The Man Page #5

Synopsis: A federal agent turns up dead and a hardcore undercover agent, known as Derrick Vann heads off to try and recover the stolen arms and find the killers. Andy Fiddler is an ordinary family man and a dentist, and is out heading to a conference, when he gets stuck in the same mess. Criminal Kane believes Fiddler is 'The Man' behind it all and offers him a gun. Vann spots him and drags him across town, with him posing as the actual 'Man'.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Les Mayfield
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
PG-13
Year:
2005
83 min
$8,300,000.00
Website
494 Views


It depends.

I'm on the fence.

- Do you like the merchandise, Turk?

- Yes, I do...

like the merchandise.

I, uh...

thanks for asking.

So there's gonna be

20 grand in there, right?

In the bag.

Come on.

Good.

Good first step.

We'll be in touch.

And, uh,

one more thing, Turk...

No more fruitcake

stuff, okay?

- Sure.

- Good. Goodbye.

Get in the car.

- Why?

- I'm not done with you yet.

- You said I was done.

- I lied. I do that.

- Now get up. Get in the car.

- No.

Get up!

Hey... don't make me

chase you.

I'm tell...

- Hey!

- Stop!

Stop! Help me!

- Hey!

- Help!

You're under arrest.

Hands on the car.

On the car!

Who the hell

is this guy?

Run that.

He's international.

- Ow!

- Watch your head.

Okay, that's it.

I am writing a letter.

- Number 3.

- Number 3.

Three, step forward.

Three, that's you.

- That's him.

- You sure?

I'll never forget

that face.

- All right, thank you. You can go.

- Excuse me.

I'd like to speak

to whoever's in charge, please.

All right, number 3, stay.

The rest can go.

Thank you.

Boy, sometimes you

just have to speak up.

- Are you in charge here?

- Yes, I am.

Oh, boy, have I been waiting

to talk to you.

- Really?

- My name is Andy Fiddler.

I'm in dental supply sales,

and believe you me,

I never thought I'd be standing here

in a police station

- with a bullet wound in the keister.

- Hmm.

But I am extremely upset

with this man here,

and I must confess

with your whole operation in general,

because quite frankly,

I have nothing to do with any of this.

Well, that's not what

it looks like, Mr. Keister.

The weapon you used

in the diner,

stolen from A.T.F.'s vault.

The gun you're robbing

the cashier with.

Oh, no no no no.

No no, there's no robbing.

I'm not robbing.

You see, although I can certainly see

how you'd get

that impression.

We also got a red notice

from Interpol when we ran your name.

There's an outstanding

warrant for your arrest.

- What?

- Istanbul, Turkey ring any bells?

Oh. Oh, yes.

It does ring some bells,

and believe it or not, there is

a perfectly reasonable explanation

for that, and you will

find it very funny,

- 'cause it's quite a story.

- Tell it on the way.

- Place your left hand here.

- So I took the family to Europe

in the summer of '98, and one

of our stops was Istanbul, in Turkey...

a must-see

if you've never been.

- Anyhoo, my wife has this thing about...

- Yo, Vann, phone call.

...Persian rugs.

Okay, I'm not a complainer,

but that officer

was very abusive.

I mean, not only was

he physically violent,

but... but more disturbing to me,

he... he was just rude.

- Vann.

- Your daughter wants to know

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Jim Piddock

James Anthony Piddock (born 8 April 1956) is an English actor, writer, and producer who began his career on the stage in the United Kingdom, before emigrating to the U.S. in 1981. more…

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