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Kill Chain (2019)
Two rooms.
You only have two customers. Slow season. Well, how do you make a living? Low overhead. Occasional opportunity. The "occasional opportunity"? You know, where youre standing, thats for employees only. Oh. Pardon. Bad neighborhood. Yeah, it must be. Shotgun and... whatever youve got underneath your shirt. All right. You guys took your time circling around... Yeah, we had to drive about half a mile send your picture, you know, get confirmation. Internet sucks. Should have come in. Got free Wi-Fi. How long you had this place? About a year. Friend of mine left it to me. What we hear, you dont have any friends. Not anymore. Standing still for a year, you had to know that was gonna be too long. I had obligations, and... you get tired. Thats something you should have thought about in the first place. You know the story? We dont give a shit about the story. We hear lots of stories. See, hes not gonna appreciate it, but you might. A short one, yeah, sure. Buy you a beer. You can cut me off if you get bored. Me and Franco... Hey. On the way, inside an hour. Okay. Hey, you good? You know anything about rice cookers? What? They come in a travel size. Think its over-priced, though. What? You want me to do some research on rice cookers? Sure. You know what? Nah, Ill do my own research. You know what? Tell me what you find out. Jesus, you need to get laid. Who says I dont get laid? Hey, Dad. Hey. What do you know about rice cookers? Not much. Im thinking about getting one. Why? I travel a lot. I eat a lot of rice. Is rice expensive? Almost never. So... Youre smart. Youre a smart young woman. Something only a dad would say. Well, Im sure. Im sure you U Penn would disagree, right? Grades are fine and I got the check. Thank you. Didnt seem like much. Tuitions covered and I work at the lab a few nights. Should you be working? I mean, shouldnt you be focused on... Mom worked through college. Shed have wanted it to be easier for you. Id rather it wasnt too easy, you know? True. I dont know what your schedule is like, but Ive got a break coming up. Yeah, yeah. Um... yeah, uh-huh. Yeah, right. Look, I know... What did I do, Dad? Why cant I see you? No, you didnt do anything. Five years. Its been five years. Someday Im gonna tell you the reason and youll wish I hadnt. Jesus! What am I supposed to do with that? This isnt normal! The money-- The moneys what Ive got right now. Look, Ive gotta get back to work. I love you. I love you too, Dad. All right, Ill buy you the fuckin rice cooker. Rifle on the other side of the hot zone. Two UFOs sitting in a car. Well, maybe the object. Without an advance security, I dont know. Maybe police? No. No, the police have been managed. It is definitely not the police. -You sure? -No, no. Im an asshole who hasnt kept you alive and safe for 10 years. Right down this plate. 78AJUG. 78AUG. 78AJUG. Take this fuckin seriously. What the fuck... What? Call me back. Hey! Two is better than one, honey. Do I make her... Do I make you nervous? No, baby, not at all. No ones nervous. Just thought you might want a little taste of home. How you end up down here? Theres a story there. Storys not as sad as youre thinking. Not as different from mine as youre thinking. Which is why I cant have you come up here and make me fall in love with you. Go. Its unlocked! Okay if I turn on a light? No. Okay. Hey. Walk over to that window. Take off your top. Anything under the skirt? Thats good. Now open the blinds. Its a blue Skoda. See it? Theyre gone, baby. You know them? Keep looking out the window. They cops? -No. -How do you know? I just gave the mean one a blow job. That makes them not a cop? He paid. They have guns? I didnt see. Theyre the type that might? Yeah. Are you jerking off? Maybe. The roof across the street, the one with the construction. You see it? Yeah. Can you get up there? Yeah, but its empty. Its an empty building. Nah, my friends up there. Hes working late. Close the blinds. Put your clothes back on. So you really dont wanna fuck? No, not since my daughter was 14. You have a phone? -Here. -All right. I want you to go up on the roof and say hello to Mr. Sanchez. Whatever he wants, its on me. Like a joke? Yeah. Yeah, like a joke. After, you can have the rest. Okay. Thank you. Bye. Blue Skoda. Its a rental. Got a couple names, but they wont mean shit to you