-I checked.
Airport shuttle's in 15 minutes.
-I'm sorry.
Uh, Mr. Ford.
Sorry.
I know who you are.
Excuse me.
I've read all about you.
I know, for example, that when you found that story Manet
painting in Florence, you probably saved your insurance
company what-- $20, 25 million dollars?
Then there was the identity theft thing.
You saved your insurance company--
I don't even know how many millions of dollars.
But I just know that when you needed them--
What happened to your family is the kind of thing--
-You know this part of the conversation where
I punch you in the neck 9 or 10 times?
We're coming up on that pretty quick.
-I just want to offer you a job.
-What do you got?
-Do you know anything about airplane design?
-I could give it a shot.
You know, you give me a pencil and one of those little rulers.
-Somebody stole my airplane designs.
-Oh.
I see.
And you'd like me to find them, right?
-No.
I know where they are.
I want you to steal them back.
[THEME MUSIC]
-You're sure Pierson stole your designs?
-Look, my engineer goes missing.
He disappears with all my files.
And then one week later, Pierson announces an identical project?
Come on.
-I don't know.
Stealing them back-- it seems like a stupid risk.
There's other ways--
-Listen.
Listen to me.
The end of this month, I have a shareholders meeting, Mr. Ford.
I've spent already five years, $100 million on our deal.
I go to that meeting with nothing
to show for it-- then I am dead.
I'm serious.
Look.
Look at the people I've already hired.
I mean, do you recognize any of these names?
-Yeah.
I've chased all of them one time or another.
Parker?
You have Parker?
-Is there somebody better?
-No.
But Parker is insane.
-Which is why I need you.
-Ha ha.
No.
I'm not a thief.
-Thieves, I got.
What I need is one honest man to watch them.
-Are you in?
-It's not going to work.
These people you hired, they all have the same rep.
They work alone.
They always work alone.
There's no exceptions.
And there's no way they're going to work for you.
-No, they will.
They will.
For $300,000 each, they will.
-And for you, for running it, it's double that.
And it's off the books, completely off the books.
Look at me.
I'm desperate here.
That's just a salary.
There is a bonus.
Pierson is insured by IYS, your old bosses.
It's a $50 million intellectual property rights policy.
Mr. Ford, how badly do you want to screw the insurance
company that let your son die?
-OK.
Clear comms.
-No.
No, no, no, no.
Hell no.
This equipment is total VH1, brah.
He's best of the '80s.
I got something nicer.
-All right.
No surprises now.
-I've been doing this since high school, brah.
I'm Captain Discipline.
-They came straight from the airport and up to their room.
-So you never actually saw any of 'em then?
-But the credit card numbers checked out.
-Break it down!
-Does that look like Mick Jagger to you?
-This is not the room you're looking for.
It's a bone-conduction earpiece mic.
Works off the vibrations in your jaw?
HARDISON: (WHISPERING) You hear everything.
-You're not as useless as you look.
-I don't even know what you do.
-I'm here to collect the merchandise.
[GUNSHOT SOUNDS]
[THUMP]
-Can I have one?
-You can have the whole box?
-What are you gonna do when she finds
out you live with your mom?
-Age of the geek, baby.
We run the world.
-Mm hmm.
You keep telling yourself that.
[WOMAN GROANS, SOUND OF SLAPPING]
-You thought I wouldn't find this?
You don't get bunny until you do what I say.
So be a good girl.
Or, I don't know, a better thief.
MOTHER: Dale!
[DOORS SLAM]
-Last time I used this rig-- Paris, 2003.
-Is this thing safe?
-You talking about the Caravaggio?
You stole that?
-Yeah, it's completely safe.
It's just, you know, if you experience nausea,
weakness in your right side, stroke, strokiness--
-This is precisely why I work alone.
-Guys, listen up.
We're going to go on my count.
Not a second sooner.
Parker, no freelancing.
-Hey, relax.
We know what we're doing.
-And on the count of five.
Four--
-Oh, he doesn't want to be all pal.
-We're on the count.
Five, four, three--
-She's gone.
-Son of a--
-Woo hoo!
