On the Edge of Freedom (2024)

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- I don't think so.

sh**t.

- Going on Sir. Officer

Rodriguez with this

Coral Police Department.

Where are you coming

from, bud? Just royal.

Your windows down there? Yeah. Yes sir.

Just from where we were

at. A bar, sir. At a bar.

All right, man. Do me

a favor, take your belt

off and step outta the car.

Yeah. Yeah. 'cause I can smell it on you.

Any weapons on you? Weapons.

Your hands on the desert.

Careful weapons. Step over

here. Turn around. Turn around.

Put your hands up on your head.

I'm gonna pat you down, okay?

Okay. Your feet. Do you have

anything? Stick me. Pick me.

Poke me. No. No. Okay.

Do you know who's in the car

with you? Met him at the bar.

You met him? The bar. Turn him out for me.

Where do you live at man?

Just a few blocks down there.

Okay. Do me a favor, man.

Turn around. Yeah. Yeah.

Alright, bud. And now

you're gonna be placed under

arrest for driving while intoxicated.

Okay? Sir? Your, your car's

gonna be towed. All right?

Alright, let's walk to

the back of my unit, sir.

- Mr. Green, let's take a

look at the toxicology report

above the legal limit of alcohol.

Molly, in your system

while you were driving,

you're looking at multiple charges.

Drug possession, operating a

vehicle under the influence

of alcohol, purchase

of alcohol for minors.

Unless Mr. Jamison can come up

with some really good ideas.

I could stack these. You're

looking at a lot of jail time,

- Your Honor.

I'd like to request a brief

recess to confer with my client.

- Alright? Granted,

we'll be back in an hour.

- What were you thinking?

- I seriously didn't know they

were too young to be drinking.

Okay. 2021. How can you

- Tell the difference?

Don't play with me. They found

X on you. For god's sake.

- That wasn't mine. Okay.

That one of the guys, he, he brought

- It, they found it on you.

Take some responsibility

for your actions, guy.

Look, you're a good kid.

I know you didn't mean to do

this, but you gotta smarten up

and stop pissing away your life.

- Yeah. What's it to you?

It's not like you've never

made a mistake in your life. What would

- You doing there in the first place?

And do not say networking. I

- Was, where do you think all the agents

and producers go to spend their

- Money?

Come on. That's a lie. And you know it.

- You know how they treat

guys like me in jail, right?

- Yeah, I do. You're not

gonna make it a day. You

- Don't need to rub it in.

Okay. Look man, I'm just asking,

is there any way I can get out of this?

- Yeah, there is.

- Okay. Yeah. Well, we'll do that.

- I could probably get

you off with probation.

Ki I'm not gonna do it.

- Of course not. I mean, right.

Right. Why? Why would you?

- Right? Because you won't learn

anything the way you're going.

You're gonna k*ll yourself.

So here's what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna set you up with inpatient rehab.

I know a good one in Texas.

They are unorthodox, but

they get the job done

and they're what you need right now.

- Yeah. Re rehab. Seriously? Okay? Yeah.

Rehab is where junkies and

- Washed nobody's scope.

I think we both know you

fit that bill. Now, buddy.

I am not. You're not

what? You're not a junkie.

You're not a washed up. Nobody.

Your dad says you haven't

been on an audition in months

and the amount of drugs in your system,

we both know you're an addict.

This is the deal. Rehab

Texas. Take it or leave it.

But if you turn this down, Kai, I am

through sticking my neck out for you.

It's fine. Whatever. Alright.

See if I want you to stick

your neck out for me.

'cause that is a crap deal.

You'll thank me someday,

- Mr. Green, per your

attorney's recommendation.

And because this is your

first offense, I'm about

to sign a waiver of jail

time for rehabilitation.

It's mandatory for your sentence

that you complete the rehabilitation

or your sentence will not be waived.

Do you understand? If you don't

complete the rehabilitation,

do you know what happens next?

Straight to jail.

- Yes, your Honor.

- All right.

I'm glad we could work this out.

And I truly hope I never see

you in my courtroom again.

McGinn.

- Thanks.

- Kai Green. Yeah, that's me.

