American Hero

- How you doin' bro? - You seen Melvin?

No, man. I ain't seen that cat in a long time.

Jo-Sho.

- He come this way? - No, man.

Y'all seen Melvin?

That crazy white dude?

Yeah, white chocolate.

Man, I ain't seen Melvin in a while.

Melvin's somewhere though.

He's somewhere to be found.

But what you looking for Melvin for?

Boy gotta go to court.

He goin' be late.

Trouble again, huh?

He ain't never gonna get his son back acting like this, man.

He looks like he should stop doing everything he been doing.

They ain't stoppin' shit.

- Let me go find his ass. - Somebody gon' find him.

- A repeat. A repeat. - Somebody gon' find him.

I'll catch y'all on another side.

You take care of yourself.

- Alright. - Alright.

Melvin!

Where you at, you mother fucker?

I told y'all.

You wanna make a movie about Melvin?

You gon' to spend half of your time trying to find

this mother fucker.

You seen Melvin?

No, I ain't seen that mother fucker.

Damn!

Hey, if you see him tell him to head on home!

Alright, I got that.

Alright.

Y'all seen Melvin?

I ain't seen that mother fucker.

You ain't seen that mother fucker?

- Who's that? - Melvin.

- No. - Ah, shit.

Every mother fucking time something going on,

this mother fucker gotta disappear.

Melvin!

There's the mother fucker's bike.

And there's the mother fucker's shoe.

There's the other shoe.

Attached to this ig'nant mother fucker.

Melvin!

Get your ass up, man!

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Acting like your ass is homeless and shit.

- Stole my shoe? - I found your damn shoe.

Oh, yeah? What's it doing in your hand then?

What the fuck is it doing off your foot?

It's sitting right over there.

You look like shit.

Fuck.

I remember the party and then...

Man, you left about 4 A.M.

Just slipped off into the darkness.

Did I dream it or did I get with Caroline?

You better hope you didn't get with that fat bitch.

She two hundred and fifty pounds, man.

She's kinda foxy though.

That fox don't need to eat for another three years.

Now, come on, man.

That's better.

You know you gotta be in court this morning.

What?

You gotta be in court this morning.

Why didn't you say that earlier?

What the fuck you think I've been trying to say to you, man?

- Come on, man. - Fuck.

- Shit. - Damn it, Melvin.

Riding around town all god damn morning looking for your ass.

We gotta go man. I gotta change.

Yeah, no shit?

Fuck.

Shit, shower, and shave.

Shit, it smell like a pack of horses coming at a

mother fucker ass first.

How the fuck you end up over here?

I mean, you my brother and I love you,

but sometimes you do some silly ass shit.

Fucking thing! Come on!

Man, ride.

Complaining about you fuckin' up.

The fuck.

Stupid, Melvin.

Fucking stupid.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Shit.

So you had to stay out all night, huh?

One of these days.

One of these days.

Ha! One, two, three!

Come on!

Shit.

Man, I can do this my god damn self.

I'm trying to help you, man.

Do it look like I need your help, mother fucker?

Well, you are in a wheelchair, you know?

I ain't no spastic.

I never said you were.

You want my help or not?

One of these days I'm going to get my a new

chair that don't need no skinny ass to push it up ramps.

Will you stop your moaning?

One of those carbon fiber mother fuckers that do tricks and shit.

Come on, buddy.

You know, you look so handsome when you make the effort.

I don't understand why you have to dress like a hobo.

Oh, come on, morn.

How do I look, Luc?

Judge will give you five years for wearing that cheap suit.

- Jesus. - Lucille, leave him alone.

He looks just like he did on his first day of school.

I was just joking, Miss H.

The judge is going to dig you, bro.

Alright, you wanna hear my letter?

Sure.

Why not? Lay it on me.

Okay.

Dear sir, I know I haven't exactly been the best

father to date, but I'm here today to tell you

that I can't be a better father if I'm in prison.

All I want to do is see my boy again and I'll do

whatever you ask me just to spend some time with time.

He loves his father and he needs me.

And if you give me the chance, I am capable of

being a stable and solid influence in his life.

Now the charge of kidnapping sounds very

extreme to me because it's not in fact what happened.

We just wanted to go on a holiday together,

me and Rex, is all.

Maybe I didn't handle it right, sir.

I understand, but my ex is a real pain in the ass...

Man, you cannot say that stuff to the judge, man.

Yeah, you gotta let the judge decide the rest.

Come on, man.

Okay, here are your sandwiches in case it goes on a while.

Crust off for Lucille, crust on for you.

Okay, great.

Hey, good luck, bro.

You look like a fucking hobo in that suit.

Hey, thanks, sis.

Love you.

Love you, more.

I can do it myself.

No, you can't.

Boy, what you think about the ride?

Oh, it's dope, man.

Where'd you get it?

Oh, man, borrowed it from my uncle.

Know you gotta make a good impression on that judge, right?

A good impression?

What kind of narcotic you on, son?

- Thanks for doing this, man. - Anytime!

Hey, Miss H, how we looking?

Like the Village People.

Love you, Ma.

Get out of here before you're late.

Thank you, Miss H!

Courthouse.

Be careful.

I'm running late. Come on, let's move.

You got this, Melvin.

You got this.

Alright.

Hey, kick some ass, bro.

Good luck, man.

Hey, man. What happened?

Fucking prick gave me a community service order.

He banned all contact with Rex, pending assessment.

Well, at least you didn't go to jail, right?

Yeah, I wanna see my kid, man.

Get it?

Fuck!

Aw, what other way could it have gone?

This stupid bitch.

Don't do it, brother.

Thank you.

- No, no, no! - Mel, Mel!

Feeling good about yourself, Doreen?

So are you gonna tell Rex that you banned me from seeing him?

Or are you gonna lie like you normally do and blame it on me?

The judge banned you, not me.

Yeah, cause you fucking instructed him.

Melvin, do not swear at me, okay?

I'm not intimidated by you.

Those days are past us.

Doreen, please.

Don't do this to me.

You're hurting Rex just as much as you're hurting me.

I mean, why do you have to be so cruel?

What did I ever do to hurt you so bad?

You need reminding.

Please don't do this.

It's done, okay?

The judge has passed it down.

Yeah, well, when Rex is older, he's gonna hate you

for using him to get at me.