A Broken Life

Synopsis: Tortured by his own mediocrity, Max decides to commit suicide and recruits his only friend Bud, a struggling filmmaker, to record his last day on earth. Bent on exacting revenge, Max tracks down and finally confronts his overbearing Boss and his ex-wife. His rage builds until his last day is turned upside down by the kindness of a young woman in a wheelchair. Just moments from his own end, Max finds hope but is it too late to fix what is broken?

Genre: Drama

Director(s): Neil Coombs

Actors: Tom Sizemore, Corey Sevier, Grace Kosaka, Ving Rhames

Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment


IMDB:: 5.4

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: NOT RATED
Year:: 2007
: 97 min
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Please, turn it off.
Melinda, come on, please.
- God damn.
- ( siren wailing )
Forget about it,
it happens.
- Not to me, it doesn't.
- lt's probably just the booze, Max.
You've been hitting it
pretty hard lately.
Forget about it, huh?
- What?
- l said forget about it.
Yeah, l guess.
( zips )
Oh, here.
- So, l'll see you next week?
- Yeah, l guess.
( men speaking Russian )
She takes too long.
M-- Melinda--
- l was--
- Yeah? What?
F*ck it.
Forget it, never mind.
Never mind, forget it.
F*ck it.
Go on, Max, it's--
l'll-- l'll see you next week, okay?
Okay. Okay, sorry.
You got a light?
Were you in the Gulf?
Gulf, Afghanistan,
Vietnam.
My father served in Afghanistan.
He died in '88,
killed by a sniper
outside Mazar-i Sharif.
Sorry to hear that, son.
There's a war still going on.
( grunts )
What the fu--
Max:
All my life, l've been a donkey...
standing an equal distance
between two--
two bundles of hay.
Now the hay is disappearing.
And so are my choices.
Oh, man. l haven't slept in three,
maybe four days. l don't know.
But, finally now
my mind is clear.
Oh, yes.
Today is lndependence Day--
my lndependence Day.
Yeah.
Finally, l will choose--
somewhere, maybe here,
right here,
today-- tonight.
You know, there's just
nothing left to keep me here.
Nothing. l am so full.
And l'm so empty.
Today-- bang!
Ain't no more foolishness.
Then of course, a tombstone,
an epitaph, all that bullshit.
But l will not go quietly.
l will not go gently
into that dark night.
Not me, not like that.
l want to leave a mark
of my presence.
l want people to remember me.
l want her to tell her children
''Max Walker-- he existed.''
l existed. l existed.
Just a handful of mistakes
away from glory.
l hope you understand.
But if you don't, well then...
too bad for you.
Too bad for you.
( beeps )
Okay.
( knocks )
Cheers.
Story of my life.
Anyway...
l've made a decision.
l'm finally in control
of something.
No more ''what ifs'' or ''if only's,''
you know?
The measure of a great man,
l think,
is in his ability to take control.
To tell the truth
and face the truth.
To put the record straight.
To be heard--
my ex-wife, my boss,
my foolish...
empty existence.
One final day to face my fears.
A defining moment.
( laughs )
Oh.
My last cigarette.
l sure hope l enjoy it.
Who would imagine it being
the tug of a last cigarette, no?
My name is Max Walker
and l have arrived
at the final turning point
of my life.
Here l am to brighten your day.
- Hey, l have to make a phone call.
- ( dialing )
Never learned how to speed dial.
Bud!
Yeah, l-- l need you today.
Max:
Hey better late than never.
- l thought you were never gonna come.
- What are you doing?
Why are you filming me?
- Take the camera. Here.
- No.
Come here.
Take the camera.
- You gonna tell me what's going on?
- Take the camera, please, okay?
Bud:
Fine. All right.
What do you want me to do?
You want to be a big director, right?
Want to be a big shot?
This is your big chance, okay?
No. No no no.
l want you to film me.
- All right.
- Here we go.
Shoot me from low down, man,
come on.
Yeah, that's it, that's it.
Let me see.
What do you want me to do?
What is this, a day in the life?
Not quite, it's the--
the last day of a life.
The last-- it's the end of a life.
And this is the last--
you'll be film--
What the f*ck are you talking about?
lt's the end of a life.
The last day in a life.
The end of my life.
And l want you to film it.
What the f*ck you talking about?
Today, l'm the actor,
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