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It's all right.

I will not pay you.

I will not pay you.

You entered into a business agreement with us, Mr. Fong. You are well

sir. But don't abuse our trust.

I'm trying to help you. These tardy payments appear churlish to my superior.

You've let me dry, all of us. This is the United States of America, sir.

We settle our debts in a timely fashion because that is simply good business.

I'd call it extortion, Mr. Kai.

A little early for interference from the mayor's office, don't you think? What

time would suit you better, sir?

This is a private matter.

There's nothing private about anything, I shall tell you.

These people are a family. They share. You hurt one member, you insult them

How would you know?

I make it my business to know.

You look at this man.

He's given you everything he can give.

He still has his life.

And a man's faith can be peeled away just like an orange.

Please.

He will not harm you.

To achieve victory, one must get inside the skin of his opponent.

Where'd you get that?

Out of a fortune cookie.

Yes.

Look out, John. We got Bruce Lee here.

Like the sandal.

And the flute.

What monastery do you fall out of? When you can learn to understand your own

motives. And the motives of your enemies.

Then you cannot help but win.

You do not understand, so you will lose.

Again.

You all right?

I'm okay.

You're hurt.

It is nothing.

Come with me.

I need more men in Chinatown.

Put me through to Tan.

You don't know what you've done.

The man saved my life. So now he's a hero?

Who'll be the first one from the streets to emulate him?

David Chang from the forest when they come for his cut?

Otsu Tak from the bakery or Hop Sun from the restaurant? Who's going to be the

first one from the street to get killed?

I am no hero.

I had to act. There was no choice.

When your enemy is weak, make him strong.

to destroy that enemy with her glorifying power.

You will have to act next time. No, there can't be a next time. Now, we have

to let the police do their job. We are cracking down on these hoodlums.

They are beyond your power.

Don't romanticize them into some mystic force they can be dealt with.

They're going to be looking for you. It'll be very dangerous for you to stay

Chinatown.

Your concern does you honor, but I'm merely passing through.

On your way to?

Nowhere, particularly.

Everyone has a destination.

A destiny, yes.

Not necessarily a destination.

These men are sent by an evil force.

A man of shadow and stealth who manipulates the lives of others.

He is not a hoodlum.

In the Shaolin teachings, you will see that we have no colored belts.

or ranks.

Each student proceeds at his own pace, using his own

natural inner strength.

When do we get to fight?

Ah.

The philosophy you will learn is one of non -aggression.

Personal combat is the least precious thing.

He will draw from these teeth.

But without that prowess, you walk defenseless in a cruel world.

A courageous fighter shuns violence.

A skillful soldier avoids anger.

A mighty warrior does not fight for petty conquest.

No, let's...

True insight cannot be gained by specialized knowledge,

by victory or defeat, or doctrine or dogma.

It can only be achieved by the illumination of one's own

inner self.

In other words, it does not matter who wins or loses.

Is that not our philosophy, Master Dowell?

Your philosophy.

When I am placed in charge of this temple, you will come to understand my

philosophy.

Class is dismissed for today.

I must leave now.

When you saved my life, you took apart my soul that you now possess.

That is the way of my family.

Be well and happy, my friend, and I will be in debt to you.

There will be no forfeit between us.

like you, Father.

At least ten years.

What if I study twice as hard as all your other students?

Twenty years.

What if I practice day and night, no television, no schooling, it's boring

anyway, just Shaolin principles?

How long?

Thirty years.

Hey, this doesn't compute, Pop.

Don't ever call me that.

But why, when I work harder, does the study time get longer?

When one eye is fixed on the destination, you have only one eye to

for the way.

Concentrate on the now.

But I want to fight.

Yes, so did your great -grandfather when he was your age.

But Master Poe convinced the grasshopper the wisdom of stillness and unconscious

thought.

The trick is never to fight unless there is no other

alternative.

Grasshopper?

Do you hear the grasshopper at your feet?

Close your eyes.

What do you hear?

I hear the water.

I hear the birds.

Do you hear the grasshopper which is at your feet?

There is no grasshopper at my feet.

Police, you're under arrest.

Yeah, yeah. Good to see you, Peter.

Hi, Peter.

Yeah, I'm calling you. Here you are.

Thanks.

Hey,

whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's try that again.

