Original subtitles

JOE DAWSON NARRATING: He is immortal, born in the

highlands of Scotland 400 years ago.

He is not alone.

There are others like him--

some good, some evil.

For centuries he has battled the forces of darkness with

holy ground his refuge.

HE cannot die unless you take his head--

and with it, his power.

In the end, there can be only one.

He is Duncan MacLeod.

The Highlander.

[MUSIC - QUEEN, "PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE"]

CHARLIE DESALVO [OFFSCREEN]: OK, I'll be right over.

[thunder rolls]

[thunderclap]

-What do you want?

-Our money.

-Get lost.

I don't pay for protection.

THUG [OFFSCREEN]: Then you pay for a funeral.

[both grunting with effort]

[NUNCHUCKS WHISTLE THROUGH AIR]

-Everyone pays!

[thunderclap]

[high-pitched cry]

-Charlie!

Charlie.

[SHOUTING] Charlie!

DIRECTOR [OFFSCREEN]: Cut!

All right.

-Great scene, Borris.

-Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.

Hey, nice fight scene, Johnny.

That was great, man.

-Oh, thank you.

-Beautiful.

All right, good stuff.

Jimmy, looked great, man.

This films gonna make a million bucks.

See you later.

OK, thanks, everybody, for a good week.

-So, uh, Jimmy, what'd you think, man?

How'd I do?

-Not bad, for a beginner.

-Beginner?

Hey, MacLeod, what'd you think, huh?

I mean, is this a good career move or what?

-Well, I wouldn't give up your day job, Charlie.

Jimmy's got some good moves.

-Yeah, well, he ought to.

I taught him everything he knows.

Kid's gonna be a star, right?

-I already am.

Hey, I'm dying of thirst here.

Where's that ginseng tea I asked for.

[claps]

-Teach him humility, too?

-He's in character, MacLeod.

They all do that.

-Ha-ha.

-We're wrapped for the weekend.

See you Monday, Charlie?

-Yeah.

Oh, listen, this is Duncan MacLeod.

He owns the dojo.

Lisa Scott.

She's producing Jimmy's movie.

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: Hi.

-Thought you were an actress.

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: Hah.

Only when the checks bounce.

Thanks for the free location, Mr. MacLeod.

We need all the freebies we can get.

Up and at 'em, Terry.

Scene's over.

Terry?

-Come on, Terry.

-This man is dead.

-Auuugh!

That's it, MacLeod, I'm done.

-Sure?

-Yeah.

-Charlie, you quitting?

-Yeah.

Only to fight another day, man.

In case you didn't notice, the man just kicked my ass.

-Think you're pretty hot, don't you?

-Adequate.

-That's what I think, too.

Adequate.

CHARLIE DESALVO [OFFSCREEN]: Hey, lighten up, guys.

We're all friends here.

-You have a couple of nice moves, Jimmy.

-Yeah?

You know of anybody better?

-For a movie star, you were great.

[sword whistles]

-I think one death on your movie's enough.

CHARLIE DESALVO [OFFSCREEN]: Hey, MacLeod!

-Poisoned?

It's got to be some kind of a mistake.

-Jimmy, they did an autopsy.

It was in some ginseng tea.

-Isn't that what you were asking for after the take?

-So?

Everybody drinks that stuff.

-Yeah, but you never got yours, right?

-So?

-So maybe the stunt guy drank it.

-Look, give me a break.

Why would someone want to poison me?

-Oh, you'd know that better than we would.

-You know what?

You two have been watching too much TV.

-I'd keep a low profile for a while if I were you.

-Low profile?

I'm in the middle of a picture.

-A man's dead.

It could have been you.

-Yeah, but it wasn't.

Look, I'm on a train right now.

That train stops, it's all over.

-Yeah?

And what happens to that train if you're dead?

-MacLeod's making sense, Jimmy.

I mean, what's a few days going to hurt?

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: Hey, up yours, Charlie.

