Original subtitles

THIS PLACE IS TERRIFIC. YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THE FOOD.

GUESS HE LOST THE ARGUMENT.

AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT ABOUT NIM'S DEATH,

CHINESE BLOOD'S GONNA FLOW ALL OVER TOWN.

HE WON'T TALK.

PROBABLY NO LIFE INSURANCE.

THIS IS KIDNAPPING, BUDDY.

THIS WILL BE THE NIGHT OF THE DRAGONS.

I DON'T EVEN LIKE CHINESE FOOD.

WORKS FOR ME.

Hunter: YOU KNOW, McCALL, I KNOW YOU WON THE BET,

BUT DON'T YOU THINK THIS IS RUBBING IT IN A LITTLE BIT?

GIVE IT A REST, WILL YOU?

THIS PLACE IS TERRIFIC. YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THE FOOD.

DO ME A FAVOR AND ORDER ME SOMETHING EDIBLE.

AND I DON'T MEAN...

MARINATED CLAM LIPS, EITHER.

I'M GONNA USE THE PHONE.

AH, OF COURSE. OUT OF ORDER.

EXCUSE ME. CAN ANYBODY HERE TELL ME

WHERE I CAN FIND A PHONE THAT WORKS?

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

I TOLD YOU, PAL.

I WAS LOOKING FOR A TELEPHONE.

NONE HERE. NOW GET OUT.

I AGREE WITH YOU, PAL.

THE CUSTOMER'S ALWAYS RIGHT.

GREAT AMBIENCE HERE, McCALL, REALLY.

DEAD DUCKS HANGING UP IN THE KITCHEN.

YOU GOT GENGHIS KHAN IN THE HALLWAY

AND A PHONE THAT'S OUT TO LUNCH.

SO, WHAT'D YOU ORDER ME?

NUMBER 36.

WHAT'S THAT?

BOILED SHARK FIN.

IT'S GREAT.

OH, THIS IS GREAT.

WILL YOU RELAX?

LOOK, I REALLY GOT YOU CHINESE VEGETABLES, OK?

AND THEY ARE GOOD.

GREAT.

LET'S ASK SOME QUESTIONS, HUNTER.

Hunter: LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, LIEUTENANT?

RICK!

RAYMOND LAU. HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD, GOOD. AND YOU?

I'M DOING VERY WELL.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN YEARS.

I KNOW.

YOU'RE SO SHORT.

HA HA HA! YOU'RE TALL.

THIS IS DEE DEE McCALL. THIS IS LIEUTENANT RAYMOND LAU.

HI. HI.

HOW'S BARBARA AND KIM?

OH, THEY'RE FINE, FINE.

WE GO BACK A LONG WAY TO THE ACADEMY.

WE WERE COMPATRIOTS THERE.

NOW LAU IS IN CHARGE

OF THE ASIAN TASK FORCE DOWNTOWN HERE.

OH. GOOD.

SO, WHAT'S THE STORY HERE NOW?

WELL, IT'S HARD TO SAY. NO SUBTITLES.

WE GOT A DEAD BODY FOR YOU.

GOOD.

Hunter: HE'S GONE.

Lau: PROBABLY JUST WOUNDED.

GUESS HE RAN.

NO WAY, RAYMOND. THAT GUY WAS DEAD.

I CHECKED HIM. I SAW HIM TAKE THE HITS.

HE DIDN'T WALK OUT OF HERE.

WELL, WHERE'S THE BODY, RICK?

SO, WHAT IS IT? A ROBBERY?

NO. 4 VIETNAMESE CAME THROUGH THAT DOOR,

HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.

NOW, AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT

RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR

AND THE NEXT THING WE KNEW, BULLETS WERE FLYING.

ARE YOU SURE THEY WERE VIETNAMESE?

I WAS IN VIETNAM, REMEMBER?

UH, CHINESE...

HAD A VIET IN THE BACK ROOM. THEY WERE ARGUING.

WHERE'D THE CHINESE GO?

WELL, OUT THE BACK AND OVER THE WALL, I GUESS.

WELL, WHO SHOT FIRST?

I DON'T KNOW.

DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU?

YEAH, WELL...

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GANG ACTIVITY DOWN HERE LATELY AND...

I GOT A HUNCH ABOUT THIS MISSING BODY.

WHAT'S THAT?

THE CHINESE CAME BACK TO GET HIM,

TO GIVE HIM A PROPER BURIAL.

NOW, I'LL BET IF YOU CHECK

THE NEXT BIG CHINESE FUNERAL,

YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING.

HUH. THAT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA, RICK,

BUT THIS IS JUST A SMALL PIECE TO A BIG PUZZLE,

AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FOLLOW UP ON NO LONGSHOTS.

