Direct Action Page #5

Synopsis: Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
 
IMDB:
5.2
R
Year:
2004
97 min
42 Views


(Policeman)

Let's go.

Come on ! Go!

(male)

Get him over here.

(male)

Right here.

Ugh ! Agh !

Ugh !

Hey, come on !

l want you to tell us

what you gave the Feds.

A deposition. What?

Ugh ! God !

Agh !

Sh*t.

Okay.

[gunshot]

Let's go.

[gunshots]

Can you take

these cuffs off?

Sh*t. God damn it!

Where are the keys

to the damn cuffs?

Come on !

Cuffs are

just not my

foreplay, forte!

From here. Reload.

Cover me.

Go!

[brakes screech]

[horn]

(Frank)

Ross!

Get weapons and ammo.

Come on, let's go.

Okay.

[horn stops]

[panting]

[groans]

These guys

were cops, Sergeant!

They were cops.

Ross.

l think you'd better drive.

l'm taking you

to the hospital.

No way.

lt's the first

place to look.

Let me pull over.

Just keep going.

What is going

on, Sergeant?

Those were real cops.

Some cops in my Unit

went bad and there's a

federal investigation.

l'm going in at 5:00.

What's at 5 :
00?

[sighs]

Ugh.

Sergeant!

Ah.

Sh*t.

Okay.

[echo]

Just walk

with us here, Frank.

[echo]

We're friends

here, aren't we?

[echo]

Got a chance

to be a winner here,

Frank, instead of a loser.

(Stone)

Loser. Loser. Loser.

Sergeant!

(female voice)

Frank. Frank. Frank.

Frank.

(Loretta)

Hey, he's awake.

l didn't know

who else to call.

(Loretta)

lt's only a nick

You'll be fine.

(Grimes)

Yeah. You

lost some

blood there, buddy.

How long have

l been out?

(Grimes)

About an hour or so.

[coughs]

Ed, he needs

to rest.

(Loretta)

Look, Frank,

in four or five hours--

We don't have

four or five hours.

l told Stone

l was going in.

(Grimes)

l guess

he didn't take

it too good. Huh?

l guess not.

Where are the kids?

(Frank)

Yeah, we're

coming in right now.

Four adults, two kids.

That's it. Yeah.

You heard me, that's it.

Alright. Bye.

(Frank)

Well, l bet

you didn't expect

this on your first day.

No. But at least now

you can't dump me.

[groans]

Well, we'll see.

How far is the school?

(Grimes)

Ten minutes.

Relax, will ya?

Don't tell me to relax,

l got three dead cops

and a few dead mooks.

Alright? Yes, Frank

is gone. Gone off!

Alright, look.

l'll take care of my end,

you take care of yours.

We have to find him.

F***!

Yeah, it's me. Uh, it

looks like he had some help.

Uh, we got a vehicle here

registered to a Billie Ross.

Ross? You sure about that?

Absolutely.

So these bad

cops are part

of the Direct Action Unit?

Yeah. All

decorated veterans.

So why didn't

anybody say anything?

Too much money around.

People got greedy.

(Grimes)

Internal Affairs

and the D.A. didn't

want to know,

too many bad guys

were being put away.

(Loretta)

Okay, The school's

just up ahead.

Dispatch?

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Greg Mellott

Greg Mellott is best known for winning an Emmy for the film "Dream No Little Dream" on the life of Robert S. Kerr. Mellott was responsible for writing and directing the 2008 Emmy documentary. Mellott also wrote and directed "The Grand Energy Transition," a documentary on the book of the same name written by Robert Hefner III, which covers energy, natural gas, and his life story. Mellot works alongside Jackie Chan and David Chan, producer of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mellott produced the 2016 internationally televised film Behind the Water with activist Fraser kershaw. more…

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