because they dont mean shit to me. -American? -Out of Miami. You got a bad feeling about this, get the fuck out. I leave without knowing what the fuck is going on, then I dont know what the fuck is going on. -Who else is down here? -What do you mean? Other tradesmen. Whos active here? Well, shit. You know, let me check Facebook. None of yours? You know I would have mentioned it. Would you? Probably not, but Im telling you... Hello? Let me say hello to my friend. Its for you. No way. No way you saw me. I recognized your puke green MSR. You supposed to do me before or after I take the shot? Kind of a moot point now. Come on, Sanchez. Tits at the window was a good fuckin move, man. But Im always improving on you. You dont think Id shoot you right through her? Im the one person in the world that knows you wont. One chance. Come over. Ill buy you a beer. Nah. I dont drink, Viejo. Shit, Viejo. You shoulda took the shot. Shes dead anyway. But you always did leave the dirty work for me. Nah... not like that, Viejo. So what now? Window maybe? You go for the door? I got all day while you move the dresser. Start running, you double-dealing fuck. From what? You? You cant make a decision about a fuckin rice cooker. Well, thats why you tipped the target and sold them Sanchez to double on me? Youre the target, you asshole. Who? I never ask. You know that. It was money. And youre past your sell-by date. You dont fuck anymore, you dont drink, I would have walked away. You should have let me walk away. You try and then a year or two later, the pangs of conscience get worse and worse and worse. You know it, and then you go off and tell someone! Yeah? Yeah? Well, you shoulda taken a chance, Dean, now, now-- Now, now, now what? If you make it outta that room, youd better fuckin ghost. Because the day youre spotted, someone goes to U Penn to the Ridgeman Dorms. And then God knows whats gonna-- Fuck you! Fuck you, Dean! Fuck you! Dad... Hey. Im sorry. Oh, dont apologize. You have nothing to apologize for. You grew up so well, I just figured being around wouldve fucked things up. But maybe I fucked up anyway, yeah. Maybe theres just no right answer, no. I know you love me. I know youre doing your best. I am. I did. I am doing my best. I just, um... I just want us to be good. Were great, Dad. Okay, then. Okay, Dad, goodnight. Goodnight. Tell me its done. Yes, sir. You all right? I know the two of you had history. Oh, that was years ago, not that it wasnt weird. Someday youll do the same to me, right? Not if youre smarter than he was. Should be a red Renault. Up on blocks? No one steals a stripped car. Payment is in the shifter box. Problem? No, theyre here. Hey, man, you sure about this shit? I got GIA certificates. Dont worry. What... what are GIA certificates? It means the diamonds are legit. Its how the client wanted to pay. The guy in Panama is set to convert them for you. Killing this phone now. Talk to you in a month. Hands, fuckface! Yeah. Hey. Hey, come on, man. Stripping a stripped car? Doesnt make sense. Ah, fuck! Try me. -All right. -You fuckin angry? And I believe he intended to shoot you. Looked that way, didnt it? Who gave me up? All right, thats good. Its a good sign. Yeah? If you were gonna dump me on the side of the road, youd tell me, right? Unless... You can shut up now. Oh, shit. I see. Its G-Mans snitch and he doesnt trust you. Hey, man, seriously, man. How long we been working together, man? You still cant speak decent fuckin Spanish? I know enough to know when Im being rat-fucked. Hey, I dont give a shit which one of you I make a deal with, all right? Oh, motherfucker! That was a good one! You want me to shut the fuck up, buddy? Youre gonna have to hit me harder than that. Thats just turning me on. Jesus, Miguel... Miguel... youre just encouraging him! Its a long fucking ride, you know. It keeps me awake. Oh, yeah? Long ride to where? Huh? Where we going? Look, the diamonds are worth 250. First one of you kills the other, Ill bump it another 250. Thats 375 more than either of you is expecting. You know Im good for it. I got it. Oh, shit, look. Hes thinking about it. You better act fast. Your man, hes thinking about it. Cause hes gonna trust a greasy piece of shit like you, hmm? Oh! What the fuck are you doing, man? Hey, man, come on. This making you fuckin feel better? Relax. Fuckin relax. Im relaxed. Hey, you know what? G-Man is trying to figure out how to fuckin shoot you from the back seat... Just pull over, man. Let me break his jaw. Its just words, man. What the fuck you care about words? Pull over. Let me break his fuckin jaw! 500! 