BUT THANKS ANYWAY.

IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU. EXCUSE ME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON YOUR DAY OFF, McCALL?

GOING TO A CHINESE FUNERAL?

YEAH.

Hunter: THAT IS THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

MORE LIKE GODZILLA.

BINGO. THERE'S OUR MAN.

HONEY, TAKE MY PICTURE.

IT'S A CHINESE WEDDING. BIFF AND MUFFY'LL LOVE IT.

YOU LOOK GOOD, HONEY.

SAY CHEESE.

AH. UH-OH. UH-OH. COME HERE.

LOOK OUT. COME ON. COME ON.

Man: GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!

HEY! GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!

STAY RIGHT THERE, WHALE BAIT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUDDY.

THINK AGAIN, BUDDY.

AAH!

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

PUT IT DOWN.

HE TORE MY SHIRT.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

FOR WHAT?

ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER,

ATTEMPTED THEFT OF MY CAMERA,

AND WANTON DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

THINK THIS GUY'S GONNA FIT IN THE CAR?

YEAH, I'LL CALL A TOW TRUCK.

YEAH.

OH, THAT'S NICE.

COME ON, WHALE BAIT.

Hunter: LET'S GO, McCALL.

WHOA. YOU LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT SWALLOWED THE CANARY.

I'M GONNA GET TO REPAY AN OLD DEBT TODAY.

OH? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, LIEUTENANT LAU AND I WERE ROOMMATES AT THE ACADEMY.

HE COVERED ME WHEN I WAS AWOL.

HEY, RAYMOND!

THIS IS GOING TO SETTLE AN OLD DEBT.

LIEUTENANT, HOW ARE YOU?

HUNTER.

FRESH FROM THE LAB.

NOW MAYBE YOU'LL GET OFF MY BACK

ABOUT THAT NIGHT AT THE ACADEMY.

HA HA! FAT CHANCE, HUNTER.

LOOK. THIS ONE AND THAT ONE.

HE WAS AT THE SHOOTING THE OTHER NIGHT.

THIS ONE HERE RAN THE SHOW.

HE ALSO LEFT THE FUNERAL IN A BLACK LIMOUSINE.

I CALLED TO SEE WHERE THEY RENTED THE LIMOS FROM.

IT WAS FROM SOME PLACE CALLED THE, UH...

CHANG RESTAURANTS SUPPLY COMPANY. YOU KNOW THAT?

YEAH, I'VE HEARD OF IT.

HOW'D YOU GET THESE PICTURES?

WELL, WE'D NEVER BEEN TO A CHINESE FUNERAL,

SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO ONE.

THIS BIG GUY HERE. HE'S DOWNSTAIRS IN THE SLAMMER.

YOU ARRESTED HIM?

SURE DID.

MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE HE MAKES BAIL.

HE TRIED TO STEAL MY CAMERA.

BESIDES, HE RIPPED MY GOOD SHIRT.

STOP. YOU'RE RIPPING MY HEART OUT.

SERGEANT McCALL, RICK, THANKS.

I'LL CHECK ON THESE RIGHT AWAY.

THANKS, RAYMOND. HEY, HOW ABOUT LUNCH?

UH, NEXT WEEK FOR SURE, HUH?

YOU SWAMPED?

NEVER ENDS.

IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO, RAYMOND.

ALL RIGHT, SCHEDULE THE LINE-UP

FOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I DON'T WANT THE WITNESS GETTING COLD FEET.

YEAH.

NO. ABSOLUTELY NO OVERTIME.

RIGHT.

NOT NOW, SHIRLEY. AND HOLD ALL CALLS.

ANYWAY, WE FOUND A SUSPECT

THAT ONLY McCALL AND I COULD IDENTIFY.

AND WE DID IT ON OUR DAY OFF, TOO.

YEAH, BUT NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR HELP.

THAT'S MY POINT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET THIS, CAPTAIN.

2 HOURS AGO, WE GIVE LAU THE BIGGEST CLUE HE'S HAD,

AND THE GUY GOES AND TELLS THE DEPUTY CHIEF

THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THE WAY.

NOW, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE VIETNAMESE POPULATION

HAS DOUBLED IN THIS CITY.

AND THEY'RE LIVING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF CHINATOWN,

AND THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF REAL PROBLEMS,

CONSIDERING THE THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD GRUDGE

THEY CARRY FOR EACH OTHER.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE ASIAN TASK FORCE COMES IN,

AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT YOU TWO GETTING INVOLVED.

THIS IS A JOB FOR SPECIALISTS,

WHICH YOU TWO ARE NOT.

THEN WHY DIDN'T RAYMOND, LIEUTENANT LAU,

TELL US ABOUT THAT?

BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU NOW.

NOW, IT'S AN AREA

THAT THE CHIEF IS NERVOUS AS HELL ABOUT.

SOMETHING'S BOILING UP DOWN THERE,

AND HE WANTS IT CONTAINED.

NOW, LAU KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT, AND YOU DON'T.

AND WON'T.

THAT'S AN ORDER. GOT IT.

DON'T I OWE YOU DINNER?

FORGET IT, HUNTER. JUST BECAUSE

YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH NEXT TO THE GUY FOR A YEAR,

DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW HIM.

LAU AND I WERE DAMN CLOSE FRIENDS.

WELL, MAYBE RAY TURNED INTO A POLITICAL WUSSY.

PEOPLE DO CHANGE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. NOT THAT MUCH.

FINE.

LOOK, THE CAPTAIN WAS PRETTY EXPLICIT

ABOUT US STAYING OUT OF LAU'S WAY,

SO WHY DON'T WE GET OUT OF CHINATOWN, HUH?

LET'S GO GET SOME ITALIAN FOOD.

HOW ABOUT SOME CALAMARI FRITTI?

SQUID?

IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.

Radio: ANY UNITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PACIFIC PAGODA,

D.B. FOUND. POSSIBLE 187. SPAWN CODE 2.

LIKE YOU SAID, LET'S GET OUT OF CHINATOWN.

LET'S NOT STICK AROUND

AND I.D. THE BODY BEFORE DINNER, OK?

YOU GUYS MUST GET PAID A BUNDLE FOR OVERTIME.

WELL, WE WERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY,

AND IT WAS CALLED AS ANY UNITS IN THE VICINITY.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

Hunter: I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, RAYMOND.

WHY DID YOU GO TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSTEAD OF ME ON THIS?

I TRIED, RICK. BUT I COULDN'T FIND YOU.

LOOK, I'VE BEEN UP TO MY BUTT

IN THIS STUFF, AND...

SO I ASKED THE DEPUTY CHIEF TO HAVE YOU EASE OFF,

'CAUSE THIS IS A DELICATE SITUATION.

DID IT SOUND LIKE I COMPLAINED?

'CAUSE I DIDN'T.

LIEUTENANT LAU?

YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIM

BEFORE WE SHIP HIM TO THE MORGUE?

YEAH.

VIETNAMESE.

MALE. AROUND 45.

DO ME A FAVOR. LET ME SEE HOW HE'S DRESSED, WILL YOU?

THIS IS THE GUY WHO ARGUED WITH THE CHINESE BIG-WIG

AT THE RESTAURANT THAT NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING.

GUESS HE LOST THE ARGUMENT.

DID YOU REALLY SEE HIM?

I MEAN, COULD YOU SWEAR TO THAT, RICK?

YEAH, SURE I COULD.

OK, UH...

I'LL SEE IF ANY OF THIS CONNECTS, HUH?

LOOK, YOU OWE ME A DINNER.

REMEMBER? WE GOT A BET.

COME ON.

SEE YOU AROUND, RAYMOND.

Lau: WHY DID YOU MAKE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE

OF THIS MURDER, CHANG?

IT SERVES AS A WARNING

TO THOSE WHO WOULD DARE RESIST ME.

COULDN'T YOU HAVE PHONED THEM UP?

DID YOU HAVE TO GO ON NATIONAL TELEVISION NEWS?

WELL, THE MURDER WAS PRIVATE.

THE MESSAGE WAS PUBLIC.

YEAH, WELL YOU JUST MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE, CHANG.

'CAUSE ONCE THOSE MEDIA DOGS HAVE THE SCENT,

THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET THIS THING GO.

ALL DOGS TIRE OF A SCENT

THAT LEADS THEM TO NOTHING.

CALM YOURSELF, LIEUTENANT.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

AH, THANK YOU, MONGOL.

THERE IS SOMETHING I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE ON.

TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS

AND TELL ME THE WHEREABOUTS OF THOSE MEN, LIEUTENANT.

WHY, CHANG? WHY DO YOU WANT TO FIND THEM?

OH, DON'T ASK ME WHY. JUST DO IT.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HIM DO THIS?

IT'S OBVIOUS

THAT YOU CAN GET PLACES WHERE HE CAN'T.

JUST FIND THEM.

I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU ANYTHING,

BUT, UH, I'LL LOOK INTO THIS.

LIEUTENANT, I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND THEM.

AFTER ALL, IT'S TO THE BEST OF YOUR INTEREST, HUH?

HMM...

WHY ARE YOU SO EAGER?

WE HAVEN'T EVEN COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS YET.

WHAT ELSE?

