l saw her on television.
l was sitting in a comfortable bar, minding my own business.
Dne of those award shows was on TV. And l saw her in the audience.
Yeah? - l knew l'd find her.
l thought she was dead.
Now l know why the old man always said,
''You look exactly like your mother.''
Yeah?
l must look like her, too, huh?
She's living with a fuckin' movie producer!
She was then ... l don't know.
Was she ...
Was she glad to see you?
She was. She said it was the funniest thing she ever heard of.
She wanted me to move in with her.
California is a ... lt's very funny.
lt's even better than here.
California's nice, huh?
Nice place?
California's like a ...
California's like a beautiful, wild girl on heroin ...
Who's high as a kite, thinkin' she's on top of the world,
not knowing she's dying even if you show her the marks.
Hey, man. lt's so cool over here. l really dig it.
The lights! All these people! l love crowds.
l don't know why. Maybe it's because ...
l can't stand being left alone. l really can't.
l feel like l'm getting choked.
l feel like l'm being choked. l can't deal with it.
When you were 2 and l was 6, Mother decided to leave.
She took me with her. When the old man found out, he went on a 3-day drunk.
He told me it was the first time ...
He told me it was the first time he ever got drunk.
Come on, get off me.
Go ahead. What were you saying?
Hey, sweetie. Like a date?
What were you saying? - lt was the first time he ever got drunk.
Anyway, he left you alone in the house for those 3 days.
We didn't live where we do now. lt was a very large house.
And ...
Eventually she dumped me.
They took me back to the old man.
He sobered up enough to go home.
That's how you developed your fear of being alone.
You never told me that before.
Hold it right there!
No?
l didn't think it'd do you any good.
Look it!
Get outta my way!
Hey ugly, get the fuck outta my way. - What're you doin'? Don't do that.
Steve, don't bug me! - Just don't go pounding on people!
l'm not in the mood for ... - Why are you pounding on people?
You think it would've crossed his mind to tell me
he saw our mother when he went to California? - Who?
l would've told him.
l'm his brother. l've a right to know. - What're you tallking about?
How you doin', my man?
l'm sick and tired of ... Help!
He's a deep motherfucker.
l'm gonna be just like him, too. l'm gonna look like him.
You ain't gonna never be like that.
How do you know?
What the fuck do you know? l might look like him.
You ain't gonna be like that, man. He's a prince.
That's right. Give it time, buddy boy. Give it time.
Know what he's like? Royalty in exile. You know what l mean?
lsn't there anything he can't do?
Dfficer, l salute you!
l'm fucked up.
Steve, let's get outta here. - Come on, let's go.
Wake up!
Don't go to sleep.
Where'd he go?
Come on! - Where'd he go?
Where's the living legend?
He probably swiped a cycle and took off.
l thought we were sticking to the middle of the streets.
l'm in a hurry!
lf you're scared l'd be terrified ... - l ain't scared, man!
This place just gives me the creeps.
l just don't like dark, empty alleys.
lt's the same thing.
Why are you whispering? - l'm not whispering. Would you ...
Dh God, we're dead.
You got any bread?
What? He's not gonna bash us
even if we've got bread! - Sure, that's it.
Progressive country, integrated mugging.
l ain't got no fucking money!
We don't want any trouble.
Really, man.
We really don't want any trouble. Fuck off, man!
Rusty James!
6 dollars. - What's he got?
A few cigarettes.
That's all he's got.
Patty ...
You were the only one. l swear.
To Rusty James, a very cool dude.
To Rusty James!
Help!
Steve!
Come on, motherfucker!
You still alive?
My stomach!
What happened to those guys that creamed us?
He bashed em. He nailed one of 'em really good.
The other took off.
Way to go, man.
Way to go.
You're going to the hospital this time. l mean it.
When the rumbles were goin' on ... - Would you shut up!
Somebody was always gettin' mangled. - l said shut up!
You and your gangs!
lt was bullshit!
lt wasn't anything you think it was!
A bunch of punks killing each other! - You don't know nothin'.
