From Mexico with Love Page #5

Synopsis: Hector, a young Mexican national and border-crossing migrant farm laborer, has boxing abilities just like his late father had. He could perhaps be good if he learned to think along with his pummeling, then he could do better for his ailing mother than pull in a few side dollars from small-time, illegal gambling fights. Getting on the bad side of racist Texas farmer Big Al and his cocky, pugilist son Robert, puts Hector in touch with an alcoholic trainer named Billy who, nevertheless, can teach him to be better. It all comes down to an arranged, high-stakes match between Hector and the 20-pounds more muscular Robert in which Hector's only hope is to demonstrate he can keep his head in the game.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Jimmy Nickerson
Production: Roadside Attractions
 
IMDB:
5.3
PG-13
Year:
2009
96 min
$505,606
Website
24 Views


Let me out of here!

God damn it!

God damn it!

Let me out of here!

Hey! Let me out of here!

What do you want?

Some water.

- Thanks.

- That all?

You trained my father.

Tito tell you that?

I saw the spiders on your sign.

Your dad,

he was a good guy.

Stubborn, bad temper,

wouldn't listen, wouldn't train.

He went his way, I went mine.

I don't look back.

Hey, I want to learn to fight.

I don't teach anyone to fight.

What about the kids?

They don't fight.

You smell bad.

Muchachos, nos vemos.

Hombre...

Tito told me

about what happened, ese.

He said it was

some show you put on.

Hey, I need to get back.

Well, it's, uh...

$2,000 to cross the border, ese.

You're a little short.

I know. It's all I got.

Don't insult me.

Keep your blue money.

You know what?

You owe me $2,000.

Dos, tres, por adentro.

What? Look at me.

That Jake was right.

You're a real son of a b*tch,

you know that?

And I like your mother,

so you must get it from your father,

who was

a no-good son of a b*tch himself.

I'm sorry.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

How's your nose?

My nose is fine, not broken.

How's my mom?

She's not good.

Can you take me to her?

You want to foul things up

for me, too?

Here

That's all your crap.

I fished it out of the trash.

I can take you to another farm.

I'm sure you can find

another Jake there to fight.

Hey, man,

I got to take care of my mom.

Yeah, well, you should

have thought about that

before you started slugging.

I can't go to another farm.

That's not my problem!

All right, this is what I'll do.

I'll look in on your mom, okay?

Make sure she's okay

until you get settled.

Then I'll bring her to you.

Listen, think about this.

Maybe I can become

a coyote with you and Chucho.

The farm's all I can offer,

or else Chucho will take you

back over the border right now.

Okay, I'll go back with Chucho.

I'll let you know where I end up.

The kid is crazy, dude.

Where's he going?

He's all right.

There's some hope for him.

You know what, Tito?

You're crazy, too.

Aguantense.

Hey.

You must be

a pretty good fighter, huh?

I ain't a fighter.

I'm a boxer.

Oh, yeah?

What's the difference?

Boxers think.

We're out of water.

How do I get

one of those trophies?

Go down to the corner store,

they're a buck apiece.

Is that how the kid got one?

No, he earned it.

Okay, then I'd like a room.

Well, you get a room

the same way you get a trophy.

You buy it or you earn it.

What do I got to do?

You play chess, kid?

A little.

Okay, not much.

None, but I can box.

I mean, I want to box.

Tell you what,

I'll give you a choice.

You play me in chess,

or you box El Angelito.

Okay, I'll box El Angelito.

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