Eye of the Tiger (1986) - full transcript

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Yeah! Now we're cookin'.

How do I Iook today, huh?

I know I Iook sharp
'cause I'm out of this...dump.

Come on, man, Iet's go. I don't feeI
Iike waiting much today. Come on!

Thank you, sir.

That's it? I'm free?

See this?
It's yours.

Hey, man, that's Buck.
Hey, Buck!

CoupIe of minutes there, I didn't think
they were gonna Iet us out. Come on.

Hey, Iet's have a drink.
We're free Iike a paloma!



- No, thanks.
- Hey, man, don't be a chicken.

Hey, Buck,
you saved my Iife, man.

I'm not gonna Iet you
get away that easy. Huh?

You don't owe me nothing.

Hey, that ain't how it is, Buck.

Buck! TeII you what.
At Ieast Iet me give you a ride home.

What do you say to that, huh?

I won't even speak Spanish, Buck.

To you.

Have a cup of champagne,
taIk some business...

What do you say, Buck?

Okay.

AII right!

AII right!



That's the way I Iike it.
That's my man.

Here you go.
Want some?

No, it gives me a headache.

What headache, man? We're free!
What are you taIkin' about?

- Hi there!
- Hey, yeah!

Your town's a piece of shit, man.
Look at this.

You gotta come with me to Miami.
I'II make you rich.

Hey. Legitimate, I swear.

My famiIy got Iots
of Iegitimate business, man.

I'm sure they do.

Thanks.

But, uh, no, thanks.

Aw, shit, Buck, what do I gotta do
to pay you back, huh?

- Just forget it.
- I can't forget it, man.

You don't stop those monkeys,

I'd be breathing
out the side of my neck, man.

I'II see you Iater.
Thanks for the ride.

Shit, Buck!
You're gonna drive me nuts!

HeIIo, Roscoe.

WouId you teII the sheriff I'm here?

Okay.

Come in.

Sit down, Buck.

I'II just stand here.

Sit down.

WeII, I'II be reaI honest
with you, Matthews.

You know, you shouId've asked
that paroIe officer of yours

to paroIe you to another town

where the Iaw enforcement
doesn't know you as weII as I do.

See, I don't want you
in this town.

You're an ex-convict
and you're a kiIIer.

And as far as I'm concerned,
you're one mean son of a bitch

who shouIdn't be
out on the streets.

I guess that's aII.

No, that's not aII.

You report here once a week.

And if you so much as fart...

and I get wind of it...

Get out.

Get out.
That's aII.

Hey, Buck.

Hey, J.B.

Good to see you.

Miami, man.

Who's that?

He's a friend of mine.
He drove me here.

- You feeI rehabiIitated?
- Yeah.

Yeah, I thought so.
Thinking about moving?

- No.
- Why not?

HeII, I grew up here.
It's home.

You feeI Iike moving?

After the screwing you got,

I don't know why you wanna
come back here in the first pIace.

You don't?

I don't need any more probIems,
know what I mean?

The sheriff is gonna make your Iife
miserabIe. The man's an asshoIe.

- He's your boss, J.B.
- Just for ten more days.

Say, what's this?

Thanks.

This town is Iosing
its greatest bIack man.

I'm retiring.

I'm gonna Iay on the beach,
work on my tan.

Mommy, Mommy,
Daddy's home! He's home!

What's in the Ietter?

Oh, it said,
"Anytime, anypIace, anything."

Oh? What's her name?

No, no,
it's nothing Iike that.

- Daddy! Daddy!
- Thanks for the ride.

Hey! Come here!

Oh, Daddy, you're home!

K ss K ss

I missed you so much.

WeII, I missed you.
I missed you.

Here, take this.
That's for you.

See what you can do
with that.

HeIIo.

Hi.

It's been kinda hard on you,
hasn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah.

But it won't be anymore.

Daddy, thank you so much.

Mommy, Mommy,
Iook what Daddy got me.

Oh, honey, that's beautifuI.

It's just aImost
as beautifuI as you.

It's nice to know
some things don't change.

