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Hi, Jimmy.

Hi there. How are you?

Stella, you're back.

Hi, Kyle. Hey, how are you?

See you

later,

Mom.

Okay. Have a nice day.

You too. Good work.

have to go to work.

This is Deputy Farrell Taggart.

We've got a situation on Main Street.

A disturbance.

Request some backup.

Not this time.

Hey!

Hi,

Bill.

Hey,

you all right?

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 Kane faced new challenges.

And her 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.

It's better than the last rave we were at, you remember?

Well done, Mr.

Khan.

Did you see it?

Yes. It's the dragon's wing.

Next time, can I be the tip of the dragon's wing?

When you are older.

Yeah. Peter!

Kyle.

Friend of yours?

At least there's some smokes and broken dreams at the orphanage.

Hey.

Hey, it's good to see you again.

I'm sorry, this is my father. This is Kyle Bettinger.

How did you find me here?

I'm keeping track.

No, I, uh... I never figured you for a cop.

But then again, who'd figure I'd wind up an architect?

I didn't come here for a reunion.

I came here because I need a cop, man. I need an honest cop.

Mansfield has a sheriff's office.

Which, according to Kyle, is about as crooked as Lombard Street and probably

being paid off by these marauders.

A girl was taken in broad daylight. His fiancée. She was grabbed right off the

street. Some deputy stood by and watched. Now, that's still a federal

isn't it?

Look, the feds have spent 18 months looking for these guys. They can't find

them. Nobody can.

Now, haven't you got enough crime to wade through right here in your own

precinct?

You know, I got out of that orphanage and made something of my life, thanks to

you.

Now, Kyle got out of the orphanage and made something of his life, thanks to

somebody like you.

Now the girl that he loves has been kidnapped, and he wants some answers. He

wants to know what we're going to do, and I've got to come up with an answer

him.

Oh, boy.

What I'm about to say to you is off the record.

I want to be here somewhere.

Why? Because what I'm going to say is not official.

It makes me nervous saying it here in my office, all right? Whoa, let's talk

about it in here.

All right, all right.

These marauders are survivalists.

They strike and then they disappear.

No, just a random pattern.

You know a lot about this.

The FBI brought me in eight months ago after they torched the town.

The FBI brought in a police captain?

I have a history. Usually they hit a town and then they move on.

But for some reason...

They seem to have an affinity for Mansfield. They've hit the place four

and I think they're coming back.

Why?

Because.

Your friend's fiancée, Jenny Quinn, she also happens to be the mayor's daughter.

And he's quite willing to pay for her return.

How much?

$50 ,000 is the usual asking price for a hostage.

In Jenny's case, it's $100 ,000.

Okay, we'll just go in there with a bunch of undercover men and we'll cut

off when they may be exchanged.

No, no, no, they'll know. They won't come.

They'll slit the girl's throat and throw her in the middle of Main Street.

But... One small elite group might have a chance against

them.

A commando unit?

Yeah, something like that.

Look, I know you're going into Mansfield. No matter what I say to stop

right.

All right.

Just take some backup with you. You all right?

Stedman.

He's a retired British spy.

And don't let the rakish attitude and the ironic wit fool you. He is very,

dangerous. He's also a specialist.

At what?

At demolition.

I can probably also use a weapons man. I'll see what I can do.

Will your father go with you?

I... I can call on him.

You have a problem?

Well,

Yeah, well, if we were back in the days of my great -grandfather, I'd say that

my friend's town here had been overrun by bandits.

As in gunfighters?

Right.

If you were up against these gunfighters, only now that they had high

weapons and laser sights, who would you take?

No disrespect, but they're real pop. These guys are killers.

No disrespect here, but they would break this old man like a match.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Old men clumsy.

Dangerous to have around.

Yeah, thank you.

You intend to face these men?

With or without you?

Why is it you feel it is so important?

to be a hero to others.

Because I've kidnapped a young girl.

I'm not about to sit by and watch innocent people suffer. And if I've

that from anybody, I've learned it from you.

