(MAN CHATTERING)
(PEOPLE CHEERING)
MAN: Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PEOPLE WHISTLING)
DJ: Get down, get down, let me hear you scream!
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
(DANCE MUSIC BLARING)
(WOMAN LAUGHING)
WOMAN: Wait, wait. Wait.
-Wait. -What?
This.
Later.
I want a smoke.
Fine. Smoke.
Smoke all night.
(WOMAN SIGHING)
(MUFFLED SCREAM)
(SOFTLY) Be still. Do not turn around.
Do not turn around, you will not be hurt.
(CRYING)
(DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(KEYS FALL)
(CAR ALARM BEEPS)
WOMAN 1 : Bonjour, Nick.
(NICK GREETING IN FRENCH)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Albert!
Nick.
(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)
JEAN-CLAUDE: Boss. Hi.
-Jean-Claude. -So, the trip was good?
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
So how we doing?
JEAN-CLAUDE: Great. We have many reservation for tonight.
Good. How many covers did we have last night?
-Over 150. -Good.
Bar was steady.
-How was the music? -Oh, great band.
Good. Good.
Albert?
Scotch on the rocks, please, a little water.
Yeah, sure.
(MAX SPEAKING FRENCH)
NICK: Max.
Back from Bermuda.
NICK: Did you have a good trip?
Well, not as interesting as yours, I'm sure.
My God, let me get a look at you.
You know you look like shit? What's your secret?
Jean-Claude, you want to set up number two for us?
Yeah, sure.
(MAX SPEAKING FRENCH)
Just give us a little room, guys. Thank you.
Et voilá. How about something in a few minutes?
Bermuda.
(DOOR OPENING)
Oh, God, well...
(DOOR CLOSING)
It was pretty tight out there.
That's good. It's gonna keep you sharp.
I got a minor development. We lost the buyer.
Lost? What do you mean, lost?
Well, she's in a brass casket
six feet under ground. Never to be heard from again.
Well, I fronted 20,000 in expenses.
Now I'm due that, plus 250 for my end.
You don't think I'm not going to take care of you?
I'm not going to cover your expenses and all that?
It's not about covering my expenses.
I want the money. We got to find another buyer.
Of course. But, Jesus Christ, shit happens.
This thing's going to drag out. You've got to be patient.
Wait a minute, wait a minute. How about this?
Four big ones in your hand. $4 million in your mitt.
-4 million? -More than you ever even dreamed of.
More than we ever, ever did together.
4 million. What are you into?
Well, I spotted this item which was really exceptional.
It was European antiquity, elegant.
And it was in the hands of this real dumb prick
that didn't know what he had.
And unfortunately it's become detained in transit a little.
You don't want to know where?
It depends.
Depends on what?
It depends on what you're going to tell me.
Okay. It's in the Montreal Customs House.
No. Oh, no.
-No way. -Yeah.
Sorry. Forget it.
(LAUGHS) Wait, wait a minute.
I got a guy. I got a guy inside. He gives you the whole layout.
Handles security, every bump, everything...
You know, you used to tell me, "Steal outside the country,
"steal in the States, steal in Europe,
"but Montreal, live in Montreal."
I said a lot of dumb things in my day, didn't I?
-Yeah, but that's... -Right.
Let's just find another buyer for this, okay? I got to open the place.
Okay, but I'm not finished talking about this.
Jean-Claude, Albert. Come on.
You're making a large error here, my friend.
(EXCLAIMS)
Not bad.
(SOFT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
(BELL BUZZING)
-Yeah? -DIANE: I just landed. I got the delivery.
You got the bag?
Yeah, right here.
Where's Johnny?
He got it in Istanbul. Right through the neck.
Jesus, he was a good kid.
Yeah, good and dead.
So you wanna talk or you wanna see what I got?
How can I be sure you're okay?
I suppose I could fuck you.
That would work.
(DIANE CHUCKLING)
(DIANE LAUGHING)
Hey, you okay?
Yeah, great.
How was your trip?
I don't know. Cities.
They are all starting to look the same. They really are.
(SIGHS)
And the pasta in Rome is not as good as yours.
And the ass-pinchers. They used to look so charmingly European.
Not as good as me?
DIANE: Mmm-mmm.
(DIANE CHUCKLING)
Common.
You know it really must be what it is about you I like,
because you most definitely are not common.
(LAUGHS)
-What if I were? -What if you were what?
A little more common, you know, and around more.
How much more?
Like all the time more.
And I was just a jazz club owner and not that other thing.
How would you feel about that?
Hey, are you saying what I think you're saying?
I think that's what I'm saying.
(DIANE CHUCKLES)
Hey, baby, now you know I've never asked you to change anything for me?
You know that, right?
I know that. I'm just asking you. How would you feel about that?
I don't know.
I suppose I'd have to give it some serious thought.
Then you better start giving it some serious thought.
Thank you. Will I see you when I see you?
See you when I see you.
(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)
Excuse me, can you help me please?
(STUTTERING) Can you help me?
-Place Norman? -Yes. Yes.
You go to the corner, you make a right, you go two blocks.
-Two. -Two blocks. Then a left for one block.
-Again, please. -Two blocks on the corner,
two blocks this way, one block that way, to the left,
and you're right there.
-Okay, thank you. -Okay.
Thank you, Nick.
What? What'd you say?
I said, "Thank you, Nick."
I'm Max's guy in the Customs House. We should talk.
Okay, bye-bye. Thank you. Thank you, bye.
Where's Max?
He's in the sunroom.
-Max. -Nicolai, Nicolai.
