The Killer’s Game (2024)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Comedy
Director: J.J. Perry
Writers: Rand Ravich, James Coyne, Jay Bonansinga
Stars: Dave Bautista, Ben Kingsley, Scott Adkins, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Pom Klementieff, Drew McIntyre
Plot: A seasoned hitman, diagnosed with a terminal illness, hires assassins to take him out before his condition worsens. However, after placing the order, he learns new information that complicates things. Chaos erupts when he must battle his former assassin colleagues, who have also targeted his ex-girlfriend, forcing him into an all-out war for survival.
* * *
(CLAP FOR THE KILLERS BY STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB)
♪ Now can you clap for the killers? ♪
(FIREWORKS EXPLODING)
♪ Give it up for them gangsters ♪
♪ One time for the killers ♪
♪ Double up for them gangsters ♪
♪ Well, I wrote this for criminals ♪
♪ But all of y’all should listen at me ♪
♪ Now if you ever catch me snitchin’ ♪
♪ Just haul off and slap me ♪
♪ They on the other team ♪
♪ Let’s rumble Is my thoughts exactly ♪
♪ They work for gangsters ♪
♪ And they wacked Fred Hampton Jr.’s Pappy ♪
♪ Ay, playboy Pop ’em with a pistol ♪
♪ And get executed ♪
♪ Ay, mama Murder ’em with missiles ♪
♪ And you get saluted ♪
♪ Go head and gank ’em for a grand ♪
♪ It’s DNA computed ♪
♪ But bankers bathe in the Bahamas ♪
♪ Off of billions looted ♪
♪ Now can you clap? ♪
♪ Now can you clap? ♪
(CAMERAS CLICKING)
♪ Now can you clap for them killers? ♪
♪ Give it up for them gangsters ♪
♪ One time for the killers ♪
♪ Double up for them gangsters ♪
(LIVELY CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
♪ But they the ones who wrote the laws ♪
♪ Not for them Coppola criminals ♪
♪ They just act hard ♪
♪ Tony Montana had a stylist and a SAG card ♪
♪ When he reloaded ♪
♪ Slaves forgot that they had back scars ♪
♪ Ay, Mister DeNiro What kind of gun is that? ♪
♪ Can you look more like a menace? ♪
♪ Take two Now run it back ♪
♪ Ay, so what Scorsese Got all them money stacks ♪
♪ Long as his lens never looks ♪
♪ At the real maniacs ♪
♪ Clap for them killers ♪
♪ Give it up for them gangsters ♪
♪ One time for the killers ♪
♪ Double up for them gangsters ♪
(IN RUSSIAN)
(MOHE MOHE BY AMANATI PLAYING)
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
(CHOKING)
(CLICKS)
(MOHE MOHE CONTINUES PLAYING)
ZVI: (IN ENGLISH ON COMMS) Joseph, I meant to remind you, no blood! The opera house is 139 years old.
FLOOD: Well, at least the carpet’s red.
(IN RUSSIAN)
(MUFFLED GUNSHOTS)
(GROANS)
(MOHE MOHE CONTINUES PLAYING)
(GUN CLICKS)
(IN RUSSIAN)
(IN ENGLISH) What difference would 10 seconds make?
(PETROV IN RUSSIAN)
(IN ENGLISH) It can’t.
(MUFFLED GUNSHOT)
(GASPS)
(PANTING)
(MOHE MOHE CONTINUES PLAYING)
(PANTING)
(IN RUSSIAN)
(TINNITUS RINGING)
(GROANS)
(GROANING)
(PANTING)
(MOHE MOHE CONTINUES PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
(IN HUNGARIAN) Drop your weapon!
(GROANS)
(PANTING)
(GUNFIRE)
(GROANS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CROWD EXCLAIMS)
(CROWD CLAMORING)
(GRUNTS)
(CROWD SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
(BONES CRUNCH)
(GROANING)
(SCREAMS)
(IN ENGLISH) Come on. Let’s get out of here.
I got you. Come on.
(GROANS)
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Do you know what happened?
