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Move out!

Move out!

Come on, LeBeau.

It's 1994. There's no sanctuary here.

What is this?

He was a cop and good at his job,

but he committed the ultimate sin and testified against other cops gone bad.

Cops that tried to kill him, but got the woman he loved instead.

Framed for murder, now he prowls the Badlands, an outlaw hunting outlaws, a

bounty hunter, a renegade.

You better hope this stuff comes off.

You got bigger things to worry about than your pretty face, dead man. You're

right. And stop calling me dead man. Get going.

Yo, Sixkiller here.

Bobby, it's Reno.

How far away are you? I'm just east of Houston on the I -10, buddy. Houston?

What happened?

Hey, I had to double back a couple times to take Dutch Dixon off my trail, you

know what I'm talking about? He follows me wherever I go now, pal.

Don't worry, I should be in the Big Easy in less than six hours.

Yeah, we'll make it five, okay? I've got our man.

You got him? You got Laveau?

Yeah, I got him, and he's driving me crazy. That's just great, man. You sit

still, all right? I'll be there before you can say, uh, jambalaya, crawfish

red beans, and rice.

Uh -oh.

Reno, hold on for a second.

What's wrong now?

Hey, the Winnie just died. Something wrong, Dead Man.

It's okay.

You don't believe in curtains.

Well, maybe you run out of gas. What does running out of gas mean? The

smokes? Will you shut up?

Don't worry, Dead Man.

It's just another one of those funny coincidences.

Now how long will it take?

What is it, three o 'clock in the morning here?

And I'm stuck out in the middle of nowhere? I got a hitch a ride somewhere,

I'll call you back when I can get a little more information, all right?

Something wrong with your friend's transportation.

Yeah, curse of the dead man. Come on.

Ow!

You're luckily something to be desired, dead man.

Good thing you're in New Orleans and not Las Vegas. I prefer to be in Las Vegas,

believe me. Police, freeze.

Well, well, well, well.

This is one of the more colorful couples we've seen this evening, ain't they,

Johnny?

The leather and cuffs are a nice touch. I'm a bounty hunter. I work for

Sixkiller Enterprises. Here's my ID.

This is my bounty, Jean -Luc Laveau. He's wanted for murder in Florida.

Is that a fact?

That's a fact. See for yourself.

That's a heck of a likeness, don't you think, Johnny? This is an artist's

rendering. This man is very, very hard to photograph.

Turn him loose.

Turn him loose?

You know what he did?

I said turn him loose.

Easy, Johnny.

You got yourself a criminal here, son, but you ain't got the right one.

This is J .J. Corville.

Now, J .J. here, he'll steal your car, pick your pocket, but this boy, he ain't

gonna murder nobody, huh?

You never asked, did, man?

Johnny, why don't you escort old J .J. down to the car in Radio Precinct, see

there's anything outstanding on him, okay? I think this guy's the one we

check out. I've never seen a bounty hunter look like Axl Rose.

Check all you like. I got all night.

You have to excuse my partner. He chased a purse snatcher all the way through

Audubon Park tonight.

Ruined his best pair of crocodile shoes.

Alligator. Whatever.

Man's more particular about his shoes than Imelda Markle's. Yeah, well, I

him, didn't I?

Johnny, why don't you go do what I told you to do?

Let's go, J .J.

J .J.? Detective.

Donnie Hunter.

Paul Rabanne.

New Orleans PD.

Vince Black.

Pleasure.

So, Mr. Black, you came all the way down here to Crescent City looking for Jean

-Luc Laveau, huh?

That's right.

If I was you, I think I'd find myself another payday.

Any particular reason?

Well, down here, Laveau is called le nom dangereux.

Folks say that he do charms, spells, and even a little voodoo curse, huh?

Let me guess.

Everybody who puts a curse on ends up dead.

Sometimes, son. So J .J. claims to put a curse on her.

Ooh, now, that's too bad. You ought to go see Mama Beauchamp over on Iberville.

She'll fix you right up.

What is it with this place?

We got an old saying down here, Mr. Black.

Laissez les bons temps rouler.

