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You okay? Yeah, I'm fine, mate. Don't worry about it.

You all right?

Enjoy your life.

I'm sure.

I'm sure. Really.

Jumāyāpāda, you tell me this picture of the bomb, of the issue, and take a

picture.

Thank you.

Can you tell me why everything is always about me? Everything is not always

about me. That gear with his pocket protector was being sarcastic, and you

well know it. You know what? I'm sorry. I can't see it. Oh, that's bullshit.

What about the dig of a snake hole? That was really... What do you want me to

do? I work with a man for Christ's sake, and you know what? You're perfectly

capable of taking care of your own shit.

You know something?

The last time I checked, you were sleeping with me, so unless you want to

fucking...

I love you. I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

Kyle, where can I catch a shuttle to the airport around here?

Right there.

Okay.

It was him and that gold Lexus on the cell phone.

Is it still asking for a change of menu?

Yes. It's enhanceable because it fires in the early 80s.

Where to?

Downtown 312 North Spring Street.

Downtown.

Look, the transcriptions need to be done by 7 a .m. when you're in, okay?

Hold on.

Take Sepulveda to Slauson to La Brea. Take La Brea north to 6 into downtown.

So what? You'll be up late. I'm pulling an all -nighter, too, so save it here.

I'm going to take the 105 east to the 110. That's faster. What?

I said the 105 to the 110.

That'll get you there quicker.

The 110 turns into a parking lot around USC.

But once you get to La Brea north of Santa Monica, then it jammed.

The 110 north of the 10, you get people driving to Pasadena, and they drive

slow. Yeah, they do, but what I do is I get off on Grand, and then I, uh... Hey,

if that's what you want, that's what we'll do.

Are we taking bets?

Are we?

What if you're wrong?

I don't think I would be wrong, but if I am,

rise free.

Go ahead,

say it.

Say what?

Go ahead.

Oh, I got lucky with the lights. You weren't lucky with the lights. What you

wear was right. I was wrong.

Next.

You mind turning that up?

Like the classics.

I do. I used to play in high school.

Let me guess.

Woodwinds. No, drink.

I never had the lungs for wind instruments.

Could have fooled me by the way you were unloading on that cell phone.

Different instrument.

You know, if you had just listened to me, we'd be all bogged down in traffic

right now, and you would have made yourself an extra five bucks.

Yeah, well, you get that five bucks, buy you something special.

Go wild.

It's not that big deal. Nothing big.

How many cabbies do you know get you into an argument that's made you money?

There were two of us. I had to kill the other one. I don't like competition.

Big pride in being good at what you do?

What, this?

Oh, this is part -time. This is a filling job. Pay the bills.

But I will be the best at what I do.

But that's up now.

What else?

Just shaping up some things.

Life?

Tell me.

Limo company I'm putting together.

Island Limos.

It's going to be like an island on wheels. It's going to be a cool booth,

club experience. When you get to the airport, you're not going to want to get

out of my limo.

So I do this part -time to get my bins off leases, staff up, get the right

client list, things like that.

How do you like being a lawyer?

What are you, psychic?

A little bit.

There's the dark pinstripe suit, elegant, not too flashy, that rules out

advertising, plus a top drawer briefcase that you live out of, and the purse, a

Bottega.

Anyway, a man gets in my cab with a sword, I figure he's a sushi chef.

You,

Clarence Darrow.

Well, no, not quite.

You work defense, I'm a prosecutor.

Oh, big case?

Since I lost what I had to give No one to blame No one to blame

Of course.

But you didn't answer my question.

You like what you're doing?

Yes.

But not today.

No, I do. Like, I can't wait.

I love standing in that courtroom at the same time I get this clenched -up thing

the night before the first date.

I think I'm gonna lose.

I think the case sucks.

My exhibits aren't in order. I'm not prepared enough. People are gonna find

that I don't know what I'm doing and I've been running some charade all these

years. I represent the Department of Justice.

And my opening statement is going to fall flat at the most important point,

the jury's going to laugh at me.

And then I cry.

I don't throw up. A lot of people throw up. I have a strong stomach.

And then I pull myself together.

I rewrite my opening statement, work my exhibits, and that's what I do for the

rest of the night. That's my routine.

In the morning it starts, and I'm fine.

You need a vacation.

I just had a vacation on the Harbor Freeway. No, no, not in the cab. I mean,

need to get your head straight, get your unified self up, get harmonic, you

know. When was the last time you took a break? I go on a vacation all the time.

How often? A dozen times a day.

My favorite spot.

Now these are.

It's my own private getaway.

Things get heavy for me. I take five minutes out, and I just go there.

And I just concentrate on absolutely nothing.

Okay.

Oh, no, I didn't do that. Take it because you need it a lot more than I

And it'll help you, I guarantee you.

Go get them.

Hey.

I don't know in case you ever want to investigate a Fortune 500 company

or argue cab route.

That's really good enough today.

Yeah.

Oh, whoa, whoa. Hey, yeah. Come on, man. I'm sorry.

