Ripped By mstoll
Are you a cop?
Am I supposed to answer that?
No, baby, you're supposed to hold still.
Hope you don't mind cold hands.
[BEEPING]
She pats you down every time she sees you. I need you to spread your cheeks wider.
- Wider? - Wider.
- I need access to the taint, yo.
Okay.
You smell something burning?
Aah. Ha, ha!
- Ahh, I love the smell of real money. - Wherever you got it, put it back.
Guy in Evidence owes me. Long as we have it back in the morning...
Is this bedtime? Did I ask for a story?
We're supposed to be high-end, hooked-up buyers.
You wanna go in with Monopoly money, huh?
Those fake bills aren't gonna fly. That's like going with our badges around our necks.
Van, I'm thinking maybe this is a bigger issue...
...leading to a long conversation as to the nature of morality...
You wanna play mystical Negro, I'll buy you the robe.
Which one of these is gonna make her bite? Because that ends the whole debate.
Have a Happy Meal. Be happy.
You wax your ass.
Don't tell the guys.
She's gonna find it.
- I'm almost done. - Me too.
She's gonna find it, you watch.
Aah!
[GRUNTS]
[SIGHS]
This thing's got some serious oversteer.
Find what you were looking for?
MAN: He's gone offline, sir. - We lost him?
- So? - I'm thinking 80.
We said a hundred.
- Yeah, but that oversteer... - Is non-existent.
If I was here to get bent over and doggied, wouldn't I be barking?
[CHUCKLES]
You've used that line before.
How about you just show me what we're talking about here?
Let him count it. It's not like it's Monopoly money.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[GUNS COCK]
Lay them down, now.
- Andre, you cool? - Go. Go.
[GUNSHOTS]
[GRUNTS]
- We're all clear. Van, you all right? - Yeah.
But I've got a rug burn like you wouldn't believe.
[ANDRE LAUGHS]
[GUNSHOT]
Dre?
Close it down, close it down now.
MAN: You went offline. You went offline.
VAN: The deal was right.
All we needed was a little faith and for your guys to scope the stands.
That's what we did.
Well, your seeing eye dog missed the damn sniper.
Hey, Ray, don't put this on me.
I clocked out, my partner's alive.
- Unh! - Officer Ray.
[YELLS]
I'm sorry for your loss.
But I'm curious.
Where is that hundred thousand dollars you stole from the evidence locker this morning?
The good news is...
...I don't wanna hear the answer.
You get that money back, ID the shooter, I'll pin the medal on you myself.
And your partner gets the kind of hero's funeral he deserves.
But first thing Monday morning...
...if the DA doesn't know the heroes from villains...
...there's just a big, juicy front-page mess...
...like it is now?
Well, son...
...guess whose ass they're gonna go buck wild on?
[YELLS]
[GRUNTS]
Great! Great!
WOMAN: You need some help?
No.
No, I got it, thanks.
[VAN SIGHS]
You sure?
I've had my eye on you for a while, Van.
Look, you about to ask me out or something?
Because I'm having a really bad day.
Add that to the long list of amazing mistakes you've made in your career.
Don't make another one.
Today was not your fault, but it is your problem.
The girl, the fence, you and Detective Hayes were on her two months.
- Three. - I've been on her six.
You want another shot at her?
Think about it.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
[MEN SHOUTING]
Whoo!
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Yeah.
MAN: I'm calling for Deaqon Hayes? - Speaking.
This is Maynard Blanchard, L.A.P.D. Homicide.
It's about your brother.
He was shot in the line of duty and I'm sorry he died as a result of his injuries.
There will be a memorial service...
Sorry about your brother.
You're not here for no funeral.
But you gonna be good for funeral business.
[SIGHS]
You don't know nothing about telling fortunes.
And in fact, don't nobody know what the hell you do for a living.
And your ass lost weight.
I'm down five pounds and F you, I'm on the Zone.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- Welcome back to home plate, player. - Good to see you, dawg.
- Heard about what's been going on here? - Whatever you know, I wanna know.
Oh, a little "'Vengeance is mine,' saith the Lord" type action, huh?
You must be a mind reader, player.
We're talking about real hardcore stuff going down.
Four-man crew, all they do is hit slangers, man.
Talking about coming into your crib, military assault...
... Jason hockey mask...
...sticking AK-47s right at your neck...
...taking your stash, your cash, and your cars.
It's what your brother was buying, man. Some G rides yanked off them dealers.