THERE'S THESE 2 AMERICAN SERGEANTS.

THEY ANNOY ME. THEY ARE BEHAVING BADLY.

THEY WENT SO FAR AS TO ARREST MONGOL.

THIS UPSET HIM VERY MUCH.

I DON'T NEED THE CONFLICT FROM THESE GWEILO, HUH?

HUNTER AND McCALL ARE OFF THE CASE.

HEY, THAT'S GOOD. GOOD.

THERE IS ONE LAST THING THAT I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME.

I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

I CAN'T TOUCH HIM NOW. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

I NEED THAT WITNESS.

I NEED HIM. WITHOUT HIM, THERE CAN BE NO TRANSACTION.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW, MONGOL, I DON'T TRUST THESE AMERICAN-BORNS.

NOW THAT HUNTER AND McCALL ARE OFF THE CASE,

I HOPE YOU'RE SATISFIED AND HAPPY.

NO. THAT MAN OWES ME A DEBT.

I WILL COLLECT.

NO, NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.

I JUST WANT YOU TO OBSERVE THEM FOR THE TIME BEING.

IF THEY GET IN MY HAIR AGAIN,

THEN I WILL GIVE THEM TO YOU AS A HUMBLE PRESENT,

A DESSERT.

Hunter: WASN'T SURE TILL NOW, BUT I KNOW THIS GUY.

McCall: WHO IS HE?

GENERAL LUK NIAM NIM.

HE HASN'T BEEN IN THE HEADLINES

IN OVER 10 YEARS.

WASN'T HE THE GUY THEY CALLED THE PEOPLE'S GENERAL?

HE WAS THE LAST BIG-SHOT OUT OF SAIGON, RIGHT?

STILL FLYING HIS OWN HELICOPTER, I THINK.

HUNTER AND McCALL, YOU GOT A MINUTE?

YEAH.

I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU TWO

AREN'T CRAZY, SO YOU TELL ME.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT HAPP... WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I JUST GOT A REPORT FROM THE ASIAN TASK FORCE

THAT YOU WERE AT THE SCENE OF THEIR INVESTIGATION

UP AT PACIFIC PAGODA.

ASIAN TASK FORCE. YOU MEAN LIEUTENANT LAU?

ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE DUTY SERGEANT.

HUNTER OWES ME A CHINESE DINNER,

SO WE WERE NEAR CHINATOWN.

IT WAS AN ANY UNITS IN THE VICINITY CALL,

AND WE WERE THERE IN MINUTES.

AS SOON AS WE SAW LIEUTENANT LAU, WE LEFT, OK?

DON'T YOU KNOW ANY OTHER PLACE IN THIS CITY

TO EAT BESIDES CHINATOWN?

I DON'T EVEN LIKE CHINESE FOOD.

SO, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUARREL WITH LIEUTENANT LAU?

EXCEPT FOR THE FACT HE CALLED YOU INSTEAD OF ME.

WELL, WE'RE ALL UNDER PRESSURE, HUNTER.

SO, BOTTOM LINE...

NO MORE STRANGE COINCIDENCES. RIGHT?

RIGHT.

WE GOT A TAIL?

DON'T LOOK BACK.

YEAH, WE GOT A TAIL ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

CAPTAIN SAID NO MORE STRANGE COINCIDENCES, REMEMBER?

THIS IS NO COINCIDENCE. THIS IS A TAIL.

HOLD ON.

HUNTER, LOOK. WHY ARE WE RUNNING FROM HIM, HUH?

WHY DON'T WE JUST PULL OVER AND SEE WHAT'S GOING DOWN HERE?

WHO SAYS THEY'RE GONNA PULL OVER?

WE GOT TO GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL PULL OVER.

OK, FINE. HOW DO WE DO THAT?

HOLD ON.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS BABY'LL DO.

COME ON, DETROIT.

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

GET OUT!

SAY CHEESE.

YOU MADE BAIL REAL QUICK, DIDN'T YOU, WHALE BAIT?

McCall: YOUR BOSS IS GONNA BE REAL HAPPY

WITH THE TAB YOU'RE RUNNING,

BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDER ARREST AGAIN.

I MIGHT LET YOU GO WITH A WARNING

IF YOU TELL ME WHY YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ME.

McCall: RECKLESS DRIVING

AND CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.

YOU'RE A REAL SCOFFLAW, AREN'T YOU, WHALE BAIT?

TURN AROUND.

WELL, WE SHOULD DO THIS AGAIN

SOME OTHER TIME, FATSO.

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME.

ARE YOU SERGEANT HUNTER AND SERGEANT McCALL?

YES.