I didn't hear you, man. Come on.

I'll take it.

What'd you do?

1039 South Union Street.

Gotcha.

How long do you think this will take?

Seven minutes.

Seven.

About eight, about six?

Two minutes to get across to 110, to Normandy, Normandy to Venice, three

minutes. Over to Union is one, plus and minus, and shit happens. Okay, have I

timed you? Knock yourself out.

What do I get if you're wrong? A free ride?

You get an apology.

I already offered him my free ride that day. To who?

Some girl.

Did you get a date with her?

First time in L .A.? No.

Tell you the truth, whenever I'm here, I can't wait to leave.

Sprawled out, disconnected.

You know, that's me.

You like it?

How? 70 million people. This is a country with the fifth biggest economy

world, and nobody knows each other.

I read about this guy gets on the MTA here, dies.

Six hours he's riding the subway before anybody notices. His corpse doing laps

around L .A., people on and off sitting next to him.

Nobody notices.

This is the cleanest cab I've ever been in.

Regular ride?

Yeah, I share it with the day shift guy.

Because you prefer nights?

Yeah, people are more relaxed, less traffic, better tips.

How are the benefits?

I don't know. It's not that kind of job.

I'm not in this for the long haul. It's filling in.

Temporary while I'm getting some things shaped up. This is just temporary.

How long have you been driving?

Twelve years.

Really? Mm -hmm.

What are the things you're putting together?

Um... No, I don't want to talk about it.

It's a little business plan.

No offense.

I'll take it.

You're one of these guys that do get a talk.

That's cool.

Oh, man.

Man, you're good.

Yeah, probably no leg. I could look, too.

Listen, I'm in town on a real estate deal, closing one night.

I got five stops to make.

Collect signatures, see some friends, and then I got a 6 a .m. out of LAX.

Why don't you hang with me?

Oh, the car's not for hire unless it gets rags.

Regulations? Yeah.

These guys don't pay you sick leave. How much you pull down a shift?

Oh... How much? $350, $400.

Yeah? Well, I'll tell you what.

I'll make it $600.

With an extra hundred, you get me to LAX, and I don't have to run for the

I don't know, man. I don't know. Yeah, you do.

I don't know, man. Yeah, you do.

600.

Cool. We got a deal.

You're 300 down. What's your name?

Max. Max.

I'm Vincent.

All right.

I can't stay double parked here, though.

I'll meet you in the alley behind the building.

All right.

Definitely nothing around here.

My man, you all right?

Oh, shit.

Fuck.

Hey, he fell on the cab.

He fell from up there on the motherfucking cab.

Oh, shit.

I think he's dead. Good guess.

No, I shot him.

Bullets in the fall.

Red light, Max. Hold on, hold on.

Put your hands down.

Put your hands down. Okay, okay.

Okay, help me out. Pop.

What? Pop.

I'm gonna roll him off the roof.

Huh?

Can't leave him here. So unless you want him up front with you, but given the

hygiene... Okay.

Only a dead guy.

Grab his hands.

I can't do this. Grab his wrists.

You got it?

He's twitching.

Hey, why don't you just take the cab?

Take the cab? Yeah, you take it.

I'll chill.

I'll just chill. They don't even know who's driving these things half the time

anyway, man. They never check or anything, okay? So just take it.

You, me.

You promised not to tell anybody, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Promise.

Get in the fucking car.

Get in the car.

Ramon!

Ramon!

Ramon!

Room up!

This is Detective Fanny, narcotics.

Send two black and whites and a night detective to 1039 South Union and

SID. I got a crime scene.

Roger. 1039 South Union.

What are you doing?

I got the keys, huh? Hey, come in. So?

Lady Macbeth.

We're sitting here, and the light's green. Leave the seat.

We no longer have the cleanest cabin in La La Land. You've got to live with

that. You focus on the job.

Drive.

75, 65 pounds, you know it?

West Hollywood.

How long do you think it is?

I don't know, man. 17 minutes.

Why?

Oh, no. No, no, no. Hold on, man.

No, I told you we had other stops to make tonight. No, you said you had to go

visit some friends. That's somebody's friend.

No. You drive a cab.

I make my rounds.

You might make it through the night. Come out 700 bucks ahead.

I'm not trying to piss you off or nothing like that, but I can't do this.

can't drive you around while you're going around killing people, man. That

my job.

Tonight it is.

You don't get it.

I mean it. I mean it.

I'm...

I'm not up for this.

Okay, hey, hey, hey, you're stressed.

Yes, I am. You're stressed.

I understand that.

You just keep breathing and stay calm.

Are you breathing? Shit.

Are you breathing? Yes. Okay, good.

Here, look, here's the deal.

Man, you were gonna drive me around tonight and never be the wiser, but El

got in front of a window, did his high dive.

We're into plan B.

Still breathing?

Now we got to make the best of it.

Improvise, adapt to the environment, Darwin, shit happens, I Ching, whatever,

man. We got to roll with it. I Ching, what are you talking about, man? You

a man out of the window.

