The Other Side (2015) - full transcript

In an invisible territory at the margins of society lives a wounded community who face the threat of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love; ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world; floundering young women and future mothers; and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, renowned documentarian Roberto Minervini opens a window to the abyss of today's America.

[wind rustling leaves]

[birds calling, faint]

[dogs barking, faint]

[vehicles passing]

WOMAN:
Hey, buddy, how's it goin'?

How's it goin'?
What ya doin'?

Sweatin' to death.
What are you doin'?

I come to
bring y'all some food
and something to drink.

Thank you.

Can I borrow your lighter?Mm-hmm.

There you go.Thank you.



It's not my usual shit.

It's good though.WOMAN:
Yeah.

[sniffs][coughs]

Want some?

I just smoke it
instead of--Thank you.

I guess I'm gonna
burn myself first.Sorry.

...shootin' it.
You know that shit
always get me.

What?

I said I'm gonna try to
focus on smoking it
instead of--

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
Gotcha.

Yeah.

I guess--
[mutters]That's the better way.

It's the safest way,
I think.
[chuckles]

MAN:
Zach, don't lick
your fingers like that, buddy.



'Cause if you ever
do go to jail

and you do that
in jail--Mark!

I'm just--
I am giving him
a speech.

Giving him a little lesson.WOMAN:
Oh, my God.

That's not good.

Scrape 'em on your teeth.
Don't suck your fingers.
That's a--

Motherfucker look at you
like that,

and next thing you know,
you'll be washing
his underwear.

[all chuckle]WOMAN:
I'm gonna kill you.

I'm serious.ZACH:
Don't worry, I won't.

I know that,
and I'm gonna kill you.

You never know what the fuck
the future brings, baby.

Oh, I know, but--I'm just giving him
a lesson of mine.

[woman laughs]

That's funny.

Son of a--All right,
it's not gonna work.

Just put it--
Leave that part alone.

We don't want you burning
the crap out of yourself.

Stop worrying about
that fuckin' little
young man.

Oh, he's a kid. I'm sorry.He's a
fucking young man.

[laughs]And you got to
fuckin' accept it.

No, you gotta accept
that I don't have to accept it
if I don't want to.

He's smokin' dope.

[laughing]
Shut your mouth.

What the fuck
is the problem?I don't care.

Well,
you're hoping--

What the fuck you think
he's doing to his body,
his lungs?

Oh, wow.I mean, have you
thought about that?

No, of course not.Well, you're worried
about a little burn, baby.

Yeah, I sure am.Worry about them brain cells
he's burning.

Okay.[laughs]

♪♪ [jukebox]It's the best little bar
in Louisiana.

WOMAN:
Hell, yeah.Best little bartender.

Hell, yeah.[laughs]

[laughing]

Lisa, Lisa, Lisa.Bitch, I love you.

Bitch, I love you.

How much? How much?

To the--Moon and back.

Exactly.

I wish-- I wish--

[laughs]You wish what?

I wish for the best.
How about that?

Bam![laughs]

Your wishes all
will come true.

You know what I wish?What?

With me and you
like this.

Really?Yeah.

Bam.Bam.
[laughs]

I think I'm drunk.

I like it.I do too.

I know.
I feel good.I know you do.

I know I do.

Betty said
she's seen my crack.

Uh-oh.What am I thinking?

Gotcha.[laughing]

WOMAN:
Two Bud Lights!

Miller Light!

Coors Light
and Budweiser!

Two Bud Lights.

I wish--Baby--

I want four.You ain't got
that many fuckin' wishes.

You got three.
I can have one.All right, go ahead.

I wish I could take--

What?all of your pain away.

Shit.

Bam!Bam.

[chuckles]

All gone.

[chuckles]

I love you, Mark.I love you too, Lisa.

[dripping]

[exhales]

[exhales]

That shit ain't right.

[coughs]Lisa.

You alive?

[chuckles]

[taps spoon]

[yawns]

What?

Get up.

I'm waking up now.

Here.

That was clean, right?

What?That was clean?

The sock?Yeah.

[chuckling]
Fuck, no.

It's on the outside.

What the fuck?

[both laugh]

Give me this one.Why should I?

It's a smutty--

You got a smutty--
smutty sock on your cock.

[groans]
Am I really awake?

Wake up.

[both laughing]

Go ahead.Okay.

I'm telling you--You can tell me.

Where all you been
since I've been asleep?

Probably been roaming
the fuckin' roads.

It's not--

I get up high,
you bitch.

You done lost the dope.

I just woke up.

Scoot over a little bit.

[laughs]
Every fuckin' day.

What do you mean,
every day?Every day.

Every day what?You lose dope.

[laughing]
Every day.I just woke up.

I know, and last night
you threw away
a fucking quarter--

a quarter gram
of fuckin' dope.

It was the baggie
was left open.I just bought it.

You left the baggie open.
I was picking up cleaning.

You know I'm gonna be
picking up cleaning.

So you're slipping.

Just how long you been up?

