Assassins' Code (2011) - full transcript
A hero with a shadowy past... A merciless opponent... A doomsday weapon... When a corporate assassination forces a disbanded military squad to converge on a U.S. city, ruthless spies from three nations struggle to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a powerful missile. To hide from his past sins as a government assassin, former agent Paul Thorn withdrew to an anonymous quiet life. When a dying associate delivers plans for a lethal technological secret a long list of people on both sides of the law struggle to gain control and Thorn is drawn back into the deadly world of international espionage where he is forced to battle North Korean agent Karl Kim, a long-time nemesis whose sense of honor and desire for revenge over shadow his duty to obtain the disk. Serpent Rising is a fast paced action thriller where nothing is as it seems, betrayal is the standard, and lives are expendable.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Ms. Crane is in.
She'll see you in 12 minutes.
Certainly.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Why isn't this a surprise?
Well, I guess you guys want to
get it right, huh?
Hello.
Fuck.
I have definitely been here
before.
Not on this side of the table.
Are these really necessary?
Brill? You out there?
You think this all began with
the archangel killings?
You're wrong.
It started with Paul Thorn, Paul
Rand.
It started with nightmares.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
You've done it again.
[SCREAMS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, Paul.
Is that guy stalking you?
Maybe.
Because I can bust him, you
know.
I can shoot him, legally.
Thank you, Maria.
Seven or ten bullets, sir?
You choose.
Seven.
Guess you'll need the 1911
then.
Paul, with the amount of money
you've spent on rentals
over the past couple of years,
you could have
bought three pistols already.
He's still weird.
[GUN SHOTS]
You know, Paul, if you're in
some sort of trouble,
I understand you running under
the radar.
You think my last name is Chen?
Here.
Take it.
No numbers, no nothing.
No thanks.
You don't own a gun?
Must be because you lack skills.
He is better than you.
Shut up, Luke.
[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Happy anniversary.
How you doing, man?
You know what God says when you
see something like that?
There must be a me.
I mean, look at her.
How does she do it?
How did you find me?
It's who I am, remember?
It's what I do.
I find people who usually don't
want to be found.
I didn't want to disappear
forever, just for a while.
Well, it's been a little while
Paul Thorn.
Looks like they patched you up
pretty good.
Remember anything about the
accident?
They told me I was fucked up,
but my wife was dead.
Why wasn't she wearing her seat
belt, Paul?
Clean now?
I don't even take aspirin.
When you murder your wife, it
tends to make
you see things differently.
Well, I'm sure she forgives
you.
PAUL: That makes it worse.
DANIEL DODD: You seeing anybody
now?
PAUL: No.
DANIEL DODD: You happy here?
PAUL: You mean, would I'd be
happy killing
for the government again?
DANIEL DODD: Have you ever
killed anybody
that didn't need killing?
We'd get a black file, some
pictures.
What did we really know?
That never bothered you before.
I didn't feel anything before.
You know, those Archangel
workers were
killed about 4 miles from here.
You hit 11 out of 12 of them.
You didn't think of calling?
The 12th was a co-owner, Sameer
Fazli.
He went missing.
I got a call this morning from
him.
Said he'd offer me information
for protection.
I'm going to meet with him
tonight.
Back me up?
I have plans.
Oh-- oh, you got plans.
Oh, what kind of plans?
The kind where you don't have
to kill anyone.
Well, you know where I live.
PAUL: Danny, call me later.
Man, there must be a me.
The job gave Thorn a bad
cocaine habit.
And that habit killed his wise.
Do the math.
What habits do you have, Agent?
But you know, he actually got
clean in Narcotics
Anonymous for three years.
I think you're next.
Thank you.
Hi.
I lost my daughter to--
I lost my daughter to my
ex-husband
who's worse off than me.
I mean, those courts, they don't
care about the truth.
You know, they don't care about
who's rightest or wrongest.
They just want to move my kid
around so it
looks like they're working.
I've been clean, you know, and
it's not right.
It's not right.
I've been clean.
So I'll keep going.
Paul.
Yeah?
We-- we've been keeping track,
son.
Happy birthday.
Paul.
Paul.
Hey, you won't tell anyone I'm
here, will you?
I mean because I like just
joined the force
five minutes ago and stuff.
It's anonymous.
Yeah, OK.
Want to go get some coffee?
Hot date, marriage, kids, live
happily ever after.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHTER]
- Let's go. - Tired yet?
Ladies, serve my friend.
[LAUGHTER]
You better let it go.
Sausages are ready.
PAUL: Hey, Laura, let me see
that tattoo.
Paul.
Now I get to see Aunt Lou's
birthmark.
Come on now.
You told him about my
birthmark?
Well, someday we're going to be
showing this to our children.
Yeah, so he can see how his dad
died of a massive heart attack.
Look at that meat he put on his
place.
[LAUGHTER]
You guys are crazy.
I'll be back.
Hey, bud, you OK?
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Danny.
Danny.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN: What's on it?
[GUN SHOTS]
[GUN SHOTS]
TIMOTHY POWERS: We thought it
would be easy.
Grab the disk, then scare the
occupant
into signing a confidentiality
agreement, patriotic duty,
and all that shit.
And then go home.
Maybe even get Dodd to the
hospital in time.
Why do you think Dodd didn't
inform you or us?
Is that a real question?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Novak, Peterson, Corey, Turner,
Latham, Riley, Torres, Piper.
Jesus.
Know him?
Paul Thorn killed eight of my
men.
Maybe he wasn't alone.
Maybe he handed off the disk and
created a diversion.