You know, and-- and when did you become such a wuss?

-Guess he's still in character.

[rapid knock]

[rapid knock]

-Yeah.

[insistent knock]

-[SHOUTING] I'm coming!

-What are you trying to do to me.

-Nothing.

Come in.

Make yourself at home.

-Yeah, MacLeod.

Let's get one thing straight.

This is my movie.

-OK.

Now what is it that you're talking about?

-You and your friend Charlie, you had no business telling

Jimmy we should shut down.

-Want some coffee?

-No.

-I guess it's just my cautious nature.

I was thinking of his life.

-Don't.

I pay security for that.

Besides, there's no proof it was an

attempt on Jimmy's life.

-Oh no, just the dead body.

Why don't you let the police investigate?

-[scoffs]

Let me tell you a little bit about the

movie business, MacLeod.

If I shut down production, I don't

finish shooting on schedule.

No shooting, no delivery, and my picture goes in the toilet.

-I take it that's a no?

-I know it's your dojo, but I'd really appreciate it if

you stayed the hell off my set.

DUNCAN MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: What do you want, Charlie?

-Hey, hey, hey.

Every time I'm nice to you, you think I want something?

-Because you do.

-Well, just a small favor.

You know how important this movie is to Jimmy, right?

Hey, come on, give the kid a break.

He's just trying to do some good with his life.

-What, the movies?

-It beats jail, man.

Come on, he's just a kid, MacLeod.

He grew up with squat.

His father kicked him out when he was 16--

-Father!

-You're not my son!

-Hey.

You think it's easy having your life turned

upside down, man?

-Eh, they smell a tusker.

-Aye.

-Steady, lads.

-Father!

[horse neighs]

HUNTER [OFFSCREEN]: It's the devil!

-Father.

'Tis me, Duncan.

HUNTER [OFFSCREEN]: Come on!

Keep away from him!

HUNTER [OFFSCREEN]: He's a ghost.

[horses neigh]

[horse nickers]

-You know me, do you not?

He recognizes me, but my own flesh and blood does not?

-You'll not beguile me thus, be ye from heaven or hell.

-[SHOUTING] I am your son!

-No!

And you never were!

-Then where do I come from?

Where do I come from?

Where do I come from?

Father, no!

Don't go!

I need to know!

Where?

Where do I come from?

Where?

[horse neighs]

[SHOUTING] I am Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod!

-He's a fighter, MacLeod.

He came up like me.

Now he's got a few rough spots, but

doesn't everybody, man?

Hey.

Hey, you listening to me?

-Yeah.

What do you want me to do?

-Keep an eye on Jimmy with me.

I already cleared it with Lisa.

-Where is he?

-He's at the park giving a demo for some kids.

-Oh, making himself an easy target.

[door opens slowly]

[door closes]

-Do you know why I was praying?

Understanding.

For wisdom.

For answers why you do not follow my commands.

-Mr. Leung, Jimmy Sang was--

-Instead of an obituary, I read about a show that he's

giving today.

And the wrong man died.

It brings me great disappointment.

-We were trying to make it look like an accident.

-Buddha teaches us to learn from our mistakes.

If we don't, we must be corrected.

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: You believe in fate, Charlie?

CHARLIE DESALVO [OFFSCREEN]: Sometimes.

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: I do.

You know, ever since I was a kid, I always knew that I was

going to grow up to be somebody.

-And making this movie makes you a somebody?

-I'm a star, Charlie.

Look at me.

First time out.

You know what that means?

-Yeah, it means you got real lucky.

-No, luck had nothing to do with it.

I've got the talent, I've got the drive--

nothing is going to stop me.

You never thought I could make this happen.

-Well, you've come a long way, Jimmy.

-I'm not the scrawny kid you used to know.

-No, you're not.

-Listen, you know, this morning, I didn't mean--

-Forget it, all right?

-Charlie, I owe you.

You know that.

I'm not gonna forget.

Listen, I got an idea, OK?

