Dollman (1991) - full transcript

Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular-sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out as to his location, all hell breaks loose. Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies, and he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.

Robbery
suspect located.

Unit CD6 heading for
lower city level.

Stay with him.

Activate new contract.

Get away from me!

Leave me alone!

- This is the police.
- What do you want?

Stop where you are

- and toss your weapon aside.
- Shit!

- This is your final warning.
- Get away from me!

Leave me alone!



Damn!

Stop where you are.

- This is your final warning.
- Drop dead!

There is no escape.

Get away from me!

Stop! Stop!

Oh my God.

Oh my God, oh my God.

I'm so angry with my life!

We got him trapped down here

in the laundromat off
of 182nd Avenue.

According to the building plan,

he's only got one
exit out of here.

Huh?



Huh?

Oh yeah.

All you kids to the right!

Right!

Do not scream!

Lady!

Quiet!

I'm gonna approach by foot,

see if he's got anybody
else in there.

Back up!

I'll kill the fat lady!

I mean it!

Try anything!

Dead porkers all over the place!

Please, back.

Why don't you pick on
somebody your own size?

Aw, shut up!

Headquarters.

We got ourselves a
big problem down here.

Please
remain behind the barricades.

This is police business.

Please move on and go
about your business.

The laundromat is now
under police control.

Blockades will remain
until further notice.

Do not cross the barricades.

Repeat, do not cross
the barricades.

Hyperspeed cruiser.

10 million mineral
bricks and safe passage

out of this universe
as we know it.

Son of a bitch is even
crazier than we thought

if he thinks we're gonna
give him any of these things.

That's exactly what we're
going to do, Captain Skyresh.

I want this situation
resolved now.

Give him what he wants
and get rid of him.

Elections are next week
and I don't need dead,

fat ladies on video
screens all over the city.

Got it, Mr.Mayor.

Just got a better idea.

Brick Bardo just showed up.

Bardo?

I just said I don't
want a bloodbath.

I'm ordering you to
meet his demands.

Mayor?

Sorry, I'm having some
trouble with the phone here.

I gotta go.

Skyresh! Skyresh!

Skyr...

This is an official
police situation.

Anyone found in an
unauthorized area is subject

to immediate arrest and beating.

Brick, what are you doing here?

This is a police control blockade.

Any civilians left remain
on perimeter or they...

Brick.

Happy to see you.

Hell of a mess.

Got in there with 13 hostages.

Mayor wants us to give in.

I'm suspended, remember?

Yeah, but have
you got any ideas?

I've got an idea.

I'm gonna use hot
water for my whites.

A cold wash and warm
rinse for my colors.

What are you talking about?

I'm angry, Captain.

This is where I do it.

Excuse me.

So Brick's gonna
take care of this?

Yeah.

Right.

One.

Two.

- Three.
- Hey asshole!

What the fuck do you
think you're doing?

I'm gonna Kill these fat ladies!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, I am talking
to you, shitbrain!

Somebody better get
this moron out of here

or the fat is going to hit the fan!

That's right.

One of us ought to get going.

But I already put my
money in the machine.

I swear, I am going to do it.

Wow!

That's a Groger blaster!

The most powerful
handgun in the universe!

That's right, fat boy.

And it's gonna to blow a hole
clean through this fat lady.

And then blow a hole out of you.

And that's gonna blow a hole
out of the lady behind you.

Shut up!

There's gonna be a lot of guts
floatin' around in the laundromat.

Do you know what
I mean, fat boy?

No, nooooo!

You will be informed when the
laundromat is once again safe.

Please make no attempt
to retrieve your laundry.

Repeat.

Skyresh.

What the hell happened here?

Two women in cardiac arrest.

- Everything's under control.
- The suspect is in custody.

And every news station
in town is reporting

that one of my
officers endangered

a laundromat full of hostages.

Think how that looks!

Mr.Mayor, no one was Killed
and I thought with Bardo here...

I'll do the thinking, Captain.

There's that son of a bitch now.

Disappointed you didn't get
to kill anyone tonight, Bardo?

You're through, you
goddamn psycho!

Take off those
sunglasses, it's night!

I want that bastard suspended!

He's already under suspension
because of the incident in Filmore.