That's a hell of a diversion,
don't you think.
Look at James.
Let's run a check on Dodd, see
if we can
find a connection with Thorn.
What's on this disks, sir?
That's a kneed to know.
You don't know, do you, Chief
Powers?
That's because I don't need to
know, Agent Brief.
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: Who
was she?
No one.
A nurse, Stacia something.
Only mark on her record was a
DUI she got when
she was upset over her divorce.
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: But to
have the balls to help
a wounded man crouched beside a
dumpster,
she must have been doing penance
for some sin.
Way things turned out, it must
have been a pretty good one.
Wait.
Please.
Is that a 45?
Do you like guns?
Are you going to rape me?
No more questions.
Sorry.
I talk when I'm nervous.
Your arm will get infected.
You could fix it at your place.
Drive.
OK.
AGENT BRIEF: This doesn't read
like the home
of a vicious killer.
Whoever Paul Thorn, he's a pro.
Riley here was our best.
And Thorn outdrew him.
Yep.
After he took out Corey and
Peterson.
Look, we're going to be OK.
Should I call Mr. Brill or Mr.
Altman?
No.
I'll call Brill, and Brill will
call Altman.
Fucking chain of command.
Go ahead.
Maybe it is the home of a
vicious killer.
Jesus Christ.
PAUL: I'm not kidnapping you.
My name is Paul Rand.
And I used to work for the
government.
I just worked a double shift at
st. Mary's ER.
So why don't you just get to the
part that happened right
before you abducted me at gun
point.
My friend broke into my house,
gave
me this, and died on my floor.
What is it?
All that's left of Archangel's
inventory.
The massacre on TV.
You?
Then give it to the police.
They killed my friend Dodd.
They'll kill me too.
When will he be back?
An hour.
Where is he?
He left.
He left seven months ago.
Look, some women are hooked on
vodka.
I was hooked on vodka and
Charles.
I'm hooked.
I was hooked.
Whatever.
I need your computer.
You're holding the gun.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
Tony.
This must be bad news.
Someone else has it.
And I lost it.
Paul Thorn.
Dodd broke into his house.
Dodd?
Dead.
I'll take care that.
This Thorn killed eight men.
Eight?
Yeah.
It would help me find him if I
knew what was on the disk.
I don't really know myself,
Tony.
Hey, you want to join us?
Nah.
I got to pick up some pieces.
Hm.
[PHONE RINGING]
[TRAFFIC SOUNDS]
[PHONE RINGING]
Sending a 20.
Ah, fuck.
I need Arlo.
What's an Arlo?
A friend.
Surprised you have any.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Did you sleep yet?
Bad dreams.
I've got to get out of here.
Arlo.
Am I going with you?
I haven't decided.
REPORTER [ON TV]: Police aren't
releasing much information
about the gun fight that took
place here
between several federal agents.
The battle left eight men dead
and a dangerous suspect
at large.
Police and federal authorities
are looking for Paul
Thorn, the owner of house.
Thorn should be considered
dangerous
even though at this point he's
only wanted for questioning.
You killed those men.
PAUL: I had no choice.
Like you didn't kill the people
from the computer company.
Stay there.
Stay there.
[GUN COCKING]
I promise I won't call the
police.
What if there's a fire.
You can't leave me like this.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How can I help you, mister?
You've got one sick sense of
humor, mister.
You know that, don't you?
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Arlo.
Danny's dead.
Like you or for real?
He was killed for this.
What's on it?
Hm, I don't know.
I know who he is.
Mighty nice of Altman to let
one of our axis of evil enemies
access his desktop.
I wonder if Karl Kim gets a
pension from us too.
ARLO: Now, if I had something
really important
that I could die for, I'd
probably install
some kick-ass security system.
And maybe even a nasty virus so
nobody can mess with it.
Why the hell did you let me go
on thinking you were gone,
you asshole?
Sorry, Arlo.
Well, this little bastard can
let
us read the disk without it
knowing
that we've got access to it.
You know, I cried at your
funeral, dickhead.
PAUL: What's this?
You know, the government hasn't
really
had that much business for me.
So when I'm not doing
surveillance, I do repairs.
It covers the mortgage.
[WHIRRING]
There, in a little while it'll
crack the code.
Spec 4.
Arlo Gentry.
Good.
[DIALING PHONE] Yes, I found
him.
[PHONE RINGING]
Sir, I'm point man on this
operation.
Where are you getting you intel?
Well, if you're point man,
Tony, what do
I have to get it for you at all.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Jesus Christ.
Geraldine Crane.
She's the goddess of the
computer world.
An engineer?
She owns engineers.
A good portion of the science
world too.
She's a business genius.
I can't believe I'm looking at
her private files.
She made $1 billion working for
the Defense Department,
you know, the stealth fighter
and a few other secret stuff
there.
Then she broke away to have more
freedom in a small company.
PAUL: Like Archangel.
Yeah, she probably thought a
smaller
company would be less visible,
but it wasn't smart enough.
PAUL: Why would someone want her
dead?
[BEEP] - Holy shit.
Is that what I think it is.
I've never met this woman.
But if she's associated to this
thing, I want her dead.
[BANGING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'll trade with you.
Daniel Dodd.
I had my men staking out
Fazli's
place, the guy from Archangel.
Dodd showed up.
He didn't know who we were.
We didn't know who he was.
And they followed him to my
house.
Yeah.
And then my friends shot back.
Sorry.
You were there, huh?
No.
So how the fuck did you know
what happened?
Show him the disk.
What's on it?
I don't know what's on the
disk.
You don't know what's on the
disk?