I just fuckin' woke up.
I brought you coffee,
didn't I?

How do I know
you didn't do all the shit,

and now you're saying
there was some somewhere
and you laid it out?

'Cause I ain't never seen it.

Let's flip the script.Just try to find it.

You know I will.

Soon as I wake up.[chuckles]

[grunts]

Push me.

[laughs]
Push yourself.

[laughs]

I'm gonna
run your ass over.

Run. Run, run.

Run! Run, Zach.

Run, run, run!

All right, profits.

We make profit
by trading

for money.

Trading what?Trading capital resources,
I believe.

No. Wrong.
[chuckles]

Trading methamphetamines.[laughs]

And pharmaceuticals.

And our women.Make a profit.

Yes, we can
trade them too.[Zach laughs]

Okay.

"Producers."

That's what?

Pimps are.

That's what I am.

It's what
I'm teaching you.

To be a producer.

To trade for money
to make a profit.

That basically
tells you it,
right there.

Okay, this is "vote."

Something you cannot do.

This is something
I cannot do, something
you cannot do.

Why can I not do it?

'Cause I am a felon
and you are a minor.

Can't vote
until you're 18,

and, say,
if you get, uh--

get arrested
for methamphetamines

or one pill
or a bag of pot,

bag of marijuana,

you're not allowed
to vote.

Barack Obama.

He is a fuckin'
stupid-ass nigger

that has did nothing
for the fuckin' country,

except for make
the blacks proud.

But what the blacks didn't know

is that

he's fucking the blacks.
[scoffs]

He's fucking the blacks over.

Stupid motherfuckers
voted him in.

Shoot.

[clears throat]
Hey, Lisa.

LISA:
Yeah.

I thought you was comin' out.

Well, you said "rake"
and I decided not to.

[chuckles]

What?

What you need?

All right, really?

Mmm. Get up.
[chuckles]

Is it gonna hold me?

It's gonna--
I don't know.

You're kind of thick.

All right,
what do you need me
to do?

Wow.

I'm serious.
Is this gonna hold?Yeah, it's gonna hold.

What do you want me to do?Just sit down. Shit.

[mutters]You high, ain't you?

Yeah, pretty much.Well, sit down.

Let's stay high.Whoo-hoo.

[chuckles]

Yeah. Looks like
it's gonna rain.

[both laugh]

There's a storm a-comin'.Yes, there is.

A storm a-brewin'.

[both laugh]

Oh, wow.

Oh, that's so old.

♪ And the song
that they were singin' ♪
Aha.

[together]
♪ Was for little Jimmy Brown ♪

[laughs]Yeah.

Yeah. Remember that one?Oh, man, yeah.

"Little Jimmy Brown."Yeah.

♪♪ [guitar: arpeggios][men chattering, indistinct]

♪ 'Cause it's all so easy ♪

♪ To run with the crowd ♪

♪ They're a damn good
bunch of cowboys ♪

♪ Makes a man feel proud ♪

♪ Do an honest day's work
for the money you spend ♪

♪ Be fast with the ladies
and slow with the men ♪

[man mumbling]What?

I am not
looking at you.

Look at me.
What do you want me to do?

[slurring]
Are you gonna do something?

I'll whup your ass.Here. Come on.

♪ Just the music
and the man ♪

♪♪ [continues][mutters]
Hey!

♪ Back then
they called him crazy ♪Penny, you want a shot?

You want a shot?No!

[man laughs]♪ They called him
a saint ♪♪

[chattering]Sing a song.

[men chattering, laughing]

Whoa!

Come here. Come on.[crying]

Don't cry. Don't cry.
Don't cry. Don't cry.
Come on.

Don't cry. Don't cry.

Don't cry. Ow!

Look here. Come here.[chuckling]

Come here.

Poor little thing.Quit your cryin'.

Come on.
Stop your crying.

[no audible dialogue]

[whining]Okay.

Put Hillary Clinton in--

She's gonna be
our next president,
I'm pretty sure.

Put Hillary in
for the president.[laughing]

I'm gonna vote
for her.

And I think--When Bill Clinton
was president,

you know Hillary
was the one calling
the shots anyway.

-Yeah.
-It's time for a woman
to run it.

You know why?
Because a woman always
runs a man anyway.

You know that.She's gonna be
the best ever.

You know good and well,
behind every good man,
as they say,

is a great woman--
and a smart one.

They the ones
that run this world anyway.

'Cause when they
lay down in the bed
with you at night

and they tell you--
[speaks gibberish]

you know you gonna
listen to 'em,
because, hey, why?

Because they got
more power over you.

Why? Because
they own everything anyways,
so woman is the thing.

Let's get somebody
that cares about us.

They ain't nobody
that cares about us.Hillary does.

Hillary Clinton does.She does.

I'm tellin' you right now,
if she runs,
she's our next president.

That's a fact.
I'm-I'm-I'm the majority
of the people.

♪ And you know that I don't
give a damn ♪

♪ When I'm high ♪♪

You know who's
gonna vote for her?
The poor people.

