Tapped Out

Synopsis: One-time martial arts prodigy Michael Shaw is sentenced to community service at a rundown karate school, where he gets back into the discipline of the sport. During a local MMA fight he encounters the man who killed his family a decade ago, and his decision to get revenge involves going behind his karate master's back to train and compete in the upcoming MMA tournament. When he finally goes toe to toe in the ring with his parents' killer he won't stop until the last punch knocks his opponent to the ground, leaving him TAPPED OUT.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Allan Ungar
Production: LionsGate Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.4
R
Year:
2014
105 min
Website
184 Views


Feet together, bow.

- Osu!

- Yoi!

A little bit of exercise, a little bit

of basics here today, guys. Ready?

Let's go. Jumping jacks to

start. Go, jumping jacks!

That's it, that's the one.

Pop and snap.

Good stuff. Push-ups! Go, push-ups!

That's it, nice and low.

Try to get that chin

all the way down.

Good stuff. Nice push-up.

Now let's get everyone standing up.

Feet together. Bow.

Osu!

Okay, ready, guys? Single punches.

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

Five! Six!

Seven.

Eight!

Nine!

Go!

Feet together! Bow!

- Osu.

- Osu!

Yoi.

Ready? Put that one foot forward.

Ready? We'll face this way.

Feet together. Bow!

Grab that bo. Here we

go, nice and strong.

- Step, punch, one!

- Hah!

Up-down! Side-to-side!

Big reverse! And lift it up.

- Big punch! Kiai!

- Hah!

Excellent. Back to steep.

And give these guys

a hand, nice work.

Next belt:
black.

Keep training as hard

as you did in blue,

you'll be taking my job some day.

There you go, ready. Feet together.

- Bow.

- Osu.

Let's give Michael a hand,

guys, our newest brown belt.

- Congratulations, buddy.

- I'm so proud of you.

You know...

we did all right with this one.

Yeah, we did.

Open the door.

Open the f***in' door!

Michael, Michael,

get down, get down!

- Stay here, stay here.

- Open the f***in' door!

- Open the f***in' door!

- Open the f***in' door!

- Hey!

- Phil!

- Okay okay okay.

- Move it!

- Phil, Phil!

- Listen, I'll blow your head off.

Please, don't hurt us, okay?

I have money in my wallet.

Tell this b*tch to unlock the door!

- Unlock it!

- Credit cards.

- Open the f***ing door.

- No, Carol, no no!

No no, Carol!

- Unlock it right now!

- No!

No no no no!

Phil!

No.

What did you do, man?

What the f*** did you do?

Take her out.

Kill her right now! Take her out!

- F*** that! I didn't sign up for this.

- Get off me!

- Please don't kill me.

- Don't look at me.

- I don't want to die.

- Don't look at me.

- Please please, I don't want to die.

- Shut the f*** up!

Hold on.

Where the f*** you guys been?

Sorry for party rockin'

Michael!

Go after him.

And models in the VIP...

There he is! There he is!

Out for the whole damn club to see

Sorry for party rockin'

When they talk sh*t,

we just be like

Sorry for party rockin'

People always say

that my music's loud

Sorry for party rockin'

Neighbors complain,

saying "Turn it down"

Sorry for party...

- Morris.

- Len.

There was a disturbance call.

- House party.

- Hmm.

The ringleader here

gave us some flak.

A couple of the kids say that

the booze came from him.

I don't know what to say.

He's just lucky he didn't get picked

up by one of the other patrols.

Morris, I'm doing all I can here.

I know it hasn't been easy for him,

but I can't keep getting

him off the hook.

He gets picked up again,

he's gonna have to go

through the system.

You've done more than enough, Len,

and I appreciate it.

You have yourself a good night.

Can't you see my

heart is breaking...

I don't even know why I

show up to school, man.

- It's a waste of my time.

- Guess who got some after the party.

Dude, jerking off a cop to let

you go doesn't count, man.

Yeah yeah.

Remember that chick?

- No way.

- Way, dude.

She got separated from her friends

- and she needed a ride home.

- You don't even have a car.

I know. We wandered around

forever trying to find it.

- Dude, smell my fingers.

- Aw, you're sick, man.

Dude, a brother's gotta eat, right?

Michael Shaw, please

come to the office.

- Oh.

- Sh*t.

Again?

Man, I'm sorry. Yeah, I gotta go.

Let's go, guys.

Whoo, oh, that's nice.

Oh ho, sorry, dude.

Nice hat.

Principal Vanhorne is

ready to see you now.

Ah, Mr. Shaw.

Join us please.

I can understand your frustration.

I mean, it must be very difficult

having all your friends

in college and you're still here.

But that falls on you.

Your grandfather and

I are very concerned

about your extracurricular

activities.

- Well, you don't need to be.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- What'd you do this weekend?

Go go go go!

According to this you're

barely passing, Michael,

and you haven't even started

your community service hours.

You can't take a third

victory lap, son.

Your grandfather and I

have a possible solution.

Your father's old friend

Reggie runs that doji...

- Dojo.

- He's agreed to let you

do your community

service hours there.

You'll go there every day after

school starting tomorrow.

Keep up a passing grade average

and you could walk out of

here having earned a diploma.

You have an opportunity

here, Michael.

And we are willing to help you.

But only if you're willing

to help yourself.

No shoes on the floor.

Michael, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

You look like him.

This is the main dojo floor.

The only time you'll be on it

is when you're cleaning it.

The mirrors

need to be wiped down every night.

You're not a narcissist, are ya?

No.

And right here,

that's the master.

He looks over the place.

Your arsenal.

What'd you expect, wax on, wax off?

The kids have a hard

time hitting the bowl,

so you'll probably spend

a lot of time in here.

- Hey, where're you going?

- Home.

So I'm your janitor.

Look, kid,

I'm doing you a favor.

Oh, uh, I almost forgot.

You might need those to lock up.

You actually trust me?

What's there to steal, the mirrors?

He's watching.

This is bullshit.

Whew!

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Allan Ungar

Allan Ungar is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for writing and directing the action thriller Gridlocked and the Uncharted short film. more…

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