was thinking maybe sometime something without a counter. That's all. That's good. I like that, without a counter. I just heard somebody say that upstairs. You heard somebody say that. Okay. No, look, I just feel bad about the book, kind of want to, I don't know, make it up to you. Hey. Hey. Thank you. Looking beautiful as usual. I'm Shawn. Zulay. Zulay. That's pretty. Thank you. I believe in fate, so... I don't. Oh, no. What do you think? If I see you again, then we'll call it fate. Okay. One more time. Okay. Goodbye. Counting on it. All right. Okay. Zulay. Bunch of losers in here, man! Someone tell that idiot the whole place is filled with losers. Right, Harvey? Hey, so we got another fight, huh? Yeah, we are, but we're gonna talk about it in a second. I'm going to meet you over there. So what did you say, $10,000, right? $10,000, that's like a hundred $100s. There he is. Shawn, this is Jerry. Jerry. Nice to meet you. This is Jim. And that's Joel right there, and these are their dates. Look, I'm going to meet you over there and we're going to talk about everything. Shawn. You know, we lost a lot of money betting on your ass to get beat tonight. Well, maybe you'll bet the right way next time. And what's the right way to bet? 'Cause, you know, I wipe my ass with a hundred $100s. Come on, come on, come on. Hey, hey. Just have a seat. I'll be over there in a second. Come on, Jerry. Excuse me, we're sitting here. You're Evan Hailey, right? Yeah, and you're wearing contacts. Holy shit. Shawn MacArthur. I'm sorry, man, is this your girl? No. Uh-uh. So what brings you to New York, man? Well, just... Martinez. How you doing, man? Hi, bud, I know who you are. But you have to excuse me for a second, I'm just... I'm bugging out a little bit right now. You all two know each other? I know who you are. Yeah. Yeah, we know each other. I used to wrestle for Shawn's father back in Birmingham, Alabama. So how is your father? Yeah? I'm sure he's fine. Mmm-hmm. You know, I'm going to let you all have a good night, okay? I'm gonna go ahead and get out of here. Hey, come on, man. Relax, man, come on, sit down. Hey. Don't touch me. "Don't touch." You know what... You worried about your jacket? Huh? That's the problem? I'll buy you a new one, how's that? I don't need your jacket. No? Hey, is everything okay over here? Harvey. These two guys are old friends, man. Evan just was offering to buy him a new jacket. I said I didn't need a jacket. Come on, Shawn, look. You guys. I'm Harvey Boarden. Harvey Boarden, go wash my car, man. You know, somebody might hurt you for doing something like that. That somebody going to be you? Come on, let's go. MARTINEZ: You should go, Harvey. You're bad, man. Yeah, Harvey, you can go now. Neolithic-looking idiot. Always saying my damn name. My daddy used to tell me, "Nothing good happens after 10:00 p. M." It's got to be damn near 2:00 now. Right? Yeah. You knew that guy, huh? Yeah, he used to wrestle for my dad's team. Really? You know, I'm gonna go, okay? Well, where you going? What, you need a friend now? What? I'm just gonna go for a walk. Okay. Good night, Zulay. Good night, Zulay. Good night. Zulay. Like July? Yeah, that's right. I say that right? You did. I figured I'd take fate into my own hands, you know. And you did. I have to go. I... Nice seeing you, Shawn. Oh, you called me Shawn. That's cool. Hey, you make sure she gets home okay. Okay. Thank you. All right? Thank you, Shawn. Uh-oh! Don't use it again. My name. That's good. Good night. Hey, King Arthur, it's Merlin. Hey, man. What you doing here? That's what I was gonna ask you. What time is it? You fell asleep on the bench. You look like a crackhead. I just sat down for a second. And... Wow. I can't believe you just saw me sleeping on the... I just sat down, just for a minute and I don't know, I just kind of went to sleep. I can't believe it. I've got an extra room at my place. You can stay there. Hey, hey, hey. Look, I'm okay. If you like. No, you're not okay. I was just about to go to a hotel, man. Yeah, 7:00 in the morning. They don't even check you in until 1:00. You don't have to stay at a hotel, I've got a place right around the corner. But you can stay there until you find another place. All right, look, I'm gonna pay you. Yeah, you're going to pay me back for sure. Come on, grab your stuff. If somebody saw you sleeping out here, you know what they'd think? We wouldn't make no more money. Nothing's free in this world. I just was there for a minute or two. Well, you're in deep with Harvey Boarden now. So we're going to work it out. Make sure you wipe your feet on that carpet right there. I'll shut the door. Okay, so here we are. Fresh paint job, new lamps. It's all right for now. Yeah? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You know, for now, at least. But anyway, here's your area. That's a Sealy ostropedic. I got that new. You like Broadway? You know? Yeah. 'Cause I got tickets, you know, like Legally Blonde and Wicked. Wicked's a very good one. I don't go too often, but when I do, I go and see that one. Is that you? Yeah, don't mind those, that's me, Jack and Martinez, you know, and... Well, we were going to be these moguls, you know? We used to sell tickets at the Garden. It was when we first got here. So you ain't from here, either? Are you kidding me? I'm from a place with some culture. Chicago, you know? But I guess you've got your own story, too, right? You left your suitcase out here. What, you got gold in there? My father used to always say, "Stay business, ready for business." Well, you got to... So you got a plan or something? You know, like a big plan with this fight stuff? Yeah, I didn't travel all the way to New York just to be some hustler. I figured I'd save up some cash, play some professional ball. Open up a IHOP. You know, with an office in it and my name on the door. What, like an International House of Pancakes? Turns out all I ever was was a two-bit hustler. Well. Guess that's not so bad though, right? Well, by definition, that's just somebody who can't win, that wins. We just won. I'm just saying. You know, if that's... Get you some rest, Shawn MacArthur. Go to sleep. We got a big fight coming up. $10,000, right? Yup. Jerome. This is Jerome, right? Looks like we're here. Yeah. Look at this tough. I bet they won't complain about somebody putting up new buildings around here. Come on, you guys, get in. It took you long enough, man. That guy's waiting on you. Shawn, ready to get your ass busted? This is where you take me, Harvey? That's for suckers, man. Hello, ladies. This is what I'm talking about. What's up, girls? Yeah. How you doing? She's cute, yo. I like that. You're cute, why you got a mad face? Put a smile on your face. Not my fault. I wonder why I don't come to the Bronx that often. You know this kid, right? Yeah, man, he's a big dude. Don't get too close. Yeah, thanks for that. There you go, there comes the king. Yeah. Get a good look at that, all. Bring out the cash, papa. Bring out the cash. Do it. Whoop his ass. Come on. Come on, Shawn. Move, Shawn! Move, Shawn! Stick and move! Work it! That's what I'm talking about! Ah! My throat! Come on, Shawn. Shawn! Shawn! No, no! No, Shawn! Shawn! What are you doing? He knocked my shit over! My ear! Hey, what are you doing? We don't want no trouble! We don't want no trouble! Hey, come on, move! We don't want no trouble! I don't want no trouble! I swear to God, I don't want no trouble! Come on, open the door! Push gas! Yo, my ear, man! He's okay, right? Yeah, his ear's a little messed up, but he's all right. He didn't... Did he say it was a dog? You know, he didn't fill out no police report or nothing? A dog? Yeah, a dog. Can you call him? Yeah. Nobody's getting paid. I'm going inside. You should put some ice on that hand. Gotcha. It was a good fight, man. Thanks, man. Hey. All right. We really ain't getting paid? We ain't getting nothing 'cause of them damn maniacs in the Bronx. I really need money, you know. Really. Look, I'm gonna work something out, okay? Okay. I'm late every day for work. It doesn't matter. Go, do your job. I will, and the last time, it wasn't done. Please, let me do the job. Okay. Lila, you're going to be good, okay? Remember what I told you. Abuela, I know, I'm just telling you. I'm telling you, I'm reminding you because you forget a lot of things, you know? Take it easy, young lady. Let me go. Out? Okay, out. Let me go. You relax. Are you sure you know how to get home safely? You make me excited. I know how to drive better than you, you know that. Okay. Bye. You know better. Oh, my goodness, what kind of lady? Be good, Lila. Oh, my God. Huh? It's a funny thing, us keeping meeting like this. Are you going into work now? Yeah. What are you doing here? I was just walking by, for the past two hours, hoping you'd show up. Oh, stalking? Okay. No, I just wanted to see if you wanted to come get something to eat with me. I have to work. I have 20 minutes. Just like... Twenty minutes? You're the first one here anyway, come on. Remember, I've been here for a while. So you want to go? Yeah? I have to be back, though, 'cause I work here. I'll get you back, come on. Twenty minutes. Twenty minutes. Like, you don't have to go if you don't want to go. Twenty minutes. Okay, let's go. Twenty minutes. If my boss calls me, I have to go. Okay, let's go. Thank you. Here, let me get that for you. Oh, okay. I'll get you some sparkling water, okay? Okay, thanks. Is that good? Yeah, yeah. No, that's good. So, is this okay for you? No, this is good, this is good. This is... It's good? Okay. I'm trying to figure out what I'm