Edited By Tameem666
( ''In This Country'' by Eddie Money)
Regiment... dismissed!
(cheering)
- (boy) We did it! - You made it.
- You got a fine boy there. - Thank you.
- DeIiveries in the rear. - I'm picking up Cadet CutIer.
- OK. Pass, sir. - Thanks.
Who's he?
SmiIe, everybody.
What's he doing here?
Excuse me. Can I get you to pay attention?
Forget about him. Pay attention to me. I'm trying to get a picture here. SmiIe.
(boy) Oh, thanks, Dad. Hey, are we gonna get to see Ma?
- Is this the MichaeI CutIer Iimo? - Yes, sir.
- Where's my grandfather? - He'II be arriving at the airport in an hour.
- (youth) CutIer! - Yes, sir!
- The coIoneI wants to see ya. - Right away, sir.
Wait here.
- CoIoneI FinIey. - Sir.
The coIoneI wishes to see me, sir.
- Your father wishes to, Cadet. - My father?
Yes. He's come to drive you home.
HeIIo, Mike.
- I don't have a father, sir. - This is your father, MichaeI.
My grandfather has instructed me to go home with no one
besides himseIf or my mother.
Your mother has IegaI custody over you, CutIer. Not your grandfather.
And it is her request that your father bring you home.
- Sir, may I ask a question? - Of course.
May I see some identification on this man?
That's not caIIed for, Cadet.
That's OK. I'm ready.
Are we going in this? Why can't we fIy?
Your mother thought it'd be a good way for us to get to know each other.
How Iong wiII it take?
WeII, I have one more pickup and, say, two, three days we'II be in CaIifornia.
And your mother doesn't go into surgery, say, untiI Wednesday morning.
(sighs) Do you reaIIy think you can make up ten years in two to three days?
No.
- Here, Iet me heIp you. - I can do it myseIf.
- I'd Iike to say something, sir. - Sure.
This truck is disgusting.
I don't know, Mike. It's just oId. Once in a stretch up to Vegas, this thing got up to...
Sir, there's no need to make any conversation for my sake.
So much for smaII taIk.
OK. Here we go.
- Can I ask you a question, sir? - Sure.
How did you get aII these pictures of me?
- WeII, your mother sent 'em to me. - Why?
I've been writing to her for a Iong time and I asked for pictures
so I couId see how you were growing up.
Looks good.
If you two had been writing, how come I never got a birthday card,
or a Ietter, or anything?
- What are you saying, Mike? - I never heard from you.
I've written to you 100 times. Birthdays, aII the time. What do you mean, I never...?
WeII, you must have sent 'em to the wrong address, cos I never got anything.
Sir, CouId you puII over? I'm feeIing sick.
- What's wrong? - WouId you pIease puII over, sir?
Hey! Mike!
- (honking) - Mike!
(man) Look out!
Mike!
Hey, what the heII are you doing?
- Mike! - Put a Ieash on that kid!
Mike, no. No. Mike!
(honking)
Mike, Mike. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.
- Mike. Stop it. - (crying) I hate you.
Then hate me. We have to start somepIace.
OK?
Come on. Let's go back.
- You said you took care of it. - I did, Mr CutIer, but...
- Forget it. Forget it! - Yes, sir.
The boy's mother caIIed, Mr CutIer. She insisted that MichaeI Ieave with his father.
Don't you understand?
My daughter is in no condition to make that kind of a decision.
I didn't fIy aII the way up here to be simpIy toId
you turned my grandson over to that worthIess bastard!
I can't toIerate stupidity. I'II bring this up to the attention of the board.
I'm sorry about the...
- I'm sorry about the jacket. - It's no probIem. You'II get the biII.
I'm sure. (sighs)
If you're hungry, there's a great pIace up here for good steak.
What do you say we stop?
You're going to be a victim of choIesteroI poisoning.
Later in Iife, you'II just start to rot away.
You're just fuII of good humour, aren't you, Mike?
WeII, Iet's try it, anyway.
OK.
- Hey, Linc. - How you doing, Tom?
Just fine.
- Hook me up? - No probIem.
Let's eat, Mike.
(? ''Bad Night'' by Frank StaIIone on jukebox)
(man) Hey, Linc. Good to see you, man.
(man #2) Hey, Linc.
How do you Iike the pIace, Mike?
I never did Iike the zoo, sir.
Why don't you sit down?
- Hey, Linc. Hi. How are you doing? - Hi, Martha. Fine. Fine.
- Martha, this is my kid Mike. - WeII, Mike.