And who's the poor people?
Ninety percent of the world.

And the women.
The poor people
and the women.

Everybody over 35
should start fightin'
for America and freedom.

'Cause that's what
we built this land on.

And that's what
we need to stand for.

[indistinct]
It's oil.

Yeah.

We done paid our dues.

[chuckling]

[backup alarm beeping]

[no audible dialogue]

That ain't gonna hold.

You don't think?

Oh, I can't stand
this fuckin' asshole.

[tapping]

Here, Jim.
Let's put it right here.

[saw whirring]

[man, indistinct]

Now then.

JIM:
You want a shot of this?

Nah.It bites.

[laughs]Nah. Maybe tonight.

Not on my lunch.[mutters]

That keeps you goin'
though.

Makes your heart beat.
[imitates heartbeat]

I know all about
the heart beating.

How long's lunch
usually take?
About 30 minutes?

Pardon me?Lunch.

About a 30-minute lunch?Yeah, about 30 minutes.

Twenty, 30 minutes.
Kinda whatever you feel like.

You know, you get up,
you grab your sandwich
and eat.

Some days you feel like
goin' boom, you know?

You go boom.
Or some days you feel
like right now.

MAN:
All right, boys.
Y'all did a good job.

Here's $20.

Here. Hey!

Here's your $20.

I'm gonna roll up these tools.Well, that's very
admirable of you, boy.

[chuckles]

I'm trying to keep my job.Okay.

That's my brother-in-law's
house.

Those are good friends
right there.

So, you know--
[mumbles]

This-This area is an area
that I love.

You know everybody,
don't you?Yeah, pretty much.

I used to cut firewood
out of there.

[chuckling]
I know these people.Right.

I know that guy
that used to have--
That was an antique shop.

He's there a lot.

[both chuckling]

I'm gonna talk to you tomorrow.
Your mom will call.

[indistinct]

That ain't your back.
Turn around.

I know where my back is.

Turn around.[chuckles]

Turn the fuck around
right now.I was--

All right.

♪ This is the way
we wash a leg ♪
[laughs]

Turn around.

[Mark Breathing Heavily]

[moans]

[Lisa moans]

[rattling]

Okay.

Now I need
that Mason jar
right there.

Gotcha.

[sighs]All right.

Don't fucking cry
if I burn you.

Fuck you.

See how it's cloudy?

Shit's gonna settle.I see it.

♪♪ [speakers: rock, faint]

Let go.

[coughs, exhales]

Just let it come.

You okay?Mm-hmm.

Just sit there for a minute
and let your head
stop spinnin'.

Let me see your arm.

Come here.

[patrons chattering] ♪♪ [speakers: dance pop]

♪♪ [speakers: R&B ballad]

[vehicles passing]

Fuck.[door opens]

WOMAN:
What's up?

When did they
take the meter?

Um, they took it
about two hours ago.

They decided to come
and turn it off,
and when they did--

I mean, it's past
the disconnect time,
so we got lucky

by being able
to have it on
for that long.

But, anyway,
the man came.
I begged him.

I said, "Please don't
turn the lights off.
Please."

I said, "Can you at least
give us till in the morning
or this evening?"

"No, ma'am. It's past time,
so we have to turn it off
right now."

So that's what he did.
He came and he
took the meter,

and he said that we
have to have a new box

because it's
burned out in places
and everything.

And, um, anyway--

So, it's no lights now.
I don't know what--

I'm just praying
something will happen
soon.

Hopefully
he'll let you do that,

and I'll do everything
I got to do

to get the electricity back.

Thank you, dear.
I appreciate it.
God bless you.

That's why
you're my brother.
[chuckles]

I love you, Mandy.I love you too, dear.

I love you too, Brooke.I love you too.

Thank you, buddy.
That's so sweet.

Next time they pull the meter,
come wake me up.Okay.

It's cold.Oh, I know
what you mean.

I will. I promise.

No problem.All right.

MARK:
I got you a Christmas present.

I know you been
wantin' it, baby.

I ain't got
much money, but--

Oops. Naked.
[laughs]

Her clothes
fell off of her.

Here.

And hopefully,
I'll be able to get
the other three.

Thank you.You're welcome, baby.

This is easy to fix.

That's what you do.
You design them,
don't you?

Yup. These are the dolls
I always use

to help me learn how
to make fashion stuff.

Keep up the good grades, baby.
You'll be a designer.

Fashion designer.

Hopefully, go into
like Yale or Harvard.

You can to do anything.

Anything.

I love you, Brooke,
and I'm gonna go.I love you too.

Have fun.Oh, yeah.

Bye, baby.Bye.

I wish this year
I would not go to jail.LISA: Ditto.

MAN:
Why? You'd be taken
care of, man.

Three hot meals
and a cot.

I like to work.Let the government
be taking care of you.

Nah, I hear you,
man.[chuckles]

I like to take a shower,
take a bath.

MANDY: Be free.LISA:
Get your back washed.

BROOKE:Freedom!