gonna eat. I think I'm just gonna have a calamari. Okay. By: BackFire You know, I ain't that hungry. WAITRESS: All right. You're not hungry? No, not really. Thank you, though. I'm good. So, that little girl in the car, that was your daughter? Yeah. She seems sweet. I saw the way she was looking at you. Yeah, she's sweet. What? I'm sorry. There's a big pink thing coming down the road. Yes. That's pink bunny man. You think that's funny? Wow. That's a lot of bunnies right there. You want one of them things? No. You know, I'm gonna go get you one, hold on a sec. No. He's really gonna go get one. Excuse me, sir. Can I get one of these bunnies? Yeah, right on, my man. How much are they? $5. $5? Here you go. Thank you very much, sir. You have a good day, okay? You too. Excuse me. Pink bunny. Thank you. You didn't want that thing, did you? My daughter's going to love this. She thinks the guy's from outer space or something. So what's her name? Lila. Lila? That's a good name. Oh! That must be my boss. I can't stay. I can't be late for work again, so... Well, you just ordered. Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm just late. No, no, no, no. This is our date. This is our date. Don't even worry about it, I'll wait for the check. Date? Yeah, it's a date. Date, okay. All right, well... Yeah, get out of here. Don't be late. See you later. Okay. You're in a rush always. Sorry, I know. Here you go. Thank you. Harv. What the hell is wrong with you? What is this? What happened to the whole, I don't know, "be ready for business, business ready" thing, huh? When I'm not being chased out of the damn Bronx trying to hustle up you some money, I'll be a little more alert. That ain't my fault. In fact, they actually want you for another fight this Friday. Are you up for that? Yeah. How'd you do that? Well, I told you, I got my connections, you know. It wasn't easy either. How much this time? Well, that's what I want to talk to you about, but give me a second, I need to put my clothes on. It's about this guy you're about to go up against. You know, I know you're a tough guy and everything, Shawn, but you're not going to beat him. But he's gonna... Come on, I can handle myself. I know you can, that's why, when he puts you in the choke move, you're gonna go to sleep, it's that easy. What are you saying? I think you know what I'm saying. No, I don't know what you're saying. Sounds like you're saying you want me to throw it. Well, whatever you want to call it, you know? We're gonna make some money, not like up in the Bronx. You're complaining about that whole thing, right? No, I'm not losing. I know you're not gonna lose, you're gonna do what I'm telling you to do. I appreciate everything you did for me. But, you know, the only way I'm going to lose is if somebody beats me. Okay, then, whatever, let him beat you. I'm serious. Martinez came up to me, he said, "You know, hey, if you go around with me, that's fine, man." I don't know. What? You and Martinez what? What do you mean, "what"? I want to hear why, you know, you said, "Martinez..." I didn't say I was gonna do anything. No, I want to know what you're gonna do, 'cause... I mean, here I'm trying to talk to you about making you some money, and, you know, nobody made anything up in the Bronx, right? You know that. I know that. I understand. I know. And you're gonna threaten me now, right? What? I'm not threatening you. You're not threatening me? I take you off of a park bench, and you're going to threaten me in my house? Harvey, I ain't threatening you. No, I know you're not threatening me, 'cause you know why? 'Cause you're gonna get out of my house now, Shawn. Look, hold on. I'm sorry, okay? No. No, no. Get out of my house. Grab your garbage and go. Okay? Okay. Hey, there, Ms. Florence. Dog's got a demon in it. Demons. You know, I gave you a place to stay, Shawn, 'cause that's what you needed. It was a place to stay, it didn't have any of this other stuff. I understand that. You saw that picture I showed you of Martinez and Jack and me? I didn't say I was gonna go with him. I had a whole lot then, Shawn. He broke my leg for $100. That's crazy, right? $100. All I was saying is, I wanted to win. That's it, that's all I wanted. It's funny, you lose one step in this game and everybody leaves you. At one point, there was a whole lot of people that would put a whole lot of money on me. You really think you can beat this kid, huh? I hear he's fierce, you know? 