Direct Action Page #6

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


Go ahead.

Yeah, this is Capt. Stone.

l want you to put out a APB

on Sgt. Gannon

Sgt. Gannon?

And Officer Ross.

Ross, sir?

Yeah, that's what l said.

Ross. Ross and Gannon.

What charges?

Charges. Multiple

homicide. Murder

of three police officers.

Murder?

That's right. Alright. Do it.

(Frank)

Turn it around,

keep it running.

(Ross)

Got it.

(Grimes)

Two minutes.

He got away.

Ah. l don't know how.

But we're dealing with them.

You wanna

take care of this, fine.

No. No. l think we should

move it up for today.

Okay. Alright. Fine.

l'll talk to you later.

[brakes screech]

[several car doors

open and close]

Ed. l thought

l might find you here.

Look, Ed, l'm sorry,

the Captain wants

you in for questioning.

Questioning?

What about?

You haven't heard?

They're looking for Frank.

He shot some cops.

He killed them this

morning. All l know is

you gotta come in with me.

You gotta--

You gotta give me your gun.

You gotta come here with me.

Hey, just

give me your gun.

Ugh.

Ed. Get them to the car.

Come on ! Come on !

(Carter)

What are you doing?

Hey. You watch

out for Stone.

He's dirty.

(Frank)

Let's go.

(Mayor)

Capt. Stone,

l have a little concern

about this Direct Action

Unit investigation.

Look, the Feds

can investigate till

their blue in their face.

There's nothing

there, Mr. Mayor.

l'm going down there

myself today. l'm gonna

set the record straight.

Damn good record, too.

City's lowest crime

rate in 30 years.

That's quite

an accomplishment.

lt's one that makes us

all look good, sir. Huh?

[chuckles]

You know,

the Chief's thinking

about, uh, retiring next year.

lf the position was open,

maybe you'd like to run.

Uh. Clears throat.

That, uh, that's

very flattering, sir.

Very flattering,

but, uh, l'd have

to give that some thought.

Well, you think on it.

There's a lot of big

people behind you.

They like you.

They like you a lot.

Well, good

luck on this

Grand Jury thing.

Don't you

worry about it, sir.

(Lopresti)

Gannon. It's about

time you came in.

(Katy)

Oh, good.

l really got to go.

What do you think

l'm running here?

A motel or what?

The restroom is right

around the corner.

Assistant to Attorney

General Lopresti.

(Grimes)

Nice to meet you.

(Lopresti)

Let's go in.

A leak?

By my guys?

No way.

No one else knew?

l'll get my guys on it.

lf their's a leak in Justice

I will find it.

(Lopresti)

Now you know

there's an APB

out on both of you.

Please tell me

you didn't gun down

three cops this morning.

(Lopresti)

Jesus. Jesus Christ.

It was self defense.

Shut up!

What about you, Sergeant?

You're harboring fugitives.

My partner

was shot. What

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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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