West of Redemption (2015) - full transcript

A married couple living in a remote farmhouse are interrupted by a stranger, who is taken prisoner by the husband and interrogated for reasons the stranger doesn't readily understand. Their lives are irrevocably changed once the truth of their history is revealed to each.

[MELODRAMATIC AMBIENCE BUILDS]

[VIOLIN AND
THUNDER ROLLING SOUNDS]

[CRICKETS AND
THUNDER CONTINUES]

[MELODRAMATIC
AMBIENCE BEGINS TO BUILD]

[THUNDER CONTINUES]

♪COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS

♪SO YOU SIT, SING THE SAME SONG

♪WATCH IT ALL ROLL
AROUND TILL DAWN♪

[BIKE BELL SOUND]

[BIKE BELL SOUND]

[THUNDER SOUNDS]



KELLER:
How's that for a hello?

REBECCA:
You greet
everybody like this?

Only when they
bring me money.

Hmm, maybe that's what
I've been doing wrong.

Slow day?

See, I thought it was busy.
That's why you were late.

Nope. Just made
the mistake of stopping by

the post office.

The Suttons are moving out.

Mabel had to tell me
every detail about why.

-Anything interesting?
-Is it ever?

I got to get you inside.

You afraid I'm
gonna blow away?

Afraid dinner's
gonna get cold.



-You made dinner?
-Yeah.

What are we having?
Wait, let me guess?

-Pork and beans.
-Wrong.

-Beans and pork.
-Wrong.

[GUSTY WIND SOUND EFFECT]

[THUNDER ROLLING SOUND EFFECT]

Oh, Hank.
You didn't have to do all this.

Come on now, sit down.

Wine?

You work hard all day.

You work hard too.
You're always on your feet.

People telling you to get 'em
this and get 'em that.

It's about time someone did
something nice for you too.

[THUNDER AND RAIN SOUND EFFECTS]

♪FAINT COUNTRY
MUSIC AND SINGING♪

That was a long
time coming, huh?

Too long.

Listen, I don't want you to
worry about money anymore, okay?

As soon as I'm done restoring
that Comet out there, we're

gonna get things rolling.

And I feel it, you know?

It's just a matter of time.

You know that's all it takes.

Sometimes all it takes is
just one job for people to

know what you
are capable of.

Oh, I know what
you are capable of.

You do, do you?

Supper's
gonna get cold.

♪FAINT COUNTRY MUSIC
AND THUNDER ROLLING CONTINUES♪

[RAIN CONTINUES]

[SOFT MOANING]

[RAIN AND THUNDER
SOUND EFFECTS CONTINUE]

[KNOCKING SOUND EFFECT]

What was that?

-Was it a branch falling?
-Shh.

[KNOCKING SOUND EFFECT]

-Hank...
-Wait here.

KELLER:
Who are you?

[HORSE NEIGHING]

YOUNGBLOOD:
I'm not here to
cause any trouble.

KELLER:
I said who are you?

YOUNGBLOOD:
I'd appreciate it if
you'd lower your weapon.

You come onto my property,
you tell me what to do?

-Please, sir.
-What do you want?

Uhh, my-my truck ran off the
road about two miles back.

I was just...I was just hoping
you might have a phone I could

use so I can
call a tow truck.

You drunk?

No, sir. I just...
You know, I dozed off

dozed off at the wheel and woke
up with my truck in a ditch.

Anybody hurt?

Just the truck.

Wait here a minute.

[THUNDER ROLLING SOUND]

Oh, thank you.

Gotta dial
the area code.

Yeah.

These are all out of Winton.

[THUNDER ROLLING CONTINUES]

Oh, yes, ma'am. I need
a tow truck sent out to...

Uh, one second. Hey,
what road is this?

YOUNGBLOOD [CONT]:
81?

281.

YOUNGBLOOD:
Uh, County Road 281 West, about
two miles outside Redemption.

No, ma'am. You don't go
through town. You just get

off at the 5, and
right there at 281 West.

Uh, I'm not...
I'm not really sure.

Maybe 40, 50 miles.

Yes, ma'am, I'll hold.
She's probably got to check to

see if she's got a truck
with that much gas.

Yes, ma'am,
I'm still here.

Ah.

[THUNDER AND
RAIN ROLLING CONTINUE]

Uh, no, no. I didn't call the
police - was I supposed to?

Well wasn't that kind of an
accident. I mean, nobody

got hurt. We're just... I was
just... Ma'am? Ma'am?

I'm sorry. Look, I... I just
need some help getting my truck

out of the ditch.