-It's 20 pounds of crazy in a 5-pound bag.
-Vibration detectors are on.
-No cutting, Parker.
Use the binary.
-You know, Parker.
Anytime you--
-Whoa!
-Boys are on their way.
-What are you getting with security?
You see security?
-They don't see a thing.
Door's open.
-All right guys.
Showtime.
Here we go.
-Here.
-Got it.
-OK.
You got any chatter on their frequencies?
-No.
Why?
-There's eight listed on the duty roster.
And there's only four at the guard posts.
-I can't even tell how many guys are in the room.
How can you tell who's who?
-Haircuts, Parker Count the haircuts.
-I would have missed that.
-What?
-Nothing.
-Problem?
-Uh.
Maybe.
Run the cameras.
-10-digit password.
I salute you, sir.
-Got 'em.
They're doing their walk-through an hour early.
Why the--?
-Because it's the playoffs.
Yeah.
Game five of the playoffs.
And they're doing their rounds an hour
early so they can watch the playoffs.
All right, where are they?
-They're at the stairwell.
-OK.
[GAME ON TV SOUNDS]
-Hey, we've got a security breach.
-Hey, get 'em on the radio upstairs.
Go, go!
-OK guys.
Here's what we gotta do.
We gotta squelch 'em.
[HIGH FREQUENCY SOUNDS]
[CONCERNED CHATTER]
-Elliot, what I want you to do is clear the zone,
and use Hardison as bait.
-Bait?
Whoa, hold up.
Hold up.
Wait a minute.
I know you talking about me. ain't nobody's bait.
Come on baby, come on.
Work for me, baby.
Come on.
-Base, come in.
Does anyone copy?
Ah.
-Hardison, they're almost there.
-Come on baby.
Come on.
Just come on, man.
Forget it.
-Hold it right there.
[FIGHTING SOUNDS]
-That's what I do.
-Ha ha ha.
-Guys.
You gotta talk to me, OK?
Because I don't know what's going.
-It's all good.
I'm stripping the drives right now.
Ha ha ha.
Come on, baby.
Mm hmm.
Got all the designs.
Got all the backup.
HARDISON: We're leaving this cupboard bare.
-Drop the spike.
-Did you give 'em a virus?
-Dude.
I gave 'em more than one virus.
PARKER: Problem.
Those guards you ganked, they reset all the alarms
on the roof and all the floors above us.
We can't go up.
-Every man for himself, then.
-Go ahead.
I'm the one with the merchandise.
-Yeah, well I'm the one with an exit.
-And I'm the one with a plan.
Now I know you children don't play well with others.
But I need you to hold it together for exactly seven more
minutes.
Now get to the elevator and head down.
We're going to the burn scam.
-Going to Plan B?
-Technically, that would be Plan G.
-How many plans we have?
Is there like a Plan M?
-Yeah, Hardison dies in Plan M.
-I like Plan M.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
-I thought we locked down those elevators?
-Hey, hey.
Just stay still.
Stay still.
Don't move.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
-Nice!
Why don't you stare a little more?
-Sorry.
-You gotta be kidding me.
-No, Tom.
It's OK.
-No, it's not.
-Sorry.
Sorry.
-(TEARFULLY) I understand.
HARDISON: [INAUDIBLE].
GUARD: I'm sorry. HARDISON: Get the the door.
Come one.
-Oh!
GUARD: I got this.
I'm sorry.
-Oh.
-Again, sorry.
NATE: Come on. Come on.
It's only taking you all night.
Come on.
-I got a couple of Wi-Fi networks
with some crappy bandwidth.
[COMPUTER SOUNDS]
There you go.
The designs are sent.
-All right.
All right.
The money'll be in all your accounts later today.
-Anybody else notice how hot we rocked last night?
-Uh, yeah, yeah.
-Yeah, well one show only.
No encores.
-I already forgot your names.
-It was kind of cool being on the same side.
-No, we are not on the same side.
I am not a thief.
-You are now.
Come on, Nathan.
Tell the truth.
Didn't you have a little bit of fun playing the black king
instead of the white knight, just this once?
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
-Yeah?
