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(ORCHESTRAL FLOURISH)

(LOW, SOMBRE ELECTRONICA)

(SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(ALARM CLOCK BEEPS REPEATEDLY)

(BUZZING)

(BLENDER WHIRRS)

(WATCH BEEPS)

(PEOPLE CHAT QUIETLY)

MAN 1 OVER P.A.: Associate

to builder services.

Associate to builder services.

-WOMAN 1: Right?

-MAN 2: Yeah.

(SAW WHINES AND PEOPLE CHATTER)

Thought you finished this job

last week.

The owner wants

the driveway wider now.

-Heh. When they pay...

-They say. Thank you.

MAN 3: They make the newer guys

take tests. Like firemen.

Yo, Pops, bet you didn't have

to push dollies at your old job.

Guilty as charged.

(GENERAL CHATTER)

How you doing, Jenny?

-Mm-hm. Better now.

-(CHUCKLES)

-How's it going, Mr McCall?

-Alright, Ralphie.

-What you got there?

-It's tuna.

-Bread?

-Wholegrain, gluten-free.

-OK. Condiments?

-Sprouts, avocado.

-And Vegenaise mayo.

-OK.

(SANDWICH CRUNCHES)

There's a bone in the tuna.

-Oh...

-What?

Potatoes are a vegetable.

I like crunchy things.

Carrots are crunchy.

Dried seaweed is crunchy.

I'm a human, not a rabbit.

You want to make security guard,

you gotta lose weight.

Now, you asked me to help you,

but if you're not willing

to apply yourself...

-Yeah.

-Hey.

Progress, not perfection.

-RALPHIE: No more chips.

-No more chips.

-Who needs flavour? Right?

-(CHUCKLES)

(LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC)

(KEYS JINGLE)

(WATCH BEEPS)

(TRAFFIC RUMBLES IN DISTANCE)

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

(TAPS WALL)

(SIGHS)

(ROCK'N'ROLL MUSIC

PLAYS SOFTLY OVER SPEAKERS)

(PEOPLE CHATTER)

-MAN: Alright, see you later, J.

-J: Have a good one, Billy.

(SMOOCHES)

Fuck you.

(MEN LAUGH)

-McCALL: Thank you.

-J: You're welcome.

He catch that fish yet?

Just hooked it.

It's about damn time.

McCALL: Well, it's a big fish.

Don't know

if he can hang on, though.

Oh, no.

Tooth and nail right now.

Yeah, well,

maybe he's just too old.

(CHUCKLES)

Thought you were gonna give up

that refined sugar.

-I am.

-When?

-Any day now.

-Yeah?

Bad for your vocal cords.

"Body, mind, spirit," remember?

I bought a little machine

for making demos.

Yeah? I bet you're good.

What makes you say that?

Intuition.

(SNIFFLES)

Alright, well,

I'll see you later, Jake.

JAKE: OK. See you later, honey.

You let me know what happens

with that, uh, fish.

-OK.

-Alright, I'll see you.

Hey!

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

MAN 1: You'll owe me $100.

Watch.

Hey, yo, Pops!

We betting on what you did

before you got here.

-MAN 2: Like, for a living.

-I'm saying insurance, claims.

He was a stock dude, man.

He was on Wall Street.

-I was a Pip.

-Yo, you were a pimp?

No, not a pimp.

A Pip. P-I-P. Pip.

-What the fuck is a Pip?

-Why you got to curse so much?

You know, like Gladys Knight

& the Pips. Like this...

-Uh.

-MAN 3: Check this out!

MAN 2: Oh, come on!

MAN 1: Stop it.

Uh-uh. Don't do that right now.

Don't do that.

-(ONLOOKER WHISTLES)

-MAN 1: Oh, the spin?

-Wait a minute.

-You're gonna blow the whistle?

Ohhh!

MAN 1: Come on.

I'm gonna look it up right now.

Man, I'm looking this up.

(UPBEAT THEME MUSIC PLAYS)

-Yo, so which one were you?

-McCALL: The one on the right.

MAN 3: Hey, do it again!

Yo, that's not him right there.

MAN 2:

Man, that's him with an afro.

-MAN 1: He's bald.

-MAN 2: So he had a wig on!

-That's gone, yo.

-That's him.

('GIVIN' EM WHAT THEY LOVE'

BY JANELLE MONÁE)

SONG: ♪ Give it, g-g-g-g

♪ I am sharper than a razor

♪ Eyes made of lasers

♪ Bolder than the truth

♪ They want me

locked up in the system... ♪

WOMAN: Hey, Jake.

What a fucking night.

JAKE: Yeah, it's tough

out there, honey.

♪ Too long I've been

out here on my own

♪ Now I'm about to bring it home

like a rolling stone... ♪

JAKE: Here you go, kid.

Thanks.

(SIGHS)

-He ever catch it?

-Hm?

-The fish.

-Oh, yeah. Yes.

Yeah, he did.

It's a happy ending.

Well, not exactly.

Old man tied the fish

to the side of the boat,

had to row back to shore,

fish bled in the water,

sharks came

and ate the whole fish

till there was nothing left.

That's just kind of a waste,

isn't it?

No. Depends upon

how you look at it.

The old man

met his greatest adversary

just when he thought

that part of his life was over.

He saw himself in the fish.

Came to...

Came to respect it

the more it fought.

Why didn't he just

let the fish go?

The old man's gotta be

the old man.

Fish gotta be the fish.

Gotta be who you are

in this world, right?

No matter what.

(CAR HORN HONKS)

♪ I gotta give you

what you love... ♪

(RINGTONE PLAYS

ON MOBILE PHONE)

(CAR HORN HONKS)

(MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

You've got a client.

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

I don't want to.

What?

-Can't you get someone else?

-He wants you.

But this customer is a pig.

He's waiting outside.

-(CAR HORN HONKS)

-♪ Take your time

♪ Take what you love

♪ And when that baby cry, you

better look at that baby... ♪

-WOMAN: How much is it, Jake?

-Don't worry about it.

-Go make your living.

-WOMAN: Thanks, Jake.

♪ But never too much

♪ Baby, take your time... ♪

(SNIFFLES)

WOMAN: Hey, honey!

How you doing?

You ready to have a good time?

McCALL: Come on. Pull, pull,

pull, pull, pull, pull, pull!

Pull, pull, pull, pull.

Come on, come on.

Eight, seven, six, five,

four, four, four...

Ugh!

Oh, come on, now. Come on.

-I can't.

-You can't?

What if that were me?

You gonna leave me to die

of smoke inhalation?

I'm a buck-90.

How you gonna pull me

out of a burning building

if you can't pull

a tyre 20 yards?

-I'm not strong enough.

-Don't doubt yourself, son.

Doubt kills. Get up.

Come on, get up.

Get up.

Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up!

On your mark, get set...

-Pull.

-Ugh!

Come on. Who's gonna

make security guard?

I am!

Who's gonna make security guard?

I am!

Who's gonna make

security guard?

-There you go.

-I am.

(PANTS)

I like it. Let's do it again.

(SONG OVER HEADPHONES)

♪ All eyes on me

♪ As I'm leaving the scene... ♪

Loaded with poison,

just like you like it.

Is it your birthday?

No, it was some guy at work.

I didn't want to waste it.

WOMAN: Happy birthday,

Some Guy at Work.

-How old are you?

-How old are you?

Doesn't really matter.

I'm sorry.

I'm breaking protocol, right?

No, no. Listen, hey,

come on, sit down.

Sit. Sit.

Sit.

OK.

-Come on, sit down.

-Alright.

Are you sure I'm not

interrupting anything?

Yeah.

So?

I don't know.

You know, I just kind of felt

like a quiet voice...

..before it all goes crazy.

OK.

I'm Teri.

Bob.