The one and only welcome

name's Doug Harlow.

How you doing, sir? Good. Your phone.

Yeah. So Mr. Jameson sent you, right?

Yeah. You know him.

We go way back. He helped me

out when I was in a bad place.

Still went to jail, but he

made sure it wasn't so bad.

That's why I do all this

now. 20 years sober.

- Congrats.

- Now I'm helping

people get their lives straight.

Do you really want this?

- Want what?

- To change to get better?

- Me? No, I'm perfect the

way I am. Peachy. Actually,

- It looks like you're clean.

So they explained to you

how all this works, right?

- Yeah. I come here, do

some chores, get clean,

sober, something like that.

- Something like that.

And I think, you know,

you can't leave before your time is up.

- Yeah. - You get a list of

things to do every morning.

I'll check it off at the end of the day

to make sure you've done it.

There's some guys who work around here.

You can ask them anything you need.

But most of the time you'll

be on your own. Understood?

- Yes sir.

- It's the off season.

We're doing some renovations around here.

So I'm sorry we don't have

too many resources for you.

You're the only one here. So

you got full run of the place.

This will be your room.

Kitchen's over there.

Put your stuff up there,

ladder comes down.

These clothes won't do.

Help yourself to anything

over there in the corner.

I assume you know how

to take care of yourself

to make a meal anyway.

You wanna have your breakfast by 5:00 AM

because you wanna be out that

door before the sun comes out.

Trust me. You'll need a full day

to get it all done on time. Is that clear?

- Sorry, what? What chores

exactly am I doing? No one.

No one specifically told me

- You ever been around a horse before?

- No.

- This time tomorrow

they'll be your favorite animal.

- Hmm?

- Hi. Okay. Hi.

Can I, can I help you with something?

- Kai Green?

- Yeah, that's me. I'm sorry.

Are you my supervisor?

- Yeah. Sorta. I wanna introduce myself

before we get started tomorrow.

So you have any drugs?

- What? No.

- No. I wouldn't blame you if you did.

Lots of people bring a

little safety blanket

- With them.

Listen man, I'm not an addict, okay?

Believe me, I know some real ones.

- I believe you.

- Hm?

- What?

- Nothing.

I just haven't heard that in a while.

- Heard what? Someone believes in you.

Well, I mean, why wouldn't I

look? Doesn't matter to me.

If you screw your life up, you'd only be

hurting yourself by lying.

Alright? I'll be back in the morning

and get you, so if you're not outside

by the third bell, we're gonna

have a problem. You get me?

- Yeah.

Bell

be. Oh

- Great.

We'll get along just fine

if you do what I tell you.

And don't mouth off now. Get some rest.

Oh, and one more thing.

Don't touch my bill.

See you in the morning.

- Get up.

Oh,

- All right.

Starting tomorrow. You better

be ready before the bells.

- Yeah. You look kind of nervous.

You ever been around horses before?

- No. I mean, they'd rather not.

They can kick your face off. Right?

- You know, with your

face. I'd be worried.

This here is rusty.

- Rusty.

- Yeah. Sweet. Old thing.

- Cool. So what are we

doing? I don't have the list.

- Don't worry about that.

- What do you mean?

Well, Doug's gonna check up on it.

I'm not gonna get in

trouble for just being lazy.

- I thought you didn't

like to be controlled.

- Right?

- Alright,

I'm gonna show you how to saddle 'em up.

Okay? So wrong here, let me

show you. Start with this.

- I got it. Just tell

- Me.

There's no shame in not knowing.

You've never been around horses before. I,

- How come he is called Rusty? Anyway,

- They'll tell you their

name pretty quick. Oh,

- Come on. You're kidding me.

- No, sir. They don't talk like us.

They have a beautiful way to communicate.

Each horse has their own personality.

- So then why is he rusty?

- Rusty had quite the

temper when he was young.

He was stubborn. He was

difficult, scared away.

A few good riders back in his day.

But you know, once you

clear the rust away,

the real horse comes through.

- See, that's funny. 'cause I thought it

was because of his color.

- Well that too. You know,

you, you kind of remind me of Rusty.

He's cuter though.