Peter, it's obvious you doesn't want to fight.

Just give him a minute.

I do not.

See? Want to fight.

Thanks very much.

I'm out of here.

However, that does not mean I will not.

See? Only takes a minute.

My friend, just because I ask you does not mean you must

come with me. It is because you ask, I will come.

Father, we need a dragon's wing here.

We've got part it's time. I'm gonna be the tip let's go get the rest

Captain

Blaisdell did say he is larger than life Yeah, right.

Well, he didn't say anything about age.

What is this, the geriatric 18?

The years a man wears.

Weigh him down or hold him up.

Champagne for everyone!

That was rather bad form, old man.

Get your hand off my arms, didn't I?

Stay out of my way. I told you that before.

So you have. Want some pain?

You know where to find me.

You really have to do that.

That guy's a jerk.

So ill -mannered. I mean, in the time of Camelot.

King Arthur, not the Kennedy era.

One moment's challenge. One received a glove in the face.

Charming custom.

Pity they lost it. I'm Peter Kane. This is my father. Our friend Kyle.

Paul Blaisdell told me that you might be able to help rid a small town of some

locusts. Did he?

What a stimulating imagination.

Excuse me.

Pain is a fascinating subject.

Marquis de Sade made a career out of it.

Tricky one to understand.

I warned you, Steadman.

Yes. When was that?

In Bucharest during the riots or in Vienna?

When you were going to assassinate that rather charming young concert pianist

who wanted to defect to Carmel?

Let's try an experiment.

The flame should hurt the way you hurt this young lady by slapping her face.

But pain can be controlled.

Would you like to try?

That hurts.

Of course it does.

The trick, as my friend Robert Bolt would say, is not minding.

If you can't tolerate pain, don't inflict it on others.

You will be paying for the champagne, won't you, for everyone?

Yes, I will.

Very good of you.

Do enjoy your evening.

It was quite a trick.

It was not.

You can do that.

The pain cannot touch your soul.

Is that not right?

That's right.

Now, Mr. Brent and I go way back.

But he doesn't learn his lessons very well.

I would say he learned this one.

I am told you are not a stranger to fighting.

Fought against Rommel in the desert, World War II.

Took a hill in Korea.

Can't remember why.

Fought in Indochina in the jungle. I played Cold War chess with the Russians.

Now, enemies are friends.

And your best friend sleeps with your wife.

The police still said that you would help us.

Did he?

How quaint.

He was wrong.

That's great.

We're back to where we started.

Any other ideas?

Yeah. All right, come on, you guys. Get into that shit. Keep your hat on.

Good.

Stay on him.

If not, if not. That's good.

Come on.

This is more like it.

Which one's our man?

You can throw a kick faster than a man can throw a punch.

I don't believe it.

See, I got 50 bucks that says that you've been shining these boys on.

50 bucks.

Come on, let's get to it.

All right.

You put your hands behind your back.

One punch.

You won't know when it's coming.

Hey, you see that?

If I'd been doing it for real, he'd have been on his back.

He won.

That's the way it looks from here.

Let's do it for real.

No, let it go. Let it go. I don't want to fight you. Hey, hands behind your

back.

I'm going to give you the 50 bucks, all right?

A long time. The temple.

Yes, it has.

The temple. That's it.

Master Khan.

You are helping out here.

And teaching.

I need you.

We need you.

There will be great danger.

And the odds are very poor.

Why Chang Kain?

Riker.

Except for the fact that you now have hair.

You haven't changed in 15 years.

Too bad about your temple.

It was a special place.

When we last met, you were searching for the man who murdered your child.

I found him.

If you were at the temple, how come I don't remember you?

I don't spend a great deal of time talking to children.

Paul Blaisdell says you're looking for some men to put out a fire.

I have some equipment that will help you to do that.

Well, you know Blaisdell, too.

You mean a great many people in my business.

Mercenary.

Now, mercenaries fight for money.

I fight for causes.

The righteous ones, of course.