That homeboy that wet him down, he's jamming his jimmy where it don't belong.
Man, this dude is a ghost. Nobody knows his face, name, nothing.
DEAQ: What's up with the fence? AQUARIUS: Girl named Cassidy.
Now, I could point you in her direction, but if things get a little too hot for you...
...then what might be in that drawer over there may help you out.
MAN: What happened?
- Cops came out of nowhere. - They never come out of nowhere.
Did the buyers bring them? Are the buyers cops?
I need to know.
- So you want me to what? - The hotshot who flipped the GT.
I want you to wrap yourself around him.
Find out who he is.
If he's a buyer, I want his money.
And if he's a cop, I want his head.
- But you're not happy about it. - I'm happy.
I know when you're lying.
Nobody knows when I'm lying.
BILLIE: I need a hard charger who will drop his life and never look back.
A face that can get past the rope and a body good to go all night.
We spend all our time going after foot soldiers.
- I want the generals. - I have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm talking about access. Resources.
Doing it from the inside.
The ultimate backstage pass.
Welcome to the Candy Store.
Everything you see came off some high-rolling scrote...
...who thought he was too rich for the backseat of a squad car.
Normally, it would go to auction.
I had an idea.
Everything we seize, we keep. Everything we keep, we use.
This is a life of crime, 24/7.
You don't drop cover, you never flash a badge.
So?
Officer Van Ray is getting transferred to Oblivion County.
And in the murder of an unidentified African-American male...
...at the Irwindale Speedway, Van Strummer is wanted for questioning.
The jacket we build will go a long way to re-establishing your credibility with the girl.
That, plus a few key props, will get you next to her.
Yeah. I know where to find her.
Whether she'll do business again, well...
...that's when we see if I chose wisely.
You chose wisely.
- Bring cops again? - I didn't bring them last time.
And technically you and I never closed so I'm here for my hundred thousand.
You bought a car, you wanna drive it upside-down, that's on you.
Look, Cassidy, uh, I got a little situation.
You see, that car was for a buyer out of Tokyo.
It was his hundred, he's still driving around a Datsun.
So I thought I'd swing by, see if you wanna talk business.
There's a warrant out for your arrest, do you know that?
What will the kids in my fan club say when they find out?
My single's just gonna tank.
Jokes and chat. Just Mr. Wow looking to move some rides, huh?
Yeah. Because before me, you never caught a bust, never did time...
...never got a ticket, probably gonna marry a senator.
Look, there goes your maid of honor.
So very entertaining and I'm even enjoying myself...
...but it doesn't tell me what you're about.
I think you're coming light for a guy who watched his buddy get killed.
That guy was my porter...
...did all my heavy lifting. I go through five a month.
He was lazy, was stealing, English was his second language...
...and I don't think he had a first. Now, don't get me wrong.
What happened out there wasn't cool, but, you know, saved me a bitch slap.
Ouch. You'd suck to work for.
But I'm fun to hang with.
I recall a moment or two.
But hoping you can trust somebody isn't the same as knowing.
So for all future business, I'm gonna need 00,000 cash...
...and I don't wanna hear that it will take you a couple days.
Because you know who takes a couple days?
The cops.
Ain't you gonna frisk me?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I'll see you.
Good party.
[WOMEN CHATTERING OUTSIDE]
[GUN COCKS]
DEAQ: You got my note.
If I turn around and you're wearing a dress, I swear I'm gonna throw up.
Speedway, the guy who got shot.
- Who pulled the trigger? - I don't know.
Well, gee, I guess I'll let you get back to the party then.
Sorry to bother you, man. Maybe I could buy you a Bellini.
Okay, now, I wanna find out who did it too, okay?
- That guy worked for me. - He was your porter.
You hire five a month, English was his second language.
- Saved you a bitch slap. - Okay.
- I think what I need to do here is explain... - Is this bedtime? Did I ask for a story?
Oh, my God.
You're Deaqon.
You be real sure you wanna know my name.
I'm a cop, okay? Andre was my partner.
He talked about you all the time. You guys grew up in Torrance.
Middle name's Lavelle. Favorite McQueen movie is Towering Inferno.
You ran with a gang, got caught, he beat you...
...about time you guys stopped talking, what? Eight or nine years ago?
You moved to New York, you joined up. You work N.Y.P.D. Undercover narcotics.
Get that thing out of my face.
So your partner's dead and you're up to your ass in Miller High Life?
You think I'm running a story?
