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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

What's bothering
you, partner?

That's the second time
you've checked
that safety tonight.

I don't like it, Hooker.

Assaults, robberies going
down with automatic weapons.

It makes a guy uptight.

It was crazy enough
on the streets
when the bad guys

were packing Saturday
Night Specials.

Now it's
a shooting gallery,

and we're the targets.

(FIRECRACKERS POPPING)

(CROWD MURMURING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

Yeah.

Why can't we go?

MAN: Now.

Come in through the back,
and hit 'em hard and fast.

Get ready.

(GUNSHOT FIRING)

Nobody move,

or this turns you all
into chopsuey.

Now give us your money!

Give me the money! Now!

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
Move, move.

(RADIO BEEPING)

WOMAN: (OVER RADIO) All units
in the vicinity of
305 Magnolia.

Shots fired
at the warehouse.

That's Chinatown.

Six blocks over.
Let's grab it.

Four-Adam-30.
We've got it.

(SIREN WAILING)

Four-Adam-16.
Rolling backup to 30.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Hold! Police!

Police! Everybody,
out of the way.

Freeze!

Come on.

Hold it!

Freeze!

(SIREN WAILING)

(TIRES SCREECH)

(GLASS SHATTERS)

(BULLET RICOCHETING)

Hold it right there!

The next one
chews off your tail.

Lieutenant.

Wounded suspect's
name is James Fong,
a resident.

According to this
payroll stub, he worked
here in Chinatown.

Circle's closing,
Lieutenant.

That circle leads
nowhere, Hooker.

We've had other leads
to Chinatown.

We've been
all over this area.

Everybody's come up empty.

Marking on this MAC-10
is North Vietnamese Army.

They mark the weapons,
every one of them
the same way.

Even the ones
they captured from us,
like this one here.

Okay, so the automatics
are coming in from Asia.

Another suspect

spilled that he saw Fong
take delivery of that gun

from another Chinese.

That's backed up
by the suspect Corrigan
nailed, Lieutenant.

Everything points
to Chinatown being
the distribution point.

You didn't listen
to me, Hooker.

Chinatown is a dead-end.

Now, look, any one of us
could have been cut down
by their firepower.

We were damned lucky.

That thing spits out
1,200 rounds a minute.

I wanna get those guns
off the street.

Nobody wants it
more than I do, Hooker,

and I'm gonna
make it happen.

It's gonna buy me
a set of captain's bars.

But I am not gonna waste
any manpower down here.

Not when it's to no avail.

Lieutenant, I'd rather
ask politely to be
assigned to this beat,

than go over your head.

But if I have to, I will.

You are one perverse
commodity, Hooker.

The Department has been
trying to get you
back in Chinatown

for what? Some 18 years,
and you wouldn't have it.

Now, all of a sudden,
you want back.

No, I don't want back.

It's painful to come back.

But if I'm gonna get
these guns off the
street, and I am,

I'm gonna have to.

I have no choice.

And you're not
giving me any.

Well, look at it this way.

If I'm right, you get
your captain's bars,
and I'm out of your hair.

(SIGHS)

Hooker.

Are you all right?

Yeah, fine.

Hey, look.

I realize the shooting's
put us both on edge

but I know you.
Something's eating at you.

Oh, it's nothing.

For a moment there,
when everything
was going down...

I thought I saw
someone in the crowd.

Who?

That's a good question.

Not who I thought I saw,
that's for sure.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(HOOKER SINGING)

Hi.

There's coffee, donuts.
I'll be right with you.

(HOOKER CONTINUES SINGING)

What do you think?

I think somebody
had that one bronzed.

No, the shirt.
You like it?

Uh, somehow it's not you.

I didn't think so either.
It came back with my wash,

so I thought,
you know, maybe I'd...

Hooker, how can you
live like this?

I'm just passing
through. I'm looking
for an apartment.

You said that
two months ago.

You mean because
I'm not at the Marina

by the pool
surrounded by a bevy
of bikinied beauties?