Can you help me with that?

Or do I need
to call someone else?

Ah, that's great.
Thank you. Thank you.

Uh, yes, ma'am.
Richard Youngblood.

YOUNGBLOOD:
An hour? Ah, no, no,
no, no, no. That's good.

That's good. I'll just, just,
I'll just wait out beside the

road and flag him down.

Okay. All right,
you too. Buh bye-

Probably should have
asked if she needed a map.

Are we good?

Thank you for your hospitality.

You have a good night.

-Rick?
-Uh, yeah?

[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

[LOW DRONING SOUND
AND DOOR CREAKING SOUND EFFECT]

[OMINOUS SOUND EFFECTS]

[OMINOUS SOUNDS CONTINUE]

[OMINOUS DERANGED SOUNDS
CONTINUE WITH A VIOLIN]

[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE CONTINUE]

Son of a bitch!
Son of a bitch!

[SCREAMING SOUND
EFFECTS CONTINUE]

What is this?! What...

Hello?

What is this, man?

What do
you want from me?

I got nothing of value, man.

You can search me.
You can search my truck.

Take anything you want.

Fucking bullshit!

[DISTORTED SOUNDS CONTINUE]

You a nut?

YOUNGBLOOD:
You are, aren't you?
I can see it.

[VIOLIN MUSIC CONTINUES]

Come on, man.

Just let me go. Alright?

I'm not a thief.

I didn't do anything. I just
needed help. Just a little bit

of help, man. This was the
only place I saw in sight.

[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]

YOUNGBLOOD:
Come on, man. I promise.
I swear to God I ain't gonna

press charges.

Just let me go.
I'll go back to my truck.

And you can
go back to your life.

How does
that sound?

YOUNGBLOOD: Yeah?

[SOUNDS OF
STRUGGLE AND SCREAMING]

Are you sure you wanna do this?

'Cuz if I have to fight my way
out of here, I ain't just gonna

walk away, bubba.

[HIGH PITCHED
FREQUENCY LIKE DRONING]

[SCREAMING AND SOUNDS OF
STRUGGLE CONTINUE]

You're okay.

You're okay.
You're okay. You're okay.

You're okay.
You're okay. You're okay.

Yeah,
you're okay. You're okay.

You're okay. You're okay.

You're okay. You're okay.

[CRICKETS
AND STATIC FROM THE RADIO]

Hank?

Yeah, I'm just
washing up, hon.

I'll do that.

KELLER:
No, you get back to bed, honey.

Who was that at the door?

KELLER:
Oh, some guy wanted
to borrow the phone.

His car broke down.
Wanted to call a tow truck.

Well, what
happened to him?

Did he leave?

Yeah. I escorted
him off the property.

You go back
to bed now. He's gone.

[CRICKET SOUNDS]

Was never...

Never meant to use that.

[CRICKET SOUNDS]

[RUNNING WATER SOUND]

[CRICKET SOUND CONTINUES]

[NIGHT TIME AMBIENCE]

YOUNGBLOOD: No.

[HEAVY BREATHING AND
AMPLIFIED DISTORTED SOUNDS]

POLLISTER:
Back from the dead so to speak.

-Yes, sir.
-MIA.

Coma.

Somebody did a damn
good job at keeping you alive.

all those months.

[AMPLIFIED DISTORTED NOISE]

[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]

You're almost in as good a
shape now as you were in basic.

YOUNGBLOOD:
Yes, sir.

[OVERWHELMING DRONE SOUNDS]

YOUNGBLOOD:
Ten, nine, eight.

[CRICKET SOUNDS]

[CRICKET SOUNDS CONTINUE]

[LOW MELANCHOLY AMBIENCE]

[AMBIENCE BEGINS TO
BUILD AND BECOMES OMINOUS]

[AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

[AMBIENCE SLOWLY FADES]

MABEL:
That's gonna be
5 bucks for the year.

REBECCA:
Anything?

MABEL:
Nothing yet.

Why doesn't he
write back?

I don't know, honey.

But you
keep your chin up.

Thanks.

Who's
she waiting on?

That boy.

Always talking about
leaving Redemption.

And then he joined
up. I tried to tell her.

Once a ship like that
sails, it don't come back in.

Good luck.

[CRICKET SOUNDS]

[LOW HUMMING
DRONE BEGINS TO BUILD]

[CRICKETS AND
DRONING AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

[WIND CHIMES]

[OMINOUS AMBIENCE
BEGINS TO BUILD]

[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]

[HEART BEAT LIKE SOUNDS ENSUE]

[AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

[AMBIENCE BECOMES LOUD HUMMING]

YOUNGBLOOD: Hello!

