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[engine stops]

[keys jingling]

[key turning in lock]

[sniffs]

[light switch flips]

[muttering]

[wind howling]

Things are taking longer than I thought,

but it's almost time.

We'll all be together.

A real family.

[Shadow] So, how much we got on the game, boy?

-[Max] You know, man. Two hundred bucks. -[scoffs]

You know, if we played every day, I could stop working.

Man, are you gonna stop running your mouth, or take the shot?

-Oh, so you want some of this? Huh? -[grunts] Yeah.

-Come get it. -Yeah.

I'm gonna drip some hot sauce on you, boy.

I'm gonna drip... [grunts] Ha!

[cheers]

-[cheering continues] -[groans]

-I hate you, you know that? -Oh no, you don't.

That's just your ego talking, son.

You know, I have this dream where I stab you in the neck?

Uh-huh?

[stammers] And then there's blood, just spurting out.

It makes me so happy.

You really dream about me?

-Shut up. -Oh, that's cute, sweetheart.

No, no, no, listen... Don't feel bad, coz losing, it, um...

-It builds character, all right? -Mmm.

Your character's strong, boy. [laughs]

-It is so strong.

-You should be the one paying me back. -Uh-huh? And why is that?

[Max] For covering your ass.

Found this at the nightclub. Ring any bells?

[empty shell clattering, echoes]

-Nice going, man. -Yeah.

You can start paying by driving me to Gigi's house.

Her parents are coming over.

-Oh, so you're meeting the family? -Hey...

-It's just lunch. -Yeah, keep telling yourself that, bud.

-Has she picked out a church yet? -Shut up, man.

We just need to stop somewhere.

Where? You gotta shoot someone?

-Why do you always think the worst of me? -[scoffs]

Experience!

-Experience? -[chuckles]

Watch this. Whoa! Money!

-[scoffs] -[Shadow laughs]

[Shadow] Oh, I love you, bro.

[Max] Where are we going? I thought we were coming to pick up a car.

[Shadow] We are. We need the keys, genius.

Wait. Is he gonna give you the keys, or are you gonna take them from him?

Well, I guess that's gonna be up to him.

-So this guy's a fighter? Really? -Mmm-hmm.

You see, this is the problem with you. It's about violence, the whole time.

Man, his name is Junior. How bad could it be?

[scoffs] "How bad could it be?"

[in Afrikaans] Hey... [in English] I'm looking for a guy called Junior?

Oh, he's on the pads.

[grunting]

I told you, man. Look at him, he looks like a twig.

Junior?

-[in Zulu] Can we talk? -[in Zulu] Just say what you want to say.

[grunting continues]

[in English] Well, your ex-girlfriend says: "Hello".

And she wants her car back.

I'm here to get the keys, man.

-Is that right? -That's right.

So, who are you? Like, her new boyfriend, or something?

[in Zulu] I'm just some guy.

All right, pretty boy, I'll tell you something.

Let's fight for it.

And... if you win, you take the car. If I win...

I keep the car...

and I take yours.

You fellas do have wheels, right?

-Look, man. Hey, man, let's do this. -[Max laughs nervously]

Max, it's gonna be fine.

You're not fighting him for a car he doesn't own.

[softly] Look, I'm fine.

All right, [in Zulu] man.

-We've got a deal? -[in English] Deal.

-[Max] Are you serious right now? -[Shadow] Mmm...

There is no way I'm gonna lose to this kid, man.

I should've taken a taxi, you know that? [scoffs]

[Shadow] Oh boy, this brings back some memories.

Yeah?

The straps on your knuckles. [breathes deeply] The smell of the ring.

-Yeah, I love it. -Remember the smell of blood? [chuckles]

-Come on, man, you know I can box. -[scoffs] Yeah, I remember you

[in Zulu] Hey, man, what's happening? Why change your clothes before the fight?

[in Zulu] Hey, pretty boy, relax.

[in English] The fight's still on.

-[in English] What do you mean? -Yeah, man, we have a...

slight problem.

Thing is, I'm not Junior, you know.

He is.

Oh man!

You know, he was supposed to fight for the belt, but the man got arrested.

Manslaughter.

Which is the perfect way to describe it if you ask me.

[Junior barking]

All right, fellas, I'm gonna need those keys.

The keys?

Cool! This is gonna be beautiful! All right, fellas.

Bring it together. Nice and simple, all right? No time limit.

The first person to get knocked out, loses...

and has to walk home. Right, pretty boy?

-Show some love. -[Junior grunts]

Oh, hey!

-[Junior grunts rhythmically] -[Max and boxers cheering]

Eye of the tiger!

[Max] Right jab! Left! Left jab!

Stop blocking his punches with your face.

[Max grunts]

[both grunting]

[Shadow grunting rhythmically]

Hey, man. You good?