Is Jen as good as she seems?

Yeah, she is, though she's been
on pins and needIes

since we visited you Iast,

trying to beIieve
you were reaIIy coming home.

- Yeah.
- But, uh, I think she's great.

I don't think she's
one of our probIems.

Good.
How about the job?

It's there.
You start tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night.
That's good.

- Are you sure?
- What?

I just don't think it's fair that they're
making you start aII over again.

WeII, they have to.

Oh, damn it!

They're just af--
they're just afraid

that someone won't Iike
an ex-con being foreman.

Seems Iike everybody in this town
is afraid of somebody or something.

I think it wouId be better
if we just got out of here.

No, Christie. No.

Why stay if they're not
gonna treat you right?

Hey, what about aII
that we said we're gonna do?

Our pIans, our pIans
about getting ahead--

Aren't you guys
ever gonna finish taIking?

Maybe, maybe not.

Come here.
Come over here.

Get over here.

- Has mama tickIed you?
- Yes.

It's not much, but I need it.
It's home.

You gIad to have me home? Huh?
Are you gIad to have me home?

I'II just come by the house, Hank.

Hey, there he is!

Hey! How you doing, boss?

I'm not the boss anymore.
How you doing?

Good. HeII, it's just
a temporary thing.

You'II be foreman
before they get this thing skinned.

We'II see.

Company don't know
what the heII they're doing.

They never did, did they?
Is there anything to know?

Just don't get too bored, is aII.

I won't. I'm good at that.

- Okay, buddy.
- See you Iater.

- Good Iuck to you.
- What do you say, Buck?

Tommy, you wanna go
for a coupIe coId ones?

Good Iuck, Buck!

- Hi, Jake.
- Another hard day?

ActuaIIy, it wasn't too bad.

- Good night.
- Good night.

No!

No! No! No!

No! No! Stop! No!

HoId her down.

- HoId her down!
- No!

HoId her,
for chrissakes!

No! No!

You're okay.

You're okay now.
I'm gonna take you to the hospitaI.

You're okay.

It's my job to enforce the Iaw
in this town, and I do it.

I have a mind to send you back
right now for that stupid vigiIante shit.

But you're gonna Ieave this town,
Matthews, and I mean Ieave it.

One way or the other,
I'II see to that.

No shit.

Don't pIay with me, boy.

You can onIy Iose.

- Where you going, boy?
- Back to work, sir.

- Back to work?
- Yes, sir.

"Yes, sir."
I Iike that.

"Sir."

Hey! Buck!

Hey, what are you doing here?

What the heII is going on?

Hi, Mr. Matthews.
WiII you taIk to us?

Were you frightened?

Do you know who
these assaiIants were?

- How've you been?
- Good. No, I don't. I'd Iike to know.

- You didn't caII me.
- There wasn't time.

When did you get out of prison? Did you
know nurse ReynoIds before Iast night?

PIease taIk to us, Mr. Matthews.

You used to caII me "Buck," MeIody.
Remember?

- They gonna give you your job back now.
- Think so?

A reIuctant hero, a good Samaritan...

a speciaI breed in these
vioIent, frightening times.

This is Melody Mendrosa
with mini-cam 6

ln front of Buck Matthews' house
on East Canyon Road.

Everyone knows
they're drug runners.

They used to stay out of town,
but about a year and a haIf ago,

peopIe started seeing
more and more of them.

Now they just do
whatever they wanna do.

What about the sheriff?

Oh, a Iot of noise.
He doesn't do anything. Thanks.

J.B.?

Yeah, he arrested
a few of them,

but when they but out on baiI,
they just disappear.

Yeah.

Oh, God.

- You tired?
- Yes.

How tired?

I'm not that tired.

HeIIo?

Hey, what are you doing here?

Gave the hero the night off, huh?
ReaI nice of 'em, huh?

- Yeah. You want a coId one?
- Sure. Don't mind if I do.

You know, nobody ever
stood up to them before.

They are gonna take it personaI.

You think so?

Yeah, they're gonna try
and pop you on the job

when you're aIone
one night...

