Vigilante (1982) - full transcript

Eddie Marino is a factory worker in New York City. He has a wife named Vickie and a son named Scott. Eddie's friend and co-worker Nick and some of the factory's other workers have formed a vigilante group because Nick and the group are fed up with the pimps, gangs, and drug dealers who keep taking over the neighborhoods. Nick and his group are also sick and tired of the police, because the police always fail to protect people who become victims. Eddie goes home from work one night, only to discover that Vickie has been stabbed, and Scott has been shot dead. Frederico "Rico" Melendez, the leader of a Puerto Rican street gang, is arrested for Vickie's stabbing and Scott's murder. Assistant District Attorney Mary Fletcher plans to put Rico away for as long as possible, since New York doesn't have the death penalty. Nick tries to convince Eddie to join the vigilante group, but Eddie turns Nick down, preferring to let the courts handle Rico. Nick makes it clear that he has no faith whatsoever in the police and the judicial system. The case against Rico doesn't make it past the arraignment. Corrupt judge Sinclair sets Rico free with a two year suspended sentence. Eddie goes crazy and tries to strangle judge Sinclair, who sentences Eddie to spend 30 days in jail for that. It was Rico's right hand man, Prago, who had fired the shot that killed Scott while Rico stabbed Vickie. Prago also paid judge Sinclair to set Rico free. In jail, Eddie befriends an inmate named Rake. As soon as Eddie is released from jail, he changes his mind about Nick's vigilante group. Eddie joins the group so he can go after Rico, Prago and judge Sinclair.

Hey.

I don't know about you guys, but me,

I've had it up to here.

There are some 40-odd homicides a day
on our streets.

There are over two million
illegal guns in this city.

Man, that's enough guns to invade
a whole damn country with.

They shoot a cop in our city
without even thinking twice about it.

Now, come on.

I mean, you guys
ride the subway.

How much more of this grief
we gonna stand for?

How many more locks we got
to put on our goddamn doors?



Now, we ain't got the police,

the prosecutors,

the courts or the prisons.

I mean, it's over.

The books don't balance.

We are a statistic.

Now, I'm tellin' you,

you can't go to the corner
and buy a pack of cigarettes after dark,

because you know the punks and the scum
own the street when the sun goes down,

and our own government
can't protect its own people.

Then I say this, pal,

you got a moral obligation,

the right of self-preservation.

Now, you can run, you can hide, or you
can start to live like human beings again.



This is our Waterloo, baby!

If you want your city back,
you gotta take it.

Dig it? Take it!

How we doin'?

Make another sound, and I'll cut ya.

No! No! Help!

Please! Stop it! No!

No!

No!
Shh! Be quiet.

No! No!

No! Get off-

No!
Shh.

No! Help! Help! Stop! No!

Help! Stop!

Be quiet.

Shh.

I won't forget your face.

Stop it!

How come we never get a case
on the ground floor? Hiya, pal.

Ken, what do you have
for your favorite detective?

Oh, miss, you mind staying
a little longer?

So far, nobody's heard anything.
Nobody's seen anything.

The usual. If you come up with
anything, I'll be working upstairs.

Alex, we're workin'
on the roof.

Let me explain somethin' to you.

They started trial proceedings
without me, right?

They never notified me.
Chips?

Yeah.
They knew where I was, right?

They got no proof that they
never notified me of the papers.

So my lawyer's gonna throw
mistrial at 'em, right?

- The little guy with the cap?
- That's him.

I got this case beat,
I'm tellin' ya.

The next time I go to trial, I'll be
old enough to collect social security.

You understand me? I'll be old
enough to collect social security.

And I got this thing beat,
I'm tellin' ya.

A shame all this crime.
Thank you, Mrs. Vogel.

- You ain't got no more stories, Rubin?
- Come on, you guys.

What are you breaking my balls for?
Hey, who are these three guys?

Slime!
Rubin, man!

Leave me alone!

Leave me alone!
Come on!

Leave me alone!

There it is.
Yep, there it is.

Just keep watching.
Here we go.