Have you lost your fucking mind?
-(LAUGHS) My mind? -Yeah.
Yes, years ago. Why?
Well, what did you tell him? What did you tell this kid?
-What did I tell who? -Your guy,
your inside guy with the retard act.
He was in front of my house. He knew who I was.
Wait a minute. He must've followed me to the club and made you from there.
You tell him the next time he pulls a fucking stunt like that
he's going to wind up in the hospital.
Wait a minute, you think I'm going to set you up with a jerk-off heister?
You got to admit that this kid did a pretty good dog and pony show.
Are you crazy? I don't give a shit who he is.
You don't expose me like that. You got to know better.
He's got it all pre-wired, Nicky.
-You go in and you turn the key... -I told you I'm not interested.
You're never going to get another chance at a score like this...
What's the matter with you?
Why are you pushing this?
Four million balls. How many times do I have to fucking tell you?
He's pushing it because we're running out of time.
I'm just saying if I'm going to work with a partner on this,
we got to start putting our heads together right away.
-What are you doing in my house? -Take it easy. All I'm saying is...
Who the fuck is this kid? What the fuck do you know?
I'm the guy who's been on this for three weeks, okay?
-I got to know if you're the guy... -Wait, but, Nick.
...that Max says you are.
-I got to go. I got to go. -JACK: Look, all I'm saying...
-Nick, Nick, wait. Nicky! -Hey!
I didn't come 500 miles just to... Jack Teller, nice to meet you, too.
What the fuck?
You're not smart enough to know where your dick is.
We decided that you were gonna sit tight
-until I called you. Is that correct? -Yeah, I... Okay, okay.
I thought I could help you sell him on it.
I thought you said he was already in.
Don't be so fucking creative. Just get the fuck out of my house, will you?
You know what? When you guys get your shit together, give me a call, okay?
Unbelievable.
(SINGING YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IN)
(MAN SPEAKING FRENCH ON TV)
(WATER RUNNING)
(GROANS)
Jesus!
Oh, God. Jesus, take it easy.
Listen close.
Leave town tonight, don't come back.
I see you again, I break your fucking knees.
I see you around Nick, I'll kill you.
It's a dangerous fucking game you're playing here.
Are we clear?
(GROANING)
(COUGHING)
Yeah, we're clear.
How'd it go?
Not as planned.
What do you want?
I'll take some fucking respect from you for starters. How about that?
I mean, what... What are you thinking? I'm on a job here.
Now if you just don't want to come in on it, that's fine, say no.
But don't send some fucking third-rate rent-a-thug to brush me off.
You can do it like a professional.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Yeah. Okay, he's right here.
Don't worry. Just go home. I'll call you later.
All right, all right, it's okay.
Look, I didn't come here to cause any trouble, all right?
I didn't.
I mean, coming up to you on the street like that, that was a stupid move.
Sorry. Why don't we just call it even?
I just want to say one thing to you. Then I'll go away.
We don't have to bother each other anymore if you don't want.
I have been casing this place for a couple weeks now.
It's a little bit complicated, but this is a very doable job.
I can handle the system in there, if someone else can break into this box.
Look, I don't know you, you don't know me.
I know that's not the best way to do things,
but I am very good at what I do, okay. And I take it very, very seriously.
You can check it out with Max.
Now, if you are the guy that he says you are,
then we should check this out.
Just take a look at it. That's all I'm saying.
'Cause this is a very big payoff for very acceptable risks.
Just take a look at it. Go look for yourself.
I like your place. You got good taste.
(DOOR CLOSING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON SECURITY RADIO)
MAX: Oh, Jesus, it's nice and dark in here.
Fucking everything.
Hey, Nick.
Max.
Jesus, why don't you jump for some lights in this place?
Every time I come in here, it's like hide-and-go-seek.
How are you?
(COUGHS)
(MAX CHUCKLES)
Now, you got to tell me the magic word.
All right, I'm gonna do it.
Good, good, Jesus, sweetheart. You're a sweetheart.
Bravo. You're making sense.
But because of the risk involved, my end's got to be 6 million.
Operator, I got a nut down here that just said 6 million.
No, send paramedics, I think. You all right?
I'm fine.
Six fucking million dollars. What happened to four?
I'm doing it in my backyard. I'm not going to go like that. I'm sorry.
If you want me to do this, you got to pay me what's right.
It's got to be that way.
I always pay you what's right.
You always think you pay me what's right.
I always know what you pay me.
It's not always right. I need this for this.
I like your style. Yeah, well, okay, I understand.
It's what I have to do. I want to pay off the club, the mortgage.
I want to own this place free and clear.
I want it to be mine. I live the way I want.
Because after this, no more jobs.
This is the last one I'm doing. I'm quitting for good.
How many times you told me that in 25 years?
I mean, I'm going to believe that when the pigs eat my brother, right?
I'm done. I'm done, no more.
Well, okay. Hope she's worth it.
It's numbnuts.
Nice house, nice club. You must be really good.
I don't want to have to do this, but raise your arms. Raise your arms.
JACK: Be my guest.
MAX: He's all right.
Okay?
Is this a social call? What are we doing here?
I will explore this with you,
but I run this operation down to the smallest detail.
If you have a problem with that, we can all go home right now.
Is there a problem with that?
That's fine.
You will tell me everything you know. Then I will design the plan.
If I smell something about the job or you that I don't like, I walk away.
If I think for one second you're not living up to your end of it
or if you hold out on me in any way, I walk. Understood?
That's fine. Tell me what you want to know.