500! 500! Just get this shit movin! Just get-- What? Now were riding around with a dead fuckin body, man. Its not the first time. Pull over. Well throw him in the trunk. Clean up a little. Quit fucking with me. Seriously, how much money have we made together? Not this much, man. Not all at once. Fuck you, man, fuck you. Exactly. Thats what Im afraid of, man. Exactly that. So, what? Whats the plan here? You just gonna drive around all night? This car doesnt run outta gas? You know what? Its okay, man. Just empty your fuckin gun and its fine. Its fine. Empty? You fucking kidding me? Im not fucking kidding you, motherfucker! You know were through after this. Yeah, Lance, I fuckin know. No. Ill fuckin shoot you, Lance. -Youre gonna anyway. -No, Im not. Then unload your gun. Im not fuckin doing that. You crazy? Cause I can trust you, but you cant trust me? Well, you shot the fucking guy, man-- Because he was getting in our heads! He got us here! Well, Lance... Here we are. Partner? Yeah. Here we are. Okay, man. Fuck! Thats it. Tell me youre not gonna run, partner? Not while I got the diamonds! Sorry, Miguel. Agh! Open the kit. See what we got. Not a lot. Well, do what you can. We gotta figure out a story. What happened? It... ...got a little messy. Oh, Lance. Oh, were okay, were okay. He shot me. Not through and through, is it? The bullet come out the other side? Is there a hole? No. Right on the money, huh? My man was right on the money. And all it cost was a little part of my soul, the part I wasnt using. Miguel was bad, bad as me... but I shouldnt have shot him. You killed him for me. He didnt give me a choice. But if Im being honest, I knew he wouldnt. Even if he knew why, I needed it all. I think I would have been better if I-- No. Nothing is better than this. Yeah? Yeah? Listen to me, Aranas meeting us at Hotel del Franco with a new passport and papers. Get you on the plane to Bonn. I come by with a new passport in a week, new identities for both of us. Then... Then? Its fucking happening. A year, but its happening. Theres no way she could have followed me here. Puta! Im not going to kill you! I love you! Fucking love you! Arana gets the biggest diamond. Thats his payment. Got it? We are doing this together. Please! Ill meet you at the hotel. Hey, Ericson! You think being a cop protects you? You think being an American protects you? You fucked my woman! Im gonna fucking kill you! Go. Go! Come out... Street. One night. Im supposed to ask for ID and a credit card. Okay. If you need anything... You here all night? I was gonna say, "Dial 00." Yes, I am. Bourbon and tequila and bourbon. And beer. Tequila and beer. Thought you were the clerk. Clerk, bartender, security guard, owner. Owner? What happened to Franco? You know Franco? No. I read the sign. I won this place in a poker game. Really? It was a long game and it turns out its not worth that much. Is that why you do everything yourself? I have people during the day. At night, though... You like the quiet? I dont get much sleep anyway. Bad dreams? What makes you say that? Everyone has bad dreams. Thats not your real answer. Thats what you came up with right after you wished you hadnt asked the question. You talk to all your hotel guests like this? You know a man named Arana? Spanish for "spider", right? I dont know him. Im supposed to be meeting him here. Meeting a guy named Arana? Nothing good can come of that. You mean, a woman like me meeting a guy named Arana? Well, I think youve met some Aranas in your time, probably some Snakes and Lobos too. What makes you say that? Just... the way you drink, how nervous you are... How nervous youre not. Francos dead, isnt he? The back of your neck, that scars from a knife. The one on your hand, thats from a bullet. Maybe I had one really bad day. You have the eyes and the hands of a violent man. I know, because I know violent men. So the questions are... did Franco die by your hand and why? And does a violent man really think hes gonna find peace behind a hotel desk? What are the answers? Those arent my questions. Ill bill your room. Your business is worse than mine. Its all about the quality, not the quantity. Does it get lonely wandering around that