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

YOUNGBLOOD:
Can anybody hear me?

YOUNGBLOD:
Is anybody out there?!

HANK:
[SNORING]

REBECCA: Hank?

REBECCA:
There you are.

Hey.

-What are you doing in here?
-Nothing.

What's all this stuff?

It's nothing. The--

storage room started
leaking. I had to pull some

things out.
-That storage room

is such a disaster. You
know, we ought to take time

one of these
days and clean it out.

It doesn't need cleaning.

Nothing of
value in there anyway.

What do you mean?
Everything in there is of...

value.
-Might as well go through and

start getting rid of things.

I don't just keep
things for no reason.

I'm sure you had a
reason when you put it in

there a hundred years ago.

You want to just
mind your own business?

I'm just saying I got reasons
for the things I do, Becky.

I'd just appreciate you not
disrespecting it, is all.

And what were you thinking...
walking around last night with

nothing on
coming out in the hallway?

I was
looking for you.

Yeah, well I told
you to stay in the bedroom.

Do you think I
was just wasting breath?

REBECCA: I...

I am trying to
protect you, and if you

just do what I tell you, then
everything will be fine.

REBECCA: Okay.

I don't--
I don't want to snap at you.

I'm sorry.
All right? It's...

It's just
you scared me is all.

Seeing you like that.

KELLER:
I'll make us some coffee.

REBECCA:
I'm late for work.

All right then.
I'll...I'll drive you to

town. I got
stuff to do there too.

No, thank you.

How about I put your bike
in the back of the truck?

That way you
can ride home. I know...

...how much
that means to you.

I'm not really late.

I was just
being a grouch.

Mm-hmm.

-See you tonight.
-Alright.

-Okay?
-Okay.

I'll be right here.

[DOOR SQUEAKING OPEN]

[AMBIENCE BUILDS]

You gonna use that?

KELLER:
If need be.

YOUNGBLOOD:
At least you're
talking again.

That's an improvement.

Oh is it?

Way I see it bad
company's better than no

company at all.

What are you doing
here? You tell the truth!

Listen, man. I can't feel my
feet. And if I don't get any

blood to them, I'm probably
gonna lose them.

Is that what you want?

[AMBIENCE CONTINUES
WITH THE SOUND OF CRICKETS]

YOUNGBLOOD:
Now what
was your question again?

You think this is
some kind of joke?

I just wanted to know for sure
so I could answer you correctly.

What the hell
are you doing here?

I was here
to use the goddamn phone.

Don't give me
any of that bullshit!

No one in his right mind would
call a tow truck to come up here

in the middle of the night!

It was either that
or sit out there and drown.

You probably drove right
up to the gate and realized I

could see you from about
half a mile out and decided

to hide the vehicle!
-Why would I do that?

And then it started to rain.

Right. You didn't
count on that, did you?

You had
to improvise.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

What exactly did you think
would happen when you came up

here?
-Definitely not this shit.

You thought you'd just waltz
right in, have your way, have

some fun
and stick it to me!

I don't know what
the fuck you're talking about!

Where do you live?

What?

Wherever
I can find work.

No, now. Where do
you live now?

Nowhere, man.
In the back of my fucking

truck.

Or a motel when
I can afford it.

Then what were you
thinking coming up here?

[DISTORTED AMBIENCE
WITH CRICKETS]

Hey.

I asked you a question.

I said I asked you...

You're okay.
You're okay.

I was headed out to Whitfield.

This road doesn't
go to Whitfield!

Yes, sir, it does!

127 outside of Redemption.

127 outside 395
it meets up right there!

You can get there.

Why?

Because I got a friend who
used to own a furniture store.

I was hoping he
might have some work for me.

A furniture store?

Is that the
best you can do?

Look, man.
You want the truth?

Or you want me to lie?

'Cuz I'm gonna give
you whichever one you want.

Of all the doors on
all the houses in this

county, you just happened
to come walking up to mine?

Yeah.

Lucky me.

Yeah.

[CAR ENGINE SOUNDS]

Fucking idiot.

[MELANCHOLY AMBIENCE AMPS UP]

Ah! Uh.

[TRIBAL LIKE AMBIENCE
FILLS THE SCREEN]

Come on, you little bitch.

Come on.

♪OMINOUS PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

MABEL:
I said honey,
you can tell that just by

looking at him.
And she said...

