The Outsider (2019) Movie Script

You expect me to

believe one man done this?

One man?

One unarmed man did all this?

It's what we're told.

By who, exactly?

What happened here?

He was waiting for 'em.

And he started asking questions.

What about?

About you.

What about me?

I don't know, but

they started arguing.

What happened?

All hell broke loose.

Keep working, you.

We gotta get this

railroad built.

I know

it's not much, but.

It's perfect.

You're perfect.

And one day we'll

have land of our own

and a house for everyone.

I'm happy where we are, Jing.

I know, but.

I don't need much.

I just need you.

I just need us.

Forever.

Pick it up.

You either pick it up

or I shoot you dead.

Pick it up.

I'm sorry.

You just drew on a law man.

Get up boy.

You have got to be

out of your mind.

Get away from my bars.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Well that's a matter of

perspective now, isn't it?

Once the marshal

gets back into town,

he'll decide what to do with ya.

When the marshal

gets back into town,

he'll see that I'm innocent.

You are many things,

but innocent is not one of them, boy.

Jesus Christ, he really does

smell like a fuckin' animal.

You might wanna sick

the hose on him, Frank.

Ask me where I'm headed.

Where you headed to, Deputy?

Well, I'm glad

you asked, you see

I got a date with a lady friend,

and I think our Mr. Chinaman

knows exactly who she is,

in fact, I know you

know who she is.

Now you have got to be

out of your goddamn mind,

I will paint these

walls with your brains.

I'm the one you

got a problem with.

Leave her be.

Problem?

I don't have a problem with you.

I see you as nothing,

except for something

maybe that exists in between

the dirt and the roaches,

but nothing of

importance in my world.

Your woman, however, I do

have a problem with her.

You see, I have yellow

fever, and I'm hoping

that she's the cure.

I'm terribly sorry

to disturb you

at such an ungodly hour, Miss...

Phang, Miss Phang.

Is everything okay?

I'm not gonna lie to you,

this is about your husband.

I'm afraid he's in a

whole lot of trouble.

But I assure you, I am here

to help you, in any way I can.

Where is he?

There was an incident at town.

I saw it, it

wasn't Jing's fault.

Now now, I'm not

here to discuss the law

or who did or

didn't do something.

I'm just here to help you, you

and your husband, to do this,

peaceful-like.

Hey Frank.

Now son, I been

patient, I have been kind,

but you have done

burned my patience

down to the fuckin' ground.

You yellow-skinned

piece of shit,

keep your hands off of the...

Where's Jing?

You said he was, I need

to go find my husband.

I believe you

misunderstood my intentions.

I'm sorry for the confusion.

Your husband is

obviously not here.

I brought you here

for personal reasons.

Now, I can help reunite you

with him, and I'd like to.

But you're gonna have to do

a little something for me.

To get a little you

gotta give a little.

Now would you like to

go see your husband?

Take my hand.

Oh.

This place brings back memories.

See, when I was little,

this place used to be

a slaughterhouse.

Still actually see the

blood stains of the animals.

Nope.

It's gonna be over

real soon, okay?

And then you'll

see your husband.

You'll see him real

soon, just be...

It's okay.

That's okay.

Shh.

That's okay.

Woo!

Hey now.

Oh fuck.

Fuck.

Oh fuck.

Oh no no no.

Oh no.

No.

Hey!

I need help!

Hey!

Hey.

Don't turn your back on me.

All I need is a name.

Chink.

You better get going

where you came from.

I just need his name.

You can kill me.

What do you think I'm go do?

He gave him what he wanted.

What are you talkin' about?

Said you'd be lookin' for him.

Said to give this

to Marshal Walker.

Get some men together.

And get me a tracker.

What is it, Danny?

Jake Sanders.

What about him?

Jake was our tracker.

Then find me another one!

Get!

Make sure that they

get a fittin' burial.

What a damn mess.

Jesus.

He hadn't paid.

Stick it on his

tab, he's good for it.

Get up!

You gentlemen have

me at a disadvantage,

you seem to know who I am,

I don't know who you are.

Got a job for you.

I'm retired.

Not today you're not.

So I'm guessing I

have little choice.

No you do not.

Who's hirin'?

