Driven to Kill (2009) - full transcript

A former Russian mobster named Ruslan, who is now a crime novelist, returns home and discovers his daughter is marrying his arch nemesis. His past also comes back to haunt him when his family is threatened. Hungry for justice, Ruslan returns to the life he once knew...with a vengeance.

[ Woman ]
Metal spike roulette?

Honestly, baby, that was
my favorite part of your book.

Like, seriously.
You hide a metal spike
under a cup...

and take turns betting
until someone hits the cup
with the spike?

How crazy were you guys?
[ Russian Accent ]
We were young and stupid.

It was a long time ago,
so we don't really talk
about it much anymore.

Tell me the trick.
Come on. How did you know
where to find the metal spike?

I want the whole thing.
Metal spike, the roulette?

Everything, baby. Please?
I know you won't get hurt.

If you do it for me,
I will do anything you want.

Baby, you've given me
anything I want for five years now.



Yes. But you know
my girlfriend Selena?

I do.
She hasn't,

and I promise you, if you show me
this trick, that you'll have both of us.

Can you hurry up
and start doing this, please?

Okay.

Close your eyes.
Okay.

Are you ready?
I'm ready.

[ Gasping ]

Oh, my God.
How did you know that?

I didn't. The trick was
just to not give a fuck.

[ Typing ]

[ Phone Rings ]

[ Speaks Russian ]

She's marrying Stephan Abramov?



[ Woman, Russian Accent ]
He uses Arbarn now.

He's not like his father.
You'll see.

Yeah, I understand that, but why
am I always the last to know?

Lanie was afraid to call.

She knew how upset you'd be,
but, Ruslan, she wants you here.

I really think she needs you.

It's tomorrow afternoon.
I'm hoping you can catch a flight.

Oh, believe me,
I'll be there.

That's wonderful.
Your daughter will be very happy, Ruslan.

You have a pen?
I know where you live,
Katya.

We moved.

What happened?

It's a long story,
and it's not a very happy one.

We'll catch up when you get here.

[ Speaks Russian ]

I'll go get a pen.
[ Plane Arriving ]

California?
It's that obvious?

Hey, too much sun,
not enough tenement
buildings, you know?

You don't get sandwiched
amongst enough people,

you wind up never knowing any.

Ruslan.
[ Speaks Russian ]

Ruslan.
[ Russian ]

[ Chuckles, Speaks Russian ]

I had a feeling that you'd come back.
Oh, my--

[ Russian ]

[ Continues In Russian ]

No friends, only enemies.

Loyalty cost us everything, Brot.

Loyalty between you and me--
Da.

cost us our freedom
for five years.

Mm-hmm.
Five fucking years
in the Gulag.

There are not many of us left
who remember those days.

[ Russian ]

Please tell everyone?
Yeah?

I'm back here only
on personal business.
Ofcourse I will,

but I'm not sure
they would believe it.

Well, I don't care.
It's personal business--
family business.

Absolutely, absolutely.

I'll get the message to Mikhail.

The guy in California
is writing a book about your life.

I read it too, and I think
your enemies read it too,

and because ofthat,
I want you to have this.

Be careful, Ruslan. Okay?

[ Russian ]

Welcome back.
Do svidaniya.

[ Russian ]

Brot, do svidaniya.
[ Russian ]

[ Speaks Foreign Language ]

He asked you a question.
You know,
I wasjust leaving.

[ Man ]
Too late for that, huh?
You offended us.

You need to be punished.

It'd be really nice
if I could just leave, you know.

[ Chuckles ]
It's not gonna happen.

Oh, fuck!

Okay, now I guess
it's you and me.

Fuck. I'm so sorry.
I'm not like you.
I'm just a pretender.

Didn't you say,
"If someone does something bad,

hejust has to be punished"?
No, no, it's a joke.

Joke?
Get down on your knees.

This will be the first time...

you ever are punished
for telling a bad joke.

- [ Groans ]
- [ Russian ]

I'll go to get my broom.

Do svidaniya.

Ruslan?

You forget who's paying
for this damn thing.

I should get a say
in who goes.

He's her father.
She wants him there.

Do you want him there?
Leave me alone, Terry.

I asked you a question.
What is the question?

Do I want a real man
to give my daughter away
on her wedding?

[ Gasps ]

[ Cab Driver]
Fancy place.
You sayyour wife lives here?

- Ex-wife.
- Looks like she's throwing
one hell ofa party.

Somebody getting married?

My daughter.
[ Distant Chattering ]

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Man ]
This one, and this one, please.

[ Woman ]
Yeah. We're gonna actually?
[ Doorbell Rings ]

Come on in.
You must be Ruslan,

the guy who writes
the snuff books.
Yeah.

Terry Goldstein.
I'm Catherine's husband.

I'm also a defense attorney,
so I defend guys like you.
I mean, the guys in your books.

[ Speaks Russian ]

[ Russian ]

[ Russian ]
You have met Terry?