Ow!

That's good.

You know, you don't

look like a Bob.

Oh, yeah?

-Thank you.

-You look like a Robert.

Robert reads books

like this and...

..Bob watches TV.

(WISTFUL MUSIC)

My real name's Alina.

What happened to your face?

Something stupid.

Look, it's not professional.

Just tell me what you think, OK?

McCALL: Oh, wow.

Alina the singer.

You and I know what I really am.

I think you can be anything

you want to be.

Maybe in your world, Robert.

Doesn't really happen that way

in mine.

Change your world.

-There's no ring.

-Hm?

On your wedding finger,

there's no ring.

No.

No Mrs Robert at home?

No.

Was there ever?

Once.

Did you break her heart?

She broke mine.

You know,

I see a lot of widowed guys.

Something in your eyes.

You know, it's not sad.

It's just kind of...

lost, you know?

You always read books?

My wife did. She, uh...

She was working her way through

the '100 Books Everybody

Should Read'.

She made it to 97,

so I figured I'd...

..give it a shot.

And one day we'd have something

to talk about

when we get together.

-Wow, a hundred books.

-Yeah.

-Holy moley.

-(CHUCKLES)

-How many have you read, Robert?

-91.

(MUSICAL RINGTONE PLAYS

ON MOBILE PHONE)

Sorry. This damn thing.

91 books, though.

-You're almost done.

-Almost.

What are you gonna do

after that?

Take singing lessons.

And then I'm gonna open

a doughnut factory.

-(CHUCKLES)

-I am. What? Why you laughing?

Heh!

ALINA: You know, I love

being up at this hour.

McCALL: Yeah?

ALINA: Yeah. You know,

everything's so dark.

It makes everything

seem possible again.

Yeah, me,

I can't sleep at night.

ALINA: Yeah, well,

I get to hear your stories.

What's your new one about?

Oh, it's about a guy who thinks

he's a knight in shining armour.

The only thing is,

he lives in a world

where knights

don't exist anymore.

Kind of sounds

like my world. Heh.

McCALL: I'm just up the block.

ALINA: I'm gonna grab a cab

or something.

Thank you for the quiet voice,

Robert.

You are very welcome, Alina.

Yeah.

-Catch you around, alright?

-Goodnight.

(ALINA WHISPERS) Shit.

See you.

(LOW, MENACING MUSIC)

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

What did you do, huh?

What did you do

to that customer?

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

Slavi, he hit me.

(ENGLISH) Who the fuck

you think you are? Hmm?

(ENGLISH) It's alright,

it's alright.

(RUSSIAN) Understand.

It's alright, Robert.

(RUSSIAN) Let's talk about you

not answering my calls.

Bitch!

Should we give him a card?

(ENGLISH) This girl,

she's no good.

Call this number.

I send you another one. Better.

(SLAVI SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

(RUSSIAN) Don't be shy...

Make the call.

Understand.

(LOW, SOMBRE ELECTRONICA)

(PENSIVE PIANO MUSIC)

(TV PLAYS SOFTLY,

PATRONS CHATTER)

JAKE: Coffee?

MAN:

We need more sugar out here.

I heard she's at the ICU

at Shawmuts.

Someone beat her up real good.

(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)

WOMAN OVER P.A.:

Dr Paley to ICU.

Dr Paley to ICU, please.

(MONITORS BEEP)

Dr Laurence to the pharmacy.

Dr Laurence to the pharmacy,

please.

(MONITOR BEEPS)

WOMAN: Alina.

(WOMAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

(GROANS)

Hey, you'll be OK, Alina.

You'll be OK.

(INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT)

(WOMAN SNIFFLES)

(SOBS)

(SOBS)

-(GASPS)

-McCALL: Oh!

Watch it.

Don't you worry about it.

-WOMAN: It's OK. It's OK.

-Here you go.

I can...I can... It's fine.

-Thank you.

-Got it.

How's she doing?

Alina. How's she doing?

-Who are you?

-Just a friend.

A guy hit her.

And she hit him back.

A guy called Slavi.

So Slavi made example of her.

They do that.

They burned one girl's face

with battery acid.

Keep her around as a reminder

for the rest of us.

They brought Teri over

very young.

Think she got to the point where

she thought her life

could be hers one day.

Slavi reminded her

it never would be.

(SNIFFLES)

He said he'd cut her throat

next time.

He said a whore who fucks

and can't talk

might be worth twice as much.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

ALINA: You and I

know what I really am.

It's something in your eyes.

McCALL: Change your world.

Anything you want to be.

ALINA'S FRIEND: He said

he'd cut her throat next time.

(SIGHS)

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

-(WOMAN LAUGHS, PEOPLE CHATTER)

-(CAR HORN HONKS)

(FRANTIC TECHNO MUSIC

PLAYS OVER CAR SPEAKERS)

(RUSSIAN) Why is that piece

of shit in my parking space?

(PEOPLE CHATTER IN RUSSIAN)

(VALSE-SCHERZO OP. 34 BY

TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS)

BARTENDER: Hi, Slavi.

-Are they upstairs?

-Yes.

(RUSSIAN HIP-HOP SONG

PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS)

(MEN CHAT IN RUSSIAN)

(RUSSIAN) Tevi. You collect

from that fuck, Dmitri?

(RUSSIAN) Yes.

He asked for forgiveness.

Forgiveness?

I told him.

What am I, Jesus Christ?

(MEN CONTINUE SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

(ENGLISH) You lost, dedushka?

(RUSSIAN) How the fuck

did he get up here?

(RUSSIAN) I don't know.

Should I get rid of him?

No.

I'm here for that girl.

You gave me that

a couple of nights ago.

We give out lots of cards.

You still can get it up,

dedushka?

-(MEN LAUGH)

-(CHUCKLES)

McCALL: I'm here

about a certain girl.

She got beat up pretty bad.

I'm thinking that maybe you have

wrong address, dedushka.

This girl, she have name?

-Her name's Alina.

-Alina?

-Mm-mm.

-Ah...

No, it doesn't ring a bell.

But whoever she is,

I'm sure she must really know

how to suck the cock. (LAUGHS)

(MEN LAUGH)

(LOW, MENACING MUSIC)

Uh... OK. Um...

Look, I understand.

These girls that you, uh...

..that you represent,

I understand it's like

they're an investment.

So, um...

..I can give you $9,800.

It's cash.

You're wanting

to give me $9,000?

Ninety-eight hundred. Cash.

-For what?

-Her freedom.

-Uh-huh. (CHUCKLES)

-(MEN LAUGH)

(RUSSIAN) Can you believe

this guy?

(ENGLISH) This guy

gonna give me $9,000

for one single piece of pussy.

Ah, must be Ferrari pussy.

(MEN LAUGH)

You fucking Americans think

you can come

into my place of business

and just buy whatever you want.

Beautiful Russian girls,

no problem,

just throw down

this bullshit money.

You fucking insult me.

(LAUGHS)

I'm just fucking with you, man.

Ah, but you got very big balls

coming in here. I like that.

So, $9,000 for the troublemaker.

One month.

That's it.

You think

this is one-time payment?

I make this off this girl

in two weeks.

That girl is still child.

I still can sell her

as virgin, huh?

This makes her prime earner

for good while.

Take your fucking money

and go back to your house and

jerk yourself off 9,800 times.

Then come crawling back here

and talk to me, huh?

She'll be used up by then

for sure.

Maybe then I will let you

have her for nothing. Hm?

OK.

(MEN LAUGH)

You're OK, dedushka? Bye-bye.

(MEN SPEAK RUSSIAN)

(CHUCKLES)

-You forget something?

-(MEN CHUCKLE)

(MEN SPEAK RUSSIAN)

(GRIM, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(HEARTBEAT THUDS)

16 seconds.