- Then fire his ass!
- I want him gone!

Hey!

Thanks for saving my mom.

Tonight at 11:68
there was an extreme

shootout at a south
central Laundromat.

Unidentified sources a
the crime scene claim

that a renegade ex-cop
went on a shooting rampage

that has left an
unconfirmed 27 bystanders

wounded and another 3.6 dead.

With more on this tragic,
fastbreaking story, Har Hunbud.

Details are still sketchy
at this point, Harry.

However, an anonymous
official has heard rumor

that 1.4 of the dead
are indeed children.

The mayor's office has released
no actual details at this time.

However, a highly placed
authority has implied

the identity of the
killer to be known.

The name Brick Bardo was overheard.

Brick Bardo.

Isn't he the detective
that was involved

in the Filmore incident
earlier this year?

That's right Harry...

We'll come back on this
late breaking story.

But first, we've got a travel
advisory warning from Lucretia Labelle.

That rare phenomenon
known as the energy...

Advise you alternate routes until
planettran gives the all clear.

Energy bands are known
to destroy some ships.

There's an old friend
wants to see you, Bardo.

A number of ships
have vanished into

the energy bands and no
trace of them has ever...

Well, I'm sure that all space
travelers will heed your warning

and avoid those nasty energy bands.

Rise and shine.

I saw the news tonight.

You're a very violent man, Bardo.

Yes, I know, it's
a violent universe.

I bet you'd thought you'd
seen the last of me.

I am seeing
the last of you, Sprug.

After our last encounter, this
is all we managed to salvage.

I'll see if I can
remember the first time,

Conklin bank job.

I blew off your left arm.

And most of my left foot.

But then there was
the space extortion.

What did I tear,
two or three legs?

Among other things.

The last time all I
remember was your head

rolling around in the parking lot.

I didn't think there
was enough to save.

Modern medicine.

They're doing some wonderful things.

It's too bad your lovely family
couldn't benefit as I have.

But then I think, even
our best doctors couldn't

have done anything with
what was left of them.

What do you want?

I'll tell you what I want, Bardo.

50,000 molecular ions.

And I'll get them too.
You know why?

Because my cruiser is
loaded with a dimensional

fusion bomb that'll blow
the atoms of this city

into another universe
unless they pay up.

That'll never happen.

Why not?

Somehow you'll fuck it up.

You always fuck it up.

No Bardo, you've always
screwed up my plans.

But this time you
won't have a chance,

because you're gonna be in
tiny, tiny little atoms.

We're gonna blow you apart
piece by piece, Bardo.

It's mine now.

I've heard about this custom
made monster for years.

Don't worry, Bardo.

I'll take good care of it.

I'll put it to good use.

Start with his left hand.

How does it feel to be
on the other side, Bardo?

- I don't know.
- You tell me.

I'm gonna die.

You can't kill me anymore.

What do you want, asshole?

Nothing.

You're just gonna walk away?

- Warning.
- Intruder is following you.

Closing fast.

Warning. Sense indication
of energy bands. Warning.

Your craft won't take the pressure.

Neither will yours.

Yeah?

I don't give a fuck!

What makes you think I do?

Impact with energy bands...

Ground is undergoing pressure.

Warning, energy bands ahead.

Anticipated impact.

Final boarding.

Energy bands are active
impact in 0.5 seconds.

We have impact.

We have impact.

You have landed on an alien planet.

Air and pressure and atmosphere
compatible to human life.

Warning, based on sensor
calculations of planet structures.

Your size relationships are altered.

This planet's life forms are
a ratio of six to one larger.

Hey, you in the
wrong neighborhood?

You East Side fucks.

Hey!

Don't you be sellin' that
trash in my neighborhood!

That's it!

I've had it with you sleazy
motherfuckin' dope dealers

sellin' shit in my neighborhood!

- Hey, you...
- Don't fuckin' move!

I'll fuckin' kick your ass!

Get the fuck out of here
before I kick your ass!

You want me to fuckin' kill you?
I will!

Get out of here!

Don't fuckin' come back!

Move it!

Go take your shit with you!

- Get out of here.
- You get the fuck out of here!

Go!
Beat it!

Scumbag.

Fuck.

Everyday we are forced
to fight for our lives,

for the lives of our children.