MAN:
We ought to load up
and go to the White House

and take a bath and shower
and hang out up there
for a while.

WOMAN:
I'm sure they'd love that.I bet they would.

[Mark Laughs]WOMAN #2:
They need company.

They're lonely
and desperate.

My wish is for people
that don't have family

or know what true family
is all about

will find it this year
and have it like the love
we all have.

MAN:
That's right.MANDY: There you go.

I wish Obama
would actually do something

about the rest
of the world too,

other than just
the White House and himself.

MANDY:
There's a whole
United States out there.

He's so self-centered!

MANDY:
Wow. Yep, there you go.

I wish the world
would all get along, man.

End world hunger.
All that stuff. Yeah.

BROOKE:
End the wars.Oh, yeah.

MAN:
Yeah, well, I wish

that all our vets that are
homeless wasn't homeless.Yeah.

MANDY:
Absolutely.
That's a goddamn nightmare.

Yeah, it really is.

I mean, Congress--
I mean, we pay 'em all,

but we can't take care of
the people that saved us
and stuff in the wars.

Wish that nigger
would get out of office.

MAN [laughing]:
You and me, brother.

And, uh, minimum wage
would go up.Hallelujah.

And motherfuckers start
giving us some jobs.

And that's my wish.

♪ O holy night ♪

♪ The stars
are brightly shining ♪

♪ It is the night
of our dear savior's birth ♪

♪ Long lay the world ♪

♪ In sin and error pining ♪

♪ It is the night ♪

♪ Of our dear savior's birth ♪♪

A whole new beginning
right here, baby.

Is it warm?Yeah. Feels good.

Does it?Uh-huh.

Except for the water.It'll get better.

Oh, come on.

I ain't goin'
any deeper than this.Oh, yeah.

It's a whole liberating--[both laughing]

Stop it, you bitch!

Ooh![chuckling]

Come on now, Lisa.Stop!

Come here.

Bitch.Don't do this, bitch.

Come here, Lisa.

You gonna be my bitch?[sobs]

Until death do us part?

[sniffles]Hmm?

[voice cracking]
Yeah, bitch.[chuckles]

I'm gonna kill you.

I love you.

[whispering]
I love you too.

You could have--
You could have got
a bread tie.

It's princess cut, baby.

It's platinum.Oh, it's beautiful, Mark.

It's beautiful.

And you're
beautiful.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[laughs]

I got you.You got me.

I'm gonna take care of you.I know you are.

Ain't gotta fuckin' worry.

I'm not.

I got this.I know you do.

[sniffles]

[cap clatters on tabletop]

[chuckles]

[sighs]

[bird calling]

WOMAN:
♪ Banner yet wave ♪

♪ O'er the land
of the free ♪

♪ And the home of the brave ♪♪

[applause]

Today every American,
and citizens of many nations
around the world,

owe these military heroes
a special place
in their heart

for their personal sacrifice
and the gift of freedom

that their
unselfish actions provided.

These heroes
shall forever be honored
and remembered.

♪♪ [bagpipes: "Amazing Grace"]

As you look
upon this empty table,

do not focus
just on the coat
that is from past wars.

Remember all of our heroes--
those who formerly served,
those who are currently serving

and those who will
be called to serve
in future conflicts

to defend our freedom.

Remember every hero
who we depend on
in battle.

They're the ones we love.

They are all true Americans
who love life and freedom
as much as we do.

Always remember,
they now and will forever
depend on us

to bring them home.

I messed it up.

[both chuckle]

[blows]

I don't know
if it'll do that
in my hair.

Yeah, well--

Put it behind
that big old ear.[both chuckle]

Like a hula girl.

Tired?Mm-mmm.

[dogs barking, faint]

Need a walk.Yeah.

Damn dogs.

They callin' each other.

Here I am with my flower,
talking to them.

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

Where did you
get that?Oh, Amber.

Couldn't think of her name
a while ago for nothin'.

I think
you called her Wendy.

That's they way it is--
my mind going.

Been a good day.

[chuckles]
It has.

Yeah.

Every day's a good day.

[engine stops]

[parking brake sets]

[keys jingle]

MARK: When my mother passes,
I'm gonna get high
every fucking day.

And I'm gonna
fucking do dope
every motherfucking day.

I love you,

but you got to realize
that I cannot deal
with my mother's death.

I done dealt with too much.

And I'm hidin' it.

And when I'm done hidin' it
and when she's dead,

I'm turnin' myself in.

And I'm doin'
my three months in jail.

I mean, in my mind
I know what one day
you're gonna go through.

I know what you're
gonna go through.
I know what it feels like.

You don't know
what I've been through.I can't describe it--

Yes, but I know
what you're fixin'
to have to go through,

and I don't want you
to have to go through that.

When my mother passes,
I'm gonna fucking--

You're gonna lose
your fucking mind.
I know this.

And then you're
gonna feel so much,
you're gonna run

and you're gonna
hurt yourself.I'm gonna go-- No, I'm not.