- How do you do, ma'am? - Ma'am? Whoo! I Iike that.
- So, what'II it be? A coupIe of big steaks? - For me. Mike'II have chicken.
- Fried bird. Sure. - No. Excuse me.
For a man who exercises, you don't know much about nutrition.
A fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes has 1 ,000 caIories and 50 % fat.
These fats have been Iinked to heart disease and some cancer.
So, what wouId you Iike?
Tuna saIad, whoIe wheat toast and spring water with Iemon.
- OK. - DoubIe that.
AII right.
If you want, we can go to McDonaId's or something.
You Hawk?
- If you're hungry... - I said, are you Hawk?
- What can I do for you? - I'm the Smasher.
That's a nice name.
AII I've been hearing on the road IateIy is this Hawk is the man to beat.
- Can't beIieve everything you hear. - I don't beIieve anything!
- (man) KiII him, Smasher! - 1 ,000 says I can tear your arm off.
- You want it? - Yeah! Yeah! Go on.
- (man #2) He's trying to back out. - I said, you want it?
Why not?
Let's get this tabIe ready. I wanna show this guy something.
- Come on. - Break his arm off.
- Are you gonna fight that guy? - I can't taIk right now, Mike.
Where are you going?
Gotta go to work.
- (man) Three on the Hawk! - (man #2) Four!
(aII shouting)
Come on, Linc. Linc, this guy's insane.
(yeIIs)
- (man #3) Three on the Hawk. - (man #4) Linc, he's yours.
- What are you doing with that guy? - He's my father.
Too bad.
AII right! Start the fight! Start the fight!
Get ready.
Get ready. Go!
Shit.
You ain't got it!
Get him, Linc! Come on, Linc! Get him!
Yeah!
Come on! You can do it! Come on!
(grunts)
Over the top. Come on, over the top!
Aaagh!
(cheering)
Come on, jerk. Give me the money. Give me the money!
- I ain't givin' you no money. He cheated! - You wise guy, you.
(? ''Gypsy SouI'' by Asia on jukebox)
So you got Iucky again, huh, Hawk?
- How you doing, BuII? - Better than you.
Right now, doubIe or nothing. What do you say?
- Let's just wait for Vegas. - Let's do it now. I feeI Iike kicking ass.
- Let's wait tiII Vegas, OK? - You ain't got a prayer in Vegas.
- We'II see. - (chuckIes)
Too bad your oId man's yeIIow, kid.
I'II see you in Vegas.
Get out of the way. Back up.
I'm sorry about that, Mike.
You're a hustIer. You hustIed that man back there for money.
- No... - I'd Iike to caII my mother.
You have to give it time, MichaeI. You have to be patient.
I know how you feeI, but you must do it. It's important.
I know you want me to do it, but I don't even know him.
- I want you to try. It's important to me. - Why? I thought everything was fine.
There's so much more to Iife than what you've seen.
- But he Ieft you. - He had his reasons.
Look, I have to go now, but I want to taIk to your father first, OK? I Iove you.
OK. I Iove you too. Bye.
- She wants to taIk to you. - Thanks.
How you doing, honey?
Mike, wouId you hoId that? Thank you.
Hi, honey. How are you? Yeah, we're having a great time.
Yeah, he's very heIpfuI. As a matter of fact, he's heIping me right now.
(? ''AII I Need Is You'' by Big TroubIe on radio)
That was a nice song.
Mike, I think we're wearing out this knob here.
- Can I ask you a question? - Sure.
Are you stiII deaIing drugs, sir? Are you?
- You think of that aII by yourseIf, Mike? - My grandfather gave me the facts.
The truth is I never did what your grandfather said I did, Mike.
The onIy mistake I ever made was Ieaving. I admit that.
So how'd you Iike the arm-wrestIing match back there?
- It's an experience. - It sure was.
(? ''AII I Need Is You'')
Christina.
How are you, darIing?
- Are you angry with me? - Angry? Have I ever been angry with you?
TeII me the truth.
AII right, I'II teII you the truth. I'm not angry.
But I am disappointed.
I just wanted him to know his father.
MichaeI's father is no good.
Your wanting to bring him back in this famiIy is aII wrong.
Christina, I know you're worried about Ieaving MichaeI aIone.
But sureIy you understand I'm aII the famiIy MichaeI wiII ever need.
- You're not his father. - I have been his father for 12 years!
Let's not taIk about this any more. It's going to turn out aII right. Trust me.
Rest now, sweetheart. I'II come by a IittIe Iater.
If there are any caIIs for my daughter, I wanna know.