'Cause if you lose, you get nothing. You win, you get... You get $30,000. Hmm. Okay. Okay, we'll do it. Hi. Hey, sweetie. Hi. Hi. How are you? So what are you doing here? Waiting for you the whole time. That's a man, bro. You're a man? Hell, no. Sit. Thank you. I'll be right back. Z, fold this up. Harvey, you know you got no business in a place like this, right? Come on, Shawn. Shit! Holy shit! Yeah! Yeah! Get out of there! Get out! Pick his ass up! Come on! Get up! Yeah! Yeah! There it is! Yeah! Yo, Shawn, get up. We won! Yeah, baby! We won! Get up, get up, yeah! No more deliveries tonight, man. You! Your man got knocked out! What, baby! That's us! What! You saw that! You saw that! That's us! Yeah, baby! Well, looks like Harvey's got a winner. That's us, baby, all the way! Get out of the car... No, no. I'm proud of you. You put the works on Bruce Lee, though, man! I got to give it to you. Get out of my car. Come on, Harv. Let me out. Come on, Harvey, let's go. Let's get a drink, Harvey. Aren't you going to have one? No, I don't want to. Go, it's your night, have a good night. Man, it's raining, come on. I'm going to go home and count my money. Leave me alone. All right, grandpa. Don't get in no trouble. I'm serious, though. Come on, serious. Come in, just have one. I ain't got nothing, go. Thanks for tonight. Thanks, Renee, I appreciate it. Yes, sir. Please tell me you're not still putting money in your sock. What'd your father used to call that? Niggerish, that's what it was, right? So this is who you hanging out with these days, Shawn? These your boys? Saw you step out your fancy stretch limousine there. What, did you all pass around a hat to get that? Take up a collection? You know, the only enjoyment I got back in college, Shawn, was watching your asshole father humiliate your shit all over the place. Really? Until your bitch-ass cold-clocked him in front of the whole gym. Come on! I'm right here! Do something! I'm right here! Shawn! Look at me! Like your bitch-ass daddy. Shawn, Shawn, what are you doing? I ain't your father. You can't go to a club and have fun. That's right. I'm cool. I'll see you around. Let's get out of here. It's ridiculous. I don't even... I can't stand him. I just... It's not late. This guy's always putting these notes on people's doors. It's not late, though. Sorry. It's okay. I hit you with the door. So... This is my living room. I have to go and check on Lila, so have a seat. It's nice, right? It's really nice. Thank you. Big TV. It is, right? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Hi, I'm Shawn. I'm Zulay's friend. She brought me over to... Zulay. Zulay. What happened? This is... I'm sorry, this is... This is Shawn. Shawn, this is... I don't care who is he. I care why you bring anybody at this time to the house. He look like a criminal. I know... You're not supposed to bring nobody at this time to the house. I'm sorry... Don't be sorry. Don't do that to me no more. Okay? Please, don't say "por favor." I don't want to hear nobody in the house at this time. Hi. What are you doing up this late? What's that? My pink bunny. Sorry. What are you doing up? My grandma thinks you killed someone. He didn't kill somebody. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Why are you up, baby? LILA: I want to see the scary man. I hear that I'm gonna cook for you. I'm gonna do it, but as soon as you eat, please, you got to go. Okay? Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry. Look at the way you are. Look at you. Please, it's okay. I'm sorry, actually, you know what? Look at you. Look! You know what? I need some thread. What a shirt. I'm going to fix it for him. I'm gonna take a needle and do some job. That way he don't gotta stay like that. You don't feel bad? I do. What kind of men look like that on the street? Thank you so much for the... Come on, no. Back. Back, let's go back. LILA: I don't want to go to bed. Let's go back, back to sleep. Mmm-hmm. Uh-huh? Shawn has something he wants to tell you. What? I don't understand what you talk. Talk English, Spanish? Okay. She's wide awake. This is going good. I don't know, so... Hey, that notice that was on your door, everything all right? Like, if you... You know, if you need anything. Just let me know. So... That guy, Evan, from the club, you know him? Yeah. I mean, yeah, I know him. How do you know him? Well, I don't, I just... People were talking about him at the club all night. I guess he's a pro or something? What, does he fight? A boxer? Yeah, I mean, a couple, you know, the guys at the club or whatever, we just came back from this... You know, it's not a professional thing, but... Out in, like, you know, Korea land, we just came from a fight, too. You know, it went pretty well. So you're a fighter? No, I mean, yeah. But not professional. Just, you know... I don't know... I got this guy, he's an agent/coach sort of thing. I mean, it's been going pretty good, though. What? I don't know. So how do you know all those guys at the club? I don't. I... I don't even know your name, really. What's your name? Your last name? MacArthur. Shawn MacArthur. Like a knight. I like it. What are you thinking