Okay, now. Oh, no.

They must be scared.

Wow. That thing's going around. Yeah.

Pretty good. Nice and easy.
We're gonna bring it around.

- Pretty good.
- It's going out far.

Now, watch how I control it.
And bring it down like that.

Bring it up like that.

Wow!
Coming again. Coming again.

Bring it around.
Not too close to the trees.

There we go.
Here we come in for a landing.

And it's down.
Okay, go get it.

Okay, Daddy,
I'll go get it.

Ooh, I'm freezing.

Be real careful out there, Scott.

Oh, Eddie, it’s just-

It's so important that we spend
more time together, all of us.

Whee!
Listen.

Business is taking up
a lot of my time right now.

But I had a good idea the other day.

As soon we got
a little bit more dough coming in,

what we'll do is we'll pack up the van and we'll
take a little bit of a trip to Florida maybe.

Good idea?

Oh, that'll be wonderful.

Here you go, big man.
I'm hungry, Daddy.

Nice.
Hi, baby.

Are you cold?
I'm freezing.

You guys ought to put
in air conditioning.

Hey, Eddie, how you doing?
All right.

You just in time for the football pool.
You want in?

Who have I got?
Blind pick.

Only cost a buck.
Blind pick, huh?

Here's my lunch money.
Who's gonna pay me off?

Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.
How about you, Ramon? You wanna get in on it?

Hell, no, man.
Every time I bet with you, I lose.

Where's the machine?
Right there.

Burke, you want in?
Yeah.

Ramon. Eddie. ? Cómo está?

Not bad. How you doin'?
You look terrific, man.

Younger as the years go by.
Yeah, I'm losing my hair.

Come on.
Burke.

This is the motor I pulled out.
Yeah.

And that's the motor I put in,
and it still don't work.

Okay, let me at it.
It's all yours.

Fill it fast, pendejo.

How long do you think it's gonna
be? Oh, about another 15 minutes.

It's $10.

How much, man?
What are you, deaf? Ten dollars.

We ain't got it.
You punks make me sick.

You look like some kind of animals.
We don't want you in this neighborhood.

Now, you get out of my station.
Get out of my-

- Mommy!
- Stop him!

- Hey, lady.
- Get out of my station.

What the hell are you doing?
Hey, stop it!

Get off of me!
You stop that!

Stop it!
You leave Mr. Nulty alone!

Get out of-

I'm gonna call the police
on you. Call the police.

Fuck you.
Bastard!

Yo! Rico!

! Vamos!

Hey, guys. I got a good story for you. I just
heard it this morning. You guys wanna hear a story?

No stories today, Jake, huh?
Just a nice, cold beer.

You bring me some cash
today? Payday's tomorrow.

Put it on the tab.

The beer's warm.
Pour it yourself, huh?

You got coffee?
You get that from Tracy.

Hey, look who's on the tube.

Listen, there are certain politicians
in this city...

who don't wanna see
a successful Italian businessman.

I own a leasing company.
I rent equipment.

It’s just racist propaganda.

Just because I dress well
and I live well,

does that mean that I'm involved
with sex or narcotics?

Looks like the feds
caught up to Stokes.

As far as the indictment,
my lawyers are gonna handle it. I-

Nah.

Dudes like Stokes don't get caught, man.

Everybody knows
that with his connections,

the most he'll ever do is weekends
at the federal country club.

Come on out.

Scott, I want you to go upstairs
and I want you to put yourself to bed, okay?

I don't wanna put myself to bed.

Scott, just do it. Okay?

Please?

Mommy will be right up.

Take your jacket.

Berry Craftsman, Incorporated.
Eddie Marino, please.

I'm sorry.
He's not in right now, ma'am.

How long ago did he leave?
Fifteen minutes ago.

Never mind. I'll call back.

Hey, Jake.
Gibby, how are you?

Okay. How are you?
Good to see you.

My lunch ready? Yeah. A couple
of minutes. Relax a while.

Okay. Thank you.
Overtime for me. I don't care.

I'll work till 8:00 tonight.
I'll see you guys in the morning.

