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Get up.

Looks like you didn't make it, Billy boy. You always run.

Please, just leave me alone.

And you know there's nowhere to hide to, is there? Please, just leave me alone.

Here. Here. Just take it, man.

You gotta get more lunch money, Billy. I couldn't get any more. My dad wouldn't

give me any more.

Turn on the waterworks.

No more second chances.

Come on, let's go.

My notebook's got the address of the junkyard in it. Damn it. Where is my

notebook? Emily, Emily, have you been cleaning up in here again?

I mean, right, I told you not to touch my stuff, right?

Now, where is it? I didn't put it anywhere, Marty. I haven't seen it.

Could it be in your jacket upstairs?

No, this is the jacket that I was wearing. I mean, come on, don't you

anything?

I didn't know it was important, Marty.

My partner's dead.

I mean, this is very, very important to me.

For once, pay attention, Emily.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, come here. Billy, Billy, come here, come here.

Come here, let me look at you.

Here, this is my kid, the wimp.

Every day at school, he gets his head kicked in, right?

I mean, he just won't play back. Nothing, my son.

I got kicked around a while when I was in the orphanage.

You take it until somebody starts to make you mad, then you do something

it. Yeah, but you just don't get mad.

Emily, Emily, are you taking him to Delalo's gym like I told you to?

Yes, Marty, I did that. Okay, good, good, because, you know, I'm getting

this crap.

But you have got to learn to fight, right?

And nobody's got to be upstairs.

I... Did you

take him to Delalo's gym?

Billy and I, we both, um, hated that gym.

Billy's a very sensitive boy. I guess that's not a very attractive character

trait in school the other day.

Those boys, they scare him.

And then he feels so ashamed of himself.

Now I don't know what to do.

Marty said he just had to learn to fight.

Fight or defend himself.

Yeah.

No, he didn't.

Well, my father thinks there is.

You know, I think maybe he could help Billy. He teaches kung fu.

Okay, Peter, I found it.

It, uh, it was, uh, in my other jacket, but it was on the floor. You know, you

had to hang a few things up.

And I've got the address of the junkyard, so let's roll.

Uh, honey, I'm gonna be late for dinner.

That's no problem, Marty. I'll put it in the oven.

There, okay?

Listen, go to Chinatown. Ask for Kane.

Anyone will know who he is. Tell him Peter says a soul that is lost must find

path home. He'll help Billy.

The grandson of Kwai Chang Kane walks out of the past.

But I want to fight.

So did your great -grandfather when he was your age.

He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple.

An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other

perished. Fifteen years later, they were reunited.

Now Cain faced new challenges.

And his son grew up.

Look, I'm not my father. I don't do kung fu. I'm a cop. That's who I am. That's

what I do.

I am King.

I will help you.

Grab my wrist.

What are you doing?

Avoidance. That is the first lesson in self -defense.

Oh, I see.

Take this.

Throw it over your shoulder. You must break my grip.

It's so simple.

As all true actions in life are.

You do not choose to fight.

Yet there are those who wish to harm you.

It doesn't really matter.

They don't mean anything to me.

What does mean something to you?

Grace? Beauty?

Serenity?

What do you see in the painting?

Bunch of lines.

Just lines?

Well, it kind of looks like a bird.

Yes, but there is more.

Where is the bird perched? On a lake.

You can see the tranquil landscape.

The stillness with water.

Sure.

And the breeze. Can you feel the breeze?

Can you smell its fragrance?

Yeah, like Echo Lake after a thunderstorm.

Well, the painting is a harmony.

If you can become one with it,

And this harmony gets you to where you can fight?

Yeah.

Great. Teach my mom.

Me?

No way for you, Billy.

Well, you can teach her, right? Like, you can teach her how to defend herself.

Against whom?

No, um... He's being bullied at school.

That's why we're here.

That's the only reason that we're here.

I would be honored to teach you both.

Please, come back tomorrow.

All right, we'll be here.

Both of us.

Please, Mom.

All right.

If that's what it will take.

Olin has got to be here.

How many hours do you think we've got till Strelitz pulls us off this case and

brings in a couple of rookies who are just going to blow the seams out?

About 48?

I don't know. I'd say that's generous.

You just give it a little more time. Give it some more hours. No, I can't do

that.

I just was so damn sure that we had this place nailed down. Well, we'll see.

I know. We're going to see.

One week.

Teflon coated 9mm on special 711.