I'll let you handle
that action, junior.

I'll get my gun
and I'll be
right with you.

You know,

the talk around the locker
room says Lieutenant
Drummer had it right.

You cut a wide path
through Chinatown
a few years back.

Don't believe
everything you hear.

They say the youth gangs
were running wild

and the Tongs were on
the verge of taking sides.

The Tongs have always
been family affairs.

It was only natural for them
to protect their sons.

But that was 18 years ago.

Things have cooled
down since then.

Community's come together.

Yeah?

I hear you had a lot
to do with that.

A lot of people
in Chinatown owe you.

You know that Mai Ling
Trading Company
you were talking about?

We could check there
after we get in uniform.

Anybody there owe you?

No, junior.

That's one place nobody
owes me anything.

So where's that coffee
you were talking about, huh?

Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm fresh out.

How do you know?
You haven't even looked.

Not that it would help.

Well, I keep the coffee
in the bathroom.

It's part of
my new system.

See, I get up every
morning, creep into
the bathroom,

I look into the mirror.

I say, "Would coffee
help that face?"

I open the cabinet door,
there's my coffee.

I have a cup of coffee.
Doesn't help the face.

You want that?

No, no, no, no.
Save it.

It'd make a great
paperweight.

(METAL CLANGS)

(EXCLAIMS)

The ancient art of combat.

Impressive, huh?

Maybe.

But when you're knocking
off a bank, you need more
than sticks and chains.

How many pieces
are we talking about?

Six Uzis.

I need them by tomorrow.
Can you handle that?

If you can handle
the tab, $6,000.

(CHUCKLES)

Don't try to rip
me off, Po.

The going price for an Uzi
is 500 bucks.

Then maybe you
should buy them
from someone else.

I can't make a connection
by tomorrow.

Six Uzis for 6,000.
Take it or leave it.

When can I have 'em?

In the morning.

Stay by your phone.

When I call,
be ready to roll.

(GRUNTING CONTINUES
IN BACKGROUND)

You stuck it to him
good, Mr. Khan.

(CHUCKLES)

Black market guns
bring black market prices.

I told you I could
get you buyers.

I knew you could.
That's why I chose you.

(BELLS RINGING)

I'm Sergeant Hooker.

This is Officer Romano.

You must be
Mai Ling's daughter.

Yes, I am.

My mother died
almost a year ago.

Yes, I know.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know Mai Ling
had a daughter

until I talked
to some friends
in Chinatown.

This is Chow Duc Khan.

He is the widower
of my mother.

How you doing?

Was it something I said?

No, nothing.
That's just his way.

I saw you
at the cockfight
last night.

I didn't want
to be there
to begin with,

and didn't know
about the cockfight
until it started.

The robbery
and the shooting
only made it worse.

The suspect who was
wounded, James Fong,

had a payroll stub.
He worked here.

He quit without
notice. Last week.

He was our shipping clerk.

What do you know about him?

Very little.

Shipping and receiving
is supervised
by Chow Duc Khan

and James worked for him.

Would you ask Chow Duc Khan
to step in here, please?

I'm afraid he's gone.

How do you know
if you don't look?

I just know.

Tell Chow Duc Khan
that we'll be back
to talk to him.

It was a pleasure
meeting you...

Nancy.

Nancy.

Let's get
moving, junior.

(BELLS RINGING)

You have some very
beautiful things here.

I could use something
for my apartment.

Like maybe that vase.

This is Ming Dynasty.

Ming Dynasty?

It's worth every
penny, I'm sure.

Come on, partner.
We got work to do.

Uh, maybe you could
show me some others,

another time.

I'll be back.

Hooker, she is beautiful.

Anything like her mother?

A carbon copy.

♪ Heartbreaker

♪ You played around
with my heart

♪ Heartbreaker

♪ It's just been
a game from the start

♪ Heartbreaker

♪ You're tearing
my life all apart

♪ I thought I was
special to you

♪ I thought everything
would work out fine

♪ Cause I was
just a fool ♪

Come on, come on,
we're waiting.

