Blood, Sand & Gold

It must be over 400 years old.

At least 90% purity.

Soft to the touch.

It was only a matter of time.

This is going to be the biggest haul of gold artifacts

in the history of Adams exploration.

Adams exploration? In the history of the world.

Money? Is that what you want?

The company cannot pay me what I want.

I'm not going to do this

because I loved your father.

I'm sorry. This is the best that I can do.

This is your release form.

Got any place to go?

Jack.

I'm an archeologist.

Hell of a funeral procession.

The king is dead.

Long live the king.

Our business is to salvage and recovery of treasure.

It looks bad if a hundred thousand gold coins go missing.

We won't have a ceo until this is resolved.

A king is a king from birth.

The coronation is just a formality.

Romantic. Your sister might disagree.

My sister doesn't have the stomach for this job.

She's just a scientist.

She has to be placated somehow.

with enough documents to blow this whole thing to bits.

No, she'd never hurt this company.

She doesn't have the balls to use a nuclear option like that.

This fight will take place in the boardroom...

And I own the boardroom.

- Yes, but... - So typical of my father.

He spends his whole life pillaging, pirating,

only to get a guilty conscience at the end.

Still, I think he's right,

and when I run this company, I'm gonna run it clean.

Remember, be diplomatic.

Offer her cfo, head of research-- a carrot.

I've been diplomatic with her my entire life.

It's time she learns that there's a new balance of power.

You've got some fucking nerve calling me today

Excuse me? The security you insisted upon hiring was useless.

My interns could've done a better job.

All I know is that you failed to stop them.

I looked down the barrel of a loaded gun.

I almost got shot execution style

by a man who used to come to our family barbecue.

but I'm not in the mood for a teachable moment from you right now.

My sympathies, mave, truly, but I'm ceo now,

and you just cost our company a billion dollars.

What? You're not ceo.

Mave, Ernest here. If I may...

Your father implemented security measures.

Because of today, we had to vote for an interim ceo.

And I'm sorry for your ordeal, truly.

Oh, go to hell, both of you.

I'll fight you in the boardroom and win.

See you at the fucking meeting.

She'll fall in line.

It's the beginning of a new era.

If it's one thing I've learned from your father,

never underestimate your own family.

A leader has to show strength.

When sir Francis Drake was sent to raid the Spanish,

his co-commander Thomas dowdy tried to take control.

Thomas dowdy was a gentleman, a scholar, and a war hero.

But Drake was the captain,

and one of them was beheaded the next day.

I understand your long-standing fascination with sir Francis Drake,

but I'm not sure what the same logic applies to 21st century Hong Kong.

That's bullshit. This company needs a captain.

because she spent there entire life reading about history,

and I've spent my entire life understanding it.

This way. Everything is in here.

An aika stone?

Yeah.

This is mesopotamian.

The term is actually akkadian, but, uh...

Look, are you going to be doing this here or back at your appraisal office?

Well, you're from the university, right?

I'm sorry, I just wanna get this over with.

I think there's been a misunderstanding.

I came here to find you.

You're Jack riordan, right?

I'm sorry. Do I know you?

You ever seen one of these?

It's a gaudens double eagle,

last gold coin circulated by the U.S. mint.

Beautiful.

It was worth $20 in 1933.

Look, I don't know what got you out of your comfy little office,

but I'm not interested.

I need you to steal something for me.

Excuse me?

I don't know who you think I am, but I am not your guy.

I think you are, Jack.

The biggest find in modern history.

100,000 gold coins touched by the inca themselves.

More gold than king tut's tomb.

More gold then 10,000 of these combined.

- Isn't this what you live for? - Stop.

You were the best, Jack.

You found things we didn't even know existed,

let alone were still preserved.

Isn't that what all this stuff is about?

I am not just talking about the thrill of the find.

I'm talking about history.

500 years of blood, sand, and gold in one goddamn chest.

Look, I don't know what you think I did or was, but it's over.

the only thing I found was the back of a jail cell.

I'm out.

Everyone has a price.

$750,000--

that's how much is worth now.

We should be through this turbulence

in about 20 minutes,

and in Western Sahara in about three hours.

Don't tell me you're afraid to fly.

I'm not afraid to fly. I don't like flying.

the only thing keeping him from monopolizing the company jet.

Once our dad died, he went straight for the fucking throne.

Sorry, are you going to be talking this whole time?

I'm certainly paying you enough.

We have one week to find this, Jack,

before the board meeting.

One week. So what's your plan?

Find the culprit. Find the gold.

This is the last place Henry was

before they took off with everything.

Well, it's your money.

- Of course, I'll need a gun. - No guns.

Well, Henry has a gun, in case you've forgotten.

Henry didn't shoot me. He saved my life.

We're going through the local authorities on this one, Jack.

We're supposed to be meeting the police chief.

I lived with him here for months.

Looks like a dead end.

I have a few more questions for farouk.

I'll be outside.

It's not a problem.

You're following us. I saw you. Tell me!

Why are you following us?

Jack, let him go.

We're leaving now. Merci.

Fine. Let's get out of here.

Hey!

Your sister is back in Western Sahara.

She thinks she's a detective.

I told her the authorities were handling it.

She thinks they missed something. You know mave.

Well, the only thing mave is gonna miss is a board meeting.

Whatever she's doing, it's costing us a fortune.

Cut her off.

Freeze her accounts.

If she has no money, she has to come home.

Fuck! They froze my accounts.

For what? You'd rather just beat the shit out of anyone you see.

Yeah? And you'd rather pay them off.

Why don't you have a drink?

It doesn't matter. Without cash, it's over.

Matthew wants to parade me in front of the board as a goddamn failure.

I've got nothing.

Maybe Matthew is right. Leave it to the professionals.

I do have one thing. I stole his phone.

Look at the last number dialed.

Hong Kong.

Haven't heard a lot of mandarin around here, have you?

- So? - So...

A billion dollars of gold is worth nothing

Skip the lecture, Jack. What's your plan?

Go to the biggest black market in the world,

find your gold, steal it back.

That's what I paid you $750,000 to tell me?

My accounts are frozen, Jack.

Look, we do this my way.

I've got some contacts. I can set us up for a bit.

And this black market of gold is in Hong Kong?

The middle of the middle east.

Golden city.

- Dubai. - Ms. Adams?

The company is recalling us.

Plane leaves in 20. We'll be outside.

Well, I guess you gotta choose, mave.

One thing, we do this, I'm gonna need a gun.

I just go word the plane is back

Well, she's making it easy for us then.

I guess she'll be missing the meeting.

First we're gonna meet with my friend sheik Ali.

but he's the biggest artifact collector in all of Dubai.

Jack, habibi.

- Salaam alaikum. - Alaikum salaam.

Let me get a good look at you.

I figured it was only a matter of time before you came calling.

You've arrived just in time.

There's a sitting room inside for your wife.

There's only 20 of these in the world.

I won him in a poker tournament in marrakesh.

Impressive, eh?