I WORK FOR A MAN OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FROM SAIGON

WHO WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

WELL, YOU BOYS OUGHT TO TALK TO RAYMOND LAU, HE'S THE MAN.

THIS IMPORTANT PERSON

WOULD NOT SPEAK WITH LIEUTENANT LAU.

HE WISH TO SPEAK TO YOU.

IT'S A PRIVATE MATTER.

YEAH. WE'LL FOLLOW YOU.

Man: I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU ARE NOT OUR ENEMY,

AS LIEUTENANT RAYMOND LAU IS.

WELL, MR. NIM, THE ASIAN TASK FORCE

IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALL GAME, YOU KNOW?

NONETHELESS, YOUR ACTIONS WITH CHANG'S PEOPLE

SPEAK OTHERWISE.

McCall: IS THAT THE NAME OF THE MAN, CHANG?

IS HE ASSOCIATED

WITH CHANG'S RESTAURANT SUPPLY COMPANY?

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

THE LEADER OF OUR COMMUNITY

HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE YESTERDAY.

PERHAPS YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM.

GENERAL LUK NIAM NIM. HE IS MY SON.

WELL, I'M SORRY THAT WE HAVE TO BE

THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THIS,

BUT YOUR SON IS DEAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY.

MY MAN WILL SEE YOU OUT.

WELL, SIR, EXCUSE ME, BUT I THINK

WE MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER HERE.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOUR SON,

BUT MAYBE WE COULD JOIN FORCES TOGETHER

TO GET THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED HIM.

DO YOU KNOW HOW CHANG

WAS INVOLVED WITH YOUR SON?

THE MATTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLICE NOW.

WE MUST HANDLE IT IN OUR OWN WAY.

LET'S NOT FORGET ONE THING.

THIS IS NOT SAIGON. THIS IS LOS ANGELES.

YOU ARE MISTAKEN, SERGEANT HUNTER.

THIS IS CHINATOWN.

McCall: GOD, HOW I HATE DELIVERING NEWS LIKE THAT.

Hunter: YEAH, I KNOW, McCALL, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T,

THERE'D BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU, YOU KNOW?

Hunter: WELL, IF I WERE NIM,

I'D BE GETTING READY TO GO TO WAR.

I THINK HE IS.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IF MR. NIM HAS PERMITS

FOR ALL THOSE FIREARMS HE HAS LAYING AROUND.

WELL, YOU BETTER DO IT QUICK, McCALL.

SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE

THAT DOESN'T QUITE SMELL RIGHT TO ME.

I'VE GOT THAT QUEASY FEELING

LIKE THE ONE I HAD JUST BEFORE KHE SANH,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

McCall: DIDN'T WE LOSE THAT ONE?

HUNTER, LOOK OUT!

FREEZE!

GET OUT.

GET OUT OF THE CAR.

GET OUT OF THE CAR!

SAY CHEESE.

TAKE A HIKE, WHALE BAIT.

WHAT DID MR. LUK WANT FROM YOU?

HE WANTED TO BUY A COUPLE OF TICKETS

TO THE POLICEMEN'S BALL.

FOR GOD'S SAKES, HUNTER, WILL YOU STOP BEING A HERO?

THE OLD MAN WANTED TO KNOW WHO KILLED HIS SON.

HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOUR BOSS HAD HIM ICED.

NOW, THAT'S IT. AS SOON AS HE FOUND OUT

THE GENERAL WAS DEAD, WE WERE OUT THE DOOR, ALL RIGHT?

I'VE BEEN TOLD KILLING COPS IS NOT WISE,

BUT IF I SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN,

I'M GONNA FORGET THAT GOOD ADVICE.

UHH!

Hunter: WHEN WE LEFT YOUR OFFICE,

WE WERE TAILED BY A COUPLE OF THUGS

FROM THAT FUNERAL DOWN IN CHINATOWN.

AND THEY FORCED YOU TO ARREST THEM?

THEY WERE DRIVING RECKLESSLY

AND CARRYING CONCEALED HEAT.

SPEAKING OF WHICH,

IT'S GOT TO BE OVER 100 IN HERE.

WELL, THE AIR-CONDITIONER'S BROKEN IN HERE.

BUT BUSINESS AS USUAL, IT SEEMS, FOR YOU TWO.

HELLO.

OH, LORD. I FORGOT ALL ABOUT HIM.

APOLOGIZE TO HIM AND ASSURE HIM

THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM

IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME

AND RESCHEDULE AGAIN FOR SOME TIME NEXT WEEK.

ANY SIGN OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF?

ALL RIGHT.

HUNTER, LEAVE THE JACKET ON.

THE DEPUTY CHIEF WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

SO, WHERE DO THE VIETNAMESE COME INTO THIS?