You pick up the check.
Right, right.

We got more coffee?
Where's that girl?

The law is here.

Last night we found a kid on a lot
over on Jackson Avenue.

His friend said somebody
pulled him off the street.

Broke every bone in his body.

Then left him in the lot
like a sack of dirty laundry.

Now, I know we only got two cars
out on nights when we need 10.

But I'm in that seat eight to 10
hours a day, in the heat, in the rain.

I don't wanna hear
about no goon squads or lynch mobs.

You guys start something like that,

and sometimes
it don't quit on its own.

After work, stay home
like other people.

Which people, Officer Gibbons?

The ones who are afraid to come
out of their houses after dark?

Enjoy it, Gibby.
Thanks, Jake.

Is Eddie Marino back yet?

No, he isn't, ma'am.

Would you have him call his wife
as soon as he gets back?

Sure.
Thank you.

Police operator 729.

Yes. This is Mrs. Marino
at 87721 22th Street.

I just had an incident with a man
at a gas station and he threatened me.

Now I’ve just seen him
in the front of my house.

Could you please send
a patrol car right away?

We can't do anything
about a verbal assault, ma'am.

But I am alone here with my baby.

Please.

Calm down, lady.
Calm down. Relax.

We'll send over the next
available patrol car.

This is gonna be easy.

Hey, you're really too smart.

- The name's Rico.
- Ooh.

Lady, you don't know who the fuck
you messin' with, man. Are you crazy?

You're crazy, lady.
You got some nice family, lady.

Are you gonna come over and slap me in
the face and kickin' my people around?

Yo, mami,
where you hide your bread?

- Yo, mami, where you hidin' your money?
- In the kitchen.

- The kitchen.
- Yo.

- Scott!
- Mommy!

Hide!

No!

You leave him alone!

Leave him alone!

Let go! Let me go!

Let go! Let me-

Mommy.

Let me go!

Scott! No!

Somebody!

Somebody help me!

Help me! Somebody help!

Help me! Help me!

Someone!

Help me! Someone!

My baby!

No!

Burke, I gotta pick up a part
tomorrow morning.

I'll be out of your way by 10:00.
You'll get your machine back.

Thanks for the tools.
Great.

Let me ask you a question.

That thing with the cop this afternoon
- what was that all about?

You ever a victim, Eddie?
What do you mean?

I used to be a cop.

That's all I ever wanted to be,

ever since I was a little kid, you know.

The day I got my shield,
I felt like I was John Wayne.

I was gonna fight crime.
I was gonna be a hero, you know?

My partner,
he thought I was crazy.

He had a year and a half to go
till his pension,

and he wouldn't bust a shoplifter
because he felt it was a waste of time.

He got his pension
and I got laid off.

Look, I know where Gibbons the cop
was coming from.

There are better ways
to handle these situations.

Hmm.

You part of this thing too? God said
he'd help those who help themselves.

That's all
we're trying to do.

It’s just about people
trying to help each other.

Oh-

Come on! Stand aside!

Let us through!
Look out. Look out.

Vickie! Hey! You! Come back here!

What happened?
Mr. Marino.

Where's my wife? What happened to
my family? Listen to me, Mr. Marino.

Don't torture yourself
by being here.

We know
who's responsible for this.

If you wanna make this thing come out
even, go see this district attorney.

Good evening.
Astoria General Hospital.

I'm sorry, sir. We're not allowed
to give out that kind of information.

Uh, Mr. Marino?

I'm Dr. Fallon.
How's my wife?

Well, she received severe lacerations
of her lower abdomen.

You want a swig?

Uh, several of her vital organs
were punctured.

Her neck and spinal cord
were badly damaged.

She's- She's lucky to be alive.

I wanna see her.

Look, there's nothing you can do.

Why don't you go home for a while.

We're, uh- We're taking
really good care of her.

Uh, I didn't tell her about the boy.

I'll try to keep that from her
as long as I can.

Come on, Eddie.
I'll give you a ride home.

No, thanks.