BRILL: No, I don't know.
We know.
Well, then you tell me.
- Who's your boss? - Altman.
Altman, Ernest Altman, well, if
he didn't fucking tell you
what was on that disk, why
should we trust you?
He's asking himself the same
question.
Is that true, Brill?
Are you asking yourself that
same question right now?
Yeah, I'm asking myself the
same question.
What is this? A comedy of
errors?
Look, why don't you guys come in
with me.
I can protect you.
You've got some spending money,
right?
I call a fund.
I'll take some of that.
I tell you what.
I'll trade with you.
I trust you.
Just don't hurt yourself.
I'll send you the receipts.
They linked Dodd to me.
They figured out my real name.
And that's how they got linked
up to me.
Thanks a lot, partner.
They're moving fast.
Too fast.
Too fucking fast.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
AGENT: You lost more men that
day
than I did at Thorn's house.
I'm right handed.
We know.
You got any sugar?
I'll walk around the block
and--
check the perimeter.
There were complications.
In the service, when things got
tense,
do something routine to feel
normal.
I need a shower.
Did you get the plates off the
vehicle?
No.
[CAR APPROACHING]
Jennifer works with us.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Tony, you think you can handle
this part?
Bring him in, now.
Who's Angela?
My wife.
She died in a car accident.
We were coming back from our
cabin.
I was leaving for the Middle
East.
And I wanted her to do something
special.
She took my stash away from me
earlier that night.
I was having trouble staying
awake.
I was addicted to cocaine.
I needed it.
[CRASH]
[GASPING]
PAUL: That was three years ago.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
James, what are we working on?
We aren't working on anything.
I'm working a data mining
algorithm.
I need a little information on
an asset.
Go through channels.
File a work order.
Have Mr. Altman approve it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BELL RINGING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
First name, Jennifer.
European?
Asian.
Known associates.
Currently in country.
Karl Kim.
In Korean, Karl means knife.
Very impressive, James.
He's not ours. He's not KCIA.
Got him.
Bring up Altman.
This could be considered
treason.
Not if he committed treason
first.
Cross check.
We paid Karl Kim for Operation
Tracer from April 13
to April 20.
Altman signed an invoice that
week
for miscellaneous equipment.
And the defense contract people
were killed on the 20th.
Erase any sign that we were
here.
Done before you ask.
You're good for it, James.
Ah.
What's the matter.
He has a concussion.
I'm sorry.
Here. - Thank you.
You're welcome.
Well, if I was tied up for
three hours,
I wouldn't be so nice.
I tried to shoot off his foot.
Oh, that's good.
That's all right then.
I'm reassigning you.
Karl Kim.
What is he?
Chinese Intel?
Korean?
Just like the good old days.
The old times were bad times.
[KNOCKING]
CHARLES: Stacia. - Charles?
Charles?
What the hell is he doing here?
[KNOCKING]
[GUN SHOT]
Ow.
Damn.
You have the disk.
I know what he wants with the
disk.
But what does she mean to you.
Just give them the god damn
disk.
The disk is over there.
If you learn what it is, raise
your free.
If you deliver it, you'll be a
national hero.
Really.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOTS]
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: So
Karl Kim orders
Jennifer to grab the ex-husband
and bring the B team
to bring the nurse's apartment.
They're supposed to take out
Thorn, Gentry
and grab the disk.
The score rises.
Two dead enemy agents and the
divorced nurse
becomes the widowed nurse.
Kim should have gone himself.
AGENT: Jennifer Mi Yong, did she
escape?
Jennifer always escapes.
AGENT: That's where you come
back in.
That's where I came back in.
AGENT: Did you inform Brill of
your intentions or whereabouts?
Jeez, I left him a voicemail.
Didn't he get that?
Come on.
Just a second.
Yeah.
Come on.
That's enough.
She's as good his Doc Reynolds.
I killed that man.
He was going to kill you.
Then why do I feel like such
shit, huh?
Because you're a human being.
What are you, huh?
You're leaving?
I'm going to Dodd's.
If I'm not back in two hours,
get in the car.
Yeah, we're supposed to
displace everything.
And then we have to go
somewheres far, far away.
No man, I'm gong with you.
Shit.
Do I get a vote?
No.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[TV BLARING]
[GUN COCKING]
Daniel Dodd's home movies.
This one's 4th of July, 2007.
I just watched another one
called our wedding.
And you and Angela, you were
great best man and maid
of honor.
Brill sent you.
No.
Brill didn't know you'd be here.
I did.
You killed a lot of our men,
Paul.
Who are you?
They killed my friend.
Daniel Dodd.
And then what?
I guess that's supposed to maybe
make us even.
Dodd was going to meet a man
named Fazli.
OK.
And I know where Fazli is.
That dumb son of a bitch left is
20 on Dodd's cell phone.
Where is he?
I don't know who you were, and
I don't know who you are,
but right now, I've got a
feeling
you're just about the only
person I can trust around here.
Let me hear the message.
Well, then, why don't you tell
me what's on the disk?
Well, maybe Fazli will tell us
both.
Call me stupid, but I'm going to
give this back to you.
And when I do, you put it away,
all right?
Go.
AGENT: So you had Thorn at
gunpoint?
Yeah.
And I could have dropped him.
I could have grabbed the disk
and brought it to you.
And you would have been a good
little soldier
and given it to Altman.
And Altman would have given it
to the North Koreans,
just like he did.
Only difference is Thorn would
be dead.
AGENT: And you wouldn't be in
that chair.
Karl Kim in that bitch killed
11 people at Archangel.