about? So... Simple as that. I can fix this for you. Hmm? I want to fix this for you. It's not so bad. You want to fix it? Mmm-hmm. I want to kiss you. Come on... Why are you shaking? Because I lied about being able to sew. It looks like you're doing a good job. Look at that mess. Wow, I am shaking. Wait, come here for a second. Give me your finger. Make a wish. I got mine, you got yours? Mmm-hmm. I do. Excuse me! You got to go. I'm sorry. I know. Enough is enough. Please go. Yes, ma'am. I believe it's enough for today. You can meet later today. I'm sorry. Don't be sorry. Just a second to say bye. No second. Come in. You come in. Thank you so much, Mrs. Valez, I appreciate it. I'm no Mrs. Valez, I'm Mrs. Guzman. Okay? And you got to go. Go. Give me one second to say bye, please. Oh, my goodness, you give me so much trouble today. I'm sorry. She could have come a little bit later, that's for sure. That would have been nice. Totally. I know. Okay, so... Okay. Good night, yeah... So I'm going to see you again? Yeah. Yeah. When? You sleeping? Who can sleep with all that banging up there? Told you we'd win, huh? Did you get our money? Right at it, huh? Yes, sir. Look, I know we already had a fight, but any word on another one? I just want to make sure we're capitalizing on everything we got going on here. I told you, if you like, anything I got, the tickets, the hats, the sneakers, you can sell those until I get you another fight, if that's what you want to do. Go ahead, turn around. Huh? You wanna get paid, right? Go ahead, man, get it, I ain't gonna rob you. I know you're not gonna rob me, 'cause you're gonna turn around. After tonight, you don't trust me? Okay, fine. I've turned around. This is me, all right? I've turned around, go ahead. Thank you. Mmm-hmm. I've turned around, go. I was with this girl from the club tonight. Keep looking and you're going to be with her now. You can turn around now. Man, she got a daughter. She's kind of having a little trouble with the rent, I think. I kinda wanted to help her. Stop smiling at me, I know what you're going to say. Yeah, I bet... Why wouldn't I help her, then? Beyond the kid and the need for money... Why you gotta break everything down? That's your problem, man, you don't trust nobody. Here you go. I'm never trusting you, you and your suitcase. My suitcase? Yeah, your suitcase don't trust nobody either. There's $10,000 right here. Yeah. Nice, isn't it? I was right, wasn't I? Look, I just... We shouldn't be selling tickets and sneakers no more. I tell you, we gotta... This is what we're doing right now. So... This girl. She works over at the Marquee? Yeah, Zulay. Zulay. She's nice, man. Zulay. Yeah. Okay. You get some rest, all right? There's $10,000 right here. Yeah. Get some rest, all right? Hey, you know where Zulay is? What do you want to talk about? Isn't there something you should be telling me? What are you talking about, Harvey? You're gonna make me say it? Why didn't you tell me that you were sleeping with him? Why couldn't you tell me that? 'Cause I don't have to tell you everything. That's why. Now you want him paying your bills? I did not ask him to pay my bills. Are you kidding me? You're bringing him around your daughter, you like him like that? What, you think he's better than me, right? No. That's... You think you're better than me, that's why you fill his head with all this garbage. About riding off into the sunset, like this is a movie or something, huh? No, no, come here I'm talking to you. Don't touch me. I'm talking to you. Don't touch me. Stop it. If he decides to up and leave you tomorrow, you think you're part of his plans? You think your daughter is? Maybe. What about your grandmother? You're always so paranoid. Yeah, that's what I am, I'm paranoid. I'm paranoid. You still believe in fairy tales. But you think I'm paranoid, okay. Does he know how we met? You in the back seat, sleeping in your car, with your daughter in the front seat? Is that something to be paranoid about? Okay. You think that little thing right here between your legs is gonna make everything okay, don't you? That's what you think. It isn't. You use that on him. Don't put no more garbage in his head. Yo, check this out, yo. Check what out, this dirty-ass crib you got? There are bare wires laying around, man. Clean this shit up. When was the last time you cleaned this shit? Shut up, bro, I'm about to kick you out. Evan Hailey KO's Richards. It's your man from the club. This dude's corny. No, check it. A dude like this man, you got to take serious, man. Yeah, look how he punches. He look like he's punching like a girl, but those punches hurt, man. It's your man, Shawn. Who is that? That's that dude from the club, bro. No, man, he's the real deal. Yo, Shawn, no disrespect, man, he's fighting for real money in