Because I'm gonna have
the fucking police right there
to take me away

as soon as the fucking
service is over, Lisa.

And you can't sit there
and say you're
a fucking saint either, baby.

I'm not a fucking saint.You need to fucking do
the same thing too.

You're lookin'
at three months.I know this.

I'm lookin' at three months.

Let's turn ourselves in,

get fucking clean,

have a new start.

Okay. Why can't
we get clean--Because--

without being
behind bars?

We cannot--
I cannot get clean
in this fucking town.

I cannot get clean
without being away
from all the fucking drugs.

And the only way
I'm gonna be able to do that
is go to fucking jail.

You were in jail
for two and a half years.

And I was sober
for two and a half years.

What happened
the day you got out?My mother--

Before you got out?Okay.

The last fucking five months
I found out
my mother had cancer.

Three months,
my brother dies.

Okay?Okay.

You should be happy

that I'm taking
the fucking three months
in jail

than my fucking life.

All right?

The only thing
I have left is you.
[sniffles]

Bitch, you think
I would fucking go to jail
just for the fucking hell of it?

I mean, you think I like
this fucking la-di-da?

I'm trying to save
my fucking life, bitch.I know you are.

[chattering in distance]

Why is it burning
all over my fucking arm?MARK: It's the dose.

Does it burn
all the way up?

Yeah. I mean,
it's fucking burning
like a motherfucker.

It sure does.

Fuck.There.
Don't drink that.

I'm not drinking--
Are you fucking shitting me?

Well, I thought you were.
If you fucking put it--

You think
I'd really drink that?

[scoffs]
I'm using it
for your coffee.

[laughs]

Ah.

I ain't playin'.

[chuckles]Get it off me.
Really.

What, that?

That's a nut towel.I don't give a fuck.

[chuckles]You're gonna pay
for that later, really.

I ain't in no state of mind
to play with your
nigger-headed shit right now.

It's
a cinnamon roll.

I'm not in no--
I'm not-- I can't put up
with your nigger-headedness.

Stop being nigger-headed.I can't put up with
your nigger-headedness.

I'm not nigger-headed.

I really wanna clean
the fucking house.

[panting]

Calm down.

[panting]

Stop!

[door slams][lock rattles]

[doorknob rattling]

[door slams]

Watch your step, Grandma.

Sweet darling.
[chuckles]

Okay.

I walk down here
to their house.

I love you.

Used to keep
all the puppies
over yonder in the pond.

I've got one place
I'd love to take you out to.

Grandma.

It's out in the woods,
and it's--

They have-- oh, God-- deer.I don't wanna go
to the woods.

They have--I wanna stay right here.

I wanna go to sleep.They have deer.

And I want you
to listen to me, please.

I'm-- I'm talking.
I'm speaking.I'm listening. I'm listening.

I just wanna go to sleep,

and I don't
wanna be bothered.

All right, baby.

Mamaw not gonna let
nobody wake you up.

I'm gonna get you good.

MAN [on radio]:
♪ Smile on his face ♪

♪ So glad to see you ♪

♪ Oh, you gave your heart ♪

♪ Just the other day ♪

♪ And I'm just here ♪

♪ I'm just here to say ♪

♪ You got a place ♪ ♪ You got a place ♪

♪ A place in heaven ♪ ♪ A place in heaven ♪

♪ You got a place ♪ ♪ You got a place ♪

♪ You got a home ♪

♪ You got a place ♪

♪ A place in heaven ♪

♪ And long, long, long
It won't be long ♪♪

♪♪ [instrumental break]

Grandma, you awake?

Huh?Here, honey.
Here's your coffee?

Oh, okay.

Thank you.You're welcome.

I need a Xanax.
Can I have a Xanax, please?

Is it too--
Is it too hot in here?

No. No, it's not too hot.

That's one.

Yeah.Yeah. That's all I need
is just one.

Not unless
you need one.

[chuckles]

You took mine.

Grandma,
I asked youfor one.

[chuckles]

That one went.

This one's
gonna go down too.

Yeah.

It's been so long
since I got you
to rub my hands.

[chuckles]

And it feels good too.

Yeah?

Yeah.

See? Look here.

Like that-- that little
peach tree over there.

Got peaches on it, okay?

It's got--
got flowers over there.

We got limbs over there.
We got vines over there.

Those are life, baby.

We have flowers out here.

Aren't they life?[puppy whining]

Huh?Yeah.

That's gonna be life.

That's gonna be
happening here.

What if somebody else
comes across?

Maybe we don't got life.

You'll be one
of the baddest soldiers
in the world. Okay?

Okay.Uncle Jim will teach you
what I can teach you.

I'll do that.
That's all I can do.

I can love you
and I can teach you.

[whining]'Cause Uncle Jim
will try to teach you

to come back home.

Now, I want you
to come back home.
You know?

Huh?
Can you do that?Yeah.

Do you think
I can teach you
to come back home?

Uncle Jim
came back home, didn't he?

You can too.

You damn tootin'.

Remember one thing.

You're in the United States,

and we are always
going to be free.