Yeah, we werejust
talking about my books.
Seems like he's a fan.

He should be.
And you?

You've done a great job
with my baby.

When was the last time
I saw you?

Graduation?
No, law school.

She's a prosecutor now
at D.A.'s office.

[ Chuckles ]
And where is she?

She's upstairs.
The limo arrives in three hours
to take us to the church.

Try to convince her that if
she doesn't wear the veil,

she'll end up looking
like a Victoria's Secret model.

[ Russian ]
Okay.

[ Ruslan ]
Hey.

Dad?

I've missed you.

I've missed you too.

- So, what did she say?
- You're more beautiful than ever.

Which I knew.

And that I shouldn't be
late for the wedding.

Did she say anything else?

There was some arguing
on the phone.

Yeah, the guy she married's
a bit ofa prick.

I met him downstairs.

I want you to meet my fianc?.

Ruslan, nice to meet you
finally.

My name is Stephan Arbarn.

Nice to meet you.

You know, um,

maybe I can spend
a few moments with him...

and talk a little--you know.

I'd like that.
It's important to me.

The limo and the church?
It can wait.

Ah,just a few minutes.

Remember those stories
Ruslan used to send you
when you were small?

Yeah, the dragon
and the little blind girl?

She used to think
that he wasjust a swan,

and he never wanted her
to figure out otherwise.

It's kind of sad.

Don't blame your father for that.

Stephan is my life now.

Do you need your father's approval
to keep feeling that way?

I learned a long time ago he wants us
to have what he cannot give.

I'm glad he came today.

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Russian ]
Gangster?

Whoa. I think we're
getting offon the wrong foot.

My father is the gangster,
and he wants me to follow in his--

Footsteps.
Yeah, I know.

Then you met Lanie.

And she expects more from me.

Yeah. Let me ask you?

Do you think Mikhail might
blame my daughter or me...

for taking you offthe path?

Look, my father's
old-school Russian.

He expects me to come crawling
back someday-- maybe to turn
into someone like you.

You don't know me.

And all the people
I worked with?

None ofthem lived
to tell the story.

Then we won't speak about it.

That would be best.

[ Russian ]

[ Chattering ]

When they leave, we go in.
[ Woman ] All right.
We'll bring it around back.

Hey, Lanie.

I don't want to disturb you.
I, uh?

I know you already have a ring.

This... belonged
to my mother.

She was from St. Petersburg,
and she was very beautiful,just like you.

I would love for you
to have this.

[ Chattering, Faint ]

[ Footsteps ]

[ Stephan ]
Lanie, Terry's gonna
drop me offat the church.

We can drop Ruslan off
at his hotel on the way.

Whose ring?

Thank you, Daddy.
It's beautiful.

I know how valuable
it is to you,

so I'll wear it
and I'll treasure it.

Why don't I put this
over here for later?
for the wedding ceremony.

[ Ruslan ]
I'll, uh, go to the hotel and get changed
and meet you at the church.

I'll have Terry pick you up.
Well? I mean, I can take a taxi.

Daddy, please. For me.

You have to learn
to get along.
Okay.

And, Daddy,

don't judge Stephan
too hard or too fast.

If you're happy, I'm happy.
And you're happy, so go on.

[ Man ]
This is the last ofthe flowers.
Where should I put them, Mr. Goldstein?

[ Goldstein ]
How the hell should I know?
Ask my wife.

[ Door Creaks, Closes ]

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Muffled ]
No! No! No!

[ Muffled Shouting ]
[ Knife Slicing ]

[ Scream Echoes ]

?? [Jazz, Faint ]

- [ Phone Beeps ]
- [ Man ] Hello?

Yeah, Goldstein,

I thought, you know,
for Lanie's sake,

you and I should?
Look, look, look.

I need you
to hang on a minute, okay?
Something's happened here.

I need you
to talk to my sergeant.

Hello? Hello?

Hello?
[ Phone Snaps Shut ]

[ Man ]
Yeah, let him through.

[ Officers Chattering ]

[ Police Radio Chatter ]

[ Man ]
You talk to both ofthem?

[ Chattering ]

[ Man #2 ]
Wanna bag that?

[ Chattering ]

[ Man #3 ]
We're gonna have to dust
for prints in all areas.

- [ Chattering ]
- [ Camera Shutter Clicks ]

[ Camera Shutter Clicks ]

[ Police Radio Chatter ]

[ Exhales ]

[ Ruslan ]
How is she?

Stab wounds.
Concussion.

She's critical but stable.

[ Exhales ]

Sharp dresser.

Where you from, Detective?
The 2-6?
Yeah.

Like hell.

That's my number.

What the fuck is this?

He's the father.

[ Camera Shutter Clicks ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Siren Wails, Stops ]

- We think they were looking
for a safe in here.
- This was no robbery.

Whether this was a robbery
or a setup to look like one,

we're still gonna
check into everything.

