Jim Brown credited as playing...
Jake Trevor
- John Bookman: So what's the deal man, in the old day's it never took you this long to hotwire a car
- Jake Trevor: The old day's man, boy you got to get rid of that, man if they smell that cheap ass cigar smoke they're going to know you been in the car.
- John Bookman: It ain't no cheap cigar it cost me a dollar and a Quarter, anyway I do the smoking you load the weapons alright.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, now I done stashed the shit.I gotta go load the weapons, I gotta drive the car, and Laurie's she's gotta come up with all the plan's what you gonna do boss?
- John Bookman: I'm the executive in charge, brother
- Jake Trevor: [Chuckle's] now your the executive in charge, I don't know about you man.
- Jake Trevor: [Jake has justed saved John from gangmembers;to John on the ground] Johnny,Johnny. It's alway's been your problem partner, pick a fight with too many people then you just fall apart.
- John Bookman: [Groaning] Ahh, Jake don't bring that shit now man.
- Jake Trevor: Let me give you a hand.
- [helps John up]
- Jake Trevor: how you been,man?
- John Bookman: Ahh man.
- Slick: Jake Trevor, what's going on champ?
- Jake Trevor: Hey Slick, it's been a while my man.
- Slick: You mean, since you left the Rebels? Damn right it's been a long while.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, I see your still here huh?
- Slick: Got a little hardware store over on Grant,but I'm doing ok, lot of shit's changed in this town.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, Shit change's Slick. But I wanna know what's happening out on the street man.
- Slick: Well if you remember back in the day, we were a gang- a protection gang you remember that?
- Jake Trevor: Yeah
- Slick: Well, those day's are gone.now it's all about drive by shootings and all that kinda shit.it ain't about rock's and bottle's anymore, it's about automatic weapon's.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, I can understand all that my man, but I want to know what you know about Kenny's death.
- Slick: I don't shoot rumor's man.
- Jake Trevor: Hey Slick, I said I wanted to know what you heard man.
- Slick: Alright you wanna know?
- Jake Trevor: Yeah.
- Slick: My boy saw Kenny hustlin one of the Rebel's over a basketball game.
- Jake Trevor: Your boy saw what?
- Slick: You wanted to know so I just told you.
- Jake Trevor: What did he get em' for?
- Slick: $300 buck's.
- Jake Trevor: Your telling me that my boy got killed for $300 bill's man, is that what your telling me man?
- Slick: No,no no, what I'm trying to tell you is they didn't kill him over the money,they killed him because he was hustling them, it ain't about breaking finger's anymore.
- Jake Trevor: Who's running the show?
- Slick: Just like the old day's it was you and John, only now it's Spyro and Damien, nothing goe's down in this town they don't know about.
- Jake Trevor: Alright, then I'll take care of this.
- Slick: Wait, wait, wait a minute. I'm glad to see you and John back in the hood I don't know what you guy's are up too but I'm willing to bet my last dollar that they're are gonna be some change's in this town, I just want to be apart of it.
- [Shake's Jake's hand]
- Slick: .
- Spyro: You want something brother?
- Jake Trevor: Your name Spyro?
- Spyro: Yeah, why?
- Jake Trevor: I just wanted to see what you look like, right now I'm just looking for name's and face's.
- Spyro: I heard of you, heard you were back in town what for?
- Jake Trevor: Kenny Thompson.
- Spyro: Never heard of him. Hey, hey what's your interest?
- Jake Trevor: He's my son man. And where does that leave you Spyro, your a dead man, YOUR A DEAD MAN!
- Spyro: [Mutter's to Jake walking away] Fuck you old man.
- [Mockingly]
- Spyro: you a dead man, you see me man, you see me fuckin twitchin and shit. Fuck him.
- Blood: Mr. Bookman, Mr. Trevor it's time we neighbor's met.
- John Bookman: Let me explain something to you my brother, just because Damien's dead doesn't mean you can move in, I won't be that far away.
- Jake Trevor: I'm back home blood,
- [point's to John]
- Jake Trevor: and I'm working with him, just so you know.
- Blood: Well, there goes the neighborhood.
- Jake Trevor: Well look like the Reverend did his job right well I guess we better do ours, hey you take care of yourself okay.
- Laurie Thompson: Baby you coming back?
- Jake Trevor: you know I'm coming back I'm home now.
- Jake Trevor: [after capturing Dink who overheard them] What're we gonna to do with this little punk?
- John Bookman: I don't know. Since he heard our plans, maybe we ought to just kill him.
- Jake Trevor: You know, I was thinking about shooting him myself.
- Laurie Thompson: [scoffs] We can't shoot him in a community rec center. Besides, we got to make it look like it's an accident
- Dink: Y'all don't scare me. I'm a Reb.
- John Bookman: Oh, man, you ain't no Reb. They wouldn't let us squirt like you in the Rebs. We know because we started it.
- Dink: [scoffing] Yeah, when there were still dinosaurs.
- John Bookman: You got a big mouth.
- Dink: You don't know nothing, man!
- John Bookman: You know everything, right?