JOE:
Hey, hey. Look who's here.

Hey, Joe.

Mabel.

How you been, Hank?

Been good. Been busy.
But yeah, otherwise excellent.

Say, the Suttons ever move
out of that place on Spring?

MABEL:
I believe so. They filed a
change of address on...

Monday.

Yeah? Still for sale?

Since Monday? I imagine it is.

What's up, doc?
You looking for a place in town?

No, just looking for
some investment opportunities.

You know, business has been
good. So want to make sure I

don't have any
competition.

KELLER:
Anyone new in town?

Anyone rent one of
your boxes in the last

week or so?
-Lord. It's been so

long, I don't think I can
remember how to do it.

Speaking of which,
yours is about to explode off

the wall with junk mail.

Highly irresponsible of me.

JOE:
You working on anything?

Uh, yeah. I got a '63 Comet
burning a hole in my garage.

If you ever finish it,
let me know. I'll give you

a real good price for it.

I will take
you up on that.

I think Rita's handling the
Sutton place. I bet she'd

give you a
good deal on that too.

Well, all right.

Thank you, Mabel.

♪EERIE MUSIC PLAYS

♪EERIE MUSIC BECOMES
MORE DISTORTED♪

♪EERIE MUSIC BECOMES
MORE EXPIREMENTAL♪

♪MUSIC CONTINUES

[SOUND OF A TRUCK WHEELING IN]

What the hell?

[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]

No.

[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE
FILLS THE SCREEN]

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Fuck.

[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

Get up.

Here.

More.

KELLER:
You had enough.

So I found your truck a couple
miles down the highway.

Figured you're
telling the truth.

Still think you're a lunatic.
Which means I get to make the

rules.
I say jump, you say how high.

How about you
go fuck yourself.

You can choose
to participate or not.

But I guarantee
you'll be a lot more comfortable

if you decide to.

[FAINT CHIRPING OF BIRDS
AMONGST DRAMATIC AMBIENCE]

Now.

What is your name?

Richard Youngblood. Richard
Mangas Youngblood.

How old are you?

A lot younger than I look.

When's the last
time you held a steady job?

I dunno.
A while.

KELLER:
Six months? A year?

-Maybe longer.
-Why is that?

♪DRAMATIC AMBIENCE CONTINUES

Why is it
you cannot find a job?

-I can find work.
-But you can't keep it,

is that it?

How come
you can't keep a job?

It's a long story.

Well I got all day.

I dunno, man.
For some reason, people

don't want to have a crazy
guy working for them.

Elaborate.

I'd rather not.

You schizophrenic?

If I was, I'd say
it takes one to know one.

Cut the crap.

You're not half as
clever as you think you are.

You're a whole
lot smarter than you're

pretending to be. 'Cuz you
know what the fuck's wrong

with me.
You're using it.

What, this?
Lucky guess.

Now come on.
I like details.

Okay, doctor.

It all started when I was
in first grade. Bus driver

said he had some
candy for me in the back...

I was a Marine, all right?

Deployed to the Middle East.
I saw some shit that didn't sit

well. It was a long fucking
time ago and I still can't

get it out of
my goddamn head!

That enough
details for you, doc?

When'd you get out?

I went in January of
'82 and got out in June '84.

Two and a half years? You...
No, what'd you do?

Did you go AWOL?

Medical discharge.

I knew it. You're sick.

Let me hear more about that.

Go to hell.

Come on. I'm waiting.

I'm done. I'm not doing this
shit. I'm fucking done.

You're done
when I say you're done.

Fuck you.

You wanna keep on talking?

Wanna keep torturing me
until my fucking head explodes?

You go right ahead.
I ain't telling you shit.

Torture?

That's torture?

Me walking around
making noise. That's torture?

That's not torture.

Torture is extreme.

Torture...

makes you wish
you'd never been born.

Maybe something like this.

That's getting
to the point isn't it?

♪INTENSIFIED MIDDLE
EASTERN SOUNDING MUSIC♪

So what happened to you?

Answer the question.

I got hurt! I was
stationed in Lebanon.

Was clearing out the PLO.
Got a tip on some bigwig hiding

out 25 miles outside Beirut.

So me and a couple guys from my
unit decided to go check it out.

But they knew we were coming.

They set up an ambush.

And my guys got killed.

But I survived.

Barely.

This Lebanese
family found me.

They risked
everything to save me.

They hid me for a year before I
could even remember who I was.

They took care
of me till I was well.

How long were you missing?

Too long, man.

By the time I got back to
Beirut, all the guys were

gone.