Let the good times roll.

Now,

this is advice y 'all should take.

You enjoy the charms our fair city has to offer, and then you move on. You let

us take care.

Of Laveau.

We handle our own down here.

Huh?

That's your bike? Yeah.

It's kind of flat on the front.

That's too bad.

Wait, wait, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Who are you?

How'd you get in here?

I would have knocked, but I didn't want to disturb you.

I wouldn't have minded.

Wait.

Wait a second.

Excuse me?

Huh? Hi.

I'm looking for the girl who served me breakfast this morning.

Girl who what?

My breakfast.

Don't got no room service here. Don't got no kitchen, no?

Well, she brought in a tray. She must have had a key. And she was wearing a

white dress.

How many hurricane you have last night, sir?

She left me this note.

Do you know what my oh my means?

Look, I run a square house. You want to shack up with some tramp, you just go

take your business someplace else. You got me all wrong.

I think she was trying to tell me something.

$50 half hour is what she's trying to tell you, Sheriff.

If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all.

That song sounds like the story of my life. Sounds like everybody's life at

time or another.

I'm John Henry Akers.

Everybody called me Blind Boy.

Vince Black.

Sound of your voice, you ain't from around here.

What brings you to New Orleans?

I'm looking for somebody.

Blind boy know a whole lot of folks.

His name's Jean -Luc Lebeau.

You just take yourself right on back down that street.

Blind boy don't mess with no stuff like that.

So you know.

Not unless you got a 20 where that 5 come from.

I'm only partially blind.

Where can I find him? Don't know.

What I do know is, if you want to find Laveau, just follow the lady

in white.

Who? Oh, fine.

Me have blind, you have deep. No, I heard you.

And I saw her.

At least I think I saw her. Yeah, if you saw her, you'd know it.

Ain't but one like her.

Laveau's Lady Camilla. She passes here every evening.

Around midnight.

Always puts a little something in my case.

You know where she's going?

A place called the My Old My Club.

How can I find it? Two blocks down.

Hang right.

But don't tell nobody I sent you. And if you see that pretty little Camila, try

to talk some sense into her, will you?

Rebecca. Tell me, how old are you?

Nineteen.

A very youthful nineteen.

What brings you to Jean -Luc Laveau?

I was hoping maybe I could work for you.

My cousin used to, Serena Baker.

I thought maybe you could help me out the way you helped her.

Ah, Serena.

She always was a favorite of mine.

Have you seen her lately?

No. No one has.

What a shame.

Let me tell you a fortune.

The maiden, that's you.

The sorcerer.

If you come with me.

Follow my wishes.

Your life will be like this card.

Rich beyond your dreams.

The death card.

Should you cross me in any way.

I see I don't have to explain.

And now.

I have a job for the both of you.

The bounty hunt.

You know what to do.

You've been your picture of your night at my own mind. No, thank you.

Oh, come on.

I don't like to have my picture taken.

Well, if you don't like it, you don't have to pay for it.

Where else are you going to get an offer like that?

Some other time, maybe.

I'll buy it. Okay. And the negative two. Hey.

Let it go.

Well, well, if it isn't my room service waitress.

Enjoy your breakfast?

Very much. I would have loved to have left you a tip, but you disappeared so

quickly. Well, I had to get you here.

Here I am.

Let's start with why.

Okay, we could just stand here all night long.

I need your help.

That's a start.

I need to get away from Laveau.

Who's Laveau?

The man you're after.

So I assume then that he knows I'm after him.

He knows everything.

Why don't you just take off?

Unless, of course, he's put a curse on you that keeps you from leaving New

Orleans.

You're very naive.

So I'm told.

Where is he? He's in Algiers.

I gotta go.

No, you don't.

Aja, look.

Don't start that again.

See, dear man, you should have left New Orleans when you had a chance.

Well, maybe I ain't done seen since.

Is that so?

Your look just ran out, dear man.

Ten miles out of Beaumont?

You mean you're still in Texas?

Ah, Reno, it's been a sad tale.