First of all, what are we looking for?
You know what a scepter is?
It's something that a king holds.
Right there. It was made in 1661 in France
for a special coronation for a girl queen.
-It's priceless. -Not to us, it's not.
What can you give me on its specific location?
I can give you the whole building, okay.
I got floor plans. I've been clocking the security patterns for over three weeks.
All right, paint me a picture.
Okay.
He fixed me up with the job. I mean, not me, but Brian, the guy on the street.
Yeah, I remember him.
Is he traceable? Phone number, address, that stuff?
No, no, no. It's totally tight. The guy is a charity case, a favor.
I mean the guy truly doesn't even exist on paper.
He just shows up. He's Assistant Janitor.
Midnight to 8:00 a.m.
The security's pretty basic.
I mean, at night they just lock the whole place down.
They bar the ground floor windows.
You can only enter in through one place,
out by the truck court.
Thank you, Albert. Thank you.
JACK: Manpower's very light. They got one guy
sitting in a booth outside just keeping an eye on things.
On the inside everyone's got to come in through a standard metal detector.
It's a little tricky bringing things through, but I think I've got that figured out.
All the guards know me now, so no one really looks too close.
-Okay, thank you. -All right.
Once I'm inside I can go anywhere I want.
Hey, Laurent.
Everything gets run from this one little central command console.
They've got fixed video systems in the elevators and in the hallways.
They've got a couple of magnetic doors, but it's all very basic.
Lots of overtime. Not so much now.
JACK: Now, the head janitor's this old guy, Danny. He loves Brian, loves him.
I mean, I've got this guy completely wrapped around my finger.
He'd do anything for me.
Most of the time he's got me working with him.
Kind of low-level shit. Just helping out.
But I can get away from him plenty. I got all kinds of reasons.
I've sketched half the place already. I've copied a lot of keys.
I can get you access to basically any room in the place.
NICK: Where's the scepter?
Well, see, that's the kink.
MAX: Get this. It was arranged to be brought into the country
inside the leg of an antique piano.
It was so simple. Then they impounded it.
I mean, can you guess why? Fucking bugs.
I mean, the whole shipment was contaminated with termites.
Asian Longhorn Beetles.
(MAX LAUGHING)
We got fucked by bugs.
(MAX LAUGHING)
JACK: These things burrow into the wood,
so they were in the crates of most of the shipments.
So they took the goods out and delivered most of them.
But the piano's made of wood, too, so they impounded it.
They took the whole thing, they put it in quarantine
in a medium security, 3rd floor lockup.
They're really scared of these things.
And they can't send them back to France.
So they decide to burn everything.
Now, I'll tell you. I don't know which one of the fucking legs this thing is in.
But half of me was tempted to just grab them all
and make a break for it right there.
And I don't know if this thing's going to melt or what.
I mean, I was dying.
So I had to improvise a little bit.
(EXCLAIMS)
Laurent! Laurent! I saw something in fire.
It's burning, son. It's just burning.
Look, look, look. I saw something in the piano. In the piano, I saw. Look.
I just... I saw something.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
JACK: So everybody's freaking out.
Nobody knows what this is or what to do with it.
They don't see this kind of excitement down there.
So they call some supervisor. They get him out of bed.
He comes down. He takes one look at this thing,
he doesn't know what the hell it is, but he knows it's worth a lot.
So he tells them, until they can sort it out,
put it in a box, put it in the basement. And that's what they do.
-Don't worry. Don't worry. -It's no toy.
-I want to see, Danny. Can I see? -Don't... No, no, no, no.
-Come on, let's go now. -Okay, bye-bye. Bye.
JACK: The basement in the Customs House
is the most secure lockup in eastern Canada.
It was built as a bomb shelter during the Cold War.
They put all their important stuff in here.
State's evidence, narcotics, confiscated weapons.
That scepter is in the safe somewhere in this room.
But the thing is, there's no cameras.
If there was, I would've seen an angle on the video monitors.
So if we can put you inside that room you can work on it all night.
Well, we're going to need pictures of the safe
or a model number from their files.
Then we're going to need plans,
infrastructure maps, blueprints, schematics,
anything we can get our hands on.
Yeah. Yeah. That's all I got for now, but give me two days.
Then we just got to find a way to get into that basement.
You going to let it go or are we gonna drive around pissed all night?
Why don't you kiss my ass?
Okay, we're about set up here. You all ready?
NICK ON RADIO: Hold on.
-Want to give me the mark? -Not yet, not yet.
How you doing?
Stay off the air until I call.
(BEEPS)
(DEVICE BEEPING)
(SOFTLY) Three-three, two-six, two-nine, three-two.
I repeat. 33-26, 29-32.
Copy that, 33-26, 29-32.
ON RADIO: Now make a right, proceed east about 20 yards,
you should see the next opening.
I'm at a wall here. A cinder block wall.
Where you told me that I have to go.
You sure about that? It shows a straight shot on here.
It's not my imagination. I'm right here in front of it.
You want to come down here and see for yourself?
Right. Okay, okay. Hold on.
All right, just give me a second.
-Can you read me? -Okay, make a left, go about 20 feet.
You should run into a parallel tunnel.
Make a right, you'll be right back on course.
Take that tunnel about 150 yards due west.
You'll reach a "T" junction. Tell me when you're there.
About 300 yards, came to the end, made a right.
JACK: Okay, head northwest... Northeast. Check that, northeast.
NICK: Wait one second, hold on.
You with me?
Going west, going west. All right, I'm going west on the circle.
JACK: Make a right, go 40 yards east.