They just packed up
the shit and left me there.

I got home June of '84.

Just wasn't home anymore.

What was different?

What changed?

I did.

Shit.

What the fuck?

Okay.

[CLOCK TICKING]

Hey.

Hello?

Whatcha doin?

I was just
watching the sunset.

Yeah?

[BIRDS CHIRPING IN DISTANCE]

It always looks so
beautiful after a storm.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, let's go inside.

Sorry about the mess. I was in
the shop all day, lost track of

time. And dinner's gonna be
ready. So why don't you just sit

down?
-I'll help.

No, just relax. You
don't have to help.

You can just sit on down.
I'll take care of it.

For heaven's sake, Hank. You're
the one who needs to relax.

You spoil me enough as it is.

Let me wash my hands
real quick and I'll--

Where'd that come from?

Who's truck is that?

Well it was gonna be a surprise.

A surprise?
What do you mean?

I told you I was
going to town. So--

You didn't say to
buy another vehicle.

Yeah, well.

Come on, come out of there.

I'll deal with all that later.
Why don't you just sit on down

and just relax. Sit down.

Why is it so necessary
for me to be sitting down all

the time? Maybe I
don't feel like sitting.

You got this
expression on your face.

Looks like you're about to
fly away or something.

And you got this
look like you're digging

yourself into a hole.
What are you hiding, Hank?

Nothing. Just sit still
for a second, would you?

I'll explain it to you.

-All right.
-All right.

Let's hear it.

Okay.
I got a job.

What do you mean?

I mean I saw
Joe at the post office.

He said he had a
car that needed restoring.

And the money
sounded pretty good.

Maybe enough to put a down
payment on the Sutton place.

Are you serious?

Well you said you
wanted to move into town,

didn't you?

But what about
your business?

They probably got a
space out behind the house.

And heck, maybe
I'll just go work for Joe.

About time I admit to myself
I'm not cut out to own anything.

Oh, Hank.

Oh, honey.
You know I love you so much.

And I would do
anything for you.

You know that, don't you?

KELLER:
You towny.

[NIGHT TIME AMBIENCE]

[WOLF AND OWL
HOWLING IN THE DISTANCE]

You see, I'm saying you could go
anywhere in the entire

solar system. You could go
to the moon if you wanted.

Too cold.

-You could go to Mars then.
-Too dark.

How do you know
it's too dark on Mars?

I don't know. Just
seems like it would be.

You know, your
powers of logic astound me.

Oh, and it's real
logical to say a genie's

gonna show up and take me
anywhere in the solar

system I want?
-Absolutely.

It's a proven fact
actually. All we got to do

is find the right lamp.

That's the one, huh?

That's the one.
Give it a rub.

Okay. Let's see.

-It works.
-I told you.

And you just wasted your wish.

You make your
wish, and I'll make mine.

You know, you
could've been president of

the United States. Heck...

I could've been
president of the United States.

Oh, Rick. Look at this!

[BELL SOUNDS]

You like that?

So much
better than a genie lamp.

Look at the tires.
It's almost brand new.

Hey Rita, how
much for this?

Twenty five.

Twenty five, what?

I only got twenty.

RITA:
Eh, come on.
Come on, come on.

I love you. I love you, Rita.

-Thank you.
-Bonus.

♪GUITAR STRUMMING

Alright.
Man. I am out of shape.

If I'd have known this was what
you had in mind, I'd have

just bought the lamp.

You gotta start off fast
or it's never gonna work.

I got an idea.

How 'bout you just ride and
I'll just walk along beside you?

Stop being such a
baby. You want to join the

Marines? They'll kick you
out the first day. Come on!

Fast!

How's that for fast?

That's better.

♪EVERY NIGHT WHEN I WAKE UP

♪THOUGHT NEVER CAN BE

♪SOMETIMES WHEN I MAKE UP

♪YOU'RE RIGHT HERE WITH ME

♪RIGHT HERE WITH ME

♪ANY MORNING
CAN BE YOUR FINAL FLIGHT♪

♪WHEN IT'S OVER THE
SUN MAY NEVER RISE♪

♪TIME WILL TAKE US
WHEN WE RUN A RIVER TO DRY♪

This is my most favorite
place in the whole world.

Oh, a secret place?

Yes, ma'am.
All to myself.

I used to come out here
when I was a little boy.

REBECCA: Yeah?

Almost there.

♪GUITAR MUSIC
CONTINUES TO STRUM♪

You're gonna love it.

Watch your step.

It's beautiful.

I told you.

Look at that.