We lost Dodd and eight more at
Thorn's house,
Arlo Gentry, another nine, four
or five
cops, a couple of civilians, and
a fucking
partridge in a pear tree.
And you are blaming me?
AGENT: The officers were killed
after you released Thorn.
Right.
And shit runs downhill.
Jesus.
Do you ever leave anybody alive?
He was a lookout for Karl Kim,
North Korean special forces.
He killed those people at
Archangel.
Some fucks.
Who ordered this?
Altman.
Who else?
Look, you know, if you just tell
me what this package is,
Brill and I would be able to ID
the client.
Ask Fazli.
I'm going shopping.
Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
Do something normal.
That's what we used to do we
when we got tense.
You know, that's what we do.
I used to drink.
I'm buying.
You just got cash, right?
Yep.
All right, can I borrow a
dollar?
See I got to stay alive till
Wednesday now.
[ELECTRIC BUZZING]
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: She
buys
her stuff with a credit card.
Altman's got her flagged.
Karl Kim lands a block and a
half from their hiding place.
From there it was easy.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Waiting till he's praying.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Don't.
Of course not.
There's been too much death
already.
I don't know who the buyer was.
Geraldine, did that was her
task.
Oh, Geraldine.
The others.
Look, I tried to get the
schematic to the right people.
Mr. Reynolds said I could trust
Mr. Dodd.
Doc Reynolds?
Yes, our security chief.
He was a medic in the military.
He died at Archangel too.
Now it's too late.
They have it.
No, they don't.
You have it?
Do you know what it is?
Please.
Destroy it.
Be stronger than me.
It is the only one.
Do it now.
We can't do that.
He doesn't know who the client
is.
We have to witness Altman doing
the exchange.
- And him? - Pow.
He built the weapon that killed
a million people.
Let's just draw a target on his
back,
follow him around, and kill
whoever kills him.
He's right about one thing,
though.
There's been so much death
already.
Gentlemen, what do we do now?
Let's put him on a plane.
To where?
Need to know, asshole.
As long as you're carrying that
disk, this isn't over.
Stay healthy.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOANING]
I-- I can't say it.
My friends would get mad at me.
Leave her alone, you fucking
coward.
[MUMBLING]
ARLO: The old times, they were
bad.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
MAN: Your style is your
responsibility.
One question, perhaps you use a
[INAUDIBLE]
like we did in the jungle.
Where?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey.
[GUN COCKS]
Pentothal doesn't work on me.
What is this?
What do you think?
[GRUNTING]
It's cocaine.
[GUN SHOT]
Open your eyes.
Wake up!
Then everyone is very happy, you
and me.
You motherfucker.
[GUN SHOTS]
I waited for you, my old
friend.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Drop your weapon.
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOTS]
[GUN SHOTS]
[PANTING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I don't know about you, but I'm
hoping
for either a boy or a girl.
[LAUGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BEEPING]
You call this coffee?
AGENT: What happened at the
warehouse?
I don't want to talk any more.
AGENT: Tell me what happened at
the warehouse.
Take this off.
This is so fucking stupid.
Why am I sitting here?
AGENT: What happened at the
warehouse?
You rigged the paperwork to say
whatever you want it to say.
You're a liar.
And all that's left is finding
the scapegoat.
There's Thorn or me.
And here I sit.
You need a hospital.
[SCREAMS]
I've just been informed that a
bureau agent escorted
one Sameer Fazli through
security at DIA
and placed him on a plane for
Bogota.
Any idea who the agent might be?
Ah, it doesn't matter.
We intercepted Fazli.
And he's headed for the federal
pen where he will
be spending a very long time--
if nothing happens to him.
Am I done here?
That's up to you, Tony.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
What is this?
The stuff that bad dreams are
made of.
[LAUGHTER]
Mr. Altman, have we been to
heaven?
Oh, I see.
I'm really sorry about Dodd.
You know, if it had been easy,
the client wouldn't
have thought it was a valuable.
[LAUGHS]
Get better.
What is this?
It doesn't make you happy.
You think blood money makes me
happy?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SCREAMS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[DISTANT THUNDER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
You know, ballistics matched
the weapon
you used against the cops with
the victims
at the Archangel Company.
Let's see, you go to state
prison,
continue your physical therapy,
stand trial, are found guilty,
and are executed for killing
four police officers
and more than a dozen others.
Or you come into the company.
[RAINING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
A gift.
He works for you?
Well, if they don't do what I
tell them to,
they're sleeper cells.
Well, they do what you tell
them to do, the field agents.
God, it's peaceful, isn't it?
No, they're still sleeper cells.
You ordered me to kill Kim.
Someday you'll order Brill to
kill me.
Tried that.
Didn't take, did it?
[COUGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BOY: Are you OK?
Hm?
Come here, child.
What's your name?
Huey.
Nice to meet you.
Is that real?
Have you ever killed anyone
with it?
What do you think?
No.
I have killed many people with
this gun.
So guys prayed for life.
And other guys prayed and cried.
You know my answer?
Yes.
Hey, what do you want to be when
you grow up?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[SCREAMING]
[GASPING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[GUNFIRE]
[SCREAMING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: Altman
gets Thorn to hit Karl Kim,
but Thorn turns the tables and
tells him.
So Kim hits Altman in front of a
hundred witnesses.
I would have liked to have seen
that.
Afterwards, I hope you don't
leave me here with the snakes.
But if you do, I'll understand.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GASPS]
What's your name?
Selma.
You care for him?
A lot.
Does he care for you?
A lot less.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[METAL CLANKS]
AGENT: What happened to Jennifer
Mi Yong?
