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The Security Men (2013)
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This is Red Leader. Over. Repeat. This is Red Leader. Over. 'Go ahead, Red Leader .' I'm approaching incident. Over. 'Copy that, Red Leader. Be careful down there.' We have a Code 3. Repeat. Code 3. 'Code 3. What do you see down there, Red Leader? Please report status.' Copy that. I'm going in. Yes... we have a definite spillage. Looks to me like coke. Possibly Dr Pepper. I'm effecting contingency plan. Look at him. Milking it. What do you reckon, Jimmy? Five coner? No, no. Six. This is a big job. Nah. I'm sticking with five. One... two... ..three... ..four... five! Yes! Hey. Oh, bollocks. I knew there'd be six. There was five for the McFlurry. Yes! This is Red Leader. Spillage contained. Nice work, Red Leader. Excellent security control. He's an arsehole. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Careful, Madam. I don't want any casualties. Not on my watch. Control, this is Red Leader. Activate Eunice. Repeat. Activate Eunice. Kenneth wants you activated, Eunice. I'd activate his bollocks, that's what I'd activate. How many cones? Six. That's never six cones. That's a two-coner, if that. If he thinks I'm mopping that up at three minutes to six, he can shove it right up his ringpiece. Having trouble locating Eunice at the moment, Red Leader. Last known whereabouts, just outside Hallmark Cards. 'Give you a status update when we locate her.' Copy that. He's only sent me a memo about changing my water. No way?! No?! It said, 'From Kenneth to Eunice' at the top, then subject, 'Water in Bucket' then at the bottom it said, 'Formal warning.' I wouldn't stand for that. No, you're the boss of your own water, Eunice. Why should Kenneth interfere with your water? You tell Kenneth it's your water and you do whatever you like with it. Fourteen years I've worked here and I've never once had a memo. Shown it t'my Cliff. What did he say? He said Kenneth's a twat. You're right, there. How is Cliff? Oh, he's driving me mad. I'm hoping he'll re-offend, get him out from under my feet. - Hey, is Duckers back tonight? - Yeah. Right, well, I'll get going, cos he can be a very boring man. 'Night, Eunice. 'Night, love. 'Night, Jimmy. Good night, Eunice. Eunice, don't forget your bucket. Righto. Good night, sweetheart. She's a dirty cow. That water hasn't been changed since February. I know. Could smell it from here. Pure shit. Sailing I am sailing Home again Across the sea Duckers. 'Ey up, Duckers. How was it? We'll never have another holiday on dry land, me and Linda. Best holiday we've ever had. Linda wants a porthole put in the downstairs loo now. So, did you miss me? No. Yeah. Of course we did. Where's Kenneth? Ooh. Bloody hell. Six cones? That's a four-coner, tops. Anyway, I've not come home empty-handed. Here you are, lads. Are you ready? Ocean Conqueror... shower gel. Oooh. Wait. Ocean Conqueror... shampoo. Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo. Ocean Conqueror... ..shower cap. Hoo-hoo-hoo! Duckers, it's like we've been on that cruise with you. You've really pushed the boat out there, mate. Boat out. Good 'un, that. I don't want this shower cap. And I don't want the shampoo. I'll have the shower gel. You haven't got a shower. Fair play. I'll have the shampoo. I'll have the shower gel, then. Now, form an orderly queue. Got all my photos in here, printed off. Here she is in all her glory. What, the Ocean Conqueror? No, my Linda. She seems to be the only one topless. She was. There's a better one in here of 'em resting in the soup. They came from t'top deck just to have a look. Oh, she's doing a handstand! Oh, no. Hey, how's she doing that with the ping-pong ball? That's my Linda. All right, there, Kenneth. Duckers. Good to have you back. Well done on the Code 3 down there, Red Leader. Yeah, you did a mighty job. I had to improvise with some paper towels but I managed to contain the spillage. Yeah, it were a cracking holiday, Kenneth. There's an Ocean Conqueror shower cap there for you. Oh, thank you. I were showing t'lads some of my photos. Wanna skeg? No. Have you ever thought about cruising, Kenneth? I've never been a Navy man. Not good with water. Like Eunice. Could you pass me an Incident Report form, please, Ray. Kenneth, have you ever noticed how filthy black Eunice's water is? You should send her a memo. Already taken care of. Oh, er... I've rejigged the rota a bit tonight, Kenneth. Got you down for a 12 o'clock break, OK? Righto. So, how are things with your old mum since I've been away, Kenneth? Not good. I've had to let Theresa the carer go. Oh. Why's that, then? Well, I got home the other night and there was mother lying in the bed lightly soiled and Theresa was out the back with a Benson and a can of Stella. That's disgraceful. Imagine your