You do know whose family
your daughter was
marrying into, right?

The husband ofthe girl
just arrived.

He's not her husband, number one.
Number two, we gotta be in agreement?

Nobody-- not Goldstein,
not Stephan?

can know
my daughter's still alive.

[ Woman ]
Yeah, okay.
We'll get six ofthose.

Mm-hmm.
That's best for us too.

[ Man Chattering ]
[ Goldstein ]
Who's in charge here?

I want to see my wife.
Where is she?

Oh, my God.
Catherine.

Where is she?
I want to see Lanie.

- Is she--
- The body's already been
removed from the site.

Ruslan,
tell me what happened.

[ Echoing ]
Tell me what happened.

Tell me what happened.

[ Echoing ]
Ruslan.

[ Ruslan ]
The uniform
will be there, da?

The end ofthe hall, 24/7.
You sure you'll be okay?

I could wait and give you a ride
back to your hotel.

That's a good idea.

And do you promise you won't
share the fact that she's alive
with anyone else?

It'll damage our case
ifthe killer finds out.

That's my daughter.
Ofcourse.

And you can't think ofanyone
in her life who you believe
is capable ofdoing this?

No. I mean,
there are many people
who are capable, but, uh,

I don't know why anyone
would do something like this.

You have a past here, right?

What do you mean?

She was marrying
Mikhail Abramov's son.
He's Russian mob.

Oh, is he?

The same group of men
you ran with 20 years ago.

Who told you that?

I'll give you some privacy.

[ Monitor Beeping Steadily ]

Don't worry, my baby.

You're gonna be well.

And those who did this to you
will cry tears of blood.

This I promise you.

The cop at the end ofthe wing
told me you were here.

How's my baby?

She sustained some serious
internal damage.

A sharp object punctured
her chest cavity.

She's suffered blunt trauma
to the head and neck.

Doctor, listen to me.

When you're gonna
talk to me about her,
look me in the eyes.

She'll recover.

It'll take time,
but she's very lucky.

Let's keep the luck going.

Ifthere's anything at all,
you call me at this number.

Stephan seemed pretty torn up--
naturally, I guess.

I mean,
you'd expect that, right?
Yeah.

Listen. I'm gonna pass
on that ride home.

?? [ Whistling ]
[ Ruslan ]
Having a nice day?

Sorry.

I guess I should have knocked.

I lost someone I loved,
just like you.

So, that puts us
in the same boat?

Yeah, I guess so.

Fact is, I want revenge
as much as you.

But let's face it?
I don't have the same skills
in this area as a man like you.

What do you know
about my skills?

I know what I see.

You're a dangerous man,
Ruslan.

You want revenge.
So do I.

I will find the people who did this.
Believe me.

I can help you.

I don't want to be involved,
but I know a man...

who can help you get the tools
you need for a job like that.

Why does that not surprise me?

[ Scoffs ]
I'm a lawyer.

These are the people offwhom
I make my money.

Now, you know what?

I'm gonna write this man's
number down right now...

because I know
you're not gonna want
to waste any time.

That's true. I won't be.

By the way, I, uh?

I tried to arrange to have
Lanie placed beside her mother,

but the morgue
wouldn't release the body.

When this is over,
I will take Lanie's ashes...

back home with me.

So the lawyer says we're not
gonna use any names,

Ruslan from L.A.

So you go to Wal-Mart
for your clothes
but not your guns, huh?

What, you can't wait?
You got a little problem
with the wife?

No.

[ Clicks Tongue ]

[ Man ]
So what do you need?
Sure shot?

Hole in the door?

Spray the school yard?

- Thirty-eight.
- You know disco's dead, right?

Thirty-eight
doesn't leave brass.

Maybe I can test-fire
just a little bit.

You a cop?

'Cause I'm starting
to get that feeling.

No.

[ Clicks Tongue ]

Shooting little bit
far to the left and high.

Maybe I can have another shot.

[ Gun Clicks ]

[ Chamber Clicking ]

[ Ruslan ]
See? It's good now.

So, let me payyou guys.

You look familiar.
We do business before?
[ Cell Phone Rings ]

- Never met.
- [ Rings, Beeps ]

Well, I don't like this.
There's something about you that's off.

You patted him
down good, yeah?
Yeah.

Look, brother,
this is good money.

Let me payyou
and get the fuck out of here.

Just hold on
to that for a second.

He talks like a cop, Dino.
That's exactly the kind of
entrapment shit a cop would say.

What's this?

It's from the man.
No shit.

This note's about you.
It's not good.

?? [ Hard Rock ]

Fuck!

? Late last night I went to sleep
and found myself?

[ Grunts ]
?? [ Continues ]

?? [ Continues ]

[ Clicks ]

[ Bone Cracks ]
[ Grunts ]

[ Groans ]

[ Blows Landing ]

?? [ Ends ]

[ Beeps ]

Told you I wasn't a cop, bitch.