Mr. Marino,
District Attorney Fletcher's expecting you.

Her office is the first
door on the right. Thank you.

Come in.

- I'm Eddie Marino.
- Please be seated.

Thank you.

I'm Mary Fletcher, Mr. Marino.
I'm sorry about your loss.

Look, I've never been through
anything like this before,

so you'll just have
to tell me what to do.

Well, the police have
a Frederico Melendez in custody.

He's the leader
of the Headhunter gang.

A gas station owner
has signed a statement...

that he saw Melendez
assault your wife.

I want you to sign that.

It's an assault complaint.

I'm gonna seek indictment
for murder and assault,

because we have a witness
to the assault.

I could have gone after
the whole degenerate gang.

But have you ever seen a dozen
gang members sitting in a courtroom?

They scare the hell
out of a jury.

Are you trying to tell me that this guy's
done something like this before?

Melendez has had 22 arrests.

Of the half a million felonies
in this city,

only 4,000 of the defendants have actually
been tried, convicted and sent to prison.

Eighty-five percent of all
serious crime gets disposed of...

through misdemeanors,
dismissed or not even prosecuted...

because witnesses
are afraid to testify.

A mugger is usually back out on the street
before the victim gets out of the hospital.

I want this guy to pay
for what he did to my family.

Okay.

You sign that.

The city still catches
your eye from here, you know?

It's 'cause you can't see
all the trash from here.

You can't see the 10-year-old kids
pushing dope on the streets...

or giving their asses away
in the parking lots.

When I was a kid,
I could sleep with the windows open.

I wonder what happened to that.

We let it get away
from us, Eddie.

And now that we want it back,
we can't even pay for it.

This thing's turning my guts.

Hey, man, come on, huh?

Let it out. Take care of this situation
by yourself. Make you feel better.

We got a system of laws. We got courts.
What the hell you talking' about?

System?

System, my ass.

What goddamn system?

Who are they protecting,
the scum on the streets or us?

One day some juveniles
come to my old man's house.

They beat him till he couldn't hardly
take a walk or a piss by himself anymore.

You know where those punks are now?

Still on the street.

So I ask myself,

what happens if one day
some punks come to my house?

What's my life worth?

That's why I carry that, Eddie.

You figure that's the answer, huh?

That's my judge and my jury.

And what happens if you do something
to me I don't like?

Or I don't like the way
some guy's got his hair parted?

Pretty soon you got assholes
all over the street...

Looking to blow
each other's brains out.

And if I do that,
what makes me different than the scum?

Hey, that's something you got
to figure out all by yourself, man.

Yeah. What if somebody
needs me to testify?

Yo, Prago.
Yo.

- Diablo.
- How goes it, brother?

The bro's say-

Hi, sugar.

Mr. Marino.

We're the first case
on the calendar.

You're a little light,
ain't ya, kid?

You'll get the rest
when he get off.

Oh, yeah?
Well, listen to me, pal.

You screw around with me,
and your ass will be with legal aid...

and that spic friend of yours
will be raw meat in jail.

Now you can count, bad man.

See you in court, homes.

I hope you have a strong constitution,
because you're gonna need it.

Why?
Judge Sinclair.

All rise.

The man is an irresponsible asshole.
Remove your hats. Find seats, please.

Put away those newspapers. There'll
be no smoking in this courtroom.

Be seated.

The State of New York and Edward
Marino versus Frederico Melendez.

- Both sides ready?
- The People are ready, Your Honor.

Who's representing Melendez?

Anybody here for Melendez?

Excuse me, Your Honor.
Counsel is present for the defense.

- This is an assault charge and a felony murder.
- Yes, Your Honor.

- Are your papers in order?
- Yes, Your Honor.

- How does the defendant plead?
- Not guilty, Your Honor.

Your Honor, we have
a signed affidavit...

from an eyewitness to the felony
who is willing to testify at a trial.

Is this eyewitness present?

Mrs. Marino is presently incapacitated
at Queens General Hospital.

Excuse me, Your Honor. May the
counsel please approach the bench?