[mumbling] What happened?

You built more character, okay?

You've done enough today, all right?

[in Zulu] You're embarrassing me.

-When is the wedding? -[in English] The wedding?

Don't worry about your wedding.

You just... Let's go, I'll take you to Gigi, all right?

["Swan Theme" from Swan Lake playing]

[small dog yapping]

[yapping continues]

[mechanism winding up]

["Wedding March" playing mechanically]

[exhales sharply]

[mechanical tune stops]

[breathes heavily]

[exhales slowly]

[man shouting] All right, I'm coming!

All right!

Sorry to bother you, I just wanted to check if everything's all right.

-Hey? -Your dog's been barking all night.

-I thought there might be a problem. -No, no problem at all.

[stammers] See, the thing is,

I'm trying to do some work and I really need to concentrate.

You want me to shut the dog up? Is that it?

If there's anything you could do, I'd really appreciate it.

Oh.

Idiot.

["Swan Theme" from Swan Lake playing]

[yapping continues]

[woman] Stop having a panic attack, Tony, you'll have the layouts tomorrow.

[Toni on phone] Okay, fine.

By the way, what is up with the tough guy ad on 27?

[Toni] It's legit.

The guy helped me out a couple of weeks ago.

He did such a good job, I offered to run his ad for a while.

[scoffs] For free?

What did he do? Kill your ex-wife?

Yeah, don't give me any ideas.

-Listen, are you sure you've got this? -[doorbell chimes]

I'm sure. Listen, there's someone at the door, I gotta go. [chuckles]

-[keys jingling] -[Sarah] Hello?

[giggles softly]

[soft chuckle]

[classical ringtone playing]

[breathes heavily]

[Simon] Hello, Sarah.

Do you like your gift?

[keys jingling]

-Morning. -Morning.

-Can I make you some coffee? -Nah, I'm cool, thanks.

-Big night? -More like a big afternoon.

Is that a bruise on the eye?

Oh, yeah. I had a job yesterday... at a boxing gym.

I thought it would be fun to go back to the ring.

-How's the other guy? -Same as me.

Except, his bruises are on his fist.

[chuckles]

Oh, Zola wanted me to tell you

that some guy called for you yesterday. Some Trevor guy?

Okay, thanks.

Ex-boyfriend. He calls often.

He wants to get back together, never gonna happe

You want any help?

Thanks, I can handle him.

Okay. I mean, if you do change your mind...

I'll call the guy that gave you a black eye.

[both chuckle]

Right, touché.

-Mmm. -[cell phone ringing]

Sorry, I've got to take this.

[Sarah] Tony says you're good at intimidatin

I was hoping you could track him down,

pretend to be my boyfriend, or something.

Try and scare him off.

I'm not sure if that's going to work out, but we can try it. Um...

Why don't you start by telling me how you met him?

I didn't want to do the whole online dating thing,

but I work from home, so...

Anyway, right from the start I knew something was wrong with him.

He was just... off.

["Swan Theme" from Swan Lake playing]

Simon, thank you so much for dinner, it was wonderful.

[breathy] It's my pleasure.

But we're not finished yet.

I'll be right back.

It's... just a small gift.

Simon, you didn't have to get me anything.

I wanted to. Open it.

It's you.

What do you mean?

Forgive me. I saw on your profile that you're a dancer.

My mother was a dancer. I hope you don't mind?

-No, it's fine. -I made it myself.

They're my passion.

Snow globes are special, don't you think?

He was definitely weird, but also... kind of sweet.

-Harmless, I thought. -So you decided to see him again?

But this time it was different.

Well, that was disappointing.

It's okay, I kind of enjoyed it.

No, you didn't. You don't have to lie, Sarah.

It was a waste of our time.

Please excuse me.

Snow globes are special, don't you think?

[Sarah] I made an excuse.

I told him my mother had been rushed to hospital. I got out as fast as I could.

I'd hoped that was the end of it, but he started to follow me around.

He texted me constantly, wanted to know what I was doing,

why I was shutting him out.

Then one day he broke into my house, and that was it.

I knew he was gonna kill me.

[camera shutter clicking]

[small dog yapping]

[yapping continues]

[breathing heavily]

[whimpering]

[Simon whimpers]

[ragged breathing]

[yapping continues]

[shuddering breath]

[muttering]

-[cattle prod zapping] -[man groans]

-[electricity crackles] -[splattering]

[no audible dialogue]

[shouting, banging]

[yapping continues]

[cattle prod crackles]

-[cattle pod crackles] -[dog growling, yelping]

[Max] Hey, babe.

-[police chatter on radio] -No.

I don't know, my boss is being a dick. Probably about five.

Sorry, baby, I gotta go.

[stammers] Are you crazy? What are you doing here?

Did you not say you got some information for me?

