Wild Is the Wind (2022) Movie Script
-[wind gusting]
-[grass rustling]
[birds chirping]
Listen.
I want to thank you
for giving me this lucky break.
From now on,
I'll always stick to the speedlimit.
[officer whistling]
Is that enough?
All righty, then, officer.
[reporter over radio] the final act
in the legal sagaand soap opera
that has gripped South Africa
for several years.
[ominous music playing]
Judge Thokozile Masipa seemed ready
to hand out one more surprise
[fly buzzing]
["Siembamba" by Chris Chameleon playing]
[groaning]
[woman continues groaning]
What? What?
-[woman continues groaning]
-[man laughing]
[exclaims contentedly]
[breathing deeply]
[screaming]
[imitates screaming]
[cackles]
[in Afrikaans] It's all right,
we're going to barbecue.
[music fades]
[wind gusting]
[thunder rumbling]
[man encourages horse]
[man in car] Don't take up
the whole bloody road!
[eerie music playing]
[saw whirring]
-[thuds]
-[door creaks]
That's R24,00.
[man 1] The Impalas,
they run aroundthe whole field.
They should defend more.
-[man 2] Will you watch the game?
-[man 1] Definitely. I'm there.
There we go. How much do I owe you?
Don't worry, it's on the house.
[coughs] Are you sure?
Yeah, it's nothing.
[man 1 coughing]
Sure. Thanks, Martin.
-And send my greetings to Lizette.
-Yes, I will.
Are you all right?
I'm fine, I just have to cough it up.
Otherwise, it continues.
Goodbye, uncle.
[coughing]
Hi, Pa!
My darling child, how are you?
-Good. And you, Pa?
-Good.
[in English] Um, is it cool
if I sleep over
at Elsa and Maureen's tonight?
Absolutely not.
-But, Pa--
-No buts.
-[in Afrikaans] Please, Pa!
-Don't "Pa" me.
You know I don't like that girl.
Well, Dad, you don't like anyone.
That's not true.
-What about tomorrow morning?
-I won't be late.
[sighs]
Yeah, okay.
[squeals, chuckling]
-[in English] Thanks. I love you.
-I love you too.
-[Martin in Afrikaans] Need money?
-[in English] No, thanks.
-[Martin in Afrikaans] All right, enjoy.
-Thank you.
-And be careful.
-[Melissa] Ooh!
[in English] So-- Sorry. [chuckles]
-Um
-[eerie music playing]
It's all right.
[in Afrikaans] Go ahead.
[all squealing happily]
[coin clinks]
["Shadows" by eVoid playing]
[man 1] Jeez, these guys
are playing like shit.
-Fucking pass the ball, man!
-[man 2] For fuck's sake, man!
[screaming happily]
Bro, check Melissa out.
-She looks hammered.
-Uh-huh.
So tell me.What actually happened
between the two of you?
[sighs]
That girl's way too much work.
[laughs]
-[in English] I'm winning!
-Yeah!
[in Afrikaans] And life's hard enough.
[gasps]
Oh.
Jesus!
[ominous music building]
[music fading]
[bed creaks]
[sighs]
-[in Tswana] Are you leaving already?
-Mm-hmm.
-[in English] Yeah.
-All right?
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, she's fine. We're fine.
Come here.
[both] Mm.
-Be careful, eh?
-Mm-hmm.
Vusi
Abby.
[in Tswana] You'll be safe?
[in English] Always.
[in Tswana] We'll be able to get
a new TV soon.
[sighs]
Don't worry, it's not so bad.
Besides, we don't have the money for it.
[Vusi] Hmm.
[in English] You're right.
I have to go.
["Wild Is the Wind"
by Nina Simone playing]
[laughs] Stop.
[slaps, chuckles]
[both chuckling]
[crickets chirping]
Love me, love me, love me
Say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress
Satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind
[song stops]
-John.
-Hey, Vus.
How's it looking in there?
There's about three or four
in the main house.
Let's go.
[ominous music playing]
Are we in this together?
We are.
[ominous music continues]
[clicks]
[flash-bang booms, rings]
-[screams]
-[objects clattering]
[shell clatters]
[door creaking]
[ominous music continues]
[metal rasps on floor]
[in Afrikaans] Jeez
It's the jackpot, brother.
It's the jackpot.
-[in English] What?
-Did you hear that?
[object jingling]
[flashlight clicks]
[eerie music building]
[music peaks]
[Vusi] Oh, shit.
[music fades]
Not gonna hurt you.
-Hey. Let's put a blanket on you.
-[sobbing softly]
Not gonna hurt you.
Here we go. Okay.
-[whimpers]
-You're safe now.
[crickets chirping]
[trunk door creaks, closes]
I'll give you a call
once I've made the dealwith Mongo.
It's risky.
Come on, Vus, if he thinks
you're setting him up, he'll kill you.
I know.
-[sighs] Still, you don't want back-up.
-Why? You know he hates whites.
[chuckles]
Well, I heard he hates cops even more.
Yeah, well, he likes money.
Don't we all?
What about her?
Uh, I'll drive her up to Queenstown.
I know some good people there.
And maybe they can put her
back together again.
Good luck, my friend.
-Always forward.
-Only together.
[spits]
Fucking drug dens.
Ah, that's you.
[indistinct conversations]
[dice rattling]
Slick. Long time.
Not long enough.
-[in Afrikaans] What's in the bag?
-It's for the boss.
-[in English] Tell the Russian I'm here.
-Tell him yourself, man.
Let him in.
["Too Late for Mama" by Brenda Fassie
playing in club]
It's too late
Too late for Mama
Sit.
[whistles]
[lighter clicking]
Here.
You're not supposed to be here. Are you?
What makes you say that?
So, what do you want,
cop?
[song fades]
[torch whooshing]
Shit. Makes you hard
just looking at it, eh?
[clacks]
So, you're selling now?
Is that it?
You're not a pig anymore.
Are we going to do this or what?
[chuckles]
I like this guy.
Take a seat.
What did he bring us, Slick?
[sighs] Purity stands at 48%.
[Russian] Hmm.
Do you mind?
Go ahead.
Whoo! [chuckles]
That's some good shit.
[sniffing]
[sighs] Sorry. Where's my manners?
Want a hit?
You're not still on duty, are you?
[sniffs]
[sniffs]
So, what do you want for it?
Five kgs, at R600 per gram.
That's three million.
Non-negotiable.
[laughing]
I like that.
Lets them know right up front
that you shouldn't be fucked with, no?
Right.
So, do we have a deal?
Funny thing is,
small crew from Mthatha somewhere
brought Slick the same offer.
Isn't that right, Slick?
What did you do? You rob 'em? Kill 'em?
I don't have time for games.
If you don't want my business,
I'll take it
somewhere else.
You know, a man's reach
should exceed his grasp,
otherwise, what's heaven for?
I mean, God knows these things,
and so do I.
What does that mean?
It means give us 48 hours.
If you can wait, then we have a deal.
Mm. Good.
Now, go downstairs. Have a drink on us.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[crickets chirping]
[reporter over radio] Oscar Pistorius
entering court facing 15 years for murder.
Have you heard about this?
Yeah, he's getting sentenced.
Ach, I knew a chick in Zimbabwe,
she almost shot herhusband.
But, uh, she heard this noise,
got her gun
[chuckling] and then
she couldn't load it.
What's wrong, buck?
[sighs] I've just got a strange feeling
about thisguy.
-This oke who just bought us lunch?
-Yeah, kinda like he's--
-[groans]
-[dramatic sting]
Personally, I don't think
he'll serve any time.
Not like we would
if we had to kill our wives.
Bloody rich never do.
[eerie music playing]
So, what do you want to chow?
I wanna have a steak.
[choking]
[gasping]
-[phone buzzing]
-[gasping]
[gasps in surprise]
[phone continues buzzing]
[clears throat]
Yeah?
I'm on my way.
[clears throat]
[ominous music playing]
-[crickets chirping]
-[music continues]
[gasps]
-[music fades]
-[both laughing]
[in Afrikaans] Jeez, Vusi,
I nearly wet myself.
[laughs]
-[in English] I'm sorry, I didn't knock.
-Give me ahug.
-It's an early one, eh?
-Yeah, well, you know how it goes.
Come when you're called,
go where they send.
And never ask the wrong questions?
[chuckles softly]
How's Abby, and the baby?
You know Abby, never complains.
The little one, I'd like to give her
a better life before shecomes.
You think it's in Jo'burg?
-[sighs] Sorry.
-[footsteps approaching]
John tells me everything.
Well, not everything.
All I'm saying is,
Vusi's right to want something more.
This place it's not the same anymore.
Not like it was. [exhales]
Anyway,
we might move too.
Did he tell you?
[sighs] Of course,
he tells you everything.
We, uh
[clears throat] We're not losing the farm.
All right?
I made you a promise.
And I keep my promises.
[kisses]
[breathes deeply]
[in Afrikaans] Love you.
[in English] Thank you.
Hey, Vus, hashe, uh
Has he agreed on our price?
Yeah, she says she'll have it
ready for us in a couple of days.
"She"?
Yeah.
-[chuckles softly]
-[scoffs]
Shit.
That's the best news I've heard in months.
[wind gusting]
[in Afrikaans] Oh, fuck.
[in English] Shit.
-John.
-Karel.
-Vusi.
-Karel.
[in Afrikaans]
It's a hell of a situation, this.
-[in English] Who found the car?
-I was on my way home, and I saw it here.
I know this car.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
[in Afrikaans] Yeah, it's registered
under Melissa van der Walt.
[in English] Van der Walt? The butcher?
Yeah.
[sheep bleating]
Is there a body?
[in Afrikaans] Uh-uh. Not yet.
[in English] But we have a few men that've
been searching for about two hours.
[in Afrikaans] But the veldt
and the fucking wind, man. Apologies.
[in English] Okay.
So she's run off the road, she crashes.
Before she knows what's going on,
somebody's on top of her.
She manages to fight him off.
Maybe even hurts him.
Maybe.
She got away, and he chases her.
[sighs]
We're going to need some more men.
Yeah.
-[wind gusting]
-[eerie music playing]
[dogs barking]
[dogs whining]
[dogs barking]
[Karel] John, we've got something.
Copy John Smit.
[Karel] We found something.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[camera shutter beeps, clicks]
[eerie music playing]
Tell them we found her.
-[wind gusting]
-[eerie music continues]
-[music fading]
-[rooster crowing]
-[in Afrikaans] Morning, Martin.
-John.
Hello, Lizette.
Hello.
[smacks lips, inhales]
-May we please sit?
-What's going on?
Uh, let's rather sit down.
[chair scrapes on floor]
[sighs]
We were called in this morning
to investigate an abandoned vehicle.
I don't understand. What do you mean?
Whose car did you find?
[ominous music playing]
-[John] It was Melissa's car.
-What about Melissa? Whatis he saying?
We sent in a search party,
with dogs, and...
I don't understand. What are you saying?
Lizette, I'm sorry.
We found her body this morning.
[wailing]
[in English] Baby
[in Afrikaans] Not my child!
-[wailing]
-[tragic string music playing]
Don't you fucking touch me!
[in English] Fuck you!
[wailing]
[sniffling]
[choked sobs]
[sobs]
[in Afrikaans] Wait, Martin. Listen.
We're going to find out whodid this,
and they're going to fucking pay.
You have my word.
All right?
Go well, Martin.
[in English] Don't make promises
you can't afford tokeep.
What?
Look, you knew her.
I'm sorry, that's tough enough.
But I'm not changing my plans.
I am going to collect the money,
and I'm going to leave.
I'm not getting involved in a murder case.
Just like that,you turn your back on her?
Well, it's not your fight.
Why must it be my fight?
Because I'm a copor becauseshe's white?
It's justice, Vus.
Justice? How many Black children
were killed thisyear?
How many of their cases were solved?
How many of them had the whole department
out at 3:00 in the fucking morning?
Yeah, I hear you. Okay.
Look, at the end of the week,
we'll both berich men.
You can save your farm,
I can give myfamily a decent life.
So why not let somebody else
just take this burden?
Hmm?
I don't care what it takes.
-You find out who did this.
-Yes, sir.
And if you need more men,
I'll transfer them from Queenstown.
-Thank you, sir. I'll appreciate that.
-Good! Good.
You'll hear from my office.
[in Afrikaans] What are you looking at?
Get to work!
Squad room, ten minutes, all of you!
[indistinct chatter]
[in English] All right, settle down.
[Captain in Afrikaans] Thank you, Lewis.
[in English] By now,
most of you have heard that the victim,
Melissa van der Walt,
was the mayor's niece.
Which means that this case has just
turned into a departmental shit storm.
It's election year.
And the mayor doesn't want
to come across as soft.
So he has personally offered a reward
to the department of R250,000--
-[all murmuring excitedly]
-[Lewis] Okay, settle down.
for the arrest and conviction
of his niece's killer.
Now, you two were
the first senior officerson site.
-Yeah. Affirmative.
-Yes, Captain.