I didn't throw him.

He fell.

But what did he do to you?

What? What did he do to you?

Nothing, I only met him that night.

You just met him once and you kill him like that?

What, I should only kill people after I get to know them?

No. Mac.

Six billion people on the planet and you're getting bent out of shape because

one fat guy.

Well, who was he?

What do you care?

Have you ever heard of Rwanda? Yes, I know Rwanda.

Tens of thousands killed before sundown.

Nobody's killed people that fast since Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Did you bat an

IMAX? What?

Did you join Amnesty International, Oxfam, Save the Whale Greenpeace or

something? No.

I off one fat Angelino and you throw a hissy fit.

Man, I don't know any Rwandans. You don't know the guy that trunk either.

Okay, but makes you feel any better. He was a criminal involved in a continuing

criminal enterprise What are you doing? You just taking out the garbage?

Get rid of them.

Yeah, you're a cabin talk yourself out of it And

don't

let me get cornered You don't have the trunk space. I can't believe this.

Believe it. Don't. I'll talk to him.

He's probably married.

Better than when I kid.

Probably his wife's pregnant.

Yeah, I'll take care of it. I got it. I'll deal with it. Yeah.

Take it.

How you doing?

Hey. Hey, my partner's going to help you out on this side over here.

License registration.

I'm pulling you over because your windshield's smashed.

All this current?

Yes, officer.

Hey, man, what'd you do, have a food fight in here?

Yeah, I put meth in.

Hey, is this blood up here on your windshield?

Yeah, uh... Yeah, uh, I... I hit a deer.

You hit a deer?

Yeah, over on the, uh...

I was on sloss.

A South Central deer.

Yeah, they out here. It ran right in front of the car, and I couldn't avoid

Why are you still carrying that passenger?

I was on my way to the depot, and I could just drop him. His drop was on my

Yeah, but your cab's unsafe to drive, and we have to impound it.

So we've got to do a vehicle inventory before the tow truck gets here. So pop

the trunk and step out the vehicle. Sir, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to

call another cab.

Is that really necessary, officer? I'm just a half a mile from here.

Yes, sir. I'm afraid it is. Please step out the vehicle.

You too. Come on.

Open that trunk. They go inside.

You know what, man? It's been a long night.

Plus, the barn is right up there.

Just give me a break. It's my first day.

Get out the cab. Open the trunk. Come on.

Step out. You too, sir. Please.

Hey, partner, we got to roll.

Roger. Go straight to the garage.

Have a nice night, sir.

Stop here.

Hands on the wheel, pen and tail.

Come on.

We can do this.

Max!

Max! You out there, you son of a bitch?

Who is that?

It's Lenny. Just dispatch.

Max, I know you're out there. Answer the goddamn call. What happens if you

don't? He just keeps calling me.

Max, answer.

Yeah, Lenny, what's up? It's me.

Just got off the phone with the cops. Yes, Sergeant Paul. You think you

the cab in?

Yeah, so?

So, aside from I hate talking to cops, they tell me you crashed the goddamn

No, I know. I got crashed into. I didn't... Do I care what, where, or why?

You're paying.

It was an accident. You're not liable.

It was an accident.

I'm not liable.

Oh, shit, I'm making you liable. It's coming out of your goddamn pocket. You

tell him to take this cap off. He's a fat ass. I can't do that. That's my

So? I need my job. No, you don't.

He's not paying you a damn thing.

What the hell is that?

Albert Ricardo, Assistant U .S. Attorney, a passenger in this cabin. I'm

reporting you to the DMV.

Well, let's not get excited.

Not get excited? How am I supposed to not get excited listening to you try to

extort a working man?

You know goddamn well your collision policy and general liability umbrella

cover the damages.

And what are you trying to pull, you sarcastic prick?

Like I was just trying to... Tell it to him. Don't tell him he's an asshole.

Go ahead.

You're an asshole.

Tell him, if you pull this shit again, you're gonna stick this yellow cab up

fat ass.

And next time you pull any shit, I'm gonna have to stick this yellow cab up

fat ass.

Yeah. Well, did he identify himself as the notary?

Yeah, sure. Send him up.

Hey!

Hey, I'm in the cab!

Hey!

man i'm shocked thank you thank you hey man hey look i gotta get out of here

what's up man what's going on look i'm tied up in here this guy tied me up but

he's up in this building wreaking havoc doing some wild shit i need to get out

of here yeah i'm trapped so let's get me out of here so we can call the cops

what are you kidding me so i look like i'm kidding you listen don't you see

my hands are tied to the steering wheel

I don't give a what they're tied to.

I'll fuck you up. Don't shoot, man. Yo.

Is that my briefcase?

Is it your briefcase?

Yeah, it is. Why, you want it back?

What about your wallet?

What else you got for me, huh?

You attract attention, you're going to get people killed who didn't need to be.

You understand?

Yeah. Yeah?

Hey, new news.

We're ahead of schedule.