mother lying there lightly soiled. She was already on her fourth memo. Your mother? No, Theresa. I've told her time and time again, you can't turn your back on my mother for a moment. It's like Russian Roulette. She's a lazy cow, is Eunice. Look where she's left that bloody bucket. Ask yourself this - Theresa the carer's fired. Gone. No longer in the picture. Completely off the scene. And Kenneth's mammy is lying there lightly soiled. Ask yourself this - Who's washing her now? Well, it must be Kenneth. That's exactly what I was thinking. Would you wash your mammy? Would you, Duckers? Come on, you come home from work, your mammy's laying there lightly soiled. Would you wash her? Would you, Duckers, would you wash her? What sort of a question's that? What if it was with a flannel? 'Risk of serious injury?' Grave. 'Reaction time to incident?' What would you say, Ray? Four minutes? Oh, I think you'll find it was a lot less than that. Three? Two. I'm gonna put down 1.40. 'Number of cones?' Six. Just give me an honest answer, Duckers. Would you wash your mammy? I don't know. I don't wanna even think about it. Would you say, 'Feck it, she's washed my own shitty arse a thousand times, so I'll wash hers.' Come on. I'll tell you, hand on the Bible, fecking seven of us and not one of us ever washed my mammy. Ninety-two she was when she died. And even when he was giving her the Last Rites, Father Murphy commented about the... smell of... ..baked-in shite. Baked-in shite. I love that. Who are all those Incident Report forms for, Kenneth? For myself, Ray. I like to keep a record. And you can tell Jimmy I don't appreciate him drawing an erect member on my folder again. You two, get off them bloody scooters! Yeah, stop titting about, lads. I'm even jealous of myself looking at these. That's my Linda bladdered, playing mini golf. What's that? It's just a little bit of piss. She's quite leaky, my Linda. They all end up leaky. That's my Linda at the captain's table. She got invited to the captain's table? She invited herself. I think he were quite taken with her. He said he'd never met a woman over 60 with piercings. Fair play to her. Whoa, hold on. Typical bloody hoodie. Spit it out. Doesn't matter who has to clear it up. Look at that mammy washer. We're cutting it fine. We'll miss it if we're not careful. Now... ..little tip I've picked up along the way. From the Army? Kim and Aggie. I've put them on Series Link. For Mother. Isn't it time for your break now, Kenneth? In one minute, 40 seconds, yes. There we are, Ray. Target eliminated. You have to take a strong line on these things. Absolutely. I'd never seen a woman's knockers until I came to this country. And then it was Helen Mirren's. Both of them, left and right. Yeah. Bob Hoskins was munching on them as I remember. Lucky bugger. That's Linda doing the conga. On her own? Oh, yeah. Everyone on the ship knew her name. Most nights we didn't even make it back to the cabin. Used to sleep in the gift shop. I think they thought, 'That's a couple that likes to have fun.' Yeah. That's a waxing rash, that is. Oh. Ah, Kenneth. Isn't it time for your break, Kenneth? Zero hundred hours precisely. I'll be out the back if you need me. Enjoy your break, Kenneth. Ssh! Right, let's get cracking. You, on the main alarm system. You, Duckers, get the keys. I'll put this on auto. Done. Got 'em. Let's do this. ..three... four... five... Get a move on, will yer? Jesus, Duckers, you've brought the wrong keys. Yes! Yes. We're in. Kenneth. Kenneth. K-E-N-N-E-T-H. It's Kenneth, Mother. I tell you what, lads. This'll last 15 minutes tops. Kenneth will still be on the phone to his mum. It's the white tablets. The white ones. White. That's it. They're on your bedside table. That's right. By the bed. In the saucer. White. Why would I be trying to poison you, Mother? You what? Well, don't lie on the damp patch. Ray... can I ask you a question? And-and-and tell the truth now, shame the devil. Would you wash your mammy? My mother's dead. You were at the funeral, Jimmy. Well, let's pretend she's not dead. Let's say she's lying there, lightly soiled. Would you wash her then, Ray, would you? Say it was with a flannel? I don't think Kenneth's got a mother. I think he's doing a Norman Bates and he just dresses up like her. This is the fight we've been waiting for. The big fight and a real test, this one, for Amir Khan. The place, you can see, the MEN arena, absolutely packed out. 20,000 fans here, most of them supporting Amir Khan. Right. Sweepstake. Closest round, tenner each. I say it ends in five. Give me round seven. Five? Seven? Get a life. Give me round two. Amir Khan. It's absolutely... Amir! I know you're here. Come on, Khan, come on! A good right hand from Khan. Go on, smack him one! Come on, Khan, come on. Khan right on top here in the second. ..and putting together some lovely flourishes... Bite him! This is turning... - Starting to pile on the pressure. - That's a great shot. What a prat! What a prat! It's one-way traffic once again. Khan piling on the pressure. And that's five rounds gone. One more round. Just one more! - And he's been caught. - And that's the first time... Yeah-ha-ha! He's not having it all his own way. There's going to be some thinking going on in that Khan corner. He's got a little bit of a problem. Right, lads, let's... Come on, Khan! 