?? [ Russian Traditional ]

[ Door Opens ]

Ruslan.
Oh, please, Ruslan.

I just finished cleaning
after your last visit.

You shouldn't
have to clean up.

What he is doing here?
It is--

I'm not going to hurt him.
Don't worry. Okay?
Don't worry.

Don't worry.
[ Laughs ]

?? [ Ends ]
[ Applause ]

- [ Speaks Russian ]
- You loved my daughter, right?

Why are you asking me that?

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

Well, I see you
brought your daddy.

[ Man ]
Ruslan.

Misha, Misha, Misha.
You're back.

If I said it's good to see you again,
I would be lying.

Please, sit now.

And you, my son?
You still recognize me.

I suppose I should be grateful.

Sorry about Katya
and your daughter.

Can't even imagine
how bad you must feel now.

And Stephan?
He's very sad over--

[ Ruslan ]
Yeah, I'm sure he's sad.

Well, I do really hate to go
away from here thinking...

in any wayyou can blame my son for
whatever that scum did to your family.

I've come here for a reason,
and that is...

I feel that, uh, you have to come
with me to get revenge.

- I told you I'm not a gangster.
- Yeah, but listen.

You don't have to be a gangster...

to take revenge
when someone kills
your wife or your child.

This is what
any real man would do.

- What do you have in mind?
- Take a ride. Ask some questions.

Look around.
See what I can see.

That's the Ruslan I remember.

And what if you come up dry?

I'll leave.
Take my daughter's
ashes and go.

You and I? We were raised
by the same code.

Don't forget that.

He has to do this.

If he's a real man,
he has to do it.

[ Door Opens ]

[ Man ]
Get the hell out of here.
[ Russian ]

Il ya?
[ Russian ]

Said you're never
gonna be back.

We had a deal.

You know, life is a funny thing.

No one can tell
what the future will bring.

[ Il ya ]
We had a deal, Mikhail.
A pact.

Now you're here.
After everything, you treat me
with no respect, huh?

Respect?
You have to earn this.

Remember
who you're dealing with.

[ Russian ]

[ Continues In Russian ]

Let's go.

[ Russian ]

Follow them.

Be ready if I call.

Mind your manners.
Forget about him.

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Russian ]

What the fuck
is going on here
between you guys?

I just don't believe it.

Let's talk about it.

Talk about what?

Talk about old times.

About Ruslan.

And how you're going to help me
kill this cocksucker.

[ Laughs ]

[ Man ]
Yeah? No, bring it.
Over here.

Where are we going?

I'm looking
for a wedding ring.

[ Man Chattering ]

[ Bell Dinging ]

- You know this guy?
- Sure, I know him.

I pay his daddy money once a month.
I'm gonna get a refund?

We're looking for a ring.
It probably came in last night.

Do I know you
from somewhere?

He's a white guy
with a tattoo on his neck.

- Probably thought it was?
- Real valuable, yeah.

At first glance, it does.
But if you study the stone
up close, it's flawed.

Low carats.
Yeah, maybe
no value to you,

but to some people
could be very important.

[ Scoffs ]
You're saying they broke in
to steal your ring?

You know, this is the way
you follow things.

Through something like this,
you might find who you're
looking for, you know. Yeah.

So, let me ask you again?

The white guy
with the tattoo on his neck--

This is a pawn shop, pal,
not an information booth.

You know, somehow I feel...

like you talk a little too tough.

[ Screams ]

[ Groaning ]

- Get the surveillance tape.
- [ Whimpering ]

[ Sobbing ]
Oh, God!

- [ Sobbing, Groaning ]
- [ Tape Ejects ]

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Cell Phone Dialing ]

[ Line Ringing ]
Where are you?

Theyjust came out
ofa pawn shop on Wade.
Ruslan was holding a ring box.

Stephan seemed fine,
but I heard screams inside.
What should I do?

Stay with them.
Ruslan so much as takes a shit,
I know about it.

We'll be done
with this fucker soon.

[ Affirms In Russian ]
What if he spots me?

You think he hasn't already?

[ Doors Close ]

Did you hear
the address he gave me?

Just the projects.
South tower.
No apartment number.

Believe me,
we won't need one.

- What's going on?
- We have to make
the cockroaches come out,

and then we catch them.

Jesus!
[ Screaming ]

[ Speaks Russian ]

[ Rings ]

[ Ringing Continues ]
[ Man ]
What's going on?

Big guy, green coat.
Go!
Think that's the cops?

I'm not staying
long enough to find out.

[ Stephan ]
What ifthere's
all these guards with guns?

Don't get shot.
And stay behind me.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

Keep low and stay close.
[ Man Shouts ]

Down the hall!

[ Grunts ]

This fucking guy is crazy!

Let's get outta here!
Go! Go!

[ Clicks ]
[ Grunts ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Groaning Continues ]

The girl in the mansion?
Ah, shit!

[ Grunts ]

That was my child.

Now, was this a robbery?
Ah, shit!