Like jazz?

Sorry, what?

Jazz. Like jazz.

Not that much.

Guy told me about this place off Crenshaw.

Leimert Park.

All the West Coast greats played there. Dexter Gordon.

Charlie Mingus.

Chad Baker.

Like that.

Come on. Finish up.

Buy a drink.

This informant of yours, what's his name, Ramon? Ramon Ayala. Supposed to

him in Bellflower last night. He doesn't show up. I roll here, find this.

Yeah, how long you been working this guy?

Four months with a low -level player, part of a distribution network that

up with Felix.

Felix Reyes Torino?

Feds are all over him. They don't want us anywhere near it. Since when's LAPD

working for the team? If they're into it, they're just going to take all our

stuff, build their case, take all the credits. So what is the point? The point

is, is my guy flew out a window. So if my CI flies out a window, then he's got

Felix's handprints on his ass.

That makes it mine.

Is there a crime here?

A homicide?

You got a body?

I see a bunch of broken glass. And blood.

Down here in the glass.

Here's some more and...

There's some spanner patterns over there and over here.

Richard? Yeah, it's me.

Ramon went through that window, splat.

Glass here, then tires rolled over.

Maybe he jumped.

Sure, he's depressed, so he jumps four stories out of a window onto his head.

Wow, that feels better. Picks himself up. Now I think I'll go on with the rest

of my day.

Come on, man.

Hey, Ray!

Catch!

Recent. You can still smell the cordite.

We'll get across the alley. Watching late -night TV?

Said he saw a cab parked here earlier tonight with two guys walking around the

hood.

Description? You see anything?

Kind of something. Guys got glasses and coke bottles.

There are 4 ,000 taxi cabs in L .A. County. You got anything else?

Okay.

Let's keep knocking.

Let's keep knocking.

Remember that Bay Area deal, Oakland?

Cabbie drove around all night, killed three people, then put the gun to his

head? Yeah, the guy flipped out. So what?

So that Oakland PD detective, what's his name? He never bought it.

Cabbie had no criminal record, no history of mental illness.

Popped three people, then himself.

Anyway, that detective always thought there was someone else in that cab.

learn to listen to jazz.

It's off melody.

Behind the notes. Not what's expected.

Improvise. It's fine.

Ten years from now, same job, same place, same routine, everything the

Just keeping it safe over and over and over.

Ten years from now.

Man, you don't know where you'd be ten.

Who is that on the trumpet?

That's Daniel, baby. He's the owner.

He's terrific.

He'd be so kind as to bite him open. I gotta buy him a drink.

Sure thing, darling.

Now, now, see, I was about 19.

Bustin' tables, right here.

The money wasn't shit, but that wasn't the point. It was about being around the

music. And I was.

Let me take this one night.

July 22nd, 1964. Who do you think walks through that door?

Bye, baby.

Miles Davis.

That's right. In the flesh. That's right. I'm talking about through those

the coolest man on the planet.

Jesus.

Anyway, he had been recording a session up at Columbia up on Vine.

So Miles comes to that door. Before you know it, he's up on the bandstand

jamming with the band.

It had to be. Oh.

It was scary.

I mean, the dude was so focused.

Plus, he was kind of a scary cat anyway.

I mean, everybody in the mama knew that you don't just come up and talk to Miles

Davis. I mean, he may have looked like he was chilling, but he was absorbed.

There was one young, hip couple.

One of them tried to shake his hand. The guy says, hi, my name is... I said, get

the fuck out of my face, you job motherfucker. Take your silly bitch with

You know, that was Miles, man. That's the way he was when he was in his

headspace. Fierce.

But did you get to talk to him?

I'm better than that. No.

I played for about 20 minutes.

Unbelievable.

How'd you do?

How'd I do? Well, you really ain't shit when you're playing next to Miles Davis.

But he carried my ass.

What'd he say?

He said one word.

Cool.

Cool. Yeah.

That's it.

Yeah. It meant good, but not ready.

It meant look me up when you are.

Did you?

No.

I got drafted and some other things, and by the time I got back to music, the

season had passed.

You know, I was born in 1945, but that night was the moment of my conception,

right here in this room.

The crowd's not here now?

No. Well, now, jazz ain't the draw that it used to be.

What a great story.

I got to tell the people in Kulikon and Cartagena that story.

Kulikon and Cartagena.

Right so.

That is why I thought you were a cool guy.

I'm a cool guy.

Good job I contracted to do.

Come on, Vincent. Give the dude a pass. I'm working here. No, listen. You don't

want to sit up here talking about improvisation and everything like that.

like the guy. You like how he plays. Let's just play a little jazz. Come on.

Improvise? That's funny coming from you.

How's this?

I'll ask a question.

What question?

Jazz question.

You get it right, we roll.

You disappear tonight.

I won't go out of here tonight.

I will go so far away to be just like I was dead.

One more thing.

These people and their rep here, Felix, well, you tell them I'm sorry.

You tell them I had to. They had a grant of immunity on me.