The ones that interest me.

I'm staying at the Regency. Pick me up there tomorrow morning.

Don't you want to know what's at stake here?

You want to know why I'm coming with you?

Because I'm a soldier.

Soldiers need wars.

Because I owe Paul Blaisdell a favor.

Because I owe your father my life.

Make it after breakfast.

The Regency does the finest eggs Benedict in the city.

What did he mean by you saving his life?

It is an interesting story.

I will tell it to you some other time.

Okay, so now we have five.

Think.

Change my mind.

I need a little time to get my black box of goodies together.

Manfield, isn't it, by the lake?

Charming little place.

You talked to Blaisdell.

Well, let's just say he took the trouble to remind me of duty.

Meet you at the tavern beside the general store after six.

Games of footy.

Till then.

Come on, Cal.

Buy you a drink. We got a lot of catching up to do.

Tell me about Jenny.

I am

looking

for Sheriff Dunn.

Not here.

What monastery did you fall out of?

A question I am often asked.

Your town has been assaulted not once, but four times.

Are you organizing a posse to find these marauders?

Posse?

Well, I'll just grease up my Winchester 73 and get my Ned Budlight Colt, and

we'll go out and round up some deputies.

Who the hell are you?

I am Kane.

Can't be a cop. You're not a fed.

I am a priest.

Please, tell me about these marauders.

They outnumber my police force by four to one.

In some towns, they try to shoot it out with them.

But when the smoke clears, a lot of good cops are dead.

So, you care nothing about a girl who's kidnapped?

There's been no report of a kidnapping come to this office.

Who are you talking about?

My name is Jenny Quinn.

Well, the mayor's daughter?

If she was missing, you'd be camped right out in my squad room right now.

I leave these survivalists alone, and they leave us alone.

Does Sheriff Donovan share this cowardice?

Sheriff Donovan don't know nothing about it. He's been gone for a week, and

while he's away, I'm in charge.

You cause me one lick of trouble in this town, I'll throw you in jail.

A statement which I believe my grandfather heard many times.

Taggart, he's going into the tavern.

So the police haven't set up a command post at your house?

No, they haven't.

Deputy Taggart seems to have no knowledge of your daughter's kidnapping.

Deputy Sheriff Taggart is a thug. And if I'm not mistaken, being paid off by

these killers.

When do the rest of your men arrive?

One more is coming later.

One?

Six men?

You don't get it, do you?

They've got my daughter.

You understand?

They've got my baby and they'll kill her.

even after the ransom is paid.

Six men can't handle these animals.

These six can't.

Mr. Quinn, the thing is, we don't have much of a choice.

These men are all we got.

He's here.

This is Mayor Quinn.

Got the money raised, Mr. Mayor.

I have it all.

Noon tomorrow.

High noon.

The old distillery. One man to carry the ransom, not a cop.

Uh, how about a priest?

Perfect. Let me talk to her.

I must be assured she's still alive.

We have a code of honor, sir.

We don't kill hostages before the ransom's delivered.

Honor?

You're scum!

At the best you can do.

Mark Twain described Shakespearean Stratfordians as, uh...

troglodytes, thugs, bungalores, bandoliers, and muscovites.

Salty, but rather erudite.

Please. Soon, Mr. Mayor.

Should be in your arms again soon.

Sorry I'm late.

But it took a little longer to get my bits and pieces together than I thought.

Tricky. Begging, borrowing, or stealing explosives.

I wouldn't say no to a champagne cocktail.

Or whatever.

It's awful rot your insides.

Ever think of carrot juice?

Uh, hardly ever.

Now, if you set up a battle plan, I'll work out some surprises for our guests.

Cheers.

Keep away from me.

Jenny, I'm your protector.

We two alone will sing like birds in the cage.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down and ask of thee forgiveness.

So we'll live and pray and sing, tell old tales and take upon us the mystery

things as if we were gods.

Lear understood the world was decaying around him.

That it had come to an end.

Don't touch me.