real venues. Shawn over here bullshitting with us. Look at you, Harvey. You know, you've been doing that for some time now. It's called bi-polar or manic depressive. What? What? Oh, my God. Harvey, come in. Come in, sit down. Come in. We were just talking about you. Come in, come in. Special occasion, you got the suit broke out. Nice suit. Jacket, at least. CHRISTOPHER: That's nice. Beautiful, you're looking good. MARTINEZ: Not bad, Harvey. Listen, I didn't come here, you know, to take up a whole lot of your time. I'm just here to tell you that if you've got something for Shawn... Look at little Harvey, he's like a little kid. He's very excited, like he has a secret to share with us. What's the secret, Harvey? I'm just saying, if you... If you got something for us, we're ready to go, you know. He's the biggest draw in this town, and if you're ready for something, we're ready for it. Wow. It must be very hard for you to come in here and grovel in front of all of us here. Especially Martinez. You know, Jack, I don't have to stay here and take this from you. Guess what, Harvey? We were talking about you and we said that maybe we should put your man in one of our fights. A big fight. $100,000 to the winner, Harvey. MARTINEZ: Harvey's excited, huh, Harvey? You excited, Harvey? $100,000. Evan Hailey's going to rock your boy's world. Time out. He couldn't wait to tell you that one. See, this is the way it's going to be. Evan Hailey versus Shawn MacArthur. And we're going to play up this whole thing about how they went to the same school, you know, the education rivalry. Rivalry for education. Okay. I know. As soon as we get the word out, the phone's just going to ring off the hook. We'll let both of you know. Harvey, you sure you're ready for this, Harvey? Can't help but keep calling my name, huh? I don't know, Harvey, maybe I'm stupid, you know? But I'm not stupid enough to think that Shawn's going to win this. That's stupid, Harvey. Yeah, really. Really? You just don't know how good he is, you know? Yeah, I do. That's why I got Evan. And the loser gets shit, Harvey. And you still get shit. Hey, man. We need to take a walk and talk for a second. Okay. So you gonna tell me? Well, I got you another fight. Yeah? How much? $100,000. What? Yeah. They want us to fight Evan Hailey. He's your opponent. Great. I'm taking all my money and I'm placing it against us. You ain't got no money. You have any idea how much money I can raise for something like this? Then raise it and put it on us to win. People like a guarantee, Shawn. Then guarantee it. You saw Jerry, those Wall Street guys, even Martinez would get in on this. We're talking real money. No, you're talking about money. No, come on, Shawn. What do you think, there's a trophy involved in all of this? Nobody cares about it. And if we lose, you know we get nothing. You get that, right? What? Come on, Shawn. Look, all right, look... You think I don't understand that I'm nothing? I'm nothing, I get it. I ain't worth nothing. Nobody said anything like that. I mean, come on. All I'm saying is that I don't want to lose. That's all I'm saying is I don't want to lose. I'm telling you, Shawn... Look, I know it sounds stupid to you. It's stupid. But that's what I... I don't want to do it, so I won't. Okay? Cut all that stuff, man, listen to me. I mean it. Listen, listen. I'm talking to you. Harvey. What, you gonna hit me? No, I'm not gonna hit you... I'm sorry. You think I'm your father? You're going to slap me around like I'm your father, huh? Okay, okay, I get it. You think I don't know who you are, Shawn. What? I know all about you. I said, can the moral garbage with me, Shawn. It don't work here. Harvey, you don't ever talk about my father, okay? You gonna hit me? You don't ever talk about my father. Hey. So you came back. You know me, the stalker. You caught me taking a shower. So, what are you doing here? Nothing, I was just... I don't know, just kinda wanted to see you. Okay, well, come in. My grandmother has Lila, so, come in. I know it's really hot in here, so, if you want, just grab a seat and I'll be right back. Hey, listen. Look, I made some money and I kinda wanted to help you with the notice that I saw on the door the other day. That's really... No... That's sweet, but... No. For Lila. No, I don't need it. Listen, hold on, hold on. Just for Lila. Hold on a second. Just, please, just listen. I don't know what I'm trying to say... The last thing I want to do is upset you. All I want... You came in here offering me money. Just don't... It's no big deal, okay? I don't know how to... What? Your hair smells good. Thank you. You know, when you wash your hair in the sink, they call it a Puerto Rican shower. My grandfather used to hate when people called it that. Of course, he can say it. I like this, this is