Then turn, 'cause we're gonna make a left, left turn, go about...
Make a right, head back northeast, tunnel will be 500 yards to go.
Okay, straight ahead 20 feet and you should be dead under the room.
The tunnel will keep on going.
But look up. You should see the access ladder.
I'm at a shaft. I'm going to climb up.
What are you doing?
Still climbing.
This looks like it.
ON RADIO: I'm done.
(ENGINE STARTING)
Oh, what the hell is this?
Hey, you've got a utility crew all over the entrance.
You're going to have to find another way out.
Where are you?
NICK: I'm at de la Montagne and Ottawa. Repeat, de la Montagne and Ottawa.
JACK: Got it. We're on our way.
JACK: Okay, this should be it right here.
Okay, we're here. I'm just trying to find you.
There, he's right over there.
Okay, you're all clear.
Coming out.
(MAN EXCLAIMING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(JACK SPEAKING FRENCH)
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
Hello?
Anybody home?
(CHUCKLES)
(BOTH EXCLAIMING)
Hey, champagne. Nice touch.
Nice dress.
-You like? -Yes.
Thank you.
So, you asked me a question a couple of days ago.
And you gave it some serious thought.
-Actually, I forgot the question. -Okay.
(DIANE LAUGHING)
No, here's my answer.
-Hey, you're not holding up your glass. -Sorry.
My father was a lawyer. Very smart man.
And he would always say that a deal is only good
if it leaves both parties feeling as if they gave up something.
Is an answer coming soon? 'Cause the glass is getting heavy.
Okay. I will change my life. I will move here.
I will love you.
And believe that this is the best decision that I've made.
But I will not move here if it means that
one day I might have to talk to you through glass.
I won't move here if it means spending my nights worrying.
So, if you can promise me as of right now that you're through,
then we can drink to making changes.
I... I said you could drink now.
I know.
I want to do all that.
I just have to tell you that I've got to do one more thing
-and that's it. -Oh, for fuck...
Everything you said is great.
It's perfect. I just have one more thing I have to do.
I don't believe you put that out there when you knew
-you couldn't follow through. -I put it out there because I...
When you knew you couldn't make the commitment.
I am following through. This is my last one, I promise you.
-Yeah, sure it is, Nicky. -I promise you it is my last one.
Then quit. Quit now. What does "one last one" mean?
It means we don't need anything, anything.
I didn't need anything before and I don't need anything now.
But what I wanted was to be with you.
And what I didn't need was exactly this kind of painful bullshit.
You see, my life wasn't perfect before. But at least we were clear.
You got to give me some...
(SHUSHING)
See you when I see you.
(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
(TURNS OFF RADIO)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING IN FRENCH)
Hey, hey, hey. What are you doing?
Somebody put fingerprints on my window, Danny.
You don't need to do it, it's okay. It's okay.
I like a clean window, Danny.
It's all right. You know, we missed you last night. Are you feeling better?
-Yes, thank you. -Sure?
-Yes, I'm okay. Thank you, Danny. -All right.
Take your time.
-Okay. Bye-bye. -Bye-bye.
-Bye.
That's your safe.
Traeger standing jeweler's safe. This year's model.
Well, if it's new, it's gonna be tough to get the schematics.
I've got all this year's books.
-Really? -Yeah. What else?
Okay, the system's Ironclad Security.
They're a big commercial industrial outfit.
They handle a lot of the government buildings here.
This building's pretty old.
You know, the lines are all over the place. They're easy to find.
I can cut in three or four different places and let you in from there,
but I got to have the engineering pass codes.
I've been looking. They don't keep them in here.
They'll be at Ironclad. I don't know what to do.
Okay.
What, are you calling someone now?
(MUSIC BLARING)
STEVEN: (SHOUTING) What! Who is it?
It's me. Turn down the music.
(TURNS OFF MUSIC)
Hey, Nick, I am fucked up. My mother's totally out of control.
Listen, listen carefully.
Ironclad Security.
Big outfit.
I need engineering pass codes for the Customs House.
I don't know, man. My concentration's shot.
I haven't slept in, like, a month.
Wait, what customs house?
Montreal.
Nick, you're not pissing in our own pool, man?
You have always said you were never going to do a job here in Montreal.
I know. I know. Can you do it?
STEVEN'S MOTHER: Steven ! Who are you talking to at this hour?
I am having a civil fucking conversation with a friend of mine, Mother!
Are you... Are you okay?
She is a ghoul.
-Now, tell me exactly what you want. -Okay, just one second.
I'm going to put someone on who can tell you what we need.
Just tell him what you need.
I need separate disarm and reset master codes for the whole system.
And I need the individual sector by-pass codes so I can shut down one zone
without lighting off the whole board. Okay?
Yes.
-You got that? -Got it.
Listen, I'm going to need this within 48 hours.
If you do that, I'll double your last price.
Dude, give me a Kaypro 64 and a live dial tone, and I can do anything.
Now you are going to die!
This is someone you work with? And you're giving me a hard time.
(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPING)
MALE VOICE: Thursday, 8:07 a.m.
DIANE: Hi, got your message. One of the stewardesses is sick,
so I have to cover for her on a New York run.
We have to talk when I come through in a couple of days, okay? Bye.
MALE VOICE: End of messages.
Just lock it.
You work here?
No, here.
Come on. Come on, come on in.
Want some coffee?
Yeah, yeah.
(EXCLAIMS)
Is this what we're dealing with?
Page 720.
Where can I get one of these?
You got to know the right people.
"Traeger floor safe." Here it is.