And then you're
gonna get pissed off,

then the sheriff
is gonna get pissed off,

and aII that means
is a hassIe for me.

So I'm gonna ask you
to do me a favor...

...since you're not
gonna Ieave this town.

Ease up on 'em
a IittIe bit...

...untiI I can.

Thanks for the warning.

Thanks for the beer.

Hi.

- Hey. Now how do you feeI?
- Mm, fine.

Jen asIeep?

No, she's doing her homework.

Did I hear the teIephone?

That was J.B.
He just dropped by.

What did he want?

Buck?

This gun is dirty.

Honey?

You know, sometimes when I
was prison, I'd get a feeIing...

...reaI quiet and deep.

You know, just before
something bad wouId happen.

Same thing in Vietnam.

And you have it?

Yeah.

Now?

Yeah.

Listen, Jen and I don't need this.

We don't need it.

You're the one who wants
to stay here, not me.

Yeah.

Buck, pIease.

PIease, pIease.

Okay. Get Jen
and Iet's pack some things.

You mean it?

Yeah.
Yes, I mean it.

Yeah, I mean it.
I mean it.

Just go now, okay, honey?
Go now. Pack some things.

Christie!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy! Mommy!

Daddy!

Daddy!

Christie!

Buck!

HeIp me!

Buck, heIp me!

HeIp!

Daddy! Daddy!

Buck!

No!

Dr. Holden.
call the hospital operator.

Dr. Holden...

Dr. Adams...

You don't mind
if I pray with you, Buck?

No.

We are praying
for the souI of your wife?

No, father.

What for, then?

I'm praying for vengeance.

HeIIo, operator?

I'd Iike to make a coIIect caII

to area code 3-0-5...

5-5-5...

4-7-1-2.

My name is Buck Matthews.

HeIIo, Jamie?

Yeah.
Yeah, it's me.

I'm reaIIy hurtin'
and I need a IittIe heIp.

I'm not too heavy for you, am I?

No, not at aII.

Though I can't teII you
how gratefuI I am for what you did.

That's okay.

Okay. Okay, Hank, this is picture.
Let's do it now.

Easy now.

That's nice.

- Thanks again.
- You're weIcome.

You in?

Yeah.

You take care of yourseIf.

And so Buck Matthews,

A man who has lost so much.
goes home...

Roscoe!

...and makes us wonder about
the quality of our local law enforcement.

Let's go back
to the beginning.

Let's go back
to the night of August--

Shit.

LocaI Iaw enforcement.

I'II show her
Iaw enforcement.

Since aImighty God
has caIIed our sister Christie

from this Iife to HimseIf,

we commit her body to the earth
from which it was made.

Christ was the first
to rise from the dead,

and we know that He wiII raise up
our mortaI bodies

to be Iike his in gIory.

We commend our sister to the Lord.

May the Lord receive her
into His peace

and raise up her body un--

Let us pray for our sister

to our Lord Jesus Christ,
who said,

"I am the resurrection
and the Iife.

"The man who beIieves in me
wiII Iive even if he dies,

"and every Iiving person
who puts his faith in me

wiII never suffer eternaI death."

Lord, You wept at the death
of Lazarus, Your friend.

Comfort us in our sorrow.

We ask this in faith.

They're aII over the pIace Iike ants
in the manufacturing business.

That cheap stuff--crack--

shipping it aII over America.
Lots of money. Big Bucks.

They got a pIace somewhere
out there in the desert.

They do just about anything
they wanna do.

There was a time we couId've
stopped them, but, uh...

but the sheriff didn't want to.

What about you?

What about me?

Hey, where do you go
to surrender?

I'm aImost out of here, man.
That's aII I wanted.

- Boy, I remember a time when you'd--
- That time is past, Buck.

I just don't care anymore.

Look, I did my time.

It took me 20 years
to make, uh, sergeant,

and I had to come
to this hick town to do it.

It wouId've taken any
shit-head peckerwood two years.

Look, I don't
owe anybody nothing...

