Written and Directed by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, Henry Johnson follows the title character (Jonigkeit) as he navigates his search for a moral center, after an act of compassion upends his life. Looking to authority figures he encounters along the way — including his eventual cellmate, Gene (LaBeouf) — Henry’s journey leads him down a road of manipulation and ethical uncertainty. The film is an exploration of power, justice and the consequences of letting others choose your path for you.
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00:00Everything's as it seems.
00:02All the cards are in the deck.
00:04It just depends on how you cut them.
00:10It's a sign, you know, of the psychopath.
00:12Yes.
00:13That they're irresistibly charming.
00:15Yes.
00:23Are you suggesting that he cheated?
00:25How could it be murder, if that even has a clear meaning here?
00:29Why are you defending him?
00:32He's my friend.
00:33I mean, why does anyone tell a secret?
00:36Why?
00:37To get one in return.
00:39She's not gonna bring me a loaded gun.
00:42And you would never ask her to do that.
00:44You ask her to bring you a token.
00:47And what if she brings it? What do we do then?
00:49Whatever we want.
00:53You thought this thing out any further?
00:55You just gonna let it be? Is that your plan?
00:59I apologize.
01:00My helper...
01:01If anyone has an illusion of your heart...
01:04I'm dead.
01:05Really?
01:06And he can't look?
01:07Are you方?
01:09I won't understand anything.
01:11I will be.
01:13Once, I know.
01:15Maybe for this.
01:16Maybe for this.
01:18You and me.
01:19What you suppose?