Let me see me. Let me see where you've been. I missed you. Sit down. Let's have

a drink.

Let's take a walk. Let's go to bed.

We can do it together.

Hello, Peter.

Yeah, that's good.

I'll buy that.

Can I buy you a drink?

I gotta do my set now.

Oh, yeah, you gotta sing, you gotta dance.

Right. You know, I wanted to be a dancer once.

No, all you ever wanted to be was a cop.

That's not true. When I was a kid, I was searching for spiritual enlightenment.

Now you just look for junkies and drug dealers who are looking for a functional

high. Can we try to talk like two people who once couldn't keep their hands off

each other? You know, like some deep place in your soul. There's a locket

my picture in it.

You mean the tarnished one?

You know, for a streetwise kid, you use some pretty fancy imagery.

Pulled over from my misspent youth.

When I was a kid, I was given ideals like other kids were given ice cream.

Until I grew up and found out that they were all as empty as gentleness

overcomes strength.

A bigger baseball bat overcomes a smaller baseball bat.

When did you get so cynical?

When I learned the truth about Milli Vanilli.

Can we sit down?

People are starting to stare. Somebody's going to think you find my company

repulsive.

Stop being so damn detractive.

I try.

It seems to come with my personality.

Why aren't you wearing your engagement ring?

When we broke up, I threw it into the river.

You did not.

No.

But you don't know that.

Look, Peter.

Why can't you just live your life and let me live mine?

Because for the longest time I thought that those two lives might share the

bathroom.

You're careless, reckless, cavalier.

And I don't feel like sitting at home waiting to hear that someone who means

more to me than anything in the world has been killed in some police shootout.

Weren't you supposed to use the past tense there?

Damn it, you are so irritating.

Now you've hit on my best quality.

You're not going to sweet -talk me into anything tonight.

I have an audition for Les Mis in the morning, and I will not have you on my

mind.

Hello, Earth to Peter.

It's your turn to be witty and ingratiating and ask me to sit back

You should do your set now.

You can't get your fire.

Why don't you sing My Heart and My Soul? I love that one.

Hey, guys, guys, my heart and my soul.

Ready for this one?

This is a robbery.

We're robbing the club.

Well, you're too late.

Why don't you find your own place to rob? I'm robbing this place.

Hey, man, we'll rob the place together.

Oh, do I look like I need help?

Why don't you guys rob the Gorky Park Club around the corner? I hear it's a

spot. Listen, man, we were here before you even came in. How do I know you're

really here to rob the place?

No. No, we were going to rob it.

On it.

Look.

We got gun.

How do I know that doesn't say Roy Rogers on the side of it?

I'm a cop.

Everything's under control.

Backup's on the way. Everyone take it easy.

How about a martini?

Just a breath of vermouth.

Got it.

You want to know why we're not together any longer?

That's why not.

That insane stunt you just pulled?

To save the day, the night, or the night.

That's beside the point.

You scared the hell out of me and out of everyone else.

You're crazy.

I love you, but you're really crazy.

You know that?

I'm crazy for ever having thought you weren't crazy.

Stop being a hero these days.

You are safe.

Where is this place?

A humble dwelling above the meat market.

You are the apothecary.

I am called the ancient because I am the voice of

reason for the community.

The doctor is father confessor.

is whisper of conscience.

And I'm also very, very old.

And a priest.

Like you.

Have we not known each other before?

Oh, yes.

Many times.

But we have never met.

A spirit lives in many disguises.

There was a temple many, many years ago.

Your temple, a place of light and song.

All was destroyed.

But you survived.

Open your eyes, quite shame, Kane.

Look at those men fighting out there. We're training mercenaries.

That would be a violation of every principle we hold to be true.

Is it?

Your grandfather preached the Shaolin philosophies, yet he murdered the

emperor's nephew on the steps to the city.

His

master

was senselessly killed.

Exactly.

One violent death justifies another.

If you intend to oppose me, do what your grandfather would have done.

Oppose me now.

Leave this temple.

And you will never return.

This

temple

is finished.

You are finished.

When you enter my circle again, quite chancane.

I will sever your manhood from your body and your soul from its eternal peace.

Describe

Again, this man whom none of you seem able to contain.

He came out of nowhere.

I'd never seen him before in the community. Dressed like some Chinese

out of The Last Emperor.