nice. I know what happened with your dad. Oh. Is that okay? I read... Me and Lila were on the computer, and we just kinda stumbled across... Wow... I'm sorry... No... Checking up on me? That's all right. It's okay? Yeah. So you think I'm crazy now? No. Well, I mean... You'd be right. I mean, I did. I went a little crazy, so... You know that guy Evan, the other night, at the club, you know, after the whole thing? Yeah. We were on the same team and my dad coached us. Man, he loved Evan. I was a freshman, and they always used to mess with me. And I just couldn't take it no more. I kind of lost it. And me and Evan went at it. And my dad got between us and I didn't even see him, you know. I just kinda... I hit him. I hit my father. And I just didn't stop. You know? I just couldn't stop. My father never forgave me. 'Cause he shouldn't. I got to go get that. Okay, I have to get going because I have to go do something at the club, I realized. I'm sorry. I have to go and do something at the club that I completely forgot about. So... Okay... Please hurry up. I'll walk you. I'm hurrying. We do have to go. I'm sorry, I just... Okay. I heard you the first time, I'm going, I'm going. I'm sorry. It's okay. I just forgot I had to go get this stuff done. You okay? Yeah, I'm fine, why? Just wondering. You're good? Yeah. Hey, Harvey. Wait. What? What's going on here? Um... I was going to tell you, I know Harvey. Wait, hold on. You all know each other? Yeah, I know her. I know her. Listen... Wait, how do you know... I mean, how do you know each other? What's going on, 'cause, are you together or something? No. Listen, Shawn... No, no, no... I'm talking to her... I'm talking... No, no, let me... I just want to hear it from her. Let me talk to you, okay? What did I say? I said I'm talking... What now? Shawn... I want to talk to her. I'm talking to you. I want to talk to her! Get your hands off me! Shut up! Get your hands off of me! Get out of my head! Look, everything isn't what you think. You're not the only one that worked with me. She works with me, too. It's what I was explaining at the apartment. Nobody knows we know each other. She places bets for me. Okay, that's what it is. I was going to tell you, Shawn. You asked about my... You asked about my father. Shawn... Why would you do that? You better learn to answer your phone. Why didn't you answer? That's all you had to do. Why did you call? Why didn't you text me and say something? Listen, Harvey and I have been friends for a really long time. Listen to me. I should have told you, I know that. I don't know what I might say to you, okay. Wait. Just listen to me, okay? Look, I make $11 an hour, okay? Is that what you want to know? I make $11 an hour, I'm broke. I pick up glasses from people that I hate all night long, and I'm not really supposed to be doing this right now. Why didn't you just tell me that? Because. Harvey... We're just friends. He just gives me this money, and I just go place bets for him and that's all there is to it. Nobody even knows that we know each other. Then why couldn't you just say that to me? Is this thing still on? Listen, man... Yeah, I understand. Throw it. No one will ever know the better. And you're going to tell me you're okay with that, huh? Yeah. Whatever you raise, I want half. We ain't talking about anything here, you know. No, forget it, then. Okay. Just like that, though, huh? Yeah. Just like that. All right. Then, you know once you get out there, all those eyes are going to be on you. And if there's even a hint that you're throwing this thing... And that's both of us dead. You understand how much money they... They don't scare me, Harvey. This city doesn't scare me. I'm gonna do what you want. And you're never going to see me again. None of you. This isn't tickets, Harvey. You understand there's $250,000 in this bag. And, Harvey, don't make us come looking for you. Nice office, Harvey. Glad you could make it. Yeah, you should get a receptionist. Is he going to listen to you, Harvey? If you don't believe me, he's right out there, you can ask him yourself. I'm asking you, Harvey. There's $250,000 in here. And if he decides he don't like losing, and by some miracle he wins, I still want my money, Harvey. I don't get my money, Harvey, I'll kill you. Lot of money. Come on in. Zulay, did you have another dream? It's a lot of money, Jack. Oh, yeah? How much are we talking about? Half a million dollars. Hmm? So what are you doing walking around the street with half a million dollars in your bag? I have investors. Investors. If it's too much money, I can... Too much? Listen to that. She's cleaning up the dumpster, now she's in the club. Tell your rich-ass and your drunk-ass investor friends that I will be happy to pay them off. And happier not to. Count it. The man is here. Outside. We