[ Ruslan ]
Or someone paid you
to do this?

Just so you know,
asshole, I wasn't there.

But I wish I was.

- She'd have died a lot slower.
- [ Gunshot ]

[ Whimpers ]
[ Gun Hits Floor ]

[ Shouts In Russian ]

You know what my next
question was gonna be?
Does he know you?

You think that I?

And then, if I liked the answer,
it was gonna be,

"Who sent you?"

I fuckin' loved her, Ruslan.
At least I was there.

We need information.
Now we have fucking nothing.

I never killed anyone before.

You don't think I was gonna kill him
when I got the information?

Pick up your fucking gun!

Learn to respect
the tools of your trade.

Let's go.

[ Man ]
Stephan and the old man
are heading east.

Da, da.
The kid's doing fine.

I'm on my way.

Da. I got the message too late.
I'm at the place.

Where you at?

You took the fucking wedding ring?
Tell me you weren't that stupid!

No. Look, you said
to take whatever was lying around
and make it look like a robbery.

And now my son's out there
playing vigilante.
I know.

Because I lost one of my men.

And ifthings went to plan,
Stephan was the one who killed him.

What? Plan?

Always easy the first time out
if you're convinced
they deserve it.

No, wait, wait, wait.
You hired us to be the ones?

Killers I got!
This was about revenge.

About my son becoming
what he had to be.

And for this, you need something
to hunt down, something to kill.

So, what,
we were fucking bait?

[ Shouts, Screaming ]

[ Grunting ]
God!

Ruslan would have searched
your dead junkie friend.
What would he find?

You watch TV?
That's what they call
a reenactment.

You sleazy here?

Point me to him, okay?
Let me finish this.
Let me finish this.

I swear to God I'll finish this.

You better not screw this up.

Because I know
where he'll be tonight.

[ Grunts ]

Let's go.

[ Doors Open ]
[ Groaning ]

[ Doors Close ]

[ Engine Starts ]

?? [ Classical ]

[ Rings ]

- [ Gasps ]
- Going somewhere?

Jesus, Mickey,
you scared the hell out of me.

I asked you a question.
I just got offthe phone
with the cops.

They were asking questions
about four dead gun dealers.

One oftheir cell phone logs
says I phoned at the time
they were killed.

I'm going to Aruba
till you handle this.
The fuck you are.

It's your wife's funeral
tomorrow.

Cops will be suspicious
if you don't show.

Please, Mickey.
That guy will kill me...

with the fucking
grave shovel and bury me
in front ofthe priest.

You don't know
what he's capable of.
Oh, yes, I do.

We're from the same
neighborhood.

And that's why I know
his next move.

We have leverage.
Fuck leverage.

I'm gonna kill everything he loves
before I kill him.

But it's a two-way street.

I can't afford to miss
or be distracted by the cops.

So, you go to that funeral.

And Stephan?

?? [ Hard Rock ]

- ?? [ Continues ]
- [ Patrons Chattering ]

?? [ Man Singing, Indistinct ]

? Ifthis could happen to you ?

? Wake up in a dream
and everything
is coming true ?

? Hittin' every green light
Lady Luck's been on my side ?

? Every station in the nation
plays my song tonight ?

? One more time
'cause I'm not satisfied ?

? It'll never get much better
Just enjoy the ride ?

?? [ Continues, Indistinct ]

Stevie.
[ Chuckles ]

Give me a kiss.
How's your dad?

Did you get married yet?

Just one time
before I met Lanie.

Yeah, yeah.
One time. Right.

?? [ Continues, Indistinct ]

Make sure she put them
in the back room, okay?

? Monday
And I still got the blues ?

? Goin' nowhere
You know I've been there
I'm tired of payin' my dues ?

? A double shot ofcourage
won't make it go away ?

? But one day, baby
one day maybe ?

? It could happen to me ??

?? [ Continues ]

Is it supposed
to feel like this?

Losing someone?

Killing someone.

Well, there's
two kinds of people?

Those without a heart
maybe even enjoy it.

They don't feel nothing.

People like you and me,

for us it never gets any easier.

But we'll always
have our reasons.

Then what are we doing here?

As you know,
this is a place that has
lots of interesting bad guys.

And even though
we're looking for them,

I have a feeling
they're also looking for us.

So...

probably we don't
have to wait too long.

Huh.

Ruslan is in the back.

Mikhail said that ifthe kid
doesn't come out of here alive?
I only got two ears.

Oh, yeah, with some brains
between too.

- ?? [ Continues ]
- What are you doing?

Stretching.

Ruslan!

I got orders to take you
to a meeting. Quietly.

[ Grunts ]

See? No guns.

Knives, they don't make
any noise, you know.

I've never been someone
who could, uh,
run from a knife fight.

[ Grunting ]

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Man ]
Come on!
Kill the motherfucker!

[ Grunting Continues ]

[ Groaning ]

- [ Bone Crunching ]
- [ Groaning Continues ]

[ Man Speaks Russian ]
Your dad's waiting out back.