Marshal Walker.

What's the job?

It's any easy one.

Need you to track one man.

It's easy, huh?

Then why you need me?

We need this done quickly.

One thing I learned

about trackin' men.

It's never easy and you

damn sure never rush it.

Well now, that's two things.

That one's a keeper.

Where are my damn britches?

Oh, shit.

We'll be outside waitin'.

Come on, Danny.

The other riders'll

meet ya in the mornin'.

Marshal.

Oriel.

That should cover it.

I'll take real

good care of 'em.

Just get 'em

out of the street.

Folks don't need to see this.

Right, right.

You stick to my boy like

flies on shit till this is done.

He takes a piss,

you hold it for him,

he takes a shit, you wipe him.

But you keep him safe.

Although Frank would

very much enjoy that,

I'm quite capable of

taking care of myself.

Which begs the question, why

am I not going with them?

Give us a minute, Frank.

Because being your father,

it's my job

to protect you, James.

Read this.

Now you know why you can't go

and why we need to end this,

be done with it.

Let me clean up my own mess.

Best you remember who made

this mess in the first place.

Makes me sick thinking

about what you done.

Don't take your

eyes off me, boy.

Best we get this dealt with

quick and let people forget

about the Chinaman and his wife.

They're not gonna...

Hey.

You're my son and

I love you, James,

but this is the last

time, the last damn time.

I made your mother a

promise, God rest her soul,

that I'd keep you outta trouble.

Trouble just seems to

find you, don't it?

And right now I'm going

to pray for forgiveness,

and you oughta go with me.

God turned his back

on us a long time ago.

You old fool.

Lord,

as far as the boy,

I've tried hard to forgive him.

But there's just no good in him.

Never has been.

But damn me, I made a promise

to his mother on her deathbed

that I'd see to it that

no harm would come to him,

even though I know it should.

Forgive me for that.

Please forgive me for that.

Whoa.

You see anything?

Yeah.

The town.

You know Senor, we're gettin'

real tired of your jokes.

I just buried four of my men.

We paid for results.

Paid.

First of all, nobody spoke

to me about any money.

Second of all, this guy

killed four of your men.

He did.

Maybe.

But I see badges pinned

on you and your friends.

We're not planning on

bringing him in alive, Senor.

Well, I'm a

tracker, not a hunter.

Do we have a problem, Senor?

I don't.

But you might, you

don't put that steel

back where it belongs.

Now about my fee.

Eh.

Senor.

When we find that Chinaman,

and we don't need you no more,

we'll come back to

this conversation, huh?

Can't wait.

And just for the

record, I like women.

Ya baby.

And he says that fella's

lucky at cards too.

Hey hon.

Hi darlin'.

Get up.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Well ain't you angry

enough to fight

a bear with a hickory switch?

There's four good men

layin' in pine boxes

out on the street right there

because of what you did.

You got blood on

your hands, boy.

I said I'm sorry.

You're sorry.

Sorry ain't good enough.

I come in here and catch

you laughin' and drinkin'.

Might as well be pissin'

on their corpses.

Well what am I supposed to do?

I ain't allowed to

hunt the bastard,

I ain't allowed to drink, what

am I allowed to do, Father?

You're gonna go home and

you're gonna stay there

till this is done.

Maybe if we're lucky,

we mend this quickly

with you still alive,

but I swear to you,

I catch you in town

again drinkin' or whorin'

before this man is caught,

you'll have me to contend with.

You best be ready to go all-in.

You're not worth

the bullet, old man.

Whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa.

Hyah.

That's the horse

he stole from us.

He's on foot now.

Well I guess it says

something about the man

you're hunting then, doesn't it?

The man we're hunting.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's what I said.

And he's not a man.

Horse is lame.

Figure that's why he didn't

want to ride it into the dirt.

Hyah.

That horse don't look lame.

Oh, you know a lot

about horses then, do ya?

I know that horse

belongs to us.

Well why don't you

go chase it, then?

You know, gringo, you're

becoming a real pain in the ass.

You might wanna have that

checked out by Dr. Wade

when you get back there.

Could be something serious.

It's gonna be serious when

we find that Chinaman, huh?

For you.