Jennifer Mi Yong.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOT]
I don't know what happened to
her?
Why do you ask?
Looks like you're going to need
this.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
This is a promotion.
What's with you guys?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[PHONE RINGING]
AGENT POWERS [ON PHONE]: Paul,
Brill
sent you a black envelope.
He wants you back.
Don't do it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Ms. Crane is in.
She'll see you in 12 minutes.
Certainly.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Why isn't this a surprise?
Well, I guess you guys want to
get it right, huh?
Hello.
Fuck.
I have definitely been here
before.
Not on this side of the table.
Are these really necessary?
Brill? You out there?
You think this all began with
the archangel killings?
You're wrong.
It started with Paul Thorn, Paul
Rand.
It started with nightmares.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
You've done it again.
[SCREAMS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, Paul.
Is that guy stalking you?
Maybe.
Because I can bust him, you
know.
I can shoot him, legally.
Thank you, Maria.
Seven or ten bullets, sir?
You choose.
Seven.
Guess you'll need the 1911
then.
Paul, with the amount of money
you've spent on rentals
over the past couple of years,
you could have
bought three pistols already.
He's still weird.
[GUN SHOTS]
You know, Paul, if you're in
some sort of trouble,
I understand you running under
the radar.
You think my last name is Chen?
Here.
Take it.
No numbers, no nothing.
No thanks.
You don't own a gun?
Must be because you lack skills.
He is better than you.
Shut up, Luke.
[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Happy anniversary.
How you doing, man?
You know what God says when you
see something like that?
There must be a me.
I mean, look at her.
How does she do it?
How did you find me?
It's who I am, remember?
It's what I do.
I find people who usually don't
want to be found.
I didn't want to disappear
forever, just for a while.
Well, it's been a little while
Paul Thorn.
Looks like they patched you up
pretty good.
Remember anything about the
accident?
They told me I was fucked up,
but my wife was dead.
Why wasn't she wearing her seat
belt, Paul?
Clean now?
I don't even take aspirin.
When you murder your wife, it
tends to make
you see things differently.
Well, I'm sure she forgives
you.
PAUL: That makes it worse.
DANIEL DODD: You seeing anybody
now?
PAUL: No.
DANIEL DODD: You happy here?
PAUL: You mean, would I'd be
happy killing
for the government again?
DANIEL DODD: Have you ever
killed anybody
that didn't need killing?
We'd get a black file, some
pictures.
What did we really know?
That never bothered you before.
I didn't feel anything before.
You know, those Archangel
workers were
killed about 4 miles from here.
You hit 11 out of 12 of them.
You didn't think of calling?
The 12th was a co-owner, Sameer
Fazli.
He went missing.
I got a call this morning from
him.
Said he'd offer me information
for protection.
I'm going to meet with him
tonight.
Back me up?
I have plans.
Oh-- oh, you got plans.
Oh, what kind of plans?
The kind where you don't have
to kill anyone.
Well, you know where I live.
PAUL: Danny, call me later.
Man, there must be a me.
The job gave Thorn a bad
cocaine habit.
And that habit killed his wise.
Do the math.
What habits do you have, Agent?
But you know, he actually got
clean in Narcotics
Anonymous for three years.
I think you're next.
Thank you.
Hi.
I lost my daughter to--
I lost my daughter to my
ex-husband
who's worse off than me.
I mean, those courts, they don't
care about the truth.
You know, they don't care about
who's rightest or wrongest.
They just want to move my kid
around so it
looks like they're working.
I've been clean, you know, and
it's not right.
It's not right.
I've been clean.
So I'll keep going.
Paul.
Yeah?
We-- we've been keeping track,
son.
Happy birthday.
Paul.
Paul.
Hey, you won't tell anyone I'm
here, will you?
I mean because I like just
joined the force
five minutes ago and stuff.
It's anonymous.
Yeah, OK.
Want to go get some coffee?
Hot date, marriage, kids, live
happily ever after.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHTER]
- Let's go. - Tired yet?
Ladies, serve my friend.
[LAUGHTER]
You better let it go.
Sausages are ready.
PAUL: Hey, Laura, let me see
that tattoo.
Paul.
Now I get to see Aunt Lou's
birthmark.
Come on now.
You told him about my
birthmark?
Well, someday we're going to be
showing this to our children.
Yeah, so he can see how his dad
died of a massive heart attack.
Look at that meat he put on his
place.
[LAUGHTER]
You guys are crazy.
I'll be back.
Hey, bud, you OK?
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Danny.
Danny.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN: What's on it?
[GUN SHOTS]
[GUN SHOTS]
TIMOTHY POWERS: We thought it
would be easy.
Grab the disk, then scare the
occupant
into signing a confidentiality
agreement, patriotic duty,
and all that shit.
And then go home.
Maybe even get Dodd to the
hospital in time.
Why do you think Dodd didn't
inform you or us?
Is that a real question?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Novak, Peterson, Corey, Turner,
Latham, Riley, Torres, Piper.
Jesus.
Know him?
Paul Thorn killed eight of my
men.
Maybe he wasn't alone.
Maybe he handed off the disk and
created a diversion.
That's a hell of a diversion,
don't you think.
Look at James.
Let's run a check on Dodd, see
if we can
find a connection with Thorn.
What's on this disks, sir?
That's a kneed to know.
You don't know, do you, Chief
Powers?
That's because I don't need to
know, Agent Brief.
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: Who
was she?
No one.
A nurse, Stacia something.
Only mark on her record was a
DUI she got when
she was upset over her divorce.