That's why you have joined our
neighborhood watch program.

Today we have a very special
guest who will explain

to us how the police plan
to help us in our fight.

Please welcome Captain Arnold Shuller
of the Police Commission.

- Thank you for coming.
- Nice to be here.

Mrs. Alejandro is absolutely right.

We are involved in a war.

If it weren't for you
people, we would have

no chance of winning.

I think you are the ones
who deserve my applause.

Now that you have your soundbite,

Captain Shuller, you
can go ahead and tell us

exactly how you plan to help us.

What do you have in mind?

Beefed up patrols?
Raiding the crack houses?

Roadblocks?

It's not as simple as that.

You know, it's a very big
city, and Dalton Avenue

is not the only area that needs help.

Look,
you're the police.

Protect and serve.
It's your job.

Protect us.

Of course we'll protect you,
Mrs. Alejandro.

We will always try to protect you.

Together we can win this war.

Está Debi.

There's the bitch. Let's teach her
no to mess with our business, huh?

Bitch!

Come here!

Let go of me!

Debi.

Que traes?

You fuck with our business?

You die.

Entiendes?

Ai!

Let go of me!

- Get her!
- Come here you bitch!

Come here, bitch!

You little whore!

You're gonna burn!

Watch this!

Fuck you!

Oh God!

Drop the weapons!

Step away from the girl!

Holy shit!

Shit!

Giants.

Place full of giants.
I hate giants!

I didn't mean to scare you.

Scare me?

Who are you?

- What am I worried about?
- This is just a bad dream.

I must be in shock.

Or I'm hallucinating.

Or I have a concussion.

You are so small!

We can't stay here.
They'll be back.

Those punks?

I don't think so.

- They'll bring their whole gang.
- We gotta get out of here.

I'm not going anywhere.

Stop it.
Stop it, lady.

Hey, you'll wreck...

- Hey whoa, look!
- A head on the road.

Where?

- No no, a two inch head.
- Look!

The fuck is that, man?

- The fuck is that?
- Look, my friends.

Let's cut to the chase.

I'm obviously a visitor
from another world

who's had a bit of trouble.

You help me out,
I'll help you out.

He fuckin' talks.

Gonna help me do what?

- Conquer your world.
- Such as it is.

I've got a bomb you could use.

Something that will rip your
dimension a new asshole.

Rip my dimension?

Believe me, nobody will
fuck with you ever again.

With a bomb like that, we could
blow up the entire east side.

We can take the whole fuckin' borough.

Huh?
This place would be mine.

Whatever's left behind,
yes, would be yours.

Do we have a deal?

- Yeah, what do you want?
- Like, a new hat or something?

Build the bomb off the ship.

Kevin, it's your Mom!

What's the secret password?

- Kevin, open the door.
- Hurry up.

Hey, hey, hey.

Bronco Space Star!

Kevin, no!

Put me down.

Kevin, no! Kevin, no!

Shit!

Whoa!

What a mouth.

Sorry.

Are you alright?

I never felt better in my life.

My son thought you were a toy.

Bronco Space Star is
his favorite TV show.

What is it, mom?

It's a little man, Kevin.

So where did you come from?

How did you get here?

Last thing I remember, I was
chasing Sprug into the energy bands.

Energy bands?

Mom, he's an alien.

Alien?

- What planet do you come from?
- Mars? Venus?

Arturos.

- Arturo.
- Of course.

- Honey, he's not an alien.
- He's a small man that got lost.

- Whoa!
- Jesus.

Whoa!

I want one of those, Mom.

Give me that gun!

No way.

Give me the gun.

I will not have
guns in my house!

Alright, don't pull
that thing out again.

When will this
nightmare be over?

It's not a nightmare.

Then what the hell is it?

It's the south Bronx.

How we doing?

Hey, the rich get richer, Braxton.

That's the plan.

What the fuck is this?

I don't pay you cholos to...

Oh fuck, man.

My fuckin' pool table!
It's ruined!

Who put him on the
goddamn pool table, huh?

You think the blood is gonna come
right out of the goddamn felt?

- It wasn't my fault.
- It was this pendejo's fault.

He wanted to fuck with Debi!
Told him not to!