- Counsel may approach the bench.
- Thank you.

Your Honor, my client is willing
to plead guilty to the assault...

if the felony charge
against him is dropped.

Your Honor, we are talking
about homicide.

The state wishes
maximum penalty.

I expect the state to wish as much.

The state is willing to drop
the felony charge.

Fine.

In lieu of the defendant's previous record
of no prior convictions-

He has had 22 arrests.

I've tried
the defendant myself.

This is an arraignment, Counselor.

This is a felony assault request, Your Honor.

The state wishes to seek
an indictment...

on the defendant's 22 arrests,

not on his previous
no convictions.

A defendant's past history
has no bearing on present allegations.

Mary, why don't you relax? This
case doesn't have to come to trial.

He has a rap sheet a mile long.

The state and my client
demand the right to prosecute.

There will be no demanding
in my courtroom.

I would advise you to take your snide
behavior and obvious frustrations elsewhere.

Now, does the state
have a proposal?

- Fifteen years.
- Fifth- Are you kidding?

We're plea bargaining here.
Show a little compromise.

- I quite agree. Can you take five?
- No, Your Honor.

This would be
the defendant's first conviction.

Now, we propose
two years suspended sentence,

if possible.
No.

No way.
Two years it is.

- Wait a minute.
- Back to your seats, Counselor.

- This is crazy.
- Miss Fletcher, you're out of order.

Damn it!

- It's in the bag.
- The court will dispose of this case in the following manner.

I'll accept a plea of guilty
to assault...

and drop the felony charge.

- Are you ready for sentencing?
- Yes, we are, Your Honor.

- The court sentences you to two years.
- It isn't enough.

Sentence to be suspended.

- The defendant is remanded...
- He can't do that.

- Yes, he can.
- Thank you, Your Honor.

- Bailiff, next case.
- Wait a minute. Wait a minute!

- Order! Order!
- You're letting him get away with it!

- I said, order!
- You can't let him get away with that.

- You are in contempt!
- This guy killed my kid!

- You're crazy!
- Did you hear me? I said, order!

- Restrain that man!
- You-

- Restrain that man!
- You're nuts!

Restrain him. You are in contempt!
Thirty days. Get him out of here.

Here you go, sweetheart.

Right here.

You're home, sweetheart.

Oh, look.

Hold up here.

You wanna open 19,Joe?

Come on. Right over here.

Have a nice day.

You wanna close 19?

You think we got enough money?

You got it?
Yeah.

Tell your friends I got
some good shit later on.

All right, fuck off.

See you later.
Why don't we split it up?

You're in my way, bro.

No shit.

Fucker! What the fuck
is your problem, man?

You all right?
Yeah, man. I'm cool.

Like this.
Come on, man.

Fucking bitch. Go get him.
You sure you're all right?

I'm all right.

What's your problem?

What the fuck is wrong
with you? You ain't shit.

What the fuck is wrong with you,
you big fuckin' dope?

You better go back to that guy
in the wheelchair.

You couldn't catch my sister,
you big fuckin' dummy.

Save some for me, Burke.

Right over there.

What the fuck do you want?
You.

Why don't you guys
leave him alone?

What's the matter with you?

All we're trying to do
is make him feel at home.

Come on.

See you later, pal.

You know, if I were you,
I'd watch myself.

I didn't ask you nothing.

You're pretty hostile
to be a white ass.

I got a right to be
anything I want.

Man, you're on the rock.
You ain't got no rights.

You’re just another nigger.

And just one more word.

Take that pitiful look
off your face...

or you won't make it
through the day.

I'm tired of watching you
dealing dope in our neighborhood.

Maybe the man can't do nothing
about it, but we sure as hell can.

Who supplies you?
I ain't telling you shit.

All right, you don't want to
talk to me, talk to them.

All right, all right,
all right, all right.

Come on, cool it. Cool it.

All right, you ready
to talk to me now?

Go fuck yourself.
Still want to play, huh?

All right, fuck, play Superman.

No! No!

Ohh! Ahh!

Talk, punk!
Give me a name! A name!

