The Runner | movie | 2015 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans  | dG1fNGM5OGxsQkM2V2c

Transcript

00:00I'm going to make sure these bastards pay for what they've taken from you.

00:17All right, Congressman.

00:20This is the most devastating man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history.

00:25These people are the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

00:27They need our help.

00:28Even though this is British petroleum spill, it is America's ocean.

00:37That speech was a godsend.

00:40Don't promote it.

00:41This is what we've been waiting for.

00:43Today, it appears the sun is shining on a Louisiana congressman nobody knows.

00:48It is in everyone's best interest to keep American oil healthy.

00:52I'm looking to back a horse that will support our interests.

00:56What makes you think I'd do this?

00:58We'll make sure that you're in the center of it all.

01:04Colin's not going to have one solitary friend in Washington.

01:09Colin, you're not going to resign.

01:13Louisiana's always been one big family.

01:15And we don't abandon our family when they make a mistake.

01:18You don't have to be the hero.

01:22You just have to make it look good.

01:23What the hell is that supposed to be?

01:26We're in the middle of a disaster here.

01:28People are suffering.

01:29We're not just going to lay down.

01:32You're not going to win.

01:33We'll see.

01:34People are broke, sick with dispersants.

01:36You're the only one down here doing a goddamn thing for us.

01:39And I want people to know I'm going to be there for them.

01:44You are in uncharted waters.

01:47You keep risking everything that we work for?

01:51Just got to fight through it like a man.

01:55Great men.

01:56Men who build legacies.

01:57They aren't always decent.