Romano said you couldn't
keep your eyes off
that girl in the shop today.

That you knew
her mother.

It was a long time ago.
It was a lifetime.

I was his age.

Chinatown was
my first beat.

Ah.

She was...

Perfection.

Like rare jade.

Her father was Chinese,
her mother was American.

You wanted to marry her?

We never got that far.

She turned you down?

Well, it wasn't that easy.

Her husband showed up.

(LAUGHS)

Well, when I first met
Mai Ling, she thought
he was dead.

Actually, she
hardly knew him.

It was an
arranged marriage.

And the day after
the ceremony,

he took off on
a business trip,

and his ship went
down somewhere off
the China coast,

and the report came
back saying that there
was no survivors.

Huh, but no
such luck.

Well, when he turned up,

out of the blue
almost a year later,

we had quite a problem.

Oh, yeah, I bet.

So you did the right thing.

You made it easier for her.

You walked away
and never came back
to Chinatown.

Till now.

My dear old friend.

Lee Chan.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

I see you're still
alive and kicking.

Well, my kicks have
lost their sting,

but, ah, yes,
I'm still living.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

This is Lee Chan.
My friends,

Stacy Sheridan,
Jim Corrigan.

Vince Romano.

Welcome, welcome.

Excuse me.

Your restaurant's
become a...

A nightclub.

One must change
with the times.

But, as always, I serve
the best Chinese food.

I never thought
you would return here.

I had to come.

I'm here to track down
the source of the illegal
automatic weapons.

It is more than rumor
that they emanate
from Chinatown.

I figured if there
was something to know,
you'd know it.

People have been seen
who don't belong here.

Strangers, and yet
not tourists.

They could be the buyers
of the illegal weapons.

But as for the sellers...

The Uzis are moving
faster than we thought.

These are our last six.

The next shipment is due
the end of this week.

The bill of lading
will say it's teak wood.

Oh? How many pieces?

Two hundred, COD.

I'm gonna need a pretty
good sized-sale
to make the payment.

Don't worry,
I'll come up
with a buyer.

Hup five, hup six,
hup seven, hup eight...

I picked this up
at the desk, Hooker.

The rundown on
Chow Duc Khan.

Like you figured,
he came back
to the States

about the time
the automatic weapons
started to show up.

Bunch of misdemeanors,
three felony arrests,
but nothing proven.

Yeah, nothing recent,
everything there
dates back

to before he left
the country the last time.

Well, you got
your way, Hooker.

So what have you
turned up so far
down in Chinatown?

Well, nothing concrete,
but I think we may
be on to something.

"I think" and "maybe"
don't get guns off
the street, Sergeant.

Neither does standing
around here talking
about it, Lieutenant.

Let's go.

That's it, six Uzis.

It's all there, Po.

So it is. Nice doing
business with you. Psst.

Let's go.

We're not leaving
all that money behind.

We let Po get rid
of his muscle,

then we take it all back.

I know where
he hangs out.

(CHUCKLES)

I don't know, Hooker.

All you got is
a time correlation.

And the fact that Chow
Duc Khan has a possible
importing cover

in the trading company.

It's really not
hard evidence.

You're right, junior.

Maybe I'm pressing.

Maybe it's for
personal reasons.

And maybe it's not.

I wanna do this alone.

What is it today,
Sergeant Hooker?

Police business?
Or did you come
by to talk?

I came to talk to you
about your father,
Chow Duc Khan.

He isn't here.

Well, maybe you
can help me.

I understand he was
out of the country
for more than a year.

Up to four months ago.

Yes, he was in Taiwan,
Laos, and Thailand.

What was he doing there?

Besides buying
for the shop.

It's not my
business to know.

Chow Duc Khan's
privacy is respected.

He is the head
of the family.

I think he may
be involved in
something illegal.

You wanna know about
Chow Duc Khan?
Ask Chow Duc Khan.