A dangerous world, I guess.
(GROANS)
Is your foot okay?
Yeah.
Hey.
What’s your name?
Uh…
Joe.
Thank you, Joe.
(TINNITUS RINGING)
(GROANING)
Are you okay?
Hey, are you okay?
(GROANING)
Hey, do you have water, please?
Please, come.
(INTENSE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(CLICKING, CLANKS)
(THUDS)
(CLICKING, CLANKS)
(BEEPS)
(PHONE VIBRATES)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(CLICKS)
Shit.
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(BEEPS)
(BUZZES)
(SIGHS)
(MRI SCANNER KNOCKING)
(MRI SCANNER WHIRRING LOUDLY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
DR. KAGEN: Okay, there’s nothing here to indicate any tumors
so we can rule that out.
FLOOD: All right.
That is one hell of a resume you’ve got there.
Yeah, there’s no substitute for experience.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah.
Is that really necessary?
DR. KAGEN: What, all this and you’re scared of a needle?
You don’t know what I can do with that needle.
(CHUCKLES) Man up, soldier.
You know, in all the years, Joe,
how many hits to the head do you think you’ve taken?
Define hit.
You know, saw stars, blacked out,
threw up, that kind of thing.
Uh, I never threw up.
Yeah, I guess I’ve had my bell rung
a few times.
Mm.
It’s just, repeated head trauma
can lead to CTE
which the scans can’t detect.
What are you saying?
I’m saying it might be time
to reevaluate your lifestyle, Sergeant Flood.
Okay?
Yeah.
I’ll run some more tests.
Joseph, it’s 11 o’clock already.
You know I worry when you’re late.
FLOOD: You worry because worrying is what you do.
I had to see Doc Kagen. He says hi.
You were wounded?
No, I’ve been
having these really bad headaches. I told you.
ZVI: Doctors.
What do doctors know?
Yeah.
Well, I’ve been having double vision as well, so…
That’s bad.
In this game, you wouldn’t know what target to shoot.
(SIGHS)
Are you gonna drink that coffee
or just stir it to death?
Don’t you worry about my coffee.
So, I spoke to our friend.
The police are working on a theory
that one of Petrov’s own security team
did the hit. You’re clean.
Am I?
Are you asking professionally or philosophically?
I don’t know.
Sometimes I ask myself,
“Why the hell do I do this?”
Petrov was scum, trafficking women.
You did the world a favor.
What will they say about me
when someone takes me off the board?
Will anyone even notice?
Leave judgement to God.
Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.
Now for the good news.
What good news?
The $750,000 you just made,
30% to the laundry…
(WHIRRING)
…minus expenses…
Gonna buy you a new calculator.
Minus my commission.
(WHIRRING)
Cheap at half the price.
(SIGHS)
We’re gonna need to talk about some of these expenses.
You need a vacation.
Get some sun. Meet a nice girl.
Where am I gonna meet a nice girl?
Who knows where you’ll meet her?
Just get me another gig.
Joseph, never get so busy making a living
that you forget to make a life.
Did you read that on a fortune cookie?
That’s Dolly Parton, my friend.
(FLOOD CHUCKLES)
(SHINE BY DOLLY PARTON PLAYING)
♪ Give me a word Give me a sign ♪
♪ Show me where to look ♪
♪ And tell me what will I find? ♪
♪ What will I find? ♪
♪ Lay me on the ground And fly me in the sky ♪
♪ Show me where to look ♪
♪ And tell me What will I find? ♪
AIMEE: Rehearsals are closed to the public.
(SIGHS) Uh, belongs to one of your dancers.
Thanks.
FLOOD: Hey.
Hi.
FLOOD: Hey.
Joe?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hi.
(IN FRENCH)
(IN ENGLISH) I’m sorry. I didn’t realize I had that.
You’ve had this this whole time?
Yeah.
Wow, you really are a lifesaver.
First time I’ve heard that.
Well, you saved mine.
How’s your foot?
It’s good. It’s nothing. Just a little bruised.
(WHISPERING IN FRENCH)
(IN ENGLISH) Can I buy you dinner?