(WATCH BEEPS)

One one-thousand,

two one-thousand,

three one-thousand.

-(BONE CRACKS)

-Arggh!

(MUFFLED GUNSHOT)

Arggh!

Yaaa!

(HOLLERS)

Ugh!

Ugh!

-(GROANS)

-(SQUELCHING)

(GASPS)

(WHISPERS) Eight one-thousand.

-(SQUELCHING)

-(GAGS)

(RUSSIAN) Understand?

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

(WATCH BEEPS)

28 minus 9. 19.

19.

(BREATHES WEAKLY)

Your heart's beating three times

the normal rate.

That's because you're losing

so much blood.

In about 30 seconds,

your body's gonna shut down

and you're gonna suffocate.

Alina, the girl you beat half to

death, her life's gonna go on.

Yours is gonna end right here

on this funky floor

over $9,800.

(GROANS)

You should have taken the money.

Who are you?

26 one-thousand,

27 one-thousand,

28 one-thousand.

(WHISPERS) I'm sorry.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

(SAW WHINES)

(SAW WHINES)

RALPHIE:

Mr McCall, it's lunchtime.

Mr McCall. Lunchtime.

Test tomorrow and you're

still eating that salty stuff?

RALPHIE: These are for you.

Open it.

I made the weight.

Tomorrow I'm gonna ace

that test, Mr McCall,

thanks to you.

-What happened?

-Uh...

Hit it on something stupid.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(RAIN PATTERS)

(DARK MUSIC)

WOMAN ON TV:

In what investigators

are calling

a gangland-style execution,

five men were killed

at some point last night

in an office

above this restaurant.

Police sources have said

the killings

have all the earmarks

of a turf war

between rival factions.

Names are not yet

being released...

(JET ENGINES WHINE)

(MEN CHAT QUIETLY IN RUSSIAN)

MAN 1: How's it going?

MAN 2: How you doing, sir?

Morgan Pederson.

(MAN WITH FOREIGN ACCENT) I know

who you are. Get in the car.

Take me to the murder scene.

(GRIM MUSIC)

(MUFFLED GUNSHOT)

-(SQUELCHING)

-(CRIES OUT)

(KNIFE SLASHES)

(THUG SCREAMS)

MAN 1: We figured two,

maybe three guys

killed them all that quickly.

PEDERSON: If it was a power

play, no-one saw it coming.

None of our informants heard

about this going down.

Security system's hard drive was

taken, so we're blind in here.

All we know is at 11:17,

a waiter goes up with

a tray of food, finds them dead.

I want images

from every security camera

within a six-block radius.

If you have any trouble,

call that number...

..and it will be taken care of.

-(MOBILE PHONES BUZZ)

-Phones charged and on.

I tend to call at odd hours.

Now, if you could drive me

to my residence.

Hey, er, yeah, wait a second,

Mr Sunshine.

Um...what do I look like to you?

A fucking chauffeur?

This is our town.

You're a fucking guest.

Let me apologise for my conduct.

It was a long flight

on short notice,

and I...I like to focus,

to work quickly.

The deaths of Mr Pushkin's men

have interrupted

his operations here.

Imports, movements of goods

have all ceased.

That's unacceptable.

I'm the one Mr Pushkin calls in

when people like you fuck up.

-Hmm.

-I'm accountable now.

Listen, pal, I don't like

your tone with me...

You have taken

Mr Pushkin's money for years.

Money that comes

with conditions.

Non-negotiable conditions.

Problem you're having with me

is you still think you matter.

You don't.

I am all that matters.

And so we're clear,

I'm not here to say please.

I'm here to tell you what to do.

Be ready for business.

We open tomorrow.

(FORKLIFT BEEPS)

Brian, you seen Ralphie?

Supposed to be taking that

security guard test after work.

-Called in and quit.

-Quit?

No notice either. Kids, right?

('EL REY DE LA CALLE'

BY RABIA CIEGA PLAYS)

('ALONZO PÉREZ' BY GRUPO

TORMENTO PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS)

We're closed.

-Mr McCall.

-Ralphie.

Heard you quit today.

I got worried.

Uh...

Oh, uh, my mom had a little

accident here last night.

There was a fire.

McCALL: I see.

RALPHIE: So I'm gonna help out

around here now.

OK.

Mama... (SPEAKS SPANISH)

(MAMA AND McCALL SPEAK SPANISH)

-We have a lot of work to do.

-OK.

-Yeah, so...

-Need some help?

Yeah, if you're not doing

anything, that'd be awesome.

-Helping you.

-(LAUGHS)

(DARK MUSIC)

MAN: Listen, Teddy,

I already checked this out.

The Irish are clean on this one.

They had nothing to do

with it, huh?

You gonna sit down

with all these guys?

-I'm telling you.

-TEDDY: Yes, I understand.

Duly noted.

Listen, huh?

Do me a favour, alright?

Whatever you do, don't call him

'Little John', OK?

Frank, why you working

for these fucking Russians?

My money not good enough?

FRANK: John, you know I've got

respect for your business.

Mr Looney, you understand

why I'm compelled

to make this visit.

JOHN: I don't know shit

about what went down

or who you should be out

looking for.

If I want to take over anything,

I'd fucking do it.

There'd be nothing left

of you people.

So maybe you just don't

understand who the fuck I am.

John, easy, huh?

Don't 'easy', Frank.

Shut the fuck up!

Fucking flipperhead.

See, I hate

you fucking Russians.

You're all crazy

and you're arrogant.

Now, the Irish, we came here for

a piece of the American dream.

You people come over here

to steal it, so fuck all of you.

Well, Mr Looney,

I appreciate your candour.

It's refreshing,

and lets me understand

you're not smart enough

to have done this.

What the fuck?

Which brings me

to my next issue.

We pay you 15%

to do business here.

The additional 10% you steal,

we ignore.

We anticipated it,

as you people are such clichés.

And the fact that you're a rat

to the feds

is also tolerable, Little John.

What the fuck?

What we will not tolerate is

getting nothing for our money -

no information, no protection,

no assurances.

You understand, Little Johnny?

-Who do you think you are?

-Who I am, or what I am?

Who I am is complicated.

What I am is easier.

I'm a threat. I alter outcomes.

Throw this motherf... Ugh!

(GUNSHOTS)

(SPORTS GAME PLAYS SOFTLY

ON RADIO)

SPORTS COMMENTATOR:

Whoa, doctor!

Call a doctor. Unbelievable!

It's Napoli in the clutch!

-Holy cow!

-(BOTH GRUNT)

The crowd is going crazy...

-Oh, fuck!

-..completely crazy!

(TEDDY CONTINUES HITTING JOHN)

COMMENTATOR: A tied game.

Unbelievable!

That ball was absolutely

massacred by Mike Napoli.

(ROARS)

COMMENTATOR:

Home run by Mike Napoli.

Boy, can things change

in an instant.

COMMENTATOR 2:

They certainly can.

This game was over before

this half-inning started.

-It is certainly over now!

-(GASPS)

The final - 6 to 5,

Boston over New York...

(PANTS)

FRANK: Hey!

Hey!

Hey, this is my town,

do you understand me?

This is my home.

You cannot run around

like a fucking wild animal.

What the fuck was that?

It's a message.

It says I'm here.

McCALL: What really

happened in there, Ralphie?

Faulty wire or something.

We both know that's not true.

I'm sorry I wasted your time,

Mr McCall.

Hey, you didn't waste my time.

Don't worry about it.

My mom doesn't have much

except this place.

And, you know,

when stuff like this happens,

I just gotta put everything

on hold for a while

and help her out, you know?

What was I thinking?

I wasn't gonna pass

the security guard test anyway.

(SIGHS)

Was there anything

unusually strange about Slavi

before he was murdered?