After we wrap this picture, I'm going to go to LA.

Why don't you come with me?

-[sighs]

No, thanks.

-No, come on, I can get you some stunt work.

A guy with your talent?

-I don't want-- don't think so.

-OK, I, uh, I got another idea, OK?

We'll open a place, a dojo in Malibu.

We'll call it Dojo to the Stars, man.

Right off the beach.

I'll stake you--

-No stunt work, no Malibu, no stars, man.

-Why not?

-I like where I am.

-And where is that?

No offense, but you know, you don't even own your own place

anymore, man.

-And is that what it would take, man?

-What was that?

-For me to, uh, be somebody.

-Charlie, look, I--

I didn't mean it that way.

-It's all right, man.

Just forget it.

OK, listen, we--

I think we better go, you know?

The show's starting soon.

Come on, let's go.

-Yeah.

Don't want to keep your public waiting, man.

Come on.

[applause and cheering]

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: Hyah!

[smash]

[applause]

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: Most people who make it big can't

get out fast enough.

Jimmy still comes down here all the time.

-Yeah, Charlie told me.

KID [OFFSCREEN]: Oh, he's gonna break it with his hand.

-Hyah!

[applause]

KID [OFFSCREEN]: All right, Jimmy!

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: Maybe he's a little arrogant, but

he's a star.

Comes with the territory.

-And producers?

-Clean slate, OK, MacLeod?

Look, I really appreciate what you're doing here.

-Yeah, but you don't think it's necessary, do you?

-They're his fans.

They love him.

He's gonna be a big star.

-[SHOUTING] Charlie!

[gunshots]

-Come on, let's go!

[brakes screech]

[tires squealing]

[tires squealing]

-You crazy bastard!

You think you can fly?

-Thought I just did.

-Are you OK?

-Yeah, I'll live.

Guess those were a couple of his fans that

loved him so much.

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: I can't believe it!

Ugh!

Look at this place!

Huh?

Why the hell would anybody want to trash a set.

-Offhand, I'd say someone doesn't want you

to make this movie.

[speaking italian]

[glass tinkles]

DUNCAN MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: Buon giorno, Giuseppe.

Come va?

-Hey, ciao, come sta?

-Come Maria?

-[speaking italian]

-Ah.

So what happened here?

-Eh, you know kids.

They get a little crazy sometimes, you know?

-This crazy?

Come on, Giuseppe, you and me, we don't have secrets.

They broke your window.

-That came with the rock.

-Black Hand.

-Mano Nera.

They wanted me to pay protection.

Protection from what?

Protection from them!

-You wouldn't pay?

-I'll tell them what to do with protection.

Ptuh!

This is America.

I have rights.

-Give me some names, Giuseppe.

-What for?

-So I can talk to them.

-What makes you think they listen?

-Because I can be very convincing.

-That's OK, my friend.

This is not your fight.

-Then go to the police.

-[scoffs]

They own the police.

-Not all of them.

-OK, maybe tomorrow.

-OK, tomorrow at 9 o'clock.

We go together.

9 o'clock.

-OK, my friend.

We'll go together.

We'll get the bastards, eh?

-[speaking italian]

-[speaking italian]

I see Marco has some new cloth for me.

-Si, si.

-Giuseppe!

Get down!

[people shouting]

[horses neigh]

[gunshots]

[gunshots]

[gunshots]

[gunshot]

-Aughh!

[gunshots]

DUNCAN MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: Giuseppe.

Giuseppe.

-Great.

We have a graffiti artist.

-It's a Tong sign.

-I thought the Tongs were finished.

-No, they're still around.

They just don't advertise.

-Our movie's about the Tongs.

-Lisa, it's just a story I made up.

-Is it?

-We're shutting down production until we find out

what's going on.

-You're shutting nothing down.

-Jimmy, your life isn't in the budget.

-Fine, then walk!

I'll get another producer.

-You're cutting me loose?