THEY SAID THEIR BOSS WANTED TO TALK,

SO HUNTER TRIED TO STEER THEM TO LAU,

BUT THEY WEREN'T BUYING IT.

Hunter: THEY SAID HE WOULDN'T TALK TO LAU.

AH, PUT IT OVER THERE.

CAPTAIN, LOOK. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE

THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD POLICE WORK,

IF WE HAD NOT GONE ALONG?

LOOK, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE.

AND WE THINK WE MAY HAVE FIGURED SOMETHING OUT.

WHO IS THIS?

McCall: GENERAL LUK NIAM NIM.

THE LEADER OF THE L.A. VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY.

HE'S THE ONE THAT TURNED UP DEAD

AT THE PACIFIC PAGODA.

IT WAS THE GENERAL'S FATHER WHO WANTED TO TALK TO US.

YEAH, AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT ABOUT NIM'S DEATH,

CHINESE BLOOD'S GONNA FLOW ALL OVER TOWN.

ARE YOU THE AUTHORITY ON CHINATOWN NOW, SERGEANT?

THESE RIBS MAKE IT MY BUSINESS,

WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT.

AND BEFORE WE BOIL IN OUR OWN OIL HERE, CAPTAIN,

DON'T YOU THINK WE DESERVE AN EXPLANATION?

ALL RIGHT.

CHANG WAS THE SECOND BIGGEST MAN

IN THE CHINESE UNDERWORLD.

NOW HE'S THE BIGGEST.

5 DAYS AGO, LIEUTENANT LAU SET UP A STING OPERATION

FOR CHANG AND HIS BOSS.

SOMETHING WENT WRONG.

WE LOST ONE OF OUR OWN MEN

AND ALL THE VIDEO TAPE THEY HAD.

WHO SCREWED IT UP?

CHANG.

HE THOUGHT HIS OWN BOSS WAS PULLING THE SWITCH ON HIM,

SO HE SHOT HIM DEAD ON THE SPOT.

THEN HE KILLED OUR UNDERCOVER MAN

WHO WAS WORKING AS CHANG'S FLUNKY.

IT WAS A MESS.

BUT...

LIEUTENANT LAU PULLED IT OUT OF THE FIRE.

HOW'D HE DO THAT?

HE GOT A CLASS-A WITNESS TO THE MURDER,

ONE OF CHANG'S LIEUTENANTS.

JUST ONE PROBLEM.

HE WON'T TALK.

PROBABLY NO LIFE INSURANCE.

LAU PERSUADED ME AND THE CHIEF

THAT IF WE DO THIS HIS WAY,

HE'D DELIVER THE WITNESS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO DAMN IMPORTANT THAT NOTHING GO WRONG.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU EVERYTHING,

SO YOU GET IT THIS TIME, AND YOU STAY THE HELL OUT.

WELL, I GOT IT. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ONE THING.

LAU AND I ARE VERY CLOSE. I WANT TO TELL HIM IN DETAIL

OF MY CONVERSATION WITH NIM'S FATHER.

IN PERSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ALL RIGHT, FINE. YOU DO THAT, HUNTER.

YEAH. SEND HIM IN.

WOMAN'S TOUCH.

DID YOU PLAY WITH HORNETS' NESTS WHEN YOU WERE A KID, HUNTER?

DIDN'T EVERYBODY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ALWAYS GOT TO HAVE A PLAN B.

SERGEANT QUONG? YOU GOT A MINUTE?

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

LAU UPSTAIRS?

NO. WHERE IS HE?

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T TELL YOU.

LOOK, QUONG,

THESE WIRE PHOTOS JUST CAME IN FROM WASHINGTON D.C.

THEY'RE A TOP PRIORITY.

NOW, YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME. WHERE IS HE?

I DON'T KNOW.

COME ON, QUONG. YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS

AND WHEN HE'S CHANGING HIS SOCKS.

McCall: YEAH. DEPUTY CHIEF, PLEASE.

WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO INTERRUPT HIM,

BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU THIS IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT.

NOW, WE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM

DOWN HERE AT THE ASIAN TASK FORCE.

THERE IS A SERGEANT Q...

HE'S AT THE WANG CHOO RESTAURANT.

CHINATOWN.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S WRONG, McCALL.

YOU MEAN THE PITCH THE CAPTAIN GAVE US

ABOUT LAU AND HIS WITNESS?

DOESN'T ADD UP FOR ME, EITHER.

YOU KNOW, IF EVERYTHING WAS AS SMOOTH

AS THE CAPTAIN MADE IT SOUND,

DON'T YOU THINK LAU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?

HE'S OVER AT WANG CHOO. THAT'S CHANG'S TURF.

