From Mexico with Love Page #3

Synopsis: Hector, a young Mexican national and border-crossing migrant farm laborer, has boxing abilities just like his late father had. He could perhaps be good if he learned to think along with his pummeling, then he could do better for his ailing mother than pull in a few side dollars from small-time, illegal gambling fights. Getting on the bad side of racist Texas farmer Big Al and his cocky, pugilist son Robert, puts Hector in touch with an alcoholic trainer named Billy who, nevertheless, can teach him to be better. It all comes down to an arranged, high-stakes match between Hector and the 20-pounds more muscular Robert in which Hector's only hope is to demonstrate he can keep his head in the game.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Jimmy Nickerson
Production: Roadside Attractions
 
IMDB:
5.3
PG-13
Year:
2009
96 min
$505,606
Website
24 Views


if you know so much?

I don't.

I think you do.

Maybe your girlfriend does.

What's your name, sweetie?

I didn't get it earlier.

Maria.

Maria? What do you say

you come on up here,

and we show your boy here

a thing or two about how I move?

That's right, bring it on up, Sally!

You want to change your shirt?

Hector, don't.

It's okay, Maria.

If he's any good,

maybe I'll give him a new job.

You ever done this before?

Yeah.

You got a mouthpiece for him?

No. How strong

are your teeth, kid?

There's another one

around here somewhere.

You sure you know

what you're doing?

Yeah, I used to hear

my dad's trainer scream a lot.

Who was your father?

Alfonso Villa.

Watch his right.

All right, square off.

No funny sh*t, you hear?

No problem.

You got twenty pounds

on this kid.

Just move around, work your jab,

get some work in.

I said no problem.

Time.

Come on, come on.

Show me what you got.

What you gonna do?

Throw cucumbers at me?

Yeah, come on.

You're slow.

Nothing. Come on.

There you go. Bring it.

You're a picker, not a fighter!

That's cute.

Da, Hector, all, all culo!

Qu, qu, qu? Cut it out!

Get these people out of here.

He's got something, though.

Come on.

You didn't actually

hear us talking, did you?

No, I just

wanted your girlfriend's name.

You don't mind, do you?

Break that sh*t up!

God damn it!

AII right, that's it! Take it easy!

Cut it out! Hey!

God damn it, that's enough!

Get out of here!

What's with

the hockey game bullshit?

That's the same crap you pulled

in your last fight.

I won that fight, didn't I?

Yeah, you won, but this ain't Red's,

and you're just sparring.

I didn't want our boy

to get too cocky here.

You did good.

Job's yours if you want it.

What's it pay?

See, that's what I need,

a sparring partner with some guts.

Hey!

I say who fights and who don't.

Break this sh*t up!

Vamanos, all of you!

Daddy, I just gave him the job.

The job isn't yours to give.

Billy, what are you doing,

hosting amateur hour here?

You know I want the boy in the ring

with a professional sparring partner,

not a goddamn picker.

But, jefe, Hector's good.

I mean, even Billy said so.

I could use him.

It ain't about him.

I want somebody down

who's got a name,

somebody who can help to mold

this boy into a champion.

Name won't help.

Discussion is over.

Move it, you heard the man!

Hey, Billy,

when Tito brought you to me,

you were just a busted-out drunk,

running two-bit smoker fights

from the gutter in Mexico,

and look at you now.

You got yourself

a steady paycheck,

plus you got yourself

a contender to train.

Just train him to win.

Here

Take it. It's your share

of my boy's winnings last night.

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