All right.

Where can I find him?

At this hour...

Probably at the
House of Shanghai.

Thank you.

Hooker?

I know you knew
my mother, Hooker.

Yes, I did know her.

I didn't say anything
'cause I wasn't sure
what...

I wasn't sure that
she told you about us.

She told me.

Almost everything.

Maybe you can fill in
the missing pieces.

We'll get together and talk.

After you've found what you've

come to search for
in Chinatown?

Nancy.

That shooting the other night
at the cockfight.

That's happening
all over town.

Somebody's bringing in
automatic weapons.

Innocent people are being
hurt and killed.

I think those weapons are
being funneled through here

in Chinatown.

Any help you can give me...

I need.

You thinking
what I'm thinking?

What's that, junior?

Nancy.

If you count the years back.

You could be her father.

Life isn't always
that tidy, Junior.

Yeah, well, maybe not.

But I'd sure rather have you
as a father-in-law

than that Chow Duc character.

I think.

Thanks. I think.

This is a private club.

We'd like to ask you some
questions, Chow Duc Khan.

Too bad.

I would rather you came
for a lesson.

I don't think we need
any lessons from you.

Oh, you are versed
in the martial arts?

Yeah. Versed enough.

Perhaps Sergeant Hooker
will show his skill.

I'd be happy to act as a
subject for his demonstration.

We can ask you some questions
here or we can take you in.

Have us miss a display of your
expertise in the martial arts?

Don't push it.

I ask, you answer, I go.
It's very simple.

I hear your words, Hooker.

But the tone
indicates some fear.

As I recall,

fear was not enough to keep
you away from my home.

And my wife.

You're really begging
for it, aren't you?

How astute of you to notice.

Okay, nobody panic.

We just want Po.

Cops.

VINCE: Halt! Police!

There they are!

Everybody in the square,
take cover!

(GUNSHOT FIRING)

Freeze!

Drop the gun. Drop it.

Hands behind your back.

Hands on your head.

I guess it wasn't
your day, pal.

Walking in on two cops.

Yeah! That's the way
the fortune cookie crumbles.

The two guys who
came after you.

We found six Uzis,
in the trunk of their car.

They said they bought
them from you.

(CHUCKLES)

And you believe them?

Why should we believe you?

Because I'm a taxpaying
citizen with no police record.

Oh. You're not smart enough to
run this operation alone.

But maybe you're smart enough
not to take the fall alone.

Fall? For what?

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

Yes, you do.

And you're going to tell us!

Hey, this is the
20th century, man.

And I think my rights
are being violated here.

Now, I want to see
a lawyer and

maybe talk about
police harassment.

You're not worth harassment.

And you stay away
from Nancy Khan.

She's mine.

We'll see about that.

Let's put a tail on him,
see where it takes us.

Not a chance, Hooker.
We got nothing.

I can't justify that.

I thought you wanted to get
the guns off the street.

If you think I'm going to ask
for 24-hour surveillance

based on the statement
of a couple of armed punks

you've got another
guess coming.

That's right, Drummer. Play it
safe, don't take any chances.

You watch your mouth, Hooker.

I'll have you up
for insubordination.

No, you won't. You need me.

How else are you going
to get you're captain's bar?

What'd you get from Po?

Lies. And a warning.

Stay away from Nancy Khan.

So what do you do now?

When I go into watch,
I go see Nancy Khan.

What's wrong?

I was thinking about
your mother.

We used to come here a lot.

Her life wasn't happy.

Chow Duc Khan wasn't exactly
a loving husband.

I wish things could
have been different.

My mother told me
what happened.

She talked
about you a lot.

I don't go in much
for Chinese proverbs,
but it is said,

"Blaming oneself for fate

"is like blaming
oneself for rain."

Things happen.

HOOKER: That teahouse.

Your mother and I
used to meet there
on my lunch breaks.

I remember her
mentioning that

and telling me some of
the things you said to her.

I used to daydream
that my mother's prince

in blue was my real father.