-You screwed me!
The designs never got to me.
-No, I watched them go out.
-I don't know what you saw.
But I received nothing!
-Look, I told you you couldn't trust 'em.
-It is not my job to trust anybody.
That's what you were here for.
I am freezing the payments.
I am freezing all the payments.
-All right.
Look, look, look.
I will come over there right now,
and we'll straighten this out. -No, no, no.
Do not come here.
My company has an old aircraft facility outside the city.
And I will text you the address.
And you be there, in one hour!
[SOUND OF GUN CLICKING]
HARDISON: You want to tell me what happened with the designs?
ELLIOTT: What makes you think I know what happened?
Stupid.
HARDISON: No, no.
Forget you, man.
You did it.
OK?
When we were coming down from the elevator.
ELLIOTT: Yeah, that makes sense, doesn't it?
You had the file every second.
HARDISON: No, hold up, Cujo.
I did my part. I transferred the files.
ELLIOTT: Get that gun out of my face, or I tell you,
I'm going to feed it to you. HARDISON: What did you do?
NATE: Hey!
Did you do it?
You're the only one that's ever played both sides.
-You seem pretty relaxed for a guy with a gun pointed at him.
-Safety's on.
-Like I'm gonna fall for that.
-Uh, no.
No.
Actually, he's right.
Safety is on.
Are you armed?
-I don't like guns.
[SOUND OF GUN CLICKING]
-My money's not in my account.
That makes me cry inside, in my special, angry place.
-OK, Parker.
Now did you come here to get paid?
-Hell, no.
Transfer of funds, mate.
Global economy.
-Supposed to be a walkway.
I'm never supposed to see you again.
-And the only reason you guys are here
is because you didn't get paid-- and you're pissed off!
Ha, ha, ha!
Matter of fact, the only way to get us all in the same place
at the same time is to tell us that we're not getting paid.
NATE: Come on, get up.
Get up.
Let's go.
Hustle.
-Oh.
-You don't like hospitals.
-Not much.
PARKER: It's about time.
-What the?
PARKER: Cops and firemen got there
just as we were waking up.
-Where are we?
HARDISON: County hospital.
Local cops-- they responded to the explosion.
[PHONE RINGS]
NATE: Have we been processed?
-They faxed our prints to the state police.
-If the staties run us, man, we're screwed.
-How long?
-Oh, 30, 35 minutes, depending on the software.
-They printed us 20 minutes ago.
So unless we get out of here in the next 10 minutes,
we all go to jail.
NATE: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
-I can take these cops.
PARKER: Don't you dare.
You kill anyone, you screw up my getaway.
-Hold up.
I'm still handcuffed here.
I can't even go to the bathroom.
I gotta go.
NATE: Parker!
Get me a phone!
What we're going to do is we're going
to get out of here together.
-This was a one-time deal.
-Look, guys.
Here's your problem.
You all know what you can do.
I know what ALL you can do.
So it gives me the edge.
It gives me the plan.
-I don't trust these guys.
-Do you trust me?
-Of course.
You're an honest man.
-Parker, phone.
-This is gonna suck.
[RETCHING SOUNDS]
-Oh.
Oh.
Hell--
-Hmm.
Nausea could mean a concussion.
If you feel anymore effects or blurred vision,
tell the policeman right away.
-Mm hmm.
[DOOR CLOSES]
-Hey.
Nate!
-I got it.
So the trick is to give them what they want.
They're expecting a phone call, right?
-There's an outside call for you.
Line 2.
-OK.
-This is Deputy Burns.
ELLIOTT: Yeah, this is Detective Lieutenant Cardon
with the Illinois State Police.
We got those prints that you sent us.
The problem I have is, they're sending up
all kinds of red flags.
And I've got somebody on the phone for you from the FBI
down there in Washington.
Can you hold, son?
-Yes sir.
-Come on.
There it goes.
-Uh, Deputy Burns.
This is Deputy Director MacCumber, FBI.
Yes, is our man all right?
-I'm sorry.
I don't follow--
-Deputy, listen to me.
The man that you have inside there is ours, actually.
He's been in deep cover for three years.
