Smoking Guns

[man sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

Jack...

Jack...

[Jack] Gambling's got nothing

to do with making money.

It's about winning and losing.

[hard rock music]

[Jack] Dear God, I come to you

in my hour of need,

not as a Christian, Muslim,

Jew or Hindu,

just me, Jack Cameron.

I ain't given up yet,

even though you've

ignored me for years.

I now realize for

you to truly hear me,

I have to fear nothing and risk

more than my job seekers allowance.

What you betting on, horses?

Yeah, Carlton fancies

the favorite, two-to-one.

Two-to-one, that's a

rich man's prize isn't it?

[Jack] Today, I truly

put my faith in you.

I'll risk the fall so I can

know how it feels to fly.

The bet of my life.

Don't chase the big wins like

the rest of the loser's in here.

Stay sharp, bet smart.

F*** it, you're right.

[Jack] I have the

right to risk my own life

if it means I have a

chance of saving it.

[guys speaking indistinct]

I'm chasing more

than a castrated bet

like a two-to-one favorite.

I need more than a

stay of execution.

I have to have the strength

to go all the way

if I want to cut the

shackles of contentment

and take the walk to

glory and success.

Today, I'm finally ready

to battle through my fear

in a place I feel closest to

you, my place of worship.

Where I'm surrounded by my

fellow brothers of faith.

Punters whose cries

for help are heard

as often as the sound

of a silver ball

spinning on the

roulette machines.

The bookies,

where I've gone from a scared

16-year-old boy, frightened of putting

a pound on a ten-team accumulator,

To putting my life

on the line for the bet

that would change my life

and make it worth living.

If this wins, everything

I've ever done in my life

up until this point

has become a stepping stone

in the journey of achievement.

Another loss,

and everything I've ever done

has been worthless, meaningless,

and I will disappear

from the book of life.

Another loser from

around the way...

[chuckles] You trying to

close us down again love?

[Jack] ...who won't be missed.

Good luck.

[announcer] And Rocket Fuel,

the favorite,

has made a terrible start,

he's already lost by one

and Paradise Lost has

absolutely flown from the gate.

He's bolting clear!

F***ing come on Rocket Fuel.

F***ing actual f***ing

bollocks, Yiannis.

F***ing listening

to you, that is.

It was just a freak race.

If they ran that race

100 times over

our horse

would have won 99 times.

We were just unlucky.

No one predicted the winner

of that race, no one.

[man] Jack. Jack.

[Jack] You gotta be strong

to survive hell,

and even stronger if

you wanna get out.

There's no room for weakness

on the road to success.

Go on, f*** off, f***ing muck.

- You f***ing sh*t your pants.

- No, I f***ing never.

- F***ing did.

- Didn't.

You did pants it a bit, mate.

I didn't f***ing

pants it though.

Why didn't you Wung Fu him?

F*** off, Yiannis, I'll f***ing

Wung Fu you, brother.

What would your f***ing old man

would have done if it

happened to him, man?

He'd have f***ing kicked

the sh*t out of him.

- Exactly.

- I know, alright. I f***ing know, just leave it.

You need to f***ing

man up, man, seriously.

F*** off,

I've had enough of you boys.

Leave him...

[muttering]

What do you want? What?

I'm at a friend's house, Mom.

I'm not at the f***ing bookies,

I told you I'm at

a friend's house.

Mom, I've told you

a thousand times

I don't want to go to

work with me dad, do I?

I don't wanna work in a stinky f***ing

fish and chip shop, do I? F*** that.

Okay, so I won't ask you for

a penny from now on then, aye?

Alright then,

I tell you what then

you can stuff your f***ing

money you selfish b*tch.

[Jack]

Ian's at that strange age

when you're suddenly

expected to grow up

and become the man

your father is.

But Ian ain't ready

to grow up just yet.

Jack, Jack, where

did your horse come?

F*** knows.

Well, you gonna

f***ing check it?

Or give me the name

and I'll check it for you.

Yeah.

What you, you won?

He didn't win a penny.

Was it, Jack,

was that your horse,

Paradise Lost nine-to-one?

[Jack] Yeah.

[Ian] One down two to go, boys.

Jack, you're gonna sort me out

if it comes off wouldn't you?

Course I will.

How much you gonna

give me if it comes off?

I dunno 20 grand?

But I'd force you

to enroll in some

kind of college course

or something.

I wouldn't just

give you the cash

'cause I know what

you'd do with it.

Yeah, man, I'd sort you out.

Guess who, b*tches?

[upbeat music]

Yes, Paul,

what's happening, mate?

Last Friday of the

month already, pal?

[speaking indistinct]

your face.

Who done that to you?

Well, someone needs to

get f***ed up don't they?

I'm up for a fight.

I mean, I haven't had

a fight for 17 years

but for you, Jack,

I'd come out of retirement.

That wasn't you,

you little sh*t, was it?

How you doing, brother?

- Alright, yeah.

- Yeah, good.

I had a crash this morning

didn't I, just outside.

Yeah, if he didn't

hit the lamp post,

he would have driven

straight through the window

- and probably killed us all.

- Oh, don't tell me.

You was rushing to put

on a bet weren't you?

Hey, hey, what was

it a hot tip, was it?

Yeah, yeah, something

like that, Paul, yeah.

You maniac.

Hey, mate, heard about

your cousin Chris, yeah.

Very sorry to hear that

he was a lovely bloke,

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