- Dink: I know you're going to die with that dumb-ass plan.
- Jake Trevor: [grabs him in a threatening way] Hey kid, don't you be talking about nobody dying! Now, you just take it easy.
- Laurie Thompson: So, a little war wouldn't bother you, huh?
- Dink: I ain't got no love for anyone. I'm a businessman, my brothers and sister. It's all fair.
- John Bookman: Yeah well, why don't you come help us be more fair?
- Dink: I might be interested for a price.
- John Bookman: Okay, then. How about some guns, ammunition, explosives, that kind of thing?
- Dink: Coach, a man who earns what you do can afford the best. And I know where to get you the best.
- Jake Trevor: Man, you can't trust him.
- Dink: Yes, you can. Sure you can.
- Jake Trevor: He's gonna sell you out.
- Dink: Wait. Now just hear me out. I gotta tell you something. I did something I wish I hadn't have. I heard that cop saying he had a license number he got from your father. I was the one who ratted him out to Spyro. About a minute after I opened my mouth, I wish I hadn't have. I'm sorry, man. I wanna make it up.
- John Bookman: All right. Chill.
- Dink: Still gonna cost you though.
- John Bookman: Yeah, well like you said I can afford it.
- Dink: It's only going to take me about a few hours to set up this buy. But I'm talking 12, 15 G's now. Cash. All in hundreds. 10% of that sticks to me. My commission.
- Jake Trevor: All right, you got a contract. An enforceable one.
- Dink: It's as good as done
- John Bookman: Yeah.
- Jake Trevor: [grabs Dink as he's walking out; to John] Hey, wait a minute! I hope you know what you're doing
- Laurie Thompson: [as Dink leaves] He's gonna to go straight to Spyro.
- John Bookman: No, no, at 10% commission I don't think so. All right.
- Jake Trevor: Hello, Laurie.
- Laurie Thompson: Jake.
- Jake Trevor: You know you looked pretty good over there.
- Laurie Thompson: Thanks. It's everything you taught me.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah. Got a little time for some conversation?
- Laurie Thompson: Yeah. It's long overdue.
- Jake Trevor: Come on. You know it's a little awkward for me. I mean coming back this way and all. Under these conditions.
- Laurie Thompson: Yeah. Well you missed a lot not knowing Kenny. You know he was a lot like you. Headstrong. Full of his own ways about things. Basketball was his life. He was gonna be a big star. He had a plan just like you.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, I was gonna be heavyweight champ of the world.
- Laurie Thompson: Oh, and I knew you could do it.
- Jake Trevor: Did you?
- Laurie Thompson: No doubt in my mind.
- Jake Trevor: You never let me know.
- Laurie Thompson: That's why I had to let you go.
- Jake Trevor: Let me go, Laurie? You let me go? Come on, Laurie. Let me go?
- Laurie Thompson: Jake I didn't wanna get in the way of your dreams. You would've never, never forgiven me for it. And it would've killed whatever we had.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, it's just like me. Killing things, huh.
- Laurie Thompson: Jake, I read all about that in the papers. It wasn't your fault. Those things happen to boxers. You took a chance. It could've been you.
- Jake Trevor: You know, it was never the same after that. I thought about a comeback, but comeback from what? I was a failure, all around failure. I failed myself, I failed you. I couldn't even face up to you. Especially after how you sent me away.
- Laurie Thompson: Kenny knew all about you. Oh, he had an album of all your fights, and he knew you hadn't forgotten us and that, you know, you tried to send us some money. And he loved you. He loved you. I made sure of that.
- Jake Trevor: But I never heard from him.
- Laurie Thompson: He... He wanted to wait until he was all grown up. He wanted you to know him as a man and as a friend.
- Jake Trevor: I don't know what to say, baby.
- Laurie Thompson: You don't have to say anything. You don't have to say anything.
- Jake Trevor: Come here. Come here.
- [Embraces her as she starts to cry]
- John Bookman: [shows them the huge collection of firearms] Look at that. The kid came through. I checked them out. They work.
- Jake Trevor: Well, looks like you were right this time, huh?
- John Bookman: What do you mean, "this time"? And I carried these up all by myself while you guys were out there holding hands.
- Jake Trevor: Damn, it's about time. Bubba, you're looking good, my man.
- Bubba: Never felt better.
- Jake Trevor: All right.
- Slick: It sure feels good, all us Rebels back together again. But, damn, who's gonna go first?
- John Bookman: We all are.
- Laurie Thompson: All right, let's go.
- Reverend Dorsey: Hold it! We're still in the house of God! I want you to remember that. Now, I talked to Johnny and Gracie. You know them. They're just as upset about this business as you are.
- Man in church: They brought it on themselves.
- Reverend Dorsey: No. No, don't say that. They didn't bring it on themselves.
- Woman in church: They don't go, we gotta make them go, for our own sake!
- Reverend Dorsey: Annie! How can you of anybody in this room say that? You lost two sons to drive-bys. John
- John Bookman: My family regrets the problems that you're having. But the big question is, to survive... Is that all you want? You want everything to be all right. Well, everything is not going to be all right. Because once the gangs find out that they can run us out your life is going to be a living hell.