Thought I told you
not to fuck with Debi.

Hey, it was her fuckin' with us.

We were just trying
to protect ourselves.

- She did this to you?
- You expect me to believe that?

- She had this little doll.
- Little dollman.

- A doll?
- What the fuck are you talking about?

- Well this guy, little guy.
- He just jumped out.

Man, he started shooting everybody.

You telling me a
midget did this to you?

- No, no!
- It was no midget, pendejo.

Mira, a little guy like this.
About this big.

Have another fuckin' drink, Jackson.

You shut the fuck up,
I'm trying to think!

Look what you made me do!

See, that's what happens when people
start taking things apart themselves!

Anybody else got any bright ideas?
You got a fuckin' bright idea?

How about you?
You got a bright idea, huh?

I have an idea.

It's an invasion, homeboys.

This better be good, head.

There's only one
person that can stop

you once I give you
the dimensional bomb.

Brick Bardo.

What's a Brick Bardo?

He's an asshole
cop from my world.

He followed me here.

Well, how do you know it's him?

There's only one
weapon in the universe

that can destroy atomic
matter like that.

It's dangerous to me.
And to you too.

If I were you, I'd go out
and Kill him right now.

Oh yeah? Well if I was you,
I'd quit while I was ahead.

Think how it looks.

Guy moves into your territory,
blows away your two men.

I know I wouldn't like it.

He's not showing
you proper respect.

People will think
you've lost control.

This guys a cop, huh?

I'm gonna go to Debi's.

I'm gonna show this cop he's in
the wrong fuckin' neighborhood.

You stay here and
clean up this mess.

Get a fuckin' breath
mint or something.

We don't fuck around, ese.

Get his fuckin'
body out of here!

Mister, are you sure you
know what you're doing?

Isn't it past your bedtime, kid?

No power, that's
your problem, mister.

Okay.

What size batteries
does this thing take?

- Look kid, I'm a little busy right now.
- So get the hell away from me, huh?

Are all people on your
planet assholes like you?

Sometimes.

Hey, I know somebody
that can help you.

Gerald!

- Gerald?
- Gerald!

- The show is over.
- Good night.

Get out of my apartment!
Come on, out!

Out!

What are you kids deaf?
Go, get out now!

Kevin, I want to talk to you.

Good night, good bye!

Hello, get out!
Get out of my house!

This is interesting.

Get away from the
ship, it's not a toy.

Obviously.

- This is my best friend Gerald.
- He's the brains of the school.

Look, I said get
away from my ship!

Quite aggressive, isn't he?

Kind of a jerk.

- Gerald, you too.
- Good night.

- But...
- But nothing.

It's late.

Kevin, did I tell you to tell
everybody in the neighborhood

that we have a space man
living in our house?

Don't you think we
have enough problems?

But Mom, what's the fun of having
an alien if you can't show it off?

Now listen, don't do anything
without asking me first!

What?

- Get the gun out of her face.
- What did I just tell you?

Hey Kevin, how you doing?

Don't touch him, Braxton!

What do you want?

I came by to visit,
see how you're doing.

You're looking good.
Want some money or something?

I don't want your money
or anything from you!

Just get these people out
of my house, Braxton!

I'm looking for your
friend, the Midget.

- I told you, he's not a midget!
- Will you shut the fuck up?

Look, I don't know who
you're talking about.

Look, don't fuck with me, Debi.

This dollman, he hit my boys.

Braxton, leave us alone!

Where is he?

It's just like the head's.

Oh fuck!

It's about the size of him.

Jesus Christ.

Oh fuck.

Good night.

A little paint, it'll
be just like brand new.

Yeah.

Your world's just as
violent as ours, isn't it?

Things don't change, do they?

People don't.

I'm gonna lose, aren't I?

Only if you give up, lady.

Thanks.

Mommy!

Mommy!

- What is it, honey?
- Mommy.

Oh, baby.

The bad men are gone.

It's alright.

Shh.

It's a bad dream, honey.
Go back to sleep.

Yo Brax, what's up, man?

What the fuck?

Fuck, not like this.

I see you've met Brick.

I've had some experience
with his blaster damage.

I can stop the bleeding by fusing the
molecules with a sonic proton wand.