- Hey man, you don't

know anything about me.

- Okay? I know you. I know you're tight.

Look at me. You're lost.

And more than that, you stop

believing in God's plan for you.

- How do you know? I'm even a believer?

Hey, that doesn't matter. 'cause

he does not care about me.

And he does not care about my life.

- He cares more than you know, Kai.

Maybe not in the way you expect.

Move. Pay

attention

here.

Take him. Try it.

No, no, no. Not like that.

I mean, why is Rusty gonna follow you

if you're not giving

him direction? What I,

- I'm trying

- Turn around.

Okay. Okay. See, how does

that feel? How do you like it?

Not great. Yeah. Well that's what you're

doing by pulling him.

So he is not gonna want to go.

Now watch, come here.

- I mean, well, like

of course he's following

you, man. He knows

- You.

No, all I'm doing is giving

Rusty a little direction, right?

Alright. Treat Rusty the way

you would wanna be treated.

It's that simple.

All right, come here

you try again. Take it.

- Okay, so,

- Alright.

There you go. Loosen

up. Loosen up. Enjoy it.

- Okay.

- All right, let's stop right here.

Now get close to 'em.

- What mean?

- Get close to him.

The key to learning a horse is this basic

fact they're herd animals.

You've gotta show 'em who's boss,

then they'll follow you. It's that easy.

- It's really soft. Hey.

Hi.

- Yeah. You're not too scary.

Not too scary, right? Yeah.

Really easy. Unlike

you, you think you're ready

- For what?

- Well get on him.

- Yeah.

- Okay. You're ready.

- Just step

- Up, step in.

Okay. Rise up. You got this.

Remember, be confident right here.

Your horse can tell when you're

not confident. All right.

There you go. Lift in, settle in. Okay,

- There we go.

- You there? Yeah. All right.

Now to go faster, click your

heels together. All right?

Yeah. And to guide him.

Use the reins in the

direction you want to take him.

Okay. You ready? Yeah. All

right. Show me what you got.

- Whoa. Pull back. Pull

back. Relax. Relax.

I think he was gonna like

jump or something, or no, it

- Wasn't. He was just testing you.

- No, man. He was gonna be,

he was gonna be bucking.

- Remember what I told

you about control kai?

- Okay. I am an actor. All right.

I live in a world of control.

- You don't have control, Kai.

You don't have to fake it around me.

- I am not faking it. I have control.

- See that right there? You're

barking. You're doing that.

'cause you know you don't have control.

Now get back on the horse

and show him who's the boss?

- Okay. Alright.

- Who's the boss? Who's the

- Boss?

Who's the boss? Okay, so just,

- Alright, come on,

- Huh?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Focus. Kai, you got this right? Good.

- Oh, come on. Come

- Ont outta.

- Here

- We go. Show, show moves in

control. Let's go. Right

- Who's in control?

- There you go.

Yes. Come on.

- Go. It's fun.

Oh, come on.

- There you go. There you

go. How does it feel, Kai?

- Wow.

- Good. Now take him in a circle. Come on.

- Original.

- Hug the outside.

There you go. Kai. How

you feeling? Feels good.

It's exciting. See, when you treat Rusty,

right, he'll give you a good ride.

Yeah. There you go.

Nice. You like a real

life horse whisperer?

- Reminds

recall.

- Alright. Yes. I'm getting dizzy too.

Nice work. Hi. Thanks buddy.

I'm proud of you, man.

- Oh Lord. Please forgive

me for the things I've done.

Look after my family.

My only with no money, just,

oh Lord, please forget me.

Wicked things out do.

The devil had caused

me simple ways.

Devil's coming,

ed,

giving me things I done.

I used to be Sullivan.

Now all a son of a g*n,

you win from number two.

Right up to normal one.

Oh Lord, please forgive me for

the wicked things I've done.

- Oh

- Lord. Please forgive me

for the wicked things I've done.

- Let's get off here.

Oh, what's with this?

- You take me out on a date.

- It's our dinner. You hungry? Yeah,

- Sure.

But fishing rods,

are we gonna be catching

our own dinner or something?

- Hold on. All right.