Always going to be free.

We will never be slaves
to nobody.

[door opens]

[footsteps]

Thank you.

Thank you.
Thank you.[Jim coughing]

Freezin'.

Does that help?Yes.

Thank you.
Yes.

Anything more?

- Do you wanna come in
and get warm and eat with us?
- Please.

Please.

Please.
Thank y'all.
Thank you.

JIM:
All right, look here.

Let me tell you
something.

A little girl gave me--
Look at this.

This is
from a little bitty girl.

And I cry.

I do cry when I see this.

But look at it.

Look at it real close
and read it real close.

That is
from a little bitty girl
that gave that to me.

"For all those
who feel alone,

you are never alone.

To all of those
who feel worthless,

you're worth
the world to me.

To all those
that feel like nobody cares,

I care.

To all those
who lost someone they love,

I will never leave you.

To all those
who feel unloved,

I will love you
to the end of the earth."

[lid unscrews]

Want a shot?
Ain't much
of a shot left.

I done got me one.
[chuckles]Huh?

I done got one, Jim.

I got me--

I filled my cup up.

This is just me.
I mean, you know,
I drink every day.

I drink like hell.

I don't care.
I don't care
who knows what I do.

I've been through hell.

In 70 years on this earth
I have been through hell.

And I don't care anymore.

I'm gonna get warmed up
and lay down and go to bed.

Cold.

I wish
I'll be there for you.

Thank you.

Thank y'all.
God bless.

Hey, Brother.What's up, Sister?

Whatcha doing?

Making a living.
What are you doing?

Not much.
That looks good.

Is there any way I can
please pay you tomorrow?Yeah.

Well, thank you
for not being mean.
I appreciate that.

Yes, I do.
I love you a lot.

You just love that dope.Oh, shut up.
I love you always.

All right, dear.
Love you. Be good.All right.

[engine starts]

[sniffles]

[whistles]

[fingers snap]

[hammer cocks]

First person in the team
will approach.
Don't hurt him either.

Put your knees
on their feet.

Second person in the team,
right in that little area.

Last person
will check them underneath.

If they have a weapon,
take it from 'em.

Put their hands behind 'em.
You can't do it like this.

And help 'em up very nicely,
but in a mean nice way,
by that fucking belt.

You know what I mean by that.
I say nice,
but I want him to hurt.

Go live.

Security.
Good security.

Good security.
Good security.

Good security.
Good security.

Good security.
Good shit.

Good shit.
That's a lot better.

I like the way
y'all got down. But remember,
there's no back door.

But this time,
just like y'all did,
pretend there's a window there.

That'll help you
the easiest.

Hold security at your windows
until you're called "clear."

How y'all did
with the obstacle,
that was perfect.

And he's trying
to step over with you,

try to slow down
a little bit.

Rifle down, rifle up.

Freeze! Freeze!
Get on the ground!

Get on the ground!
Get on the ground!Get on the ground!

Get on the ground!Gotta check him!

Roll him over!Hands out!
Put your hands out!

The reason we're here
is because
we've seen combat.

Okay? I know Ray
has seen combat.

And I can tell you
that I'm one
of the few people

that has seen desert
and jungle combat.

Okay? Ray is not a joke.

Whenever he comes out here
to work with you,

he needs your
100% cooperation
and attention.

I don't need it.
I'm going to get it
or you're gonna leave.

The only reason
that we are here,

and I have
selfish reasons--
I've told you this--

is to protect
my family,

to protect
this man's family,

to protect
my left-hand man's family
right there.

And all of you fall
into the same group

because it joins in
to one big family.

Y'all might think
that it's corny,

but that's--
that's the way that we believe
since we were in the military.

When you're fighting,
the only thing that matters
is the man next to you.

Not the idiots 40 miles away
that give you orders.

Not the-- the navy
that's off in the water
not doing shit.

It's the man
that's in the mud,

that's in the blood
sitting right next to you
and suffering with you.

That's who you fight for.
That's who you keep pushing for.

That's what I mean
by everybody from this point on.

Y'all ask me
what your duties are
and what do I want from you.

I want you
to bring someone out.

That is
how we grow our ranks.

That is how we make
our group bigger
and trustworthy.

I'd like to know the people
that I associate would--
that's gonna cover my back.

You can come over, hang out
and eat hot dogs and hamburgers
if you want to on the holidays.

That's great.
We know each other.

If I'm associated
with 3,000 people,

we don't know diddly-squat
about fucking anybody
when the shit hits the fan.

None of us know each other.
I don't care
to trust people I don't know.

If you've never been
in the military and you're
a part of this organization,

you willknow
what camaraderie is.

You know, it's-- It's more
than just being out there
shooting weapons together.

It's more than being out there
and training with each other,

drinking beer, eating pig.

It's about being able
to call your brother up
in the middle of the night

because you have a problem
or because you can't sleep,

and your brother's there
for you.

It's about having a brother
that'll drive a hundred miles

to come and save your ass,
if that's what it takes.