I mean, I just can't have read this contact wrong. He owes me. He owes me

time. You know, here we are sitting on our hands. Olin's making a deal

else.

You know, why don't you just take it easy on yourself?

No, I can't do that. It takes it too high.

You know, sometimes I feel like I'm just losing it.

Losing what?

Everything. Control.

I mean, I don't know.

Sometimes, Pete, I don't even know what I'm doing anymore.

And you've got to know. You've got to have control over what you're doing.

Sometimes you've just got to sit back.

Sometimes everything can't be in control. You just gotta live with it.

No, you gotta have the edge.

Marty.

Listen, I know about living on the edge.

Okay?

But you can't take it home with you.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Isn't that a what?

That's our boy.

Oh, great. Oh, this is great. The deal is going down right now.

Well, we better get some backup. Don't have time. These guys are like phantoms.

Nice office you got here, Olin.

Okay, split up.

This is crazy even for me. Stay with me. Stay with me. We're going to bust these

guys. Hey, I'd like a demonstration.

See what I'm saying?

No problem.

Hey, 87 IROC. I was looking for one of these. They got great stuff here.

I was going to use one.

But for you...

We're doing double duty.

Gee, thanks, O.

Okay, give me the gun.

Are you ready?

That's one mean cop in front of us.

Oh, my God.

It cuts through steel plate like a knife through butter.

Cops wearing body armor or a T -shirt.

No difference.

Great. I'll get your money.

Police! Ain't this just a kick in the head, Olin?

Oh, man. Don't do what I do. Freeze! Police!

We need Olin.

Gotta get Olin.

He's gone, man.

We had him. We had him, Mike.

You caught us all wrong.

We thought... We thought these guys were just asking for directions. Yeah, we're

not prostitutes.

Okay, okay, so we blew it.

At least he was right about the junkyard. That was where Olin was

body.

Olin is... sitting on a truckload of Teflon bullets like cop killers. I

two of them cut through body armor like they were going through paper mache.

We searched

the junkyard.

He hid them somewhere else. I am taking Scram off this case.

You'll destroy him. He almost got you killed yesterday.

I would have beaten his head in.

Stop protecting him.

Crazy stunt, but it almost worked.

Stram had surprise.

He had a confession.

He had evidence. Now we've got all the rats back in their holes.

You don't understand.

Not one single dance.

Back off! I need to kill somebody!

I need to kill somebody!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, everybody! Whoa, what, what?

Kill?

No, you're not.

It's too hot out to kill anybody.

Right?

Tempers flare.

People do stupid things.

It's that kind of heat.

Why don't we make a trade?

You give me the gun, and I give you a swig of this nice, cool water.

Fair exchange, okay?

You don't want to hurt anybody. You're obviously very smart to stand here.

The idiot Stan let his gun get taken away like that. I mean, you ruined his

entire day.

Now, why don't we just get your day back on the right track?

Okay?

There you go.

I'm sorry, Marty.

I didn't know how I got my gun.

It's okay.

Nice. Yeah.

24 hours.

That's how long you both got before I turn this over to a special squad.

You must use your opponent's aggression against him.

What is it a tough guy does to you?

A butterfly's touch.

Again, harder.

You hate me. You wish to do me harm.

That was pretty cool.

And this way, we break the opponent's will.

All battles are battles of the spirit.

This is all great here. Maybe someday, like, I'll be able to, like, avoid your

attacks.

In the schoolyard, well, it'll be different.

I'll be scared.

Fear.

Fear is your ally.

Makes your heart move faster.

Makes your responses quicker.

Your movements more sure.

destroy all.

Remember, you must yield.

I have to take you to your hide.

I gave you the money. Not quick enough.

Come on.

You're going to fight me, huh?

Stay out of my face.

This ends it, Ricky.

No more.

I'm telling you, Chief, Olin has those bullets buried somewhere in the

junkyard. It's too risky to move that stuff.

That's fine. I'll do it myself.

Emily. Hi, Dad.

Billy, where's your mother? She's always here at this time of day.

She had some errands to run, she said.

Come here.

Come here.

So?

How was school?

Did you beat up today?

Nope.

No? What do you mean, no?

They tried, but I fought them off. Oh, Dad, he should have been there. It was

great. Okay, listen, there's this Ricky Murdoch. He's like, let's ride a kid at

school, but he's tough.

He's really tough, and he hates me.

He came at me today. You kicked his butt?

Yeah, I did.

That's great.

I want to see this. Show me what you did.