Patience is a virtue.

We're in no rush.

- I,

- You know, I, I've never

actually been fishing.

- Not even with family.

- Oh no.

I mean, I guess you could

say I don't have the

best relationship to them.

- There's nothing wrong

with that. You know,

I love being alone fishing,

doing things like this, you know,

- Is that kinda like why

we're doing all this?

You're trying to make me happy.

- Does this make you happy?

- Oh really?

No, I mean, I just, what

makes me happy is doing right.

I don't like staying still.

I like to keep moving.

It's, it's that feeling, you

know, the feeling like it's,

it's like this itch in

the back of your shoulders

where when you're staying

still for too long

and it feels like

something's gonna come out

and just get you, if

you don't keep moving,

- What's gonna get you lochness monster?

- I don't know. Forget.

I forget I said anything.

- It sounds to me like you're running.

Kay. You're running from something.

- Yeah. I mean, I guess

- So what is it?

What are you running from?

- Man? It beats me. It's just a feeling.

- Hmm. Well, let me know when you do know.

- I guess

I'm afraid of failure.

'cause I feel like if I

don't keep doing things,

like if I stop moving, I'm

gonna trip and I'm gonna fall.

I'm gonna fall right on my face

and there's gonna be people

and they're gonna be watching me.

And then, you know.

- No what?

- We'll see,

- We'll see that I have lost failed.

- Is that all?

- What's worse than being a failure?

I can't just lie down and

become a nobody. There's

- A lot worse things than that.

Kai. You'll learn soon enough.

You need to learn to enjoy God's creation.

- What if I don't feel

like doing this? Man?

- No control over that.

- I thought you were the guy that told

me I needed more control.

- There's a time for control

and there's a time to surrender

and there's a time to

watch your wine move.

- Okay. Nothing is biting.

- We just got here.

- Are you sure there are any fish in

here? I mean, it looks dead.

- It does look dead. But

you know, the whole point

of fishing isn't always

to catch something.

- Right? Oh, Mr. Miyagi,

then what is the point

of fishing if you don't

want to catch any fish?

- Well, of course you

want to catch something,

but I said it isn't the point.

- You talking riddles, man.

- You need to learn how

to just be okay.

You feel that?

- Feel what?

- I mean, we're, we're on the edge

of freedom, isn't it?

Beautiful?

- Yeah. I guess us

- Breeze, the water,

the flow, the birds.

There's life all around us.

You know, sometimes,

sometimes you catch the

fish, sometimes you don't.

All right. It's the journey

that matters. Trust that.

Stop running from your

problems. Learn to embrace them.

They'll stop chasing you if you do.

- I

- Wayside drive car.

- Hey Ka. Hey, - All done? Yep.

Yeah, it looks pretty good.

Did

- You touch my bell?

Huh? Did you touch it? No.

No. Never strike a horse.

Alright. They never forgive you.

- No, no, no, no, no. Enough

enough. With the stupid bell.

- What's going on with

- You? What is going on? Okay.

Why am I even here man? Right.

What are we doing all this for?

You have me riding horses,

going fishing, doing all these chores.

What is the point? My life is

falling apart around me. Okay.

I feel like crap.

- You're right. You know

what? You should leave

and go back to the life you had before.

- No, I, I wouldn't. I wouldn't do that.

- Of course you would. 'cause

you've got a hole inside you

and you're trying to fill

it with drugs and money

and partying and that'll never work.

'cause once you strip

that away, you still got

that big hole inside. You shut up.

- You don't know me. You don't

care about me. Why would you?

- It's human nature, Kai.

People care about people.

- Not in my world. They don't.

In my world, everyone is

just trying to survive.

And they play the game.

They play it or they get stepped on. You

- Think you're playing the game?

- Yeah, I do. And I think I'm good at it.

- You're just a pawn Kai. All right.

You've lost connection

to God's plan for you.

- Oh yeah. God's plan for

me. Right. Okay. Yeah.

And he's just totally happy to sit by

and watch as I struggle,

fall and fail over

and over and over again.

No, no. God doesn't care about me

and he doesn't care about my life.

- You're just talking about yourself Kai.