I was compelled.

It was either play ball or go back. and I'm not going back inside.

Lay it on me.

Where did Miles learn music?

I know everything there is to know about Miles.

Then let's have it.

Music school.

You got into music school, right?

His father was a dentist.

He's St. Louis.

Invested in agriculture, made plenty of money. He sent Miles to Juilliard, the

school of music.

New York, 1945.

Tripped out of Juilliard after less than a year, tracked down Charlie Parker on

52nd Street, who mentored him for the next three years.

Hey. No, don't run. You're not the kid.

I'm not playing.

You played him.

You got the answer right.

But you let him go.

You're hassling my driver again? Who are you?

The same guy you talked to last time.

Max's mother's driving me crazy.

Put him on a line, please. Hang on.

Careful.

Why didn't he show? Are you all right? Where are you?

Show up for what?

Tell her I can't make it tonight.

I'm not related to you. You tell her yourself.

Show up for what?

She's in the hospital.

You visit her every night?

Yeah, what difference does it make? You don't show up, it breaks your team.

So?

So, people start looking for you.

This cab, that's not good.

I'm not taking you to see my mother.

Since when was any of this negotiable?

Two paces ahead and one left.

Hey.

Flowers?

It's a waste of money for me to think of her.

She carried you in her womb for nine months.

People buy flowers, buy flowers.

Excuse me.

Keep the change.

Hold that elevator, please.

Bye. Bye, thanks.

All right, good night.

Mezzle, mezzle.

You.

Hey, Mom.

Been calling and calling.

Yeah, well, I got caught up at work.

Why couldn't you call me on the telephone? I'm lying here wondering if

terrible happened to you.

I brought you flowers.

What am I going to do with flowers?

Cheer up.

How?

By worrying that you'll spend money on stuff that's just going to wilt and die?

See what I mean?

I didn't buy you flowers, Mom.

He did.

Who?

What's your name?

Sorry, my son. He's rude.

No harm done, ma 'am.

You pay for my flowers?

They're beautiful.

Well, Max?

Mother, this is Vincent.

Vincent, this is my mother, Ida.

I'm very happy to meet you, Mrs. DeRocher. Oh, just call me Ida.

Ida. I was with Max when he got the call.

And you came all the way over here to see me?

It's nothing, ma 'am.

Tell my son, you have to hold a gun to his head and make him do anything.

You must be one of Max's important clients.

Client? I, uh, you know, I like to think of myself as his friend.

Max never had many friends.

Always talking to himself in the mirror. It's unhealthy.

Mom, how many times I got to ask you, please don't do that?

Do what?

Don't talk about me like I'm not right here in the room here.

What's he saying?

He says he's standing right here in the room here.

Yes, you are.

He's sensitive.

I know.

But I'm sure you're very proud of him.

Of course I'm proud.

He started with nothing, you know.

Look at him today.

Here in Vegas.

Mom, mom, mom. He is not interested in hearing about all of that, okay? I came

to see you. I saw you. You look good. Let's go. No, no, no. No, no, no. I am

very interested, Ida. Please.

Limousine companies.

Is that right?

He drives famous people around.

Famous people.

Limousine companies. That's what an achievement.

What did you say your name was again?

My name is Vincent, ma 'am.

Visit again?

No, I'm just in town tonight.

When you come back.

All my prep was in there.

What's going with my work?

Let's see what else you can do.

If I had four come in tonight, maybe one's your guy.

No, not for long.

Let's see this one.

You know, something's funny about this.

These three all came in within half an hour each other, right?

The kid and that last guy, both done by the same shooter, I think.

Why do you say that?

One pattern, two in the sternum, one in the head.

And this guy, he's shooting tight groups, too.

Check this out.

Double taps a couple millimeters apart.

Holy shit.

Can I use your phone?

Yeah.

Come on, come on, wake up.

Hello.

Hey, it's Fanny. I'm still down here at the mortgage. This is a charity.

Those John Doe's didn't pan out, but you're never going to guess who I got

as a meat locker.

Who? Well, Mr. Clark, criminal attorney turned lawyer criminal.

Including Ramon, who he represented.

We're still missing the both of whom are in the exotic substances business

together. There's something going on.

I don't think the feds know about it.

Tell you what, stay on your cell phone. Get the ASAC's phone. I'll hook up with

you in 30 minutes.

Good. I'm gonna go to a place called El Rodeo. It's on Washington Boulevard,

Pico Rivera.

Where at on Washington?

Look it up.

Limos, huh?

Yeah,

I'm not the one lying to my mother.

See, here's what she wants to hear. I don't disillusion.

Yeah, right. Maybe she hears what you tell her.

Whatever I tell her is never good enough anyway.

It's always been that way.

So what's at El Rodeo?

Just drive.

They project onto you their flaws.

They don't like about themselves, their lives, whatever.

They rank on you instead.

How do you eat?

Not a father like that.

Mother's the worst.

Wouldn't know. My mother died before I remember.