Did he mention a name perhaps?

Agitated about something?

Slavi never did his business

in front of the girls.

Tevi handled us.

We can't locate one of the other

girls from Slavi's stable.

Teri.

-You know her?

-No.

-Where we might find her?

-No. Sorry.

I didn't know her that well.

MAN ON SPEAKERPHONE:

Was my message received, Teddy?

TEDDY: Yes, Mr Pushkin.

All of our associates -

Irish, Italians, Armenians -

are all denying

any knowledge or involvement.

PUSHKIN:

We cannot show weakness.

I need this wrapped up quickly.

It will be.

(RUSSIAN) Of course,

don't worry.

(RUSSIAN) Good.

(ENGLISH) Now, enough

of what you don't know.

Tell me what you do know.

Well, I'm still

sifting through things,

but the killings

were spontaneous.

Whoever did this

specialised in killing.

I've rarely seen skills

like this.

I don't think it's someone

we've encountered before.

Whoever it is,

just find him, Teddy.

I'm talking over a million

barrels, this delivery.

-(RUSSIAN) Understand?

-(RUSSIAN) It will all be well.

(ENGLISH) I'll take care of it.

When you do,

be loud about it.

I don't want this

happening again.

(RUSSIAN) Of course.

(MOBILE PHONE BEEPS)

(LOW, HAUNTING MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

(EXHALES)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

Come on. Stuff it in.

See that?

That son of a bitch.

-MAN 1: Yeah.

-MAN 2: Come on.

-Vámonos.

-We're closed.

-Get out.

-Let's go. Time to go.

-Time to go.

-(MAN SPEAKS SPANISH)

-Nice to see you.

-(CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH)

See? You pay on time,

no more problems.

-(CHUCKLES)

-Alright, let's go.

(FAUX SPANISH ACCENT) Mamacita,

you need to clean the grease.

-It'll cause a fire.

-That's a really good accent.

We'll see you next week.

Let's go to the Banana,

get a blowie.

-McCALL: Hey, officers.

-Whoa!

-Put the light down.

-Off with the light.

-What's up?

-I'd like to report a crime.

Really? Call 911.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Fuck that guy.

-Should shoot that motherfucker.

-Yeah, take it easy.

How did you get this job?

I blew the commissioner.

(MOBILE PHONE TRILLS)

McCALL ON PHONE:

Why waste city services

when I got two corrupt cops

right in front of me?

-It's that guy.

-This fucking guy?

-Yeah.

-Back up.

(TYRES SCREECH)

(CAR DOORS OPEN)

How'd you get

that fucking number?

-Wasn't hard.

-Yeah?

Neither was this.

OFFICER ON TAPE:

Ask the lady down the street.

The one who had the fire.

Same thing could happen to you

with your whole

fucking family inside.

You pay like everybody else.

How many copies?

One.

You must have

a death wish, pal.

What the fuck

do you want, huh? Huh?

Those people you took

the money from,

maybe you should give it back.

(LAUGHS) Why would we do that?

That would be in the best

interest of everyone involved.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Well, maybe our best interest

is to tie a cinder block

around your waist

and throw you

in the fuckin' Mystic, huh?

Let's do that. It's a good idea.

-Ugh!

-Agh!

Agh! (GROANS)

You're supposed

to stand for something, punk.

Fuck.

Protect and serve.

Uphold the law.

Justice.

Remember?

Who the fuck are you?

Tomorrow you'll have returned

all the money

you extorted from those people.

You'll tell them

it will never happen again.

You do that, and this video

will never be seen.

You don't,

and a half an hour later

you'll watch the uncut version

on every news outlet

in the area.

Now, I'm offering you a chance

to do the right thing. Take it.

That fucking hurt more

than the beating.

RALPHIE: Mr McCall. Are you

done standing around or what?

(FOOTSTEPS)

TEDDY:

All the other girls have...

..claimed that you were

very close to Teri.

Huh?

You lied to me about that.

(SOBS QUIETLY)

(MUSIC BOX PLAYS 'SWAN LAKE'

FINALE BY TCHAIKOVSKY)

It's pretty.

(SNIFFLES)

When did you last talk to her?

Over a week ago.

TEDDY: Mm-hm.

(MUSIC BOX CONTINUES PLAYING)

I went to the hospital.

Uh, I...I saw her there.

Did anyone else visit her?

(SIGHS)

Yes. A man.

-A man? Customer?

-No.

A nice man. A black man.

He wanted to know

what happened to her.

His name?

He didn't say.

And your friend, Teri?

No-one saw her

after she left hospital.

After what they did to her.

-And you contacted her?

-No.

No-one saw her.

(WHISPERS) Look at me.

Are you telling me the truth?

-Are you telling me the truth?

-(WHISPERS) Yes.

-You telling me the truth?

-Yes. Yes.

-You telling me the truth?

-(NORMAL VOICE) Yes.

(NORMAL VOICE)

Would you like some water?

Yes. Spasibo.

Moisten your throat.

(TAP RUNS)

Thank you.

Sweet.

My angel.

-Hm? Yes.

-Please. Please.

-Mmm.

-Nyet. Nyet.

Nyet, nyet.

-Please, please.

-So beautiful.

-So beautiful.

-Please, Teddy.

-But so deceitful.

-Please. Please don't.

-So fucking deceitful.

-Please. Please don't.

You're...you're hurting me!

Please stop.

(TEDDY GRUNTS)

(TEDDY'S GRUNTS INTENSIFY)

(MUSIC BOX PLAYS

'SWAN LAKE' FINALE)

(CHILLING MUSIC)

(DOG BARKS)

(CROWD CHEERS AND CLAPS)

MAN 1: Let's go, Home Mart!

Come on, finish this off!

MAN 2: Keep it going, Home Mart!

Go, buddy!

Here we go. Oh, oh, oh!

I got it! I got it!

-MAN 1: Yeah!

-Damn! Damn!

(ONLOOKERS APPLAUD AND WHISTLE)

MAN 1: Way to go, Bobby!

MAN 3:

There's no place like Home Mart.

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES)

BOTH: Oh!

-I see you!

-Ralphie, bravo!

JENNY: You passed your test!

-Thank you.

-Looking good, man.

Hey, did they give you a gun?

(GENTLE, HOPEFUL MUSIC)

PEDERSON: What the hell

he call us in here for?

FRANK: Maybe he's finally done

chasing his own tail.

PEDERSON: Maybe he's chased out

and he's going home.

MAN: About fucking time.

FRANK: Yeah,

that sounds about right.

TEDDY: I matched

the arrival and departure times

of everyone going in and out

of the restaurant

and I discovered

a curious thing.

This person

walks in the front door

several minutes

after Slavi arrived,

but never comes out.

-Alright.

-Later.

-Thanks.

-Alright.

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny.

Can you do a quick card refund

for me? Gentleman's in a hurry.

Open that fucking register up,

I just said.

Move, move.

Empty the register. Now.

-Go ahead. Open this thing up.

-(JENNY WHIMPERS)

Tell this bitch

to fucking move it.

Open the register up right now.

-Move.

-(REGISTER OPENS)

ROBBER: All of it.

Give me all of it.

ROBBER: Come on.

Move, move, move, move, move.

That ring too.

Give me that ring.

JENNY: No.

Give me that fucking ring,

I said.

-Please...

-Give me that fucking ring.

-It was my mother's.

-Fuck your mother.

Give me that ring.

(DARK, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(BOY GIGGLES)

-Take it off.

-JENNY: It was my mother's.

Shh.

ROBBER: I don't care.

Give me the fucking ring.

-JENNY: Please.

-McCALL: It's OK, Jenny.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)

(ENGINE REVS)

(INDISTINCT POLICE

RADIO CHATTER)

You OK?