-It's my way or the highway.

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: No, you can't do this.

-[SHOUTING] I'm the star here!

Watch me.

-Oh, no, no, no. [ANGRILY] No, you can't dump me.

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: Yeah?

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: No, I'll sue your ass in every

court in this state.

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: Go ahead.

-The man's got a major attitude problem.

-You'd better convince him that this thing's for real.

-It's not going to be easy.

-[WISE GUY ACCENT] Well, make him an offer he can't refuse.

Is that what they call creative differences?

-I'm a little pissed.

-Yeah, I noticed.

-You know, you work on a movie and it gets to be your baby.

When somebody messes with it, then you get a little crazy.

-Who gets custody?

-If we can't work it out?

The lawyers.

By the time they're through with it, I'll be

in a nursing home.

-You could change your minds.

LISA SCOTT [OFFSCREEN]: Hah, not likely.

We only got this far by being as stubborn as hell.

-Tell me about Jimmy's script.

-Well, he shopped around everywhere.

Got turned down everywhere, too, until he met me.

And the rest was hard work and sweat.

-Did he tell you how he got the story?

-You think this stuff in the script is real, don't you?

-He grew up in that community.

He must have seen what was going on.

-Think I should call wardrobe and see if we can make me some

bullet-proof Armani?

-[chuckles]

No, they're after him, not you.

Anyway, if you need anything, you know where to find me.

-May just do that.

-Duncan MacLeod.

-Grandfather Lao.

How did you know it was me?

-They say that every soul has its aura.

Yours is very, very strong.

Besides, I saw your car drive up.

[chuckles]

-Please.

-They say wisdom looks in all directions.

-It is good you have come to make an old man happy.

How can I help you?

-Do you know Jimmy Sang?

-When he used to live here, we used to talk.

-Tell me about him.

-A man travels many roads to find his true nature.

-Was he involved in the Tong?

-That is something you would have to ask him.

-He won't tell me.

-Then neither will I.

-Then tell me who the head of the Tong is.

-Even for someone with an aura as strong as yours, MacLeod,

the Tong is something to be feared.

-I once heard it said that fear was to warn us of a

danger, not make us afraid of it.

-[chuckles]

You know, sometimes I think it is you who should be wearing

these robes.

-Thank you for the tea, Grandfather Lao.

-Come.

The man you are looking for, his name is Johnny Leung.

Strange.

A monk should be beyond the needs of the spirit, but I

look forward to these visits so much.

-So do I. Besides, who would answer my questions?

-Yes.

Who else asks more?

You are always seeking answers, MacLeod.

-Well, the truth doesn't always jump up into your arms.

Sometimes you have to sneak up and ambush it.

-[chuckles]

Always the hunter.

Most men who know what you know would be satisfied.

-Yes, but knowing what you don't know is almost as

important as knowing what you do know.

-Ah, but knowing what you do know allows you to answer the

questions to what you do not know.

-That's not in the teachings.

-No.

I made it up.

[laughter]

-Oh, I grow old, MacLeod.

It is well you came when you did.

-Oh, come on, Lao.

There are carp in that pond that are twice your age.

-Yes, and maybe closer to the godhead.

It is only a feeling.

We may not walk together again.

-That would be a great loss for me.

-Why?

Only my body will leave.

And who can say?

Maybe I will return someday as one of these carp.

-Be well, Grandfather Lao.

-Oh, MacLeod, maybe you shouldn't eat any fish.

-Heh!

-Just in case.

[chuckles]

-Well, look who it is.

Come here!

Now, can we talk?

Huh?

-Don't count on it.

Mr. Leung wants to see you.

-Why didn't you say so?

JOHNNY LEUNG [OFFSCREEN]: Anyone can make a mistake.

I hope you will agree.

-That's why they put erasers on pencils.

-But this man's mistake was to go against me.

A closed casket will be necessary in his case--

and possibly in yours, Mister--?

-Bond.

James Bond.

