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The Avenue (2017)
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-No. No. -What's the matter? -What? - Why are you not eating anything? - I've never been crazy about the food here. You know that. - I would have taken you to my uncle peaches' place. I told you that on the way here. - This is the only place you ever take me, and every time you tell me about how you used to come here with your mother and your grandmother when you were a kid, back when you were a shoobie and the seat cushions were blue. Okay, so you're not as excited about the remodel as I am. You don't have to get nasty. - I'm not excited about anything anymore, Eddie. What are we doing? -What's your problem? - This town, the w-way we live, everything. - This is where you're from, Sandra. This is your home. - I've been thinking a lot about when we first got together. - We had a lot of good times. - It was more than that for me. You were larger than life, Eddie. You're better than this. I'm sitting here waiting for that guy to show back up. Somewhere along the line, something changed. -Listen... I know that things have been rough since we lost the apartment, and we both know that was my fault. You don't think I want things to be better for us? - Then why won't you call your cousin Dominick? - Why! - Because he could get you back in the carpenter's union in, like, two minutes. - And then I could be like my cousin? Carry a lunch pail to work, punch a clock? He's a Strunz, my cousin. Strunz! - Good luck, gentlemen, this hand. Twenty. - I ain't complaining. - Look at this shit. - Sixteen... split 'em? - Split 'em, split. - 3,000, sir. - 3,000. Look at this. 3,000. - Ooh, big shot, look at him. -Playing for another 3,000. Good luck this round. Eighteen. Eighteen. Thirteen. Nineteen. Twenty. - All right, all right. - Like that? - That's... that's a tough one, buddy. -Hey. Can't win them all, man. Only rocky Marciano. - How about that answer? - Hey, how about that? - Yeah, very funny. -I am. -My apologies. - It's the second time in two weeks. Last week same shit. He's cheating me. He's cheating. - Nobody's trying to cheat you, relax. - I'm a dues-paying member in this joint. - We all are. - We all pay the dues, and you know what, you just paid some more dues just then. Relax. - Ease back, Eddie. - No shame. You got to split eights. - Come on, calm down. - "Split eights"... -It's a friendly game. - Looks like you're out now. - Yeah, you see that? Yeah, I am out. Give me a marker. - What's your pleasure Mr. m.? - Ten. - 10,000? - No, ten dollars. Yes, 10,000. - He's a wise guy. Would you relax? - Sir, you're good for $5,000 tonight. - 5,000? - Sir, that's your balance. - Angelo, are you nuts? It's bad enough this motherfucker is robbing me all night! - Oh! Relax. - Are you fucking nuts?! Are you fucking nuts?! - Get him out of here! - What the fuck?! - Hey! Get your fucking hands off me. - See you next week, Eddie. - Yeah, I'll see all you motherfuckers next week. - Tell a friend! - Fuck all of you. I'll see you next week. I'll see you next week! -You're slipping, Giancarlo. I could have capped you right here. -Tony, Jesus. You scared me. -Rough night? - Rough month. - How many times I've got to tell you to take it easy with that booze? Moderation. It's going to kill you, but you don't want to hear that, do you? - I'll take it under advisement. - Come on. Let's walk. Let's talk. - Hey, thanks for coming again. - That's what friends are for. -Too many ears. You know about the poker game in my house on Wednesday nights? -Mm-hmm. - This guy had a really bad night last week. He's in to me for 100 grand. I graciously gave him a couple extra days. Now the prick won't even return my phone calls. -Okay, what guy? - Your pop's buddy from the gang from Philly. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. Hold on. You want me to go back home? Ton, you know you have my loyalty, but I can't go home, and you know that. - Still? - Yeah, still. - You worried about those knuckleheads from way back when? -Let me ask you a question, what does never set foot here again mean to you? To me, it means don't go back, so I haven't. - I've got your back going there. Don't even think that thing ever happened. Look, this guy has known you since you were a kid. Maybe you can get him to understand the seriousness of the situation. - All right, I'll take care of it. - You know where his bar is at, right? - Yeah, I know where he's at. - He probably closed it down a few