If there's no internal
bleeding, you might live.

- Do it.
- Not so fast.

You promised to help me.
I want that help now, tonight.

It's too dangerous here and
I'm tired of being small.

I want my ship repaired,
and I want to leave fast.

Do we have an understanding?

- Yeah, whatever you say.
- Just fuckin' do it!

Hey, you're pretty fuckin' good.

Hey, you promised me a bomb. You first
show it to me or there's no deal.

It's right behind me.

All you do is push the button.

10 seconds later, boom.

Everything within three parsecs is
sent to another dimension forever.

But that's for later.

After you've done everything I need.

From now on, you work for me.

- You do what I say.
- Work for you?

You're in the wrong fuckin'
neighborhood, deadhead.

All homies together,
we're going to war.

With who?

With the fuckin'
dollman, who else?

Well we heard he just popped
Jackson and the other guys,

and he almost killed you.

- So the fuck what?
- We got a dimensional bomb.

I'm gonna settle this
fuckin' once and for all.

Fuckin' demenial bomb.

- If you're cold you can put this on.
- It's warm.

No thanks.

Alright.

So do you have a
family back home?

- Not anymore.
- But you used to?

Mind if I get a little sleep?

- Sorry.
- Good night.

I had a wife and two kids.

Baby girl.

A boy about Kevin's age.

Someone who wanted to hurt
me did it by hurting them.

Kevin's father's dead too.

He was shot holding up a
liquor store eight years ago.

Kevin doesn't even remember him.

It was a gang banger.
Brooklyn Homeboy.

At the time I thought Homeboy
was as cool as you could get.

And then when Kevin was
born, he swore he was

done with gangs, done
with crime, but he lied.

I don't know, it's like
in this neighborhood gangs

are the only way
you can be noticed.

It's the only way you
can be somebody.

They give you a new name
and then you're Shorty

or Sleepy or Psycho.

Gangs give you an identity.

You don't know how hard it is
keeping Kevin away.

His friends already belong.

He's trying but I'm gonna lose him
if I don't do something about it.

So why don't you leave?

Where would I go?

I don't have any money.
I can't even pay the rent.

Dropped out of school
to have Kevin.

Besides, this is my home.
This is where I grew up.

Everything I've ever known is here.
I'm not gonna run away.

- You've got a lot of guts, lady.
- Maybe you're using the wrong approach.

What do you mean?

Fight fire with fire.

I always thought you
fought fire with water.

Some fires are too big.

Kevin, leave him alone.

Here, get it gear.

Have a good day at school.
Be careful.

- Okay, Mom.
- I love you.

I love you, goodbye.
Be careful.

I will.

Oh hi.

Here's my number at work
in case you need to call.

I don't think goin' to
work is such a great idea.

Those punks will be
looking for you.

Well, if I don't go to
work I don't get paid.

If I don't get paid,
I can't pay the rent,

there's nothing to eat,
so I'm going to work.

I think you should
stay in though.

The world isn't safe
for someone your size.

I'll be home at seven.
Kevin will be home around 3:30.

Look lady, I'm gonna find the rest
of these punks and finish this.

No, you're not.

I gotta do what I gotta do, lady.

Be careful out there, Debi.

So you're trying to tell me that a
15-inch man saved your ass from Braxton?

Yes, I thought it was like a
hallucination or something.

I don't know. I don't know
what I'm gonna do with him.

A 13-inch man, are you
sure it wasn't a dream?

I'm serious.

Come over tonight and
see him for yourself.

I'd love to see a 13-inch man.

You know what I mean.

I don't know where he came from
or what to do about him.

What's so funny, ladies?

Nothing's funny, sir.

Nothing funny about
toxic waste, Mr.Lowman.

- Well, then get back to work!
- You're wasting time.

Sheesh, what's his problem?

He asked me out to the
Guns n'Roses concert.

I told him I don't date the
mutant slime from work.

- You didn't.
- Yeah.

What the fuck
are we waiting for?

We're waitin' 'cause
I said we're waitin'.

I'll make an example
out of this bitch.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Well it's about time.

- The fuck, man.
- What's the matter?

Fuck.

Yo, I thought that
little guy fixed you.

I hope he didn't go home.

Not without his ship.