All right, let's get in that stance, and you show me. Now, I'm going to be this

ratty little Ricky, right? And I'm going to kick your butt. Okay. So you've got

to come at me. Ready? All right, ready?

Okay.

Whoa, what kind of stance is this?

It's the white crane.

The white what?

The white crane.

What are you talking about?

Didn't your mother take you to Delalo's gym?

I hated it there.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Where did she take you?

To Master King's.

Peter King's father?

What, that fruitcake that runs at Kung Fu Academy?

Yeah. She took you there? Yeah.

It's over for you. Get in the car.

The lesson is not over. Yeah, it's over for her.

I was thinking of yourself.

I got nothing to learn that you can teach me. Would you just get in the car?

Let's have the money, please, while my wife and son pay for this.

I have received no money.

That's good.

You just stay away from my family, understand me?

You will not turn them against me.

No one can do that but yourself.

You know, we...

We learned this chop -stocky crap when I was in police training. You know, I

never did. Never did.

Come up to a good opportunity. I'll leave Marty right now. I'm sorry. It's

usually like this. What'd you say? What? What? I'm not like what? I'm not

usually like what?

What? Are you talking to this stranger, Emily?

About us? What is he? Some father figure?

No, he's a priest, Marty.

Oh, a priest who fights.

You know, in my neighborhood, when I was a kid, we had something like you. You

sit down. You sit down.

Come on. Let's see what you got.

Come on, Kung Fu.

Have no desire to fight you.

Come on.

Come on. Come on. Let's see how it stacks up against North Creek. Come on.

Come on.

Please. Do not.

Come on. Please.

Please.

Do not do this. I am sorry.

This need not have happened.

Freeze!

What the hell are you doing here? You can't come in here.

I ain't holding.

I just want to talk to you.

I can't do something else for you?

I always give a badge a discount. Look, I just want to ask you a few questions,

okay? Go to hell. Cheryl.

Cheryl.

Where's Olin?

Are you crazy or something?

Somebody sees you here.

He'll say I'm turning him. Then he gets a nice happy face. Nobody saw me here,

okay? Just tell me where he is.

You don't get it, man.

I gotta watch my back.

Olin kills people.

Look, I beg him, we both sleep easier tonight. And tell me something, what has

Orland ever done for you? Get away from me!

Listen, I want him, Cheryl, and I'm gonna nail him sooner or later. Now you

tell me.

Sooner's better.

Tell me where he is and when the next deal's going down.

He was here.

Stayed a couple of nights.

Now where is he now?

He's getting the deal together.

When? Couple of days, I don't know.

He thinks he's gonna fool you.

Was it for him or was it for you?

Maybe you should go cry in your room.

I hate you.

Mom?

Oh, my God.

I got to take this precinct off the sightseeing tour.

Chief, Peter Kane on line five.

What do you got?

Something from Olin's girl makes me think the goods are still in the

We searched it. Well, I'm going to check it out anyway.

You're going to find what a team of experts missed?

Hey, you know us hot shot cops. We look at the world and junkyards differently.

You want backup?

Nah, nah, nah. I'm probably just pulling my own chain.

Who is it?

Kane.

Come in.

I was concerned about the way your husband left.

I am in need of a new life.

You love your husband?

Yeah.

I love him.

But at no moment do you feel safe with him.

And then it happens again.

I'm glad he's tired and stressed out and angry.

Tell yourself, next time, you're going to do something about it.

What can I do?

Should I call the police?

Marty is the police.

I know I... I stayed for Billy's sake.

And I've... I tried to keep it from him, but he knows.

It's tearing him apart.

And your husband?

Yeah, him too.

I know that Marty loves us.

But he's so full of rage.

All the violence he sees every day.

I'm frightened.

Oh, my God.

Where would he go?

The Agrippa Club.

It's where all his police friends go.

You're here to fight or you're here to drink?

To sit, if I may.

Sit yourself.

You've been to see her, haven't you?

Yeah.

Don't know why I take it out on her. I mean, she's always been there for me.

Perhaps that is the reason you see in her all that you have lost in yourself.

It's become this thing that I hate the most.

It's like being around them.

These mindless, violent, scum cops they have to wait through every day.

And it's infected me.

I let it in and now it's taken over.

But that is not the truth.

It has not taken over. It was always there.

I try and drive it out, but I can't.

No one can.

It is bread and a bone.

Peace walking side by side in harmony with rage.

How would you know about rage?