What happened to your father?

Hated everything I did.

Got drunk, beat me up, foster home.

Went back with him.

Like that.

Denver.

I killed him.

I was 12.

Up, kid.

Your day delivered, you see.

What is it, driving a cab temporarily if it's all bullshit, huh?

It is not bullshit.

Twelve years isn't temporary, Max. Gotta get the cabs together.

Insurance, bonds, maintenance.

Tires, gotta staff up. Get the right client list. It's not just simply get

car and put acid in the seat.

Why not?

Because island limos are more than just rides.

They, uh, like a club experience.

Cool groove.

Don't want to end.

Gotta be perfect.

Uh -huh.

Perfect.

It's up here. Turn right.

Give me your wallet.

Give me my wallet.

For what?

I'll hold it for you.

In case the people inside search you.

Who's searching?

The people inside.

Go in, ask for Felix.

He's expecting you.

Felix? Yeah. What does he look like? I don't know. I never met him.

Who is he?

He's connected to the guys who hired me.

I don't get it.

You destroyed my workups. Number four is due. What do you think? Night's over.

Call in the counter rain.

You go in there. Say you're me. Score the backups. They'll be on flash drive

CD.

Me? How come you don't? I don't meet people.

Risk management, anonymity, I protect mine. You're not going to screw that up.

I got a contract with their bosses. These guys don't get to meet me.

They don't know what I look like.

If I don't pull it off, then... They will kill you.

You got ten minutes. At 10 .01, I drive to the hospital and execute your mother

on my way out of town. Don't pretend indifference. I can't do this.

I can't.

You're tired.

I'm sure you can, man. Come on. Hey, hey.

If I do this, I'm just going to end up getting other people killed. You have

options, Max.

Just take comfort in knowing you never had a choice.

How long have you been doing this?

Why?

Just in case they ask me.

Private sector, six years.

Okay, all right, six years.

You get benefits, insurance,

pension. No, no paid sick leave. Quit stalling. Get out of the cabin.

Who's this?

Mark this man.

What's up, Holmes?

I'm here to see Felix.

He has something for you.

No, no, Felix.

Tell him... Say it's Vincent.

I'm Vincent.

Tengo un tipo aquí en la puerta de enfrente que dice que dispensó.

Copy.

Let him in. Let him in right now.

Detective Richard Widener, LAPD, Major Narcotics Division.

Detective Ray Fanning, LAPD, Major Narcotics Division. Hi, okay, how are

Agent Frank Pedrosa.

Good, thanks for seeing us, Frank. Yeah, you're welcome. How can I help?

What's up? Why do you want to know about our case?

Any unusual activity tonight?

Like what?

That relates to a murder or a series of murders in Wilshire Central or West

Hollywood.

All quiet on the Western Front?

Various people are asleep, various people are not.

They come and go in cars, pickups, taxis.

Other than that, we watch the air move.

Your interest in our case?

Well, our interest... We got a situation. Two bodies. Could be a

Could not be a coincidence.

It doesn't look like one. We got an attorney and his client.

Roof's all beat to shit.

Roof's all beat to shit.

Can you zoom in on this, please?

On what?

On that.

Look at that right there. What is it?

Yeah.

524 -9974.

524 -9974.

I thought you'd be taller.

So Vincent.

What are the two names? Ramona, Ayala, and Clark.

Are you telling me Ramona, Ayala, and Clark were murdered tonight? Both

Sylvester Clark for sure. Ramona, I don't know. I got another DOA. Daniel

of the South Central. The Mert part. That's three.

Three what?

Witnesses.

Vincent.

Meet the people in Juliacan or Cartagena.

But he don't meet you.

Okay.

Now you're here.

Why?

I lost my stuff.

Do this.

I want you to listen to me real well.

Special groups put together the list of dedos.

Fingers. Informants.

Signal interceptions with voice recognition software.

Surveillance.

A very expensive counterintelligence worked up that list.

An important list.

Wouldn't you say?

And you lost it?

Sorry? Sorry does not put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Do you believe in Humpty Dumpty?

No. Do you believe in Santa Claus?

No. Nor do I.

Nor do I, but my children do. They are still small.

But do you know who they like even better than Santa Claus?

His helper.

Pedro el Negro.

Black Peter.

Yeah.

There's an old Mexican tale that tells of how Santa Claus got so very busy

looking out for the good children that he had to hire some help to look out for

the bad children.

So he hired Pedro.

And Santa Claus gave him a list with all the names of all the bad children.

And Pedro would come every night to check them out.

And the people, the little kids that were misbehaving, that were not saying

their prayers, Pedro would leave a little...

Toy donkey on their windows.

A little burro.

And he would come back.

And if the children were still misbehaving, Pedro would take them away

nobody would ever see them again.

Now, if I am being Santa Claus and you are Pedro, how do you think

jolly old Santa Claus would feel if one day Pedro came into his office and said,

I lost the list?

How fucking furious do you think he would get?

Tell me, Vincent.

Tell me what you think.

