Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) - full transcript

Losing his son Tom in a hit and run triggers violent emotions in Anthony, whose body begins to transform. When the driver who killed Tom reappears, Anthony mutates into a mass of metal - a human weapon fuelled by an uncontrollable rage.

- He turned into something...

black and dark,
and he attacked me.

- What?

Who are you talking about?

Okay.

It's okay.

It was just a little nightmare.

Tom's fine.

- What?

How did you know
it was Tom in my dream?

I never said.



I need you close to me.

Can you stay home
with me today?

- Dad, I'm worried about you.

It's been 20 years
since Mom died,

and you still haven't healed.

I mean, look at how you obsess
about our health conditions.

You need to get back
into biotech research.

- Grandpa.

- Oh, Tommy.
I am sorry.

I'm sorry I scared you.

- Aah.

Dad, don't worry.

It's just a scratch.

He's still obsessed
about Mom's cancer.



I mean, If I tell him
we could just get

regular check-ups anywhere,
he blows up.

Tom, come back.

No, it's fine.
He'll be all right.

Yuriko, we'll be home soon.

Tom!

Tom, stand by the wall.

Tom!
Stand by the wall!

Stay there!

- Raah!

- Tom!

Tom! Tom!

- Dad!

- Tom!

- Dad!

Daddy!

- You should eat a little.

- How can you be so calm,
sitting there eating breakfast?

Your son was just murdered!

He's dead!

Don't you want to find him?

Don't you want to kill him,

just like he killed Tom?

- d Hush, little baby d

d Don't say a word d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a mockingbird d

Stupid!

Stupid! Stupid!

Stupid! Stupid!
Stupid! Stupid!

I know exactly
how Yuriko feels, Dad.

I can't forgive.

I can't move on.

- Anthony, please,
don't even think about revenge.

d Hush, little baby d

d Don't say a word d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a mockingbird d

You said Mom used to sing
this lullaby all the time.

Remember you told me to sing it
whenever I was angry?

Dad, I sang it every time.

Should I have done that?

- Yes.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

- Mitsue.

- You once told me
about a strange feeling

you get sometimes,

as if your mind and your body
don't belong to you.

I have a strange feeling too.

I feel as if...

outside this apartment,

nothing exists.

I only feel alive
when you hold me tight.

I felt more alive...

when I gave birth to Tom.

I was so happy then.

- You're going out?

- I'm going to find
Tom's killer.

- Uh...

Yuriko, come back.

Come back to me.

Yes, the document you need

for the presentation
is almost finished.

I'll email it right away.

Print out 20 copies.

Yes.

- Hi, Anthony. It's me.

I've just been told
that we don't have

that document from you yet.

It's very important, you know.

I fully realize
this is a bad time for you,

but can you make it today?

[Speaking Japanese] Yes.

- [Speaking Japanese]
It's delivery service.

I've got your package.

- [Speaking Japanese] Yes.

[Speaking English]
Yes, I'm sorry

to have cut you off earlier.

I dropped a pot of hot water,

and I will send
the document right away.

- That's all right, Anthony.
Don't worry about it.

The marketing department
needs it, so if could you get...

Anthony is there something
wrong with your...

[Speaking Japanese]
Please leave it there.

- [Speaking Japanese]
I leave this here,

and I need your signature.

Thank you.

Here's a copy.

- [Speaking English]
The signs are there.

Request immediate disposal.

The informant was right.

- [Speaking Japanese]
Dead already?

I thought that you'd get
a lot more out of...

[speaking English]
Your son showed more fight

when I ran him over.

- You killed Tom!

d Hush, little baby d

d Don't say a word d

- Subject is now
in parking garage.

Transformation proceeding.

- Any witnesses?

- Only the four of us, I think.

d Mama's gonna buy you
a diamond ring d

d If that diamond ring
turns brass d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a looking glass d

- Please leave a message.

- Welcome to your new life.

I hope you're enjoying it.

- Who are you?

- A pair of eyes.

I see everything,

you and your family.

I could even tell you
Tom's favorite dessert.

- Why did you kill Tom?

- I stumbled
on your dad's secret.

That's where this all started.

Check your mail.

"Tetsu."

"Tetsu Tetsuo."

- Hello, hello, hello.