-What? You think I'm here to cuddle? -I did say that.

But what I didn't say is: "Hey, Shadow, come down to the police station

so everybody can see me breaking the law!"

Hey... Calm down, bro.

Listen, I got a clock on this one, I don't wanna waste any time.

You do know that if he sees you, shit's gonna pop off?

-[scoffs] I don't give a rat's ass, okay? -[chuckles]

See, that's your problem. You don't care about consequences.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[slurping]

That's my coffee, please stop drinking it.

Mmm! Just tell me what you got, bro.

Um... okay.

[typing on keyboard]

All right, so...

It turns out he was in and out of juvie as a teenager,

blamed everything on his father, saying he was being abused.

-And where was his mother? -[scoffs]

Nowhere. She did a runner when Simon became a teenager. [chuckles]

Probably saw the future and decided she want nothing to do with it.

She went completely off the radar until about two months ago.

Her boyfriend claims he came home one night, and she was gone.

No note, no sign of forced entry, nothing.

So, where's Simon now?

Uh, he works for a courier company, um...

-They run projects for ex-cons. -Hmm.

-Actually, um... -[typing on keyboard]

he has an apartment in the city.

-Victory Heights. Remember that place? -Right.

All right.

All right, let me just pull a psych report.

Okay, let me do it.

What the hell are you doing here, hmm?

[in Zulu] Are you lost, Khumalo?

-[in Zulu] I came to visit, Chief. -[in English] You shouldn't be here.

-[in English] Well, neither should you. -Okay! [clears throat]

I think he was just about to leave, Captain.

-Weren't you, Shadow? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We'll talk later, man.

You think I don't know what you're doing out there?

Well, at least I'm doing something.

You should quit your job, bro,

before you get too fat, sitting around doing nothing all day.

Get back to work.

[clicks tongue]

-[exhales] -[telephone ringing]

Hey, Doc. How're you doing?

I'm good, but I'm not the one on the brink of a heart attack.

Look, I feel fine.

Well, you're not. I've got your results.

You need to come in.

-All right, how about next week? -No, this is serious, Shadow.

I need to see you today.

-Okay, okay, I'll come through. -I'll be waiting.

[pills rattling]

-Mmm! -[horn honking]

[horns honk in response]

[mouse clicks]

What was he doing here?

Um... He was just in the area.

You expect me to believe that?

-You guys working on something? -No, I've got enough to do.

You're not feeding him information, are you?

Because that's the sort of thing that will end a career.

I wouldn't do that.

You know, he's not as bad as you think.

He's helping people.

He's playing God, and sooner or later, he's going to fall from his little tower.

And when that happens, if I was you, I'd make sure I was nowhere near him.

[heart beating over stethoscope]

[takes deep, slow breath]

-Deep breath in. -[coughs, grunts]

Again. In...

-[inhales softly] -And out.

[exhales softly]

In...

and out.

[sighs] Well, I guess you still haven't told your sister?

But she deserves to know.

[Shadow sighs]

How bad is the arrhythmia?

When last did you feel it?

-Not for a while. -What's "a while"?

Couple of days ago, doesn't last too long.

I can up your meds, but that's about it.

It's time. You need this operation.

No, there's too much going on right now, Doc.

What could be more important than staying alive?

[cell phone vibrates]

-Really? -I'm sorry.

I just... I gotta take this.

Yeah, what you got?

-A captain on my arse. -[Shadow scoffs]

-[indistinct dialogue] -[Shadow] What else?

Turns out your guy was actually released three months ago.

Who knows what he's been doing since then?

Also, I got an address for the family home where, get this,

Daddy used to torture him in the basement.

And there's some other pieces of information. I'll send them to you.

Okay, thanks.

I'd remind you that you owe me, but... that would be pointless.

-Yeah, you can put that on my tab, boy. -Uh? [ch

Listen, I really think we need to reevaluate this relation--

There needs to be more give and take, not take and take, you know?

Shadow?

Shadow?

-[knock on door] -[gasps]

[Shadow] Sarah, it's me.

-Shadow, come in. Everything okay? -Yeah, everything's fine.

Just checking up on you. Are you okay?

I'm all right, I guess. I just...

I wish I could sleep.

Is there any news?

Well, I know where he lives now.

I'm going over there now to see what I can find out.

How do you feel about guns?

I don't know.

My... dad had one.

I didn't like it being in the house, but I got used to it. Why?

I wanna give you this, just in case.

-I don't think it's a good idea. -Look, I'm not trying to scare you here.

I just wanna make sure that you're prepared for anything, okay?

[engine off]

[car alarm beeps]

[grate sliding]

[knocking softly]

[grate closing]

[elevator bell dings]

[door opens]

Hey!

Hey, come back here!

Hey, come back here!

Hey!