- I want a name! Talk, punk!
- It's Horace. It's Horace. Horace the pimp.

He drives a silver Caddy.

He hangs out at the Plaza.

You should have said all that at first.

They's all window shopping
tonight, baby.

They're all fags.

Tell that to Horace, gal.

We ain't made a dime tonight.

Here's that good-for-nothing-
You better get back over there.

How much money you got?

I got it for you.

Don't get funky with me, bitch.

There ain't no action
out there tonight, Horace.

- It's spooky out there. Something's wrong.
- I don't give a shit. Bring me some money.

But, Horace
- Get out there and get me some money.

Now get the fuck out and get
me some goddamn money. But-

Take that shit.

Damn recession.

How the fuck do they
- they expect a working man to make a goddamn living?

Damn it.
Son of a bitch.

Sucker.
Just bring it, sucker.

Get me out of here!
Get me out of here!

Have a party.

On your knees, sucker.

Did you hear what he said? Aah!

You bastard!

Hey, man, I'm bleeding.

What the hell
is going on here, man?

What the fuck did you
do my car like that for, man?

Who are you dealing for, Horace?

What's wrong with you guys?
Crazy?

I'm dealing for myself, man. Now
fuck off. Who put you up to this?

Sly Jones?
You workin' for him?

Look, I got a roll, Jack.

It's all yours, man.

Who's your supplier? You ain't
smart enough to deal for yourself.

Your mama ain't smart
enough to deal by herself.

Punk, we'll break you into so many pieces,
they won't be able to put you back together.

Now give us a name!

Man, I can't.
I can't do no shit like that, man.

Please, man.

Please, man. Don't make
- Don't make me do no shit like this, man.

You guys are going to
get me killed, man.

Okay, man.

I'm dealing for my main man,
Mr. T.

Mr. T? Who the hell is Mr. T?
Spell it out, punk!

Man, I can't-
Please don't make me do this, man.

You guys talking suicide, man.

Thomas.

Thomas Stokes, man.

Just because I dress well and I live well, does
that mean that I'm involved with sex or narcotics?

Dudes like Stokes don't get caught, man.

Just a spoke.
It's the wheel I want. Come on.

Yeah, all right, fine. Good.

All right, let's go.

Hey, what is it? Hey.

What is it?
Who are you?

What do you want?
Hey, whoa, brother. Whoa.

Whoa, brother. Is this what
you want? Here, take it.

What is it, man? Hey.

Don't you know who I am?

Yeah, I know who you are.

Eddie, don't come back here.

And whatever you have to do outside,
don't get caught,

because you don't want
your ass back in here.

Come on, Marino! Move it!

I want him.

Rosie.

Hey, Rosie. Rosie!

What the hell is taking so long?
Cono man.

I'm coming, papi.

And have I got a surprise for you.

Look what I have.

I have this...

and this.

Will you get over here?
Come here.

Eddie, can you handle that?

Get over here.

Yes.

Who's that?
I don't know.

Negra, abre la puerta.

I don't know who it is.
Negra?

Who the fuck is that?
Abre la puerta.

Negra.

I'm gonna give you some Negra right in the
lip, mother fucker. I'm gonna light you up.

Hey, man! Hey, come on.
Take it easy.

Girl, girl.
Come on.

- Hey, hey, what are you guys crazy?
What are you doing, man?

Come on.

Hey, come- Hey.

Hey, man. Hey, what are you
guys doing, man? Take it-

Hey, what the hell is-
No, man. No.

- You killed my son.
- No! No!

Prago did it, man. It wasn't me.
You got the wrong guy, I swear.

Man, I didn't shoot your kid.

You got the wrong guy. No,
man, wait, wait. Mister, please.

Let's go.

Oh, brother, what a mess.

I want all these reports directly to me.

How do we release this?

Exactly like I told you inside.
Another junkie hit.

You know it's not.

You want to give me a minute?

I'll be standing by the door.
Okay.

You trying to tell me
how to do my job?

You know what happened in there.

I damn well know what happened in
there. So, what are we doing about it?