We are glad you could make
the journey to join us.

- Welcome to the newest chapter
in the history of iron.

Dad, what did you do to me?

What did you do?

- Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

"Tetsu Tetsuo"

"At long last, my dream is in sight.

"The human body is the natural world's

"most beautiful and functional work of art.

"I am making an artificial body

"not to improve on that work of God,

"but to understand it better.

"Mitsue did everything
she could to help me,

"until she found out
what fearsome powers

an artificial body could have."

I believed that
we were making androids

that would help
improve human life.

But look at what we've created.

They all have the ability

to transform into powerful weapons.

I never wanted to create
weapons, Mitsue.

But it was the only way
we could bring investment

to the company.

- Human weapons, Ride?

No.

I won't do it anymore.

Please, Ride,

tell me you'll stop
this work too.

- "My theories on the creation
of an artificial body

"and Japanese
transformer technology

"caught the eye
of an American corporation,

"which combined the two
into the Tetsuo Project."

"Tetsuo Tetsu"

"But fearing criticism

"over its moral
and other implications,

"the corporation suddenly
cancelled the project,

"and tried to eliminate
all traces

"of it ever having existed.

"It was right at that time
we discovered

that Mitsue had cancer.

"She had always wanted a child.

"We had never been able
to have one.

I did not want to lose her."

What am I?

Is my dad some kind
of perverted freak?

He had sex with an android?

d Mama's gonna buy you
a billy goat d

d And if that billy goat
won't pull d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a cart and bull d

d If that cart and bull
turns over d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a dog named Rover d

d And if that dog named Rover
won't bark d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a horse and cart d

d And if that... d

- Anthony.

Anthony.

That man emailed me.

He told me to come here.

I'm begging you
for the last time.

We have to find who killed Tom,

and we have to kill him.

We have to kill him, Anthony.

That's the only way
I can be happy again.

I need to feel alive, Anthony.

I had forgotten

what life felt like
until Tom was born.

Now that he's gone,
I'm so scared

I will lose this feeling again.

I'm scared I'll forget
my little boy

and how he made me feel.

The only thing
that keeps me going

is the thought of killing
the man who took him from me.

- Leave me alone!

- Anthony?

What's happening?

- I have a demon inside of me.

- Anthony.

- No.

You can't come near me!

- The wife is in the house.

No sign of Dr. Stoval.

- Our information checks out.

The informant appears
to be a hacker

and the same man who killed
the boy for reasons unknown.

Word of this
must never get out.

Do not involve the police
under any circumstances.

Detain Dr. Stoval

and the informant
if he appears.

Anthony is transforming.

Destroy him
and his wife as well,

if that becomes necessary.

- Where is Anthony?

Anthony!

Show yourself.

Show yourself,
or your wife dies,

just like your son.

Coward.

What kind of man are you?

Your son is murdered,
your wife tortured,

and you do nothing.

Yuriko, you should have
married a real man.

- Retreat!

Retreat!

- So Anthony wouldn't kill
any of you?

- Who in the hell are you?

- Your company
would know nothing

about Ride's experiments
if not for me.

Call me an informant.

- Status report, Agent One.

What happened?

- [Whispers]
I terminated Anthony.

- I terminated Anthony.

- Are Ride and the informant
secured?

- [Whispers] Not yet.

Please keep searching.

- Not yet.
Please keep searching.

Anthony.

Anthony.

Anthony.

- Don't come any closer.

Even now, I'm not sure
if I can control myself

from not killing you.

I need to be with Tom.

It's what's best for everyone.

- Anthony, don't!

I can't even kill myself.

- What's wrong with you?

What are you doing?

- Were you just gonna
leave me alone?

- d Hush, little baby d

d Don't say a word d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a mockingbird d

d If that mockingbird
won't sing d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a diamond ring d

d If that diamond ring
turns brass d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a looking glass d

d If that looking glass
gets broke d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a billy goat d

d If that billy goat
won't pull d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a cart and bull d

Where are you, Ride?

Hello?

- Some guy locked me
in a closet here in the house.

He's just let me out.

I'm in the dining room.

I have something
to tell you both.

- Yuriko, you need to...

- Don't tell me to stay here.

I'm coming with you.