"Solid steel body, filled door with aluminum and cobalt.
"Half-inch hard plate. Double dial."
You're going to need two, three hours to drill through that.
You can't drill this.
Why not?
Because this is a newer model and it's got these glass packs.
See the glass pack here. See that?
Drill through that, the glass breaks and those bolts spring into place.
You're fucked. They're locked.
Forget it, you can't break it with a bulldozer.
I've never seen anything like that. What do you have in mind?
I don't know. But if somebody built it, somebody can unbuild it.
JACK: Yeah, now see, when I shut this down, you'll see this light go off.
But up in the booth nothing will register.
-Is that your box? -NICK: That's it.
JACK: That's a fucking monster. That's three times the size of this.
NICK: Even bigger than that.
See that over there?
You can see it better over here.
That's an active infrared post.
I don't know. That wasn't on the system specs.
I mean, that's got to be some independent loop
they set up just in the cage.
I'll take care of it.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah?
All right. Just calm down. Okay, I'll be over in a few minutes.
I gotta take care of something. I'll drop you off.
(DOORBELL RINGING)
My mom's only out for about a half an hour.
NICK: So what's the emergency?
STEVEN: Bottom line is, I was cruising around Ironclad's secure server
down at the root COBOL level when someone counter-cracked me.
Hacked back into my machines. My data.
For three minutes I was fully exposed.
Now I have to firewall my whole operations all from scratch.
Can you just tell me that in English?
Sorry, I was a few keystrokes away from pulling up those engineering codes
when I bump into a guy on the other end.
What's on the other end?
Ironclad's computers. My guess is he's some low-level systems administrator.
So we switch to a private chat room, and he sends me this.
Can you believe that? The guy comes into my world and calls me an asshole.
Steven, can you get me the by-pass codes?
I type, "How much?" And he types back,
"Engineering codes for the Customs House basement?"
And I say, "You guessed it, Blue's Clues."
And he says, "Fuck you." And I say, "No, no, fuck you."
And he says, "No, fuck you." And I'm like, "No, fuck you !"
And then he's like, "No, fuck..."
Steven. Steven, Steven. Can you get me the by-pass codes?
The guy wants 50 thou in exchange for the codes.
50,000?
Yes.
Get the account number.
I'll wire the money and he'll deliver the codes through you.
Negative. The guy won't go for a transfer.
He wants cash, and he wants to do it in person.
-Anything else? -No.
You set it up.
No, no, stay, stay. I'll let myself out.
And when this whole score is done,
I'm going to brute this creep with everything I got.
By the time I'm done with this fuck, he won't be able to hide in Bolivia!
(SHIP HORN BLOWING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
Jesus, look at all these people.
Who sets up a meeting in a public park?
-Do you see him? -NICK ON RADIO: Still looking.
Got him.
He brought back-up.
Okay, I got him.
Hey, how you doing, how you doing? Good to see you. Good to see you.
What's up? Shake my hand. That's right. You my guy?
Yeah.
Who's this?
Cousin.
Cousin? Okay.
See the guy over my left shoulder,
back there on the bench, reading a paper. The big one?
That's my cousin. Okay?
So we've all got family here, which is nice, I think, yeah? Okay.
I'll give you that. Take a look inside, make sure you're happy, all right?
JACK: No, don't take that out. Don't take that out.
Hey, man. Don't give me orders. I get orders all day, okay?
You can't count the money in a public place.
That's why you don't set a meeting in a park.
Just for future reference.
Just flip through it in the bag.
We're about set to go here. You ready?
What the fuck is that? What are you doing?
He's going to give me the numbers, I'm going to read them into this mike
to a friend of mine, who's going to check them out.
You think I was going to write it down on a cocktail napkin?
NICK: Okay, ready.
Okay, you're on.
First set, 3-1-7.
3-1 -7.
Got it, 3-1-7.
Steven, 3-1-7.
Confirm, 3-1-7.
It'll just be a second.
What are you guys, like, maternal cousins, or what?
(COMPUTER BLEEPING)
First numbers are clean.
They're clean, they're clean.
You tell the hack at the other end of that wire
if he tries to get into my system again, I will fry him, okay?
Okay, why don't we worry about next time next time?
Okay, let's get this done before people start looking at us.
-Give me the second set. -9-4-6.
JACK: 9-4-6.
9-4-6, repeat, 9-4-6.
9-4-6.
(JACK EXHALES)
Take it easy, guys. Relax. Have a smoke.
SAPPERSTEIN: I don't smoke.
I don't smoke either, so good for us.
What, are you guys local? You live around here or what?
Why are you asking so many fucking questions?
They're good.
Second set is good. Second set is good.
What's the third one?
5-8-3-9.
5-8-3-9. Got it. 5-8-3-9.
This is taking too long. I'm gonna fucking lose it.
Shut up, Eric.
They have to verify the numbers off the server. It takes some time.
Just relax, Eric.
Can you help me out? It's turning into amateur hour out here.
-Fuck you, asshole. -JACK: What are you doing?
He's got a gun. One of them has a gun.
NICK: That guy's got a gun.
Steven, how's it going? We're losing these guys. Come on.
I'm working it, man.
STEVEN'S MOTHER: Steven, want some lunch?
I'm on the phone, bitch!
-You all right? -JACK: We're fine.
We're fine. Don't anybody move.
Eric, why don't you look at my hand right now?
You take that on, I'm gonna take this out.
It'll be a big fucking mess.
Put it away, Eric.
JACK: There's kids all around. What are you thinking?