[ Shouts In Russian ]

What's my father doing here?

Oh.
[ Chuckles ]

Oh, you didn't know.

It was your dad who left you
alone at the altar.

Now go.

- Come on, man!
- [ Tires Squealing ]

Move it! Move it!

Stephan, get in the car.
I can explain.

We didn't want
any harm coming to her.
It was an accident.

She was collateral damage.

- Stay out of my life!
- Get in the fucking car, Stephan!

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Sirens Continue Wailing ]

- [ Chattering ]
- [ Speaking Russian ]

[ Russian Continues ]

[ Russian ]

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Groans ]

[ Woman ] Oh, my God!
[ Man ]
This way! Come on!

We're out! Hurry up!

Let's get out of here!

- [ Woman ]
Hurry!
- Freeze!

Freeze! In here!
Over here!

- Put down the knife! Drop it!
- Nobody move!

Pawn shop owner
got himself beat badly.

Two guys. One ring.

Sounds like gay marriage.

Dead body at the projects.

Have you been spending any time
on my daughter's case?

The bouncer went crazy.
All right?

I guess he thought I should be
stuffing dollar bills
down his G-string.

He's the guy
that killed my buddy.

What about this guy,
Ruslan?

He's a hero.

Hmm. Your ear?
How'd that happen?

Wasn't the first club
we hit.

You write books, Ruslan?
Hmm?

Thef don't have
your name on them,
but they sure sound like you.

"FrankieJ. trembled,
his palm wavering across
those last milk shake cups,

"thinking ofthat hidden spike
as if it wasn't just chance
at play, but cruel fate.

"And his friend's voice
goaded him across the table--

'You want to be
a tough guy?"'

Everybody want to
be a tough guy.

But nobody want to
pay the price.

What, you couldn't
talk Il ya out of it?

He needed another hole
in his head?

I don't know
anything about that.

I think we're done here.

I could charge your client
with murder right now.
More than one.

Oh, sure, when you come up
with a witness with the balls
to actually testify,

or a dead body in a strip club
who a jury doesn't think
deserves killing,

we'll trade phone calls.

You want me to sign the book?

Maybe later.

So, what'd you get?

What do you think?
Same B.S. you got.

Goldstein got Ruslan out
for one reason
and one reason only--

so Mikhail could
finish thejob killing him,
and we're going along with it.

This is bullshit.

Well, in case you haven't been
keeping score ofthe body count,
my money's on Ruslan.

You suck.
You just hate it
when I'm right.

[ Goldstein ]
She knows more
than she can prove,

but they're going to be
watching you from now on.

[ Ruslan ]
And the guys
from the strip club?

I sprung them
a couple of hours ago.
Uh-huh.

You know that guy
you sent me to,
uh, to buy those things?

He got a phone call
while I was there and then
started to act very strange.

So he has mood swings.
What do you want me to do?
Nothing. I took care of it.

Good. Fine.
I'm in the parking lot
across the street here.

Have you seen Stephan
recently?

Why?
No reason.

I haven't seen him around.

You think Stephan had
something to do with it?
Why?

Mikhail Abramov.
You know him?

Yeah.
He was a client once.

Double homicide.
He walked.

Warm, friendly guy?

[ Chuckles ]
Cold as ice.

You mind driving?
I've got to make some calls.

Let me ask you something.

When Lanie told me
that she met Stephan in court,

was she representing him?

[ Shotgun Cocks ]

You really didn't
stay in touch, did you?

No.
I'm kind ofa dinosaur.

Catherine never said too much
about what you knew.

Well, I think that's maybe
because she didn't trust you.

At least she married me.

I gave her more
than you ever could.
You think?

Oh, and Lanie and Stephan?
She was prosecuting him.

She had joined
the district attorney's office.

She said she was sick of people
getting away with murder.

What is that, some kind of
family in-joke?

Yeah, and she was going
to marry the son
ofa big-time gangster.

How did Mikhail feel about that?

Concerned.

He hated the idea of his son
marrying your daughter.
Yeah.

Who do you think it was
that tried to talk Stephan
into changing his life?

Lanie.

And Catherine?

Made a lot of bad investments.
Junk bonds mostly.

And I had a lot ofdebt
with Stephan's dad.

She was going to
blow the whistle on me
and all my side deals.

So you decide to have them killed...

so you wouldn't have to go tojail.

Yeah.

That and the big insurance
policy I took out on her should
take care ofall my problems.

You know, I have a feeling...

your troubles arejust beginning.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Car Alarm Chirps ]

[ Laughing ]

[ Car Door Shuts ]
[ Engine Starts ]

[ Man ]
There's another car
across the lot.

Now you're going to take it
slow and easy. Move.

Why don't wejust
do this thing right here?

No, we've got
better plans for you.

Look, if I don't kill you,
he will.