Yeah.

(SOBS)

Hey, listen. Police said

the guy's done four like this.

Shot a guy over in Somerville

a month ago, so...

It's only money.

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

-You OK?

-Hey, Ralphie. Yeah.

Still a little freaked out.

Well, if you need anything,

let me know.

JENNY: Thanks, Ralphie.

JENNY: Oh, my God.

My ring?

(LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC)

(WATCH BEEPS)

-(US ACCENT) Mr McCall.

-Yeah.

Sorry to bother you.

We're looking into a homicide

that occurred two weeks ago.

Five dead. Russian restaurant.

Yeah, I heard about it on TV.

Happened to be there that night.

-Oh, you were?

-Yeah.

You wouldn't be here

if I wasn't.

That's right.

We're just checking

if any of the patrons

remembered anything suspicious

that night.

Not that I recall.

May I ask why you dined

at that particular restaurant?

I like pirozhki.

There's five authentic

Russian restaurants

within walking distance

of your apartment.

I assume they all

serve pirozhki.

Wow.

(CHUCKLES) I was meeting

a friend. It was her idea.

-Then I guess I should talk...

-Sheila. Sheila Saunders.

But she won't be any help.

She wasn't there.

Her daughter had a fever.

-You didn't stay long?

-I didn't check my watch.

I see. Well, thanks

for your cooperation.

Very welcome.

Tell me, do you know this girl?

Yeah, I don't know...

I don't remember where from.

What happened to her?

She fell down

and broke her neck.

Did she?

I'll be in touch.

Don't you want to leave me

your card, Officer?

In case I remember anything?

That's what you policemen

usually do, right?

-Must have given them all out.

-How'd you find me?

I paid cash.

We didn't have a reservation.

How'd you find me?

Well, that's what we do,

Mr McCall.

-We who?

-We find people we need to find.

We who?

(WATCH BEEPS)

Everything about him is wrong.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(GRIM, DETERMINED MUSIC)

TEDDY: And his military history?

No?

Keep digging.

This is what we have

on Robert McCall so far.

College educated. Works

a straight 40 at the Home Mart.

Bank statements,

tax returns all jive.

Looks pretty normal.

All lies. Fabricated.

(GRIM, DETERMINED MUSIC)

TEDDY:

We need to take him cleanly.

Alive.

A place without cameras,

no witnesses.

A man with his skills,

I want to know who he really is.

I want to know

who he's working for.

MAN: How you doing?

Give me a coffee, please.

An egg sandwich too.

On a roll. No cheese, please.

JAKE: You got it.

I'll be back in a minute.

Is it just you, or are we

waiting for someone else?

I'm sorry. What?

Your hands.

If you really worked

the powerlines down there,

your hands wouldn't

look like that.

We gotta be waiting

for somebody else.

(LAUGHS)

Motherfucker.

(LOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Hands where I can see 'em.

We're gonna take a little walk

across the street, me and you.

-Black Denali.

-Here we go.

What the fuck?

You vary from these instructions

and I'll kill you, understand?

(DISTORTED) Alright.

Stand up.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)

-(MAN GRUNTS)

-(GUNSHOT)

(BONES CRUNCH)

(ZAPPING)

What the fuck is this?

Masters, let's go.

TEDDY: No witnesses.

MAN: What's going on out there?!

(TENSE, POWERFUL MUSIC)

-What the fuck?

-Let's go.

Shh.

FRANK: What the hell

is this guy doing?

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

FRANK: Remar, you got A side.

Front, follow.

You got C. I got B.

-TEDDY: Alive.

-Yeah, yeah, alive. I'm on it.

(TRAIN APPROACHES OVERHEAD)

(REMAR GRUNTS)

(REMAR GROANS)

Motherfucker.

Motherfucker suckered me.

Goddamn it.

(TRAIN APPROACHES OVERHEAD)

(GROWLS SOFTLY)

(TAP RUNS)

(LOCK CLICKS)

(TAP RUNS NEARBY)

(GASPS)

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

FRANK: Shit.

(FRANK OVER MONITOR)

Pederson, check the closets,

the kitchen, the back porch.

PEDERSON: Closet's empty.

Nothing on the back porch.

REMAR: Fucking guy.

Lives like a monk.

Man, this guy's got

a lot of fucking books.

FRANK: Remar, stop fucking

around. Check the computer.

(MONITOR BEEPS)

(KEYBOARD CLACKS)

(MONITOR BLEEPS)

FRANK: This place

is way too clean, boss.

Something doesn't feel right.

We've got an empty script.

(READS) "Meclizine."

It's used for airsickness.

Bunch of travel items

purchased three days ago.

Bought an open-ended plane

ticket to Mexico two days ago.

Leaves Logan 10am tomorrow.

Guy knew this was coming.

He's on the run.

REMAR: Get someone

down the airport.

TEDDY: He is not going anywhere.

FRANK: Wait,

what are you talking about?

TEDDY: He's watching us.

FRANK: What do you want to do?

Find him, or I will

bring people who can.

(MONITOR BEEPS)

(HORSES WHINNY)

(QUIET, PENSIVE MUSIC)

(MAN CHUCKLES)

If you've come for my help,

I can't give you any.

-I understand.

-Do you?

Just came for tea.

Just, uh...

Robert, I have very little

influence these days.

I'm not at the agency anymore.

I consult on a few things.

That's it.

Susan, I just need to know

who this man is.

(SIGHS)

Who is he to you?

That's why I'm here,

trying to find out.

Tell me what's going on. Please.

You had a nice funeral,

in case you were wondering.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

You know, when they told Susan

you were dead,

she couldn't comprehend it.

She said, "Oh, no. Not Robert.

"And not from something

as trivial as a car bomb."

That you're alive...

is a big relief.

But it didn't come

as a complete surprise to her.

We used to talk about you

over the years,

and she said if anyone could

have figured a way out,

a way to walk away from it all

for good, you know,

like a real fresh start...

..it would have been...you.

(HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRR)

SUSAN: You didn't take out

five pimps, Robert.

You took out the East Coast hub

of Vladimir Pushkin.

-McCALL: Pushkin.

-Mm-hm.

He's similar

to the other oligarchs

who jumped in bed

with the Russian mafia,

only he funds everything -

gasoline, weapons,

girls, you name it.

He's built an intricate network

on both US coasts

that are incredibly

well-insulated.

His money and political ties

make him untouchable.

Your friend here

is who Pushkin sends

when he's got a problem.

Teddy Rensen.

Real name, Nicolai Itchenko.

Skill set honed in Spetsnaz.

He's formidable and smart.

Ran a wing of the secret police

for years.

Went private

when the Union fell.

Basically, he's a sociopath

with a business card.

McCALL: Mm.

Thank you, darling.

You know these two?

Uh...

Boston PD. Probably on

Pushkin's payroll, I assume.

Three years. Detective Remar

and Detective Pederson.

Only now they're dead.

We found them yesterday

in the trunk of their car

in the precinct parking lot.

Suffocated. Testicles blown off

and shoved down their throats.

Classic Russian mob hit.

Teddy's work.

Third one, Detective Masters,

hasn't shown up for work

in several days.

Robert, I don't have to tell you

what happens next.

He won't stop until he kills you

and anyone you care about.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

SUSAN: Didn't sleep a wink,

did you?

Hey.

Mmm.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Robert, that girl, Alina...

Why?

I couldn't tell you

why it mattered.

Why what they did to her,

that mattered to me so much.

One day somebody

does something unspeakable

to someone else,

to...someone you hardly knew,

and you...

..do something about it

because you can.

Mmm.

-Because it's who you are?

-Mm.

Hm? Who you've always been?

Sometimes we make

the wrong choices

to get to the right place.

Mm.

I know a part of you died

when Vivian did.