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: But to
have the balls to help
a wounded man crouched beside a
dumpster,
she must have been doing penance
for some sin.
Way things turned out, it must
have been a pretty good one.
Wait.
Please.
Is that a 45?
Do you like guns?
Are you going to rape me?
No more questions.
Sorry.
I talk when I'm nervous.
Your arm will get infected.
You could fix it at your place.
Drive.
OK.
AGENT BRIEF: This doesn't read
like the home
of a vicious killer.
Whoever Paul Thorn, he's a pro.
Riley here was our best.
And Thorn outdrew him.
Yep.
After he took out Corey and
Peterson.
Look, we're going to be OK.
Should I call Mr. Brill or Mr.
Altman?
No.
I'll call Brill, and Brill will
call Altman.
Fucking chain of command.
Go ahead.
Maybe it is the home of a
vicious killer.
Jesus Christ.
PAUL: I'm not kidnapping you.
My name is Paul Rand.
And I used to work for the
government.
I just worked a double shift at
st. Mary's ER.
So why don't you just get to the
part that happened right
before you abducted me at gun
point.
My friend broke into my house,
gave
me this, and died on my floor.
What is it?
All that's left of Archangel's
inventory.
The massacre on TV.
You?
Then give it to the police.
They killed my friend Dodd.
They'll kill me too.
When will he be back?
An hour.
Where is he?
He left.
He left seven months ago.
Look, some women are hooked on
vodka.
I was hooked on vodka and
Charles.
I'm hooked.
I was hooked.
Whatever.
I need your computer.
You're holding the gun.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
Tony.
This must be bad news.
Someone else has it.
And I lost it.
Paul Thorn.
Dodd broke into his house.
Dodd?
Dead.
I'll take care that.
This Thorn killed eight men.
Eight?
Yeah.
It would help me find him if I
knew what was on the disk.
I don't really know myself,
Tony.
Hey, you want to join us?
Nah.
I got to pick up some pieces.
Hm.
[PHONE RINGING]
[TRAFFIC SOUNDS]
[PHONE RINGING]
Sending a 20.
Ah, fuck.
I need Arlo.
What's an Arlo?
A friend.
Surprised you have any.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Did you sleep yet?
Bad dreams.
I've got to get out of here.
Arlo.
Am I going with you?
I haven't decided.
REPORTER [ON TV]: Police aren't
releasing much information
about the gun fight that took
place here
between several federal agents.
The battle left eight men dead
and a dangerous suspect
at large.
Police and federal authorities
are looking for Paul
Thorn, the owner of house.
Thorn should be considered
dangerous
even though at this point he's
only wanted for questioning.
You killed those men.
PAUL: I had no choice.
Like you didn't kill the people
from the computer company.
Stay there.
Stay there.
[GUN COCKING]
I promise I won't call the
police.
What if there's a fire.
You can't leave me like this.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How can I help you, mister?
You've got one sick sense of
humor, mister.
You know that, don't you?
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Arlo.
Danny's dead.
Like you or for real?
He was killed for this.
What's on it?
Hm, I don't know.
I know who he is.
Mighty nice of Altman to let
one of our axis of evil enemies
access his desktop.
I wonder if Karl Kim gets a
pension from us too.
ARLO: Now, if I had something
really important
that I could die for, I'd
probably install
some kick-ass security system.
And maybe even a nasty virus so
nobody can mess with it.
Why the hell did you let me go
on thinking you were gone,
you asshole?
Sorry, Arlo.
Well, this little bastard can
let
us read the disk without it
knowing
that we've got access to it.
You know, I cried at your
funeral, dickhead.
PAUL: What's this?
You know, the government hasn't
really
had that much business for me.
So when I'm not doing
surveillance, I do repairs.
It covers the mortgage.
[WHIRRING]
There, in a little while it'll
crack the code.
Spec 4.
Arlo Gentry.
Good.
[DIALING PHONE] Yes, I found
him.
[PHONE RINGING]
Sir, I'm point man on this
operation.
Where are you getting you intel?
Well, if you're point man,
Tony, what do
I have to get it for you at all.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Jesus Christ.
Geraldine Crane.
She's the goddess of the
computer world.
An engineer?
She owns engineers.
A good portion of the science
world too.
She's a business genius.
I can't believe I'm looking at
her private files.
She made $1 billion working for
the Defense Department,
you know, the stealth fighter
and a few other secret stuff
there.
Then she broke away to have more
freedom in a small company.
PAUL: Like Archangel.
Yeah, she probably thought a
smaller
company would be less visible,
but it wasn't smart enough.
PAUL: Why would someone want her
dead?
[BEEP] - Holy shit.
Is that what I think it is.
I've never met this woman.
But if she's associated to this
thing, I want her dead.
[BANGING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'll trade with you.
Daniel Dodd.
I had my men staking out
Fazli's
place, the guy from Archangel.
Dodd showed up.
He didn't know who we were.
We didn't know who he was.
And they followed him to my
house.
Yeah.
And then my friends shot back.
Sorry.
You were there, huh?
No.
So how the fuck did you know
what happened?
Show him the disk.
What's on it?
I don't know what's on the
disk.
You don't know what's on the
disk?
BRILL: No, I don't know.
We know.
Well, then you tell me.
- Who's your boss? - Altman.
Altman, Ernest Altman, well, if
he didn't fucking tell you
what was on that disk, why
should we trust you?
He's asking himself the same
question.
Is that true, Brill?
Are you asking yourself that
same question right now?
Yeah, I'm asking myself the
same question.
What is this? A comedy of
errors?
Look, why don't you guys come in
with me.