times back in the day, right? - A few. - I want you to go there, wait for him, when he's closing tomorrow night, you follow? If he don't cooperate with you, you rough him up however you need to, but don't walk out of there without my money, you got me? He's got a safe on the second floor. Blow the motherfucker up, I don't care, but I want my money. - I got you covered. - Bastard's making it really difficult for me to make payroll this week. -Salut. - You remember that Marina job two years ago? -Who could forget that? - "In and out, 10 grand apiece." Those were Tony's exact words to us. - How we're both not sitting in prison cells right now over that deal? - I got pneumonia hiding in that water. I'm still not right over it. -Well, this job is on dry land. Restaurant owner in Philly, used to be good buddies with my pop, owes Tony 100 big ones. He's giving Tony the runaround. -What aren't you telling me? -It's got to get done tonight. - What if he doesn't have the cash? What if he's not there? You know how crazy Tony gets when things don't go right. - Look, the time to get him is when he's getting ready to close up shop. That's our time. You still got the, uh, bat right? -Yeah, what do I need it for? -Christ. -Terry. Be a pal, keep your hands where I can see them. Both of them. -Eddie. Is that you? -I got the stairs. Collecting for "the one and only," Terry. He wants his money. -And he sent you out for it? I'll be gobsmacked. You know, if your father was still alive, he'd be smacking you around for even coming round here. - I don't want to be here right now. I'm here 'cause I got to be. You had a bad night and you owe. - You... you tell that son of a bitch that I'll bring his money round to him first thing tomorrow morning, swear to god. But for tonight, I'm about to be in the middle of something, and for the love of Jesus, you can't be here. I... You little piss ant piece of shit. -What was that? -I'll give you what I've got. Jesus. Here goes my last ever, swear to god. It's 50,000 or 60,000. I don't really know. So, all righty then. It was good to see you there, Eddie, and... -not going to get it done. -Oh, well, now... Where am I going to get another $50,000? I've got an idea... The fucking bank, which isn't fucking open. You know, your father and I, we used to play a good many years together. I mean... I held you in my arms when you were a wee little lad. You were still puking and mewling and shittin' your little nappies. Gah! - You listen to me. If I go back down there without 100, then your problem becomes my problem. Ain't going to happen. -Be reasonable here, boyo! For god sakes, I took you fucking fishing! - Yeah, and we didn't catch shit, did we?! - I told you back then you were using the wrong fucking lure. -What the hell is that? - I don't know. I'm not expecting anyone. - Mr. McGann? - Help me, for fuck's sake! Now, boyo, now stay calm! -You all right, man? Chris? - Huh? -Empty his pockets. Go ahead, do it. -Yeah. - Hey. - Hey. - Okay, so what's the big mystery here? -So this. -Are you friggin' kidding me? -Nope. - I can't even begin to figure out how many carats this is. Color and clarity are good, real good. Probably si1 or 2 when it's cut, somewhere in there. - So how much do you think it's worth? -Millions. -You know what this is? This is our road out of this shitty life. - Maybe, but first we've got to fence that thing. That ain't going to be easy, my friend. Whoever owned that is definitely going to be coming for it. They probably already are. - Yeah. Imagine how pissed they are. Plus, Tony's probably got his crews out looking for us. -Yeah, talk to me. He did what? No, no, no. Don't worry about Eddie. You find his boy, Christian Flynn. Leave Eddie to me. - You're going to have to change motel rooms. -Yeah, yeah, we will. It's got to be Victor on something like this. -No, man, no, not Victor. Can't we just call the guys up in Lehigh valley, the, uh, the Russians? - This is way too big for them, what are you, nuts? Way too big. -Fine, but not Victor. Man, he screws us every freakin' time. - He's expensive, I'll give you that, but he's always had my back. - No, no, I have always had your back. He plays that fake father figure bullshit to a t, and every time, I watch him screw you over. -He's the only one in the city that can get a deal like this done, and we both know it. - Fine, fine, whatever, it's your call, but I don't like it. - Look at this thing. What are you worried about? This is going to be the easiest damn money we ever made in