Put it away, take a deep breath and just put it in your back pocket.
Put it away.
They're all good.
Last set of numbers confirmed.
Let's get out of here.
NICK: Next time, don't bring a gun.
Listen, I thought I might need one, and I did, and now we've got the codes.
Don't bring a gun.
Jesus fucking Christ.
NICK: I called. They said you hadn't checked in yet. No.
So what time are you getting in?
Come on, honey, don't stay at a hotel.
Just come over to my place. I'll cook something.
Yeah. Yeah, no, I was just saying, come to my place, I'll cook something.
You know, we'll talk, okay?
(PLAYING CITY HOME)
(INDISTINCT)
So when do you got to be there?
I'll go in, in a couple of hours or something, okay? I'm fine.
Listen, tell me something. Tell me something...
All the years you've been doing this,
what's the biggest gamble you ever took on a job?
You know, biggest long shot?
I don't take long shots.
Look, I know you're careful, you know. I'm careful, too.
That's not what I mean. I mean...
You know, when you were starting out, when you were just getting going,
you must've taken some flyers here and there.
Done something that was a little wild. I'm just curious.
Never took long shots.
I'm going to say something to you.
You're smart, you're talented, you know a few things.
But talent means nothing in this game if you don't make the right choices.
There's plenty of talented people out there
who never see the light of day anymore.
Last thing. It takes discipline.
Because this whole game is one big long shot.
And if you don't have the discipline to
stay away from the flyers or from the gambles,
or whatever else you want to call a stupid move,
then, my friend, I'm afraid to say one day, you will go down.
It's inevitable.
You want my advice?
Make a list of everything you want now
and then plan on spending the next 25 years of your life getting it.
Slowly, piece by piece.
Yeah, I mean...
I see what you're saying.
But still, I'm looking at you, and you got all this already.
And you're still sitting here with me, working with a partner,
in the city that you live in,
on a job that's gotten more complicated than you thought it was going to be.
So I know you're still taking a shot at something.
I gotta go.
See you tomorrow.
Okay.
NICK: The maintenance crews come into the tunnels by 6:00 a.m.
I gotta be back in the hole by 5:30.
As soon as the guards leave you got to tell me right away. You can't be late.
I'm not worried about my end.
I'm wondering how the hell you think you're going to break that safe
in a half an hour. You know? I mean...
(SCOFFS)
-Is that even possible? -Just physics.
-How long is that going to take? -Twelve, 15 minutes, tops.
Fifteen minutes, tops?
Okay. Okay. So then if you are on the box by 5:00,
then the prize goes in the bag by 5:15, you got no problem at all.
Yup. 5:15, 5:30, I'm back in the hole. You reset the system.
It's perfect. I mean, I'll pack up my shit.
I can meet you here. We can go to Max's
or I can meet you straight at Max's.
-We're not going to meet back here. -I'll meet you at Max's then.
No. No.
You'll finish out your shift. I go to Max, he does his thing,
he pays us off, we never see each other again.
Enough, enough. Forget it. Just forget it.
I'm going to come with you to Max's. We'll deliver it together.
-No, you're not. -No, I'm telling you.
Listen, I've done this down to the last detail.
Don't put me on the sideline when it's time to collect. Don't do it.
Listen to me, listen to me.
You do anything out of the ordinary, you're going to get made.
Do you understand that? Be smart, finish out your shift.
-You're the boss. -Okay.
Steven got these from a supplier.
They're throwaways. Totally untraceable.
People are talking. They say Max is in trouble with Teddy Salida
and he's pulling off a big job to get rid of him.
That's what they say?
Maybe you should walk away from this one.
Max?
(CLINKING)
What are you doing down here?
(GASPS) Jesus Christ, you scared the shit out of me!
What the hell are you doing down here?
Did you involve Teddy Salida in this?
-What, Teddy Salida? -Yeah.
What, why would you say that?
I see these guys outside. They look like they might be with him.
-How much you into him for? -4 million.
Look, how do you think I got all this?
They gave it to me and a house in Bermuda? What's the matter with you?
What's he know?
-About what? -About what we're doing.
Nothing. I told him I found something that would go for eight
and that we'd split the profits, that's all.
What are you actually selling the scepter for, Max?
Thirty million dollars.
Jesus.
Max, what were you thinking?
What do you mean, "What was I thinking?"
Same thing you were thinking.
How are we going to get out from under all this bullshit
we've been living, for Christ's sake?
Chance came. Took it.
It's gonna work out fine.
-No, it's not. -Well, what do you mean it's not?
It's not. It's a mess. It's not going to work.
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Wait, wait a fucking minute!
This is absolutely clean, Nick.
What are you worried about?
Jesus Christ. It's my ass on the line, anyways, not yours.
I'm not taking the biggest gamble of my life
so I can hand my money over to Teddy Salida.
You think you're not going to get your fucking money?
(LAUGHS) Look, there's two things you got to know.
One is, you're going to get every fucking red cent.
-And, yeah, Teddy knows a little. -He knows?
-He knows a little I said. -Yeah, so you did lie.
Yeah, lied. I lied, you lied. Shit happens, man ! Christ Almighty!
I lied for you and I lied for me.
I had to say something to get you to suit-up like always.
Max...
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to do it.
Nick, it's a tiny door. Open the door, take the shit, close the door, we're out.
There's too much bullshit around it.
What's that?
The buyer.
Real simple.
You call him when you get the scepter.
He'll meet you at the airstrip, 30 miles up the St. Lawrence.
There's a little town called St. Croix.
You give him the scepter. He gives you the cash.