-Seriously?
NATE: That's correct.
You should be receiving a fax right any moment
now, confirming what I'm telling you.
Most of what I've told you is classified.
I need to know I can trust you.
Can I?
-Yes sir.
[ELLIOTT'S GROWLING SOUNDS]
-Walk it off.
Walk-- get inside.
Get inside.
-It fills my heart with tears of joy what you guys do.
It does.
-There's a call for you.
State Police.
-Four first-class tickets to anywhere but here, coming up.
-Whew.
Who's place is this?
-It's mine.
-I'm gonna beat Dubenich so bad, even the people that
look like him are gonna bleed.
-You won't get within 100 yards.
He knows your face.
He knows all our faces.
-He tried to kill us.
-More importantly, he didn't pay us.
-How is that more important?
-I think that personally.
-There's something wrong with you.
-Hey, heads up.
Head's up.
Look.
Dubenich's story is 90% true.
He is the head of Bering Aerospace-- big rival
of Pierson.
But check out what my little web crawlers coughed up.
-We've lost research that we've been
working on for over five years.
Our servers have been sabotaged.
Now we're going to pursue these perpetrators to the full extent
law, and with all the resources we have at our disposal.
-Could be a cover story.
-Here's a log of last night's rip.
Internal time stamps on the project-- 2003, 2004.
They're way, way down in the code.
There's no reason to fake those, man.
-So we didn't steal the plans back.
-No, we were just stealing them.
-Why would Dubenich lie to us?
-'Cause you're thieves.
If he hired you for a straight-up crime,
he's a bad like you.
You'd be suspicious.
This way, you saw just another citizen in over his head.
And that's why you didn't see the double-cross coming.
-Why didn't you see it coming?
-Because I'm not a thief.
-You know what?
Maybe that was the problem.
If you--
-Hey, hey.
Our four tickets to London, Rome, Paris,
and to Sao Paulo, all matching the IDs that you gave me?
-You're running.
-Yes sir.
You got a better idea?
-No no.
You're running.
Now that was a high-risk play.
You got your balls tied to the stock price
like a cinder block.
Shareholder meeting coming up.
We can't let this guy have anytime to cool down.
-You want to run game on this guy.
You--
-Yeah.
I mean, how do you think I got most
of my stolen merchandise back.
I mean, this guy-- he's greedy.
Thinks he's smart.
He's the best kind of mark.
-He does think he got rid of us.
-Element of surprise.
-What's in it for me?
-Payback.
And if it goes right, a lot of money.
-And what's in it for me?
-A lot of money.
And if it goes right, payback.
Hardison?
-I was just gonna send 1,000 porno magazines to his office.
But hell yeah, man.
Let's kick him up.
-What's in it for you?
-He used my son.
All right.
Let's go get Sophie.
-What the hell's a Sophie?
-Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts!
Unsex me here!
And fill me from the crown to the toe-- top full of direst.
Make thick my blood!
Stop up the access and passage to remorse that no-- that no--
HARDISON: She's very awful.
-Is she injured?
In the head?
-Seriously, man.
This is the worst actress I've ever seen.
-This is not her stage.
ELLIOTT: No.
No.
I vote no.
NATE: Parker's right.
Dubenich knows us.
And we need a fresh face.
[CLAPPING]
I thought you were great.
-My only fan.
-Freeze.
[GUNSHOT]
-You wanker.
I'm a citizen now.
Honest.
-I'm not.
-You're playing my side?
-I always thought you had it in you.
-Um.
Are you in?
-I wouldn't miss this.
-All right.
Let's uh, let's go break the law, just one more time.
-Victor Dubenich, Executive Vice President
in charge of new technology development,
over at Bering Aerospace.
Uh, rich daddy.
Trust fund.
Yale MBA.
Blah, blah, blah.
-Victor, now when was the last time you met a Victor?
-In Vietnam, a town called [INAUDIBLE].
-Chinese border.
-That's an odd thing for you to know.
-That's an odd place for you to be.
HARDISON: Now Bering is in charge
of all the big, fat government contracts--
some Department of Defense research.
Very classified stuff.