Don't tell me l don't know. - You don't know. - You, tell him!
You, tell him!
lt wasn't anything.
You see?
What? - You see? Did you hear him?
You must've thought it was something.
You were the fuckin' president!
lt was fun at first.
Then it got to be a big bore.
l managed to get credit for ending the rumbles,
simply because everyone knew that they were a big bore.
They were gonna end anyway.
There was too many people ... - Don't say it wasn't fun!
lt wasn't fun!
l was speaking from personal experience.
l mean, most of them didn't think it was fun when we had a fight.
Most of them were scared stiff.
Blind terror in a fight can easily pass for courage.
There was something about it.
You're just stupid enough to have enjoyed it! - Fuck you!
You remember something, Steve.
Loyalty is his only vice.
The Motorcycle Boy!
l wonder why somebody hasn't blown his head off.
Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.
l wanna go home.
Cheer up. The gangs are gonna come back,
and once they get the dope off the streets,
people will persist in joining things.
You'll see the gangs come back.
lf you live that long.
What's the matter with you?
l ain't never seen you sit still so long.
How do you know when someone's crazy?
Well, you don't always.
Depends on how many people think they're crazy.
lt's so fucking hot in here, man.
Here comes your old lady.
What? - Patty. - Yeah?
Hey, she means business. - Coke, Benny.
Shit.
Thanks.
You lookin' for me? - No.
Hey, doll.
You really look nice.
You look really beautiful.
How you doin'? - Fine.
Did you know l've got a gift for you?
For me?
That was me on my 5-year-old birthday party.
l was good-looking even back then.
Thank you.
You want something?
What?
Can l help you?
Nah, l think we should step outside.
l'm not gonna fight you.
l just said ... Just go outside and talk.
Look at you, man.
Look at you.
lt wouldn't be fair.
You're not in any condition to fight.
l told you, l didn't say nothin' about fighting.
Did l say l wanted to fight?
l said, we'll go outside ...
And talk, communicate. Get it, man?
Alright.
Smokey,
the other night when we were out at the lake
and those chicks were there ...
Did you plan for it to get back to Patty?
Maybe she'd break up with me and you could take over?
Look at me, goddamit!
Did you?
l guess l did. l kinda thought about it.
l would've never been able to think of something like that.
l know.
lf there were still gangs, l'd be president and not you.
You'd be my 2nd lieutenant.
You might've made it a while on the Motorcycle Boy's rep,
but you ain't got your brother's brains.
You gotta be smart to run things.
lt's nothing personal, but nobody would follow you into a gang fight.
Because you get people killed.
Nobody wants to get killed.
l guess you're right. Nobody wants to get killed.
You really like Patty, huh?
You like her? - Yeah.
Even if she wasn't your chick l'd still like her.
lt's all yours.
Don't flatter yourself.
Hey, boys.
You better be careful.
That cop, Patterson, is looking for just one excuse to get him.
Yeah?
l remember he beat me up once. Got me locked up in juvenile hall.
He's been after both of us for years.
He's a good cop.
The Motorcycle Boy is his bad point. - He'll never get the Motorcycle Boy.
Never. - Envy, man.
lt gotta be envy.
You seen him? - Yeah, over at the pet store.
What was he doin'? - Lookin' at the fish.
Those fucking fish!
What is it with those fucking fish?
What's up?
What's the matter?
Really. You feelin' all right?
How come the tank is separated?
These are rumble fish.
They'd kill each other if they could.
You boys gonna buy a fish?
No.
That's right.
These are Siamese fighting fish.
Watch this. lf you lean a mirror
up against the glass,
they try to kill themselves.
That's pretty cool. - Yeah? - Try it.
Right there.
ln the middle.
Dver that way. See that one?
l wonder if they'd act that way in the river.
l should close up now, boys.
l don't carry much cash. Really.
We're looking.
l really dig the colors. - The colors ...
The colors are cool.
Makes me sorry l can't see the colors. - l never thought you were sorry.
What's the big interest in the pet store all of a sudden?
They've been hanging around here.