And you knew the victim?
I was at school with the victim's father.
If you and Vusi want to pass this one on,
now's your chance.
That's all right, Captain.
We'll stay on it. Catch this bastard.
John?
[hoarsely] Yes.
[clears throat]
Yes, sir.
All right.
John and Vusi will take lead
and the rest of you will support them
in any waythat you can.
Are we clear?
-[officers] Yes, sir.
-Good. Now get going.
Our small community was
shocked by a terrible incident
yesterday morning.
And before we begin, I would
I would like to send
our prayers and our thoughts
to the family of the deceased.
Thank you.
-[woman] Captain.
-Yes?
[woman] Can you tell us
how old was the victim?
She would have been 18 in September.
I'm sorry to ask you this,
but is there any sign of rape?
Uh, that is inconclusive at this time.
Captain, was anything missing or stolen?
Uh, no. As far as we can see,
nothing has been taken.
-[man] Captain?
-Yes.
Who will be leading the investigation?
Ah, two of my best men. Senior officers.
Superintendent John Smit
and hispartner,
Detective Sergeant Vusi Matsoso.
[all applauding]
[imperceptible]
[in Afrikaans] As we say in Afrikaans,
these men are on the ball.
[in English] Captain? Captain, please,
just a few more questions.
Yes, of course.
Captain, there was a shoot-out
at a farmhouse
that saw at least three people
lose their lives.
Why has there been no mention of this?
Is it because they are not related
to themayor?
There was no mention
because it's an ongoinginvestigation.
And we're looking into
the cause of the shooting.
What about Golgotha Tavern?
What about it?
Almost every drug-related crime
can be traced back there.
And yet the tavern
has been allowedto continue
its operationsday and night.
There is no conclusive proof
that Golgotha Tavern
is involved in any way in this tragedy.
But wasn't the victim's body
discovered not too far from it?
The veldt where the body was found
borders the township, yes.
But that does not mean
that anybody from the township
had anything to do with this tragedy.
[man] She's right.
The tsotsis in this township
get away with things likemurder
because somebody in your department--
[in Afrikaans] Gerrit, please.
Just sit down.
[in English] They come from the townships
to kill our children! You do nothing.
Hey! Who's killing your children?
You bloody people!
[all clamoring]
[gentle piano music playing]
[in Afrikaans] You two better get to work,
and fast.
[music continues]
[opens beer]
[Abby in English] My love.
[in Tswana] I'm in here.
[Abby] Mm.
-[in English] Rough day, huh?
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm?
-Mm-hmm.
Mmm.
[chuckles softly]
I'm so proud of you.
Why?
[breathes deeply] Well, because
[in Tswana] you and John
give people hope.
[in English] You
give me
hope.
-Hope?
-Mm-hmm.
[in Tswana] Were we at the same meeting?
-Hmm?
-[both chuckling]
[Abby groans]
[in English] I know
that things are usually like this.
[in Tswana] But maybe
this time it will be different.
[Vusi inhales deeply]
[exhales]
-[groaning] Hmm
-[Abby] Mm? Mm? Mm?
-[Vusi chuckles]
-Mm? Mm-hmm?
[both] Mm.
[Abby] Mm. Mm.
[music continues]
[both] Mm.
[both chuckling]
[music continues]
[in Afrikaans] We need to establish
a timeline of Melissa's last 18 hours.
[in English] What time
did you see her last?
[in Afrikaans] Uh, she came
to the butcher shop around half past four,
with her friendsElsa and Maureen.
She asked permission
to spend the night at their place.
Did you notice
anything strangein her behavior?
-Anything she said?
-No.
No, she was herself.
Eager to spend the night with her friends.
[in English] Did she have a boyfriend?
[in Afrikaans] No.
Uh, she dated
my employee Hennie for a while,
but that's been over for more than year.
[in English] Did she have any enemies?
Someone that might want to cause her harm?
[in Afrikaans] She was barely 18.
How the fuck would she have enemies?
[John sighs] We're just trying to consider
all possibilites, that's all.
Is that so?
You're wasting fucking time.
Go look for the bastard!
Get out of the way!
-[in English] What do you think?
-I think you should have come alone.
What? Why?
You're joking, right?
No, I'm not.
Right now, anything that doesn't look
or sound like them is the enemy.
And to them, I am just as Black
as the man that they think
killed their little girl.
They just found out
that they lost their daughter.
Fuck's sake! Not everything's about race.
[ominous music playing]
Hey. Check this out.
What have you got?
She wears that necklace
in every picture,except that one.
-Has it been bagged?
-Not yet.
Oh, well,
she could've lost it in the veldt.
Mm. Maybe.
-[phone buzzing]
-[John sighs]
Ah, shit.
I gotta take this.
Melissa was supposed to stay over
[sniffles] but she never came back
from the bar.
Which bar was this?
The Burning Bush.
Did, um-- Did something happen
at this bar?
There was an incident
with Melissa and her ex, but--
Hennie de Villiers?
And what-- what incident was this?
Hennie and Melissa dated for a while.
But she broke things off
because he has atemper.
How big of a temper?
[young woman] He got jealous.
And he hit her.
Did he hit her last night?
[sobbing]
[sniffling]
Yeah.
She was here with her girlfriends.
And a few other Black guys.
[scoffs]
What happened?
[sighs]
Look.
I don't care about the company you keep,
as long as you behave and you pay.
Money is money.
What'd they actually do?
They caused problems
with some of my clients,
so I threw the whole lot out.
If you wanna see,
I've got it all on camera.
So here are the video files,
this is according to camera and time.
[smacks lips] Thanks,
I'll take it from here.
[thuds]
[people talking in video]
Stop right there.
Play it again.
-Bye.
-Bye.
-Drive safe.
-Drive safe.
-Stop.
-Who's that?
Kop. Hijacking gangster
that works for the Russian.
Shit.
No wonder she's dead.
Hey, Vus, what's wrong?
-Fuck this shit!
-Vusi!
Hey! What the hell
do you think you're doing?
-You're a fucking Ka--
-Say it.
Say it.
[John] Vusi
-Say it!
-[John] Vusi! Vus, Vus, come on.
[tense music playing]
Give me a fucking excuse and say it!
Vusi Vusi
Vusi.
Vus. Come on. Come on.
[John cocks gun, grunts a warning]
You want me to shoot some sense
in that dumb fuck head ofyours, buck.
Huh?
Mm.
Thought not.
[in Afrikaans] Go fuck yourself.
[dramatic music playing]
[John sighs]
[sniffs, exhales]
[music fades]
[in English] You think there's any hope
for this land, John?
Think we'll ever get past the hate?
[scoffs] Past it? Fuck.
[wind gusting]
That's a big ask.
You know, a lot of blood
has been spilled in thisplace.
But I consider you my brother.
You know?
You're the only oke
in the worldI really trust, so
that's enough for me.
[coughs]
[John] Cheers.
[gasps]
We gotta stop getting this cheapkak, eh?
[chuckles]
Ah
[indistinct chatter on video]
[woman screams]
[in Afrikaans] Damn!
-[in English] Who's the one with the hook?
-We don't know yet, Captain.
If he runs with Kop, he's bad news.
-[Captain] Mm.
-[man shouts in video]
All right. This is what I want.
Find the guy with the hook
and bring him in.
Let's start with the ex.
[John] All right.
[quietly] Please.
I didn't kill her.
I would never hurt her. Please.
I would never hurt her.
Is that right?
Hmm?
Now, what the fuck do you call this?
[people screaming in video]
Hey? Bet it wasn't
the first time, eh, big man?
Hmm?
You can say what you want.
I didn't kill her.
So you admit you hit her?
I I mean, I-- I lost my temper
once or twice.
-But that's all-- that's all--
-Bullshit!
I have testimonies from her best friends
saying that she was afraid of you,
you are violentand you're out of control.
-And that, that is why she left you.
-No. No.
I loved her.
-You loved her?
-I loved her.
Please.
Well, now.
That there, that's not love.
Oh, God. Fuck.
-And that?
-Fuck.
-[crying]
-That's not love.
-Oh, and this one? Mm? That? Is that love?
-Oh, jeez. Fuck.
[John] Hmm? This one?
You need a fucking therapist
if you think that's love. Hmm?
-You were jealous.
-No.
-You ran her off the road, then beat her.
-No.
To death, in cold blood.
Come on, admit it.
Listen, just confess.
'Cause you-- Vus! Ah, fuck, Vus!
Shut up and stop crying!
You know, I hate women beaters the most.
-[groans]
-Now talk, or I'm going to hurt you.
[Hennie] Okay, okay, okay!
[eerie music playing]
After I got kicked out of the bar,
I went to a friend's house,
Kobus van Jaarsveld.
We smoked joints and drank a lot of beer.
I have witnesses.
I can prove I was there 'til lunch--
-What about your hand?
-I punched a wall. I was fucking angry!
If there's anyone
you should suspect of killing her,
it's that gangster she left me for.
What's his name?
Sonnyboy.
She called him Sonnyboy.
What the fuck were you thinking? I--
-I had that under control.
-Well, it worked, didn't it?
The how isn't as important
as getting results, remember?
You taught me that.
I don't like to shit where I eat,
and I'm not losing my jobover this kak!
You feel me, buck?
Yeah.
Well, good.
[suspenseful music playing]
This money's gonna do a lot of good.
-What, you're not even going to count it?
-I trust you.
-[laughing]
-[chuckles]
That's the best thing I've heard all day.
Well, I know how important
your reputationis to you.
A man's reputation is all he has.
What he's done,
what he can do.
That's all he has.
Well, then, never let it be said
that I was a dishonest criminal.
Hmm.
[pats bag]
[door opens]
[dog barking in distance]
So what are you going to do now?
I'm thinking about Egoli.
Get a fresh start.
Oh.
That's definitely the place to do it.
I could always use people like you.
Call this number when you get there.
Tell him I sent you.
-Just like that?
-Why should it be any harder?
What do you think?
Most cops that work for us
have no dignity.
They smoke, gamble, alcoholics.
But this one, see, this one,
he doesn't know what he wants to be.
Not yet.
I was afraid you were gonna say that.
Take the men and follow him.
Starting to cost a lot more
than you're worth, son.
[in Xhosa] Sorry, Uncle Mongo.
[in English] I will leave in the morning.
[chuckles]
[in Tswana] I know I'm early
but I couldn't wait to
[object clatters]
What's going on?
They're fighting,
and he's been hitting her.
-[woman in English] Fucking coward!
-[man] Fuck you, you fucking bitch!
[ominous music playing]
Dumb, little crying bitch.
[man chuckles]
You're a fucking coward.
That's all you are.
You're a fucking coward!
[man] Fuck you! Huh?
Oh!
[laughing]
You called the cops.
Do you know who I am?
Huh?
You know who I am?
Huh?
This is my house.
Get the fuck out.
-Sir--
-Out, get out.
-Get the fuck out! Get the fuck--
-You need-- You need to calm down.
Get the fuck out!Get the fuck out!
-I need you to calm down.
-Get the fuck out!
I didn't call him,
he's the maid's husband,
you fucking moron!
-[grunts]
-[screams]
Look, I am not going to ask you again!
Calm down! Is she all right?
-Yeah.
-[man] Hey, man.
Hey. Hey, nobody called you.
Nobody called you.Nobody called you!
So get the fuck out of my house,
or I'm going to go and get my firearm,
and I'm going to fuck you up, little boy!
-[spits]
-[woman screams]
[both grunting]
[groans]
Leave him alone!
[grunting]
-Who's your little boy now?
-Leave him alone!
Leave him alone!
Leave him alone, you fucking bastard!
You fucking animal!
[man groans]
-[woman] Get out!
-[groans]
Get out! Get out before I press charges.
We need to go!We need to go!
[groaning]
[grunts]
[woman panting]
[music fades]
[truck idling]
[turns off engine]
[ominous music playing]
[door creaking open]
[inhales, shudders]
[in Tswana] Vusi,
what were you thinking?
What were you thinking?
You say nothing the whole way home,
and now you pick their side?
[in English] Ugh, damn it, Vusi!
This is not about sides.
You could lose your job over this, huh?
[in Tswana] I've already lost mine.
And what about our baby?
Everything I do, is for her!
Men like that are a danger to everyone.
They deserve everything they get.
[phone buzzes]
[in English] Yeah?
Yeah, I'm on my way.
And John?
I got it.
Yeah.
I'll keep it here for now.
[in Tswana] What's going on?
You need to start packing.
We leave for Jo'burg
at the end of the week.
Goodness, this week?
We can't even afford Jo'burg, Vusi.
[in English] Vusi, where did you get this?
[in Tswana] I earned it.
[in English] Well, at least half.
How?
[in Tswana] We had a few side deals
lined up, and some of them came through.
[in English] Were they illegal?
Illegal? Do you even know what that--
[in Tswana] Don't you dare lie to me!
Are you a thief? Did you steal this?
[in English] No, I'm not a fucking thief!
[in Tswana] Look.
It doesn't matter where the money's from.