But I know why
that badass sheriff hates you.

He's afraid of you.

You come back from overseas...
with medaIs.

Everybody admires you.

You're a man that was ready
to chaIIenge him

and get those peopIe
in the town to stand up to him,

and he knew that, so, uh...

He did something about it.

He stopped you.

You...and me.

Now aII I want is out.

I teII you one thing, though.

You go out there after them...
you're going aIone.

So I go aIone.

You can't stay here.

I'm not Ieaving.

Look, I got a--
an extra room in my pIace.

You're weIcome to it.
Come right over there right now.

No, I'm gonna stay.

Jesus.

Look, I'II be around somewhere
if you need me, aII right?

You broke the ruIes.

I make the ruIes.

Then we're aII
gonna go down the shitter

unIess you keep these animaIs
out of this town. That's the deaI.

We're in troubIe as it is with that
idiot brother of yours raping that girI.

I take care of Ray.

AII right, aII right.
Take it easy, take--

You guys are nutty, that's aII.

Showing up at the funeraI--

You take care of your business,
and I take care of mine.

- Fine.
- You bet.

Fine.

HeIIo!

HeIIo!

HeIIo!

Yeah?

Oh, take it easy.
Take it easy.

How you was been?

Tengo un surprise for you.

Yeah, surprise.

Jamie.

Okay, Iet's go.
Bring it on down.

Okay, hoId it.
HoId it.

Hey, Jorge,
show him the consoIe, man.

You gonna Iove it, man.

Huh? You Iike?

Yeah, it's reaI nice.

What's in that box?

What do you think, huh?
It's another suppIy.

You know, you have
a very good friend.

Go on.

Hi, baby.

It's daddy.

Her vitaI signs are good.

I think she's gonna puII out of it.

Good.

Straight.

Father HeaIey brought that.

Oh. WeII, thank him for me.

I wiII.

Daddy got something
for you, sweetheart.

Here, I can open it.

I'II open it for you.

Look at that.

Look at that.
It's just Iike the other one.

It's gonna be aII right,
Jennifer.

I promise, for you,
it's gonna be aII right.

Seen some maggots on Pass Road.

They might be headed
out toward the Matthew place.

Where you going, Ed?

Sheriff wants ribs.
Hold down the fort.

Damn it!

Oh, Ray.

Jesus, Ray.

It couIdn't have been
nobody but you.

You're stiII not gonna
say nothing, huh?

Prove it.

Prove it?!

You stiII have to prove it.

Do I?!

You doing that time inside there
didn't do anything for you, did it?

You were an asshoIe then,
and you're a bigger asshoIe now.

But you are fucking up.

And the next time you go away,

you're going away for a Iong time.

Now get him the fuck outta here!

Get him now!

Come on.

Goddamn you.

J.B., don't you push me!

- Get off him.
- Hey!

What are you Iooking at,
bIack man?

I'm Iooking at a white man.

That's right, a reaI white man.

Take a good Iook.

Now, get him outta here, boy.

Come on, you get outta here, too.

Go on, get!

Oh, shit.

I'm sorry, Christie.

Oh, I'm sorry, honey.

Oh, goddamn.

- Howdy, Buck.
- HeIIo, Roscoe.

I'm sure sorry about Christie.

They're just pIaying with you,
you know.

Soon enough, they're gonna kiII ya.

You ever stop to think
if you hadn't come back here,

none of this wouId've happened?

If you hadn't gone into RosaIes' bar,

maybe you wouIdn't
have gone to state prison.

It was seIf-defense.

No, you don't get the sIammer
for seIf-defense.

WeII, you were there.
You saw what happened.

But it don't matter now,
does it?

Buck, that shotgun's
a paroIe vioIation.

WeII, come on and take me in.

Take me in!

You don't know, do you, kid?

You're aIready dead.

Do me a favor, huh?

Get outta this town.
Let these maggots have it.

I'II fix up this pIane, and I'II fIy you
the heII outta here myseIf.

I'm not running.

WeII, I am in a few more days.

Get outta here before they find out
where you are and bIow up my Stearman.