Take a look at the fish!
You're crazy.
You're really crazy.
l've known about it all along.
But they belong in the river.
l don't think they'd fight if they had room to live.
Someone ought to get you off the streets.
Somebody ought to put the fish in the river.
Why are you following me? - l'm worried, bro.
Df what? - l'm worried about you.
Why you been acting like this?
You think the old man's in there?
Hey, Dad?
lt's great to see both of you again.
l've been meaning to ask you something.
Yes?
ls our mother crazy?
She's okay.
l mean ...
What makes you ask? - Well, she just picked up and left.
Yeah, well ...
Dnce in a while, a person comes along with a different view of the world.
lt doesn't make them crazy
l mean ...
An acute perception doesn't make you crazy.
Could you talk normal? - However sometimes ...
... it can drive you crazy.
l wish you'd talk normal.
l don't understand half the garbage ' . you re saying.
You know? You know what l mean?
No, your mother ...
... is not crazy.
And nor, contrary to popular belief, is your brother.
He's merely miscast in a play.
He was born in the wrong era, on the wrong side of the river,
with the ability to be able to do anything he wants
and findin' nothin' that he wants to do.
l mean nothing. - Dkay.
You don't understand me anymore, do you?
That's the difference.
You never lost your mother. l lost your mother.
l think ...
that ...
... l'm gonna be a lot like him when l get older.
You should pray to God not.
You poor baby.
What? - You poor child.
Tab!
Let's do something tonight, huh?
Get some wine, chicks, party ... You down?
l feel like l'm wasting my life, waiting for something.
Waiting for what?
l wish l had a reason to leave.
Come on. - What are you doin'? - Come on.
What are you doin'? - Gonna go for a ride.
Do you think l'm crazy?
You don't wanna stop here.
Don't worry about those fucking fish. Come on.
The fish are all right.
Where you goin'?
You need money?
l'll get you some money.
Everybody saw you hanging around today.
A million people must've seen you. Will you listen to me!
The whole neighborhood!
What are you doing?
What are you doin', following me around like a lost puppy?
What do you want outta me?
You want money? l can get you some money.
Let's just get outta here.
l can get you some money.
What do you want? Tell me.
l want you to see me when you look at me.
You and the old man think l'm dumb,
'cause l don't know the big words.
Always leavin' me out. Well, l ain't that dumb.
We could've run this whole side of town, if you just gave me a chance.
Come on. - No!
lf you just gave me a fuckin' chance! Look at me!
l just want you to see me. l'm right here.
l do see you, Rusty James.
Let's get outta here! Me and you ... - Me and you,
we can't. - Man, come on!
Don't do that, man!
You know ...
l wish l were the big brother you always wanted.
But l can't be what l want any more than you can.
Listen. l'm gonna put the fish in the river.
After l do, l want you to do something for me. - What?
This is important, so pay attention. - Okay, l'm payin' attention.
l want you to take the cycle and leave.
l want you to go clear to the ocean.
l want you to follow the river to the ocean.
Are you comin' with me?
No.
Don't do that, man.
Don't.
No!
Dkay, squirt, spread 'em!
Dkay, buddy. You're goin' downtown! - Let him go!
lt's the guy's younger brother.
l took care of the main problem.
Rusty James!
Get your fuckin' cameras outta here!
What's the matter?
Don't touch him!
You didn't have to shoot him!
Who's the guy? - The Motorcycle Boy. He's been shot.
What's going on? - The kid got shot.
lf they can get the Motorcycle Boy they can get anyone.
Treat him well. He's the Motorcycle Boy. - What happened to him?
What happened to the kid? - lt's the Motorcycle Boy.
Was anybody else hurt? - No.
l'm not allowed to say anything ... - But he knows him.
l'm sorry. We need it all cleared off.
Maybe Rusty James is hurt.
lt's really a shame.
Where is he? - Step back. - He had a future, that boy.
lt's too bad.
The kid was shot.
Nobody's gonna forget that Motorcycle Boy.
THE MOTORCYCLE BOY REIGNS