What matters is what we do with it.
[gasps in disbelief]
[in English] I can't believe
what I'm hearing.
[gasps]
[in Tswana] Abby, look at our country.
[Abby in English] Oh, God.
[in Tswana] Look at our country.
Look at our presidents, our politicians.
[in English] Your boss!
They're all doing it.
Looking out for themselves,
lining their own pockets.
And now that I'm doing,
you wanna judge me? Me?!
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-[yelps]
Are you happy that I risk my life
to protect these bastards
that think of me
as nothing more than a Kaffir?
[crying]
You know You know I don't think that.
Let's be free, Abby.
Let's-- Let's be free.
Huh? Free from you having
to-- to sweep their floors,
me having to protect them
when they sleep, Abby.
-[cries]
-Abby, Abby
[in Tswana] We can
finally have a decent life.
Huh?
[Abby inhales]
[exhales] Vusi
we already have a decent life.
[in Tswana] Can't you see?
[in English] This
This dirty money
is not going to change how they see you.
It's not going to change
how you see yourself.
[gentle music playing]
[in Tswana] I am begging you.
[phone buzzing]
[in English] Please.
I have to go.
Think about what I said.
[in Tswana] But start packing.
[chair clatters, scrapes floor]
[whispers] Vusi.
[grunts]
[sobs softly]
[inhales]
[exhales slowly]
[ominous music playing]
[in English] Yeah.
He's leaving now.
No, he left it behind.
What do you want me to do?
Okay.
[in Afrikaans] Welcome, everyone,
sorry to keep you out of your warm beds.
[in English] Thanks for joining us.
[in Afrikaans] There's shit
in the water, folks.
[in English] And we're choosing
the worst possible time to take it out.
I'll be the first to admit
we've been avoiding thatplace
for too long.
But if we don't act now, those bastards
will get awaywith everything,
and I will not let thathappen.
Lewis.
All right, based on our recon
[in Afrikaans] We're lookingat
approximately 200 people.
Most under 30,
and most will be armed.
So remember, we're going in outnumbered,
and the last thing we need
is another incident.
This clown, Mongo,
who runs this place,
has high connections
with the township justice system
and the Russians.
Behind the scenes,
people are buyingand selling
hijacked cars, goods stolen from homes,
guns, drugs, copper wire, you name it.
This bastard thinks
he's the township's Robin Hood!
[in English] Be that as it may, we're not
after himand his buddies tonight.
Tonight's target is Sonnyboy and Kop.
Go get them, guys.
[indistinct conversations]
You realize this guy just paid us in full.
He's going to think we double-crossed him.
It's the job. We don't have a choice.
Maybe.
-What are you doing?
-Warning him.
I'll see you in the car.
["How Men of Yarn"
by Tarryn Lamb and Paulo Azevedo playing]
How men of yarn talk of the weather
Waiting on answers
And passing the time
The tears of a blind man who can see
Measure the life of things to be
With pestilence heightened
The wicked run free
If death lay in my hands
Which man would I free?
Which man would I free?
How men of yarn
Forgive them, Father
No, they know not what they do
How men of yarn
Search warrant?
Hand him over,
or things are gonna get a lot worse.
You know who make police?
Township people who want
to be middle class.
And they'll do it,
no matter who they step on.
Hey, Vus.
These pricks
always thinkthey're Robin Hood.
You're far from it, buck.
-How many people have you stepped on?
-Not nearly as many as you, white man.
[scoffs]
Look, just give us
what we want and we'll leave.
This is not about us.
Township people get killed
and stabbedall the time.
Now one white girl gets killed,
and you wanna break down my door?
I don't think so.
Now go.
And if you think this is over, it's not.
-Take your brother with you.
-Whoa.
[breathes deeply]
[indistinct conversations in distance]
[knocking]
[in Xhosa] Hey, Kop.
[in Afrikaans] Sonnyboy,
it's time, my brother.
[in Xhosa] Cool.
Cool.
-[Sonnyboy sniffles]
-[banging on door]
[banging on door]
[banging on door]
-[in English] Who is it?
-Open up! Police!
Run!
Drop that fucking weapon! On your knees!
[exciting music playing]
I'll get the car!
Run, Sonnyboy!
Run, run!
[all shouting]
[dog barking]
[music softens]
[panting]
[radio beeps]
John
John, he's gone.
John?
[John] Vusi? Vus, we have him.
You shit!
-[grunts] Huh?
-[groans]
[people shouting]
You thought you could
get away with it, huh?
-[grunts]
-[groans]
[spits]
[in Xhosa] What are you looking at?
What are you looking at?
What are you looking at?
[people continue shouting]
[in English] He killed the girl, man.
-[in Xhosa] This white man is lying!
-[John in English] Put him in the van.
Get him in the fucking van.
[in Xhosa] Hey, Mom,
this piece of shit is lying.
[John] Get him away.
He's lying! This person is lying.
-[John] You are lying!
-You dog shit!
Get him in the fucking bakkie.
No, he's lying. He's lying, man!
[tense, dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
-[applause, whistling]
-[man] Whoo! Whoo!
[in English] Hey, hey.
Oh, now, that's for me, thanks. Thank you.
Vus, you want a coffee?
[knocks]
[in Afrikaans] Martin, are you all right?
You've been sitting here for a while.
[sighs]
Sorry, I lost track of time.
[inhales sharply, exhales]
I'm ready.
Okay. Come in.
It's pretty.
[crying]
I'm just going to need
your signatureon the invoice,
then we can begin.
You did a good job.
Thank you.
I'll give you a moment.
I miss you.
I miss you so much.
[sobbing]
I'm heartbroken
that such a thing has happened.
I wish with my whole heart
that I could change things,
that I could understand for one moment
how such a thing could've happened to you.
[sobbing]
[sobbing]
[sobs loudly]
[sobs]
[sighs]
[breathes deeply]
But I promise you, my love
I will find him.
[voice breaks]
[whispers] I will find him.
[in English] Abby, I've been thinking.
What if I resigned today?
[thuds]
[chair scrapes floor]
[smacks lips]
Good morning, officer.
[Vusi pants]
[ominous music playing]
What do you want?
See, I can tell. You don't like
intruders in yourplace either.
Please.
Let her go, she's innocent.
[Russian laughing]
-[yawns]
-[continues laughing]
[inhales]
Don't you know that when you cross me,
I take everything from you?
[Abby sobs]
But I warned you.
I told you they were coming.
Yes, but you embarrassed me.
And I have my reputation to consider.
That's all a man has,
right, is a reputation.
-Vusi!
-Wait! Wait!
[grunts]
I have money.
[Russian] Hmm?
You can have it.
Giving me back my money won't fix this.
Life is going to cost youmuch, muchmore.
[lock clacking]
[Slick] Whoo!
-[whistles admiringly]
-This one.
[sniffs]
[exhales]
[sniffs]
[exhales, sniffs]
[whistling]
[chuckling]
You been busy, eh?
How many bribes did this take?
Fuck you.
Fuck me?
Word of advice,
from one criminal to another.
If you're gonna be forcedto stay in hell,
don't spend all your time
dreaming of heaven.
Look where that got you.
[groans in pain]
[groans]
[exhales]
[panting]
They took everything?
All I had. Your share, too.
Shit!
How the fuck could you let this happen?
I didn't let it happen.
They held my family at gunpoint!
What was I supposed to do?
[sighs]
[breathes deeply]
Can we get it back?
No. Not without a fight.
Without the force, we ain'tgetting
within ten feetof that place.
What a fuck-up!
So that's it.
It's over.
No, no. No, not if we can get
that murderer charged.
We collect the reward.
Still the plan, right?
-Let's just make sure he's guilty.
-[chuckles]
[pats truck] Oh, we will. Trust me, buddy.
-So the grandmother says he can't read?
-Yeah.
Hi, Doc. How's our prisoner?
Well, he's got two fractured ribs
and a minor concussion,
but he should be fine, given time to rest.
I must say, I was surprised.
Surprised about what?
Based on the strike pattern,
I thought he'd be right-handed.
Your man's a lefty.
-Are you saying we have the wrong man?
-No. She's not saying that.
No, she's not saying that.
Either way, we're gonna have
to work him over,
find out what his story is.
Of course.
I'll take some blood, see what matches.
[John] Oh, well.
I didn't kill her.
But something happened that night.
After we left the bar,
we were nearly run off the road
by a white bakkie.
[in Xhosa] You know he's full of shit.
Should have let me kick his ass. Jesus.
I can't be disrespected by little boys.
You okay?
-[in English] Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
-Are you sure, babes?
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
[in Xhosa and Afrikaans] I swear
if I see that shit again, he's dead. Dead!
[in English] Then you'll go to jail.
Just leave Hennie, okay?
He's not worth it.
Babes, does your father
know what he did to you?
What's
There's a lot my father doesn't know.
[eerie music playing]
-[in Afrikaans] What's this guy's problem?
-What?
-What?
-Why's he driving on my ass?
What's his problem?
[music fades]
[in English] Can you identify this bakkie?
[sniffles]
If I saw it again, yeah.
It was one
of those really big hunting types.
And after that, she dropped me off
in the township and drove home.
You let her go home alone?
[in Xhosa] I begged Melissa
not to go alone.
[in English] Even if I could
go back with her to Elsa's farm
and walk back to the township.
But she said no.
Why would she say no?
Because she was afraid
of her peoplefinding out about us.
[John chuckles dryly]
I've known Melissa
since she was a littlegirl.
And she would never in a million years
risk everything for a fuck-up like you.
[in Xhosa] You're talking shit.
[in Afrikaans] You know fuck-all
about Melissa,
and you know fuck-all about me.
Oh.
[in Xhosa] Really?
I'm some dumb white man?
[in English] You've been in and out
of prison since you were ten years old.
Hmm?
Assault, robbery. You've got a rap sheet
as long as my fucking arm.
You're a liar and a thief,
and now, ungumbulali. A murderer.
-John
-No, Vus.
I'm not gonna let this boy
sit here and lie to us.
Melissa gave him a lift
out of the goodness of her heart.
And as a thank you,
he raped and he fucking beat her to death!
Fuck you, bro.
Hmm?
[in Xhosa] Fuck you. I said fuck you.
[in Xhosa] Fuck me?
-[in English] John!
-[Sonnyboy] Fuck.
[tense music playing]
[in Xhosa] Shit,
even if you do that, fuck you.
[coughing]
[in English] Fuck!
[in Xhosa] Fuck you too!
Fuck you, you're all the same.
-[thuds]
-[in English] Ah! Fuck!
Fuck you!
Fuck.
-What the hell was that?
-I'm sorry, man.
-We can't afford to mess this up!
-Said I was sorry, okay?
[panting]
-So, what do you think of his story?
-About the white bakkie?
This place is full
of fuckin' white bakkies.
-So you think he's lying.
-Of course he's lying!
That's all these little shits can do
until they can't anymore.
Listen to me.
Our only job is to get
a signed confession out of him.
That is it, okay?
Now the sooner we do it, the better.
Let's go finish the job.
[ominous music playing]
[knocking at door]
-Vus?
-Mm-hmm?
-You okay?
-Yes. What's that?
Oh, it's everything Sonnyboy had on him.
Thanks.
[mysterious music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sonnyboy in Afrikaans] You'll see!
That thing will break, bro.
[in English] Sonnyboy.
Sonnyboy!
What do you see?
[groans]
That's it.
That's the bakkie.
[in Xhosa] That's it.
[in English] That's the bakkie.
You're sure?
100%, Detective.100%.
Do you believe me now?
Detective, do you believe me now?
[eerie music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[Vusi] Doctor?
Yeah.
So there is someone else?
[suspenseful music playing]
[music building]
[music fades]
[doctor] I've already told Vusi
that it's only thesemen that matches.
John? Did you hear me?
Yeah, I heard-- heard you.
[clears throat]
Thanks.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
[sniffles]
[music fades]
Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you.
Some food.
It's not that good,
but I thought you were hungry.
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[slides papers]
Some paper for you to sign.
What paper sign?
Well, if you want to get out of here
and prove you're innocent, then, uh
[inhales] your best and only chance
is to talk to the judge.
It's a request form
to speed up your courtappearance.
You can sit here
in remand detention for the next year,
it's easy, I-- I don't care.
It's up to you.
[in Xhosa] Do you have a pen?
Here's a pen.
[smacking lips]
[in English] Make your mark there.
No, make your mark. I'll do the rest.
[in Xhosa] There you go.
Thank you.
[in Tswana] You're leaving?
To my mother's.
Why?
[sniffles]
[exhales loudly]
[in English] You know why.
-Abby, Abby, Abby--
-Don't.
[in Tswana] I'm begging you.
[in English] Just, please, don't do this.
Just wait. Just Just wait.
[in Tswana] Our home
[in English] is not safe anymore.
[in Tswana] Do you understand that?
-[in English] But you're safe--
-I really, really thought
we were going to die this morning.
But you're safe now.
[exhales] Oh.
[in Tswana] I've got
a job waiting for me.