How else would I know about the Towering Inferno?
Whose favorite Steve McQueen movie is the Towering Inferno?
Maybe you got my Blockbuster card.
- What? Come on. Do it. - You crazy?
Yeah.
Come on, baby, make it happen.
I know you didn't just throw my Desert Eagle out the window.
- Uh-huh. - That's how you want it?
Then that's the way it is.
I'm Van, by the way.
[GRUNTS]
[BOTH GROANING]
[BOTH YELLING]
[CROWD SHOUTING]
[GUNS COCK]
VAN: Listen, I don't wanna scare you...
...but you gotta get your game face on, okay?
You've gotta look mean, just deadlock, like that.
All right? I'll be real clear with you. You're 10 years off your home court.
Now, I've been on the inside, I know this grey motel, this is my turf.
So you just smile pretty because you're the new bitch on the bars.
This is the Westside, yo. The Westside.
Yeah. Come on, baby. Come on.
Westside.
- I wanna get some of that. - Let's get that.
Westside?
[PRISONERS CHATTERING]
[ALL SHOUTING, CHEERING]
Okay, fine. So you know your Kajagoogoo.
Apparently, you're a Kajagoogoo expert.
Peckerwood, new wave is my game. Give me something. What you got?
No, you didn't. No, you didn't just call me peckerwood.
Don't make me go Duran Duran on your ass, all right, baby? Okay?
- Ha-ha-ha. VAN: Jablon, what are you laughing at?
Take two steps back, okay? Because you're like Jimmy Whispers.
Don't think I didn't see you give him the answers.
All right, ready? Me and you, Jingles.
Three Duran Duran singles. Hit me.
- "Rio." VAN: One.
- "Girls on Film." - Oh, that's good.
- "Save A Prayer." - Oh!
DETAINEE: Like butter, baby.
Towering Inferno, you wanna go boy bands?
No, I'm cool.
Towering Inferno?
That's weak McQueen, baby.
- Weak. - That's what I'm talking about.
- Give me some love. - Van Strummer?
- Yo. - Deaqon Hayes?
You've got bail.
[DOOR BUZZES]
Keep it real, fellows.
BILLIE: I talked to your captain back in New York.
You didn't tell him about your brother's death.
- No, I didn't, did you? - I thought we should talk first.
- Let's talk. - Oh, she can do that.
You seem kind of confused about the do's and don'ts of police work.
You come to town without checking in, scoring a hot gun...
...looking for street justice, all don'ts.
- So put me on a plane. - I'll put you back in a cell.
- Unless? - Unless you tell me what you know.
Okay, lady, you wanna play hardball? All right.
Your car that Andretti here flipped? It's a G ride.
That's an automobile owned by a criminal, dude.
BILLIE: The car was legally registered to John Eric Stokowski.
- Ah. Papa John Stump. - Papa who?
Uh, sir...
...I request that Detective Hayes of the N.Y.P. D...
...be temporarily assigned to the Candy Store on the condition...
...that he head the investigation regarding Papa John Stump...
...and I get to watch.
[CROWD CHATTERING]
[TED NUGENT'S "CAT SCRATCH FEVER" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
[CROWD LAUGHS]
Westside.
MAN: Hey. DEAQ: Easy, partner.
That ain't right.
DEAQ: Just chill.
Whoa, yeah, you.
WOMAN: Let's go.
[CROWD CHEERS]
[CROWD SHOUTING, CHEERING]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[CROWD CHATTERING]
I'm gonna have to burn that dance floor.
You must be Papa John.
Now I gotta cut off my ears.
Look, man, I'm just here to return something.
The only surviving piece of your $3 million Ford GT-40.
The same crew that hit you, they hit me.
Military assault, Jason hockey masks...
[CHUCKLES]
...ripping cars, cash and stash.
Them bastards knew where everything was.
The safe, bikes, cars out back, in and out in 10 minutes flat.
Now, they hit us so fast, I figured it had to be an inside job.
So the next day, I was so positive...
...I took two of my best boys out to the desert...
...and cracked their knees with a ball peen.
I'm sorry, boys. Truly.
Damn.
VAN: Hey, it's Van. I got your cash. I need a car. Come find me.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
So now you want a '67 Shelby Cobra.
Is this for your Japanese hookup?
What can I say? American iron gets you all the geishas.
- Have that down payment we talked about? - I do.
- Here? - Here.
Later.
Oh, so this could be the you and me part?