- What's happening here, Dad?

Talk to me.

Dad.

What's this about?

- I've always worried

that this would happen
to you, Anthony,

that your... anger

would turn you to iron.

- Why did you do it?

- Your mother

begged me to do this...

Before her lights went out.

She was so dead-set
against this project.

I don't know what made her
suddenly change.

- When I die,

dissect me.

Look at me.

Look at my whole body:

My hair,

my skin, my insides,

my bones.

Don't miss any part of me.

Then build your android of me.

Make love to the android.

Make a baby.

I know you say that anger
triggers the transformation,

but it won't happen to me.

As long as I have a child,
I'll always be happy.

I will never become
a human weapon.

I know it, Ride.

Please.

Build my android replica.

I can never give up my dream
to have a child.

Dad, who did this?

The men from the company?

- No, no, not them.

It was the one,
the man who took my secrets.

- That guy!

- The android Mitsue,
she didn't live very long.

You and Tom have android DNA,

so I was always afraid

the same thing would happen

to you both.

Anthony,

your body is a weapon

whose destructive power grows

the angrier you get.

Never let that anger
get out of control.

Swear you'll do that.

- Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

- Ladies and gentlemen...

let's party.

[Speaking Japanese]
No, I'm not going to end it

with a cheap shot like this.

What I want, Anthony,

is for you
to show the stupid people

of this world what life is
really like.

Brains and blood splattering.

That's reality.

Come on, Anthony, destroy all
of our lazy peaceful dreams.

[Speaking English]
Awaken to your destiny.

- This war isn't over
until I kill him.

- He knows how
to hurt you, Anthony.

He knows everything about us.

- This is the battle
you were hoping for.

- Anthony.

I'm pregnant.

I would have told you,

but after what happened to Tom,
I couldn't.

This has to stop.

I was wrong.

No more killing.

- Look at me.

Look at what
my body has become.

My blood is polluted.

I don't want to bring a baby
into this world

with my genetics.

No child can be happy
living like me.

- Our baby will.

I want this baby, Anthony.

- It's him.

- Anthony.

- So beautiful.

- Come on.

Come over here.

Aim that big gun of yours
right at me.

Go ahead.

Do it, Anthony.

Do it.

Do it.

Do it. Do it.

Do it!

- Okay, then.

- Allow me to drag
your anger out of you.

- Ah.

Yes.

I hear it.

The pulse.

You know, the heartbeat
of a new life.

Put it on her.

Put it on her.

- You know what
this pretty thing is, don't you?

It's a bomb.

Come on now, Anthony.

Let's play
one last little game.

In one minute,
I will push this button.

You have two choices.

Number one...

Kill me.

That way, you save your wife

and the child
that she will have.

But that means
the monster lives on.

Choice number two:

I blow them both to pieces.

No more little monster.

The world will have peace.

Well...

are you ready to ride, cowboy?

You have 60 seconds.

Go!

- Anthony.

Where are you?

30 seconds left.

How are you doing, cowboy?

Where are you?

- 15 seconds to go, minuteman.

- Too late.
Bye-bye, lovely Yuriko.

- Destroy the world
with your love.

Seven...

six...

five...

four...

three...

two...

one...

- Your enemy is not that man!

Your enemy is in your mind!

What are you doing?

Shoot me!

Shoot me, Anthony!

This isn't what you want!

You don't want me inside you!

You don't know what I'll do.

- d Hush, little baby d

d Don't say a word d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a mockingbird d

d If that mockingbird
won't sing d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a diamond ring d

d If that diamond ring
turns brass d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a looking glass d

d If that looking glass
gets broke d

d Mama's gonna buy you
a billy goat d

- You don't know what I'll do.

- Are you ready?

- Almost ready.

Hey.

- Let's go.

- You know,
today I can't be late.

- Why is that?

- My first presentation.

- Oh, yeah?

- As technology manager
at the company.

- That's great.

- Hey! Elliott!

- Do you have everything?

- Yes!

- All right.
Let's go.

- We're going
to the park tomorrow.

We'll have sandwiches,

and we'll get
your favorite ice cream.

- Yeah!

- Come on!

No, wait.
You guys, I got it.

Stop.
You guys, this guy right here.

This guy.

Go on.