need to get everybody out on the terrace so we can do this thing. People, the show's going to start. Outside. You have a nice place here. Of course. City Hall, I've got the Woolworth Building. My meditation room. Let's go, people. Look, I'll meet you out. Let me talk to you for a second. You know what we're dealing with here, right? Let's just go. Let's get it over with. Look at this, Harvey. Now you see how far you've come? Hey, everybody, Jerry invited us all up here so we could catch a glimpse of his bank account. That's nice, huh? Here's to Jerry. But what the thing is... I mean, the real shit of this thing is, is what's going on right here. So, Jerry, right now, you should step off. And gentlemen, you should step up. Let's go baby, let's go! We're going to sit down, people. And these two gentlemen are going to go toe to toe, blow to blow. Whatever goes on up here, whatever. Whatever you do to each other, whatever. Whatever you say to each other, whatever. In the words of the late, great, American poet, Mr. Marvin Gaye, "Let's get it on!" Let's go, baby, let's go! Yeah! You froze? Huh? It's a stare-down. Oh. It's the evil eye. Is that what you gave your old man? Huh? Knock that smile off his face, let's go! Yeah, baby! All right. Let's play. Let's play, Shawn. Show him what you got! Do it! Do it, baby! Go on, Shawn! Yeah! Get him, Shawn! Get him! Get him! Right here, Shawn. He's talking shit! You can't stay there, Shawn! Oh, shit! Hey, hey, that's it! That's it! That's it! That's it! That's enough! Call it! That's it! That's it! Go on, Shawn! Get up! Get up, bro! Get up! Get up! Get out of it! Get out of it! Get out! Come on, Shawn! You got to fight! Come on! Get out of it! Fight! Come on, Shawn! Yeah! No! No! Harvey, what's going on, Harvey? No! Come on! Yeah! Holy shit! No! Yeah, boy! Yeah, Shawn! Yeah, Shawn! You got it, Shawn. Let's start moving, boys. Yeah! What up now, bitch? Harvey, I'd like to shake your hand, man. You're a dead man. You're a dead man, Harvey. Dead man. Thank you. You're welcome. What up now, bitch? Yeah, baby! I'll need a drink after that, man, right! Thank you, Evan, you fight like a bitch. Harvey, we're going out, VIP Harvey, we out of here. Whoa, there he is! You're the shit, man. Yeah, last night was great, man. Thanks a lot. Thanks for the ride. Thanks for being there. Yo, we're going to the club tonight, kid. You wanna come? VIP all night, drinks all night. Come on. Let's go. No, I'm beat up. VIP, Harvey. VIP. VIP, you all be careful. Well, tonight, show your butt off. You know, I'd be lying if I didn't say, secretly I wanted you to win. That's crazy, right? If I wasn't a dead man, I'd be happy, you know. But you killed me with that, Shawn. You know, you do what you do, you know. Look, Shawn, in a couple of minutes there's going to be some men that's going to come here, and you can't be here when they get here, okay? Me and Zulay, we put it on us to win. Yeah. We knew you'd never go for it, so we didn't say nothing, but... There's $1 million in there. Business ready for business, huh? Business ready. You taught me that. Okay. That's a lot of money in there. Mmm-hmm. No, I'm not kidding, Shawn. That's a lot of money. That's a lot of IHOPs. We're going to Birmingham. Okay... You know, we're going to go and see my family. See what's left of it. You know what I mean? Maybe stop by Chicago, or something. On your way to Birmingham, Chicago. Right. Yeah. Mmm-hmm. Why don't you come? So Birmingham is where you're thinking? Yeah. It's where I'm from. Okay, what we should do, then... Hear me out. I think we should go past Birmingham to some place warm. If you're going all the way to Chicago, through Birmingham, whatever... Take it to California. You know, they've got a whole lot of great opportunities out there. I've been doing a lot of reading, I'm not giving those people this money. I don't give... Unless... We shouldn't give nobody none of this. We should just go. "'I believe in love,' said Grandma, "I'm going to go to Africa because my boyfriend is there. "And then I change my mind, maybe. Because love is beautiful." Oh, my God. It's amazing, Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. All the time, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama. Would you all shut up already? You're driving me crazy. You're making my ears bleed in here. It's raining, Harvey. It's raining. Harvey, it's always raining. It's raining, Harvey. It's just rain, rain. It's always raining in this raining town. Always raining. What am I supposed to do with the rain? Harvey, it's raining. It's raining, Harvey. Harvey, it's raining. Harvey, it's raining. What are we going to do with the rain? I know it's raining, Mary. I know, it's raining, Harvey, it's raining. |
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