our life. The easiest. Are you kidding me? - All right, we got this. - We got this. I can't believe it. - Can I ask you a question? - Just one. - Why are you so cranky? - Do you guys get the paper? You read the paper every day or do you just read the comics? You see what the price of gold is? -Who gets a newspaper anymore? - Don't you see what the price of gold is today? - I don't give a shit about gold, what gold's doing, okay? - Look, Eddie, let's just take this up the street, huh? - You want to? - Yeah. -Maybe we should. -Hey, hey, both you guys, hugs and kisses, I'll see you later. Okay? Bye-bye. Go ahead. - Come on. Stop, stop. We'll see if we can get this crankiness turned around, all right? - It all depends, go ahead. - In this pouch... score of your life, check it out. - You know, you guys are killing me here. I don't deal dope. Get out of my shop with this pouch, come on. -Victor, it's not dope. Just open it and have a look. -Open it? Okay, I'll open it. Oh, my god. - Okay, you happier now? - Wow, wow, wow, wow, boys. You got something here. This can't be real, can it? - Why don't you put it on the scale and weigh it. You know it's real. - Let's see what the scale says, gentlemen. It says that's worth about $15 million. Huh? Where'd you boys find this? This doesn't just appear out of nowhere. Huh? - It belongs to me and Christian now. That's all you need to worry about. - Nobody else knows about this, huh? - Just three people in this room. - You know, a fence, if you're lucky, will only give you 10% on this stone. - We're good with that, right, Christian? -Yeah, I'm good with that. - I want my fee up front on this deal, considering I don't know where the stone is coming from. Don't give me that dirty look. 50 grand up front, you've got a deal. - Oh, my god, Sandra. Come in, mommy, come in. -Hey, ma, hey. - Oh, it's cold. What are you doing here? It's got to be two years since I've seen you. -Y-yeah, yeah. - Look at you, you're beautiful, god bless. Let me take your coat. What are you doing here, mommy? - So good to see you. - You to, ma. -It's a mess, I'm sorry. - Yeah, some things never change. - Yeah, well, at least I know where he is at night. Can I get you some tea or something, sweetie? -Uh... Coffee is fine. - Okay. You okay? -Yeah. -My baby. Do you still like cream? -Uh, yeah, yeah I do. -Good. My baby, my little mommy. You look beautiful. - Thanks, mom. Stop it. - I can't help it, you're my baby. What brings you, baby? - I've got great news, mom. - You do? I could use some great news. What? - Me and Eddie are going to have a baby. -What? Oh, my god. -Can you believe it? -I'm so happy for youse. -Thanks, ma, thanks. -Oh. My baby is having a baby. - Mm-hmm. - My god. That's wonderful. - Mm. Yeah. But... -Sand. - I don't know what to do. - About what, mommy? -I, uh... -Sandy, what? - I can't get him to stop drinking... And gambling. You still love him, right? -Yeah, I do. - And he loves you? - Yeah. -Okay, so... You love each other... - Mm-hmm. - you're both young and beautiful. Men have a tendency to change when a baby comes along, sweetheart. -Not in this family. Hi, honey. -How you doing? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come here. -What? - That was kind of nice, I want another. - Yeah? - Come on. You look good. That's better. - Mm, mm-hmm. - You do something different? -What? - I don't know. Yeah. It's a new conditioner. -Looks nice. -Mm-hmm. You'll never guess where I went today. I went to go see my mother. -What the hell for? - Because, after two years, I needed to talk to her. - What did she have to say? Wait, wait, wait, let me guess. Let me guess. Dump the lousy degenerate. - No. - Am I right? - No, no. In fact, it's the opposite. -Surprising. -Yeah, surprised me. -And? - I wanted to tell her the good news. -Which is what? What's behind door number two, hmm? -You're going to be a father. Aren't you going to say anything? Eddie, you always said you wanted a family. Eddie. You're going to be a father. Aren't you going to say anything? You always said you wanted a family. - You already gave us his name, Christian Flynn. Where does he live? - I don't know man, he's a lowlife. I don't know, man, I don't know. -Where'd you meet him, Bobby? - Right down the sands once or twice, man. Barely know him. He's just some lowlife hood, man. Fucking barely know him. He's a nobody! -He's somebody to us. Come on, Bobby, you're a smart guy. You're going to tell me you get a first name and a last name, you don't want to know anything