You find in yourself a heavenly, perhaps more strong way.

You're a priest.

You're a priest.

I'm also a man.

So how do you deal with it? Tell me.

Tell me, huh?

How can I suppress it or ignore it or drive it out?

You cannot.

Very soon.

Yes.

That is what binds us together.

Knowing it is there.

And here.

Enables us to understand each other.

It allows us to forget.

I'll try.

God knows it ain't gonna be easy.

To try is all any of us can do.

Billy?

Where are you, honey?

You in here?

Oh, dear God, Billy.

Emily's not there.

She's not picking up the phone.

Just the usual pattern.

I'll call the precinct, see if there's any calls for me.

Yeah, Frank. Marty. Yeah.

Anyone call in for me?

Peter called in with a lead.

Peter called in with what? He's going back to the junkyard. Well, did you give

him any backup?

No. It's a dead end.

A dead end. Yeah, right.

Right. I'll talk to you tomorrow, Frank.

I gotta go.

Is that my son?

Yeah. Yeah, he's, uh...

Checking out a hunch that makes me nervous. Hey, Phil, how much?

Five bucks, Marty.

I will come with you.

Well, you back me up pretty good all night. Why not?

The tow truck.

The damn tow truck.

That's the last place they thought anyone would look.

I love this place at night. It's like a walled city, you know? Yeah, yeah.

Oh, damn. They're coming down again.

Oh, man.

Are you stupid or something? Huh?

You crazy coming back to the same place?

That's the beauty of it. Who would ever think I'd come right back here again,

huh? I'm a genius.

Yeah, you're not quite a genius.

Whoa!

Oh, man, somebody there, man.

Hey, I remember you, cop.

He's alone.

All by yourself. Take us all down.

Ain't that right?

I, uh, thought you might need a little backup, buddy.

Yeah, you thought right.

How many did you bring? Just me and your father.

He, uh, he was right behind me.

I'm sure he was.

Testing.

Testing.

One, two...

Okay, they're gonna surround us.

What do you say we clean up this mess?

Sounds like a plan.

Roger.

Suspect apprehended. John Olin and associate Jesse Tate in the junkyard.

After you, partner.

Billy!

Go! Billy!

Now!

Hold your fire!

Do not fire! Hold your fire! This is my son, it's my boy! For God's sake, please

don't fire! No one fire!

This is Strenlish. No SWAT alert. Repeat, no SWAT backup.

Billy?

You came here to kill me?

I'm not going to let you hurt mom anymore.

The next time you'll kill her.

That's what she said.

No, Billy, no.

I swear to God I will not hurt your mom again. I will never hurt your mother

again, I swear. Please.

Please, Billy, just put the gun down.

These men, they'll shoot you, Billy.

I gotta do it, Dad.

I got no choice.

I gotta do this.

No.

No, don't.

Don't.

Honey, don't.

Oh, my God. What have I done?

Please.

No purpose will be served by this.

I have to do this now. Just get out of my way or I'll shoot you too. I swear I

will. Just get out of my way.

There will be only more misery.

Remember what I told you about the man who yields.

To fight on, destroy everything.

You must yield to succeed.

The taking of a life.

Brings no one on her.

Your father loves you.

He loves your mother.

Give him the chance to prove it now.

Help me!

Easy, Henry, easy.

He won't.

Murder again?

No.

I'm sorry.

You got to get one of these with everything on them. They're the best.

What did I eat when I was at the temple?

Right.

You don't like that?

No.

No,

Stram, quit.

I have to get off these streets.

They're not just mean, they're unforgiving.

What will he do?

Well, he's in therapy right now.

I think when he gets out, he's going to pack up the family and move to some one

-street colonial town.

People walk and talk and listen.

Smile at each other.

Perhaps he should do that as well.

No, I don't get that lucky.

Stuck in these streets.

I do one quick move and I'm going for my gun.

It's like force of habit.

Guy could be reaching for his handkerchief.

You do not trust.

I'm a cop.

How can I?

You know, it's not what I do.

It's what I am.

You know, in a lot of ways, I'm no different than Stram.

Sometimes I've hurt people.

Sometimes I kill people.

When you have no choice.

Sid, there's always another choice.

When an army does battle, what follows is sorrow

and silence.

You must find a path through them.

Violence.

Cuts holes.

Tears. Holes like... Holes so big you can drive trucks through them.

Nah, I don't think there's any way that any of us can heal wounds that big.

I gotta go to work.