Death seems like good business.

JOHNNY LEUNG [OFFSCREEN]: Let's say it's not affected by

the recession.

That is Ming Dynasty, from China's National Museum.

-It's a forgery.

-What do you know of Chinese art?

-Well, the original was imprinted with

the Emperor's chop.

And this isn't the Emperor's chop.

-There are only a handful of men in the world

who would know that.

-Huh!

Have to warn you.

Flattery'll get you nowhere.

-And a sense of humor.

-Thank you.

-I don't like many people, but I begin to like you.

-Oh, well give me your number.

We'll go bowling sometime.

-Still joking.

Trust me, you'd like to be my friend.

It's far better than being my enemy.

-I like friends.

-And friends don't have secrets, do they?

-Nope.

-Where is Sang?

-Can't tell you.

-Are you a gambler, Mr. MacLeod?

My people are great gamblers.

-That could be very noisy.

-The room is soundproof.

-Where is he?

-Why do you want him?

-You're not here to ask questions--

only to answer them.

[click]

-You have luck.

But luck, like most things, doesn't last.

-Tell you what.

I'll make you a deal.

Leave him alone, stop extorting money from your

people, and I'll leave you alone.

[click]

-One has patience with children and small dogs.

-And men with no honor.

-Your luck just ran out.

-Come on.

-No!

-I'd drop the guns if I were you, boys.

It's loaded.

-Do what he says.

Now!

-You'll regret this.

-Or maybe not.

See, I'm a gambler too, Johnny.

How about you?

You feel lucky today?

Hm?

Hm?

[gunshot]

[vase shatters]

-Guess not.

-No!

It's not him I want.

-The truth, man.

This stuff in your script about the Tongs,

it's real, isn't it?

Isn't it?

-Go ahead, tell him, Jimmy.

-I fired you.

-I put my life into this damn movie.

You don't get away that easily.

-We're only trying to help you, man.

-I don't want your help.

-Maybe not, but you need it, man.

What the hell happened to you?

I taught you better than this.

-Get off me, Charlie.

-So it's Jimmy Sang against the world.

What's going on between you and Johnny Leung?

-I don't know what you're talking about.

DUNCAN MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: The hell you don't.

This isn't about the movie, is it?

-I've had enough of you.

-Not yet, you haven't.

-MacLeod!

You guys, you guys!

-No, let it be.

-Come on.

[swords clashing]

[swords clashing]

[swords clashing]

-Another inch, it wouldn't have been like the

movies, would it?

[swords clashing]

-Now you gonna tell me what's going on?

-Go to hell.

[swords clashing]

-Then you're on your own, hot shot.

-Jimmy.

Jim--

-[yells with rage]

[elevator stops]

-You got a minute?

-What's on your mind?

-I know I can't make any excuses for him.

-Then don't.

Why should you feel responsible?

-Because it's my movie.

If anything should happen to Jimmy because of it--

-I don't think this is just about the movie.

This is something personal between Jimmy and the Tong.

I'd say your boy has his ass in a sling.

-He won't get out without your help.

-Protecting your investment?

-A friend.

-I don't know what I can do for him.

-MacLeod?

MacLeod.

-What is it?

-Jimmy split.

-What?

-When?

CHARLIE DESALVO [OFFSCREEN]: After the fight.

He was really pissed, man.

He wouldn't talk to me.

-He's a big boy, Charlie.

-Yeah, who doesn't know who the hell he is.

It's a big city, MacLeod.

I could use your help.

-All right.

All right.

[kids shouting]

-Jimmy, Jimmy, can you give me your autograph?

Jimmy, can you beat Steven Seagal?

-Beat Steven Seagal?

You know why I study the martial arts?

-To kick butt!

KIDS: Yeah!

-No.

You study the martial arts for the discipline.

You don't go out and look for fights.

That's not why you study it.

-Why not, Jimmy?

You can kick anyone's butt.

KIDS [OFFSCREEN]: Yeah!