else about this guy? Huh? Just tell us where to find him. - I don't know. I don't know. I said I don't know! -Where the fuck is he? - All right, all right, uh, Margate. Something about Margate. Yeah, yeah. Lucy the elephant. I was... I was wasted, man. -Where did you go? -I'm sorry about before. Look at me. You know I've loved you since the minute I laid eyes on you, right? - I know, Eddie, you tell me that every day. -Because of that, I've kept a lot of the bad things from you to protect you. I ain't going to do that anymore. I'm in the middle of a very dangerous deal. - You said you weren't going to get involved with that stuff anymore. - I know. I got pull... I lied. When it's done in a couple days... I'm going to make everything beautiful for you and the baby. Youse ain't going to have to worry about nothing. And I'm going to be the best father in the world to that kid. Come here. I promise. I promise you. - I want to believe you, Giancarlo. I really do. -This time you can. - I want you to listen up, okay, very carefully. I've held it in my hands. I've seen it with my own eyes, 57 magnificent carats of uncut stone. I swear to god, it's gorgeous. - I don't know, sounds a bit of a tall tale to me, my friend. Nick, what do you think? Is this bloke crazy or what? - I've heard about these blood diamonds coming in from Africa, but I don't know, it sounds fishy. -I'm sorry, Matey. - Listen, there's nothing fish about this report. The numbers are unbelievable. You've got to take a look. - Sorry, we're really not interested. - Please, what do you have to lose? Take a look, I worked hard. -All right, fair enough. You weren't bloody kidding, were you? - Who loves you more than me, huh? Nobody. -If that thing is real... - Then the cut stones are worth 15 million easily, maybe more. - I'm not paying more than 10%, 15% tops. - What he means to say is 10% is the maximum we'll pay. -Well, 10 seems more than fair. -What's the catch? - I want $100,000 up front as a finder's fee. There is no catch. - I don't think so. - Listen, everything is going to be taken care of by me ahead of time. You guys have nothing to lose. The deal goes bad, you get your money back, guaranteed. -Oh. No, I don't like this whole up front thing. - We're going to table this discussion until I've had a chance to think about it. -Okay, okay. -What are you still doing here? - I was planning on moving us out later today. Don't... don't... Don't smoke that in here. She's been complaining the last couple of days about how smoky it is. -Whatever you say. Seen the news the last couple days? -You know I don't watch much TV. What? - Philly thing? - Yeah? - It's all over the place. - You serious? -Yeah. - Don't say anything about it when she comes out of there. - She's going to find out soon enough anyway. Uh-oh, here comes trouble. Hey. Mm. What are you hooligans getting into today? -Ed? -Babe, you remember that deal I was telling you about the other night? -Yeah. What about it? -Uh... We had a little problem on it. -What did you do this time? -The end result was good. There was some... Complications. -Is the one and only involved? -Yeah. -Damn it, you guys. Victor? -Him, too. - Sounds like a winner of a deal. So? What happened? - Look, we don't want to alarm you, but I need you to get this room packed up while he and I look for another motel. - It's like that, Eddie? - Yeah. - Why do you constantly do this stuff to me? -There is one more thing. -What's that? - Once this job is through in a day or two, we're going to have to get out of Atlantic city, and we can't come back. - You mean like for a couple months? A year or something? What are you saying? -We can't ever come back. I was going to tell you later. -Sure you were. - Look, I'm going to give you guys a couple minutes alone. Uh... I'll be outside. -Meet me around back. I was going to tell you later. Come on. -Don't. -What did you find out? -Victor works for New York. - Do you think that's a problem for us? - No, my guess is he's doing this deal on his own. -My thoughts exactly. -He's not stupid. Why would he cut them in if he doesn't have to? - If things go the way I think they might, I'll net 12 million, you'll net 2. - Interesting math. You sound hesitant. -In order to do this deal, I have to put up everything I have liquid. - I'll make sure you're insulated. You won't get hurt. - Something goes wrong, we're up the creek, my friend. -We're in the driver's seat. -Somehow I don't feel that way. -What can I do to help you? -I want you to search the