You know, I finally flagged down this wrecker, you know, so he knows I don't

have any other choice. So I got to go with him, and he nails me for $300 to

me back into town, right?

So as we're going back into town, his tow truck breaks down. So now he's got

call a tow truck. That tow truck guy shows up snookered. They both get into a

fight, right?

So I got to step in. I lay both of those guys down. I throw them inside the

Winnebago so they both can sleep it off. And I end up driving this whole tribe

back into town by myself.

So, sir, how was your day?

Oh, just great.

I caught Laveau. It turns out he's not Laveau. He's some street punk who puts a

voodoo curse on me. A curse? What kind of curse? I don't know, Bobby. Some

voodoo thing.

Next thing I know, my bike's got a flat. I'm being...

chased by cops, and three goons corner me in a bar and cut off my hair.

A lock of your hair? Hey, Reno, isn't that what they do to make those, like,

voodoo dolls and stuff?

Please, don't start.

This curse stuff is serious.

You know, my grandmother used to be a medicine woman for this, uh... I just

to nail a vote and get the heck out of here. Yeah, all right, all right. Well,

you just hang in there. Just stay still for a little while. The mechanic said

that I should be out of here and on the road about five.

Hey, listen.

There is no curse on Bobby Sixkiller now, is there?

Hello?

Bobby, you there?

Hello. That's a real nice move you got there.

Sorry. It's a tad touchy, ain't we?

Yeah, well, let's just say Stubborn Hospitality hasn't been living up to its

reputation.

Where's your partner?

All the boys out.

Replacing them alligator shoes they is.

Gonna be glad, though.

He ain't really one of your biggest fans.

Yeah, well, occasionally I have that effect on people.

I heard you got yourself into a little ruckus last night.

Oh, nothing I couldn't handle.

Oh, I don't know.

Your friend Camilla told Detective Darn to come out.

Wouldn't have had anything to do with Laveau, would it? Of course not.

I mean, you were very clear on that.

Oh, and you are. I always do what the police tell you.

Tell me about Algiers.

It's over in Africa somewhere, isn't it?

Yeah. There's also one across the river right here.

You don't want to go over there.

Why?

You afraid I'm going to dig up Leveaux and make you look bad?

You know, I'm a simple man.

See, I like my gumbo thick, my bourbon straight.

I wouldn't even mind seeing the Saints in the Super Bowl before I die, and I

get along with practically anybody.

What you don't want to do is you don't ever want to make me mad.

Not ever.

Algiers.

Algiers.

Algiers. Now, that's one nasty piece of real estate.

It's nothing but docks and alleys and wharf rats.

It's a real no -man's land. You don't want to get yourself in trouble over

there, boy.

And if you do, you don't want to call for a cop.

Because there ain't no one who's going to hear you. How convenient.

And just what's that supposed to mean?

When a cop can't get a guy in his own backyard, it makes you wonder what he's

taking to look the other way.

You know, boy, you don't seem to be able to tell your friends from your enemies

down here, Mr. Black.

See, I'm your friend.

But if you think you can sashay into Algiers and bring old Laveau back out,

my guest.

Because we throw a hell of a funeral down here.

money for the room, that's if you're planning on staying past checkout, you

know. My wallet's gone.

Uh -huh. No, really, I must have lost it.

What time's checkout?

If you ain't got no money, checkout's right now.

You'll have your money today, I promise. All right, now.

Why the sad look?

You have pleased me very much.

It's my mother.

She called this morning. She's very ill.

I am sorry to hear this.

I have to go to Chicago and take care of her.

Of course you do.

And how long will you be gone?

Oh, not more than a few days.

Eh, goodbye, kiss.

No, your mother does not need a doctor, Camila.

Considering she's been dead for five years, do you think I do not know these

things?

When the day comes for you to go, I will be the one to tell you.

JJ.

Sir, it is time for the curse of Mr. Black to take off.

What do you want me to do, son?

I want you to kill him.

The curse will do the work if we... You will do the work.

Or the curse will turn on you and you will be the dead man.

Looking for this?

Thank you.

I think you owe me an explanation.

You know, you almost got me killed last night.