Very strong.

Undercover cop?

FBI? No.

Something about him. A mystic quality.

Yeah. Very mystic the way he cut your teeth in.

You got lucky.

And with the others, he got lucky with them too.

There was blood all over the alleyway.

He probably crawled to some corner to die.

If he didn't, he'd long gone.

Make certain.

If he's still in Chinatown, I want him found and brought to me.

He's only one man.

The force of all life is a profound mystery.

It is devoid of substance and form.

It has lived since the dawn of existence.

It has a body and it has a name.

Bring me that body and bring me that name.

That was some stunt you pulled last night at the Agrippa Club.

Yeah, that's what Tyler said.

Think it'll make the news?

I know you're tough.

And I wouldn't want to go up against you myself.

Who would?

Look, if one of my officers gets shot, it means that I haven't done my job.

I didn't give him the backup he needed.

Now, you can make me look very bad if you walk into the next die -hard

with guns blazing, and besides that, anyone ever speak to me again, so you're

going to take care.

But I'm going to pull you out of Metro, and I'm going to put you back on the

streets with no place to go for a home -cooked meal, right?

Well, it seemed like the thing to do at the time.

Well, it probably was.

Hey, I must say, I like the idea of trying to scare me into submission by

me this lecture in front of a morgue.

Best place I could think of.

I just want to tan men out of the river this morning.

The word on the street is the tan had him executed for dealing drugs without

sharing. Well, good health side to fun.

That's Jimmy Ho.

One of Tant's shooters.

He's almost as good as me.

That might be the break we've been looking for.

What are you talking about?

Well, we need a man undercover in Chinatown.

I speak Chinese. I know the culture.

I can shoot the eye out of a sparrow.

Can I have that, John? Out of the question.

Why? Why? Because I'm family?

What? I'm not.

I am, but I'm not.

Look, I'm a good cop with the right qualifications for the job.

No, it's too dangerous.

Give me a shot at this, Captain.

Don't play favorites.

Somebody's got to get close to Tan, prove he's flesh and blood, and get me

down.

I want the chance.

Why is it so important to you, the screwing with your Chinese heritage?

Oh, give me a break. My mother looked like Rhonda Fleming.

Uh -huh.

And your father?

His looks were enigmatic.

From what I can remember.

Well, cancer criminal, this is police business.

No.

No, this is family.

You're going to see me.

Peter McCabe, ID, driver's license, credit cards.

Wife and three kids, Chicago background.

You made some very big hits. My sentiments, exactly.

Look, do me a favor, will you? Be careful, all right? Just humor.

Hey, caution's my motto.

Where do I hang out?

Shot glass bar on 5th Street. Drinks are watered down Bushmill. The dancers

don't wear a lot. The talk is cheap and plentiful.

You shoot some pool, shoot your mouth off, see who listens.

Two things I do best.

And shoot straight.

If Tan walked in here now, the people in this room would tear him to pieces.

Just one street uniting will send a message to these bastards.

We're not going to pay protection any longer.

You are not vigilantes, people. Listen to me. You cannot take the law into your

own hands.

What happened to your police protection?

What is our mayor doing?

One pays, all pay.

No one pays, what can they do?

one pays, all suffer.

This is a community meeting. You're not invited.

You're not welcome here.

We're welcome wherever we go.

We protect our streets. We keep the scum out of us. What about the scum that's

already here?

Anger words.

Stirred emotions.

Mob rule.

It's all very ugly.

You must, each of you, Think of yourselves, your families, your loved

Lenin said, a million people perish.

That's a statistic.

One man's death, that's a tragedy.

It's rather unpopular to quote Lenin these days, but a boyhood hero.

Let me go!

Stop that!

Go!

You know,

you should tell Tam the strong -arm stuff a little old -fashioned. Miami

has been off the air for seasons.

His favorite show.

Hey,

you don't fit this description of this mystic champion we've been hearing

Name's Peter McCabe.

I'd like to meet your boss.

I understand he's looking for a shooter.

Make an appointment.

Well... Hey, why don't you let the girl go? You made your point.

God, I hate it when that happens.

Let her go.

Jack, put the gun away.

Let's go.

We broke up the meeting. Some young fella didn't like our style.

When I tried to take one to the community, he did this.