You take your cut. Then you wire me the rest.
I'll give Teddy his, and you're clean.
It's too risky. Can't...
You don't know what you're doing.
You know how long we go back?
Huh?
25 years.
I'm going to tell you something.
For the first time in my life, I'm scared.
I don't know why it is. I was never scared before, but I'm scared now, Nick.
And you're right about Teddy.
He's gonna blow me away, man, if he can.
If I don't get him his money, he... Man, he...
(MAX SIGHS)
Hey, don't, don't, don't. Don't let me slide on this one.
I can't afford it, man.
I can't... I can't scrap it out anymore. I got to have some slack.
All right. Okay.
I hope you're not fucking me up.
Nick. Hey, Nick. Nicky...
(MAN SPEAKING FRENCH)
MAN: I'm going down to check the power.
MAN 1 : How much more equipment you got?
MAN 2: Here you go.
(ALARM BEEPING)
-Sorry, sorry. -ANDRÉ: It's okay, Brian.
-Come on in. Come on in. -It's my radio.
Hey, what's all the commotion?
Don't worry, Danny. They're just beefing things up downstairs.
-What for? -Just a few cameras in the basement.
LAURENT: Yeah, like we're going to lose it, right?
DANNY: Lose what?
You know that thing we found in the piano leg?
DANNY: The big gold thing?
LAURENT: Yeah, well, it turns out it's some sort of French national treasure.
It's called the scepter.
ANDRÉ: Yeah, some expert got a look at those pictures...
We're getting calls from the central office.
Hey, it's me. Yeah, we got a problem.
They got a camera over the main door here, covering that.
They got a camera here looking right across the middle.
And they got one special just on the box. Sees this entire cage.
This camera, over there looking at the box,
how high is it from the floor and how low is it from the ceiling?
Probably, 10, 12 feet up off the floor.
Four feet down from the ceiling. I think we're fucked.
So, let me see.
When I'm here, you'll cut the feed
when I get across here. Then you'll restore it.
Then when I'm ready here, you'll cut it again and I'll go to work here.
(SIGHS) I don't know about that, man.
They know what it is, so now they're going to move it
as soon as they can.
We're not going to get another chance like this.
We gotta go now or we don't go at all.
Hi there. Hi.
-Hi, Henri. -Hi, Brian.
-Okay, thank you. -No problem.
-Hi, Danny. -Hello, Brian.
Oh, look at you, with fancy new shoes.
Yeah, you know, my mom got those for me.
-Oh, your mom gave you those? -I think you got a girl.
No, no girl, Danny. You're a stinker.
Well, you and your new shoes can give me a hand up on six tonight.
We're going to wax the whole cafeteria floor.
-Okay, okay. -You hit the garbage, I get the stuff,
I meet you there, what, 15 minutes?
Fifteen, okay. Okay, I'll get the garbage, Danny, okay.
Bye-bye, André.
Bye-bye. You look good with those shoes.
Yeah, thanks, I know.
-Watch your step out there, Brian. -I will. Thank you.
(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
(GATE CLATTERING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
(MACHINE HUMMING)
(GATE OPENING)
(GATE CLOSING)
Okay, okay, Danny. Guess what time it is?
I don't know.
Yes, you do, Danny. It's lunch time.
(LAUGHING) I'll tell you what.
What do you say we keep on working, finish the other side?
What? No, Danny. Why?
Then we can blow off the rest of the day and grab some pancakes.
It won't take us long.
Just throw a little extra thinner into the mix, it'll go like butter.
Danny, I'm sorry. Danny...
It's okay. Just leave it. I'll mop it up.
-I will get some more. -You don't need to...
I will get some more.
All right. You know where, ground floor?
-Okay. -You know the closet.
(SOFTLY) Set to go. Set to go.
(GRUNTING)
Are you there? I'm on my mark.
(PANTING)
-I'm on. Are you there? -I'm here. We're running late.
I know. I hit a snag.
I'm already all set up, though. Just give me one second.
All right. I just gotta punch in these codes. Just sit tight.
(COMPUTER BLEEPING)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
I got it.
Hang on one more beat.
(COMPUTER BLEEPING)
It's clear. Get in there.
(SOFTLY) I'm inside the first cage. Repeat. I am inside the first cage.
You're all clear.
(GATE CLATTERING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON SECURITY RADIO)
(PANTING)
-I'm set. Kill it. -All right, on my mark.
-Hey. -JACK: Go.
I'm here.
There we go.
Perfect. Tell me when you're in the second position.
(TYPING)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
(TURNS OFF MACHINE)
Fuck.
-How you doing down there? -Almost there.
Do you know where's Brian?
No idea.
(PANTING)
I'm ready.
I need a second here. Hold on.
I'm all set. Cut the cameras. Repeat, I'm all set. Cut the cameras.
Gotta go. Got to go.
(TYPING)
(COMPUTER BLEEPING)
What's up? What's up?
(SOFTLY) I got company. I got company.
Hang on one second.
Just sit tight, sit tight. I'll be right back.
(COMPUTER BLEEPING)
(GRUNTS)
(TYPING)
Okay.
Jack, where are you?
Jack? Jack, come in. Jack?
(PANTING)
Jack, are you there?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
I'm pulling out. Repeat, I'm pulling out.
-I'm back, I'm back. -It's too late.
-It's too late. I'm pulling out. -No, it's not. We're good.
We're good. Get ready to go.
On my mark.
Go! Go! Go!
What the hell's wrong with these machines?
Hey, hey, hey, stop banging on it. Check the connection.
You see something?