I can protect you.
You've got some spending money,
right?
I call a fund.
I'll take some of that.
I tell you what.
I'll trade with you.
I trust you.
Just don't hurt yourself.
I'll send you the receipts.
They linked Dodd to me.
They figured out my real name.
And that's how they got linked
up to me.
Thanks a lot, partner.
They're moving fast.
Too fast.
Too fucking fast.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
AGENT: You lost more men that
day
than I did at Thorn's house.
I'm right handed.
We know.
You got any sugar?
I'll walk around the block
and--
check the perimeter.
There were complications.
In the service, when things got
tense,
do something routine to feel
normal.
I need a shower.
Did you get the plates off the
vehicle?
No.
[CAR APPROACHING]
Jennifer works with us.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Tony, you think you can handle
this part?
Bring him in, now.
Who's Angela?
My wife.
She died in a car accident.
We were coming back from our
cabin.
I was leaving for the Middle
East.
And I wanted her to do something
special.
She took my stash away from me
earlier that night.
I was having trouble staying
awake.
I was addicted to cocaine.
I needed it.
[CRASH]
[GASPING]
PAUL: That was three years ago.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
James, what are we working on?
We aren't working on anything.
I'm working a data mining
algorithm.
I need a little information on
an asset.
Go through channels.
File a work order.
Have Mr. Altman approve it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BELL RINGING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
First name, Jennifer.
European?
Asian.
Known associates.
Currently in country.
Karl Kim.
In Korean, Karl means knife.
Very impressive, James.
He's not ours. He's not KCIA.
Got him.
Bring up Altman.
This could be considered
treason.
Not if he committed treason
first.
Cross check.
We paid Karl Kim for Operation
Tracer from April 13
to April 20.
Altman signed an invoice that
week
for miscellaneous equipment.
And the defense contract people
were killed on the 20th.
Erase any sign that we were
here.
Done before you ask.
You're good for it, James.
Ah.
What's the matter.
He has a concussion.
I'm sorry.
Here. - Thank you.
You're welcome.
Well, if I was tied up for
three hours,
I wouldn't be so nice.
I tried to shoot off his foot.
Oh, that's good.
That's all right then.
I'm reassigning you.
Karl Kim.
What is he?
Chinese Intel?
Korean?
Just like the good old days.
The old times were bad times.
[KNOCKING]
CHARLES: Stacia. - Charles?
Charles?
What the hell is he doing here?
[KNOCKING]
[GUN SHOT]
Ow.
Damn.
You have the disk.
I know what he wants with the
disk.
But what does she mean to you.
Just give them the god damn
disk.
The disk is over there.
If you learn what it is, raise
your free.
If you deliver it, you'll be a
national hero.
Really.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOTS]
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: So
Karl Kim orders
Jennifer to grab the ex-husband
and bring the B team
to bring the nurse's apartment.
They're supposed to take out
Thorn, Gentry
and grab the disk.
The score rises.
Two dead enemy agents and the
divorced nurse
becomes the widowed nurse.
Kim should have gone himself.
AGENT: Jennifer Mi Yong, did she
escape?
Jennifer always escapes.
AGENT: That's where you come
back in.
That's where I came back in.
AGENT: Did you inform Brill of
your intentions or whereabouts?
Jeez, I left him a voicemail.
Didn't he get that?
Come on.
Just a second.
Yeah.
Come on.
That's enough.
She's as good his Doc Reynolds.
I killed that man.
He was going to kill you.
Then why do I feel like such
shit, huh?
Because you're a human being.
What are you, huh?
You're leaving?
I'm going to Dodd's.
If I'm not back in two hours,
get in the car.
Yeah, we're supposed to
displace everything.
And then we have to go
somewheres far, far away.
No man, I'm gong with you.
Shit.
Do I get a vote?
No.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[TV BLARING]
[GUN COCKING]
Daniel Dodd's home movies.
This one's 4th of July, 2007.
I just watched another one
called our wedding.
And you and Angela, you were
great best man and maid
of honor.
Brill sent you.
No.
Brill didn't know you'd be here.
I did.
You killed a lot of our men,
Paul.
Who are you?
They killed my friend.
Daniel Dodd.
And then what?
I guess that's supposed to maybe
make us even.
Dodd was going to meet a man
named Fazli.
OK.
And I know where Fazli is.
That dumb son of a bitch left is
20 on Dodd's cell phone.
Where is he?
I don't know who you were, and
I don't know who you are,
but right now, I've got a
feeling
you're just about the only
person I can trust around here.
Let me hear the message.
Well, then, why don't you tell
me what's on the disk?
Well, maybe Fazli will tell us
both.
Call me stupid, but I'm going to
give this back to you.
And when I do, you put it away,
all right?
Go.
AGENT: So you had Thorn at
gunpoint?
Yeah.
And I could have dropped him.
I could have grabbed the disk
and brought it to you.
And you would have been a good
little soldier
and given it to Altman.
And Altman would have given it
to the North Koreans,
just like he did.
Only difference is Thorn would
be dead.
AGENT: And you wouldn't be in
that chair.
Karl Kim in that bitch killed
11 people at Archangel.
We lost Dodd and eight more at
Thorn's house,
Arlo Gentry, another nine, four
or five
cops, a couple of civilians, and
a fucking
partridge in a pear tree.
And you are blaming me?
AGENT: The officers were killed
after you released Thorn.
Right.
And shit runs downhill.
Jesus.
Do you ever leave anybody alive?
He was a lookout for Karl Kim,
North Korean special forces.
He killed those people at
Archangel.
Some fucks.