I'm 50 feet away.

I thought he shot me in the back.

A marksman shot.

That's what he says.

He wants to meet you.

By the way, there's no sign of any mystic warrior coming to anyone's

Jack and Raymond must have run into some cat whacked on coke who was flying.

But they're edgy down there.

Make an example of the apothecary and the rest of the street will fall into

line.

You knew a great deal about my work.

That will draw out the poison without contaminating the blood.

You were resting.

I had hoped you would not mind. I only mind that you are leaving.

I must move on.

To where?

Have you been isolated?

So long that you cannot fight for a cause that is just, your grandfather

would not move on.

He would stay and help these people. That was another time,

another place.

I am to my ancestor a shadow.

I am not yet whole.

You did not know him.

Perhaps.

Mr. Tan would like to see you.

I thought I needed to make an appointment.

I believe you made one.

Mr. Tan needs a new pair of shoes.

Oh.

Well, easy come, easy go.

Catch you later, guys.

Our car is right outside.

Oh, I never get into a car with strangers.

Problem is my mother.

Jimmy, over here.

Got it.

What can we say that will make you stay?

I'm only for one man.

You're all we've got.

A young man saved my life this morning.

Then we found out he's now working for Tan.

This is what's happening to the young men in this community.

Tan has money and power.

Very productive.

But not to a Shaolin priest.

You must learn to respect your elders.

Lucky shot.

Of course I respect my elders.

I am sorry.

What you cannot possess, you must destroy.

You never learned that.

Discard formal wisdom and knowledge, and the happiness of the people

will increase a hundred times.

Discard kindness.

And the love for family will be restored.

What do you say to that, quiet saint?

Tan doesn't like to be kept waiting.

This is nothing.

When an old building burns, when an old man dies, it's life in the streets.

There's no grace in victory.

The one who glorifies it must revel in bloodshed.

Where'd you hear that?

Charlie Tan money.

Let's get out of here.

I love it when the fireworks light up the sky.

Did you know it was the Chinese New Year?

No, I didn't.

Anything exciting happen in Chinatown tonight?

The stranger Jack and Kai were talking about?

Carried the ancient out of the burning building.

I take it you're Peter McCabe.

Give your wallet to Mr. Chan.

He'll make some phone calls. It will then be returned to you.

Check the hospital.

So, Mr. McCabe, you're looking for a job.

Nothing permanent.

Of course.

A shadow touched by light must disappear.

What's your say I don't stay in one place for too long?

I understand you're a good shot.

Yeah, passport.

Huh.

We'll find out.

Ladies and gentlemen of the press, do you know the routine? The mayor will be

making a full statement for you after his briefing with the police

The firebombing of the building in Chinatown is a disgrace.

I'm not prepared to let these animals take control of the streets.

This is a declaration of war.

and I am making it purposefully and directly to the people responsible. All

right, if you can all wait until after the conference, the mayor will be more

than happy. I intend to make a speech to the people of the Chinatown community

right outside this burnt -out building, noon tomorrow.

Be there.

Get me Captain Blaisdell at the 101st Precinct.

It's for you, Captain.

Tell me. Mayor, line three.

Good morning,

sir.

Meeting in my office at 5 o 'clock this afternoon.

You, your chief of detectives, the police commissioner, and the deputy

Many Shaolin masters are buried in this place, your father among them.

The heaven and earth join, and the sweet rain falls

beyond the command of men, yet evenly upon all.

Men kill and are killed.

That's the lesson you should have been teaching us.

I will find the father.

These soldiers of hate.

You told me in war, there's no grace in victory.

And one who revels in bloodshed is incapable of ruling the world.

But when I find them and kill them, I will delight in it.

I swear this to you, my father.

One day, father and son will be reunited.

This I promise you.

Such a terrible thing.

Yes, it was.

He who reveres slaughter will fail in his ambition to rule the world.

I'm sorry?

Nothing.

I'm Marilyn Blake.

I'm from the mayor's office. I didn't get a chance to thank you yesterday for

what you did for us. It wasn't for you.

These people need someone to believe in. Well, tell them to pay more money than

Pat. They'll have every young man in the neighborhood delivering groceries and

ironing shirts.

Tan pays more in one day than these people make in a year.

A lot more.

So you're working for him now.