empty hotel? I see people walk in, take one look around and walk right back out. Maybe Im turning them away. Mm. Me too. Only tonight, this guy wanted to fall in love with me. Theres always that danger. Seen Gigi? Not for a few hours. She must have gone home, then. Guess Ill do the same. You know, I see you almost every night and steal your cigarettes. You never once asked me to throw you one. And you never once asked me how I ended up down here. You never asked me either. Thats what we like about each other. So whats the pitch? The pitch? Im not delusional enough to think you find me irresistible. No. Youre a man who understands the mechanics of this world, but not its appetites. It has got me this far. Would you walk out of here tonight? Where would I be walking to? Would you? For the right reason? Whats a right reason look like? When you played cards with Franco and he put the deed down to this place, what gave it value to you? Money, pleasure? So were not discussing reasons. Were negotiating payment. Would you prefer a cause? You dont strike me as a cause. More of a rabbit hole. A rabbit hole. I fall into you knowing full well theres going to be a hard landing. Im getting out of a difficult situation, becoming a new person, a person I thought I would have been by now. Arana is giving you a new identity, way out of the city? The country? It has to be quickly, tonight. Because youre using someone elses money. -I dont see it that way. -But someone does. Youre right. Ive known Aranas and Snakes. I know how to handle them. But they dont know that at first. At first, its easier to have someone like me around to deal with the Snakes and Aranas. But you couldnt have planned for that, for me being here. A plan is just an action that you sit and contemplate for so long that it becomes complicated. Id rather move from opportunity to opportunity. I saw your knuckles, your scars. And I recognized an opportunity, same as you saw in me. Im not the guy you think I am. You dont want to be, but you are. If I could go, I would, but I cant. Cant or wont? You think Id say no to you if I had the choice? Well, it seems like you are. It really is cant. Though I dont like my chances with you... or her. Shell kill me. And me, if she smells your perfume. Behind the staircase, theres an exit out into the alley. I have to go back to my room first. For money you dont think is hers? Its worth way more than this hotel, way more than what Franco died for. Thats not gonna make me move any faster! All right, all right. Im sorry, Im sorry. Dont shoot, dont shoot, please. -Oso! -Sorry. Dont shoot. Im sorry. This was Francos place. Yeah, he sold it to me. When was that? Uh, about a week before he disappeared. You got proof? You need it? Do you know who I am? Not specifically, but you are a type. I am a type. Are you a type, too? Yeah, the kind that doesnt want to get shot. Good, because the whores may like you, but they answer to me. A girl came in traveling light, probably offered to fuck you not to tell me shes here. Well, now I wish she would have shown up a little later. Yeah, Room 27, up the stairs on the left. She in? I dont know. I was in my office. You know, I dont have all the answers. Ola? Um... Ola? You could have given her any key, any goddamn room. The one with your suitcase in it. Shell sit and wait a while. Buys you time to get out of here. Shell hunt me down and kill me. I dont think so. You dont either. You think you can talk your way out of this, probably have before. Now the questions are, should you? And is your friend worth more to you than whatever you stole from her? Theyre not my questions, of course. You might want to go out through the alley and come back in through the front. For appearances sake. Mm. Salud. You fuck her? Either way, shes going to say that you did. And then? We already killed her lover tonight. So here we are. I wouldnt be sitting there too long. I was thinking the same thing. You think that thumb trick would work a second time? Think its the only trick I know? Love. Whatever she thinks will make it stop. I wasnt waiting to start. Of course. You dont mean shit to her. You get that, right? Not to her. To you, though. Do you think you can run far enough, fast enough? I think Im pretty light on my feet. Not with her hanging onto your fucking legs! Whats the offer? What do you want? You just made an argument for killing you. Dont ask me