Stand
Up Guys is a 2012 American crime comedy film directed by Fisher Stevens
and starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin. The film
was released in North America on February 1, 2013.
Plot
Released from prison after serving 28 years, Val (Al Pacino) reunites with his old friend and partner Doc (Christopher Walken). Doc has been ordered by crime boss Claphands (Mark Margolis) to kill Val as soon as he gets out.
One of the first things Val wants is to visit a local brothel, which is run by Wendy (Lucy Punch). After Val is unable to perform, he and Doc break into a drugstore where Val consumes a larger dose of Viagra than what is prescribed. After a return to the brothel, Val tells Doc that he's ready to party. They go to a club, where Val shares an intimate dance with a younger woman.
After snorting some pills, Val passes out, so Doc contemplates killing him then and there. Instead he takes Val to a hospital where the head nurse is Nina (Julianna Margulies), their old friend Hirsch's (Alan Arkin) daughter. After this, they go to a local diner where Val correctly guesses that Doc is to kill him. Doc says he's been given until 10AM to do the job, or else he will be killed as well.
Val breaks into a black Dodge Challenger SRT8, and they go to get Hirsch, who had once been their getaway driver. Hirsch gets behind the wheel and almost immediately into a highway chase with the police. Asked what he wants to do next, Hirsch chooses the brothel, since he hasn't slept with anyone since his wife.
After they leave, the three men hear sounds coming from the Challenger's trunk. In it, they find a naked Sylvia (Vanessa Ferlito), who was kidnapped by men who abused her, then threw her into the trunk. Sylvia tells them where the kidnappers are. Val and Doc go there, then shoot a couple of them. After tying everyone up, Sylvia comes in with a baseball bat, whereupon Doc and Val leave her to her revenge.
Back at the car, Doc and Val find that Hirsch has died. They break the news to Nina, who helps the two bury her father at the cemetery.
Doc and Val return to a diner, where the young waitress (who waits on them several times) is revealed to be Doc's granddaughter Alex (Addison Timlin), who adores Doc but has no clue who he is. Doc makes a phone call to Claphands, begging him to show Val mercy, since he has only a few years left. Claphands reveals that he knows about Alex, and that he will hurt her if Doc doesn't complete the job.
Doc writes a letter to Alex, puts his home keys inside the envelope, then pins it to the wall of the diner. Walking down the street at sunrise, Val spots a church and he goes inside to give a priest his confession. Next, they break into a tailor shop, where they try on suits. Two thugs working for Claphands interrupt them, pestering Doc to get the job done. Doc and Val shoot them both.
Alex goes to Doc's apartment. The phone rings. It's Doc and he asks what she thinks of his paintings of sunrises. When he was painting, Doc says, he was thinking of her. A shoebox in the closet is filled with cash. The rent has been paid in advance for a year. He tells Alex that he loves her and hangs up.
Strolling down to Claphands' warehouse, Doc and Val draw their pistols and open fire. They gun down the doorman. A firefight commences, during which Doc and Val kill all of Claphands' remaining men. The camera pans above the building as Claphands runs out of ammunition. The sky turns into one of Doc's sunrise paintings.
Plot
Released from prison after serving 28 years, Val (Al Pacino) reunites with his old friend and partner Doc (Christopher Walken). Doc has been ordered by crime boss Claphands (Mark Margolis) to kill Val as soon as he gets out.
One of the first things Val wants is to visit a local brothel, which is run by Wendy (Lucy Punch). After Val is unable to perform, he and Doc break into a drugstore where Val consumes a larger dose of Viagra than what is prescribed. After a return to the brothel, Val tells Doc that he's ready to party. They go to a club, where Val shares an intimate dance with a younger woman.
After snorting some pills, Val passes out, so Doc contemplates killing him then and there. Instead he takes Val to a hospital where the head nurse is Nina (Julianna Margulies), their old friend Hirsch's (Alan Arkin) daughter. After this, they go to a local diner where Val correctly guesses that Doc is to kill him. Doc says he's been given until 10AM to do the job, or else he will be killed as well.
Val breaks into a black Dodge Challenger SRT8, and they go to get Hirsch, who had once been their getaway driver. Hirsch gets behind the wheel and almost immediately into a highway chase with the police. Asked what he wants to do next, Hirsch chooses the brothel, since he hasn't slept with anyone since his wife.
After they leave, the three men hear sounds coming from the Challenger's trunk. In it, they find a naked Sylvia (Vanessa Ferlito), who was kidnapped by men who abused her, then threw her into the trunk. Sylvia tells them where the kidnappers are. Val and Doc go there, then shoot a couple of them. After tying everyone up, Sylvia comes in with a baseball bat, whereupon Doc and Val leave her to her revenge.
Back at the car, Doc and Val find that Hirsch has died. They break the news to Nina, who helps the two bury her father at the cemetery.
Doc and Val return to a diner, where the young waitress (who waits on them several times) is revealed to be Doc's granddaughter Alex (Addison Timlin), who adores Doc but has no clue who he is. Doc makes a phone call to Claphands, begging him to show Val mercy, since he has only a few years left. Claphands reveals that he knows about Alex, and that he will hurt her if Doc doesn't complete the job.
Doc writes a letter to Alex, puts his home keys inside the envelope, then pins it to the wall of the diner. Walking down the street at sunrise, Val spots a church and he goes inside to give a priest his confession. Next, they break into a tailor shop, where they try on suits. Two thugs working for Claphands interrupt them, pestering Doc to get the job done. Doc and Val shoot them both.
Alex goes to Doc's apartment. The phone rings. It's Doc and he asks what she thinks of his paintings of sunrises. When he was painting, Doc says, he was thinking of her. A shoebox in the closet is filled with cash. The rent has been paid in advance for a year. He tells Alex that he loves her and hangs up.
Strolling down to Claphands' warehouse, Doc and Val draw their pistols and open fire. They gun down the doorman. A firefight commences, during which Doc and Val kill all of Claphands' remaining men. The camera pans above the building as Claphands runs out of ammunition. The sky turns into one of Doc's sunrise paintings.