Well, how the fuck are you going
to do that with your eyeballs
bouncing offthe fucking cement?

Mikhail knows
you guys are expendable.

[ Russian ]
...from the Gulag.
That's it.

[ Gunshot ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Clicking ]

Ready for lunch?
I'll let our people know.
Thanks.

We gotta go. Shots fired
in the garage on 1 2th.

- One guess who's involved.
- Let's go get him.

[ Yelling ]

Get up--
[ Russian ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Grunting, Groaning ]

[ Whispers ]
All right.

[ Whimpering ]

[ Sirens Wailing, Faint ]

He's with me.
Let him pass.

What the hell
is so important...

we couldn't talk
over the phone?

You looking
for a free meal?

This is serious shit, Mikhail.
I wouldn't be here unless it was.

Better be. You get paid
to keep your eyes open,
not to socialize.

Relax.

We're among friends here.

Go ahead.

The girl? the one from
the Goldstein house.

She's alive.

That is news.

The kind that could fuck
a perfectly good day.

[ Dishes, Silver ware Clattering ]

Thanks.

[ Female Detective ]
This doesn't feel right.

You think Goldstein had anything
to do with what went down
in the parking garage?

You think he set Ruslan up?
I don't know.
Something doesn't fit.

Where's the groom
that isn't to be?

Maybe we should ask Ruslan that.

Ofcourse we'd have to
find him first.

The question is,
would I want to?

You saw what they did
to his women.
Pretend it was your kid.

Just so you know, I'm not
the only guy in a blue suit
thinking this way.

Justice is served by--

Justice is served
by making sure the right people
are punished for their crimes.

You don't hear me
complaining.

[ Clears Throat ]

You're going to write me
a ticket, Sam?

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Gasps ]

Stephan, please calm?

Don't? Don't do this.

Only four people in that room heard
Lanie say that Ruslan's ring was valuable.

You don't know what I've?

You're the only one
who could have told them
where to find it.

This is murder.
You will do hard time.

Not if I get a good lawyer.

Lanie would not have
wanted this for you.

[ Phone Ringing ]

- [ Ringing Continues ]
- Hello.

- You asked me to call
ifthere were any changes.
- Is there a problem?

Well, the police officer
at the end ofthe wing,
he's not there anymore.

Listen to me.

Immediately you move her now.
You take her where no people would be.

You understand?
There's an abandoned wing.
I'll move her there.

We need to go to the hospital
immediately.

- The hospital?
- Lanie's alive.

- You've got to be fucking kidding me.
- I don't joke about my daughter.

Now, Mr. Goldstein,
you better pray...

none of your friends
get there before I do.

People said you
left this life behind.

You hurt me,
you fall right back into it.

I'm way back already,
believe me.

All three are inside.
We've been watching.
Cops?

No. No one tailed them
from cemetery.
And no drive-bys since.

- Police response time?
- We can draw the two patrol
cars to the far edge oftown.

We're having some
ofour people dial 9-1 -1
and report an officer down.

That leaves the units
from Dickerson Station.

Peak hour on Central Avenue.
Even with their sirens, that
gives us 1 0 minutes at least.

Will 1 0 minutes do it?
I want that son ofa bitch
and his daughter killed.

We'll get it done.

Who cares if real cops show up?
By the time they figure out
who we are, they'll be dead.

- This isn't going to be surgical, boss.
- You think Ruslan would be?

If he comes gunning for me,
pull the car around back.
Might buy ourselves some time.

You're not gonna believe this.

The answer has been
under our noses
the whole time.

- Spit it out, already.
- The other guy, Goldstein?

he took out a life
insurance policy on his wife
just before she was killed.

Let's bring him in.
The question is, where is he?
Right.

Shoot anybody
that comes through the door.

Your father and his men
are on their way.

Don't leave my daughter's side,
no matter what you hear.

Uh-huh.

Please...just let me go.
I'll turn myself in.

You know?
[ Russian ]
I have a bullet for you waiting.

[ Door Opens ]
[ Grunts ]

[ Alarm Ringing ]

I thought you said
we had more time.
We'll handle it, boss.

- Stephan isn't to be hurt.
- [ Chattering, Shouting ]

[ Man ]
Get all the people in the I.C.U.
and move 'em out here.

[ Woman ]
This way. This way.
Let's go. Let's go.

[ Woman ]
There's nothing
to be worried about.

I.C.U.'s all clear.
Let's go.

Hurry. Help me
push this against the door.

[ Alarm Continues Ringing ]

[ Radio: Man ]
Officers on scene
at East Lawn Hospital.

We've got company.
Watch your back.

[ Man ]
Come on, folks.

We'll have you back in
the building in just a couple
of minutes. Thanks a lot.

Hey, guys.

[ Groaning ]

[ Man ]
Go, go, go! Hurry up!
[ Woman ] This way!

[ Man ]
Somebody call somebody now!

[ Groans ]

[ Groaning Continues ]

Kill him!