What job?
[exhales deeply]
[in English] I'm going to take over
my mother's duties
[sniffles] because
[in Tswana] she's getting too old
for domestic work.
-[in English] But you hate being a maid.
-[sighs, chuckles]
[car horn honks]
I have to go.
[sighs deeply]
I-- I-- I need to go.
All right.
[in Tswana] Please take these.
[exhales] Uh
[inhales deeply]
I'll call you when I get there.
[sobbing]
[Vusi in English] So sorry for everything.
[Abby sobbing] I know. I know.
[in Tswana] I'm going to make it right.
I'll get back everything
when we get to Jo'burg.
[in English] Vusi
[gasps]
[sighs loudly]
All this time
you spent
[in Tswana] trying to get back
what's been taken from you
[in English] more and more
is walking out the door.
[melancholy piano music playing]
But when
you are ready
I will be waiting.
-[sobbing]
-[tragic music playing]
[inhales deeply]
[sobs]
Drive.
[sniffles]
-[sobbing]
-[music continues]
[melancholy music playing]
[tapping foot sadly]
[music fading slowly]
So she left you, huh?
Yeah.
I'm sorry to hear that, man.
No it's for the best right now.
-Yeah. [sighs]
-At least that's what I tell myself.
Mm.
Mm!
You and the bank?
The bank?
[chuckles]
Ah, it's all good, man. It's all settled.
How?
[chuckles] You haven't heard?
Reward money came through.
What?
We solved the case, man.
I-- I tried to call you,
but, you know, you've been so busy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Sonnyboy confessed?
Mm-hmm.
Confessed and, uh, signed his little X.
No, no, I don't understand.
Did the doctor call you?
Yeah, she did.
And, well, if another match
is found, then,
you know, maybe they'll drop the charges,
but fornow, he's guilty, bru.
-[shatters]
-[echoing] Fuck!
-Vusi, what the fuck?
-Fuck!
-Hey! I thought we were in this together.
-Oh, we were, but not anymore!
[John] What?
Is-- Is this about your share?
Ugh!
[stammering] Come on, man. The mayor paid
the moneyinto the account this morning.
There'll be 100 grand
in your accounttomorrow morning, bud.
Fifty grand goes to the department,
I get 100 grand.
It's fucking tax-free! What do you-- What?
Vus, why the fuck
are you acting like this?
Listen to me. This whole fucking charade
was your idea, okay?
And now that it's worked out,
you're acting like a bitch. What the fuck?
[grunts] Vusi!
Fuck you!
Did that boy even know
what he was signing?
[John groans, pants]
I'll fuckin' shoot you where you stand,
you piece of shit!
[John gasping]
Now get the fuck off my farm!
[John shuddering]
[inhales, groans]
[panting]
So there it is.
The real you.
What? You're suspended, you piece of shit!
Fuck off!
[panting]
[inhales, groans]
[panting]
[tense music playing]
[mournful music playing]
[sniffles]
Melissa
[in Afrikaans] she loved
this time of day the most.
Yeah. Yeah.
[gentle piano music playing]
-[breathes deeply]
-[breath shudders]
[Melissa in English] He stands
between the gloom,
charmed
by a flight of the imagination.
The phantom angel-man
breaks his mask
and sears his hesitancy.
Revered for his valor
[Sonnyboy sobs, sniffles]
he walks with her
through the narrow chamber,
hands clutched.
[Sonnyboy sniffling]
[Melissa] Hey.
Babe?
[sniffles]
-Can you hear me?
-[hopeful music playing]
And below the cotton sky in their cocoon
they lay snug.
And recount the eclipse of their souls.
Seated
[echoing] on the rim of time.
[liquid sloshing]
[clanks]
["Living in a Box"
by Chris Chameleon playing]
We're living in a box
Running out of luck
No shoes, no socks
Baby
Oh, oh, we're living in a box
Running out of luck
No shoes, no socks
Baby
Oh, you twist and shout
You can't get out
Oh, baby
Oh, oh, oh, baby
Oh, you twist and shout
You can't get out
-Oh, baby
-[groaning]
Oh, you twist and shout
You can't get out
Oh, baby
Oh, oh, oh, baby
-Oh, you twist and shout
[groans]
You can't get out
Oh, baby
Oh, you twist and shout
-[ominous music playing]
-[groans]
It's the end of the line, baby.
[sobbing]
I'd love to stay and play, but
it's become a bit risky.
[sobbing loudly]
[clanks]
[clicks tongue]
[exhaling in relief]
-[rattles]
-Yeah.
-[continues sobbing]
-Close.
But listen.
The good news
is I'll see you soon.
[sobbing loudly]
[flames whoosh]
[woman screaming in pain]
[tragic music playing]
[John] Gave us quite a bit of bucks now.
Maybe a steak.
[choking]
[John] Sweet lemons.
[gasps for air]
[music continues over dialogue]
[woman sobbing]
-[thunder cracks, rumbles]
-Ah! [sniffles]
[rain pattering]
[gasping]
[groans]
[breathing heavily]
[mutters]
[morose music playing]
[exhales]
[breathing deeply]
[screaming silently]
[shudders]
[whimpers]
[starts engine]
[sniffles]
[music continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[indistinct conversations, laughter]
[dance music playing faintly]
[grunts]
-[indistinct conversations]
-[dance music playing]
[all yelping in surprise]
[in Xhosa] What are you doing?
Back of the line!
[in English] It's fine. I got this.
You've got some set of balls.
[chuckles]
[spits]
Mother--
-[women screaming]
-Everybody get the fuck out!
Fuck him up.
[Vusi groaning]
[groaning]
[tense music playing]
[spits, chuckles]
[tense music building]
-[fires gun]
-[Vusi groans]
[gasps]
[Vusi panting]
You thinkyou can come to my club
and I'll help you out of your misery?
I'm done doing you favors.
Now get out of my club!
Get this piece of shit out of here.
-[man 1] You got it.
-[man 2] Go ahead.
-Fuck you, Mongo!
-Fuck you!
[Vusi] Fuck you and your reputation!
-[groaning]
-[man] Shut up! Shut up!
-[clicking]
-[somber music playing]
Put this on him.
There's gonna be protestors at the court.
[cuffs rattling]
[cuffs clicking]
[knocking at door]
[knocking continues]
-[phone buzzing]
-[grunts softly]
[grunts]
[knocking continues]
Ah, shit. Hold on!
[knocking continues]
[grunts]
Hold on!
Yeah?
[doctor] Yeah, what? It's me, open up.
[sighs]
[clatters]
For the love of Mike,
I've been calling you for two days!
What the hell happened to you?
[groaning softly]
Is there something you wanted?
-I found a match
-[pills rattle]
between the hair samples you gave me
and the skin under her nails.
His name is Wilhelm Jooste.
[sighs]
[pills rattling]
You're wasting your time.
I've been suspended.
What for?
Breaking my boss's nose.
Jesus.
You don't give a shit, do you?
That boy's gonna be locked up
for something he didn't do
because you can't get over yourself.
Fuck.
[clicks tongue]
[slams folder]
[grunting]
[sighs]
[clamoring]
[chanting indistinctly]
When we move, you keep your head down.
[in Xhosa] Do you understand?
Good. Let's go.
-[thuds]
-[in English] Fuck!
-What are you doing here?
-To talk.
Give me one reason why I shouldn't
arrest you right now for obstruction.
Three years ago, you and I took a bribe
that costan innocent girl her life.
-Are you wearing a fuckin' wire?
-I'm not trying to burn you, man.
Look, the same guy we let go then
is the same bastard that killedMelissa,
Wilhelm Jooste.
His DNA matches
the skin samples found under her nails.
[officer] Is everything all right?
Arrest this man
for obstruction
and for being a disgrace to the force!
What? Is this about your nose?
Argh, fuck you, man.
Look, John, the boy is innocent.
-Look at the bloody file!
-[cuffs clicking]
Thank you, I'll pass it to the judge,
but it's out of my hands now.
-Look, John, if you want--
-Get in the car.
If you wantto blame somebody,blame me.
I never took the job seriously.
I never respected it.
I never realized how much depended
on me just doing right.
John, look, I should have been
a better cop, a better partner,
a better friend!
Look, I should have donea lot of things
differently, John, but let the boy go!
[voice breaking] Everything you did,
you did for your family.
What I'm doing is for mine.
-Put him in.
-John!
John! Fuck, John.
God damn it!
John!
[yells in Xhosa] Let's go! Hurry up!
[crowd chanting in English] Free Sonnyboy!
[mouths] Fuck you.
[chanting] Free Sonnyboy!
Justice for Melissa!
[crowd screaming]
[melancholy music playing]
[shot echoes]
Get a medic! Get a fucking medic!
Run!
Get a medic!
Now!
[siren wailing]
[music continues]
[music fades]
[breathes deeply]
["Oh My Lord" by Chris Chameleon playing]
You made these hands
You gave them work
Oh my Lord
You made these feet
And where they walk
Oh my Lord
Take me back, my Lord
Bring me home, my Lord
-You made this heart
-[imperceptible]
You made it beat
Oh my Lord
You made these eyes
And all they see
Oh my Lord
Take me home, my Lord
Bring me back, my Lord
[panting]
You made this soul
And why it's so
Oh my Lord
You made this wind
This wild, wild wind
[suspenseful music playing]
[music fades]
Wilhelm!
Wilhelm!
[ominous music playing]
We've been expecting you.
Well, here I am.
Too bad you came here to die.
So that's it?
I thought you people saw yourselves
as some kind of warriors.
Or are you just some sick
fucking serialkiller hiding behind them?
[chuckles softly]
All right.
[chuckles]
When this is over
you're gonna wish I shot you.
[both grunting]
[chuckles]
[both grunting]
[yells] Why?
Nice.
I see you've had some training.
[in Afrikaans] Nice, man.
-[grunts]
-Huh?
Huh? [grunts]
[laughs]
[Vusi groans]
-[Wilhelm laughing]
-[groans]
-Come. Come, come, come. Come on!
-[groans]
[Wilhelm grunts]
[Vusi panting]
[somber music playing]
[in English] You want to know
[mocking sadness] why
I killed Melissa.
[mocking sadness] "Why?"
I killed all the others.
I did it because I could.
[Melissa grunting]
[in Afrikaans] Where do you think
you're going?
[in English] I did it
so they all can be my slaves
in the afterlife!
-[thuds]
-[dramatic music playing]
[laughing]
Come, stand up.
[grunts]
[Melissa whimpers]
-[groaning in pain]
-[grunting]
-[both grunting]
-[dramatic music building]
-[spits]
-[grunting in disgust]
[tense music playing]
[ominous music playing]
-[gasps, moans]
-[Melissa whimpering]
[eerie music playing]
[whimpers, spits]
-[sobs mockingly]
-[Melissa whimpering]
[in Afrikaans] Look Look
Look
You've got a little heart.
[shudders]
A little heart
[Wilhelm moans softly]
[Melissa grunting]
-[Melissa struggling]
-[tragic music playing]
[Wilhelm moans]
[choking]
[Wilhelm moans]
[choking]
[grunting]
[panting]
-[grunts loudly]
-[thuds]
[gurgling]
[mocking]
[grunting weakly]
[in English] You sound
like a butterfly trapped
[shudders] under an umbrella.
[Wilhelm laughing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Wilhelm giggles]
[Vusi groaning]
[ominous music playing]
-You're under arrest for murder!
-[dramatic music building]
[Vusi grunting]
-[groans]
-[music fades]
[wind gusting]
[groaning]
[groaning in pain]
[muttering]
[grunts]
[groaning in pain]
[grunts, sighs]
[sighing loudly]
[breathing weakly]
[car alarm blaring in distance]
[sirens approaching]
[men shouting in distance]
[shudders]
[gunshot in distance]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
[wind gusting]
[sirens and gunshots continue]
[shuddering]
-[grunts weakly]
-[sounds fade]
-["The Man Comes Around" plays]
-And I heard, as it were
The noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying
Come and see
And I saw
And behold a white horse
There's a man goin' 'round
Takin' names
[sirens approaching]
And he decides
Who to free and who to blame
Everybody won't be treated
All the same
There'll be a golden ladder
Reachin' down
When the man comes around
The hairs on your arm will stand up
At the terror
In each sip and in each sup
Will you partake
Of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the potter's ground?
When the man comes around
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singing
Multitudes are marchin'
To the big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all
Trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee
To kick against the pricks
Till armageddon, no shalam, no shalom
Then the father hen
Will call his chickens home
The wise man
Will bow down before the throne
And at his feet
They'll cast their golden crowns
When the man comes around
Whoever is unjust
Let him be unjust still
Whoever is righteous
Let him be righteous still
Whoever is filthy
Let him be filthy still
Listen to the words long written down
When the man comes around
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singing
Multitudes are marchin'
To the big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all
Trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn trees
It's hard for thee
To kick against the pricks
In measured hundredweight
And penny pound
When the man comes around
And I heard a voice
In the midst of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death
And hell followed with him
[somber string music playing]
Subtitle translation by:
-[grass rustling]
[birds chirping]
Listen.
