Big Trouble Page #4

Synopsis: A chain of events starts with the arrival of a mysterious suitcase in Miami. Arthur Herk, a corrupt business owner, wants to get his hands on the case. At the same time, two hit men want him whacked. Tired of his constant fixation on drinking and television, Herk's wife Anna and daughter Jenny decide to find new love interests in divorced dad Eliot Arnold and his son Matt. To add more complication, two thieves decide to steal the case and lead a Miami police team and two FBI agents on a wild goose chase that ends inside the Miami airport terminal.
Director(s): Barry Sonnenfeld
Production: Touchstone Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
PG-13
Year:
2002
85 min
Website
620 Views


Up.

I'll go around back.

Got it.

You son of a b*tch!

Freeze!

Everybody, hold it!

Son of a b*tch!

Hey, hey, hey!

Stop it!

Slowly.

Freeze!

It's all right, Walter.

What happened?

- This person tried to kill us.

- No.

No. It's me. It's matt Arnold.

I'm in her Biology class.

It was a squirt gun.

It's a squirt gun.

Oh, sh*t.

We have this game

at school - "Killer. "

You get somebody's name, and

you're supposed to squirt them.

In their house at night?

What kind of a game is that?

It's about time

you putzes got here.

- And your name is?

- This is my house.

Good for you.

Your name is?

Arthur Herk.

I know the mayor.

What took you people

so goddamn long?

We came as soon

as we got the call, sir.

my TV.

He broke my TV.

You son of a b*tch!

I'm gonna make you pay for that,

and you're gonna go to jail!

- It was a squirt gun, sir.

- What?!

Squirt - squirt gun.

It's a good thing

you ran away, Arthur.

You might have gotten wet.

Shut up!

Monica; Easy.

Don't tell me easy!

This is my goddamn house!

And these are my handcuffs,

and if you don't take it easy,

you'll be wearing my handcuffs

in your goddamn house.

That's right, sir.

Okay.

One at a time, starting

with mr. Killer over here.

What happened?

me and Andrew were outside.

- "Andrew and I."

- Thank you.

Who's Andrew?

Nobody.

Andrew's nobody.

So you were outside

with a squirt gun

and an imaginary friend?

Yeah.

Okay. So you and your

imaginary friend are outside.

- Then what happens?

Officer Kramitz, would you

please go see who that is?

You'll be okay?

Coming!

Uh, Jenny's mom

opened the door,

and I came running up

to squirt her.

And then, uh,

mrs. Herk jumped me -

or jumped on me.

And, uh, and then

I went down on Jenny -

or I f-fell on Jenny.

This guy says

that his son is here.

I'm Eliot Arnold.

I got a call from Andrew.

You all right, matt?

Yeah.

Andrew

the imaginary friend?

Arthur; Yeah, well,

you better have a good lawyer,

because your dumb-ass son

broke my TV.

That's an RCA

39-inch horizontal!

35-inch diagonal.

Could somebody just tell me

what happened?

I was trying to sh-

squirt Jenny,

and her mom jumped me.

Jesus, matt.

Look, I'm sorry

that my kid squirted

your daughter.

I- I mean, I'm - that

he - that he got her wet.

I mean,

the way he described it,

I thought

it was just a game.

Hey, kids - you know.

Yeah? Well, your jerk-off kid

is going to jail.

monica,

take a look at this.

Who shot the TV?

Shot it?

Nobody shot it.

Well, this is a bullet.

Monica; Wait a minute.

matt, when you and your

imaginary friend were outside,

- did you see anyone else?

- No.

mrs. Herk, do you live here

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