You need to have a relationship

that's greater than just yourself.

That's how you find peace.

That's what you're missing.

You're so caught up about

what people think about you,

that you're pretending to

be something you're not.

You're just afraid of losing.

- Everyone is, we're all pretending man.

Everyone's just looking

out for themselves. Right?

I mean, you can't go out into the world

with this big open heart

full of faith and not get

- Demolished

- By it.

- I'd rather lose everything

in this world than

lose my faith in him.

- What has he done for me?

- He's done more than you know.

Kyle, when was the last

time you felt like yourself?

- I don't want to do that right now, man.

- Yes. Now tell me,

- When was the last

time I felt like myself?

Yeah. Okay. Fine. It

was back in high school.

How about that? All the way

back then when I was doing a

play, I don't even, it

was a death of a salesman.

Yeah. And I was, I had never

done a play before. Right.

So I was, I was so excited and nervous.

I was sweating all day.

And then in the stands,

I sat right in the wings

and I thought I was gonna vomit.

And right as I, right as my

foot, like stepped out on stage,

I just, it was like this relief.

I just felt this calm wash over me and

and like it felt like suddenly

my body had just like knew

that it was supposed to be

right there, right then.

Right there. And I felt like I owe the

whole whole world at my fingertips.

And I, I don't think about

that. I don't think about that.

It's been years since I

thought about that actually.

And I used

to like theater used

to like really like it.

Like I loved it. I mean, I would read

plays just 'cause I wanted to.

And I would like play out

little plays for my parents and,

and I even wrote a few

when I was a little kid

to do it my home when I was alone playing

and I wanted to play certain characters

so I'd write like a little play.

And that little kid, he would hate this.

- He would hate me. No he

wouldn't. He's still right there.

And as soon as you tap back into that,

you're gonna find a whole new direction.

- And what if I can't?

What if he doesn't want me

to be doing the things that I like?

Right. I'm an actor.

I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to be.

And they don't want me to be

some vulnerable little kid

from the middle of nowhere

that didn't know anyone.

They want me to be the version

of myself that can sell.

- Maybe so. But don't

pretend to be someone else

'cause you're afraid of rejection.

Trust your faith. Right?

You've got this passion for acting right.

You've got it for a reason.

So don't squander it.

Be like rusty here. Trust the process.

Let God take the reigns.

And if you're ever in

doubt, if you're ever lost,

God will give you the control

over what you need to do.

- That's what you've

been trying to show me.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

- Thank you.

- See now you're being real.

Alright, let's saddle 'em up

- Away.

My brother.

- You are done early. Yeah.

- Just want to get my chores done

and have a bit of time to think.

- Of course, you figure out

what you're gonna do

when you go back home.

- Yeah.

- All right.

And what's that big secret?

- I wanna reconnect my inner

kid. That sense of faith.

Might even do some theater.

I know I'm gonna struggle.

I know that I'm gonna have problems.

But I do think you're,

I just need to learn

to trust the process.

Trust him.

Stop being somebody for somebody else.

- So you found that missing piece?

- Yeah. Maybe. I mean, I

might know where to look.

- I think you're right.

- Nobel. I did something right.

- I don't think I need it anymore.

- What

- I

think, I think I'm done here.

So I'm gonna head off.

I mean, you don't need me around

to tell you what to do anymore.

I'll figure it out. Hey,

- I was just starting to like you old man.

- Same here kid. But really

you're doing just fine on your own.

Thank you. I believe in you.

- The forms are all set

to go. You are a free man.

How you feel?

- Good. Thank you.

- Some people find it hard to adjust

to the real world afterwards.

- No, I'm gonna be okay. I

might even miss this place.

- Really? I would've thought

you'd be itching to get back

after spending so much time on your own.

- I wasn't alone. Liam.

He's an amazing teacher.

You know he'd make a k*lling

if he ever went to the city

as a therapist or something.

- William.

- Yeah.

I might stop

by visit the old man every once in

a while if that's okay with you.

- You don't have lamb around here?

Oh, well. Time sheets are all good.

The chores were done

surprisingly well too.

You are a hard worker.

I wish you the best of luck.