-Well--

GRANDFATHER LAO [OFFSCREEN]: Hello, Jimmy.

-I'll be back, OK?

KID [OFFSCREEN]: Jimmy.

KID [OFFSCREEN]: Jimmy give me your autograph now?

Come on.

KID [OFFSCREEN]: Come on, Jimmy.

KID [OFFSCREEN]: Please?

KID [OFFSCREEN]: Please, Jimmy?

-Long time, Jimmy.

-Yes.

I was hoping I might be able to talk with you, Grandfather.

-I thought you needed nothing.

What has changed?

-Everything.

-There are others who have been looking for you, Jimmy.

-What do you want?

-I want to talk about you and Johnny Leung.

He didn't tell me.

-[SIGHING] Johnny Leung.

I was a kid.

Half of my family died in a stinking freighter when we

came to this country.

Eight of us, living in two rooms.

You know, my father and his brother, just making half the

minimum wage in some damn kitchen.

-So you joined the Tong?

JIMMY SANG [OFFSCREEN]: It was my only way out.

I had to.

The only way I could keep them off my father.

-Is that why he threw you out?

-He said he's rather be dead than dishonored.

So.

So what now, huh?

You gonna go to the cops?

DUNCAN MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: No.

You are.

-Are you crazy?

-You joined the Tong to protect your father.

What are you protecting now?

[gunshots]

[kids screaming]

[click]

[click]

[kids screaming]

-Jimmy?

Where's Jimmy? [SHOUTING] Jimmy!

-Hah!

-Jimmy Sang.

How nice it is you've decided to honor

me with your presence.

-You're finished, Johnny.

-Lack of respect.

It is a weakness of the young and the stupid.

-You deserve no respect.

JOHNNY LEUNG [OFFSCREEN]: You have no right.

I gave you food, a roof, money in your pocket.

I gave you a family.

-You gave me a gun, Johnny!

You taught me how to bleed our own people like a leech!

But now--

now that will end.

-I was like a father to you.

You would kill your father?

-Something I should have done a long time ago.

-Did you really think that I would give you the pleasure of

killing me?

Tradition is like blood.

It binds us together and makes us what we are.

The traditional death for a traitor is very

long and very painful.

[smack]

-Bring him.

[fire roars]

JOHNNY LEUNG [OFFSCREEN]: Are you afraid, Jimmy?

You should be.

Soon, you will beg me to kill you.

But I will watch you die by inches.

Be brave, Jimmy.

Do not disappoint me.

[machine starts]

[fire crackling]

[machine halts]

-Come on!

[pounding on lid]

[wood snaps]

[gun clatters to floor]

[wood splinters]

-This is for Grandfather Lao.

-[SHOUTING] Jimmy, no!

[SHOUTING] Stay out of this, MacLeod!

-If I had, you would have been dead by now, Jimmy.

This isn't a movie.

This is for real.

-He's got to be stopped.

-He will, Jimmy, but not this way.

This is murder.

Is that what you want to leave those kids?

Jimmy!

If you testify, Leung will be put away forever.

The Tong will die.

Jimmy.

-Nnnngh!

[fire crackling]

[smack]

[fire crackling]

DUNCAN MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: I didn't know movie stars got

their hands dirty.

-I've got a lot of work to do.

-Lisa told me the studio liked what they've seen of

the movie so far.

-So what?

-So, are you gonna make movies, or you gonna spend the

rest of your life hiding in this garden?

-He loved this garden.

-I know.

He still does.

-You believe that stuff about coming back

until you get it right?

-Do you?

-I hope so, because, uh, I'm sure as hell not getting it

right this time.

-You know, I once heard it said that the main difference

between a wise man and a fool is that the fool's mistakes

never teach him anything.

Once you've learned your lesson, it's time to move on.

Wahhh!

You know, Jimmy, this could be the start of a beautiful

friendship.

[MUSIC - QUEEN, "PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE"]