That rainbow goes
all the way from there...

REBECCA:
All the way down.

♪HOPEFUL PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

And it's all ours.

You're the first person
I ever brought up here.

Liar.

I promise.

So if I make like
two hundred a week,

more than half
of that we can put aside.

And I won't have anything to
spend my money on so...

Right.
Put it in the bank.

Put it in the bank.

By the time I get out
of basic, we'll have...

A lot.

A whole lot.

I mean more
than enough, right?

How much
does a dress cost?

I--I can probably
just borrow something.

No way. You are not getting
married in a loaner.

Not my girl.

Well, you have to
borrow something.

Might as well
be something expensive.

So borrow the cake.

♪BEAUTIFUL VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYS

That's pretty.

Yeah.

I guess this is what I really
would have wished for.

♪MAGICAL BELL LIKE VIOLIN MUSIC

♪MUSIC CONTINUES

BECCA: Damn it.

KELLER:
Can I give you a hand?

I can fix it.

You know, the trick with
these...it's really quite

simple. All you do is lift
the back end and...

...you let the
chain do all the work.

KELLER:
Good as new.

Probably break again tomorrow.

Well I'd be happy
to replace it for ya.

Won't take but a few minutes.

I'm already late.

All right.

You want to
come over to the diner?

Have a piece of pie, cup
of coffee, or whatever?

I don't know.

You look
angry enough to spit.

I'll come, but just
do it down wind, would you?

Alright. Alright.

Becky?

Yeah.

Hank.

-Nice to meet you.
-Pleasure.

REBECCA:
Where's my
handsome handyman?

REBECCA: Ah-hah.

Found him.

KELLER:
You ready for breakfast?

I would be...
if I ever woke up on time.

How 'bout some coffee then?

REBECCA:
No time. Can't wait to get to
work today and tell everybody

we're moving back into town.

REBECCA:
I might ride by the Sutton's
old house just to take a look

at it. I haven't been by
there in a long time.

They used to have beautiful
roses all out in front.

REBECCA:
And it's right up the street
from the elementary school.

We'll be able to hear kids...
playing and sit out on the porch

in the evening
and watch people walk by.

Just like you
always wanted?

You finally
figured it out.

See ya tonight.

I'll be right here.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

You gonna untie me?

Don't start.

It's gonna be a hot one today.

Is it?

Yeah, well usually
cools down a couple days

after the rain. Not for long.

But you know.

Yeah, I guess.

KELLER:
Well maybe you forgot.

Guess it's been a
while since you've been

back in the area.

YOUNGBLOOD:
You know...

there was this guy
in my unit over in Lebanon.

This real barracks
rat. Loved toys for some

reason. Toys from all over
the world. He collected them.

One day he's coming
back to the barracks after mess

and he catches a few of us
playing with them. Goes

ballistic.

And at first we thought he
was just joking around,

the way he was
yelling and screaming,

sweating, spit flying all
over the place.

So we decided to joke back,
you know just to get a

little bit of a laugh.

All of the sudden...boom.
Pulls out his weapon.

And that's when we
realized this guy's serious.

Yeah, well maybe
you ought to have not been

messing with his
property, huh?

Maybe he shouldn't have been
trying to blow our heads over

a mistake.

You gonna eat that?

Well I'm not
gonna feed it to you.

I'll figure something out.

KELLER:
I bet you will.

Can I make a suggestion?

In reference to what?

This place.

It's a hazard. You can get all
this crap out of here in

about an hour.

Pull the truck right over there.

Load stuff
right in the back of it.

All right, sure.
Let's do that.

Let's just pull the
truck right up on back.

It'd be a lot easier than
picking through this shit one

piece at a time.

All right, I'm gonna cut you
loose and you help me.

Help me get something
perfectly straight here. Okay?

We're not friends.

All right? Just cuz I feed you,
that doesn't make us...

What does it makes us?

Why'd you pull my truck out?

So no one would see it.

Somebody can
see it from out here too.

Why not just get rid of it?

'Cuz I got use for it.
'Cuz I'm gonna use it when I'm

finished with you.

If you were gonna finish me,
there'd be a lot easier, faster

ways to do it.
And I'm beginning to

realize you don't really
want to do it, do you?

I'm beginning to think maybe
I ought to duck tape your

face shut.

Okay, I'm gonna shut up.

That'd be great. But I don't
think you are capable.

Wanna bet?

I'll bet you that glass of
water right there that you speak

before I do.

Why would I bet...
How could you...

Firstly, you
got nothing to barter with.