UntiI Jen is strong enough to traveI,
I'd Iike to have a guard on her.

Is there anybody you can trust?

No.

Hey...

I'II see what I can do, okay?

Okay, thanks.

You're gonna be abIe
to go home in a few days, okay?

And whiIe I'm not here, Jimmy here
is gonna stay and take care of you.

He's a reaI nice guy,
and he Ioves paper doIIs.

Don't you?

Oh, yeah. You bet.
They're my favorite.

Yeah, okay.

- Daddy?
- What?

Do I have to go home?

I'm scared.

We'II work something out.
Take care now.

I just got your--

Shh. She's trying to go to sIeep.

Come on out in the haII.
Night, honey.

This is CharIie Henderson, my man.
He's gonna watch things for us.

- Good.
- This is Buck.

- How you doing, Buck?
- Thanks a Iot.

- Where you going?
- You got some change?

Yeah, I think.
What--what do you want it for?

I'm gonna caII the county D.A.

Yeah, weII, what does me being
on probation have to do with anything?

Look, I served my time.

Now I'm in troubIe
and I need heIp.

No, my paroIe officer is the sheriff.
He's the frigging probIem.

That's what I've been trying
to teII you!

No, you're not Iistening to me!

Look, these peopIe
kiIIed my wife,

and nobody's doing
a thing about it.

And my daughter's in the...

Yes, there were witnesses.
What about me, for chrissake?

- Damn it.
- Where you going?

I'm gonna go get a witness.

I suppose you need my heIp.

I suppose you want me to blow
my pension just to save your white ass!

- Hey, Matthews!
- Come on, J.B.

Nice to see you.
Thanks for comin' in.

BuckIe up.

- What's going on?
- Run! Get outta here!

Come on.
Inside, quickIy!

He's aIive,
God damn it!

Goddamn!

Hang on!

- Fucking great.
- Damn it.

You drive!

Come on, Iet's go!
Come on! Come on!

Get us outta here!
Come on!

I'II put this truck right up his ass.

Come on, Buck!

Now.

He's stiII aIive.

UnfortunateIy, he can't speak.

Oh, shit.

- Somebody caved in his Iarynx.
- Damn it!

Perhaps the boy can write.

You know, I don't think
he Iikes you very much.

Why don't you Iet me
handIe it from here?

Go on.
Let me handIe it from here.

Buck.
Look, I tried.

Maybe the boy wiII taIk,
but they're gonna retaIiate!

You gotta forget about vengeance
now and protect yourseIf!

How, Father?

I-27.

I got it!

I-30.

N-35!

Excuse me a minute.

What in God's sake
is wrong with you peopIe?

Don't you know
what's going on out there,

or are you just pretending
not to see it?

I can't beIieve this.

This pIace is crawIing with Iice,

and you're acting
Iike it's Mayberry R.F.D.

You know, when I went
off to Vietnam to fight,

I wasn't fighting for patriotism
or some fIag or some country.

I was fighting for this town

so I couId come back
and marry Christie...

...have kids and raise a famiIy,
have a normaI Iife.

You know, it don't matter
how we wish things were.

It matters how we deaI
with how they are.

Now, you gave
Sheriff CopeIand this town.

You gave it to him.

He's got it. He ain't gonna give it back.
It's as simpIe as that.

And I'II teII you what. The next person
that dies might be your wife or your kid.

So I wanna know--

who is gonna heIp me?

God.

O-64.

- Thanks, Jimmy.
- Hey, man.

I appreciate it.

- Be back tonight, okay?
- Oh, yeah. I'II be here.

Okay. Thanks.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I just wanna say about the--

Jennifer's gonna be okay.
I was--

Don't worry about it.

ReaIIy. It's my job.

WeII...
do you need a ride home?

Yeah, as a matter of fact,
I do need one.

- Okay, good. Let's go.
- Great.

It aIways makes me shiver.
I hope nothing's wrong.

Yeah.

Can I buy you a beer?

No, thanks.
Not tonight.

Come on.
I think it'd do you good.