I want to thank you
for giving me this lucky break.
From now on,
I'll always stick to the speedlimit.
[officer whistling]
Is that enough?
All righty, then, officer.
[reporter over radio] the final act
in the legal sagaand soap opera
that has gripped South Africa
for several years.
[ominous music playing]
Judge Thokozile Masipa seemed ready
to hand out one more surprise
[fly buzzing]
["Siembamba" by Chris Chameleon playing]
[groaning]
[woman continues groaning]
What? What?
-[woman continues groaning]
-[man laughing]
[exclaims contentedly]
[breathing deeply]
[screaming]
[imitates screaming]
[cackles]
[in Afrikaans] It's all right,
we're going to barbecue.
[music fades]
[wind gusting]
[thunder rumbling]
[man encourages horse]
[man in car] Don't take up
the whole bloody road!
[eerie music playing]
[saw whirring]
-[thuds]
-[door creaks]
That's R24,00.
[man 1] The Impalas,
they run aroundthe whole field.
They should defend more.
-[man 2] Will you watch the game?
-[man 1] Definitely. I'm there.
There we go. How much do I owe you?
Don't worry, it's on the house.
[coughs] Are you sure?
Yeah, it's nothing.
[man 1 coughing]
Sure. Thanks, Martin.
-And send my greetings to Lizette.
-Yes, I will.
Are you all right?
I'm fine, I just have to cough it up.
Otherwise, it continues.
Goodbye, uncle.
[coughing]
Hi, Pa!
My darling child, how are you?
-Good. And you, Pa?
-Good.
[in English] Um, is it cool
if I sleep over
at Elsa and Maureen's tonight?
Absolutely not.
-But, Pa--
-No buts.
-[in Afrikaans] Please, Pa!
-Don't "Pa" me.
You know I don't like that girl.
Well, Dad, you don't like anyone.
That's not true.
-What about tomorrow morning?
-I won't be late.
[sighs]
Yeah, okay.
[squeals, chuckling]
-[in English] Thanks. I love you.
-I love you too.
-[Martin in Afrikaans] Need money?
-[in English] No, thanks.
-[Martin in Afrikaans] All right, enjoy.
-Thank you.
-And be careful.
-[Melissa] Ooh!
[in English] So-- Sorry. [chuckles]
-Um
-[eerie music playing]
It's all right.
[in Afrikaans] Go ahead.
[all squealing happily]
[coin clinks]
["Shadows" by eVoid playing]
[man 1] Jeez, these guys
are playing like shit.
-Fucking pass the ball, man!
-[man 2] For fuck's sake, man!
[screaming happily]
Bro, check Melissa out.
-She looks hammered.
-Uh-huh.
So tell me.What actually happened
between the two of you?
[sighs]
That girl's way too much work.
[laughs]
-[in English] I'm winning!
-Yeah!
[in Afrikaans] And life's hard enough.
[gasps]
Oh.
Jesus!
[ominous music building]
[music fading]
[bed creaks]
[sighs]
-[in Tswana] Are you leaving already?
-Mm-hmm.
-[in English] Yeah.
-All right?
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, she's fine. We're fine.
Come here.
[both] Mm.
-Be careful, eh?
-Mm-hmm.
Vusi
Abby.
[in Tswana] You'll be safe?
[in English] Always.
[in Tswana] We'll be able to get
a new TV soon.
[sighs]
Don't worry, it's not so bad.
Besides, we don't have the money for it.
[Vusi] Hmm.
[in English] You're right.
I have to go.
["Wild Is the Wind"
by Nina Simone playing]
[laughs] Stop.
[slaps, chuckles]
[both chuckling]
[crickets chirping]
Love me, love me, love me
Say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress
Satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind
[song stops]
-John.
-Hey, Vus.
How's it looking in there?
There's about three or four
in the main house.
Let's go.
[ominous music playing]
Are we in this together?
We are.
[ominous music continues]
[clicks]
[flash-bang booms, rings]
-[screams]
-[objects clattering]
[shell clatters]
[door creaking]
[ominous music continues]
[metal rasps on floor]
[in Afrikaans] Jeez
It's the jackpot, brother.
It's the jackpot.
-[in English] What?
-Did you hear that?
[object jingling]
[flashlight clicks]
[eerie music building]
[music peaks]
[Vusi] Oh, shit.
[music fades]
Not gonna hurt you.
-Hey. Let's put a blanket on you.
-[sobbing softly]
Not gonna hurt you.
Here we go. Okay.
-[whimpers]
-You're safe now.
[crickets chirping]
[trunk door creaks, closes]
I'll give you a call
once I've made the dealwith Mongo.
It's risky.
Come on, Vus, if he thinks
you're setting him up, he'll kill you.
I know.
-[sighs] Still, you don't want back-up.
-Why? You know he hates whites.
[chuckles]
Well, I heard he hates cops even more.
Yeah, well, he likes money.
Don't we all?
What about her?
Uh, I'll drive her up to Queenstown.
I know some good people there.
And maybe they can put her
back together again.
Good luck, my friend.
-Always forward.
-Only together.
[spits]
Fucking drug dens.
Ah, that's you.
[indistinct conversations]
[dice rattling]
Slick. Long time.
Not long enough.
-[in Afrikaans] What's in the bag?
-It's for the boss.
-[in English] Tell the Russian I'm here.
-Tell him yourself, man.
Let him in.
["Too Late for Mama" by Brenda Fassie
playing in club]
It's too late
Too late for Mama
Sit.
[whistles]
[lighter clicking]
Here.
You're not supposed to be here. Are you?
What makes you say that?
So, what do you want,
cop?
[song fades]
[torch whooshing]
Shit. Makes you hard
just looking at it, eh?
[clacks]
So, you're selling now?
Is that it?
You're not a pig anymore.
Are we going to do this or what?
[chuckles]
I like this guy.
Take a seat.
What did he bring us, Slick?
[sighs] Purity stands at 48%.
[Russian] Hmm.
Do you mind?
Go ahead.
Whoo! [chuckles]
That's some good shit.
[sniffing]
[sighs] Sorry. Where's my manners?
Want a hit?
You're not still on duty, are you?
[sniffs]
[sniffs]
So, what do you want for it?
Five kgs, at R600 per gram.
That's three million.
Non-negotiable.
[laughing]
I like that.
Lets them know right up front
that you shouldn't be fucked with, no?
Right.
So, do we have a deal?
Funny thing is,
small crew from Mthatha somewhere
brought Slick the same offer.
Isn't that right, Slick?
What did you do? You rob 'em? Kill 'em?
I don't have time for games.
If you don't want my business,
I'll take it
somewhere else.
You know, a man's reach
should exceed his grasp,
otherwise, what's heaven for?
I mean, God knows these things,
and so do I.
What does that mean?
It means give us 48 hours.
If you can wait, then we have a deal.
Mm. Good.
Now, go downstairs. Have a drink on us.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[crickets chirping]
[reporter over radio] Oscar Pistorius
entering court facing 15 years for murder.
Have you heard about this?
Yeah, he's getting sentenced.
Ach, I knew a chick in Zimbabwe,
she almost shot herhusband.
But, uh, she heard this noise,
got her gun
[chuckling] and then
she couldn't load it.
What's wrong, buck?
[sighs] I've just got a strange feeling
about thisguy.
-This oke who just bought us lunch?
-Yeah, kinda like he's--
-[groans]
-[dramatic sting]
Personally, I don't think
he'll serve any time.
Not like we would
if we had to kill our wives.
Bloody rich never do.
[eerie music playing]
So, what do you want to chow?
I wanna have a steak.
[choking]
[gasping]
-[phone buzzing]
-[gasping]
[gasps in surprise]
[phone continues buzzing]
[clears throat]
Yeah?
I'm on my way.
[clears throat]
[ominous music playing]
-[crickets chirping]
-[music continues]
[gasps]
-[music fades]
-[both laughing]
[in Afrikaans] Jeez, Vusi,
I nearly wet myself.
[laughs]
-[in English] I'm sorry, I didn't knock.
-Give me ahug.
-It's an early one, eh?
-Yeah, well, you know how it goes.
Come when you're called,
go where they send.
And never ask the wrong questions?
[chuckles softly]
How's Abby, and the baby?
You know Abby, never complains.
The little one, I'd like to give her
a better life before shecomes.
You think it's in Jo'burg?
-[sighs] Sorry.
-[footsteps approaching]
John tells me everything.
Well, not everything.
All I'm saying is,
Vusi's right to want something more.
This place it's not the same anymore.
Not like it was. [exhales]
Anyway,
we might move too.
Did he tell you?
[sighs] Of course,
he tells you everything.
We, uh
[clears throat] We're not losing the farm.
All right?
I made you a promise.
And I keep my promises.
[kisses]
[breathes deeply]
[in Afrikaans] Love you.
[in English] Thank you.
Hey, Vus, hashe, uh
Has he agreed on our price?
Yeah, she says she'll have it
ready for us in a couple of days.
"She"?
Yeah.
-[chuckles softly]
-[scoffs]
Shit.
That's the best news I've heard in months.
[wind gusting]
[in Afrikaans] Oh, fuck.
[in English] Shit.
-John.
-Karel.
-Vusi.
-Karel.
[in Afrikaans]
It's a hell of a situation, this.
-[in English] Who found the car?
-I was on my way home, and I saw it here.
I know this car.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
[in Afrikaans] Yeah, it's registered
under Melissa van der Walt.
[in English] Van der Walt? The butcher?
Yeah.
[sheep bleating]
Is there a body?
[in Afrikaans] Uh-uh. Not yet.
[in English] But we have a few men that've
been searching for about two hours.
[in Afrikaans] But the veldt
and the fucking wind, man. Apologies.
[in English] Okay.
So she's run off the road, she crashes.
Before she knows what's going on,
somebody's on top of her.
She manages to fight him off.
Maybe even hurts him.
Maybe.
She got away, and he chases her.
[sighs]
We're going to need some more men.
Yeah.
-[wind gusting]
-[eerie music playing]
[dogs barking]
[dogs whining]
[dogs barking]
[Karel] John, we've got something.
Copy John Smit.
[Karel] We found something.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[camera shutter beeps, clicks]
[eerie music playing]
Tell them we found her.
-[wind gusting]
-[eerie music continues]
-[music fading]
-[rooster crowing]
-[in Afrikaans] Morning, Martin.
-John.
Hello, Lizette.
Hello.
[smacks lips, inhales]
-May we please sit?
-What's going on?
Uh, let's rather sit down.
[chair scrapes on floor]
[sighs]
We were called in this morning
to investigate an abandoned vehicle.
I don't understand. What do you mean?
Whose car did you find?
[ominous music playing]
-[John] It was Melissa's car.
-What about Melissa? Whatis he saying?
We sent in a search party,
with dogs, and...
I don't understand. What are you saying?
Lizette, I'm sorry.
We found her body this morning.
[wailing]
[in English] Baby
[in Afrikaans] Not my child!
-[wailing]
-[tragic string music playing]
Don't you fucking touch me!
[in English] Fuck you!
[wailing]
[sniffling]
[choked sobs]
[sobs]
[in Afrikaans] Wait, Martin. Listen.
We're going to find out whodid this,
and they're going to fucking pay.
You have my word.
All right?
Go well, Martin.
[in English] Don't make promises
you can't afford tokeep.
What?
Look, you knew her.
I'm sorry, that's tough enough.
But I'm not changing my plans.
I am going to collect the money,
and I'm going to leave.
I'm not getting involved in a murder case.
Just like that,you turn your back on her?
Well, it's not your fight.
Why must it be my fight?
Because I'm a copor becauseshe's white?
It's justice, Vus.
Justice? How many Black children
were killed thisyear?
How many of their cases were solved?
How many of them had the whole department
out at 3:00 in the fucking morning?
Yeah, I hear you. Okay.
Look, at the end of the week,
we'll both berich men.
You can save your farm,
I can give myfamily a decent life.
So why not let somebody else
just take this burden?
Hmm?
I don't care what it takes.
-You find out who did this.
-Yes, sir.
And if you need more men,
I'll transfer them from Queenstown.
-Thank you, sir. I'll appreciate that.
-Good! Good.
You'll hear from my office.
[in Afrikaans] What are you looking at?
Get to work!
Squad room, ten minutes, all of you!
[indistinct chatter]
[in English] All right, settle down.
[Captain in Afrikaans] Thank you, Lewis.
[in English] By now,
most of you have heard that the victim,
Melissa van der Walt,
was the mayor's niece.
Which means that this case has just
turned into a departmental shit storm.
It's election year.
And the mayor doesn't want
to come across as soft.
So he has personally offered a reward
to the department of R250,000--
-[all murmuring excitedly]
-[Lewis] Okay, settle down.
for the arrest and conviction
of his niece's killer.
Now, you two were
the first senior officerson site.
-Yeah. Affirmative.
-Yes, Captain.
And you knew the victim?