I figured that's why you

ain't discussed my fee yet.

Too dark now.

Let's set up camp.

Camp?

We just found his tracks!

Hey, we'll follow him now.

Maybe you missed the

part about it being dark.

I can't track what I can't see.

Camp.

Get away.

Evenin'.

Looks to me like

we're behind schedule.

What do you expect?

Chinese doing all the work.

I expect when I pay

good money for a job

that it oughta be done

when I need it done.

Speakin' of pay.

You owe me on my draw.

I got mouths to feed too.

You're lucky I

need those tracks.

Pleasure doing

business with you.

Did you hear that?

Where?

Spread out, spread out, dammit.

You hungry?

Nah.

So what's your plan, son?

Who said I had one?

Well you just gonna

keep killin' men

till you get the

one you're after?

Mm-hmm.

I was hoping the one I was

looking for was with you.

You know Walker's son, too

lazy a pig pen.

You really think he can come

out here lookin' for you?

Now his father,

his father's men.

That's a whole lotta guns to

go up against for a lone man.

Man you after's the kinda man

that hides behind other men.

They ain't stoppin'

till you're dead.

I'm already dead.

What are you gonna do with that?

I haven't really decided yet.

But I need you to stand down.

Do it.

Send me to my family.

Why don't you walk

away from this, son.

There's nothing in it.

Son of a bitch, never

right place when I need it.

Why don't you help me?

What you want me to do, son?

Just send him a message.

I can do that.

Whoa.

Ho.

What in the hell happened here?

The hell you think happened?

Where the marshal?

Should be at his

house up on the hill.

Damn.

You stay here.

Give me that rifle, Ben.

Don't you ever

listen to me, James?

The Chinaman.

Well he went to us like a

hot knife to butter, didn't he?

Did you lose one?

Couldn't find a body

when the sun come up.

Wolves I'm guessin'.

Well you're the tracker,

was it wolves or not?

Well after seein' what I saw,

wasn't gonna stick

around to find out.

How is it that

you're still alive?

Well he wanted me

to deliver a message.

Which is?

I reckon you're lookin' at it.

If you just would've

listened to me

and let me take Danny and

Frank to hunt this man down

we wouldn't be having

this conversation

with a half-wit tracker.

Well, you certainly

right about that, boy.

You wouldn't be having

this conversation,

because you'd be dead.

Did you speak to him?

Well, more accurately

he spoke to me,

and he said I ends with him.

Then I believe your services

are no longer required.

Put it away.

Now.

You'll be joining us for supper.

We need to talk about the

details of what you saw.

The more I know about

this man, the better.

Well, I appreciate it, sir.

But you know, I done my job.

I best be gettin'.

No.

I insist.

Kinda figured you would.

To your health.

You seem a bit nervous, tracker.

Well.

I don't feel nervous.

Bit tired I guess.

What can you tell

us about this man?

Where you want me to start?

Start with anything that'll

help us find him and kill him.

Well I can tell

you from what I seen,

that will not be easy.

But I guess you

already know that.

That's why I'm here.

Do you think he'll ever stop?

When he's dead.

Sit down.

We're gonna listen to him.

Would you stop, boy?

Would you stop?

Would you if they tried to

rape your pregnant wife?

Would you?

What about they

beat her to death

with their bare hands, boy?

Huh?

What about they took your future

away, would you, would you?

Somebody tried to rape

your pregnant wife?

Would ya?

Excuse us.

Little pussy.

Get in there.

I didn't know!

What you mean you

didn't know?

Difference would it

make if you had known?

I told you before.

You better be

ready to go all-in.

You ain't got the guts.

There's blood on my hands too.

Forgive me.

You're still

holding onto your god!

You think he can save me?

You're beyond saving.

But that's my failin', not his.

I'm done with you.

Boy's always been troubled.

Needs some God in his life.

He resists.

After today, and given the

fact that I don't trust you,

I think it'd be

best you left town.

Tonight.

Well I best get a head

start on that leavin' then.

I'll ride with ya, so

you don't change your mind.

Whoa.

It doesn't look like

you brought enough men.

Don't you worry about it.

I can get more.

Shh.

I got ya now, China boy.

Shoulda picked up that gun

that day in the street.