YEAH, AND WE HAD TO TWIST A SERGEANT'S ARM

JUST TO FIND THAT OUT.

MIGHT AS WELL SAY IT, HUNTER.

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S HERE.

BOY, I HATE CROOKED COPS.

YOU'VE BEEN MAKING ALL KINDS OF DELAYS, LIEUTENANT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GOING TO DOUBLE CROSS ME.

DOUBLE CR...

HUH. THOSE ARE HARSH WORDS.

NOW, I WANT THAT PRISONER

AND WHEN YOU HAVE HIM IN YOUR POSSESSION,

THEN CALL ME.

HMMPH.

DON'T WORRY, HUH? FEEL SAFE.

I WANT GUARANTEES, NOT ASSURANCES.

LISTEN, YOU'RE IN NO POSITION

TO MAKE ANY DEMANDS ON ME.

I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW...

DON'T YOU DARE TEST MY PATIENCE ANY FURTHER.

MY WORD IS MY BOND.

IT'S BEEN SO FOR 1,000 YEARS IN MY FAMILY.

HMMPH.

BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW

ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, WOULD YOU?

YOU'RE AN AMERICAN-BORN CHINESE.

MR. CHANG,

THOSE 2 POLICE SERGEANTS JUST DROVE UP OUTSIDE!

MONGOL, STOP THEM. HE'LL SEE LIEUTENANT LAU.

McCALL!

UHH!

LAU!

GET US OUT OF HERE, LAU,

AND PULL INTO THE FIRST ALLEYWAY.

WHOA, NOW, RICK. THIS IS RAYMOND HERE, OK?

RAYMOND WHO, SCUZZBALL?

SETTLE DOWN, HUNTER. I KNOW HOW THIS MUST LOOK,

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE STORY HERE, OK?

LOOK, I'VE HAD YOUR CRAP UP TO HERE, RAYMOND.

NOW THEY GOT McCALL. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

I KNOW THEY GOT McCALL.

BUT SHE'S STILL ALIVE. I SAW HER WITH MONGOL.

I KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

GOOD. WHERE IS SHE?

SHE'S IN SOME TUNNELS UNDER THE WANG CHOO.

GOOD. LET'S GO THERE.

NO, WAIT, RICK.

I... I GOT TO TALK TO SERGEANT QUONG FIRST, ALL RIGHT?

LOOK, QUONG WAS THE ONLY ONE

THAT KNEW WE WERE AT THE WANG CHOO RESTAURANT, TONIGHT, HUH?

WHAT WAS HIS CUT OUT OF THIS?

LET ME ASK YOU THIS, RAYMOND. WHAT WAS YOUR CUT OUT OF IT?

YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO ME, RICK.

CHANG MURDERED HIS BOSS

AND KILLED ONE OF MY MEN.

BUT THERE WAS A WITNESS.

NOW, THE DAY I BUSTED HIM,

CHANG KIDNAPPED MY DAUGHTER.

THEY GOT KIM?

YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY

I COULDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.

THEY'RE PROBABLY HOLDING HER AND McCALL

IN THE SAME PLACE.

NOW, LET ME MAKE THIS CALL.

'CAUSE ALL HELL'S GONNA BREAK LOOSE

DOWN HERE ANY SECOND,

AND IT'S OUR ONE CHANCE TO GET KIM AND McCALL.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT LAU.

PATCH ME THROUGH

TO QUONG'S ASIAN TASK FORCE IMMEDIATELY.

IT'S A CODE 3 EMERGENCY.

Woman on radio: STAND BY.

LIEUTENANT LAU. QUONG?

NO, SIR, WE CAN'T LOCATE HIM. HE'S OUT OF THE OFFICE.

WELL, FIND HIM!

ALL UNITS, SHOTS FIRED AT BOREDAN HILL.

POSSIBLE GANG-RELATED CODE 3.

THAT'S CHINATOWN.

THAT'S CHANG'S PHASE 2.

THAT'S WHY I CAN'T MOVE UNTIL I TALK TO QUONG.

THIS IS SERGEANT QUONG. LIEUTENANT LAU?

SERGEANT. YEAH.

CHANG'S MAKING HIS MOVE IN LITTLE SAIGON.

ACTIVATE PLANS "A" AND "B."

THEN I WANT YOU

IN FRONT OF THE WANG CHOO IMMEDIATELY.

GOT IT? YES, SIR.

I'M ON IT NOW. OUT.

LET'S GO.

CHANG'S MEN HAVE JUST LAUNCHED PHASE 2.

ROUND UP OF ALL OF NIM'S LIEUTENANTS... ABOUT 12 MEN.

THEY'RE GONNA DO WHAT AL CAPONE DID ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.