-Can we use that?
-No, I don't think so.
Dubenich is in charge of their commercial airline business.
-All right, I know when you sent Dubenich's designs,
you weren't supposed to make any copies.
-No, I promised.
And that would be very wrong.
-Show me your copies.
-Ha ha.
-It's an airplane.
-That's a short haul domestic airliner.
Yeah, usually one hour flights.
It's the fastest growing segment of the industry.
Very fuel efficient.
High tech.
Very nice carbon nose.
It's got the titanium wrap, three to one.
You know, you pick up things here and there.
-You pick up a lot of stuff.
-Ha!
-Check this out.
Now, Dubenich and Pierson, they went head to head
for five years trying to grab the lead in an industry that's
worth like eleventy billion dollars.
-So Pierson got there first.
Dubenich took the short cut.
-So he's got a rival.
He's got a rival that pisses him off so much
he hired us to steal his designs.
This is good.
-What are you thinking, Nate?
-I'm thinking Nigerians.
Yeah.
Nigerian's will do nicely.
-Well he hasn't changed a bit.
-Your 9 o'clock is here.
-My?
Huh?
-(WITH ACCENT) Mr. Dubenich.
Anna Gunschtot.
African Commercial Transport and Trade Initiative.
-Here comes a mountain of suck.
-You government?
-No, no.
Private business consortium.
We are looking to encourage infrastructure
development and economical renewal.
-I have no idea what that means in English.
What does it mean?
-We create jobs and trade in Africa.
Keep the graft and the stealing manageable.
-But she's not awful.
-This is her stage.
Sophie Devereaux is the finest actress
you've ever seen, when she's breaking the law.
DUBENICH: Then keep graft and stealing manageable in Africa.
Good luck. I don't think I can help.
I don't think any human being on earth can help you with that.
Sorry.
-Come on.
Let's go and took somewhere a little less formal, hey?
-Uh.
No, no, no.
I-- uh look.
Miss uh-- uh-- uh--
-OK.
And, now.
-What?
No, no.
No.
No, no, no.
Please.
PARKER: Hello.
IT?
-Yeah, this is Victor Dubenich's office.
My computer just completely crashed.
-Oh well.
I'm sorry to hear about that.
Have you tried turning it on and off again?
SECRETARY: Nothing seems to be working.
-It's a computer thing.
I told her to say that.
-Well done.
PARKER: We've got someone on your floor already.
-Thank you.
-Somebody call IT?
-I represent a group of investors who are looking
to start an airline for short haul flights in Africa?
-Out of Johannesburg?
-OK.
He's testing you.
You want Bloemfontein.
-Keep away from the hubs.
Revitalize the regional airports.
In South Africa, Bloemfontein, for example.
But really, its Nigeria we're focused on.
-Yeah.
Perfect.
DUBENICH: The Lagos airport runways are a mess.
SOPHIE: I believe new airplanes will make people feel
comfortable, while we renew our runways.
-Uh huh.
I don't recall saying anything about new airplanes.
-Victor.
Both you and your chief engineer are scheduled
to speak at your shareholders meeting.
DUBENICH: I think you know more about my business than I do.
SOPHIE: I've done my homework.
I find you fascinating.
-Uh, you--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
-It's good.
It's good to have a passion.
-It is.
Let me show you how to reconnect with the network.
-Now, shouldn't I be playing the computer guy?
-No, I want you to actually be the computer guy.
[COMPUTER SOUNDS]
-All right.
Whoa.
No, no.
And reboot.
Voila!
-You are strong for a computer guy.
-Thank you.
I like to work out.
Try to stay big, 'cause I love dressing up like a Klingon,
and going to all the conventions, you know?
Bagalah!
-Oh!
-Sorry.
-No, that's OK.
Bagalah!
-Oh!
Don't you tease me!
-Oh. -Oh, hold up man.
That's not, that is not cool.
That is not cool.
Going to have a strong talk when you get back.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
-Uh, is it-- sorry, is it Gunshot?
-No.
-I'm sorry.
-Gunschtot.
I'm really sorry.
-Anna.
Thank you.
How's this?