I was at school with the victim's father.
If you and Vusi want to pass this one on,
now's your chance.
That's all right, Captain.
We'll stay on it. Catch this bastard.
John?
[hoarsely] Yes.
[clears throat]
Yes, sir.
All right.
John and Vusi will take lead
and the rest of you will support them
in any waythat you can.
Are we clear?
-[officers] Yes, sir.
-Good. Now get going.
Our small community was
shocked by a terrible incident
yesterday morning.
And before we begin, I would
I would like to send
our prayers and our thoughts
to the family of the deceased.
Thank you.
-[woman] Captain.
-Yes?
[woman] Can you tell us
how old was the victim?
She would have been 18 in September.
I'm sorry to ask you this,
but is there any sign of rape?
Uh, that is inconclusive at this time.
Captain, was anything missing or stolen?
Uh, no. As far as we can see,
nothing has been taken.
-[man] Captain?
-Yes.
Who will be leading the investigation?
Ah, two of my best men. Senior officers.
Superintendent John Smit
and hispartner,
Detective Sergeant Vusi Matsoso.
[all applauding]
[imperceptible]
[in Afrikaans] As we say in Afrikaans,
these men are on the ball.
[in English] Captain? Captain, please,
just a few more questions.
Yes, of course.
Captain, there was a shoot-out
at a farmhouse
that saw at least three people
lose their lives.
Why has there been no mention of this?
Is it because they are not related
to themayor?
There was no mention
because it's an ongoinginvestigation.
And we're looking into
the cause of the shooting.
What about Golgotha Tavern?
What about it?
Almost every drug-related crime
can be traced back there.
And yet the tavern
has been allowedto continue
its operationsday and night.
There is no conclusive proof
that Golgotha Tavern
is involved in any way in this tragedy.
But wasn't the victim's body
discovered not too far from it?
The veldt where the body was found
borders the township, yes.
But that does not mean
that anybody from the township
had anything to do with this tragedy.
[man] She's right.
The tsotsis in this township
get away with things likemurder
because somebody in your department--
[in Afrikaans] Gerrit, please.
Just sit down.
[in English] They come from the townships
to kill our children! You do nothing.
Hey! Who's killing your children?
You bloody people!
[all clamoring]
[gentle piano music playing]
[in Afrikaans] You two better get to work,
and fast.
[music continues]
[opens beer]
[Abby in English] My love.
[in Tswana] I'm in here.
[Abby] Mm.
-[in English] Rough day, huh?
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm?
-Mm-hmm.
Mmm.
[chuckles softly]
I'm so proud of you.
Why?
[breathes deeply] Well, because
[in Tswana] you and John
give people hope.
[in English] You
give me
hope.
-Hope?
-Mm-hmm.
[in Tswana] Were we at the same meeting?
-Hmm?
-[both chuckling]
[Abby groans]
[in English] I know
that things are usually like this.
[in Tswana] But maybe
this time it will be different.
[Vusi inhales deeply]
[exhales]
-[groaning] Hmm
-[Abby] Mm? Mm? Mm?
-[Vusi chuckles]
-Mm? Mm-hmm?
[both] Mm.
[Abby] Mm. Mm.
[music continues]
[both] Mm.
[both chuckling]
[music continues]
[in Afrikaans] We need to establish
a timeline of Melissa's last 18 hours.
[in English] What time
did you see her last?
[in Afrikaans] Uh, she came
to the butcher shop around half past four,
with her friendsElsa and Maureen.
She asked permission
to spend the night at their place.
Did you notice
anything strangein her behavior?
-Anything she said?
-No.
No, she was herself.
Eager to spend the night with her friends.
[in English] Did she have a boyfriend?
[in Afrikaans] No.
Uh, she dated
my employee Hennie for a while,
but that's been over for more than year.
[in English] Did she have any enemies?
Someone that might want to cause her harm?
[in Afrikaans] She was barely 18.
How the fuck would she have enemies?
[John sighs] We're just trying to consider
all possibilites, that's all.
Is that so?
You're wasting fucking time.
Go look for the bastard!
Get out of the way!
-[in English] What do you think?
-I think you should have come alone.
What? Why?
You're joking, right?
No, I'm not.
Right now, anything that doesn't look
or sound like them is the enemy.
And to them, I am just as Black
as the man that they think
killed their little girl.
They just found out
that they lost their daughter.
Fuck's sake! Not everything's about race.
[ominous music playing]
Hey. Check this out.
What have you got?
She wears that necklace
in every picture,except that one.
-Has it been bagged?
-Not yet.
Oh, well,
she could've lost it in the veldt.
Mm. Maybe.
-[phone buzzing]
-[John sighs]
Ah, shit.
I gotta take this.
Melissa was supposed to stay over
[sniffles] but she never came back
from the bar.
Which bar was this?
The Burning Bush.
Did, um-- Did something happen
at this bar?
There was an incident
with Melissa and her ex, but--
Hennie de Villiers?
And what-- what incident was this?
Hennie and Melissa dated for a while.
But she broke things off
because he has atemper.
How big of a temper?
[young woman] He got jealous.
And he hit her.
Did he hit her last night?
[sobbing]
[sniffling]
Yeah.
She was here with her girlfriends.
And a few other Black guys.
[scoffs]
What happened?
[sighs]
Look.
I don't care about the company you keep,
as long as you behave and you pay.
Money is money.
What'd they actually do?
They caused problems
with some of my clients,
so I threw the whole lot out.
If you wanna see,
I've got it all on camera.
So here are the video files,
this is according to camera and time.
[smacks lips] Thanks,
I'll take it from here.
[thuds]
[people talking in video]
Stop right there.
Play it again.
-Bye.
-Bye.
-Drive safe.
-Drive safe.
-Stop.
-Who's that?
Kop. Hijacking gangster
that works for the Russian.
Shit.
No wonder she's dead.
Hey, Vus, what's wrong?
-Fuck this shit!
-Vusi!
Hey! What the hell
do you think you're doing?
-You're a fucking Ka--
-Say it.
Say it.
[John] Vusi
-Say it!
-[John] Vusi! Vus, Vus, come on.
[tense music playing]
Give me a fucking excuse and say it!
Vusi Vusi
Vusi.
Vus. Come on. Come on.
[John cocks gun, grunts a warning]
You want me to shoot some sense
in that dumb fuck head ofyours, buck.
Huh?
Mm.
Thought not.
[in Afrikaans] Go fuck yourself.
[dramatic music playing]
[John sighs]
[sniffs, exhales]
[music fades]
[in English] You think there's any hope
for this land, John?
Think we'll ever get past the hate?
[scoffs] Past it? Fuck.
[wind gusting]
That's a big ask.
You know, a lot of blood
has been spilled in thisplace.
But I consider you my brother.
You know?
You're the only oke
in the worldI really trust, so
that's enough for me.
[coughs]
[John] Cheers.
[gasps]
We gotta stop getting this cheapkak, eh?
[chuckles]
Ah
[indistinct chatter on video]
[woman screams]
[in Afrikaans] Damn!
-[in English] Who's the one with the hook?
-We don't know yet, Captain.
If he runs with Kop, he's bad news.
-[Captain] Mm.
-[man shouts in video]
All right. This is what I want.
Find the guy with the hook
and bring him in.
Let's start with the ex.
[John] All right.
[quietly] Please.
I didn't kill her.
I would never hurt her. Please.
I would never hurt her.
Is that right?
Hmm?
Now, what the fuck do you call this?
[people screaming in video]
Hey? Bet it wasn't
the first time, eh, big man?
Hmm?
You can say what you want.
I didn't kill her.
So you admit you hit her?
I I mean, I-- I lost my temper
once or twice.
-But that's all-- that's all--
-Bullshit!
I have testimonies from her best friends
saying that she was afraid of you,
you are violentand you're out of control.
-And that, that is why she left you.
-No. No.
I loved her.
-You loved her?
-I loved her.
Please.
Well, now.
That there, that's not love.
Oh, God. Fuck.
-And that?
-Fuck.
-[crying]
-That's not love.
-Oh, and this one? Mm? That? Is that love?
-Oh, jeez. Fuck.
[John] Hmm? This one?
You need a fucking therapist
if you think that's love. Hmm?
-You were jealous.
-No.
-You ran her off the road, then beat her.
-No.
To death, in cold blood.
Come on, admit it.
Listen, just confess.
'Cause you-- Vus! Ah, fuck, Vus!
Shut up and stop crying!
You know, I hate women beaters the most.
-[groans]
-Now talk, or I'm going to hurt you.
[Hennie] Okay, okay, okay!
[eerie music playing]
After I got kicked out of the bar,
I went to a friend's house,
Kobus van Jaarsveld.
We smoked joints and drank a lot of beer.
I have witnesses.
I can prove I was there 'til lunch--
-What about your hand?
-I punched a wall. I was fucking angry!
If there's anyone
you should suspect of killing her,
it's that gangster she left me for.
What's his name?
Sonnyboy.
She called him Sonnyboy.
What the fuck were you thinking? I--
-I had that under control.
-Well, it worked, didn't it?
The how isn't as important
as getting results, remember?
You taught me that.
I don't like to shit where I eat,
and I'm not losing my jobover this kak!
You feel me, buck?
Yeah.
Well, good.
[suspenseful music playing]
This money's gonna do a lot of good.
-What, you're not even going to count it?
-I trust you.
-[laughing]
-[chuckles]
That's the best thing I've heard all day.
Well, I know how important
your reputationis to you.
A man's reputation is all he has.
What he's done,
what he can do.
That's all he has.
Well, then, never let it be said
that I was a dishonest criminal.
Hmm.
[pats bag]
[door opens]
[dog barking in distance]
So what are you going to do now?
I'm thinking about Egoli.
Get a fresh start.
Oh.
That's definitely the place to do it.
I could always use people like you.
Call this number when you get there.
Tell him I sent you.
-Just like that?
-Why should it be any harder?
What do you think?
Most cops that work for us
have no dignity.
They smoke, gamble, alcoholics.
But this one, see, this one,
he doesn't know what he wants to be.
Not yet.
I was afraid you were gonna say that.
Take the men and follow him.
Starting to cost a lot more
than you're worth, son.
[in Xhosa] Sorry, Uncle Mongo.
[in English] I will leave in the morning.
[chuckles]
[in Tswana] I know I'm early
but I couldn't wait to
[object clatters]
What's going on?
They're fighting,
and he's been hitting her.
-[woman in English] Fucking coward!
-[man] Fuck you, you fucking bitch!
[ominous music playing]
Dumb, little crying bitch.
[man chuckles]
You're a fucking coward.
That's all you are.
You're a fucking coward!
[man] Fuck you! Huh?
Oh!
[laughing]
You called the cops.
Do you know who I am?
Huh?
You know who I am?
Huh?
This is my house.
Get the fuck out.
-Sir--
-Out, get out.
-Get the fuck out! Get the fuck--
-You need-- You need to calm down.
Get the fuck out!Get the fuck out!
-I need you to calm down.
-Get the fuck out!
I didn't call him,
he's the maid's husband,
you fucking moron!
-[grunts]
-[screams]
Look, I am not going to ask you again!
Calm down! Is she all right?
-Yeah.
-[man] Hey, man.
Hey. Hey, nobody called you.
Nobody called you.Nobody called you!
So get the fuck out of my house,
or I'm going to go and get my firearm,
and I'm going to fuck you up, little boy!
-[spits]
-[woman screams]
[both grunting]
[groans]
Leave him alone!
[grunting]
-Who's your little boy now?
-Leave him alone!
Leave him alone!
Leave him alone, you fucking bastard!
You fucking animal!
[man groans]
-[woman] Get out!
-[groans]
Get out! Get out before I press charges.
We need to go!We need to go!
[groaning]
[grunts]
[woman panting]
[music fades]
[truck idling]
[turns off engine]
[ominous music playing]
[door creaking open]
[inhales, shudders]
[in Tswana] Vusi,
what were you thinking?
What were you thinking?
You say nothing the whole way home,
and now you pick their side?
[in English] Ugh, damn it, Vusi!
This is not about sides.
You could lose your job over this, huh?
[in Tswana] I've already lost mine.
And what about our baby?
Everything I do, is for her!
Men like that are a danger to everyone.
They deserve everything they get.
[phone buzzes]
[in English] Yeah?
Yeah, I'm on my way.
And John?
I got it.
Yeah.
I'll keep it here for now.
[in Tswana] What's going on?
You need to start packing.
We leave for Jo'burg
at the end of the week.
Goodness, this week?
We can't even afford Jo'burg, Vusi.
[in English] Vusi, where did you get this?
[in Tswana] I earned it.
[in English] Well, at least half.
How?
[in Tswana] We had a few side deals
lined up, and some of them came through.
[in English] Were they illegal?
Illegal? Do you even know what that--
[in Tswana] Don't you dare lie to me!
Are you a thief? Did you steal this?
[in English] No, I'm not a fucking thief!
[in Tswana] Look.
It doesn't matter where the money's from.
What matters is what we do with it.