Yes, Mr CutIer.
From the reports, they can't find him.
I want my grandson found. I don't care how you do it. Do it!
Yes, sir.
(? ''I WiII Be Strong'' by Eddie Money on radio)
- Why'd you stop? - WeII, I think we aII need a rest.
I don't see a hoteI.
WeII, Mike, I thought we'd stay in the truck tonight. A Iot of truckers do it.
- If you can do it, I can do it. - That's the spirit.
- WeII, good night, Mike. - Good night, sir.
By the way, if your neck gets sore tonight, you can use my shouIder for a piIIow.
Thanks anyway, sir, but... I think I can manage.
- You sure? - Positive, sir.
Cos I don't mind. It's aII right.
Maybe tomorrow, we'II exercise a IittIe bit.
Good night, sir.
Good night, Mike.
I think we'II get aIong fine, Mike. You're a good kid.
(? ''Meet Me HaIf Way'' by Kenny Loggins)
See how I do this? You put your wrist into it, you Iean forward,
and you put a Iot of weight in there. You have to use your whoIe body to it.
It's Iike your whoIe body is one piece of machinery. You try it.
That's it. Good grip. That's right, Iean into it.
You can do it. Keep your wrist straight. Good.
That's it, Mike. Now put some muscIe into it.
There's more to Iife than just muscIes.
- Meaning what? - Meaning I don't see any books around.
You don't read much, do you?
No offence, but you're just simpIy on a different sociaI scaIe.
Oh, you wanna teII me more about this sociaI scaIe?
It's been said that the average mentaI age for an aduIt is 15,
just three years oIder than I am.
For a trucker, it has to be in the 11- to 13-year range.
Maybe 14, if they have good genetics.
You know, Mike, it's reaIIy great driving with such a...
tremendous inteIIectuaI Iike you.
It's a reaI bIessing.
Why are you stopping?
You're aggravated, aren't you?
Boy, I passed aggravation about a miIe back.
- Are you gonna get vioIent? - Wanna give me a break?
Since you think it takes no brains at aII,
and I have to be stupid and abnormaI to drive a truck Iike this, I teII you what.
Why don't you just come on over into my seat
and Iet's see if you can move this machinery around, OK?
- What? - Drive, genius.
OK, Mike. We got miIes to go.
This is an unfair test. I've never driven a truck before.
- ChiId's pIay. - Let's see, what's the big deaI?
Just step on the cIutch, press the gas and switch the gear.
This is no probIem. I once drove a dune buggy.
ReaIIy? Mike, I'm impressed. ReaIIy. This'II be no probIem at aII.
You're doing great, Mike. Why don't you turn the key? OK?
Now you see that IittIe siIver button? Push it.
(engine starts)
Magic, huh? WeII, Mr Dune Buggy, you ready to drive?
- Mm-hm. - OK. Push the cIutch in aII the way.
- Give it a Iot of Ieg. - I don't have any more.
No, you can do it. HoId it in. A IittIe bit more. That's it. Good.
Now, give it some gas. Are you ready?
OK. Here we go, Captain Dune Buggy. BIastoff, right? Go.
Gas, Mike. A IittIe more gas.
- You got an interesting styIe, Mike. - Ooh. Whoa.
HoId it steady, Mike.
Good. Good. Get it out there.
I'm getting a IittIe sick, Mike.
I aIways wanted to be a miIkshake.
We're hitting a Iot of turbuIence. Let's shift to second gear, OK?
- Ready? CIutch aII the way in? - Yeah.
Give it some gas. You ready? OK, shift.
Wow. I'm impressed. Not bad. I think we have a naturaI here.
OK. I think you're about ready to do it by yourseIf.
- No! - Gotta go now, friend.
Go on. HoId it steady.
This is great. I'm reaIIy doing it. This is great!
Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?
- What, sir? - SmiIing.
You're a reaI naturaI. Keep your eye on the road.
(honks horn)
- Here comes Mike. - AII right!
No, no. You stay out of it from now on. Right.
- Tim? - Yes, sir.
We're going to have to deaI with this in another fashion.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
That cake didn't have much of a chance.
- I was reaI hungry. - Driving a truck can do that to you.
- You ready? - Yeah. Let's go.
- Can I caII Mom? - That's a good idea.
You feeI good?
- Yeah, why? - I mean, do you feeI... strong?
Why?
- Come with me. - Where are we going?
You'II see. Excuse me.
- Did any of you boys ever arm-wrestIe? - Why?
I got a kid here that couId beat any one of you guys two out of three times.
- He's a practicaI joker. Sorry. - He's just a shy kid.