There's...You're...
Oh, this is...

This is so stupid.

You are a shit deal.

I win.

Ah, shit.

I'm sorry.

KELLER:
Should've known better.

-I suppose...
-Ow! All right.

[LOW DRONING SOUND]

[DISTORTED SOUNDS CONTINUE]

[DISTORTED SOUNDS BECOME
LOUDER AND MORE INTRUSIVE]

[SOUNDS CONTINUE]

[HEARTBEAT LIKE SOUNDS]

[BELL SOUND EFFECT]

[SOUNDS CONTINUE]

[HEARTBEAT SOUNDS CONTINUE]

Honey. Honey. Sweetie?

Honey? Come on.
Let's go inside.

-Why are you whispering?
-Just come inside.

-What are you doing?
-No, no.

What are you doing?
Let me go! Let me go!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Becky, I'm sorry!

I didn't want you to know--

Know the truth?

To find out what
kind of man you really are?

No.

Joe never gave you that
truck. You never had any

intention of
moving back into town!

-Becky, I did! I absolutely did!
-You said that to shut me up!

-Just like everything else!
-Listen to me!

Why?! So you
can tell me another story?

So you can keep
living in a fantasy?

Please, just stop this. Just
stop for five seconds. Just...

-Becky, just wait!
-What else are you hiding from

me, Hank?
-Becky! Just...

Tell me right now!

Becky! Did you ever love me?!

[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE CONTINUES]

[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE
CONTINUES AND INTENSIFIES]

[BIKE BELL SOUND]

Oh my god.

You're Hank Keller?

No shit.

[MOANING AND
SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]

KELLER:
Thought you could just show up
here and take her back!

You are so stupid!

REBECCA:
I need to see you.

YOUNGBLOOD:
Why? You've been
married for two months.

REBECCA:
Please, Rick.

REBECCA:
I told him I had to stay late. I
usually get off at six, but...

Yeah...I remember.

It takes a long
time to get here.

You look different.

So do you.

I kept hoping
you'd come by the cafe.

For what? Cup of coffee?

Just to talk.

Talk about what?

Rick, please don't...

I'm sorry.

What happened to you?

Please tell me.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Yes, it does. It matters.

Rick, please don't
leave me here again!

I left you?

Is that what the story is?

Is that what you tell yourself
when you go back home to him?

Please leave him out of this.

I wanted to.

But you didn't give
me a choice did you?

I, I did everything
I knew how to do.

I wrote you. Every
week for two years.

I waited and waited with no
news. I didn't know

whether you
were dead or missing.

Or just decided you didn't
want to be with me.

And you couldn't
wait two fucking months?

Two fucking months, Becky!

♪INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
CONTINUES TO PLAY♪

♪PIANO MUSIC BEGINS TO PLAY

I missed you so much.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

♪PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES TO PLAY

I thought about you every day.

You are the only
thing that kept me alive.

♪VIOLIN MUSIC BEGINS TO PLAY

♪GUITAR MUSIC BEGINS TO STRUM

♪VIOLIN MUSIC CONTINUES WITH
ANGELIC LIKE SINGING♪

[HEART BEAT LIKE SOUND EFFECTS
AND HARSH SOUNDS]

[HARSH SOUNDS CONTINUE]

I can't do this. Wait.

REBECCA: Stop it!

Stop it!

[HARSH SOUNDS CONTINUE OVER
SCREAMING AND CRYING]

[HIGH PITCHED RADIO-LIKE SOUNDS]

[SCREAMING AND
CRYING AND EXPLOSIVE SOUNDS]

[FAINT EXPLOSIVE SOUNDS]

[RADIO SOUNDS]

[CRYING FROM REBECCA AND RICK]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

[LOW DRONING SOUNDS]

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

[LOW DRONING CONTINUES
AMONGST CHIRPING BIRDS]

[CLOCK TICKING SOUNDS]

[MELANCHOLY VIOLIN SOUND EFFECT]

[LIGHT BELL LIKE SOUNDS BEGIN]

[ANGELIC LIKE SINGING CONTINUES
AMONGST BELLS AND DRONING]

[TICKING OF A CLOCK SOUND]

[CRICKET SOUNDS]

[DOOR SLAMMING SOUND EFFECT]

[CRICKET SOUNDS CONTINUE]

Get away from me.
-I'm not--I'm not--

Get the fuck away from me.

Alright, look.

You had that coming.

YOUNGBLOOD:
[LAUGHS]

Maybe.

But, see...

I was heading back home.

I was finally coming to see her.