THEY'RE GONNA KILL 'EM ALL.

WELL, YOUR UNIT CAN DO WHATEVER IT WANTS TO.

MY JOB IS TO FIND McCALL.

WHEN QUONG AND OUR SWAT TEAMS GET HERE,

CHANG WILL BE SPREAD PRETTY THIN,

SO THERE'LL ONLY BE A SKELETON GUARD ON KIM AND McCALL.

THEY SHOULD BE SIGNALLING US ANY SECOND NOW.

DAMN IT! WHERE'S THAT SIGNAL?

THERE IT IS.

LET'S GO.

OK, COME ON, HONEY.

I'LL GO FIRST.

YES, YOU WILL.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

KIM. KIM LAU.

THIS IS KIDNAPPING, BUDDY.

YOU CAN GET THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THIS, YOU KNOW?

Lau: HEY, HEY! MONGOL NEEDS ONE OF YOU UPSTAIRS IMMEDIATELY!

Lau: MONGOL NEEDS ONE OF YOU RIGHT NOW! LET'S MOVE IT!

COME ON, COME ON! MONGOL WANTS YOU NOW!

Hunter: DROP IT!

KIM.

DADDY.

OHH.

HOW YOU DOING?

OK.

Man: MONGOL!

THAT WAY!

TAKE HIM DOWN THERE.

AND BE CAREFUL. I'LL DRAW THEIR FIRE FROM BACK HERE.

THIS WILL BE THE NIGHT OF THE DRAGONS.

THEY SHOULD ALL BE HERE NOW.

EXCEPT ONE.

WHERE ARE WE?

AT THE GATE OF HELL.

YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS TO US.

WE WANT PEACE.

OH, I'LL GIVE YOU PEACE.

MY PEACE.

YEAH.

HOW LONG AGO?

ON MY WAY.

CALL THE GARAGE. GET MY CAR DOWNSTAIRS.

JOHNSON, COME WITH ME.

WE GOT TO BE IN CHINATOWN IN 5 MINUTES.

DON'T WORRY, HONEY. DADDY'LL BE JUST FINE.

THE SERGEANT WILL TAKE REAL GOOD CARE OF YOU.

MOVE IT.

YES, SIR.

WE WILL RESPECT YOUR STRENGTH.

YOU HAVE TAKEN MY SON AWAY,

BUT THEIR WILL BE NO REPRISALS.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S VERY REASSURING.

BUT I WILL SLEEP MUCH BETTER

KNOWING THAT NONE OF YOU WILL WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING

WITH A CHANGE OF MIND.

IF YOU DO THIS THING, THE KILLING WILL NEVER STOP

UNTIL EVERY ONE OF OUR PEOPLE IS DEAD.

AS FOR MY SON, THE WAR IS FINALLY OVER.

BUT FOR YOU, CHANG,

IT WILL JUST BEGIN.

THERE'S ONE THING I LEARNED ABOUT YOU PEOPLE, NIM.

IN FACT, FROM YOUR SON.

IT DOES NO GOOD TO TALK.

THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ONLY...

THE GUN.

SO BE IT.

YING.

LIEUTENANT LAU.

WE GOT CHANG AND THE HOSTAGES

IN A WAREHOUSE

A BLOCK WEST OF WANG CHOO RESTAURANT.

HEAVY GUNFIRE!

COVER ME.

DROP YOUR WEAPONS NOW. I SAID NOW!

Police officer: COME ON. HURRY UP.

EVERYBODY UP AGAINST THE WALL.

MOVE IT. MOVE!

OK, COME ON.

WELL, WE GOT A FORTUNE HERE FOR YOU, CHANG.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

Officer: ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET 'EM OUTSIDE TO THE SQUAD CARS.

COME ON. HURRY IT UP.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

I THINK WE JUST STOPPED A GANG WAR, CAPTAIN.

WE SURE DID.

OH, McCALL.

DON'T I OWE YOU THAT CHINESE DINNER?

WELL, McCALL, YOU'RE FINALLY GONNA GET THAT CHINESE DINNER

YOU'VE BEEN WORRYING ME OUT ABOUT.

HOME-COOKED, NO LESS.

YEAH, TO THINK I ALMOST SETTLED

FOR A PIZZA WITH THE WORKS.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

SPECIALITY OF THE HOUSE.

MY MOM'S OWN RECIPE FROM THE OLD COUNTRY.

AN EXOTIC ADVENTURE IN TASTE.

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

SHU LUP TUN XHAO GI.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

BARBECUED STEAK AND FRENCH FRIES.

HEY! HA HA! HA HA HA!

McCall: HUNTER, YOU STILL OWE ME A CHINESE DINNER.