- Thelma Jones: You sure can talk the talk, Johnny. Now, you mean you want us to shoot it out with the Rebs?
- John Bookman: Well, Mrs. Jones, I'm probably a very lucky person. Because I can afford to take my family out of here. And if that's what you want, that's what I'll do. But for the rest of you it's up to you to decide whether or not your neighborhood is worth fighting for it.
- Man in church: Well, how we going to do that?
- Woman in church: Yeah, tell us something.
- Jake Trevor: Look... Their power lies in their unity. A gang works together as a team. So that's what we have to do. We have to work together like a team. If they fight one of us, they've gotta fight all of us.
- Reverend Dorsey: Every now and then God tests us. Not in our faith in Him, but in our inner courage. Whether we're willing to put our bodies on the line. Now I think Mr. Bookman is right. So I'm willing to follow him, and I pray that you will, too.
- Laurie Thompson: How'd you find out?
- Jake Trevor: Johnny went on some TV shows and some newspapers picked up the story. I read it somewhere. You know you should have called me.
- Laurie Thompson: I just didn't want any more killing.
- Jake Trevor: What you think I'm gonna do, just forget about what they did to Kenny?
- Laurie Thompson: Whatever you do, it won't be for Kenny, it'll be for Jake Trevor, who's always looking for a fight. Who's always got to hit somebody because that's his way. Even if it means making everything worse!
- [Takes Kenny's pictures from him]
- Laurie Thompson: Give me that!
- John Bookman: What's up, Jake?
- Jake Trevor: Oh, man. I found out why they killed Kenny, man. The Rebels have a b-ball racket going. Kenny made a slick move on 'em.
- John Bookman: Does Laurie know about this?
- Jake Trevor: No, she doesn't know about it yet. And that's the way I want to keep it, man. You ready to make this hit with me, man?
- John Bookman: Hey, man, slow down. I got a meeting tomorrow with the Rebels at the church on 35th Street.
- Jake Trevor: You got a meeting with the Rebels? What for?
- John Bookman: Set up a truce. Start some kind of dialogue.
- Jake Trevor: Oh, man, you must be out of your mind! Damn, , I never thought you would sell out!
- John Bookman: Come on, Jake. This is me you're talkin' to, man! It ain't gonna come down that way!
- Jake Trevor: Hey, man, bullshit! You know as well as I know you got to have power to make a truce! And where's your power, Johnny?
- John Bookman: What is it with you, man? All you want is revenge?
- Jake Trevor: You're damn right, I want revenge!
- Laurie Thompson: [walks over angrily] What I want here is a little respect! You take this out to the street.
- Jake Trevor: Have you heard? Our good friend Johnny wants to make a truce with the people that killed our son!
- Laurie Thompson: And let them off the hook? No, I want them arrested and put on trial, John.
- John Bookman: It's not gonna happened that fast. They got a lock on the politicians. We got to negotiate. If we don't like what they say, we go another way, all right?
- Laurie Thompson: Well, I wanna be there.
- John Bookman: And I was kind of hoping you'd both be with me there.
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, you were hoping I'd be there, huh? Well, you can count me out. Let me tell both of you something. I know what I have to do.
- [Walks off]
- John Bookman: Oh, Jake, man, come on! Jake! Jake! Come back! Jake!
- John Bookman: Something I forgot to tell you, man. I was at home watching TV one night and I was watching pay-per-view. Saw your boy fight. This guy went bong!
- Jake Trevor: Oh, man, don't go there. I gave the kid a shot, he got knocked down in two rounds. So what?
- John Bookman: Hey, yeah, right. Tell me something, you still in Cleveland?
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, man, I'm trainin' some uhh... new talent. You know, John, these kids are not like us, man. They don't want to work, all they want is money. You know I got 20 years on most of these suckers and I can still kick their butts.
- John Bookman: Oh, whoa! Chill out, brother!
- [laughs]
- John Bookman: look, I know where you coming from, man, but I know you didn't come all the way to Gary to help me out in some street fight.
- Jake Trevor: No, man, I came back to bury Kenny.
- John Bookman: Laurie's son?
- Jake Trevor: Our son.
- John Bookman: A son. Damn! I'm sorry, Jake.
- Jake Trevor: I never knew him, Johnny. Heard he was a great athlete, man.
- John Bookman: So what happened between you and Laurie.
- Jake Trevor: It was over between us when she found out she was pregnant. You know Laurie, man. Strong black woman. She made it clear that she wanted the baby, but wanted no part of me.
- John Bookman: So did this kid know that you were the father?
- Jake Trevor: Yeah, she told him when he was 9 years old. Look, Johnny, man, I sent money, I did everything. Man, she never cashed my checks. I did the best I could do. But I guess she just wanted me to know that they didn't need me, man.
- John Bookman: Well I guess there are a lot of things both of us would like to leave in the past, right?
- [last lines]
- John Bookman: [police cars, sirens on, arrive] Well well, here they are. Late as usual.
- Jake Trevor: Yep. I know what you mean.