You know, I read someplace that every relationship is set in the first five minutes.
That whatever happens in those five minutes...
...that's the dynamic between the two forever.
So I'll always have a gun on you?
- It's a theory. - Ha, ha.
For people that don't know a thing about life.
[LAUGHS]
When that guy got shot at the track...
...I saw your face.
I saw your eyes.
He was your friend, wasn't he?
But I have something you want so you lie.
And you have something I want so I pretend you're not...
...because there's only one thing here that we both know isn't a lie.
And that's the money.
You sure about that?
No.
Me either.
Someday I'm gonna be somebody different.
Somebody that doesn't have to lie or hide.
That's who I wanna be tonight.
We've been following this girl all day. Van, I'm bored!
I've been in this car forever, man. You own no a.c. In this...
I'm sorry, did you say something? I wasn't listening.
Look at this, man. Surfing.
Why are they sitting there? Ain't nothing coming.
That's exactly what Andre said till I got him a short board for Christmas.
- A short board? - Yeah, a short board, you know?
- Little guy, little short guy. - I know what a short board is.
I just wanna know what you're talking about.
Your brother was good, that's all.
The first time out, got barreled. King of the green room, baby.
King of the green room. The guy was hanging 10 like this.
You turned my brother into a little surf bitch?
Black people don't surf. You saw Jaws, right?
Did you see any black people in the water?
When was the last time you seen a brother? You ever seen Gary Coleman on a board?
My brother didn't surf.
Listen, maybe you didn't know your brother like I knew him, that's all I'm saying.
I knew my brother.
- You knew your brother? - You think you knew better?
- You knew your brother? - Yeah.
What'd you think he'd say you looking for street justice...
...trying to be the baby Shaft, black-vigilante style?
Same thing he'd say about you stealing $ 100,000 that didn't belong to you.
What about that?
I didn't have to live with my brother to know he was an inflexible son of a bitch.
He never saw anybody else's perspective and he never changed, all right?
How'd I get him to surf then, genius?
Drugs. How do I know, man?
You know, he... He cared about you, man.
He knew what you were doing in New York, had friends there.
He kept his ear to the ground. Dre was proud of you.
Yo, man, check this out. We got company.
This is my last time.
Gonna quit?
I just wanna step off for a while.
- Well... - Unh!
DEAQ: Hey, hey.
She's the mark.
Your job is to get with the men, with the money...
...to crawl inside their heads and bring me back what you see.
Don't you forget where I found you.
Cooking meth in a basement...
...doing your 300-pound parole officer.
You wanna go back to that?
- Huh? - Aah!
[GRUNTS]
[SOBBING]
What the f...?
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
I hate L.A.
VAN: Special Agent Adam Kane, 16-year vet...
...has intel on every dealer who's been hit.
Guy uses DEA manpower to bite high-rolling vics...
...who will never, ever call the police.
And we're not telling you one thing you don't already know, are we?
I suspected. Couldn't prove it, still can't.
I'm not gonna get mad here.
What I'm gonna do is tell you I'm about to get mad and ask you this:
At what point does anybody here but you get the full picture?
How am I supposed to do my job if you're keeping secrets?
We are talking about one of the most decorated agents in justice.
This guy's stainless steel.
- I wanted the facts to lead you, not me. - This doesn't piss you off?
- No, it's smart. - Are you kissing up to the boss?
- I don't even work here, man. - I hate you.
- But you want Kane. - No doubt.
You could be the first one to see him in cuffs.
You got my attention.
We find you a house.
You rent it for cash, be conspicuous.
Van ordered a Cobra, you own a Cobra.
You have a criminal past in L.A. Use it.
That includes former associates who will add credibility to your cover.
Because the second you move in, tag, you're it.
This is your lifeline. Hit the star key.
I've got a SWAT team at the bottom of the canyon, five minutes away.
When we take Kane, I want the girl boxed in tight.
What?
Nothing, I get it. You want her to testify.
- No, I need her to testify. - She's got two strikes. She's looking at life.
- I'll cut the deal myself. - You don't know me, okay?
This isn't about money, cars, or the way you look in a dress.
You got a new way of doing the job? Great. Comes with a few rules?
I'm all about that. But this is personal for me.
I'm looking for one guy with a smoking gun, and that guy's gonna spend his life...
...smelling the inside of a cage, no matter what. Trust me.
I waited. I figured you might as well know it was me who did this.
[SIGHS]
Are you a cop?