But not the part

she loved the most.

Go be him.

(CHUCKLES)

Yep.

Don't forget to say goodbye.

Goodbye.

Everything alright?

Were you able to help him?

He didn't come for help.

He came for permission.

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

(MOBILE PHONE BUZZES)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(CAR ALARM WAILS IN DISTANCE)

(GASPS SOFTLY)

(CAR ALARM CONTINUES WAILING)

-(SPRINKLER HISSES)

-(GASPS)

What the fuck?

(CAR ALARM BLARES)

What the fuck?

Ugh!

(GRUNTS)

(ALARM CHIRPS, STOPS WAILING)

(REMOTE BEEPS, ENGINE STARTS)

(REMOTE BEEPS)

(ENGINE IDLES)

(EXHAUST HISSES)

(COUGHS, GAGS)

Testing. One, two, three, four.

(REMOTE BEEPS)

(GASPS)

Pushkin.

I need to know everything -

who, what, when, where, why.

And before you tell me

you're not gonna talk...

(REMOTE BEEPS)

You can go fuck yourself,

you know that?

(COUGHS)

(RETCHES)

(REMOTE BEEPS)

(RETCHES)

(GASPS, HEAVES)

You're gonna give me

what I need.

-Or not.

-You're such a fuck.

Why don't you get out of here

and go fuck yourself,

you fucking motherfucker?

You know who the fuck

you're dealing with, huh?

I am a cop, you moron!

I swear to God, I'll fuck...

(COUGHS)

OK. Open it.

Open the fucking wind...

-Huh?

-(REMOTE BEEPS)

-I'm Boston PD.

-I don't have a lot of time.

(GASPS)

Which means you don't have any.

Look, you are in

a lot of trouble.

Just let me go. Just let me go.

I'm gonna let you go.

I'm gonna let you go.

-I'll be back.

-No!

Motherfucker! Wait.

Wait! Wait!

We're here to see Andri.

(LOCK BUZZES)

(MEN CHATTER)

(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY

OVER P.A.)

(SAW WHINES)

(AIR WHOOSHES)

(COUNTING MACHINES CLATTER)

FRANK: Hey, Andri. Listen, this

location's been compromised.

Get all your shit out of here.

You gotta truck it

all the fuck out.

The fuck I'm going to do that.

And who's this

fucking piece of shit?

Pushkin made the call.

I'm just the new guy.

Pushkin?

Pushkin. I...

Pushkin's money. What the fuck

you give a fuck, Andri, huh?

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

Is that a Heckler & Koch?

-This?

-Yeah.

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

-What is he saying?

-I don't fucking...

Can I see it?

Oh, you want to see my gun?

Uh, yes and no.

-No.

-FRANK: Oh, fuck!

Alright, alright, alright!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

You're so fucking nuts! Fuck!

Alright. Everybody settle down.

Frank tells me

you're the man, Andri. Yeah?

He says your guys

are incredibly loyal toward you.

They'll do anything you say.

If you tell them

to put their guns down,

lay down on the floor,

they'll do that, won't they?

Indulge me, Andri.

Tell them to lay down.

McCALL: There you go.

Thank you very much.

There you go. Mr Pushkin

thanks you very much.

We're going out of business.

Closing down shop.

Mr Pushkin thanks you very much.

There you are, sweetheart.

Here you go. You're welcome.

Accept these parting gifts

on behalf of Mr Pushkin.

There you go.

Three, two...

Look at that, perfect... one.

Thank you.

Thank you, sweetheart.

Right around to the right.

Call it in.

-WOMAN OVER PHONE: Boston PD.

-Detective Frank Masters.

I am 10-13 at 155 Warren Street,

rear entrance.

Repeat -

Detective Frank Masters, 10-13,

155 Warren Street,

rear entrance.

(KEYPAD BEEPS)

-Anything else I can do for you?

-You tell me, Frank.

I know you got an escape plan.

Where do you keep it?

Heh. Yeah?

What's your escape plan, huh?

It's not about me. It's about

you. Where do you keep it?

Fuck you, you motherfucker.

You have fucked me

so fucking bad!

-You did this, you motherfucker!

-Do you hear yourself?

You did it to this badge, Frank.

You disrespected this badge.

You understand me?

Fuck you, you motherfucker.

I got nothing, alright?

Fucking nothing. You hear me?

I got fucking nothing

because of you!

You think they're not

coming for you?

You think

you're not fucking next?

-I am a fucking dead man!

-Do something about it, Frank.

You don't know

who the fuck these people are!

I'm a fucking dead man.

I won't last a fucking week.

Then do the right thing.

Motherfu...

(SIGHS)

Do the right thing, Frank.

Police officer for 22 years,

I know you didn't get this far

and not have an out.

-Where do you keep it?

-I was a fucking good cop.

(SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE)

I was.

I understand.

Do the right thing.

Do it for the good cops, Frank.

-(SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE)

-Where do you keep it?

Just let me know

when you're done, Detective.

OK, thank you.

(SIRENS CHIRP AND WAIL)

(INDISTINCT TWO-WAY

RADIO CHATTER)

AGENT 1: This guy here.

He was cuffed

to the pipes back here,

200,000 in the trunk of his car.

Recording of the whole deal

with these guys on the seat.

Crazy, right? And that

was tacked to his jacket.

That's not the best part.

OFFICER: We're on scene

for the duration.

Get IDs on all those guys.

Check this out.

(MECHANISM CLANKS)

AGENT 2: Holy shit!

AGENT 1: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

AGENT 2:

Who's gonna fucking count this?

(RUSSIAN) We've searched

the city.

No sign of him.

McCall has disappeared.

Mr Pushkin has been notified.

(KEYPAD BEEPS)

My men will find him.

Good.

(NECK CRACKS)

I got to piss.

(VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR

OP. 35 BY TCHAIKOVSKY PLAYS)

(MOBILE PHONE BUZZES)

McCALL: He's not coming back.

Had enough?

You certainly have my attention.

McCALL:

Because I can keep going.

Brick by brick.

Dollar by dollar.

Body by body.

Or you can call your boss

and tell him

to shut down this operation.

Tonight.

-That's not much of an offer.

-Only one you're gonna get.

When you pray for rain,

you gotta deal with the mud too.

When you look at me...

what do you see?

(CHUCKLES)

Hm?

The answer's nothing.

I have no feelings

about you one way or the other.

You're like...

..like lint or a bottle cap.

You're just a thing to remove.

I knew a Russian police captain

back in the day.

He told me about a case

he worked on.

Can't remember the guy's name.

He was a famous scholar,

lived in Moscow.

He was a humanitarian,

an author.

Anyway, he decided

to share his abundance

with someone less fortunate.

And even though

he had five beautiful children,

he opened his home to a sixth.

An orphan, 12-year-old boy.

Kid had been pounded

by the system

from an early age.

Troubled.

Prone to violence. A lost cause.

Stop me if you know this one.

-Oh, no. Carry on.

-OK.

So this good man

opened his home to this boy.

And when the boy stole from him,

this good man loved him anyway.

When the boy failed in school,

this good man showed

understanding and patience.

When the boy lied and cheated

and clawed and fought,

this good man

showed compassion and love

until the boy,

who had never felt

anything like being wanted

or loved,

he finally did.

The man had broken through.

By all accounts,

it was a miracle.

One week later, intruders

broke into the man's house.

Killed the man

and his wife in bed.

They said some small things

were stolen,

things a child might steal.

No-one knows for sure.

The man's children were sent off

to live with relatives,

the boy, the orphan,

shipped back to hell.

Just when he finally

had a chance at life,

it was snatched away

by two bullets.

-It's a well-known story.

-Mm.

They ever catch who did it?

Did they?

Maybe they didn't look

in the right place.