I have to give the people of that community some answers.

Television is a wonderful invention.

Do it from your desk.

If I'm afraid to walk into Chinatown, what kind of message does that send to

them? We can provide you with adequate protection. That's not the point.

This isn't the time to make a grandstanding speech just so his honor

what's left of his campaign in an election year.

If you think the mayor's worried about votes, Trenlick... We've got a man on

inside.

He's already met with Tan.

I'm just waiting for him to report back. Give him 48 hours.

A man on the inside?

When did this happen? On whose authority did you do that, Paul?

On my own damned authority.

And just who did you send in? Let me guess. Peter Kane?

He was the best man for the job.

He's crazy.

Well, maybe you have to be a little bit crazy to want to get that close to Tan.

I'm sick of hearing that man's name.

He's like a phantom.

Flesh and blood, like all of us. And he'll take a fall.

I'm going to make a speech at noon tomorrow in front of that burnt -out

building. My staff is putting out the word now.

Should be a full house.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Just how close to 10 is Kane?

On the inside track.

of the students perished in the flames.

Peter would have survived, but he went back into the temple.

I could not save him.

It was not your place to save him.

You must not reproach yourself.

There was nothing you could do.

Fire cleanses all.

Your life is not your position, my son.

It is a harmony that was lent to you by the universe.

In the beginning, before heaven and earth existed, there was only the one

The amorphous, silent, isolated entity.

Which, though changed,

is where you have returned to.

Until I have found it in myself.

I cannot join you.

I was in that street last night.

I saw the tattoos on your forearms. The dragon.

The tiger.

Who else but a shallow priest could walk out of a burning building like he was

taking a stroll through Central Park?

Must be very hot in Central Park.

I thought you might know something about my father.

to tell me something about him.

But I don't have to do that now.

Because the only thing that's changed about you in 15 years is your eyes.

Peter.

I can't find the words.

I could kill that old bastard.

What old bastard?

Bing Hyde.

He took me to your grave.

I vowed vengeance against the soldiers of evil that murdered my father.

I took that pain out into the streets, into the orphanage.

Why did he do it?

To protect us.

He took me to your grave.

The renegade priest who destroyed the temple had to believe we were both dead.

And that way, Ping Hai sought to save us.

Fifteen years to be orphaned

and alone and unworthy is

the worst thing a man can think.

And yet princes and dukes are exalted by such names.

I cleansed and purified my mystic vision.

Until I could see the real world and all the crap you must learn to see.

Call me that.

I just wanted to make sure I had the right father.

You check out, okay.

I have a job for you.

Tonight.

A test.

That stranger who carried the old apothecary from the building.

They're at Glencross Hospital.

Know how to use one of these?

I'll make my living.

Kill them both.

You accomplish that, and the assassination tomorrow is yours.

614. I'm sorry, there's no phone in that room. I can put you through to the

nurse's station on the sixth floor.

No messages. Okay, fine.

Yes, may I help you?

Okay, a dozen roses.

To Glencross Hospital.

Room 614.

The name, please?

Okay,

the card should say, get out of the room.

What the hell was that all about?

Give me a break.

I grew up in New York City. Bronx.

Heard some geek talk like that, we'd beat his head in. I was just sending

flowers for my girlfriend. We had a little spat.

You worry about things like that on the way to kill people?

Gotta know what's important, champ.

You look pale.

We'd better get you to a hospital.

What are you talking about?

While we're there, we'll pay a visit to our mysterious stranger.

Maybe we'll knock on the old apothecary's door for the hell of it,

Why should we?

Because!

That stranger humiliated us in front of other people.

I don't like that.

It ruined my day.

Besides, to show Mr. Tam we have initiative as well as good luck.

Sure. We'll kill them.

No sweat.

Let's go.

Now!

I'll take them in. The patient is my brother.

Dr. Allen, please call Dr. Elkhorn, extension 510.

Dr. Allen, please call Dr. Elkhorn, extension 510.

Excuse me, what room is the man in?

Second room from the left.

Good thing the blinds were left open.

We made sure they would be.

Well, well. Seems like we might be a little late. You better check it out,

chant.

The room's wrecked. Somebody must have shown him the bill for one day.

I was hoping I'd find you here.

I am trying to save as much as I can of the apothecary's medicines.

Good idea.