- Because if you are, I'm dead. DEAQ: That girl's playing you.
VAN: Come on, man. DEAQ: Why not? You're playing her.
She comes to your hotel room, asked you were a cop, did you tell her?
No. Because you're playing her.
So, what makes you think for one moment she's not playing you?
Look, you saw what he did to her, okay? You took pictures of it.
So what? Maybe she's playing him too.
[VAN SIGHS]
I feel bad for the girl, all right?
She didn't pull the trigger on my brother. But she knows who did.
Which means she's on that side of the road and we're on this side.
- You've never crossed a double line, right? - Hey, ha, I cross it every chance I get.
- You're thinking about Andre. Dre never... - Crossed a double line in his life.
Right.
And he'd tell anybody who would listen.
[CHUCKLES]
Wow.
Oh, man, he'd kick my ass if he knew what I was doing right now.
Ha. I wouldn't even have an ass. Heh.
I missed nine Christmases.
I just felt like what happened to Andre was my fault.
But I couldn't answer one question as to why he died.
Look, man, I don't like you.
But you're good people.
And you loved my brother.
We've got some questions to answer. That's what we're here to do, right?
You down?
For Dre.
For Dre, man.
The guy has money and lives it. If you can get what he wants, he'll pay.
- Does he trust you? - He doesn't even pretend to.
KANE: It's gonna go down differently this time.
He's your responsibility.
So tonight, pick him up, disarm him...
... don't tell him where he's going, bring him here.
We'll make delivery at 6 a.m.
If all goes well, he'll be driving a Cobra to Tokyo.
But if he even thinks one wrong thought, l...
Kill him.
CASSIDY: Maybe... VAN: What?
We just keep right on driving.
Right past this deal, right out of our lives.
Go someplace new and start over.
Look, Cass...
...I need this deal.
Nothing's gonna be right for me until we close, so...
After that, I'll... I'll go wherever you want.
You really need to work on it.
What?
Lying.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]
D, homey D, get a little show dog on this crissy, man.
- You gotta go pop another case, homey. - Okay.
[SIGHS]
[GUNSHOTS]
[MEN SHOUTING]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[GUNS COCK]
AQUARIUS: Yo, yo, what the hell?
THUG 1: Take it off, lady. THUG 2: Hands behind your head. Shut up.
AQUARIUS: No, you shut up, man. - Hands behind your head.
MAN: All these guns and things. Just be cool.
[GRUNTING]
[ENGINE STARTS]
Man, I don't believe this.
You Friday the 13th look-alike- contest-winning idiots.
Y'all know y'all are messing with Aquarius?
You might as well just go ahead and put a bullet in me right now...
...because I am not gonna forget this right here.
Put a bullet in me now.
Aah. Because the next life, guess what?
Aquarius is coming back as a pair of pliers...
...and I'm pulling off your nut sack.
Hear me now, believe me later.
Yours, yours, yours. I'm going after yours.
[PHONE RINGS]
Stay where you are!
- Come on, move! MAN: Stay down!
[ALL SCREAMING]
[PARTYGOERS WHIMPERING]
OFFICER 1: Let's go. OFFICER 2: Let's go, boy.
[OFFICER TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
[GRUNTS]
[ENGINE REVS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Aah! Unh!
[GRO ANS]
Sun's coming up. Your guy coming?
[DEAQ GRO ANS]
Come on!
Get down.
[YELLING]
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
- What? - Unh.
What are you gonna do now?
- Let me guess. L.A.P. D? - Deaq, listen to me, man.
Okay, just put the gun down and I'll go call for...
- I have the right to remain silent. - It's not worth it.
Anything I say can and will be used against me...
You pull that trigger, you're no better than he is.
You shot my brother. He didn't even see your face.
Don't do it, man.
- Look at me. - Don't do it.
Look at me.
Don't do it!
Do it.
You're a better liar than I thought.
No, I'm not.
[SIGHS]
Go.
Get out of here.
That was pretty cool, man.
- Except now we have to walk. - Could've asked her for a ride.
Yeah, but it was such a moment. Did you feel that?
- Man, you know she just played us. - What are you talking about, Willis?
I affected her. She is a much better person now because of me.
Don't make me shoot you, Van.
Are you always dumb when it comes to women?
Hey, you wanna play mystical Negro? I'll buy you the robe.
[GROANS]
Help a brother out, fool.
I know about the girl. We have some paperwork to fake.
Damn. That party was off the hook.
Ripped By mstoll