Guys, we are here
for one reason
and one reason alone.

We're not here to...

be a political statement.

We're here because of today.

Does everybody understand
what I'm saying to you?MEN: Yes, sir.

What is today?MAN:
The Fourth of July.

I heard one person
fucking say that.
What is today?

MEN:
Independence Day.

You goddamn right
that's what it is.

That is why we're here.

I'm not here to make
a political statement.

We are not here to make
a political statement.

What we are here to do
is protect our families

and protect the rights
that we were born with

and that we have.

I'm not gonna let a tyrant
take it away from me.

♪♪ [speakers: hip-hop]

Go.

No way.

There's no chance.

[shrieks]
Oh, my God!

What a son
of a bitch.Long distance.

♪♪ [continues]WOMAN:
Yeah!

[spectators whooping]

Bombshell, my ass!

All right!

Seventy going once!

I want your ass moving.

♪♪ [speakers: hip-hop]

[spectators screaming]

MAN #1:
There's your Obamacare.[men laugh]

MAN #2:
Where do I sign up?

Suck that dick, Obama!

Sir, are you ready
to get signed up?

That's what I call Obamacare.MAN #1: I think everybody
needs Obamacare.

I cannot breathe.

I am so done.
Can I have
a beer now?

I feel pretty good
right now.Yeah!

Serious?Yeah, I'm serious.

I came to get
your fucking ass out.

Make sure
you hook the frame.Yeah. No shit.

[indistinct]Not a bumper.

We about
to fuckin' test pull
with my fucking welds.

- [shrieks]
- [engine revving]

Your cigarettes
at the top.

MAN:
Our arsenal next year's
gonna be nice.

MAN #2:
We put 'em all together,
it'll be real nice.

Saturday.
Saturday it'll be ugly.

Saturday it's
gonna get real ugly.

I'm gonna bring
the .45-70 out.

You're gonna bring
the Joker?Yeah, I might as well.

Oh, yeah, he's got it.
Go ahead.

I got another--
I got another mag in that
for that gun.

It's-- The camo is that?

MAN #1:
It's by the couch.Yeah.

MAN #2: You said you wanted
to shoot a big gun.
We'll give you a couple of 'em.

Dude.

MAN #3:
You're on your own.

I love this gun!
Whoo!

That's
a fucking gun.

He's hitting whatever.[laughing]

If he was out there,
he'd have a problem.

Stand up
in there.

You want
something else?Yeah.

How much more ammo
you got up there?

Give it to him.
Is that all five?

No.

I don't think
it was actually.

Nah, there's two more,
I do believe. Or one more.

Nah, there's no more.

There it is.That's it.

[clicks]Okay.

Hey. John Wayne
didn't do that.

[laughs]
'Cause it was
too big for him.

Ain't no shit.
That's what she said.

[men laugh][gunshot]

Yeah!

We'll keep our land.
We'll farm.
We'll raise cattle.

We'll go back to that--
You know, the way lifestyle
was meant to be.

I work for my living.
I work for my keep,
and I work to survive.

And that's
what we're gonna do.
We're gonna organize.

And we're gonna just--

I just don't wanna work
to support somebody else.

We gotta do everything we can
to protect our families,
and that's what we do.

I have the right to bear arms.
I should be able
to bear arms everywhere.

They're already
confiscating guns
in Massachusetts--

Indiana.And Indiana.

Indiana used
to have some of
the loosest gun laws.

There's no fucking reason
why they could or should
confiscate anything.

It's my fucking
constitutional rights.

Honestly, if you look
at what's happening
to our country right now,

it's the same thing
that we do to other countries.

Yes, yes.And you should know this.

What we do--
and I'm sorry to say this.

Sometimes I'm not proud of this.
But we go to other countries.

We tell them
how to live their lives.

We put in a person that we
think should be in charge--Yes.

and then support them.

Sometimes the rebels--We teach them our ways.

Yeah. Our ways.
Now, this is the question.
How long has the US been around?

Anybody.Two hundred and--

Two hundred-plus years.Yeah. Oh, yeah.

How long, uh,
the Middle East been around?

And I know
I'm generalizing there, but--

Been around
10,000, 15,000 years?Right.

Who are we to tell them
how to live their lives?Exactly.

And I'm sorry to say that,
but it's the truth.

Who are we--
And I understand
that people need help.

But who are we to go over there
and try to tell them
how to live their lives?

[gunshots in distance]Unless you're going
to stay there

and make that happen,

which, I think,
is fucked up to began with

'cause you're telling them
you're gonna live
by my set of rules, but--

Except us.
And that's what's happening
to us right now.

They're setting up FEMA camps.

They're, uh--
They're taking over schools.

They're taking over the EPA.
They're taking over
the car industry.

You know, we've had
our governor call

and ask us if we'll
go fight on the border,

you know, with pay,
of course.

It'll be--
It's contract work
and whatnot.

We'll go out there
and we'll help defend
our borders and whatnot.

I understand that.
That's a government
organization.

That's why every
single one of us pay taxes

for military
and border patrol
to do that.