You know, there doesn't seem
to be much structural damage.

Maybe if I just adjust
this, or how about...

Back away, Gerald.

I think he suffers from
Napoleonic Syndrome.

- What?
- Short man's complex.

So, how long do you think this
guy's gonna stay at your place?

- I don't know.
- I don't know.

His spaceship doesn't work so
he can't really go anywhere.

Guess he's stuck here.

You want him to stay
though, don't ya?

Senora Alejandro.

Senora Rodriguez, que tal?

I heard about this dollman.

That he blow away Braxton
Red's homies last night.

Yeah, it's true.

Neighborhood Watch?

Thursday, 7:30 at the cafeteria.

- I'll be there.
- Really?

Si.

Que bien, you know we
can make a difference.

We can change this neighborhood.

Especially with this
dollman blowing away

all the scumbags for us, eh?

That's not the way I
wanted this to work out.

- Bye girlfriend.
- See ya.

Bye lady, see you.

Braxton, leave me alone!

Or what, your little friend gonna
come out here and beat me up, huh?

- Get her in the car.
- We're gonna stop you,

you son of a bitch!

Get away! All of ya!

Get off!

Where's Dollman?

Braxton's got your
mom downstairs.

Mommy!

Mommy!

Kevin, get out of the way!

Mom!

Yo, space owl, man!

Keep your eye out for the dollman,
'cause he's gonna come lookin' for her.

Hey, can you spare a smoke, man?

Sit down.

- See anything yet?
- No.

I bet that motherfucker's
not gonna come here.

- Dammit.
- Hey, tell Armando we gotta wait.

- Stop this, Braxton.
- You're hurt.

What the fuck do you care?

Yeah.

Don't even think about it.

Braxton, you're gonna die
if you don't get some help.

So I die.

But you can stop this
before you go down.

When you gonna get hip to
what's going on here, huh?

We're all gonna go down, Debi, 'cause
that's the way the man wants it.

Can't you see that?
Huh?

You think they care about you?

You think they care
about Dalton Avenue?

They don't give a shit.

You're on the
wrong fucking side.

Sit down.

Don't make me get up.

Fuckin' sit down!

What the fuck are we
fuckin' waiting for?

I mean, fuck this shit!

Fuck man, the fuckin'
setup is fucked up.

The little fucker
fuckin' knows what kind

of fuckin' shit is fuckin'
waitin' here to fuck him up.

So let's get the fuck out
of this fuckin' place

and leave alone this
fuckin' motherfucker!

Has fuckin' anybody
said anything yet?

Nothing yet. Come on down here.

Fuck it!

Braxton man, it's been three hours.

He ain't gonna show.

He must have found out
what was waitin' for him.

Fuck him.

You go look for him, alright?

Go on.

Come on, go on.

Okay, Jammer. The punk's a
no show, so we're out of here.

The vans will meet us down here.
Over.

Got it, homie.

Move, move!

And I thought this
was gonna be hard.

Yo, Jimmer. Jimmer, man,
where the fuck are you?

Get down here.
We're ready to roll.

What the fuck's
going on up there?

Urban fucking renewal.

Big mistake, Debi.

Big fuckin' mistake, Debi!

You remember Benny, huh?

Oh, Debi.

Oh, fuck.

I fuckin' kept you alive,

and you fuckin' disrespect me!

You fuckin' bitch.

I'll show you what you get,
if you're disrespecting me!

Nobody disrespects me!

Goodbye, Debi.

Why don't you pick on someone
your own size, you fuckin' puke?

You sack of pus.

You remind me of a guy I knew back home.
I didn't like him either.

Ah, motherfucker!

Fuck, my gun!

Now let's see how you like it,
you tiny motherfucker.

No, let's see what it's
like for you, motherfucker.

Stand aside, lady,
let me finish this.

- It's finished.
- Come on, it's finished.

Don't you see that?

He's scum, he doesn't
deserve to live.

Because your family
isn't alive, is that it?

Come on, let it go.
Just let it go.

Stand aside.

Okay.

Don't do it for me!

Okay, lady.

You win.

- Wrong.
- Nobody fuckin' wins.

Dimensional fusion bomb.

Run!

Debi, run!

So Debi, tell me
size doesn't count.