[gasps in disbelief]
[in English] I can't believe
what I'm hearing.
[gasps]
[in Tswana] Abby, look at our country.
[Abby in English] Oh, God.
[in Tswana] Look at our country.
Look at our presidents, our politicians.
[in English] Your boss!
They're all doing it.
Looking out for themselves,
lining their own pockets.
And now that I'm doing,
you wanna judge me? Me?!
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-[yelps]
Are you happy that I risk my life
to protect these bastards
that think of me
as nothing more than a Kaffir?
[crying]
You know You know I don't think that.
Let's be free, Abby.
Let's-- Let's be free.
Huh? Free from you having
to-- to sweep their floors,
me having to protect them
when they sleep, Abby.
-[cries]
-Abby, Abby
[in Tswana] We can
finally have a decent life.
Huh?
[Abby inhales]
[exhales] Vusi
we already have a decent life.
[in Tswana] Can't you see?
[in English] This
This dirty money
is not going to change how they see you.
It's not going to change
how you see yourself.
[gentle music playing]
[in Tswana] I am begging you.
[phone buzzing]
[in English] Please.
I have to go.
Think about what I said.
[in Tswana] But start packing.
[chair clatters, scrapes floor]
[whispers] Vusi.
[grunts]
[sobs softly]
[inhales]
[exhales slowly]
[ominous music playing]
[in English] Yeah.
He's leaving now.
No, he left it behind.
What do you want me to do?
Okay.
[in Afrikaans] Welcome, everyone,
sorry to keep you out of your warm beds.
[in English] Thanks for joining us.
[in Afrikaans] There's shit
in the water, folks.
[in English] And we're choosing
the worst possible time to take it out.
I'll be the first to admit
we've been avoiding thatplace
for too long.
But if we don't act now, those bastards
will get awaywith everything,
and I will not let thathappen.
Lewis.
All right, based on our recon
[in Afrikaans] We're lookingat
approximately 200 people.
Most under 30,
and most will be armed.
So remember, we're going in outnumbered,
and the last thing we need
is another incident.
This clown, Mongo,
who runs this place,
has high connections
with the township justice system
and the Russians.
Behind the scenes,
people are buyingand selling
hijacked cars, goods stolen from homes,
guns, drugs, copper wire, you name it.
This bastard thinks
he's the township's Robin Hood!
[in English] Be that as it may, we're not
after himand his buddies tonight.
Tonight's target is Sonnyboy and Kop.
Go get them, guys.
[indistinct conversations]
You realize this guy just paid us in full.
He's going to think we double-crossed him.
It's the job. We don't have a choice.
Maybe.
-What are you doing?
-Warning him.
I'll see you in the car.
["How Men of Yarn"
by Tarryn Lamb and Paulo Azevedo playing]
How men of yarn talk of the weather
Waiting on answers
And passing the time
The tears of a blind man who can see
Measure the life of things to be
With pestilence heightened
The wicked run free
If death lay in my hands
Which man would I free?
Which man would I free?
How men of yarn
Forgive them, Father
No, they know not what they do
How men of yarn
Search warrant?
Hand him over,
or things are gonna get a lot worse.
You know who make police?
Township people who want
to be middle class.
And they'll do it,
no matter who they step on.
Hey, Vus.
These pricks
always thinkthey're Robin Hood.
You're far from it, buck.
-How many people have you stepped on?
-Not nearly as many as you, white man.
[scoffs]
Look, just give us
what we want and we'll leave.
This is not about us.
Township people get killed
and stabbedall the time.
Now one white girl gets killed,
and you wanna break down my door?
I don't think so.
Now go.
And if you think this is over, it's not.
-Take your brother with you.
-Whoa.
[breathes deeply]
[indistinct conversations in distance]
[knocking]
[in Xhosa] Hey, Kop.
[in Afrikaans] Sonnyboy,
it's time, my brother.
[in Xhosa] Cool.
Cool.
-[Sonnyboy sniffles]
-[banging on door]
[banging on door]
[banging on door]
-[in English] Who is it?
-Open up! Police!
Run!
Drop that fucking weapon! On your knees!
[exciting music playing]
I'll get the car!
Run, Sonnyboy!
Run, run!
[all shouting]
[dog barking]
[music softens]
[panting]
[radio beeps]
John
John, he's gone.
John?
[John] Vusi? Vus, we have him.
You shit!
-[grunts] Huh?
-[groans]
[people shouting]
You thought you could
get away with it, huh?
-[grunts]
-[groans]
[spits]
[in Xhosa] What are you looking at?
What are you looking at?
What are you looking at?
[people continue shouting]
[in English] He killed the girl, man.
-[in Xhosa] This white man is lying!
-[John in English] Put him in the van.
Get him in the fucking van.
[in Xhosa] Hey, Mom,
this piece of shit is lying.
[John] Get him away.
He's lying! This person is lying.
-[John] You are lying!
-You dog shit!
Get him in the fucking bakkie.
No, he's lying. He's lying, man!
[tense, dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
-[applause, whistling]
-[man] Whoo! Whoo!
[in English] Hey, hey.
Oh, now, that's for me, thanks. Thank you.
Vus, you want a coffee?
[knocks]
[in Afrikaans] Martin, are you all right?
You've been sitting here for a while.
[sighs]
Sorry, I lost track of time.
[inhales sharply, exhales]
I'm ready.
Okay. Come in.
It's pretty.
[crying]
I'm just going to need
your signatureon the invoice,
then we can begin.
You did a good job.
Thank you.
I'll give you a moment.
I miss you.
I miss you so much.
[sobbing]
I'm heartbroken
that such a thing has happened.
I wish with my whole heart
that I could change things,
that I could understand for one moment
how such a thing could've happened to you.
[sobbing]
[sobbing]
[sobs loudly]
[sobs]
[sighs]
[breathes deeply]
But I promise you, my love
I will find him.
[voice breaks]
[whispers] I will find him.
[in English] Abby, I've been thinking.
What if I resigned today?
[thuds]
[chair scrapes floor]
[smacks lips]
Good morning, officer.
[Vusi pants]
[ominous music playing]
What do you want?
See, I can tell. You don't like
intruders in yourplace either.
Please.
Let her go, she's innocent.
[Russian laughing]
-[yawns]
-[continues laughing]
[inhales]
Don't you know that when you cross me,
I take everything from you?
[Abby sobs]
But I warned you.
I told you they were coming.
Yes, but you embarrassed me.
And I have my reputation to consider.
That's all a man has,
right, is a reputation.
-Vusi!
-Wait! Wait!
[grunts]
I have money.
[Russian] Hmm?
You can have it.
Giving me back my money won't fix this.
Life is going to cost youmuch, muchmore.
[lock clacking]
[Slick] Whoo!
-[whistles admiringly]
-This one.
[sniffs]
[exhales]
[sniffs]
[exhales, sniffs]
[whistling]
[chuckling]
You been busy, eh?
How many bribes did this take?
Fuck you.
Fuck me?
Word of advice,
from one criminal to another.
If you're gonna be forcedto stay in hell,
don't spend all your time
dreaming of heaven.
Look where that got you.
[groans in pain]
[groans]
[exhales]
[panting]
They took everything?
All I had. Your share, too.
Shit!
How the fuck could you let this happen?
I didn't let it happen.
They held my family at gunpoint!
What was I supposed to do?
[sighs]
[breathes deeply]
Can we get it back?
No. Not without a fight.
Without the force, we ain'tgetting
within ten feetof that place.
What a fuck-up!
So that's it.
It's over.
No, no. No, not if we can get
that murderer charged.
We collect the reward.
Still the plan, right?
-Let's just make sure he's guilty.
-[chuckles]
[pats truck] Oh, we will. Trust me, buddy.
-So the grandmother says he can't read?
-Yeah.
Hi, Doc. How's our prisoner?
Well, he's got two fractured ribs
and a minor concussion,
but he should be fine, given time to rest.
I must say, I was surprised.
Surprised about what?
Based on the strike pattern,
I thought he'd be right-handed.
Your man's a lefty.
-Are you saying we have the wrong man?
-No. She's not saying that.
No, she's not saying that.
Either way, we're gonna have
to work him over,
find out what his story is.
Of course.
I'll take some blood, see what matches.
[John] Oh, well.
I didn't kill her.
But something happened that night.
After we left the bar,
we were nearly run off the road
by a white bakkie.
[in Xhosa] You know he's full of shit.
Should have let me kick his ass. Jesus.
I can't be disrespected by little boys.
You okay?
-[in English] Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
-Are you sure, babes?
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
[in Xhosa and Afrikaans] I swear
if I see that shit again, he's dead. Dead!
[in English] Then you'll go to jail.
Just leave Hennie, okay?
He's not worth it.
Babes, does your father
know what he did to you?
What's
There's a lot my father doesn't know.
[eerie music playing]
-[in Afrikaans] What's this guy's problem?
-What?
-What?
-Why's he driving on my ass?
What's his problem?
[music fades]
[in English] Can you identify this bakkie?
[sniffles]
If I saw it again, yeah.
It was one
of those really big hunting types.
And after that, she dropped me off
in the township and drove home.
You let her go home alone?
[in Xhosa] I begged Melissa
not to go alone.
[in English] Even if I could
go back with her to Elsa's farm
and walk back to the township.
But she said no.
Why would she say no?
Because she was afraid
of her peoplefinding out about us.
[John chuckles dryly]
I've known Melissa
since she was a littlegirl.
And she would never in a million years
risk everything for a fuck-up like you.
[in Xhosa] You're talking shit.
[in Afrikaans] You know fuck-all
about Melissa,
and you know fuck-all about me.
Oh.
[in Xhosa] Really?
I'm some dumb white man?
[in English] You've been in and out
of prison since you were ten years old.
Hmm?
Assault, robbery. You've got a rap sheet
as long as my fucking arm.
You're a liar and a thief,
and now, ungumbulali. A murderer.
-John
-No, Vus.
I'm not gonna let this boy
sit here and lie to us.
Melissa gave him a lift
out of the goodness of her heart.
And as a thank you,
he raped and he fucking beat her to death!
Fuck you, bro.
Hmm?
[in Xhosa] Fuck you. I said fuck you.
[in Xhosa] Fuck me?
-[in English] John!
-[Sonnyboy] Fuck.
[tense music playing]
[in Xhosa] Shit,
even if you do that, fuck you.
[coughing]
[in English] Fuck!
[in Xhosa] Fuck you too!
Fuck you, you're all the same.
-[thuds]
-[in English] Ah! Fuck!
Fuck you!
Fuck.
-What the hell was that?
-I'm sorry, man.
-We can't afford to mess this up!
-Said I was sorry, okay?
[panting]
-So, what do you think of his story?
-About the white bakkie?
This place is full
of fuckin' white bakkies.
-So you think he's lying.
-Of course he's lying!
That's all these little shits can do
until they can't anymore.
Listen to me.
Our only job is to get
a signed confession out of him.
That is it, okay?
Now the sooner we do it, the better.
Let's go finish the job.
[ominous music playing]
[knocking at door]
-Vus?
-Mm-hmm?
-You okay?
-Yes. What's that?
Oh, it's everything Sonnyboy had on him.
Thanks.
[mysterious music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sonnyboy in Afrikaans] You'll see!
That thing will break, bro.
[in English] Sonnyboy.
Sonnyboy!
What do you see?
[groans]
That's it.
That's the bakkie.
[in Xhosa] That's it.
[in English] That's the bakkie.
You're sure?
100%, Detective.100%.
Do you believe me now?
Detective, do you believe me now?
[eerie music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[Vusi] Doctor?
Yeah.
So there is someone else?
[suspenseful music playing]
[music building]
[music fades]
[doctor] I've already told Vusi
that it's only thesemen that matches.
John? Did you hear me?
Yeah, I heard-- heard you.
[clears throat]
Thanks.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
[sniffles]
[music fades]
Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you.
Some food.
It's not that good,
but I thought you were hungry.
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[slides papers]
Some paper for you to sign.
What paper sign?
Well, if you want to get out of here
and prove you're innocent, then, uh
[inhales] your best and only chance
is to talk to the judge.
It's a request form
to speed up your courtappearance.
You can sit here
in remand detention for the next year,
it's easy, I-- I don't care.
It's up to you.
[in Xhosa] Do you have a pen?
Here's a pen.
[smacking lips]
[in English] Make your mark there.
No, make your mark. I'll do the rest.
[in Xhosa] There you go.
Thank you.
[in Tswana] You're leaving?
To my mother's.
Why?
[sniffles]
[exhales loudly]
[in English] You know why.
-Abby, Abby, Abby--
-Don't.
[in Tswana] I'm begging you.
[in English] Just, please, don't do this.
Just wait. Just Just wait.
[in Tswana] Our home
[in English] is not safe anymore.
[in Tswana] Do you understand that?
-[in English] But you're safe--
-I really, really thought
we were going to die this morning.
But you're safe now.
[exhales] Oh.
[in Tswana] I've got
a job waiting for me.
What job?