I had no part in that.

What do you do?

What does it look like?

Why are you mixed up with a guy like Laveau?

Three years ago, I came to New Orleans to research an article on voodoo. I was

introduced to Laveau.

From the moment he looked into my eyes, my whole life was turned upside down.

You're talking about someone who slit a man's throat and let him bleed to death

in a Florida swamp.

You know there's another choice. That's why you came looking for me.

Stay here. Help me get him.

Stay here.

If I were you, I'd consider looking into another line of work.

JJ!

Hey!

I turned him around.

His eyes rolled back into his head and he started shaking.

Thought you told that long hair to get the hell out of town.

What do you expect me to do, take him out in a blackjack him up? Run him in.

Make him sweat for a day or two. What for? We ain't got nothing on him. What

about J .J.? You telling me that's an accident?

No, I won't know that until I talk to Marcel, will I?

How much longer do you plan on keeping me?

Are you all in some kind of hurry?

I told your police officer all I know. J .J. just keeled over. I tried to save

him and couldn't. So charge me with something or let me go. If it was up to

you'd already be behind bars.

And somebody's girlfriend by now.

Did you run a check on this creep? As a matter of fact, I did.

Come on, Mr. Black. Let's you and me take ourselves a little walk.

And Laveau, he must think you're getting awful close.

Not bad, huh?

Better likeness than you had of him.

Is this where I go running from town in terror?

If it was me, I'd consider that.

I found that in J .J.'s pocket.

We also found this.

I believe it's your wallet.

Nothing's missing. Maybe my luck's changing.

Well, you all got J .J. to thank for that. His death put an end to the curse

you, huh? Well, that's too bad. I was looking forward to meeting Mama

Mm -hmm.

What do you all got, Marcel?

I got Dylan, man.

Jane's not a mark on him. Looked to be in pretty good health, too.

You happy now?

Eliminate cause of death?

Vasovagal reaction.

Vasovagal what?

Stress. Fear.

Causes the heart rate to speed up till it's out of control. The whole body just

kind of shuts down. Kind of like a self -induced heart attack.

You saying J .J. scared himself to death?

We got another name for it down here.

Voodoo. You're serious?

He must be from out of town, huh?

He's a doctor. He believes in this?

You see, now it don't matter what Marcel believes or y 'all or me.

I don't think it's important as what old J .J. over there believed, huh?

Redial. Redial.

Wow, my club.

800, 900, and 1 ,000. Thank you, Bobby.

That's a lot of cash to be carrying around the quarter.

You offering me a police escort, detective?

And you know better than to get smart with me, Camilla.

Just who do you think you are?

Since when do I have to report to you, Detective?

I don't think the lady wants to talk to you.

Maybe she doesn't have a choice.

She does as long as I'm standing here.

Are you lucky we're in a public place?

I feel luckier by the minute.

Don't confuse me with my partner.

You cross me, I make you wish you never set foot in this parish.

Is that threat?

I don't make threats long, Aaron.

I keep promises.

And as for you...

You think twice before you go and do something you're going to regret now.

Friend of yours?

I've never met a cop I'd call a friend.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must do a plea. Not so fast.

Why didn't you wait for me like I asked you to?

Give Jean -Luc another chance to kill me? He was after me, not you. But you

that, didn't you? I don't know anything.

Look, you're going to make me miss my plane.

You're not leaving until you tell me where I can find him.

So you can play the hero and wind up dead?

I was hoping to skip the last part.

You've got no idea how powerful Jean -Luc is. He's one man, no more, no less.

And it's not voodoo luck that's kept him from being caught.

Am I right?

Where is he?

He's over in Algiers.

The old shot plant.

It's a meat slaughterhouse.

How do I find it?

Well, it's on a marsh.

A river backwater. You follow the water and head north.

You'll see it.

Yeah.

Hey, I got the reports back on your buddies Rabenick and Starnes. Anything

there? Rabenick's a 20 -year event with a spotless record.

Starnes? Well, he's the youngest uniform in NOPD's history to get his shield.

Aggressive, ambitious, a real climber.