city. Find whoever is holding this diamond and take it away from them. -And? -Kill them quietly. - We'll probably be an hour or two. Got to get some things ironed out with Victor. - How are you getting there? - Cab. Wouldn't it be better if he came here? - Nah, it's better if we meet him at his place. -Okay. I guess. - Listen, while we're out, can you do me a favor and stay put? - I was going to say good-bye to my parents. -Not a good idea. -Why? They need to know what's going on. -What for? -Because they're my parents and they're the baby's grandparents. -What baby? -You didn't tell him? -I'm going to be a daddy. - That's great news. - And you're going to be his godfather. -Or hers. And I'd be honored. -Mm. - Now you want explain to her, please, why she can't go down Wildwood? - Look, I don't want to get involved... But she's kind of got a point, Eddie. - Oh, what do you want to go see those losers for now, huh? After all the shit they put you through, put us through? They don't even deserve a good-bye! Forget them! -Eddie, you guys just told me I can never seen them again after tomorrow. Now, I'm going to go say good-bye to them whether you want me to or not. I'm not even having this conversation with you right now. -Let's not do this, okay? - I've got a better idea, how about this? I'll go down there and I'll beat the shit out of both of them. Him for abusing you and her for letting it go on all of that time! Both of them make me sick! - I can't believe you. I can't fucking believe you! -Shut up. -Mm. - Well, ladies, are you enjoying your wine? -Yes. - You're getting a little bit peckish? I think we are. -Yeah. - Mm. Would you like something to munch on? Yes, yes. - Sounds good. And what would you like to munch on? - We could leave that to your imagination. - Oh, let's not do imagining. I mean, we're here. Hello, Nicholas. Know everybody? -No. Excuse me. Gordon? Gordon? - Mm-hmm. -Can I have a moment? - Yes, of course. Ladies, will you excuse me? So, you look a little under the weather. -I'm fine. I ran around all over town with no luck. -That's a shame. -Is the deal set for tomorrow? -Mm-hmm. -Do you have the money? -No. -Why not? - Put up everything I could liquid. It's not enough. So here's what we do. We make them think we can pay them, we take the rock, you kill them all, then we go straight to Europe. -Two dead bodies in the house. I don't like it. -You will do what I ask, hmm? -I'll take first shift. - You sure, man? You look kind of beat. - Yeah, I need to sit here a while. -Eddie? Look, I'm sorry about Sandy. I know she was... Everything. - She was too good for a loser like me, that's for sure. -I told you he was no good. I told you that a long goddamn time ago. Why don't you ever listen to me, huh? Now look at you. - Don't do it, please, for the baby, please? Don't do it. - Yeah. You're right. No, I shouldn't. I shouldn't smoke. Look, I didn't come here to argue with youse. - What did you come here for? - I came here to say good-bye. - Good-bye? - No. - Look... - Well, good-bye. - Look, I know that you want to blame yourself for... For all of this... But it's really not your fault. - I'm pissed at him, but I love him. He's the father of the baby. I love him and I'm going to go with him. - You're not going anywhere, little girl. - Oh, you're n... - You're not going anywhere unless it's over my dead body. - You're not gonna tell me! -Stop! -You know what? I dragged youse both down into my shitty world that I live in, and neither of youse has any business here. And now she's out there somewhere... Carrying my child in her stomach. A fatherless child. Maybe that's for the best. I'd only screw it up anyway. -Christian. Christian, wake up. - What? What's the matter? - You got to take me down to Sandy's parents in Wildwood. -You kidding me? I mean... You know Tony definitely has that entire street staked out. - No, he never knew her last name or where she was from. We'll be fine. Come on, get up. I can't live without her. You got to take me. - Why do I always let you do this? -Ma? -Hey. How are you doing? -How am I doing? - House looks good, place looks good. - All right. - Where's she at, Dean? -My wife is out shopping. Went shop... It ain't none of your business anyway. -Sandy, where's Sandy? - Sandy? - Yeah. - Haven't seen her in a couple years. Two years, three years. - I know she just came down here. Come on, where's she at? -You want a little? -Nah, I'm good. You want to tell me about this thing? What about this? - They belong to my wife. - Yeah? 