Sometimes the answer's

in front of you.

(RUSSIAN) I think the boy

killed them.

(ENGLISH) Yeah,

I think the boy did it.

I think the boy was scared

that his foster parents

would wake up one day and

realise that he wasn't worth it,

like all the others had.

And he couldn't bear the thought

that this man, this good man,

would do that to him.

Would throw him away...

..like a piece of lint

or a...a bottle cap.

So...

..he decided not to find out.

What do you think, Nicolai?

(CHUCKLES)

You think you know me?

(CHUCKLES)

You strike me

as a sentimental man, Mr McCall.

And that's surprising.

I...I don't possess that chip.

I never could understand

what comes from feeling that way

except weakness.

The men I killed, your men,

I gave them a chance.

They made their decision.

I'm giving you

the opportunity to make yours.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

You let me know...

..when you decide.

Of course.

I've done some bad things

in my life, Nicolai.

Things I'm not proud of.

I promised someone

that I love very much

that I would never go back

to being that person.

But for you...

..I'm gonna make an exception.

You asked me what I saw

when I looked at you.

What do you see

when you look at me?

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(KEYBOARD CLACKS)

(PHONE CONNECTING TONE BUZZES)

WOMAN OVER PHONE: FBI.

How can I direct your call?

Agent Mosley, please.

MOSLEY: Agent Mosley.

Heard you found

some money today.

Who is this?

Concerned citizen.

Check your personal email.

Make sure you're sitting down

when you do.

(WATCH BEEPS)

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

(FLAMES CRACKLE)

PUSHKIN OVER PHONE:

He hit my tankers.

And you tell me not to worry?

That you'll take care

of things?

Only I've been

further embarrassed.

TEDDY: I have a new team.

It's simply a matter of time.

(RUSSIAN) You're out of time.

(ENGLISH) New York had to

shut down. Nothing is moving.

My calls aren't being answered.

I've lost tens of millions

today alone.

(RUSSIAN) It will all be well.

(ENGLISH) Stop the bleeding,

or don't come back.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

(RUSSIAN) Go fuck yourself.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)

-Yes?

-Mr McCall.

Nicolai.

-Your life for theirs.

-Whose?

-(LINE BEEPS)

-You'll want to answer that.

(KEYPAD BEEPS)

Yes?

-Mr McCall?

-Ralphie?

They came into the store when

we were closing. They had guns.

-Who's with you?

-Jenny, Brian, Jay and Marcus.

-What's going on? Wait...

-(MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

JENNY: Oh, my God.

-(BREATHES HEAVILY)

-JENNY: No.

(LINE BEEPS)

TEDDY: My men there will

kill them in 30 minutes.

Unless you're here in 29.

You know the place.

You can still smell the burning

gasoline in the air.

(LINE BEEPS)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(RUSSIAN) He's close.

Get ready.

(GASPS)

(RUSSIAN) Here comes the bus.

Just checking on you,

sentimental man.

McCALL: Yeah?

You willing to die

for your friends?

Are you?

(TEDDY OVER PHONE)

When you see him, shoot him.

(MAN 1 SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

(RUSSIAN) The bus is empty.

(RUSSIAN) Kill one.

-(RUSSIAN) Kill one of them.

-(RUSSIAN) You wanna be first?

('MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA' BY

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS PLAYS)

-MAN: Where is that coming from?

-I don't know.

-(MAN SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN)

-I don't know!

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

HOME MART WORKER:

They're gonna kill Ralphie, yo.

They're gonna fucking kill him.

(WHIMPERS)

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

-Which way?

-What?

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

The song. Which way

is it coming from?

The P.A. system's

in the security office.

Stand! Now.

(GLADYS KNIGHT SINGS)

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh

♪ What's left of his world?

♪ The world he left behind

-♪ Not so long... ♪

-(SONG STOPS)

(LOW, MENACING MUSIC)

(NECK SNAPS)

RALPHIE: Mr McCall?

What's going on?

Who are these people?

(LOCK CLICKS)

(RUSSIAN) Come here quickly!

I need your help.

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

(RUSSIAN) Report!

Where are you?

(SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN)

-Don't shoot. Don't shoot.

-(CONTINUES SHOUTING)

I...I can't understand you.

-OK, I'm going down.

-Get down!

-I'm going down. I'm going...

-McCALL: Psst!

Ralphie, listen to me.

Get everybody out of here.

Don't leave anybody behind.

You use the service doors

in the back. OK? Go.

(KEYPAD BEEPS,

PHONE CONNECTING TONE BUZZES)

(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)

-Yeah?

-Very clever, Mr McCall.

I've decided

to come and see you.

Yeah?

I'll be waiting for you.

TEDDY: Find the hostages.

('VENGEANCE' BY ZACK HEMSEY

PLAYS SOFTLY)

(DOORS BEEPS)

-(SCOPE POWERS UP)

-SONG: ♪ Before I die alone

♪ Let me have vengeance

♪ Before I die alone

♪ I will have vengeance

♪ Before I die alone

♪ Let me have vengeance

♪ Before I die alone

♪ I will have vengeance... ♪

(SHOES CRUNCH)

(GASPS)

(CHOKES)

(CHOKES)

(GASPS)

(GURGLES)

(BLOOD TRICKLES)

(SONG BUILDS TENSELY)

♪ Before I die alone

♪ Before my time has gone

♪ There's just one thing

-♪ I have to do... ♪

-(GROANS)

-(MUFFLED GUNSHOTS)

-(GRUNTS)

♪ Have you some patience

♪ 'Cause I will have

my vengeance

♪ Before I die alone

♪ Let me have vengeance

♪ Before my time has gone

♪ I will have vengeance

♪ Before I die alone

♪ Let me have vengeance

♪ Before my time has gone

♪ I will have vengeance... ♪

(BLOWS)

-(SIZZLING)

-(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(DRILL WHIRRS)

♪ Before I die alone

♪ Before

I die alone

♪ Before I die alone

♪ Let me have vengeance

♪ I will, I will

♪ I will have vengeance

♪ I will have vengeance. ♪

(CLINKING)

(CLATTERING)

(GUNFIRE)

(GRIM, TENSE MUSIC)

Arggh!

(THUG GRUNTS)

Aagh!

(BOTH GRUNT)

THUG: Ugh!

Yaaaa!

Arggh!

(BOTH GRUNT)

(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

It's me, Mr McCall.

It's Ralphie.

(RALPHIE GRUNTS)

You said not to leave

anybody behind.

Buck-ninety, my ass.

-(McCALL GASPS)

-RALPHIE: Come on.

-(GUNSHOT)

-RALPHIE: Aah! Oh, fuck! Arggh.

(GUNFIRE)

(GUNFIRE)

You alright?

Aah. I've been shot.

-Can you walk?

-Yeah.

Now, listen, I'm gonna need you

to do something. Look at me.

-Ralphie, focus. Focus.

-OK.

(INTERMITTENT GUNFIRE)

Can you make it

to the breaker box?

40 seconds exactly.

40 seconds

exactly.

(GUNFIRE)

(WATCH BEEPS)

(GUNFIRE)

(PANTS AND GRUNTS)

(RALPHIE GRUNTS)

(OBJECTS CLATTER)

(GRUNTS)

Ugh! (PANTS)

(SWITCHES CLANK)

(BEEPING)

(MICROWAVE DINGS)

(FIRE ALARM BUZZES)

Shit.

(GRUNTS) Shit.

(PANTS)

-(HOLLERS)

-(LOUD POP, GLASS SHATTERS)

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

(NAIL GUN POPS)

(GROANS)

(WHIMPERS IN PAIN)

(NAIL GUN POPS)

(SHRIEKS)

(GRUNTS AND STRAINS)

(NAIL GUN POPS)

(MOANS)

(HOLLERS) Who are you?!