That's a bit
fanciful, isn't it?

Maybe.

But it's possible,
you know.

I'd be proud to have
you as my daughter.

Hooker, my mother
left me a letter.

Told me to open it
after she died.

She said the letter
would tell me who
my real father was.

And?

I've never opened it.
Afraid to find out the truth.

What do you think, Hooker?

Mai Ling gave
you the letter.

It's your decision,
not mine.

George Po?

How well do you know him?

We've dated.

What does he do?
How does he earn a living?

He works for Chow Duc Khan.

But not at the shop.

I think he's involved with

those illegal weapons
I told you about.

This is Chinatown, Hooker.

A lot of things go on here.

And now you tell me he
works for Chow Duc Khan.

Are you suggesting they're
using my mother's business

to import guns?

Nancy, I know Chinatown

and what happens here
as well as you do.

Be careful.

Did you find out anything
from Nancy, yesterday?

Just that George Po
works for Chow Duc Khan

on some capacity.

But she couldn't
tie either one of them

to the illegal
weapons operation.

It's like Chow Duc Khan has
himself pretty well covered.

There may be a way
through his smoke screen.

Sid Ennis.

The guy Corrigan and Stacy

took down at the
cockfight robbery?

Yeah.

I don't know, Hooker.

Detectives have being working
on him and he hasn't cracked.

That's why I asked
the DA this morning

to give you a shot at Ennis.

The DA gave me an okay

to offer him a deal.

We've talked
to the DA.

He's willing
to extend himself

if you'll play along
with us.

You mean I walk?

Screw your head back
on, will you, Ennis?

You're part of an
armed robbery

involving illegal
automatic weapons.

You're looking at
10 years, hard time in
the state prison, man.

But the DA's
willing to

reduce that to five
to eight, county time.

If you'll duke us
into George Po.

Hey, wait a minute.
I don't know if I can do that.

I mean, I don't even
know if it'll work.

Okay, Ennis.
It's your decision.

The farm or the joint.

Come on.

Wait a minute.
What's going on here?

Where are you going
with my prisoner?

Trying to get you
what you want.

Your Captain's bars.

I'd handle the
undercover myself,

but George Po knows me.

And we can't afford to
let Chow Duc Khan

know we're onto him.

I haven't been
undercover in a while.

The change could
be interesting.

The cover name I'm using
belongs to a scuz

I busted a couple
of years back in Frisco.

Floyd Nello.

Sounds righteous, Floyd.

I don't know. I don't know
if I can pull this off.

Hey, man.

Wanna spend
the rest of your life

rotting in some
stinking cell, huh?

No, no.

Then get it together.

Yeah?

Yeah, I wanna talk
to George Po.

It's business.

I'll see if he's in.

What's your name?

Sid Ennis.

Tell him I'm a friend
of Jimmy Fong's.

Tell him that.
Just tell him that.

All right. Wait here.

(BUZZER SOUND)

You wanted to see me?

Yeah, you're the guy.

I saw Jimmy Fong make
the gun buy from you.

You must be mistaken.

Hey, you don't have to
play cute with me.

I was there when
Jimmy got shot.

I heard you were in custody.

Yeah.

Well, my buddy here,
Floyd Nello.

You know, he got me
a high-price lawyer,

sprung me out on bail.

But I ain't going back.

So if I make this
little deal here

cuts me in a little share,

and I go on to Acapulco.

What kind of deal
are we talking about?

Ennis tells me you have
enough automatic weapons

to outfit my crew.

Exactly what is it
you're looking for?

Twenty pieces,
with a lot of ammo.

I'd prefer AK-47's, but I know

Ruskie ammo's hard to come by.

AK-47's are hard to come by.

Now, if they were available

I'm sure you'd have
to pay a premium for them.

They're worth about
600 apiece.

I'll give you a grand.

Sorry, pal.

The premium I was
talking about

is 1,000 above
the going price.

Sixteen hundred?

Twenty guns,
that's 32,000.