It's a shame you did so much

and accomplished so little.

Come on, let's get outta here.

Go, go, go, go!

Ain't safe here, son.

They gonna be back.

More guns.

And they gonna keep comin' back.

I'm counting on it.

You can leave.

Oh I can, can I?

It seems I done too

much of that already.

And while I appreciate that,

I got no other place to be.

I don't even know your name.

My daddy gave me

Christopher King.

But my friends call me Chris.

You know it's customary

you give your name back.

Jing Phang.

Well it's a pleasure

to meet ya, Jing Phang.

Son of a bitch, son.

Let's get you fixed up.

Come on now.

I think I'm gonna

like this place.

Your woman as pretty

as this shit hole?

Let me make something

clear to you boys.

This is my town.

As long as you're in my town,

you're gonna treat my people

with respect, or

you'll end up in jail

or swingin' on

the end of a rope.

Yes sir, Marshal sir.

Am I gonna regret hirin' you?

We'll get the job done.

All right.

You see anything?

Why only one?

Yeah.

That's all you need if there's

only one man you want dead.

Who you tryin' to kill?

You ask a lot of

questions, don't ya?

I apologize about that, son.

What about you, you got

family back in China?

Brothers, sisters?

No.

You?

Baby brother named Porter.

Mom and Dad died young, so

he's more like a son, but

that boy's special.

Where is he now?

In a hole, next to

his mama and his daddy.

This Colt right here,

last piece of him I got.

And I tell you

somethin', this son bitch

woulda fired when

it's supposed to,

maybe it'd be him

sittin' on these steps

having this conversation.

That bullet, it's

meant for you, isn't it?

Well I tried convincing

of that for a while, but

seems that bullet

got other plans.

It don't matter, though.

Can't hide from it forever.

It'll come home when it's ready.

They all dead.

He came at us like

a wild bobcat.

Took out three of our men.

I didn't sign up for this.

You say you want to

bring down one guy.

You're gettin'

paid to do a job.

You're not paying

us enough for this.

We had a deal.

Unless you wanna

be a fool, Marshal,

I'd be putting that gun away

and deal with your own problem.

Well hold on, gentlemen,

I'll double your fare.

Boy.

I'm feelin' generous,

gentlemen, I'll triple it.

Now you're talking

my kind of language.

Let's go, boys.

Where you think you're goin'?

James?

I'm going to finish

what you couldn't end.

No you're not.

You're going back

to town with me,

and you're going to the

church, where you'll be safe,

and where you can ask for

forgiveness for what you've done.

Forgiveness?

From who, God?

I shoulda stopped

you myself, years ago.

Take your hands

off me, old man.

What would your mother think

about what you've become?

You don't get to mention her.

I know what you did,

when I was a child,

I watched you beat her.

You never thought I

saw that, did you?

Every night after

you drank, her blood

stained on your hands.

Now you talk about

the man I've become.

Well, the apple doesn't fall

far from the tree, does it?

I used to look up to you.

Shit, I had to, my whole life.

I wanted to be you,

I wanted to

take control like you do.

But you found God, and became

the shell of a man

who I once worshiped.

You became weak.

He will wipe every

tear from their eyes.

There will be no more death

or mourning or crying or pain,

for the old order of

things has passed away.

Revelation 21:4.

Go be with your God.

You always loved

him more than me.

Let's go.

No one's here.

Where the hell are they?

Let's go, boy.

It's perfect.

You're perfect.

Forever.

Wake up!

Hmm.

That's it, keep him awake.

I want him to see

everything that is coming.

Nice of you to join us.

When I say I am sorry about

what happened to your wife,

know that I mean it from

the bottom of my heart.

It's a pity to think of

all the fun we could've had

every night, had she

of been less weak.

My father would've

approved of this,

it's a shame he's

not around to see it.

He would've liked that I settled

our little quarrel

all by myself.

But I want you to

watch your friend die

before you return to the dust.

So let's get right to that.

There's an old friend.

I bet you miss.

Always a joker.

I admire that, tracker.

Do it.

Shoot him!

Jesus Christ.

You put that steel

back where it belongs.

Do it.

Hyah.

Get up!

Get up.

Get up!

Forever.

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