Also, spotless.

You got any good news?

Well, I don't have any air conditioning, but I shouldn't be seeing you about

nightfall, buddy. Look, forget it. Laveau's already tried to kill me once

I'm not giving him a second chance. I'm going in.

Reno, wait a minute. Are you nuts? Don't even think about it. The bounty's not

even worth it. Just get here as fast as you can.

Yeah, a waste of time. That's what this is.

You are a pretty good detective, Johnny.

Got a whole lot to learn about human nature.

Yeah, I still think you're giving Vince Black more credit than he deserves.

Well, we'll see, won't we?

And until or unless you get a better idea,

you sit back and learn from your betters.

Well, looky here.

Good hunter, that's a hound, do the work for it.

You figure he went in the front door?

Not likely.

Think maybe we should split up?

You take the street side.

I'll take the dock.

Souvenir shop model?

No, the real thing.

This is not exactly the way I pictured our first meeting, Mr. Black.

It's exactly the way I pictured it. Now put the mask down and keep your hands

where I can see them.

Don't tell me.

Voodoo curse powder.

A curse, anyway.

I'll take it from here.

I thought cops don't come to Algiers.

Oh, on occasion.

Just to protect the tourists.

You don't have a problem with that, do you, son?

As long as my name's on the reward check.

Oh, you're going to get your reward, all right.

I expect you will.

Gun's on the table, gentlemen.

Nicely done.

I'm good at my job.

You know I didn't have to come to this.

All we had to do was get rid of the bounty hunter.

So not your partner, just so you can wear them fancy shoes.

Paul, your problem is you've got no style.

You know, I always thought no style was my style.

I think it's time for our guest to have a close -up look at our hall of wonders.

By the way, I still don't believe in curses.

Make sure they got that down in your tombstone, boy.

You're a ray of sunshine.

Yeah, my luck, Saints will win the Super Bowl this year.

The tools of this slaughterhouse are enough to turn the average person into a

vegetarian. You too have the possibility.

Of choosing your own means of execution.

The cable you are tied to is a hide stretcher. The name is self

I secure your feet there, push the button there.

And this is a hoof clipper.

If I wanted to put it around someone's neck, I need something bigger.

Like this horn clipper.

It's more...

And I can put it around someone's waist.

The man was a prince, didn't I?

But if I were in your position, I would choose another way.

And over there is a 220 -volt electrocution wand.

Possibly painless after the first tap. But of course, we don't know, do we?

But I'm told the meat is very tender.

And this one is my favorite.

It gives new meaning to bolt action rifle.

Which one do you choose?

There seems to be some indecisiveness.

You choose for your partner.

That's not what you pay me to do. I pay you for your loyalty.

Prove it.

You convince him, pay you a lot of money, partner.

We've got to get him out of there before Lovehall kills him. Hey!

Yeah, I think so.

You should have killed me when you had the chance.

Hey,

detective.

Let the good times roll.

I guarantee.

You have your ticket?

Right here.

One way.

You know, I'd ask you to stay in touch, but somehow I doubt you will.

I think the sooner you put all this behind you, the better.

Take care of yourself.

Where are you off to, son?

Well,

I thought I'd finally take your advice and head out of town.

Just when I was getting used to having you around.

Thanks for not pressing charges against Camilla.

Well, it wasn't her fault.

Sometimes people get sucked up into things they got no control over.

Isn't that right, Reno?

You did me a big favor, boy.

And now I'm gonna return it.

Y 'all are free to go on your way.

So, um... When did you decide to use me?

Use you?

To help flush out your crooked partner.

Was it...

that night at the church or when you popped me in my hotel room. It's funny,

was about to ask you the same question.

Listen, I was able to pull a few strings to get you your reward money. The

check's made out to Sixkiller Enterprise.

Hey, I'll take that. Thank you.

About time you got here.

Ah, just in time for you to show me the sights.

Oh, no.

He's your tour guide.

Oh, great.

Hey, what are we going to do first, huh? What do you say, oysters and a half

shell of acne?

Neville Brothers at Tipitina's, huh?