What?

I think... I think you should tell the guy

behind me to put that gun down.

What did you say?

I said I think you should tell the guy behind me to put his gun away before I

take it and beat his bitch ass to death with.

Federal? I don't know. You tell me.

That's why I talked to Liz.

The workups, all of that shit.

To protect, in part, your Hermes Fasanabla

ass.

What, you think I like coming in here?

But hey, shit happens.

Gotta roll with it.

Adapt.

Darwin. I Ching.

The fat man, the penthouse guy, the jazz man.

At least two.

And you're finished?

In six years.

When have I not?

Say it's Vincent.

Vincent? I said I'm here.

I'm Vincent.

The last two.

And by the way, as a token of my appreciation, I would like to offer you

discount.

For all my services, 25%. Very generous.

Here, I'll make it 35.

And by the way, Daniel said he was sorry.

I'm very vulnerable.

What about the fever?

If something goes wrong, you break it and you have to take it.

Email me his license.

Right. To my cell phone.

No, no, I'll wait.

Hey, is there anybody else in that cab?

Vegas, I would have been against you walking in there.

Yeah, dude.

6th Street by Alexandria.

I'll call Peter. No?

Locate our witness, Peter Lim.

Get him evacuated. Get him safe. LA -101 to chase him.

Yeah, uh -huh.

African -American, medium build. The assault team, when they are in place,

do the takedown. Are you sure? Do not spook him before.

I want air support up and to maintain at 1 ,500 feet. All right, thank you.

According to the cab company's dispatcher, this guy's been driving that

12 years.

So what?

So you're telling me the guy walks into a phone booth and Shazam changes into a

meat -eater super assassin?

What's he do?

Squeeze him in between fares? No, the real cab driver is floating down a storm

drain. The guy who walked out of there looks like this guy. But he picked a cab

driver who looks like him.

Yeah, I don't know.

I do.

Z? You see private sector security company hiring out to cartels. Colombia,

Russia, Mexico.

Hiring ex -special forces.

Saucy. XKGB, like that?

All the time.

Guys with trigger time. Skilled at that. It's real tradecraft. Like, look like a

cab driver.

What are you going to do?

Take his ass down. Save our witness.

What if these guys are wrong?

They got the guy admitting his name is Vincent.

He's in there talking to the bad guy. There's something else going on. Ray,

there's nothing else going on. I thought there was. There isn't. It's their

ball. It's their game. There's nothing in it for us. There's nothing in it for

you. That's right.

It's late.

I'm going home. You know what time it is?

May I locate Peter Lem?

Sheila's on with the wife because she's got fever. 6th and Alexandria. Move it.

LA -101 to LA -103, LA -105, LA -108.

Witnesses in a club called Fever.

6th and Alexandria.

That's where Vincent is going.

Assault team and remaining units, you will take Vincent.

First unit on the scene will get the witness, Peter Lem. Get him out.

LA -105 to LA -101.

Copy that.

You gonna call her?

Who? You know, your lady friend, the one who gave you your business card.

I don't know.

Maybe. What?

Pick up the phone.

Life's short.

One day, it's gone.

You and I make it out of this life. You should call her.

Once upon a time.

Ryan,

hold the door.

Please stop. Watch your back. Watch your back.

We move 15 feet ahead, 3 feet to the left. 200 innocent bystanders get the

round. Clear.

There's Liz. Second booth to the left. Get him out of here.

Middle of

the

dashboard.

All right, unit.

You're okay, you're okay.

You're okay.

The only thing that didn't show up was the police cavalry.

You're alive.

I saved you.

Do I get any thanks?

No. Now you can do a clam up.

You want to talk? Want me to fuck off?

You have to kill Fanning.

Who the fuck is Fanning?

Fanning, the cop.

You have to kill him.

Probably got family, kids that are going to grow up without him.

He believed me.

Oh, I should have saved him because he believed you. No, not that. Yeah, that.

Well, yeah, that. What's wrong with that? That's what I do for a living.

Some living.

At downtown.

What's downtown?

How are you and Matt?

Sorry for five hits. I did four.

Why didn't you just come and get another cab drive?

Because you're good. We're in this together.

Face intertwined cosmic coincidence, you know.

You're full of shit. Oh, crap.

I'm full of shit.

You're a monument of it. You done bullshitted yourself. All I am is taking

the garbage, killing bad people. Well, that's what you said. You believe me?

Then what'd they do?

How do I know, you know?

Look at that.

Witness for the prosecution looked at me.

Probably some major federal indictment. Somebody who majorly does not want to

get indicted.

That's the reason.

That's the why. There's no reason.

There's no good reason. There's no bad reason to live or to die.

Then what are you?

I'm different.

There were millions of galaxies, hundreds of millions of stars, and a

one.

That's us. A cop, you, me.

Who knows?

What's with... As in?

As in if somebody had a gun to your head and said, you got to tell me what's

going on with this person over here or I'm going to kill you.