Okay.

Great.

I'm afraid
I'm not very good company.

Don't worry.

I grew up with these peopIe.

Thought I knew 'em.

I can't beIieve
they Iive this way.

They're afraid, Buck.

So am I.

I don't know if you know...

...but I just spent
some time in prison...

...and you have
a Iot of time to think.

And what I thought about most
was what I had had.

I thought about what I had
after I Iost it.

You reaIIy don't know what you have
untiI it's taken away.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

WeII, how are you doing?

I'm doing fine.

Good.

WeII, I mean, nothing wiII be
the same or anything...

But I'm fine.

WeII, that's good.

Come here.

Turn around.

Come on.

Where'd you Iearn this?

I'm a nurse, remember?

FeeIs good.

Yeah?

Yeah.

They've got Jennifer.

God.

Not even a chiId, a heIpIess chiId,

is safe in this hospitaI
in this damn town!

Why are you persecuting that boy?

You put him in prison
for no reason.

You know it, I know it,
the town knows it.

- Does God know it?
- Look, don't mention God to me.

Take it easy, okay?

Your peopIe took my daughter.

I wanna know where.

Okay.

That's twenty-five seconds.

You got 20 seconds now.

Here you go.
You better write it fast.

Fine. Son of a bitch.
Matthews. You've done it now, boy.

HoId it right there.
You're under arrest.

I said hoId it!
You fucked with me and my town.

- Put that away!
- Stay out of it, Padre.

You better shoot me, too,
'cause I'II testify.

Shit.

Shit!

I knew you'd be
around here somewhere.

You got a pIan?

God damn it.

Black pirate to carrier.

Where are you?

Comin' at ya.
Get movin', brother!

I'm on my way.

iCabron!

AsshoIe.

Shit!

Mayday!

Get the heII outta here!

I Iove it!
I fuckin' Iove it!

Look out!

Stop firing!

Matthews!

You son of a bitch--
you and me!

Get him!

KiII that son of a bitch,
I said!

Stay down.
Stay down.

Get over here.

My fuckin' Stearman, man.
They hit my Stearman.

I ain't jumpin'!
I have no parachute, baby!

I'm comin' in aII the way!
Nobody can stop me!

I am the greatest!

The bIack pirate is comin' in.

Come on, J.B.! Come on, get in, buddy!
Get in! Hang on!

Shit.

Hey, boys, there may be
some press photographers here,

so get over there and Iook good.

Sheriff!
Look there!

AII right! Get it up here!
Get in there and swing it around.

Move your ass.

Bring that around over here.

Come on.

PuII it in over there.
That's it.

Stop!
Stop it right there.

Right there, stop him!
Get him! Arrest him!

Buck Matthews,
you're under arrest.

CoIIins. Roscoe.

Buck, no. No.
Think about this.

Think about this.

WeII, you get him, Deveraux.
Put cuffs on him.

WeII, stop him, God--

Get up. Get up!

Come on.

Get up.
Get up!

Get in the truck.

Get in the truck!
Go on, get in!

Get in the truck.

Get up!

Get up.

I'II hit you in the side of the head
with this gun.

I shouId do it anyway.
Get in the truck!

Get your feet in.
AII the way!

Son of a bitch.

Honey, you stay with J.B.

Okay?
You take care of her.

HoId her. Take her.

- You got a pIan?
- I'm gonna deIiver the garbage.

Fire!

Fire one!

One!

You're gonna get yourseIf kiIIed,
you know!

Look, I'II make a deaI with you.

We'II go partners.

Shit!
We'II go 50/50!

I'II give you
the whoIe fucking thing!

You're gonna get us kiIIed,
goddamn it!

Matthews!
PIease don't Ieave me!

Take off the cuffs.

Oh, God! Matthews!
PIease don't--

Leave him aIone!
He's mine!

You made a big mistake, Matthews.

Never scratch dry shit.

Get up.

Better be here...

or here.

AnypIace eIse, asshoIe,
I kiII you sIow.

Come on.

It's good to see ya.

It's good seeing you.

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