[exhales deeply]
[in English] I'm going to take over
my mother's duties
[sniffles] because
[in Tswana] she's getting too old
for domestic work.
-[in English] But you hate being a maid.
-[sighs, chuckles]
[car horn honks]
I have to go.
[sighs deeply]
I-- I-- I need to go.
All right.
[in Tswana] Please take these.
[exhales] Uh
[inhales deeply]
I'll call you when I get there.
[sobbing]
[Vusi in English] So sorry for everything.
[Abby sobbing] I know. I know.
[in Tswana] I'm going to make it right.
I'll get back everything
when we get to Jo'burg.
[in English] Vusi
[gasps]
[sighs loudly]
All this time
you spent
[in Tswana] trying to get back
what's been taken from you
[in English] more and more
is walking out the door.
[melancholy piano music playing]
But when
you are ready
I will be waiting.
-[sobbing]
-[tragic music playing]
[inhales deeply]
[sobs]
Drive.
[sniffles]
-[sobbing]
-[music continues]
[melancholy music playing]
[tapping foot sadly]
[music fading slowly]
So she left you, huh?
Yeah.
I'm sorry to hear that, man.
No it's for the best right now.
-Yeah. [sighs]
-At least that's what I tell myself.
Mm.
Mm!
You and the bank?
The bank?
[chuckles]
Ah, it's all good, man. It's all settled.
How?
[chuckles] You haven't heard?
Reward money came through.
What?
We solved the case, man.
I-- I tried to call you,
but, you know, you've been so busy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Sonnyboy confessed?
Mm-hmm.
Confessed and, uh, signed his little X.
No, no, I don't understand.
Did the doctor call you?
Yeah, she did.
And, well, if another match
is found, then,
you know, maybe they'll drop the charges,
but fornow, he's guilty, bru.
-[shatters]
-[echoing] Fuck!
-Vusi, what the fuck?
-Fuck!
-Hey! I thought we were in this together.
-Oh, we were, but not anymore!
[John] What?
Is-- Is this about your share?
Ugh!
[stammering] Come on, man. The mayor paid
the moneyinto the account this morning.
There'll be 100 grand
in your accounttomorrow morning, bud.
Fifty grand goes to the department,
I get 100 grand.
It's fucking tax-free! What do you-- What?
Vus, why the fuck
are you acting like this?
Listen to me. This whole fucking charade
was your idea, okay?
And now that it's worked out,
you're acting like a bitch. What the fuck?
[grunts] Vusi!
Fuck you!
Did that boy even know
what he was signing?
[John groans, pants]
I'll fuckin' shoot you where you stand,
you piece of shit!
[John gasping]
Now get the fuck off my farm!
[John shuddering]
[inhales, groans]
[panting]
So there it is.
The real you.
What? You're suspended, you piece of shit!
Fuck off!
[panting]
[inhales, groans]
[panting]
[tense music playing]
[mournful music playing]
[sniffles]
Melissa
[in Afrikaans] she loved
this time of day the most.
Yeah. Yeah.
[gentle piano music playing]
-[breathes deeply]
-[breath shudders]
[Melissa in English] He stands
between the gloom,
charmed
by a flight of the imagination.
The phantom angel-man
breaks his mask
and sears his hesitancy.
Revered for his valor
[Sonnyboy sobs, sniffles]
he walks with her
through the narrow chamber,
hands clutched.
[Sonnyboy sniffling]
[Melissa] Hey.
Babe?
[sniffles]
-Can you hear me?
-[hopeful music playing]
And below the cotton sky in their cocoon
they lay snug.
And recount the eclipse of their souls.
Seated
[echoing] on the rim of time.
[liquid sloshing]
[clanks]
["Living in a Box"
by Chris Chameleon playing]
We're living in a box
Running out of luck
No shoes, no socks
Baby
Oh, oh, we're living in a box
Running out of luck
No shoes, no socks
Baby
Oh, you twist and shout
You can't get out
Oh, baby
Oh, oh, oh, baby
Oh, you twist and shout
You can't get out
-Oh, baby
-[groaning]
Oh, you twist and shout
You can't get out
Oh, baby
Oh, oh, oh, baby
-Oh, you twist and shout
[groans]
You can't get out
Oh, baby
Oh, you twist and shout
-[ominous music playing]
-[groans]
It's the end of the line, baby.
[sobbing]
I'd love to stay and play, but
it's become a bit risky.
[sobbing loudly]
[clanks]
[clicks tongue]
[exhaling in relief]
-[rattles]
-Yeah.
-[continues sobbing]
-Close.
But listen.
The good news
is I'll see you soon.
[sobbing loudly]
[flames whoosh]
[woman screaming in pain]
[tragic music playing]
[John] Gave us quite a bit of bucks now.
Maybe a steak.
[choking]
[John] Sweet lemons.
[gasps for air]
[music continues over dialogue]
[woman sobbing]
-[thunder cracks, rumbles]
-Ah! [sniffles]
[rain pattering]
[gasping]
[groans]
[breathing heavily]
[mutters]
[morose music playing]
[exhales]
[breathing deeply]
[screaming silently]
[shudders]
[whimpers]
[starts engine]
[sniffles]
[music continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[indistinct conversations, laughter]
[dance music playing faintly]
[grunts]
-[indistinct conversations]
-[dance music playing]
[all yelping in surprise]
[in Xhosa] What are you doing?
Back of the line!
[in English] It's fine. I got this.
You've got some set of balls.
[chuckles]
[spits]
Mother--
-[women screaming]
-Everybody get the fuck out!
Fuck him up.
[Vusi groaning]
[groaning]
[tense music playing]
[spits, chuckles]
[tense music building]
-[fires gun]
-[Vusi groans]
[gasps]
[Vusi panting]
You thinkyou can come to my club
and I'll help you out of your misery?
I'm done doing you favors.
Now get out of my club!
Get this piece of shit out of here.
-[man 1] You got it.
-[man 2] Go ahead.
-Fuck you, Mongo!
-Fuck you!
[Vusi] Fuck you and your reputation!
-[groaning]
-[man] Shut up! Shut up!
-[clicking]
-[somber music playing]
Put this on him.
There's gonna be protestors at the court.
[cuffs rattling]
[cuffs clicking]
[knocking at door]
[knocking continues]
-[phone buzzing]
-[grunts softly]
[grunts]
[knocking continues]
Ah, shit. Hold on!
[knocking continues]
[grunts]
Hold on!
Yeah?
[doctor] Yeah, what? It's me, open up.
[sighs]
[clatters]
For the love of Mike,
I've been calling you for two days!
What the hell happened to you?
[groaning softly]
Is there something you wanted?
-I found a match
-[pills rattle]
between the hair samples you gave me
and the skin under her nails.
His name is Wilhelm Jooste.
[sighs]
[pills rattling]
You're wasting your time.
I've been suspended.
What for?
Breaking my boss's nose.
Jesus.
You don't give a shit, do you?
That boy's gonna be locked up
for something he didn't do
because you can't get over yourself.
Fuck.
[clicks tongue]
[slams folder]
[grunting]
[sighs]
[clamoring]
[chanting indistinctly]
When we move, you keep your head down.
[in Xhosa] Do you understand?
Good. Let's go.
-[thuds]
-[in English] Fuck!
-What are you doing here?
-To talk.
Give me one reason why I shouldn't
arrest you right now for obstruction.
Three years ago, you and I took a bribe
that costan innocent girl her life.
-Are you wearing a fuckin' wire?
-I'm not trying to burn you, man.
Look, the same guy we let go then
is the same bastard that killedMelissa,
Wilhelm Jooste.
His DNA matches
the skin samples found under her nails.
[officer] Is everything all right?
Arrest this man
for obstruction
and for being a disgrace to the force!
What? Is this about your nose?
Argh, fuck you, man.
Look, John, the boy is innocent.
-Look at the bloody file!
-[cuffs clicking]
Thank you, I'll pass it to the judge,
but it's out of my hands now.
-Look, John, if you want--
-Get in the car.
If you wantto blame somebody,blame me.
I never took the job seriously.
I never respected it.
I never realized how much depended
on me just doing right.
John, look, I should have been
a better cop, a better partner,
a better friend!
Look, I should have donea lot of things
differently, John, but let the boy go!
[voice breaking] Everything you did,
you did for your family.
What I'm doing is for mine.
-Put him in.
-John!
John! Fuck, John.
God damn it!
John!
[yells in Xhosa] Let's go! Hurry up!
[crowd chanting in English] Free Sonnyboy!
[mouths] Fuck you.
[chanting] Free Sonnyboy!
Justice for Melissa!
[crowd screaming]
[melancholy music playing]
[shot echoes]
Get a medic! Get a fucking medic!
Run!
Get a medic!
Now!
[siren wailing]
[music continues]
[music fades]
[breathes deeply]
["Oh My Lord" by Chris Chameleon playing]
You made these hands
You gave them work
Oh my Lord
You made these feet
And where they walk
Oh my Lord
Take me back, my Lord
Bring me home, my Lord
-You made this heart
-[imperceptible]
You made it beat
Oh my Lord
You made these eyes
And all they see
Oh my Lord
Take me home, my Lord
Bring me back, my Lord
[panting]
You made this soul
And why it's so
Oh my Lord
You made this wind
This wild, wild wind
[suspenseful music playing]
[music fades]
Wilhelm!
Wilhelm!
[ominous music playing]
We've been expecting you.
Well, here I am.
Too bad you came here to die.
So that's it?
I thought you people saw yourselves
as some kind of warriors.
Or are you just some sick
fucking serialkiller hiding behind them?
[chuckles softly]
All right.
[chuckles]
When this is over
you're gonna wish I shot you.
[both grunting]
[chuckles]
[both grunting]
[yells] Why?
Nice.
I see you've had some training.
[in Afrikaans] Nice, man.
-[grunts]
-Huh?
Huh? [grunts]
[laughs]
[Vusi groans]
-[Wilhelm laughing]
-[groans]
-Come. Come, come, come. Come on!
-[groans]
[Wilhelm grunts]
[Vusi panting]
[somber music playing]
[in English] You want to know
[mocking sadness] why
I killed Melissa.
[mocking sadness] "Why?"
I killed all the others.
I did it because I could.
[Melissa grunting]
[in Afrikaans] Where do you think
you're going?
[in English] I did it
so they all can be my slaves
in the afterlife!
-[thuds]
-[dramatic music playing]
[laughing]
Come, stand up.
[grunts]
[Melissa whimpers]
-[groaning in pain]
-[grunting]
-[both grunting]
-[dramatic music building]
-[spits]
-[grunting in disgust]
[tense music playing]
[ominous music playing]
-[gasps, moans]
-[Melissa whimpering]
[eerie music playing]
[whimpers, spits]
-[sobs mockingly]
-[Melissa whimpering]
[in Afrikaans] Look Look
Look
You've got a little heart.
[shudders]
A little heart
[Wilhelm moans softly]
[Melissa grunting]
-[Melissa struggling]
-[tragic music playing]
[Wilhelm moans]
[choking]
[Wilhelm moans]
[choking]
[grunting]
[panting]
-[grunts loudly]
-[thuds]
[gurgling]
[mocking]
[grunting weakly]
[in English] You sound
like a butterfly trapped
[shudders] under an umbrella.
[Wilhelm laughing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Wilhelm giggles]
[Vusi groaning]
[ominous music playing]
-You're under arrest for murder!
-[dramatic music building]
[Vusi grunting]
-[groans]
-[music fades]
[wind gusting]
[groaning]
[groaning in pain]
[muttering]
[grunts]
[groaning in pain]
[grunts, sighs]
[sighing loudly]
[breathing weakly]
[car alarm blaring in distance]
[sirens approaching]
[men shouting in distance]
[shudders]
[gunshot in distance]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
[wind gusting]
[sirens and gunshots continue]
[shuddering]
-[grunts weakly]
-[sounds fade]
-["The Man Comes Around" plays]
-And I heard, as it were
The noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying
Come and see
And I saw
And behold a white horse
There's a man goin' 'round
Takin' names
[sirens approaching]
And he decides
Who to free and who to blame
Everybody won't be treated
All the same
There'll be a golden ladder
Reachin' down
When the man comes around
The hairs on your arm will stand up
At the terror
In each sip and in each sup
Will you partake
Of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the potter's ground?
When the man comes around
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singing
Multitudes are marchin'
To the big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all
Trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee
To kick against the pricks
Till armageddon, no shalam, no shalom
Then the father hen
Will call his chickens home
The wise man
Will bow down before the throne
And at his feet
They'll cast their golden crowns
When the man comes around
Whoever is unjust
Let him be unjust still
Whoever is righteous
Let him be righteous still
Whoever is filthy
Let him be filthy still
Listen to the words long written down
When the man comes around
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singing
Multitudes are marchin'
To the big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all
Trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn trees
It's hard for thee
To kick against the pricks
In measured hundredweight
And penny pound
When the man comes around
And I heard a voice
In the midst of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death
And hell followed with him
[somber string music playing]
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