Beast of Burden Page #5

Synopsis: Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jesper Ganslandt
Production: Momentum Pictures
 
IMDB:
3.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2018
89 min
108 Views


- BLOOM:
Sean.

- Hey,

did you send someone

to my house?

Jen says there's someone

in my driveway.

What? No. Why would I?

If I find out that you send

your boys around there, I...

- You said she was out of t...

- [LINE CUTS]

- Jen!

- WOMAN:
[ON PHONE] This is Karen

- with Statewide Insurance.

- Oh, Jesus! What the f...

- Sir?

- You guys just called me, okay?

Its not a good time.

Uh, we must've had

our logs crossed.

Yeah, just call

the Air Force insurance office.

They will tell you

Sean Haggerty was

dishonorably discharged, and all

benefits were revoked, got that?

Okay, Mr. Haggerty,

we'll get right on that.

Thank you.

What the f***?

[THUNDER ROARING]

- [AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING]

- [THUNDER RUMBLING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Yep.

MALLORY:
[ON PHONE]

Is this Sean Haggerty?

Uh, this is, yeah.

Sean, I'm calling

on behalf of your employer.

Is there a problem?

What employer?

Do you have more than one?

Uh, nope. No, no.

I read you.

Is there a problem?

No. No problem.

That's good.

Yeah, everything's on schedule.

That's good news.

I'm going to be frank.

Theres suspicions.

What do you... What do you mean,

suspicions? No.

I'm doing everything you want.

The package is on time.

Nevertheless,

our employer has suspicions.

No one in particular, but still,

you should be aware.

You can trust me.

Of course you can trust me.

- Um, what's your name, sir?

- Mallory.

Mr. Mallory, I guarantee you

that nothing is wrong.

Everything is going off

according to the plan.

Guarantees mean

a great deal to me.

I told our employer

that I guarantee

every package they have

crossing the border today

will arrive safely.

You don't have to worry

about me.

I know I don't.

Is... is there

anything else, sir?

No.

I just wanted

to introduce myself.

I'll be in touch.

[LINE CUTS]

Sh*t. Sh*t.

[GASPS]

Okay.

[PHONE DIALING]

- [LINE RINGING]

- Sh*t.

- Come on, come on, come on.

- [BEEP]

Hey, this is Jen.

Leave a message.

Uh, hey, Jen. Uh, it's me.

Um, I... I... I hope

you're sleeping,

but still, if you get this,

can you just call me back?

Okay. Thanks.

MAN:
Spread 'em.

That's... That's my payment?

You're not packing, John Rambo?

SEAN:
Uh, no.

I'm not packing.

MAN:
Why not?

And we normally, we...

we just call him Rambo.

Rambo.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Drugs, a laptop, anything else

you want me to carry?

[PHONE DIALING]

[LINE RINGING]

JEN:
[ON PHONE] Hey,

this is Jen. Leave a message.

Uh, Jen, I... I... Look...

Uh, it's me again.

I'm... I'm...

If you get this, I know, I...

If you get this

and you don't want to talk,

I... I... I get it, I understand.

But, please can you just

text me or something?

Okay. Uh, I love you.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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