(LAUGHS) I don't know. Jeez.
(LOW HUMMING)
(SWITCH CLICKING)
(HUMMING STOPS)
Call them. Call Ironclad.
-And look like idiots? -I don't care. Call them.
Well, maybe it's some of the equipment down in the basement.
Okay, thanks.
Someone will be here in a few minutes.
Brian? Where are you, kid?
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
Make a move, make a sound, and you're dead.
Do you understand me? Turn around.
-Brian... -(SHUSHING) Be quiet.
Danny.
I wish you'd not come down here, man.
Get over there. Turn around.
Come on. Let's go. Turn around. Walk over there, open the door.
Open it. Get inside.
Look at me.
You're a good man. I don't want to hurt you. But if you start making noise,
or you try to open that fucking door, I will do it. Do you understand me?
Stay in there and be quiet. Everything will be fine.
(MUFFLED)
(MAN CHATTERING ON TV)
(SIGHS)
I don't want to wait. I want you and Tommy to go in the basement now.
-Come on, André. I'm watching this. -Laurent, please.
Tommy, get Philippe. We're going to be checking out the basement again.
(ELEVATOR BUZZING)
Hold it right there!
-Are you crazy? What are you doing? -Take it off and put it down, Nick.
-Oh, come on. -Take if off and put it down right now!
Don't do this.
Take it off and put it on the fucking floor!
-Please... -Don't fucking argue with me!
-Take it off and put it down ! -I can't. I can't...
(GUNSHOT)
I'll put the next one in your knee, Nick. I don't have time to fuck around.
We can work the details out later. I am leaving with that scepter.
Now take it off and hand it over right now!
Put it down.
Slowly.
Now step back. Back up.
Take off your mask.
-What? -Take it off!
I don't have time to play games. Take it off.
Throw it over there.
Step in the middle. Step in the middle. That's right.
You know, we wouldn't have to be standing here
if you'd just thrown a little respect my way right at the beginning.
-Just a little bit. -This is a stupid move.
-It is? Why? -We all come out ahead.
What are you doing? Just go up there and finish this...
It's a long shot. I know I should play it tight.
You know what I think of your bullshit advice?
I think that's you trying to talk me into taking a sucker's share
on a score that I set up from the beginning!
Do you think I'm fucking stupid?
Do you think I don't see what you and Max are doing?
I mean, what is he giving you? Five, six million?
Tell me that's not true.
See, that doesn't work for me.
I appreciate your help, but you should've made me a partner, you know.
Now I gotta take a shot.
Just sit tight. Just sit tight. Everything will be fine.
(WATCH BEEPING)
Now you got a choice.
You can either head for that tunnel or smile for that camera.
(SIREN WAILING)
André, what's happening?
Get down, down to the basement!
We're being robbed! We're being robbed!
André!
Get in. Go outside, wait for the police!
LAURENT: Let's go! Go! Go! Go!
(BLARING CONTINUES)
Over here!
He's in the tunnel!
What do you see?
Find him!
Come on ! Come on!
-I'm going down ! -GUARD: Okay! Okay!
LAURENT: Come on ! Come on ! Come on!
-André? André? -Shit.
-André, is there a fire? -It's okay. It's okay.
-Where's Danny? -Just get out!
-Okay. -Just wait outside!
-My radio... -Just wait outside!
Okay, bye-bye.
(ALARM BLARING)
Wait, Brian. Wait.
It's Brian ! It's Brian.
Have you seen Brian?
He's okay, he's okay. He's outside!
No, my God, it's him!
(ALL CLAMORING)
It's him!
(SIRENS WAILING)
WOMAN ON PA: Attention. The bus to Albany, New York, leaves in five...
(PHONE RINGING)
-Yup? -Hey, did you make it?
Fuck you.
Come on, I'm just checking to make sure you got out okay.
I knew you'd give them the slip.
-I'm almost home, too, here, by the way. -Oh, you are? You sure about that?
Look, look, whatever you're thinking about, whatever you're trying,
just forget it, okay? This is over now, and you've just got to deal with it.
It's not over yet, 'cause you don't know where you're going, asshole.
-And I do know where you're going. -You don't know shit!
You know where you're going?
You don't know shit. I'm, like, five minutes from being so far gone,
you're not even going to be able to imagine the places I'm going, okay?
You're going nowhere 'cause you got nothing.
You know what I got.
You just can't deal with the fact that I beat you.
Oh, yeah? What have you got? Huh? What have you got?
You know what I've got.
Let me ask you something, Jack.
When did you start thinking you were better than me, huh?
You still there, ace?
Okay, nicely done. Nicely done. Now let's talk about this.
Okay, let's see. How'd you put it? "Deal with it. It's over?"
No, no, no. I don't think so. You want me to list the ways I can burn you?
We either work this out right now or I will take you down.
Oh, yeah? How? My shop, my tools, they're gone.
Me, my friend, I'm just a tax-paying jazz club owner.
You, every cop in the city's going to be looking for you right about now.
So if I were you, I'd quit making threats and hit the road.
(SIREN WAILING)
Nice working with you, ace. Okay, bye-bye.
NEWSCASTER ON TV: Montreal was stunned by the daring pre-dawn robbery
of the old city's historic Customs House.
A priceless scepter was stolen.
A senior night janitor identified this man as the prime suspect in the burglary.
He was spotted leaving the scene moments after the robbery.
He's now the focus of a massive manhunt.
A second suspect vanished from the scene without a trace.
Police have no solid leads...
(I'LL MAKE IT UP AS I GO PLAYING)