'Great right hand and Khan felt the weight of that.' 'Khan's going to have to really dig deep and he's doing that.' Don't let him off the hook, Khan! Oh, bollocks. Don't let him off the hook! 'And he produced a grandstand finish...' It's a sad day when an officer can't rely on his men when his back is turned. It wasn't my idea. I just went along with it. A very sad day. Sorry, Kenneth. We just wanted to watch Amir Khan. Bite him! Come on, Khan, come on! He's knocking the shite out of him, Kenneth. Come on, come on! What round is it? It's the last round. It's nearly over. He's got him, he's got him. Come on! Use your left! Cracking fight, that. Cheers, Kenneth. Thanks, Kenneth. Yeah, thanks, Kenneth. Well, you have to know when to bend the rules sometimes. I used to do a bit of boxing myself as a young man. Yeah? Were you a biter, Kenneth? I were a biter. No, jab man. Keep 'em back with a jab. Now then, we'd better get those alarms back on. Hey, I didn't hear that! You didn't set the alarm properly down there, you clown. I did. I definitely did. Hang on a minute, that's not Electrical Land. That's Denbys. Denbys High Class Jewellery and Precision Watches. Rewind the tape. Oh, Jesus Christ. The robbing whores. Why did we leave our posts? Jimmy, go down there and check it out. Twenty-five years unblemished service up in smoke. Come on, Kenneth, this wasn't down to you. Yes, I suppose we're partly to blame, too. In a way. I'm just glad my mother's senile. We'd never have caught them. There's two of them. There's only four of us. 'I'm down here now.' What can you see, Jim? 'I'm just going inside. Over. Roger. I'm in the shop now.' And? 'There's been a robbery.' Bloody hell, Jim! What have they taken? 'Every fecking thing by the looks of it.' OK, come back up here and we'll work out what to do next. 'Copy that. Wait. What's this? There's a lovely looking watch they've dropped on the floor. It's a... rol... dex.' Don't even think about it, Jimmy. We can draw straws for that later. We certainly will not. Well, there's nothing else for it. I shall have to send Mr Lomas a memo tendering my immediate resignation. No, there's got to be a way out of this, Kenneth. Yes, with all due respect, with the best will in the world, it's no good YOU just resigning. We're all in this shit. And where are we gonna find another job that's mainly sleeping? The only way out of this is for me to fall on my sword. Look, let's think about this logically. What we need is a reason why we never tried to stop 'em. Because we were watching the boxing. We know that. Hey, why don't we blindfold ourselves and tie ourselves up? Grow up. They've cleaned the place out. There's nothing left there. What time is it now? Put that back. Yeah, put that back. I'm just minding it until the police get here. Keeping it safe. Why don't we wipe the video tape and they'll never know what happened. Actually, that's not a bad idea. Oh, that's convenient, isn't it? The one night there's a robbery the cameras are mysteriously not working. Come on, let's all have a good think. We won't let Kenneth take the blame. We're a team. Yeah, but if he wants to - Think. Jimmy? Well, I was waiting for you lot to come up with something. I was just gonna agree. Duckers? No, nothing, nothing. Look, the robbery's happened, it's a fact. There's no getting away from it, there's no denying it. Honesty is the best policy, that's what my mother always taught me. Lying is the best policy. When they said I took that money out of the church collection, I lied. And when I went to confession, I lied again. Hmm! Pass me a resignation form, please. They don't have one, Kenneth. Well, I'll adapt an Incident Report form. Hang on. What about if we make it look like we DID do our job? How do you mean? Well, we could rewind the tape, somehow re-stage the robbery, only this time with us doing our job properly. How would that work? Well, two of us could play the robbers. The other two could chase them down and have a bit of a scuffle - Yeah, yeah, yeah! Make it look like a real scrap. Make it look like we nearly caught 'em. I could chuck my karate in. That's it, that's it! Do you know, we can come out of this looking like real heroes. Exactly. No. No. No! Kenneth, I need this job. My Linda can't get work with her police record. We all need our jobs, Kenneth. I'm having my drive flagged next