Pistol Whipped

So I remind you of that guy, Everyman?

You put me in mind of him, Matt. I don't know that you remind me.

You're not a good guy.

You sit around all day, you do nothing with your life,

living off God knows what.

You gamble, you're divorced, a dark past before I met you.

Then you're a cop and they kicked you out.

I bet you don't see your daughter one day out of 20.

Dad.

You're right.

You're right about that.

I'm a bad man.

What I say bothers you?

You know that I know that everybody knows you took the money,

even though they couldn't prove it.

Maybe someday you'll cough it up. Maybe you won't.

The world is filled with guys like you.

Guys worried about getting what they think they deserve,

and why should they work for it?

But deep inside you, you've got this...

I don't know, this spark, this seed of decency.

I have to go. Somebody I got to see.

Hey, Matt.

Any time you want, you come around, okay?

Now, you see, that's what I like about you.

What's that?

A good guy like you got time for such a bad guy like me.

Ain't that something.

I'll raise you four.

Four more white ones.

I'll see that.

Four hundred to you, Matt. Raise.

I'm out.

Four to you.

Okay, flip.

Pair of sevens.

Two pair, nines and 10s.

Ladies, and the lady wins. Yes.

This one is...

I could lose my shirt.

Sorry, guys.

Get off.

Son of a bitch.

$20,000.

I'm out.

That's 20 to you, Matt.

I'm going to call you.

That ain't 20, Matt.

What?

You're four K short.

That's okay, it's fine. Fine.

No, that's not okay. House rules. No debts at our tables.

No, it is fine, it is fine. Matt's marker's good with me.

You'll get your fair share out of my cut if I... When I win.

I'm sure we can come to some concession.

Thank you. No, thank you.

No problem.

Matt?

Trip eights, mate.

Suck on that.

Three jacks. Suck on that.

I'm out.

Oh, fuck!

He owes you, not us.

Excuse me, excuse me for a minute. I'll be right back.

He might pay, he might not. You got to stand in line.

Matthew. Yeah.

Hold on for a second.

How can I help you?

I'll get you that money right away, don't worry about it.

It's not a concern of mine.

I know you're good for it. Yeah.

I was wondering if we could have a little chat.

Sure.

An associate of mine asked me to approach you on his behalf.

Really? Who might that be?

Is this your associate here?

I had no idea what this...

Motherfucker, get down. Okay, all right.

Get down. Jesus.

Hey, no need for that, Matt.

I sent those guys.

Put the gun down,

let Mr. Sharp run home before he pisses on himself.

Look, look, you know what?

How about if I just shoot him in the fucking head?

Then we got a problem, 'cause I don't give a shit if you do.

Motherfucker, what you want, man?

I'm the messenger.

Make a right, first aisle.

Mr. Conner, I won't thank you for coming

because, let's face it, you were forced to come.

I'm sure that doesn't sit well with you.

Well, thank you for the consideration.

What do I call you?

You don't.

You know, you should really put that thing away.

Somebody might get hurt.

And who will that be?

Well, like my daddy used to say, "You never know till you go."

Gentlemen.

Blue has been with me a long time. I'm afraid he takes his job too seriously.

But he is correct, you don't need to call me anything.

Blue will be my intermediary from now on.

I just wanted you to see me

and have some inkling that the person you're working for

is not some faceless entity.

So let me get this straight, I work for you now?

I know you.

Back in the day, across the pond.

Before you took on this cop identity thing.

You were there, I was there.

Remember how we felt about the guy that went deep into enemy territory,

took care of business with extreme prejudice,

and made his way out in one piece?

You know what really is amazing to me?

A guy that can walk into an urban territory,

a five star hotel full of bodyguards,

take care of business with extreme prejudice,

and walk out in one piece like a fucking ghost.

I guess I had my 15 minutes, but as you know, I'm kind of retired now.

That's what I like about you. Do you recognize these?

Your markers. Three bookies' worth.

$1,235,000 and 65 cents, motherfucker.

Man, you guys are meticulous.

You're a smart man, Mr. Conner.

I don't need to explain to you how I came to buy them,

although indeed I did buy them.

What you owed to others, a million plus, you now owe to me.

So I guess that means if I don't do what you want me to do,

you'll terminate me.

Not at all.

It's late, I'm tired.

Blue will contact you in the near future,

and when he does he's going to make you an offer.

Kind of like an offer I can't refuse?

You can refuse.

You might want to listen to our proposition, it might be to your liking.

I'll do that, I'll do that.

Shouldn't you answer that?

That's your daughter, and her step-dad.

Is it Saturday?

You don't even know what day of the week it is?

Matt, what's wrong with you?

Your little girl is waiting outside. She talked the whole time

about how you were going to spend the day with her.

Oh, sorry, man...

Give me one minute.

Look, man, it's my day for my daughter.

This can't wait. Lose him.

Man, I got a fucking emergency here. Some assholes I got to...

Yeah, okay, I'll make something up, as usual.

Look, I'll bring her by tomorrow.

Just make sure you're here, okay, Matt?

I'll be here.

I owe you, man, thanks. Thanks.

Yeah, sure.

Sweetheart, Daddy can't see you tonight, he doesn't feel well, okay?

But I'll tell you what, we'll do something real fun the rest of the day.

Take a seat.

Motherfucker, I ought to kill you.

You don't want to do that.

Why not?

Because if you do, the Old Man won't tear up your markers.

Man, you're confusing me for somebody who'd give a shit.

Do you know him?

No, not really.

Bruno. Very, very bad hombre.

Unfortunately, he's encouraging bad behavior from the Italians

so he got to go.

Well, I don't suppose I have much of a choice, do I?

No, you don't.

Well, tell the Old Man that he's as good as dead.

That's real good.

But remember, they all have kids just like you.

Thank you for reminding me.

We work for the government, Matt,

although they're going to be in denial if any of us get apprehended.

These scumbags have managed to get not above the law, but beyond it.

The law for them has no meaning. That's where we come in.

You know what I prefer to call our enterprise?

Extracurricular justice.

Hey, what are you mad at?

Look who's here.

Is that your eyes causing that to happen? Just looking at me I just...

Great grapes.

She's good. The lemon drop kid.

Come on, pal, we'll crack down together.

Maybe we'll raise a few dollars.

Grab that door.

Hello, how are you?

I'm fine, thank you.

Korean? Japanese?

I speak both.

You speak both? I speak both, too.

So, that guy was rude to you, huh?

All right, sweetie, I'll pick you up tomorrow, all right?

Bye. Bye-bye. Have fun.

I will. All right. Bye.

Bye.