We're keeping it quiet. Do you
want to go to the newspapers? Fine.

Then they'll make heroes
out of these guys.

Then you can have one of these
every week. Is that what you want?

Yes? Can I help you?
Yeah.

I'd like a room pass to 67.

That's, uh, Vickie Marino.

I'm sorry. You'll have to speak
to Dr. Fallon. Wait a minute.

This is my wife. And I was here before
and they wouldn't let me see her.

I- I'm not sure why, but they-

Doctor, what the hell's goin' on
around here? I want to see my wife.

I'm sorry, Mr. Marino,
but, uh, you can't see your wife.

Why not?

Because, uh,
she doesn't want to see you.

Well, excuse me, young man.

It's clearing up very well.

We're waiting for the results of the-

Miss Yvonne Conway.

Miss Yvonne Conway, extension-

Vickie.
No. No.

Vickie.
Don't touch me, please.

Don't say that, honey.
Look, it's gonna be all right.

We can do something about it
now. It's gonna be all right?

Look at me.
Just look at me.

Don't. Don't.
Look at me.

See me. Look at me.

I know it was horrible,
honey, but-

Nobody helped us.
We were alone.

And you blame me?

Vickie, look it-
Where are you going?

I am not going back there. Never.
Okay.

I don't feel anything...

for us...

anymore.
Please, Vick.

Honey.

It was the husband.
I saw the entire bunch.

Rico? Rico gone?

Bastards.

We can't let them walk over us.
Get the brothers together. Ah, shit!

How does it look?
Nobody's around.

Check the roofs?
Yes, sir.

Let's check over there.

Sure we're in the right place?
Positive.

What was the complaint?
Prowlers.

It's pretty quiet.

Yeah. Bet it was some prank call.

Oh, shit!

God-

Hey, buddy.

How ya doing?

Wonder what happened to you.
How's it going?

Vickie's not coming back,
that's how it's going.

I see.

You blame yourself, huh?
Is that why you’re running?

I'm getting out of here
as fast as I can. That's it.

Look at this. Ten years of my fuckin'
life. What is it? Plastic shit.

There's got to be someplace.
I don't know where, Nick,

but someplace where they can't come along
and kick your ass anytime they feel like it.

- I don't know anymore.
- Yeah, man, I know how you feel.

No, you don't.

My neighbors, they all saw what
happened. They didn't do shit.

Forget it, Eddie. They're victims, man.
They gave up a long time ago.

Everybody's a victim.
So what?

You're still walking around
in the dark, man.

You want to run?

Go ahead.

After you, then Burke,

Ramon, maybe me.

But I'll tell you this.

Sooner or later, man, we're gonna
run out of places to hide.

What do we do then, huh?

Climb on some high mountain
where it's nice and safe?

Wrong.

After they finish turning
this neighborhood into a cesspool,

what makes you think they're not gonna look up
at that high mountain of ours and want that too.

The word is out on the street, man,

the bottom is about to fall out.

They want us bad.
But they're coming after you first.

These are our homes.

We give them up, we got nothing.

Fight for it, Eddie.
Fight for it!

Hey, man, what's wrong
with you? You crazy?

Stay out of the street!

You got a problem, chump?

Fuck.

Damn.

Come on, man.

What the fuck are you doing?

You're fucking up my car.

This your car, huh?
Yeah.

Give me the keys.
Give me the fuckin' keys, man!

What are you doing?
I'll move it. I'll move it!

That guy just stole my fuckin' car!
He stole my car! What are you, a cop?

He stole my car!

Whoo!

All right. Come on, sucker.
You want to do it?

Whoo! Ha. Get and go!

WBLS, New York.

All right, chump, you
wanna play? Come on, let's go.

Go get 'em, baby!
Go get 'em!

Son of a bitch!

Shit.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.
I'll kill ya!

You killed my son.
Fuck him.

Go ahead, man. Go ahead.
This don't mean shit to me.

It does to me.

Good night, Your Honor.

The court sentences you to two years.

Sentence to be suspended.