Keeping yourself pure for, uh... What's your young man's name?

Kyle?

I don't know.

By the time this is over, you'll beg for my...

We got Khan stationed at one end of the street, the ancient at the other.

He says high noon tomorrow, but... They will keep their word.

You must get some rest.

I will if you will.

If this girl dies... We will not allow that to happen.

Good night, Pop.

Everyone's asleep, but not you.

I don't sleep.

Not ever?

Not if I can help it.

I thought you might like some company.

Whatever made you think that?

I'm surprised to see you on this mission.

Why?

I know you don't do anything except for money.

Then you don't know me very well, do you?

When was the last time?

Kiev. Ah.

And Russian scientists wanted you defect?

Don't know how you possibly got him through the checkpoint.

Couldn't have done it without your help.

It did occur to me that our opposition here might be glad to know that this

courageous band of adventurers that Kyle has hired number only six.

I imagine that...

Deputy Sheriff Taggart could arrange a meeting for a price.

Maybe I've already done that.

Maybe we're all walking into a trap.

You'll just have to wait and see, won't you?

I just want to be quite sure that you remembered why we came here.

A young girl's life is at stake.

You've gotten cynical, Stedman.

I no longer sell my loyalties to the highest bidder.

My apologies.

There's a human being somewhere there.

I always suspected it.

Did you?

Committed to memory.

Wouldn't do to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

You're not interested whether these explosives are located, Riker?

I'm more interested in this.

Please, join us.

You're under arrest, Kane.

For what crime?

I ran your name and description through the system and came up with some

interesting data.

Like an arrest in Mojave, Utah for attempted murder?

Those charges were dropped.

All kinds of charges can be dropped.

I don't like killers in my town.

These men are my friends. I'll vouch for them.

Stay out of this, Mr. Mayor.

I want you and your friends to leave this town right away.

Nothing.

Give me your cup.

It was almost as fast as me.

I didn't want to spill my drink.

As I was saying, committed to memory.

I know you know how to handle one of these.

I can accept no weapon.

It's a shallow thing.

Somehow he never seems to need one.

And you?

I got myself.

Oh, I'll take his.

We have surprise on our side.

They will not be expecting resistance.

We've got a lot more than surprise.

We've got a dragon's wing.

I didn't know dragons had wings.

Oh, this one does.

And this time, you're going to be a part of it.

Kane.

There's $100 ,000 in this case.

Bring her back alive.

We're dangerous.

Aviva.

You're the priest.

Didn't expect to see you.

Give me the money.

First, let me see the girl.

Guard that head, for I intend to have it here long.

Henry VI, Part I.

Vador, bring in the girl.

Now give me the girl.

Really thought we were going to hand her over, huh?

Let us talk of graves, of worms, of epitaphs.

Make dust out of papers.

With rainy eyes, write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.

Richard II.

Very good.

Now watch the girl executed before your eyes.

Tally -ho.

The ancient has succeeded.

Huh? I can see him.

You okay?

Thank you for saving my life.

Our pleasure.

We'll see.

What?

Bullets are expensive.

Mind surrendering?

How'd you get down from that tower so fast?

I was never in the tower.

Well, who was?

Thought you might need a little backup.

Now we're seven.

Nice explosion.

Nice shooting.

You all right, Khan?

Bloody marvelous.

Yes, it was.

The cure, partner?

Just came around to say goodbye.

What will you do now?

I understand they're having trouble getting some relief supplies into

Thought I might lend a hand.

So now we know what interests you.

Saving lives.

Good luck, old man.

Glad I was right about you.

Try not to get hurt.

Well, I've endured pain before.

The trick is not mine.

That's right.

Well, we'll see each other again now, I'm sure.

Five marauders killed, 25 wounded, 15 escaped.

You don't like what happened, did you?

I mean, we saved a young woman's life.

We broke up a gang of marauders that have been terrorizing three states,

You, you think that's wrong.

What is wrong with that?

We fought violence with violence.

Sometimes you have to.

Bloody marvellous.