Forget it!

And you can forget
about Acapulco.

Wait a minute.

There's gotta be a way
we can work this out.

Twenty-five grand.

That's pretty good.

Thirty.

Twenty-eight.

Okay.

That's fair.
That's really fair.

Tomorrow. Call me here.

I'll tell you where and when.

Hey, make sure
you have the money.

I've got the money.

(DOOR OPENS)

Ready? Up.

Good.

Yes, I will.

And, Nancy,
you've done enough.

I'll handle it from here.

You just settle down.

Thatta girl.

Nancy saw Chow Duc
Khan and Po

going down to a secret room
in the basement of their shop.

She followed them down
and she got an eyefull.

The room
is filled with guns.

Confirms we're
on track.

Well, what are we
waiting for?

Let's get over there
and clean out that room.

Hold on.

We want those guns. But we
also want Chow Duc Khan.

That's right.
We stick with our plan.

You know, what
I can't figure out?

How could there
be a secret room

when Lieutenant Drummer said
Chinatown's been combed.

Top to bottom.

When we were at the
Moon Pagoda,

Lee Chan told me
about the hidden city.

The city beneath Chinatown.

Sounds mysterious.

When laborers were
brought from China

to build the railroad,

they didn't have any rights.
They were treated like slaves.

The underground city
is where they hid from

the Gweilo.

The people they called
the devil persons

who robbed
and preyed on them.

It still doesn't answer
my question.

Drummer and his men,

didn't find the underground
chambers and passages.

Because they were
that well hid

and Chinatown's been rebuilt
several times since then.

And the hidden chambers

were covered over, long ago.

Chow Duc Khan found
one that wasn't.

Check.

Now we're gonna close it up as
soon as we nail Chow Duc Khan

with his hands dirty.

So we proceed as planned to
get Po out of the way.

That's where
we're going, junior.

Po, up against the car.

Hand on your head.

Wait a minute.
What's the beef?

We're taking you
in for questioning.

You already did that, now.

Just thought of some
new questions.

Cops just picked up Po.

Why? What did they
pull him in for?

Something about
new questions.

What about the
delivery today?

You think you can
get Po out in time?

Time to get a lawyer
down there.

You'll call it off?

No.

I'll make that
delivery myself.

Go on. I'll meet
you at the truck.

Tiger-two to Tiger-leader.

Go Tiger-two.

I'm ready to move in
to make the buy.

HOOKER: You're looking good
from here. Go for it.

Tiger-two. Roger and out.

Where's Po?

He couldn't make it.

I'm handling
the transaction.

I don't know you.

And I'm not dealing
with any flunky.

I'm Chow Duc Khan.

Po works for me.

It is my guns you're buying.

You were to
bring $28,000.

I wanna see what I'm buying
before I give you the money.

Looks like Corrigan
has the hook in.

Reel him in, Jim. Reel him in.

The money, Mr. Nello.

It's going down.

HOOKER: I'll cover the back.

Let's go.

Cops! It's a setup.

Freeze!

(GUNSHOTS FIRING)

(GUNSHOTS FIRING)

Freeze!

I've waited
18 years for this!

You'll take nothing
more from me, Hooker.

HOOKER: I never took
anything from you.

Not that I didn't want to.
But I made a mistake.

I respected Mai Ling's wishes.

(GROANING)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING CONTINUES)

(GRUNTING CONTINUES)

(GROANING)

HOOKER: The letter
your mother left

telling you who your
real Father is.

No matter what it says,

I want you to know that
I won't stay away

the way I did.

After all, you are
Mai Ling's daughter.

And I care about
you very much.

Are you sure you
wanna know the truth?

Whether I really am
your real father?

I wanna know the truth...

That I want.

We don't always
get what we want.

Now we will never know.

Neither of us.

Maybe it's better.

We can keep our dreams.

Both of us.

(BELLS RINGING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Well?

It's Chinatown, junior.

There's some questions here,

to which we'll never
know the answers.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)