Was gonna figure out where
she lived. All I wanted to

do was talk to her.

But the closer I got, the
sicker I started to feel.

Scared I was gonna
fuck up her life even more.

So I turned off onto
county road 281 so I

wouldn't run into her in
town. But I couldn't face

her. And on my way out of
town, I crashed right in

front of her
God-dammed driveway.

Is she happy now?

I want to see her.

You, no. No.

I want to tell her I'm sorry.

KELLER:
No, it's...

No, it's too late for that.

-No, it's not.
-No.

Why are we here right now?
Why would you put me through

this if I
wasn't going to face it?

Why?

You should have died.

You should have
died in that explosion.

They said no one could have
survived. No one should

have survived it.
You should be dead.

Fuck me.

We were good.

Until you showed up.

She still would be.

Is she okay?

She's great.

Get the hell out of our life.

[CRICKET SOUNDS]

♪MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

♪MELANCHOLY PIANO
MUSIC AND VIOLIN CONTINUE♪

♪PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

♪VIOLIN MUSIC CONTINUES

♪MUSIC SLOWLY FADES

[CLOCK TICKING]

Becky?

[CLOCK TICKING]

Becky?

[FLOOR CREAKING SOUND]

[DOOR CLOSES SOUND]

♪PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

♪PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES

[STRANGE DISJOINTED
SOUNDS BEGIN]

That son of a bitch.

[AMBIENCE INTENSIFIES AND
BECOMES DRAMATIC]

This whole time, I
thought you were protecting her.

YOUNGBLOOD:
But you were just
protecting yourself!

YOUNGBLOOD:
She must've
left you a long time ago.

Which means it's
just you and me here.

You...piece...of...shit!

I want to talk to her.

She's gone.

Where is she?

I told you I
wasn't just gonna walk away.

Tables have turned now.
Huh, bubba?

You know what the
difference between you and

me is?

I got no fucking
problem doing this.

KELLER:
I told her you were dead.

YOUNGBLOOD:
What?

I made her believe it.

You lied to her?

She would've waited forever.

What?

[PHONE RINGING SOUNDS]

KELLER:
Hello? Hey, babe.

Well how
long you gonna be?

All right.
I'll see you then. Bye.

[SUSPENSEFUL AMBIENCE]

♪ANGELIC SINGING
BEGINS AMONGST PIANO♪

♪ANGELIC SINGING
AMONGST PIANO CONTINUES♪

Hank!

Hank. Please stop.

Hank, I don't want
you to hurt him. No!

[GUN SHOT SOUND]

[INTENSE SOUND
HITS OVER WIND]

[INTENSIFIED WHIRRING
SOUND OVER BEATS]

KELLER:
It was an accident.
It was an accident.

[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE
CONTINUES TO HUM]

[MELANCHOLY GUITAR
STRUMMING CONTINUES]

Even after what you did...

...she never
stopped loving you.

♪PIANO MUSIC PLAYS

[INTENSIFIED DRONING CONTINUES]

[BIRD CHIRPING SOUNDS]

♪LOW GUITAR STRUMMING

♪GUITAR STRUMMING CONTINUES

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[BELL LIKE SOUNDS PLAY]

[CAR ENGINE STARTING]

♪OH, MY DARLING

♪THIS IS GETTING HARDER

♪THE WORLD IS GROWING SMALLER

♪EVERY DAY

♪AND OH MY DARLIN'

♪YOUR MEMORY'S SLOWLY FADING

♪I KNOW I KEEP COMPLAINING

♪BUT I'M NOT AS STRONG AS I WAS

♪WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER

♪BACK IN TEXAS

♪WHEN OUR LOVE WAS NEW

♪IT'S NOT THAT
THE LOVE IS MISSING♪

♪IT'S JUST NOT AROUND

♪IT'S JUST FLOWING UNDER
LIKE RIVERS UNDERGROUND♪

♪AND IF I SAY I LOVE
YOU LIKE YOU KNOW I DO♪

♪WOULD YOU SAY
YOU LOVE ME, TOO?♪

♪IT'S NOT THAT
THE LOVE IS MISSING♪

♪IT'S JUST NOT AROUND IT'S JUST

♪FLOWING UNDER
LIKE RIVERS UNDERGROUND♪

♪AND IF I SAY I LOVE
YOU LIKE YOU KNOW I DO♪

♪WOULD YOU SAY
YOU LOVE ME, TOO?♪

♪IF YOU DO,
I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU♪

♪VIOLIN AND GUITAR KICKS IN