(TEDDY GROANS)

(TENSE, MOMENTOUS MUSIC)

-(NAIL GUN POPS)

-Ugh!

(COUGHS)

(DROPS NAIL GUN)

(PANTS)

Shit. Oh, shit.

(GRITTY, DETERMINED MUSIC)

(CAR HORNS HONK)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(PEOPLE CHATTER NEARBY)

(SHOWER RUNS)

McCALL: I'd stay in there

if I were you.

Who are you?

McCALL: Everybody wants to know.

Gun's not there.

Just put the towel on.

What do you want?

I want the head of the snake.

(CHUCKLES)

So it's you.

And now you've come to kill me.

Yes.

And tell me,

what do you gain from my death?

McCALL: Peace.

Peace is expensive to buy.

But I can purchase it for you.

What is your price?

Are you there?

(SINK TAP RUNS)

(RUSSIAN) Guards, guards!

-(ELECTRICITY ZAPS)

-(PUSHKIN SCREAMS)

(GRIM, DETERMINED MUSIC)

ALINA: Hey!

Hey! Hey, Robert.

Hey.

I remembered

you lived around here,

so I've been swinging by

the last few days.

-McCALL: Yeah?

-ALINA: Yeah.

Pretty different, huh?

Night and day.

Yeah, well...

I get my stitches out next week.

Um...

-I'm reading now.

-Oh, no.

-Yeah. I know.

-Very good.

I got it from a used book store.

The guy there recommended it

to me. It's good.

I got a job too.

Like, a real job with real hours

and stuff.

OK.

You know, when they gave me

my stuff back at the hospital,

there was this envelope

with my name on it.

Almost $10,000 inside

and a ticket out of town.

I don't know.

Probably hush money, right?

Probably.

Who cares?

A new start.

Alina the singer.

Someone once told me I could be

whoever I wanted to be.

Body, mind...

Spirit.

I'm gonna miss

your stories, Robert.

You got your own now.

Thank you.

For everything.

(SIGHS)

I'll catch you around, alright?

OK.

-'Bye, Robert.

-Goodbye, Alina.

('NEW DAWN FADES' BY MOBY)

(SONG CONTINUES)

SONG: ♪ A change of scenes

♪ A change of style

♪ A change of hopes

♪ With no regrets

♪ A chance to watch

♪ Admire the distance

♪ Still occupied

♪ Though you forget

♪ Different colours,

different shades

♪ Over each

mistakes were made

♪ I took the blame

♪ Directionless, so plain to see

♪ A loaded gun

won't set you free

♪ So you say... ♪

(EMINEM SINGS)

♪ Feels like a close

♪ It's coming to

♪ Fuck am I gonna do?

♪ It's too late to start over

♪ This is the only thing I

Thing I know

(RAPS) ♪ Sometimes I feel like

all I ever do is

♪ Find different ways

to word the same old songs

♪ Ever since I came along

♪ From the day the song

called 'My Name Is' dropped

♪ Started thinking my name

was Fault

♪ 'Cause any time

things went wrong

♪ I was the one

they would blame it on

♪ The media made me

the equivalent

♪ Of a modern-day Genghis Khan

♪ Tried to argue

It was only entertainment, dog

♪ Gangsta? No

Courageous balls

♪ Had to change my style

They said I'm way too soft

♪ And I sound like AZ and Nas

Out came the claws

♪ And the fangs been out

since then

♪ But up until the instant

that I went against it

♪ It was ingrained in me

that I wouldn't amount

♪ To a shit stain, I thought

♪ No wonder I had to unlearn

everything my brain was taught

♪ "Do I really belong

in this game?" I pondered

♪ I just wanna play my part

Should I make waves or not?

♪ So back and forth in my brain

the tug of war wages on

♪ And I don't wanna seem

ungrateful

♪ Or disrespect the art form

I was raised upon

♪ But sometimes

you gotta take a loss

♪ And have people

rub it in your face

♪ Before you get made pissed off

♪ And keep plugging

It's your only outlet

♪ And your only outfit

♪ So you know

they're gonna talk about it

♪ Better find a way to counter

it quick and make it, ah

♪ Feel like I've already said

this a kabillion-eighty times

♪ How many times

can I say the same thing

♪ Different ways that rhyme?

♪ What I really wanna say is

♪ If there's anyone else

that can relate to my story

♪ Bet you feel

the same way I felt

♪ When I was in the same place

you are

(SIA SINGS) ♪ I was afraid

to make a single sound

♪ Afraid I would never

find a way out

♪ Afraid I'd never be found

♪ I don't wanna go another round

♪ An angry man's power

will shut you up

♪ Trip wires fill this house

with tip-toed love

♪ Run out of excuses

for everyone

♪ So here I am

and I will not run

♪ Guts over fear

♪ The time is near

♪ Guts over fear

♪ I shed a tear

♪ For all the times

I let you push me around

♪ And let you keep me down

♪ Now I got guts over fear

♪ Guts over fear

(EMINEM SINGS)

♪ Feels like a close

♪ It's coming to

♪ Fuck am I gonna do?

♪ It's too late to start over

♪ This is the only thing I

Thing I know

(RAPS) ♪ I know what it's like

I was there once

♪ Single parents

Hate your appearance

♪ Did you struggle to find

your place in this world?

♪ And the pain spawns

all the anger on

♪ But it wasn't till

I put the pain in song

♪ Learned who to aim it on

Made a spark

♪ Started to spit hard as shit

Learned how to harness it

♪ While the reins were off

♪ And there was a lot

of bizarre shit

♪ But the crazy part was soon as

I stopped saying I gave a fuck

♪ Haters started

to appreciate my art

♪ And it just breaks my heart

to look at all the pain I caused

♪ But what to do

when rage is gone?

♪ And lights go out

in that trailer park?

♪ And the window's closing

♪ There's nowhere else

I can go with flows

♪ I'm frozen 'cause there's no

more emotion for me to pull from

♪ Just a bunch of playful songs

that I make for fun

♪ So to the break of dawn

♪ Here I go recycling

the same old song

♪ But I'd rather make

'Not Afraid 2'

♪ Than make another

motherfucking 'We Made You', ah

♪ Now, I don't wanna seem

indulgent

♪ When I discuss my lows

and my highs

♪ My demise and my uprise

Pray to God

♪ I just opened enough eyes

later on

♪ Gave you the supplies

and the tools

♪ To hopefully use it

to make you strong

♪ Enough to lift yourself up

when you feel like I felt

♪ 'Cause I can't explain

to y'all

♪ How dang exhausted

my legs felt

♪ Just having to balance

my dang self

♪ When on eggshells

I was made to walk

♪ But thank you, Ma,

'cause that gave me

♪ The strength

to cause Shady-mania ♪

♪ So when they empty

that stadium

♪ At least I made it

out that house

♪ And found a place in this

world when the day was done

♪ So this is for every kid

who all's they ever did

♪ Was dreamt of one day

getting accepted

♪ I represent him or her

Anyone similar

♪ You are the reason

that I made this song

♪ And everything

you're scared to say

♪ Don't be afraid to say no more

♪ From this day forward

just let them A-holes talk

♪ Take it with a grain of salt

♪ And eat their

fucking faces off

♪ The legend

of the angry blond lives on

♪ Through you when I'm gone

And to think I was gone

(SIA SINGS) ♪ I was afraid

to make a single sound

♪ Afraid I would never

find a way out

♪ Afraid I'd never be found

♪ I don't wanna go another round

♪ An angry man's power

will shut you up

♪ Trip wires fill this house

with tip-toed love

♪ Run out of excuses

for everyone

♪ So here I am

and I will not run

♪ Guts over fear

♪ The time is near

♪ Guts over fear... ♪