Risk your life for some charred weeds and herbs.

Probably make a good tea out of them.

Represent the work of a lifetime.

I just wanted to make sure that you were all right.

I should not be.

Two men came to the hospital to kill the apothecary and myself.

Well, I just didn't know who they were dealing with to dig why Jane came.

A wise man accomplishes his goals without love of glory.

Without love of violence.

I am glad to see you remember.

Some of my useless things.

You mentioned something about an orphanage.

Ping Hai became very thick.

Maybe carrying around all those lies.

He put me into an orphanage before he died.

Nifty place if you're into discipline and loneliness.

A guy by the name of Paul Blaisdell used to come around and talk to the kids. He

was a cop.

And he became, well, like a... Father?

More like a big brother.

He took me out of that mausoleum and threw me into the police academy.

What happened to the old apothecary?

I took him to show the man who runs the meat market.

He will take care of him.

They all think you are working for these killers, but you are not.

I grew up watching the Rockford Files and Hill Street Blues. I wanted to be

of the good guys.

I also wanted you to be proud of me, though I believe that you never really

about it.

You mind me asking where you've been for the last 15 years?

for the solution to the mystery of life, embracing the one with your soul.

Looking for my son, for the essence that was his being.

You are working undercover?

Is there any other way?

Calm down.

How long have you been outside?

I followed you into the building. I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I was just

for the right moment to let you know I was here.

I just came from the hospital.

Your room was wrecked. The old apothecary was gone.

I came to Chinatown to find Sho and let him know what happened.

Forgive me.

Ex -newspaper girl.

Old habits are hard to break.

You're a police officer?

And you're his father?

That's going to be our little secret.

No one can know about this. Not the mayor, not the community, not the

No, no, of course not. That goes without saying.

Emma, I'm glad I was wrong about you.

The street wants to know your intention.

Are you staying?

At least tell us where we can get in touch with you.

I will find you after I have found these assassins.

Be careful.

Father, this is police business.

The man behind these assassins is powerful and corrupt.

There she is.

This is not two old gunfighters standing in the middle from Dusty Street like it

might have been back in the time of your grandfather.

He would never have let this injustice happen.

The old one will be killed if these people are not stopped.

I'll stop them.

Where are you going to stay tonight?

I will find shelter.

Hey, this will all be over tomorrow.

Just give it a couple of days.

Oh, God, look. Change of plans. Why don't you...

She

was coming out of the burned -out building.

She's been talking to everyone in the community.

She knows where the stranger is.

The old one, too.

You questioned her?

No.

Thought I'd leave that up to you.

No!

You can't find them yourself, so you pick up a pretty bone to throw at my

I want them found, tonight!

Take off your clothes.

That's for hiring a nihilistic animal like Chan.

He ever manhandles me again, I'll scratch out those empty eyes.

Beware of him.

He's ambitious and powerful.

But then again, that's what turns you on, doesn't it?

Power.

I do have some information for you.

Peter McCabe, he's an undercover cop.

And your mysterious stranger, Kane is his father.

What name did you say?

We called him Kane.

Kwai Chang Kane.

Have a seat.

Look, Mr. Tan, about last night... Mr. Kai and Mr.

Wong decided to take the law into their own hands.

The stranger humiliated them in front of the entire street.

They've been dealt with.

25 ,000, and your target, the final 75 ,000 when the man is dead.

The mayor.

You have a problem with that?

No, not at all.

Where did the hit take place?

Our mayor is making a major political speech at the burnt -out building in

Chinatown today at noon, using it as a symbol to denounce the escalating

violence in the district.

And not before time.

Well, he's going to be surrounded with enough security to take out an army.

That's why we're not going to make the hit there.

When he returns to City Hall, he'll be in one car with the chief of detectives,

Strenlich, and the deputy mayor.

You will be on the roof opposite City Hall. When the mayor steps out of the

limo, you will kill him.

How do I get out?

You'll have men with you. They'll have your escape route.

When it's done, you return here.

I won't let you down. I'm sure.

Where will the real hit take place?

At the burnt -out building in Chinatown.

Who's the shooter?

You're not going to volunteer?

Oh, that's okay.

A charming young man.

Mr. Sung.

I've been grooming him for some time.

I didn't think he was ready, but he'll have to be.

Don't let your target get away.