You know, just as a… as a thank you.
Um…
Unless you can’t because… because you can’t.
No, it’s not that. It’s just…
Okay. I’ll just give you my number.
I have to get back to rehearsal,
but I’ll be done at five.
So call me…
if you…
want to.
“Maze.”
Maize.
Maize.
(CHUCKLES)
What?
(IN FRENCH)
(BOTH LAUGH)
(MAIZE YELLS EXCITEDLY)
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Heaven Let your light shine ♪
(SONG ABRUPTLY ENDS)
(SIGHS)
(SHINE CONTINUES PLAYING)
Maize.
(SIGHS)
(PHONE TAPPING)
(SIGHS)
Good to see you today.
Good to see you today?
(SIGHS) All that dancing must make you hungry.
No.
‘Sup, girl?
(CHUCKLES)
No.
It’s Joe.
I’d love to.
Send.
Mmm.
Mmm.
Where do you put it all?
(CHUCKLES)
Before we started the show,
we were rehearsing eight hours a day.
Now we’re at four hours a day, six shows a week.
I cannot do that on celery and rice cakes.
How’d you end up in Budapest?
Milos, she’s one of the best choreographers in the world.
Yeah.
The show was incredible up until…
The murder and shooting?
Yeah.
That wasn’t in the program notes.
How did you end up here?
I don’t run into many Americans.
Work.
I travel all over Europe
and this was central, affordable, low-key.
You got family?
Uh…
I joined the army when I was 18.
I’m not sure anybody noticed when I left.
I didn’t think to remind them.
What do you do now?
Retirement planning.
(CHUCKLES) What?
Could you help a dancer who needs to retire soon?
You’re too young to retire.
Dancers are like boxers.
Father Time remains undefeated.
Don’t you love dancing?
The last 10 years, two ankle surgeries
torn ligaments, stress fractures.
I’m not complaining.
I love dance. I really do.
My mom had to work two jobs to afford my ballet classes
so to me, it could never be just a hobby.
So I was thinking when I retire
I could start a dance school for kids like me.
A place where they get to decide
who they really want to be.
(LAUGHS)
It all sounds a bit too crazy, but…
I don’t think so.
No. I think it sounds perfect.
Well, if that doesn’t work out,
I can always become a cat burglar.
I’ll need a good getaway driver.
Mm. That seems risky. Any benefits?
(CHUCKLES) Me in a cat suit, duh!
Where do I send (LAUGHS) my application?
(MAIZE LAUGHS)
Did you just laugh?
No.
You did.
I definitely did not.
You did.
You’re smiling right now.
(LAUGHS)
Am I?
It suits you.
Maybe.
It really does.
(I GOT YOU BY LOLO FT. (HIGHLAND PARK COLLETIVE)
(SHRIEKS, LAUGHS)
♪ Huh! Huh! ♪
♪ All right ♪
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ I really like the way you move ♪
♪ You’re like a pocket full of jewels ♪
♪ The headline in my news ♪
(MUFFLED GUNSHOT)
(SPLATTER)
♪ I wanna tell you I do, I do, I do ♪
♪ I like the dirt in your hair ♪
(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)
(PHONE VIBRATING)
(MEN GROAN)
♪ I got you I do ♪
(CHUCKLES)
♪ I got a one-track mind and it’s you this time ♪
♪ I got you I do ♪
♪ I got a one-track mind ♪
(CHUCKLING)
(CHOKING)
♪ All right ♪
♪ All right ♪
(CLINKS)
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
(GROANS)
(GRUNTING)
(CHOKING)
(BONES CRUNCH)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Oh, you’re not ticklish.
I’m not.
It makes no sense.
I’m not ticklish.
♪ I like the way you hold your money ♪
(LAUGHING, SHRIEKS)
♪ Ooh I really want you, I do ♪
♪ I do, I do ♪
♪ I got you ♪
♪ I do ♪
♪ I do ♪
♪ I got a one-track mind and it’s you this time ♪
♪ All right ♪
♪ All right ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ All right ♪
She’s a dancer.