what you think your fucking goddamned life is worth. She took jewelry, maybe $100,000 in cash, hidden here somewhere for sure. Shoot her and its all fucking yours. I dont have anything against her. You dont have anything against me either. I kind of dont like you. And I did enjoy fucking her. Just kill this fucking bitch so we can walk out of here, please. You picked the wrong one this time. Hes not a killer. Shes right. Bullshit! Because you were looking at the scars, not at the man who lost the taste for it. Now get your purse and get out of here! -And then what? -She gets a head start. And you get what she stole from me? Maybe. Back up! -Fuck, no! -Fuck, yes! No! Fuck, no! -Fuck you! -Fuck, no! You fucking bitch! You bitch. I assumed you had a gun in your purse. I did. I just got to the knife first. We need to get rid of the body. Bring my car around back. Clean up the blood the best you can. And then roll her up in the bedspread. Okay. First, though, the money and the jewelry. It goes in the safe until after shes outta here so you dont get the idea to leave me with this. And after? I dont take money I didnt earn. I know it sounds unlikely but... Youre just gonna have to wait and see. And the rest? Thats all. Except for what you were gonna pay Arana in your bra on your left breast where you kept me from touching you. I mean, Id love to go looking for it. But nows not the time, is it? You might want to clean yourself up a little too. Two rooms. You only have two customers. Slow season. How do you make a living? Low overhead. Occasional opportunity. The "occasional opportunity". You know, where youre standing, thats for employees only. Oh. Pardon. Bad neighborhood. Yeah, it must be. Shotgun and whatever you got underneath your shirt. All right. You guys took your time circling around... Yeah. We had to drive about half a mile to send your picture, get confirmation. Internet sucks. Shouldve come in. Got free Wi-Fi. How long have you had this place? About a year. A friend of mine left it to me. Well, we hear you dont have any friends. Not anymore. Standing still for a year, you had to know that was gonna be too long. I had obligations, and... you get tired. That something you couldve thought about in the first place. You know the story? Nah, we dont give a shit about the story. We hear lots of stories. See, hes not gonna appreciate it, but you might. A short one? Yeah, sure. Ill buy you a beer. You can cut me off if you get bored. Me and Franco... -Franco like this place? -Yeah. This is him. He had a different name before. He changed it after he bought this place. Cheaper than buying a new sign. Actually, a lot more expensive. See, me and Franco used to be you and you. I guess I was you because Franco wasnt an asshole. The organization found us doing PMC work. PMC? Private Military Contractors, mercenaries, ex-Rangers, ex-Seals. Which were you? Franco was a Ranger. I was a... truck driver. Saved his life, more by accident than anything else, if Im being honest. He took me under his wing. You know, youre not helping me keep this story short. Our people hired you and Franco? Is it okay if I fix myself a drink? Please do. Turned out we were working for them and didnt even know it. Cameroon. I learned why they called them "blood diamonds". Franco was a genius at that shit. How to track people down, when to kill them, when to let... What did the organization tell you? That you stole money. That would be part of the cautionary tale. So after Cameroon, Franco and I are sent all over the world taking care of shit. Ah! Thats me and him. Right. Seven years ago, Mexican Border Patrol seizes the shipment. Me and Franco were sent south with a bag of money. Cops tried to haggle for more. So the organization says, "Teach em a lesson! Burn the shipment! Bring back the money!" Which was good and well. Nothing new. Except it was a shipment of girls, Eleven, ten. Nine years old. Yeah, so... Aw, this is bullshit. Now why the fuck would I make up a story like this? So I wouldnt kill you. Jesus Christ! You are fucking dim. I was you, remember? I heard plenty of stories, worse stories! Its all secondhand. Its abstract to you. Its not staring at a cage full of little girls and know... light them on fire, or never go home. So you kept the money and bolted? And cut the girls loose. Any one of the three things was enough to get us killed. But my feeling is setting