[ Man Shouting In Russian ]

Go find him!
[ Speaking Russian ]

Go! Go!
Get the girl! Go!

[ Chattering, Shouting ]
This way!

[ Alarm Continues Ringing ]
[ Sirens Wailing ]

I.C.U. is right up here.

[ Chattering ]
Shh! Listen.

Please. Please.
Just?Just let me go.

Not until you pay
for what you've done.

[ Chattering, Shouting ]

We gotta go up the stairs now!
Let's go! Move!

Go.

Ambush!

Kill this motherfucker!

Shoot the tank!

Kill him! Go! Go!

[ Russian ]
Go!

- [ Woman whimpering ]
- [ Man ] What's happening?

She's not here.

Someone tipped them off.

Piece of shit cop
work for both sides.
[ Shouts ]

Find me this fucking girl!

[ Russian ]

[ Chattering, Shouting Continue ]

[ Murmuring ]

Help me move this back.

[ Gasps ]
Where is she?

I don't understand.
The girl
that was in that room.

The daughter of Ruslan?
where is she?

[ All Screaming, Whimpering ]

Hurry, Doctor.
You do not have much time.

[ Chattering, Shouting Continue ]

[ Beeping ]

[ Line Ringing ]

Yes, Detective Norden.
It's Ruslan.

Got shots fired,
East Lawn Hospital.

I'll let our people know.
Thanks.

Ruslan's already there.
They're impersonating cops.

Well, why don't we wait and let
him kill everyone and then just
show up and sign the paperwork?

Mm-hmm.
[ Chuckling ]
[ Grunts ]

This motherfucker
can shoot through anything.

- [ Machine Gun Fire ]
- That's your father.
He'll explain everything.

- Nothing could explain this.
- I'm not the bad guy here!
I didn't pull the trigger!

- You might as well have.
- [ Groans ]

[ Yelling ]

[ Yells ]

- [ Speaking Russian ]
- Alex is dead!

He's got me pinned!

[ Yelling ]

[ Yells ]

[ Shouting In Russian ]

[ Yelling ]

Go, go, go! Go!

[ Monitor Beeping ]

[ Yelling ]

Clear!

[ Chattering, Shouting Continue ]

We'll split up here.

Yes, Detective Norden,
it's Ruslan.

I'm at East Lawn Hospital.

There's been an ambush here
by several people
impersonating police officers.

Go.

[ Mikhail Shouts, Echoing ]
You hear me?

[ Faint Rattle ]

[ Faint Clang ]

[ Yelling ]
[ Machine Gun Fire ]

[ Yelling Stops ]

[ Exhales ]

[ Machine Gun Fire ]

- Mikhail!
- Shut up, motherfucker.

This is Ruslan.

Listen,
there's been an ambush here...

with several people
impersonating police officers.

You can tell
who is the bad guy...

bf the fact that their
detectives wear
patrolmen shields.

[ Grunts ]

Listen, there's been
an ambush here.

[ Click ]
Huh?

[ Yells In Russian ]

You are nothing!

And she is good as dead!

You really think I would
mix my blood with yours?

[ Russian ]

Show yourself, Ruslan.
Come and fight like a man.

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Russian ]

[ Bone Snaps ]
[ Screaming ]

[ Grunting, Groaning ]

[ Russian ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Bone Crunches ]

[ Yelling ]
[ Crunching Continues ]

[ Groans ]

[ Speaking Russian ]

[ Spits ]

You have your rules,
I have mine.

I don't care
whose game we play.

I just care about
who gets to walk away
to tell the story.

Fuck you
and fuck your story.

Now you're going to die.

Let's see you
walk away from this.

- [ Gunshots ]
- [ Shouts In Russian ]

[ Russian ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

- [ Woman ] Let's go! Let's go!
- [ Man ] Get to the O.R. now!

My father?
He's dead.

I'm sorry for the grief
he caused you.

Me too.

Look.
[ Speaking Russian ]
Take him the fuck out of here.

- Fuck that.
- No, Stephan, please!

No-- [ Russian ] No.
You don't act like me.

And you don't act like
your fucking father.

You want to marry
my daughter?

Behave the way she wants you to.
Now get him out of here.

[ Handcuffs Clicking ]
[ Groans ]

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

Oh.

Wake up, my daughter.

Daddy, I love you.

[ Men Chattering ]

- There they are. Got it?
- Yeah, we got it.

Let's go. Move it out.

[ Male Detective ]
Terry Goldstein,
you are under arrest...

for solicitation to commit murder,
murder and racketeering.

Now turn around, please.
You're going for a ride.

[ Stephan ]
Cops are on their way up.

Stephan.

Make my daughter happy.

Da.

[ Speaks Russian ]

[ Murmurs ]

Hi.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Ruslan ]
Hello?

[ Lanie On Phone ]
Hi, Daddy, it's me.

Stephan and I just got back
from our honeymoon.

[ Ruslan ]
Tell me about it, baby.