Table dancer?
No. Come on. (CHUCKLES)
It’s ballet. She’s a dancer at the Bolshoi.
She got a name?
Yeah, her name’s Maize.
Maize? Does Maize know what you do?
I don’t think I can tell her, Zvi.
Are you serious about her?
Yeah, serious enough to get out of the game
before she finds out.
There’s two ways out of The Killer’s Game, Joseph.
You walk away clean or you go out on your back.
(TINNITUS RINGING)
There’s a lot of people
who would like to see me slabbed.
Still with the headaches? What did Doc Kagen say?
Still waiting on test results. (CLEARS THROAT)
You play by the rules.
You never took a mark that didn’t have it coming.
No kids, no innocent bystanders.
You want to walk.
We can make it happen.
Then I’m out.
(CLINKING)
I was also thinking I should get a life insurance policy.
Joe, come on.
Guys like us don’t have life insurance policies.
Do I even have to say it?
We don’t need some claims adjuster
sniffing around our business.
I know. Can you just make something look good on paper?
Fake it. For Maize.
Very well.
And, uh, I got a favor to ask.
Oh, now there’s a favor.
(CLEARS THROAT) Yeah.
So Maize wants to have a birthday dinner for me
and I told her I’d invite friends.
I thought you and Sharon might want to…
Yeah.
Be delighted.
All right. Thank you.
(BOTH TOAST IN HEBREW)
(IN FRENCH)
(GROANING)
(TINNITUS RINGING)
(MAIZE SPEAKING)
(AIMEE SPEAKING)
Uh-uh.
(LAUGHS)
S’il vous plait!
(IN ENGLISH) Maize.
Yes?
I’ve known Joseph for 20 years.
He’s the most private person I know.
(WHISPERS IN FRENCH)
SHARON: (IN ENGLISH) And I know this.
He’s crazy about you.
(SIGHS)
Trust me, it’s mutual.
SHARON: Right.
Men need looking after in every area of their lives.
They don’t know it, but they do.
You need to be a chef in his kitchen,
an accountant with the books,
a lady in the streets,
and a freak in his bed!
(LAUGHS)
ZVI: Sharon, Sharon.
Don’t be a shonda.
Please leave the poor girl alone.
No, Zvi. I’m taking notes, please.
Sharon, anything else?
Yeah!
Why are you encouraging her?
It makes her happy. Look.
If you’ve done something bad, wrecked his motor…
Okay.
…give him a blow job!
If it’s really bad, swallow.
And if it’s really, really bad,
let him pop it in the tradesman’s.
Did you just tell me to take it in the ass?
Bless.
MAIZE: She did.
(LAUGHTER)
SHARON: After that, you can tell him
you’ve murdered their mother…
MAIZE: Right. SHARON:…cut her throat.
They won’t care.
(LAUGHTER)
What’d I miss?
Oh, Joe. Sharon was just giving me
some very insightful advice.
FLOOD: Uh-oh.
I’ll show you later.
FLOOD: Okay.
MAIZE: Maybe. If you want. ZVI: Joseph…
We are surrounded.
I surrender.
I surrender with you.
Yes?
We give up.
We surrender.
(LIVELY CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
ZVI: I can see why you’re retiring.
Boychik, if you’re getting serious with Maize
tell her what you do. All of it.
I told Sharon everything very early on.
If Maize loves you, she’ll understand.
You played by the rules. Women respect integrity.
If she finds out later,
the trust you built,
it’s gone.
(SNAPS FINGERS)
ALL: ♪ Happy birthday ♪
(LAUGHING)
♪…to you ♪
I forgot it was your birthday.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Oh, man.
♪ Happy birthday, dear Joe ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
(ALL CHEERING)
Wait, make a wish. Make a wish.
Okay.
(BLOWS)
DR. KAGEN: We got the results from those tests.
I’m afraid (SIGHS) I’ve got some bad news, Joe.
You have Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
It’s a neurodegenerative disorder.
Which means what exactly?
It means rapid motor-neuron disintegration
leading to a loss of coordination.