Blaze down.

City Hall.

All right, where will you be?

Got it.

Look, the mayor's speech will last ten minutes. That'll put him back at City

Hall at 1225. The SWAT team will be there.

Peter, Peter, I'm disappointed.

All that Shaolin training as a child, those razor -sharp instincts, all

forgotten?

That's too bad.

You're not going to like it.

Yeah, tell me.

I just heard from Captain Stiles. He's steaming. The SWAT team burst out onto

empty roof. No Peter, no Tansman, nothing.

He wants you to consider the notion that Tan has turned him. You tell Stiles

what he can do with that notion.

No, it means they've made Peter.

And that means they'll hit the mayor at the brownstone. You get on the radio.

I want to thank the people of this community for giving me this

to speak to you face -to -face about what has become a very serious problem.

problem has a name, TAN.

Whenever greed, intimidation, and destructive ambition

present, the village will be...

If your son dies today, Tan will kill him.

Tie him up.

Was it the aftershave that gave me away?

You know, all undercover cops use that wise guy fragrance.

Maybe we ought to switch to Old Spice.

Oh.

You may know who betrayed you.

It would be as well for Mr. Chan to know my little secret also.

Before the lady in question takes a knife to his throat.

Marilyn Blake.

A well -tied knot, though it makes use of no ropes, cannot be untied.

Yeah, well...

This rope feels pretty real to me.

Why can't I just use a sharp knife?

A worthwhile idea.

This exercise is for those rare moments when a knife is not at hand.

Right about now, she's drenched in the mare's blood.

But she is not.

No!

Do not interfere.

Stay out of this.

I have been waiting.

I should have known the fires that disfigured me could not destroy you.

We were like brothers, you and I.

There was a time when your spirit flowed through my...

All those years ago, I told you to discard formal wisdom and knowledge,

and the happiness of the people will increase a hundred times.

Discard kindness and righteousness, and the love for family will be restored.

You never answered me quite, Shane Kane.

Discard cunning and profit.

and bandits and thieves will cease to exist.

A name can be changed, but not one soul.

You murdered the priests, and so I fought my own son.

The old ones cry out for vengeance.

You ever thought of joining the police force?

You kick him, I'll shoot him.

We make a hell of a team.

We gotta get to the mayor. He's gonna be... He's safe.

Your wound is bad.

Nah, I've been worse.

Tan.

Gone.

It was kind of hard to listen, as Chan was trying to kill me at the time,

You and Tan go way back?

We know him by another name.

He's the renegade Shaolin who destroyed our temple.

You kidding me?

No. No, you don't do a lot of that.

Well, let him run.

We'll pick him up.

Can too.

They're finished in Chinatown.

Can. We'll return.

Ah, yes.

Darkness shall overcome the light, as you would say.

But... Splinters of black will easily be crushed.

The illumination of one candle shall forever touch mankind's luminous spirit.

I never said anything like that. That means absolutely nothing.

I know.

Sounded great, though, didn't it?

How'd you find me?

Don't tell me. I don't want to know.

I like to talk.

Look into my eyes, do you see the light of my love for you?

Lately I don't know where this need of mine will lead me to.

Take me by the hand once again.

Do you feel the fire of a never -ending, heart -rending embrace?

And don't you see what's written on my face?

This is where you come for peace and meditation?

No, this is where I come for the best chili and the coldest light beer in

I'm going to listen to a girl I'm nuts about sing like that every night.

Does she share your affection?

It's kind of a time management problem.

Sometimes I think I'm in love with her, sometimes she thinks she's in love with

me, but those times don't usually happen at the same time.

Listen, my apartment isn't exactly the Ritz -Carlton, but the spare bedroom's

got kind of a cozy feeling, and it's at least 12 feet bigger than that cell you

used to live in at the temple.

I cannot stay with you.

You can't leave. I'll have you arrested.

It's a version in the face of a son of love.

It's taken me 15 years to find you again.

Now that I've got you all to myself, I can't think of a damn thing to say that

would make you want to stay.

You can snatch the match before me.

You will no longer need a teacher.

Does that mean you're going to stay, Pop?

Don't ever call me that.

Hey, an address would be nice.

You know, forward old mail.

Stop by for a chat, taking a ball game.

Chinatown?

Good seeing you.