If we announce a new product, then you
can order as many as your little heart desires.
-Hmm.
-OK.
You know what to do.
Hit him.
SOPHIE: We'd also like to build the planes.
More jobs.
Build them in Africa.
Fly them in Africa.
Sell the rest around the world.
-Well, that's very ambitious.
You have the manufacturing facilities to do all that?
-Ah.
We can easily raise the money to build the facilities,
if we know for certain we're going to get the contracts.
-Atta girl.
-Anna.
I'm really sorry, but I can't help you.
-That was a nice try, man.
-Wait for it.
-And--
-I understand.
-I really do have--
-I'll take it to Pierson.
-Pierson?
No.
Pierson's a great company.
Sure, go ahead.
I don't think they can help you.
But--
-Oh, they have a reputation for long-term investments.
You don't.
They're innovators.
Ya.
It's probably a better fit.
DUBENICH: I know, I'm aware that you're manipulating me, Anna.
-I should hope so.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in new contracts.
A lot of good press.
All at your door.
-OK. I give up.
I'll take the meeting.
-I'll have my office call you.
-What?
Yeah.
-Day after tomorrow?
-Uh, yeah.
Sure.
Look forward to doing business with you.
-Ha ha ha!
-Yo, Nate.
Got all his financials off his hard drive.
All his passwords.
-Yeah.
HARDISON: Uh.
-Your shot.
-No thanks.
Five corner.
-You look better, than when we started.
-Yeah.
Ah.
-And that bothers you, huh?
-I-- well, this isn't supposed to feel--
-Good.
It's not that hard to figure out.
Dubenich screwed you.
He cheated by stealing from that other company.
And your good guy brain sees him as the bad guy.
Your conscience is clear.
-You want to take your shot?
-Hmm.
Listen, I'm sorry about your kid.
-You don't know anything about that.
-Everybody knows.
Guy like you goes off the street, a lot of people notice.
And it was a bad story too.
How do they justify that, huh?
The insurance company just not paying for his treatment?
[BEEP OF MACHINES]
NURSE: BP's dropping.
-They claimed it was experimental.
-Should've kept one of those Monet's you found.
Hmm?
You fence that--
-Elliott, you and I are not friends.
-Right.
Right.
Because you have so many of 'em.
Incoming.
-Hey.
Can you help me with this earpiece?
-Yeah, um.
Why don't you ask Hardison?
-Nate.
Come on.
-There you go.
-Thanks.
So, this time you really are inside my head.
-Oooh.
Oooh.
-Sophie, he's on site.
-What?
No, I'm not ready.
-If you don't meet him right now in the lobby,
he's going to go to the building directory
and look for the office number.
Guys, we are not in the building directory.
-And why aren't we in the directory?
-I don't know.
Maybe because they're fake offices.
-There's no elevator.
-All right.
I'll distract him.
Parker, you got 10 seconds to get Sophie to the lobby.
-Sophie!
-What's going on?
-Put this on.
-What's it for?
-Speed.
[CAR ALARM]
[MULTIPLE CAR ALARMS]
[FRANTIC CHATTER]
[GASP]
[SCREAM]
-Our offices are on the 10th floor.
-Oh, you're uh-- you have a glow.
-Just, excited.
-Oh.
-One thing.
The gentlemen bringing you this opportunity
to work with their government-- they'll um,
they'll expect some compensation.
-Oh.
-Not a bribe, of course.
-A finder's fee.
-Exactly.
-I thought your job was to eliminate graft and stealing.
-No, my job is to keep it manageable .
-Good afternoon.
-Hello.
-Mr. Dubenich.
-Yes?
-We are honored by your presence.
-No, no.
The honor's entirely mine.
Getting in on the ground floor of something like this--
it's a wonderful opportunity.
-Nice job on the zipline.
-Totally thought she was going to break a leg.
Not bad for her first time.
DUBENICH: So what do you think?
-She's closing it up.
-Yes.
Absolutely.
We can definitely repurpose factories.
-Great.
-I believe we will be able to do a lot of business together,
sir.
-About the other matter.
-Of course.
-Is that agreeable?