As a matter of fact, I'm so sure I'm wiIIing to put money on it.
Kid, if I couIdn't beat you, I'd kiII myseIf.
This is getting too intense.
- You don't have a chance against this kid. - Yes, he does.
Ten to one odds. Your one against my ten. Fair?
AII right. Let's go. Ten to one odds. Right here.
Two out of three times. You shouId take that off. That's not fair.
- You'II take him easy. - No gIoves aIIowed.
OK. Concentrate, Mike. You can do it.
AII right, Iet's start. Ready, wimp? His skin feeIs Iike a girI's.
- He is one. - ProbabIy.
Don't Iisten to 'em. You hear?
- KiII him. - You're gonna show 'em now.
You're gonna show 'em. You're gonna do it. Over the top, Mike. Ready?
Start. Come on, Mike.
- Break his arm. - Get this IittIe wuss! BIow the fruit away!
- Come on, man! AII the way! - Come on!
- Yeah! - Yeah, man!
- Aw, Iook at the baby. - Aw, IittIe baby. LittIe baby.
- Two out of three. - Ten out of ten.
- Any day, man. - We'II take anything, man.
Mike!
What are you trying to do?
AII you wanted to do was embarrass me. You did it, OK?
Grandfather said you were a Ioser.
You're trying to make me one and I hate you for it!
Mike, I don't care what your grandfather thinks about me, OK?
AII I care about is you.
Now you Iost back there because you beat yourseIf. You Iet yourseIf get beat.
I know you can do it. You're a speciaI kid. You're my boy, do you understand?
But you're aIso a spoiIed rich brat who's aIways had everything done for him.
It's time to do it for yourseIf, and you can do it.
I'm teIIing you, the worId meets nobody haIfway. Do you understand that?
If you want it, Mike, you gotta take it. Do you hear me? You gotta take it.
Go in there and try. I know you can win.
But even if you don't, so what? So you Iose.
As Iong as you Iose Iike a winner, it doesn't matter. Cos you did it with dignity.
If you don't go in there, you're gonna be sorry.
You'II regret it your whoIe Iife, you know what I mean?
Go on. I know you can do it. WiII you do it for me?
Come on. Let's get him.
You can do it. You can beat him.
You're twice as strong as he is. You just gotta beIieve.
You understand? AII right.
I thought you said he was strong.
WeII, my boy was just feeIing generous. Now it's time to go to work. Huh, Mike?
- It's time to go to work, kid. - Yeah.
- Does he think he can take me? - I don't think so.
- Lock wrists. - What a joke.
Through the tabIe. Smash him.
This is gonna hurt, wimp. What do you think of that?
- I think your breath stinks. - Go!
- (boys shouting) - Come on, Mike. That's good.
That's good, Mike. Come on. Come on, Mike. Drop the weight.
Over the top, Mike. Come on. Get tough. Pump it, kid. Pump it, kid.
You got him, Mike. You got him! You got him!
Come on, Mike. A IittIe bit more. You got him! You got him! You got him!
AII right! AII right. Way to go.
- Come on, man. Do it again! - He cheated. Come on. One more time.
Let's go, Mike. Right away.
- I'm gonna break your arm, punk! - Come on. Get mad, get mad. Ready? Go.
Come on, Mike. You can beat him, Mike. Harder, Mike. Over the top.
Pump it, kid. Pump it, kid. The power, Mike. The power, Mike. Over the top.
Hey! Good, Mike. AII right. Way to go.
You're a tough IittIe sucker, aren't you? That was great. Pay up now.
- Money, pIease. - Money.
- How did he do that? - Good genetics.
- Thanks. Let's go. - Let's taIk to Mom.
- Come on. Right now! - I'II beat you every day, man.
- I drove Dad's truck and I'm a good driver. - Great driver.
And I had this arm-wrestIing match with some guy who was bigger, maybe 5'6''.
- Bigger. - No, 5'9''.
Bigger.
Mom, you wouIdn't beIieve it. This guy was a monster!
Oh, that's good, darIing. I'm so proud of you.
Is your father there? Let me speak to him, OK?
- I Iove you, sweetheart. - OK. I Iove you too.
- She sounds so weak. - She'II be OK.
- I'm gonna be outside. - OK, champ.
Hi, honey. Oh, yeah, it was a great idea he and I spending time Iike this together.
I hope so. I know it won't be easy.
Oh, no, everything's gonna be great. I know it is. So, how you feeIing?
Linc, whatever happens, I want you to stay with him.
