He Was A Quiet Man Page #2

Synopsis: A troubled loner, Bob Maconel, imagines blowing up the tower in Los Angeles where he works. He takes a revolver to his office intent on killing colleagues, and then himself. At home, he holds conversations with his fish, who encourage him to do it. His supervisor picks on him. As he's screwing his courage to the sticking place, he drops a bullet; while on the floor looking for it, another colleague does exactly what Bob has been planning. Bob emerges a hero and the one colleague he likes, a woman with a bright smile, is severely wounded. Can Bob help her through despair and find himself and joy in life? Or, as everyone says, is this impossible for a man like him?
Director(s): Frank A. Cappello
Production: Mitropoulos
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IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
NOT RATED
Year:
2007
95 min
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your cue to leave.

[scoffs]

You don't kill

this many people

and simply walk away.

No trial.

[gun clicks]

No trial.

[loading gun]

Oh, my God,

it's Vanessa.

Vanessa?

I thought it was

that Paula b*tch.

It's a common mistake.

I liked Vanessa.

She has a good smile.

Great smile.

She could light up a room

with that thing.

She's alive.

Vanessa's still alive.

Hey. Whoa.

What are you doing?

I thought you liked her.

That's why I wanna put her

out of her misery.

How do you know

she's in misery?

Believe me,

it is better this way.

Wait. Don't you need

that last bullet

for yourself?

Don't be telling me

how to do this, Maconel.

It's only because

you're lamer than I am,

I haven't blown you away

at this point.

Excuse me,

but in as much

as we may have

the same feelings

about these people,

I'm not half as lame

as you are.

Oh, no?

Then you tell me

what you'd call a man

who's stupid enough

to piss off a maniac

with a f***ing

loaded gun.

I'd call him

a maniac...

with his own f***ing

loaded gun.

Ha.

That was six.

[Vanessa whimpering]

[sobbing]

Vanessa.

It's okay.

You're gonna make it.

[whimpering]

Let me see that smile.

Come on.

Come on,

you can do it.

There you go.

It really does

light up a room.

It's okay.

[whimpering]

They're coming.

They're coming.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

[whimpers]

[Woman on TV]

The five that were killed

were all employees

of Advanced Dynamic Devices,

but it's not apparent

if they were targeted

specifically

or if they were just

at the wrong place

at the wrong time.

Since the gunman,

Ralf Coleman,

died at the scene,

we may never know.

Jessica Light reports from

the gunman's neighborhood

in Crestview.

Jessica?

Hi, I'm Jessica Light.

I'm here

on a typical day

in a typical

suburban neighborhood

hearing the same

typical question

after one of these

tragic events.

How could this

have happened here?

So tell me,

what was

Ralf Coleman like?

He always seemed

like such a nice guy.

Yeah, he pretty much

kept to himself.

He was such a quiet man.

[Woman on TV]

Tragic as this event is,

we're hearing that

it could have been even worse

if it weren't for

the actions of one man,

a man who was

apparently unafraid

to stand up

to a violent world

and just say,

"No, I'm not

taking it anymore."

[Fish]

Timing not right again?

For your information,

I did pull

the trigger today.

[Fish]

No sh*t.

Then what are you

doing here...

alive?

[cap clatters]

It's a long story.

Well, where the hell

are we going?

Talk to me.

Some other time.

Well, at least tell us

if those f***ing bastards

are dead.

Those f***ing bastards

are dead.

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