-Oh, I think we can work something out.
-Excellent.
-We got him?
-We own him.
-OK, gang, let's go.
We got a busy day tomorrow.
-This is going to work, right?
-I guarantee it.
-This is insane.
We are risking everything.
We already took a chance by stealing the plans!
Now--
-What is that?
It's a transmitter.
And they've been listening to everything
that I've been saying.
-Who are they?
-Who do you think?
Also, I've checked.
There's no office for the African Commercial Trade
Initiative anywhere in the city.
They've been hustling me.
And I know exactly what they're doing.
Tomorrow, it stops.
Get the FBI on the phone.
-Yes sir.
-You sure you know what they're doing?
-Yeah.
They're pissed.
I get that.
They want to make me pay.
I mean, an opportunity like this,
the same week as the shareholders meeting.
The bug.
The fake offices.
Cash bribes.
Nigerians, for god's sake.
Nigerians.
I mean, it's like those email scams
with Nigerian bank fraud letters.
Who the hell do they think I am?
Some, some dog they can just lead around?
They're going to find out exactly how wrong they are.
-Anywhere in the world.
I want to introduce to you--
-It is more than just nuts, bolts, and scrap metal.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHATTER OF PARTY GUESTS]
[PIANO MUSIC]
-All I know is, good day for you.
-Well, it was a good day for all of us.
Stocks have gone up 15 points since the announcement?
-Oh really?
-You didn't know?
-No.
I'll pass it around.
-Well, aren't you the cat that ate the canary?
-Is that a joke?
-Horrible poker face.
-[CHUCKLE] Guilty.
Why don't we get this done?
-Now?
-Yeah.
-You have the whole payment?
-Absolutely.
I think we should make the deal.
I want to make the announcement.
Get even bigger headlines?
I'll take them into a conference room away from all this.
Go, go, go.
-I'll be right back.
-OK.
-Gentlemen.
Now everybody come, sit down, relax.
Make yourselves comfortable.
-Thank you.
-Sure.
-I assume we all understand the terms of this agreement.
-Well.
I'll tell you.
The exact terms of the agreement are these--
[BUZZ]
-FBI.
Don't move.
-Oh.
-All you all right, sir?
-Oh, I'm fine.
-Yes, of course.
-Thanks for asking.
Everything's perfectly-- what?
What are you?
Wait a minute.
Let go of me.
Please.
What are you looking at me for?
The criminals are sitting right over there.
Look at them.
Listen, I spoke-- I spoke to Special Agent Higgins.
If you call him on the phone.
-I'm Special Agent Higgins.
Victor Dubenich, you are under arrest
for soliciting a bribe from these Nigerian
government officials.
-No.
I'm not under-- these are not even Nigerians.
-Of course we are.
-No.
No, no.
-Your woman knew that when she contacted us last week.
-My woman?
An-- Anna?
Anna!
Um, Special Agent Higgins, Anna Gunschtot works for them.
-Ridiculous!
She contacted us on your behalf.
She told us she worked directly under you now.
-Anna Gunschtot, from Bering Aerospace,
directly under Dubenich.
-But, she took me-- she took me to their office.
-No, we do not have an office in this city.
-Exactly.
-We met her at your other office.
[ELEVATOR DING]
-Anna Gunschtot from Bering Aerospace.
-Shareholders.
The shareholders!
[SIRENS]
-What in god's name?
[CONCERNED CHATTER]
-This is a private party.
--No, no, no.
Everybody.
Could I have your attention?
It's just a-- it's a permit problem.
-Victor, what's going on?
-I can explain, Tom.
It's just a--
-Anybody else here involved in the bribe?
-Bribe?
-There's no bribe.
No bribe.
-I handed this man an envelope containing
a cashier's check for $200,000.
-No, no, no.
No.
Nobody-- I wasn't handed any--
I didn't-- Nobody handed--
-This would look a lot better for you
if you did not deposit that check.
-No no.
-Do you still have it?
-I didn't get a check.
-Sir, we've got people searching the lab,
seizing the files and computers.
-Good job.
-Victor, news crew.