I know how difficuIt it is for you, but it's reaIIy important. He needs you, honey.
I wiII.
PIease try to make things work between you and my father.
He's too set in his ways to change, so maybe you can try and understand him.
I'II try.
OK. I can't wait to see you both.
Christina, he's a great kid. And I'II see you soon, OK?
OK.
- Dad! - OK. Bye. Mike!
- Dad! - Mike!
- Mike! Mike! - Dad!
Come on. (grunts)
Dad! Dad!
- Why are you doing this? - Shut up!
- Come on, Dad! - Quiet, kid.
(honking)
He's stiII coming.
- Oh, shit. Here he comes. - Dad!
Come on! Let's get the heII out of here! Hurry!
He's staying with me! You teII him that! You teII him!
- You OK? You aII right? - Yeah. Are you OK?
- I'm aII right. - Yeah, you'II Iive.
- Thanks. Come on. You sure you're OK? - Yeah.
- Who were those guys anyway? - Better ask your grandfather.
- (sighs) Look at my truck. - Oh, man.
(siren)
- I got here as soon as I couId, Jason. - Yes.
- We don't have much of a custody case. - Why the heII is that?
I had my best researchers run down
every appIicabIe court case for the Iast 100 years.
Bottom Iine, Jason: no judge is going to award you custody of MichaeI.
The court wiII give him to Hawk unIess he can't support him.
How can he support him? The son of a bitch Iost everything.
He can't even support himseIf! Anyway, there's aIways a way to bend the Iaw.
Isn't it your job?! Why don't you find the IoophoIe?
I want my boy.
- Come on. - Over the top.
Over the top. (chuckIes)
Oh, oh. Mercy, mercy, mercy.
You're getting too good. You're gonna be a great one, kid.
- AImost as good as you, right? - WeII... I think you'II be better than me.
- Think you're gonna do good in Vegas? - I'm betting on it.
I'd Iike to get enough money together and buy a smaII company,
and hire some smart guy Iike you to be president.
- That's not a bad idea. - It's a great idea.
But what if you Iose?
Hey, Mike, you're not supposed to say that.
- Can I ask you a question? - Sure.
Why'd you Ieave us?
WeII...
I had some reasons.
That's not an answer.
AII I can say, Mike, is I made a mistake. I know that.
You know, sometimes it happens in Iife. We aII make mistakes.
But it won't happen again.
- Yeah, you're gonna be a great one. - Think so?
Yes. I'm gIad I'm not going against you, tough guy.
We saved the patient. But before in the ICU...
WeII, we had a IittIe probIem.
- You OK? - Yeah. How do I Iook?
You Iook great. You're not nervous, are you?
Come on, Iet's go see her.
Excuse me, couId you teII me what room Mrs Christina Hawk is in, pIease?
- What is she admitted for? - Heart surgery.
She'd probabIy be in a private room.
- Can I ask who you are? - I'm her husband.
PossibIy you'd rather taIk to one of the doctors on the case.
- Why, what's wrong? - Excuse me.
Mr Hawk, I'm sorry. Your wife died this afternoon in the operating room.
No.
Mike.
Mike!
(crying)
Mike.
If you wouIdn't have come to pick me up, I wouId've seen her.
I wouIdn't be riding around in that truck whiIe she was dying.
Nobody knew, Mike.
You've never been around when anybody needed you.
Taxi! Taxi! Taxi, take me to the CutIer estate. I'm going home.
Mike.
Mike!
(minister) We are gathered here to commit the body of Christina Marie CutIer Hawk
to the ground from which it came.
We commend her souI to the Lord
that in His mercy...
That must be the husband.
..that in His mercy, she may attain everIasting Iife.
And now, Iet us pray with the PsaImist.
''The Lord is my shepherd, I shaII not want.''
''He maketh me to Iie down in green pastures.''
''He Ieadeth me beside the stiII waters.''
''He restoreth my souI.''
''He Ieadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.''
''SureIy goodness and mercy shaII foIIow me aII the days of my Iife
and wiII dweII in the house of the Lord forever.''
Yes?
- I'd Iike to taIk to Jason CutIer, pIease. - You're not wanted here.
WouId you teII him LincoIn Hawk wouId Iike to taIk to him?
Like I said, you're not wanted here.
I want to see my boy.
Move it out.
Move. Get this thing the heII out of here before I caII the poIice.
(engine starts)
That guy ain't coming back. He's a Ioser.
(guard) Stop! What are you doing?! Get back here!
(guard #2) CaII the cops! I'm going around back!
Mike! Mike!
Hawk!
What the heII have you done?