Hey!

[water dripping]

[breathes heavily]

[Shadow grunting]

[heart beating rapidly]

[elevator door closes]

[door lock rattles]

[inhales deeply]

-[cattle prod zapping] -[Sarah screams]

-[grunting] -[heart beats rapidly]

[softly] Sarah.

[classical ring tone playing]

[Shadow] Sarah! Sarah?

You need to get out of there, he knows where you are.

-You're too late. -Simon?

What have you done with her?

You don't understand what's happening.

I'm going to save her.

Save her from what, Simon?

The world!

Sooner or later it turns everything bad.

Listen to me... very carefully.

If you leave her alone and walk away right now, I'll let you go.

You'll never see me again.

But if you don't, I'll hunt you down and show you how bad the world can get.

[shuddering breath] You see?

You just proved my point.

[call ends]

[cell phone ringing]

He's taken Sarah, Max! I need you to track him down.

How the hell am I supposed to do that?

He's working for a courier company, right?

-All those vehicles have tracking systems. -Okay...

Okay, yeah, I'm on it.

[cell phone keypad tone]

[cell phone ringing]

Max?

He's taken her to the family home.

Plot 27, Mogale Street in the Cradle.

I'm on my way.

[car accelerates]

[wind howling softly]

-[Sarah groans softly] -Don't fight it, Sarah.

[Sarah breathing heavily]

-I need you to trust me. -[grunting softly]

I can't wait for you to see your new home.

There's a certain special someone waiting for you.

Remember I told you?

She's also a dancer.

Nobody's ever going to hurt us again.

She gave me a new one every Christmas.

They meant everything to me.

But then, one Christmas, she was gone.

[sniffs] And you know what I realized, Sarah?

That eventually the world poisons everything.

But the people inside the globe... they stay the same.

They're safe.

That is why I'm doing this, Sarah.

Keeping you safe.

You're so lucky.

[police siren wailing]

[muttering] O Lord and Master of my life,

do not give me a spirit of idleness, despondency, ambition, and idle talk.

But give rather a spirit of chastity,

humility, patience, and love to Thy servant.

[shotgun shell fires]

[wind howling]

[cocks shotgun]

[Shadow] Hey!

[grunts, groans]

Throw the gun away!

Do it now!

Hey!

Whoa, take it easy, okay? It doesn't have to end like this, Simon.

-Yes, it does. -Just tell us where she is.

You've been poisoned...

[Shadow] We can help you, man, just tell us where she is.

...and you don't even know it.

Simon...

-[shotgun fires] -[splattering on ground]

[Max gags, coughs]

Jesus.

The van!

[shivers]

Could be anywhere, man.

Hey, he grew up here.

You said he was tortured in the basement, right?

[Max] Yeah.

All right, I'm going in.

[wind howling]

Max! Call an ambulance!

Sarah?

-Sarah, can you hear me? -[weak] Shadow...

Hey, it's all over now.

I'm gonna get you out of here. Hold on tight, okay?

-It's all over. -This is Detective Max Makena.

I need an ambulance at... Plot 27,

Mogale Street, Cradle of Mankind.

[Shadow] You know that yoga-stretching is not gonna work right now, right?

-[Max chuckles] Okay. -Hmm?

Your form is wrong, man. Look at you, you're blinking too much, you're shaking.

Oh!

-All right, okay. -Now you're in trouble. Yeah.

No, I've got faith in you, Max. You can do this.

-How much we got on this game? -Shut up, man.

-Might need to take out your life savings. -Talking's not gonna work. Shut up, man.

-Oh, look at you sweating, out of fear. -You got this...

[Shadow] Mmm-hmm.

[both laugh]

-Okay... -In your face, man. Yeah!

-No... No! -[Shadow chuckles]

[stammers] No! That still counts, man. You saw it.

-I didn't see nothing. -What--

So, when are we gonna have our own game so I can whip yo ass?

-Oh, really? You want a piece of this? -Yes, really.

Do you know who you're talking to? This is the Big Ash!

Okay.

-[Max] Oh... -Oh! Yeah, that's right. [laughs]

[pop song starts playing]

-Girl, when last did you hear this song? -Whoa, hey! [laughs]

-[Ashley] Oh! -[Zola] Okay!

Big Ash! Go, Ash, I see you still got it, girl!

[Zola laughing, cheering]

[Ashley] I love this song.

Hey, you know when I said I think I've seen Ashley before?

-Uh-huh. -[dart thuds]

I think I remember where.

-Where, man? -[scoffs]

[MC] And now, the moment you've all been waiting for.

Please welcome onto the stage the beautiful and talented...

Night Nurse!

[crowd whistles, cheers]

[sexy pop song playing]

[man] Listen to me, Trevor...

I don't care what it takes.

I want her.

Make it happen.