That's their job.

We're not gonna go do it,
because our organization
is family.

[grunting][barking]

[screeching]

[screeching stops]

I shoved my boot
in his mouth just now.

Why are you
running, Cody?

You're gonna get me
with that.

It stuck to him.

Hey, you got one
on yourself.

Put that nut on him.You're gonna
give him the nut?

Hey, hey, you want a nut?I'll give it to him.
Let me see that.

Hey, don't fuck with him.
Don't fuck with him.

Open your hand.
I'll just put it in there.
Just one time.

Aw.Okay, here.

You're so nasty.
You take anything.

Bitch is disgusting.Disgusting.

You're the one holding it.You held the nut?
Oh, my gosh.

Nice.

First man is gonna start
from your left.

Have in mind
I'm looking at y'all,
so on your left.

Okay? Start.
Move to the barricade.

Second man's
all the way on the right.
Move to the far barricade.

Squad leader's in the middle.
He's gonna be the last one
to move. He moves right here.

From there, same sequence.
Left, right, center.

Move to
the center barricade
and cover.

Communicate.
Use your hand signals.
No words.

[gunshots]

There is going to be
another revolution
in this country.

They can only step on
our Constitution so much.

I'm not saying that
I wanna be on the front line
and getting into this.

But it's coming, guys.

I mean,
it's gonna happen eventually.

And they're just putting
more and more things
into play

so that it's right there
in front of us.

And we--
we're not noticing.
No bullshit.

Within the next
couple of months,
The UN will be here.

And that is
all over Fox News.

That's all over MSNBC.
And we know they're owned
by fucking Obama and them.

They arecoming.

They've declared
that the whole refugee thing
and la-la-la,

and they're gonna come down here
and take care of 'em

and figure out
what's best for 'em.

So that is the UN's door.

So if you think
that martial law
is not coming eventually,

wake up,
'cause it will be coming.And that's the key word.

You know,
the key thing right there--

The second that they
put martial law into effect

is when the shit's
hitting the fan.

It's gone too far.

That's when they're
gonna start kicking doors.

That's when they're gonna do
whatever they wanna do,

'cause you're just a pawn
on a big old chessboard.

Shutting down freeways.And the shutdown freeways,

checkpoints, everything else.

So that's gonna be
what's gonna spark
our rendezvous.

When I tell you
grab your wife and kids,
whatever you're gonna need,

most likely you will not
go back to your house,

because if you
do go back to your house,
everything will be gone.

Yeah.Everything. And I mean that.

There's gonna be too many
roadblocks and everything else
to even get there.

Highways will
be shut down.

That's what I mean
by their taking away
more and more freedoms

and trying to find
stiffer punishment for shit
that doesn't make no sense.

But yet you
can murder somebody
and get out in six years.

You know,
but go deal some drugs,

your ass will be there
for fucking 20.Yep.

And that's what I mean by--
Dudes, it's just-- You need
to be prepared, guys.

And we're not out here
just playing Boy Scouts,
playing in the army.

We're out here preparing
for the worst scenario.

And that's something
I need everybody
to be clear on.

Every drill you need
to take seriously.

I mean, 'cause--How you practice
is how you'll perform.

Exactly.But this is just something
we got to think about, guys.

I do appreciate
all y'all coming out today.

I know we've been
out here for a while, and
there's a lot of running around.

Next time
it'll be something new,
something else we'll be doing.

Uh, we'll be doing it--

Actually, every two weeks
is what we're gonna be needing
from here on out.

[airplane engine whirring]

He's gonna have
to skim the ground.

Down there. That way.

Just land the motherfucker.

[whirring continues]

Look like he's doing like
20 or 30 mile an hour.

That's duct tape.

And that looks badass
right there.

Yeah, like right now he's
heading straight in that wind.

Whenever we got to fly,

dude, it was fucking insane
how much that wind
fucking played on it.

Just gonna fly in it.
That's it.

Hey, did you
give him a beer?

Did you give him a beer?

Let it go!

[chattering]

[laughing]

Oh, yeah, we got this.

Notice the letters
getting smaller?

You should've put "blows."

"Obama sucks."

[chattering]

Did you bring your .243?I can go get it.

I have a scope on this.

We'll just set up
one big one.

One big one.

We can't set up three of 'em
if we ain't got three good guns.

Let's go ahead
and step back,

and we'll just go ahead
and blow a shitload
of holes in it,

and then we'll blow it
the fuck up.

[belches]
Aw, man.

Oh, you gonna go ahead
and blow one of them up?

Who's all ready?Who's ready?

Oh, let's go.

[belches]

Say when!Show him what
we think about it.

Light that motherfucker up!

I'll get some more.

It almost went
in the trunk.

Hey, let me see it.

[laughs]

Fuel the fire.

There you go.

He's all like,
"screw you."

Reminds me of that game
Twisted Metal

rather than
Grand Theft Auto.

Whoo!
Fucking America!

[chattering]

[flames crackling]

[crackling continues]