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Synopsis: Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.
Director(s): Ric Roman Waugh
Production: Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG-13
Year:
2013
112 min
$42,908,315
Website
867 Views


John, tell him.

Oh, God.

Jason.

United States v. Jason Collins.

How could they deny him bail?

He's never even been arrested before.

You want to know the truth? I knew

something like this was gonna happen.

I figured if I just got him

off to college, but no.

Jason has no goddamn idea

what real responsibility means.

Especially with Sylvie

babying him all the time.

And when your own son

doesn't want to have anything

to do with you anymore...

- That's not true.

- That's not true.

That's not true at all.

It's just really hard for kids

who go through divorces.

It was, I acted out when my father left.

Yeah, well, he's not a kid anymore.

Not while he's sitting in that cell.

Are the sprinklers on?

Does everything have to go to sh*t?

Here's the situation. It's very simple.

You help them make trafficking

arrests, and they will

reduce your sentence from 10 years to two.

One suspended.

I told you, I don't know anyone else.

Just Craig.

Bullshit.

Your mom told me she smelled

marijuana on you before.

Where'd you get that from, huh?

Jason, this is serious.

Come on, honey, you gotta

tell us who sold you the pot.

I didn't... I didn't have to buy it.

Amanda's dad grows it.

He has a medicinal license.

It's legal. We just took some.

I just wanted to try it.

Okay, are there any of your friends who

do drugs who might be

interested in selling?

What, like setting someone up?

Like Craig did to me?

No way. No way.

You better wake up.

You better wake up right now

'cause this is really happening.

You're gonna take that plea,

and you're gonna help them

make the arrest.

You hear me?

I'll take my chances in court.

No, you won't. No, you won't.

You do not work with the prosecutors,

and they can raise the minimum

limit to 30 years.

Which means you'll be out

in time for your 50th birthday.

And they are batting

over 90% on convictions.

Oh, God, Jason, baby, please, listen to him.

We don't have another choice.

I'm not setting anyone up.

Baby, please.

I'm not doing it. I won't do it.

Yes, you are.

Listen to me, damn it!

You think you know what you're doing?

You have no idea until you spend

the next 10 years of your life in prison.

I'm not gonna let that happen to you, son.

You hear me?

You're not the one who'd have to do it.

Morning, John, hey, I need to

show you something. This is...

Well, they're beauts, ain't they?

They said the other two

will be ready next month.

Yeah, they're great. I gotta make a call.

Terry. John Matthews. Good.

No, we definitely gotta get out.

We'll hit a few. Very soon.

Hey, let me ask you something.

Do you have a connection

to Joanne Keeghan?

The U.S. Attorney downtown?

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Justin Haythe

Justin Haythe (born September 16, 1973) is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He worked on the 2013 action films Snitch and The Lone Ranger, as well as the 2017 horror film A Cure for Wellness. Haythe lives in New York City, United States. more…

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