week. You're having your drive flagged? Hmm. Look, the whole system is security encoded. If we start tampering with it, Head Office will know. Yeah, but you know our Clare's son, asbo Rhys, they took his tag off last week. He's a genius with computers, an absolute whizzkid. I bet you he could reset it for us. Come on, Kenneth. Just give it a go. Yeah, that's it. Just give it a go. We've got nothing to lose. If anyone can pull this off, Kenneth... ..it's you. Come on, Kenneth. Right. Gentlemen, gather round. Now then, this is the plan I've formulated. To begin with, whoever we choose to be robbers, enter by aisle four. It's by the Pound Shop. They will then proceed in a north-westerly direction, passing Greggs the bakers, Shoe Tree, Spoilt for Choice, arriving at Denbys, whereupon they gain entry using a crowbar to 'break the padlock' on the shutter. Who's playing the robbers? Well, two of us will be the robbers, two of us will play ourselves. I don't fancy playing myself. I couldn't pull it off. I've got a brother who looks like me but he lives in County Clare. What's that got to do with anything? I'm just saying, if anybody was looking for a look-a-likey to play me, you should talk to him. I'm not gonna be a robber. That's all I have to say. Myself and Ray will be the guards. You two the robbers. Why am I a robber? I went through all this on the cruise. A woman's bag went missing and mine were the first cabin they came to. Mind you, turns out Linda HAD taken it. Now then, camera three will pick up two security guards in aisle six. They will spring into action, racing past Quality Save and Superdrug, arriving at Denbys just as said robbers emerge with a holdall. A scuffle ensues and the robbers manage to break way. Hello? OK, mate, I'll buzz you in. That's our Rhys on his way up. Oh, good. The robbers break away - You know what this is like? A remake of The Great Escape. Different characters all working together on the big plan. Which one will you be, then? Do you need to ask? Steve McQueen, of course. I wanna be Steve McQueen. You can't. I am. Anyway, it's Steve Mc-Queen, not Steve O'Queen. He weren't a Paddy. He wasn't a Chuckle Brother, either. All right, Uncle Ray? Oh, good boy. Come in. Meet the lads. Pleased to meet you, Rhys. How are you, son? Bloody hell. I've underpants older than him. And he's wearing 'em. You weren't busy, were you? Not really. Just watching porn. Fair play to you, son. So, Rhys, can you do this? It'll be encrypted. I'll have to override it. And a firewall to get through. I'll bounce it off a remote i-drive. Fecking bounce away, son. I'll have to shut down, reboot, re-route everything through a remote server. Was that a yes or a no? - Well, I'll give it a go. - Good boy. Hey, Jim. See them, there? My Linda's used to be like that. Always very perky, they were. Then suddenly the springs went in 'em. Yeah, they do go. My missus can make balloon animals out of them now. Good one, good one. Hey, what do you think? These ones... or... ..these ones? These are...60 denier and these are 40 denier. I-I don't know. I'm in two minds. Look again. These ones... ..or... ..these ones? I think the first ones. Good. I can see feck all out through them ones. This is an old system. I'm not sure if it can read the programme. Come on, download will you, crap remote hard drive. Sorted. Right, it's all ready. Oh, excellent. Well done, Rhys! Good boy. I'lll tell your mum. She'll be very proud. She's took a restraining order out on me. What, again? Yeah. Right, Ray - Say hello to my little friend. Go ahead, punk, make my fecking day. Are you talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Yes, I am talking to you, Ray. We need to get on. Yeah, stop titting about, lads. We haven't got much time. Hands up who thinks I should be a guard? You're not being a guard and you're not having guns. Ready? Red Leader to all units. 'Stand by.' In position, Red Leader. Hey, I bet you wish these were used, eh, Jim? 'Red Leader to all units.' And... three... two... one. Action! Aaaaagh! Cut! - Action! - Aaaaaaagh! Cut! What? Stop titting about, Duckers. And... three..two... one. Action! Aaaaagh! Leave it! Cut! - Action! - Aaaagh! What?! Cut! Action! Cut! Action! Aaaaagh! Go on, run! Get in there! Right, here we go. Looking good, Kenneth. Thank you very much. Oh, look, here we go. See that bag? That's heavy, but I'm carrying it so casual. Here we go. I couldn't get into a packet of cigarettes. You could get in there. Here they are. Cagney and Lacey. This is it. You're gonna get it, boys. Lads, you are having it. Here they come. Ooh, look at that! Look at me. I look like Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2. Hey, you can run! Still got it, kidda. Eh? - Look at that. Eunice's water. - Oooh! That's where I cracked my head. Oh, look at that. Oh, I'm glad they got away. Classy