the girls loose was what really pissed them off because then they had to send someone else to hunt them down and round them up. And do what we didnt. Someone with a tolerance for that kind of heinous shit. Maybe even an appetite for it. So they died anyway? All of that was for nothin. Didnt seem like it at the time, not for Franco, especially. He took one of the girls. No, you assholes, not like that! A switch flipped, rolled him back past working for the organization, back past the merc shit in Cameroon, back to the guy he imagined hed be when he signed up to fight for his country! He wanted to be a good guy, a decent guy. Bought this place, bought a new identity. He raised that girl like a daughter. This guys fuckin dead. Yeah, I poisoned him. Were almost to that part. Relax. If Id been able to pull that trick twice we wouldnt still be talking. Lets just do this, man. /You want to hear the end, dont you? I mean the thought of walking out of here and never having got to the point? Franco and the girl? His daughter for all intents and purposes! And just like any other daughter, she turned 17 and decides that she hates him. Gets involved with some asshole, convinces her to mule E. Doesnt even make it out of town before shes picked up by this tag team local policia and federal agent, Miguel Garcia and Lance Ericson. What happens next is anybodys guess. Suffice it to say the pills disappear. Then the girls body turns up in a field... naked, tortured... cut into pieces! So what do you think Franco, hardcore soldier, mercenary, professional killer like your own bad selves, what do you think he does next? He goes after the motherfuckers. Goes after the motherfuckers! So insane with grief, he forgets every lesson he ever taught me about patience, about stealth. And I didnt stop him. I didnt stop Franco. Just like I didnt stop... Hes an unguided missile. And these cops dont exist in a vacuum. Theyre on the payroll of a very bad woman... A woman who doesnt give a shit about anybodys adopted daughter, his boss, who also happens to be dead rolled up in a bedspread upstairs! So thats why you been here a year? Yeah. Getting even for your dumb ass friend fucking up getting even for his dumb ass not-even-daughter? I take it back, man. That is the saddest fuckin story Ive ever heard. Im not surprised you see it that way. You cut it close, settling accounts right before we found you. I let you find me. You wanna die? Well, lets just say Ive had a good meal, and Im not hungry anymore. And because the money wont do me any good anymore, theres a safe in my office. Cash, jewelry, plus about $250,000 in diamonds. This is the combination. You should have listened to your own story. Thats not enough to buy us off. -Its not even close. -I know. Its motivation for the person Ive really been talking to. You had to hear the fucking story, huh? Lets go! Ah! Woo! Come on. Almost worth seeing what you think you can do with that. But I been trying to get the fuck outta here for the last half hour. In my day, a professional wouldnt use a strange gun without checking it first. Lets go get your stuff. Youre Arana. I used a cutout to deal with your girlfriend, but, yeah, pretty much. Bad news is, I dont have a new identity for you. Good news is, with her dead, you dont need one. You couldnt have known. Not everything. You leading her to me was definitely Plan B. Plan A was her and Lance killed each other. And maybe me. I would have felt badly about that. Not badly enough. No. Took them out of Cameroon. Never felt right about spending them. And those two out there? Bought me some time before their people send the next pair looking for me. I hate to cut this short, but I have a few last things to do before I go. Go where? What if Id killed Sanchez? There was a Plan C. I didnt kill those girls. I couldnt. You didnt stop it. No. I didnt. I havent been right since. I havent been able to look at my daughter. You want me to say Im sorry? You want me to say anything other than fuck you? Oh, well, you dont have the right. No, I dont. The guy you hired me through, when he finds out that Sanchez is dead, hes gonna go after my daughter. Her numbers in there. Its the only number in there. Thats not my problem. You set this in motion! What do you expect me to do? What you seem to do best. Just think of something. Oh, for Christs sake. |
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