What is driving him? What was he thinking? You know, you couldn't do it,

you? Because they would have to kill your ass because you don't know what

else is thinking.

I think you're low, my brother.

Way... Low.

Like, what were you, one of those institutionalized, raised guys?

Anybody home?

And the standard parts that are supposed to be there in people and you aren't.

Well, why did you kill me?

That's the question.

Good to be there.

Paper towels, great to have. They will come to you someday. I'm what you got to

say.

Someday, someday my dream will come.

One night you'll wake up and you'll discover it never happened.

It's all turned around on you.

Never will. Suddenly you are old.

It never will, because you were never going to do it anyway.

You're pushing into memory the zone out in your Barco lounger, being hypnotized

by daytime TV for the rest of your life.

Don't you talk to me about murder.

I literally took, with a down payment, I'm going to link a town car. That girl,

you can even call that girl.

Fuck it, you still don't drive a cab.

I never straightened up and looked at, you know, myself.

I shouldn't.

I tried to gamble my way out from under the number discipline until it moved

still.

Slow down.

It's got to be perfect.

It's a goal. Risk all, torque down.

Red light.

What new news?

Doesn't matter anyway.

What doesn't matter anyway?

We're all insignificant out here.

Big ass, nowhere.

Twilight Zone shit.

Just a badass sociopath in my backseat.

But you know what?

One thing I gotta thank you for, bro, because until now, I never looked at it

that way.

What does it matter? It don't. Well, fix it.

Well, you got to move anyway, right?

Slow down.

What?

You're going to kill us?

Go ahead and shoot my ass. Slow the hell down. You're going to shoot me?

You're going to shoot me now? You're going to kill us?

Huh? Well, shoot my ass then.

Huh? Shoot me. Slow down.

All right.

You know what, Vince?

Well, that was brilliant.

1L20, show me code 6 at Olympic and Figueroa on the TC with injuries.

Copy your location. Sure. Are you okay?

What happened?

Sir, you were involved in an accident.

The ambulance is on its way to help you.

You understand what I'm saying to you? Sit down and relax, okay?

Okay. Don't worry about the cab. They'll get you a new one.

Relax and breathe.

Put your hands up. Huh? Put your hands up. Face the cab.

Sit down on your knees. Put your hands on top of your head.

Don't move.

Put your hands behind your head.

1L20, I need a backup on a 187 suspect.

Put your hands down.

Put your hands down.

I got a gun.

Stop moving.

Stop moving.

Where did this one come from? Hold your hands together.

Hold your hands together.

Somebody's going to get killed if I don't go right now.

I'm going to fix it, baby. Call the cops.

Do that.

Come on.

Got you.

Pick up.

Pick up.

Come on.

Come on. Pick up.

You're at the attorney's office.

Annie. Yes. It's Max.

It's a cab driver.

Listen to me, all right?

A guy named Vincent.

Listen to me, Annie.

Um, it's kind of a strange time to be calling.

Listen, listen, Annie.

There's a man named Vincent.

He's coming to kill you.

He's what?

Kill you. He's coming to kill you.

Okay, he was scoping out the building when I dropped you off. Okay, you know

what? Max, if this is supposed to be some type of joke, it's not funny. It's

a joke. Listen to me, Annie. Listen to me, please.

Felix hired him.

Okay, or people that Felix worked for. Felix Reyes Doreen.

How do you know about my kid? I don't understand what's going on.

All I know is that he's already killed witnesses.

He's coming to kill you.

When I dropped you off, and I don't know how it happened, but he ended up in my

cab.

I understand what's going on. Annie, Annie, listen.

Matt. Please listen.

Get out of the building.

Annie. Annie.

No, no, no, wait.

Max. Wait, wait.

Max.

Listen, where are you right now? What floor?

I'm on the 16th floor. I'm in the law library and file.

He's two floors below you. Corner office.

In my office?

Listen, he does not know you're up there. Just stay right there and call

Max, are you sure he's on the 14th floor? Listen, just stay there and just

the police. Just call the police.

Max.

Max. Annie, he knows you're up there.

I can't hear you. Hello?

Annie, Annie, listen to me.

Yes. Listen, there is a man in my building.

Let her go.

Max?

Why? What are you going to do about it?

Come on.

Max!

Felix Ray at Terena?

I met him.

What do you mean you met him? How?

I don't know. Look, when I dropped you off, there was a fan. He said his name

Vincent.

The streets.

Stay up, stay up, stay up.

What can I do?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

I do this for a living!

At the next stop.

Hey, Max.

The guy that's on the MTA here in L .A. died.

Think anybody will notice.

Ya va a llorar.

Mi vida linda.

No te quiero ver sufrir.

Con tristeza y dolor.

En tus ojos puedo ver.

La fe de tu vida.

Okay.

Cuando llega la noche y siento

tu dolor.

Cuando no oí de ti, yo

doy de mi amor.

Si te hace...

When the world is still,

I keep your name and

your life the same.

And if one day I find you in

eternity,

Los ángeles cantarán el destino.