Who ordered this?
Altman.
Who else?
Look, you know, if you just tell
me what this package is,
Brill and I would be able to ID
the client.
Ask Fazli.
I'm going shopping.
Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
Do something normal.
That's what we used to do we
when we got tense.
You know, that's what we do.
I used to drink.
I'm buying.
You just got cash, right?
Yep.
All right, can I borrow a
dollar?
See I got to stay alive till
Wednesday now.
[ELECTRIC BUZZING]
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: She
buys
her stuff with a credit card.
Altman's got her flagged.
Karl Kim lands a block and a
half from their hiding place.
From there it was easy.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Waiting till he's praying.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Don't.
Of course not.
There's been too much death
already.
I don't know who the buyer was.
Geraldine, did that was her
task.
Oh, Geraldine.
The others.
Look, I tried to get the
schematic to the right people.
Mr. Reynolds said I could trust
Mr. Dodd.
Doc Reynolds?
Yes, our security chief.
He was a medic in the military.
He died at Archangel too.
Now it's too late.
They have it.
No, they don't.
You have it?
Do you know what it is?
Please.
Destroy it.
Be stronger than me.
It is the only one.
Do it now.
We can't do that.
He doesn't know who the client
is.
We have to witness Altman doing
the exchange.
- And him? - Pow.
He built the weapon that killed
a million people.
Let's just draw a target on his
back,
follow him around, and kill
whoever kills him.
He's right about one thing,
though.
There's been so much death
already.
Gentlemen, what do we do now?
Let's put him on a plane.
To where?
Need to know, asshole.
As long as you're carrying that
disk, this isn't over.
Stay healthy.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOANING]
I-- I can't say it.
My friends would get mad at me.
Leave her alone, you fucking
coward.
[MUMBLING]
ARLO: The old times, they were
bad.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
MAN: Your style is your
responsibility.
One question, perhaps you use a
[INAUDIBLE]
like we did in the jungle.
Where?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey.
[GUN COCKS]
Pentothal doesn't work on me.
What is this?
What do you think?
[GRUNTING]
It's cocaine.
[GUN SHOT]
Open your eyes.
Wake up!
Then everyone is very happy, you
and me.
You motherfucker.
[GUN SHOTS]
I waited for you, my old
friend.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Drop your weapon.
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOTS]
[GUN SHOTS]
[PANTING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I don't know about you, but I'm
hoping
for either a boy or a girl.
[LAUGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BEEPING]
You call this coffee?
AGENT: What happened at the
warehouse?
I don't want to talk any more.
AGENT: Tell me what happened at
the warehouse.
Take this off.
This is so fucking stupid.
Why am I sitting here?
AGENT: What happened at the
warehouse?
You rigged the paperwork to say
whatever you want it to say.
You're a liar.
And all that's left is finding
the scapegoat.
There's Thorn or me.
And here I sit.
You need a hospital.
[SCREAMS]
I've just been informed that a
bureau agent escorted
one Sameer Fazli through
security at DIA
and placed him on a plane for
Bogota.
Any idea who the agent might be?
Ah, it doesn't matter.
We intercepted Fazli.
And he's headed for the federal
pen where he will
be spending a very long time--
if nothing happens to him.
Am I done here?
That's up to you, Tony.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
What is this?
The stuff that bad dreams are
made of.
[LAUGHTER]
Mr. Altman, have we been to
heaven?
Oh, I see.
I'm really sorry about Dodd.
You know, if it had been easy,
the client wouldn't
have thought it was a valuable.
[LAUGHS]
Get better.
What is this?
It doesn't make you happy.
You think blood money makes me
happy?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SCREAMS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[DISTANT THUNDER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
You know, ballistics matched
the weapon
you used against the cops with
the victims
at the Archangel Company.
Let's see, you go to state
prison,
continue your physical therapy,
stand trial, are found guilty,
and are executed for killing
four police officers
and more than a dozen others.
Or you come into the company.
[RAINING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
A gift.
He works for you?
Well, if they don't do what I
tell them to,
they're sleeper cells.
Well, they do what you tell
them to do, the field agents.
God, it's peaceful, isn't it?
No, they're still sleeper cells.
You ordered me to kill Kim.
Someday you'll order Brill to
kill me.
Tried that.
Didn't take, did it?
[COUGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BOY: Are you OK?
Hm?
Come here, child.
What's your name?
Huey.
Nice to meet you.
Is that real?
Have you ever killed anyone
with it?
What do you think?
No.
I have killed many people with
this gun.
So guys prayed for life.
And other guys prayed and cried.
You know my answer?
Yes.
Hey, what do you want to be when
you grow up?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOTS]
[SCREAMING]
[GASPING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[GUNFIRE]
[SCREAMING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
AGENT POWERS [VOICEOVER]: Altman
gets Thorn to hit Karl Kim,
but Thorn turns the tables and
tells him.
So Kim hits Altman in front of a
hundred witnesses.
I would have liked to have seen
that.
Afterwards, I hope you don't
leave me here with the snakes.
But if you do, I'll understand.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GASPS]
What's your name?
Selma.
You care for him?
A lot.
Does he care for you?
A lot less.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[METAL CLANKS]
AGENT: What happened to Jennifer
Mi Yong?
Jennifer Mi Yong.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN SHOT]
[GUN SHOT]
I don't know what happened to
her?
Why do you ask?
Looks like you're going to need
this.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
This is a promotion.
What's with you guys?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[PHONE RINGING]
AGENT POWERS [ON PHONE]: Paul,
Brill
sent you a black envelope.
He wants you back.
Don't do it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]