'Cause they look a lot like Sandy's. - I told you before, we haven't seen Sandy in a long time. Worse thing ever happened to me and my family is when my only daughter got mixed up with a creep like you. Why? I don't know what the hell she sees in you. - I'm sure there are worse things that happened to your family. What are you going to do with that? - What do you think I'm going to do? - Not much when this is pointed at you. - That don't mean shit to me. What do you want to do? - I'll tell you what, you put that down, I'll put this down. What do you think? Go ahead, put it down. -Yeah. Put it down. -Shh. -Ma. Mom! - Please, please, please, please, please, please. Please, let them go. Let them go. - He's the baby's father. I've got to go. Mom! - I know he is, and I respect that, and you need to be a family. You just can't go now. You can't go out there now. Please, you can't go out there. Shh, shh, shh. - Mom. Mom. - No. - I can't stand it. - Shh, shh, shh! Shh, just... just relax. Shh, shh, shh. Just relax. Shh, shh. -Eddie! - Sandy? - Yeah. - What the hell are you doing in there? - He heard you coming, and he locked us in. -Get back away from the door. -What's the name of the place? Tell me the name. -You told me 400 times already. -The one on Pawleys island. - Yeah. - Okay. This is a burner cell. The only number in it is this one. When you get down there and you're safe, all the number and then ditch the phone. -All right. -Here. - What is that? - Five grand in 20's. It should be more than enough to take care of everything. Come on, everything is going to be fine. Come here. All right? Go, come on, let's go. Let's go. - If something happens to you, how am I supposed to know? - I'll be a day or two behind you, stop. All right? Sam, pop the trunk. Make sure she gets the next train to DC. All right, you wait with her, okay? Here you go. Get going. Start the car. -Whatever you say. - You know how to get on black horse pike towards pine barrens? -Yeah. -Do that. In the woods that way. So you went out looking for me last night, only in a lot of the wrong places. Obviously, you're not very bright. -Obviously. -What were you trying to do? Talk. - Gordon told me to get the diamond. -And then what? - Well, he told me to take care of you, but I wasn't going to do it. - You want to know something pal? I got bodies buried all around here underneath this snow. You're getting ready to join them. -There you are. -No, no, no, no, no, wait. Please, i... I'll do whatever you want. Just tell me what you want. - Tonight, when we make the exchange, you're going to kill your boss and I'm going to whack you off a couple of hundred grand out of that money and I'm keeping the rest of it and the diamond. You follow me? - Hey, whatever you want. I didn't like the guy in the first place. - Anything other than that happens, youse are both gone. Now make tracks. Hopefully you don't get shot in the back while you're doing it. -Shit! -You're mine, Eddie. Run little rabbit, run. -Oh, shit. Eddie! Making me chase you through the fucking woods, all that snow. You ruined my favorite pair of shoes, you fuck. Where are you, Marturano?! Where are you?! Where are you, Marturano? Where are you, you fucking rat? Answer me, motherfucker. Answer me! -To Marichel, she's so corrupt that crooks like us have a fighting chance. - We didn't come here to make conversation. -Oh, what a shame. You see, when I was young, we were taught to be gentlemen. - My friend didn't mean any disrespect. What did you want to talk about? - Well, for starters, where that stone came from. That hack of a salesman, Victor, was not very forthcoming. -Interesting take on Victor. It's a blood diamond from Africa. -We know that. What he wants to know is where you got it. -Why do you care? - Because I don't want to try and sell it to whoever you stole it from or their associates. That might make my time left on this planet very short, and it's short enough already. - The truth is, we were doing another job, and it kind of fell into our laps. -Likely story. - You're getting the price of a lifetime. Put the money on the table, or we're going to walk. - Tell me this, if I sell this in Europe, is it likely to give me any trouble? -Honestly, we don't know. Not likely. - I suppose I'm just going to have to take a chance. Show me the diamond. Give them what they want. Here the whole time. One, two, two. -This is truly magnificent. -Eddie? Eddie, come on. Eddie, wake up, baby. Wake up. |
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