Down Terrace Page #4

Synopsis: After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in...
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ben Wheatley
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2009
89 min
$9,609
Website
179 Views


I knew how to sort of--

I did the full lotus,

where you can get into

that little pyramid shape.

And then it all starts to unfold,

you know, and curl up.

It goes out the top of your head

and there you are, man.

And you're like,

"Hey, I'm God.

I am all men.

I can be Everyman.

I'm no better,

no worse--

certainly no worse than anyone else

in the world.

I am Man.

I am Adam Kadmon."

Three things-- that's what I found

at the top level.

You know what?

It's a triangle.

It's goodness,

truth and beauty.

And if things

aren't good,

they're not true

and they're not beautiful.

If it's good, it's also true

and beautiful.

And that was the aim--

to get that little triangle

in your forehead

so you could see through

that lens of goodness, truth and beauty,

and see the goodness and see

the truth and see the beauty.

I've just become some sort of,

you know, grim recluse

living in my diamond cave.

There were good drugs

to start with,

and then the freak-out

of the laws

and the paranoia began.

And everybody

splintered off

and went into their rooms

and closed their curtains.

And the communities

were all closed off from one another

so nobody knew

what anybody else was doing.

Everybody else

was just paranoid.

You're only as good

as the people you're with.

Yeah, I know.

- ( door opens )

- Eric:
Okay, lads,

double bubbles all round.

Yeah.

What are we gonna

do then, Bill?

Well, we're gonna find out

who's behind all this.

( blues music playing )

She is the little

queen of spades

And the men will not

let her be

Hmm, she's the little

queen of spades

And the men will not

let her be

Every time she makes

a spread

Hoo, fair brown, cold chill

just runs all over me.

- Oh, all right. How you doing?

- All right, Bill?

Good result, eh?

What's the point of you

being on the inside

when you don't

help us out, Dave?

I'm only

a counselor, Bill.

Look, I done

all I could.

You've been

well lucky this time.

Have we?

It doesn't feel like we have.

So have you any idea

where all this has come from?

Nobody specific.

But it's someone close in.

You don't get paid

to speculate, David.

You get paid

for intelligence.

The police have got

this document.

I've told you, it's like a family tree

with it all mapped out.

And it's well

comprehensive, Bill.

All kinds of people

are on it, mate.

It goes right back

to your grandfather.

It's basically

the complete f***ing picture.

I doubt that.

The Barneses,

the Cowells,

the Pikes--

they're all on it, mate.

All their marriages

back and forth.

Well, that's all

public knowledge.

So? What can they prove?

They don't have to

prove anything, do they?

Listen to me, Bill.

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Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley (born 1972) is an English director of feature films, TV comedy shows, adverts and idents, animated shorts and internet ads. more…

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