touch, that. Kenneth, look at you. You look like you've pissed yourself. Brilliant. Right, that's it. I've dropped it onto the main tape. Well done, kidda, well done! Fair play to you, son. Here... have an Ocean Conqueror shower cap. That's from all of us. Ah, feck it. Here. Have the Ocean Conqueror shampoo as well. Ray, give him the Ocean Conqueror shower gel. Go on. Come on. Nice little bit on the end, you slipping on the water. Who'd have thought Eunice's water would have saved the day? Yeah. Good old Eunice. I must remember to send her a memo thanking her for her water. So what happens now, then? Well, gentlemen... ..I think it's time we called the police and reported a robbery. Right. The thing is to stay calm and act normal. Good evening, officers. Evening, lads. I'm PC Greaves, this is PC Clarke. Chaps. I'm Kenneth Brennan, head of security. This is my unit. Mr Duckworth... Hello. Mr O'Neill... How are you? ..and you've already met Mr Caytor. OK, we'll start by looking at the security footage. Yes, of course. The whole mall is covered by security cameras which can be rotated 365 degrees. Ray. Bloody hell. They're standing proud. That's Linda, my wife. Oh! The old ping-pong ball trick. Are those piercings? Oh, yeah. She paid for the left one, I've treated her to the right one. A gentleman. Hey, if you want a copy for the lads at the station, just ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here it is. 12.07, they enter the jewellers. What were you lot doing? One man in the control room, one man on his break, two men patrolling the mall. What is that? Oil? No, that's Eunice's water. She hasn't changed it since February. She's a filthy cow. Well, we're looking at two right little short arses or just a couple of kids. We'd have a better look at their faces if they weren't covered with the stocking. 40 denier, I reckon. I'd like to go and visit the crime scene now, please. Yes, of course. It must have been a busy night for you lads. No, it were dead quiet before this. We were watching the Amir Khan fight. The Muslim Marauder. It were a belter. Hey, he nearly had him in the tenth, you know. As you can see, they levered the lock off with a crowbar to gain entry. The fellow who owns this shop, his mother's from Kilkenny. In Ireland. According to your log, at 11 .58, Mr Duckworth was patrolling the perimeter. That's correct. What, and he saw nothing? I mean, nine minutes later, the robbers are breaking in here. From the timings of your security footage... ..the robbers left here at 12.11. And spent only four minutes to do all this? They didn't hang about, did they? Bloody hell, he's off on one, is old Greavsie. Thinks he's bloody Wallander. What's he like? A twat. That's what he's like. I hate working nights with him. Never lets me have any birds back at the station for a little look round, feeling the truncheon. And that's a perk of the job. See that fella, Kenneth? Head of security. He washes his own mammy. He's a mammy washer. They know we're lying. You can see it in their eyes. What did you say that about the fight for, you knobhead? It were an accident. They're gonna find us out, I know they are. Do you want to see some more topless pictures of my Linda? Grow up, will yer? Can I ask you a question? And give me your god's honest answer. Would you ever wash your mammy? I mean, if she was lightly soiled. Lightly soiled? Not a problem. I've even washed a few nannas in my time. Hey, don't knock it till you've tried it. I tell you who I wouldn't mind washing. Her in them photographs. That Linda. Yeah, yeah. She could do with a good wash. I'd like to take another look at this security footage. Officer Clarke. Do you have a moment? Something I want to show you. Pause. Right. Pause. Can you rewind it back to the beginning again? Right, come on, we're off. I've already radioed the report in. Bloody hell, that's a first! You'll do all the paperwork? Pretty straightforward, really. Perpetrators nearly apprehended, extreme violence used, hazardous floor surfaces, yada yada yada, job done. Like you say, it's probably just kids. Come on, let's go down the red light district, eh? Do a few stop and searches. Come on, Greavsie. I'll treat you to a korma. Bollocks. Come on, then. Good man. Good night, lads. See ya. Cheers, lads. Hey, and well done. Thank you. Thanks. Hey, nice to meet you, pal. Nice to meet you. Whoo-hoo. Is that the time? Magic. You've only pulled it off, Kenneth. You've pulled it off! Ole, ole, ole, ole Ole... Well done, Jimmy. Kenneth, I just wanna say that I have the height of respect for anybody who'd wash their own parent. Fair play to you. Oh... Do you know what, Duckers? I think I will have a look at them photos now. Here you are, Kenneth. They're not all stuck together yet. What a magnificent boat. Is that a waxing rash? |
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