Victor, if they find out--
-Higgins, Higgins, Higgins!
You can't do that.
You can't take my computer.
-This company has government defense contracts.
There's very serious rules concerning
contact with foreign nationals.
The Patriot Act applies here, my friend.
-Sir--
-I can take your underpants.
-It's getting a little aggressive.
-Yeah.
-I'm sorry.
Babatunde, this is Tom Bailey.
These are gentlemen from Nigeria.
Everybody just take it easy, relax.
I'll be back, and I'll explain everything.
-Victor, where are you going?
Victor?
-Guys, we gotta get rid of this stuff.
Keep shredding!
Help me!
[FRANTIC CHATTER]
-FBI!
-I came alone.
-Yes, I know.
Thank you, Mr. Pierson.
Now I understand your research was completely wiped out.
I have complete copies right on these hard drives,
along with absolute proof that they
were on Bering Aerospace computers.
That should be good for a couple of lawsuits, right?
-I drop the investigation against all parties
involved with the original theft.
-That seems fair.
You get your property back.
-Agreed.
No charges.
Nothing on you or your people.
Don't you want money?
-This particular project has a different revenue stream.
There's been a massive sell off, sparked
by multiple federal investigations
of Bering Aerospace.
The stock plummeted 33% before trading was halted.
[PHONE RINGS]
-Yeah? -Yeah.
You should have just paid us.
-I found the transmitter.
-No, no.
You found the transmitter with the blinking light.
Yeah, we wanted you to figure some of it out.
Then we just gave you what you were expecting.
-I am Victor Dubenich.
I am gonna beat this.
-Aren't you forgetting about the bribe?
-Who cares?
You can't prove anything.
I didn't get any money.
-Bingo.
-Yeah, no.
It doesn't account for all it.
Sophie kept a little to buy a truly
impressive number of shoes.
-What is it with women and shoes?
-There's something wrong with you.
-That's what I said.
-See, if a company's stock price falls 10, 15% in one day,
and you see it coming, you sell short.
You make a lot of money.
If it's going to fall 30%, you can
make shattering amounts of money.
Ah, we didn't need the FBI to take you to jail.
We just needed them to show up and boxes our of your office,
all day long, in front of TV cameras.
Scaring your investors, you going to jail is just a bonus.
So I wouldn't say anything about us to the feds.
Next time we won't be so nice.
-Who was that?
-Nobody.
-Whoa!
Um--
-Job well-- whoa.
There's an overlap in the London Stock market.
Valuation carried over to NASDAQ.
And then-- I'm just was very good at what I do.
-This is the score, THE score.
-Age of the geek, baby.
-Somebody kiss this man, so I don't have to.
-So, we're out, huh?
I mean, we're out.
This is retirement money.
This is go-legit-and-buy-an-island
money.
-Yeah.
Yeah.
Pleasure working with you.
-One show only.
No encores.
-I already forgot your names.
-You know.
I've never had that cool a time on a job.
-It's a walkaway.
-And I got focus issues, brother.
You kept me right on.
-I'm really good at one thing.
-Parker.
-Only one thing, that's it.
But you, you know other things.
And, I can't stop doing my one thing.
I can't retire.
-Want to know what I think?
-Not really.
-How long before you fall apart again?
-Oh, I'm touched.
-Yeah, well, a guy like you can't be out the game,
all right?
That's why you're a wreck You need the chase.
-Yeah, I'll manage.
[PHONE RINGS]
-Yeah?
Oh.
-You pick the jobs.
-My job is helping people.
I find bad guys.
-Well, go find some bad guys.
Bad guys have money.
Black king.
White knight.
-I'm sorry.
-No, no.
-Please, take your time.
-She was 17.
-I know.
-They, they killed her.
The said it was an accident.
But that company killed her.
I want them hurt.
-Now, we can't pay you.
-We work on an alternative revenue stream.
-I don't understand.
The judge said that we couldn't appeal.
What are you going to do?
-People like that, corporations like
that-- they have all the money.
They have all the power.
And they use it to make people like you go away.
Right now, you're suffering under an enormous weight.
We provide leverage.
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[THEME MUSIC]