Severe headaches, blindness,
and diminished mental capacity.
Are you positive?
Yeah.
I had the sample tested by three separate labs
and I got the same result. (SHARP INHALE)
Now, I’m going to order some more tests.
(SIGHS)
Okay.
So what am I looking at?
Chemo? Something like that?
DR. KAGEN: Hm.
There is no cure.
The first step should be to get you into palliative care
and the sooner we begin treatment,
the more comfortable we can make this for you,
okay?
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES, CLEARS THROAT)
How long do I have?
Best case, three months.
Things will deteriorate quickly,
but there are things we can do to make it easier.
Turn me into a vegetable while I wait to die.
I don’t think so. No.
DR. KAGEN: If you need some therapy,
some counseling…
FLOOD: No.
No, I’m good.
DR. KAGEN: From my end, Joe, I’m really sorry.
I really am.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
“CJD early symptoms, anxiety, depression, loss of balance,
“speech impairments,
“involuntary movement, shaking hands…”
(SIGHS)
(SNIFFS)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(DRAWER OPENS, CLOSES)
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(SLAMS GUN)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(MOUSE CLICKS)
(WHOOSHES)
(SIGHING)
(BEEPING)
(WHIRRING, CLANKS)
Shit! (LAUGHS)
Joseph. (CLEARS THROAT)
I wasn’t expecting you.
Are you okay? You look kind of…
I need someone retired.
I need a nice, clean job.
What? What is…
Sorry, what’s the matter with you?
Who’s getting retired?
Me.
I’m the target.
I’ll pay. Don’t worry.
The going rate, two million.
Can you explain to me exactly what is going on?
I got a disease. You know, the headaches.
I’m… I’m getting the shakes and…
and it’s gonna take me out.
Here’s a little over a half a million
in mixed currency and gold coins.
I want you to liquidate everything else.
It all goes to Maize through the life insurance.
No, Joseph. This is madness.
The life insurance won’t pay out for a suicide.
She has to believe it.
So I’ll pay you to assign an assassin.
You choose who.
No.
This is what we do. We go to every doctor.
If they say it’s hopeless, we go up the mountain,
find a shaman.
Zvi…
I’ve lived by the sword.
I want to go out the same way.
You want to fight, you fight for your life.
I can’t fight if I’m blind…
staggering around like a drunk, shitting myself.
I don’t want Maize to see me like that.
You know what I think?
I think you want to protect her from the truth
of who you really are.
Zvi, I’m asking you for your help.
I’d do the same for you.
That’s some comfort. Thanks.
It’s what I’ve decided.
I’ll see your wishes are carried out
to the very last dot.
But get one thing straight.
There is no way on this fucking earth
I’m ordering a hit on you.
Not for two million, not for 22 million.
(CHUCKLES)
FLOOD: Thank you.
(TINNITUS RINGING)
(SCANNER BEEPS)
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
What brings Joe Flood to my door?
(CA PLANE POUR MOI BY PLASTIC BERTRAND PLAYING)
(CLINKS)
(SPLASHES)
I need a contract executed.
(CHUCKLES)
Go talk to your rabbi.
I did.
He turned me down. Conflict of interest.
Joe, if you were covered in napalm burning alive
I wouldn’t piss on you to put you out.
Perfect.
I’ve come to the right place.
(SIGHS)
Max, you know Joe Flood, right?
Best assassin in Europe.
Joe, do you know my bodyguard, Max?
(THE BARBER OF SEVILLE PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(MAN SCREAMING)
(SCREAMING STOPS)
Hiring war criminals as security? Classy.
ANTOINETTE: Flood here handcuffed my father
to the steering wheel of his Mercedes,
drove him into the sea.
He was a good assassin, but your father transgressed.
He broke the rules of the game.
I should have Max put one in your head right now.
Mon plaisir.
Wait a few hours, Max, and earn your two million.
You’re talking in riddles. Who do you want retired?
Me.
All these years, you couldn’t touch me
because I was always on the right side of the game.
Now I’m paying you for the green light.
Why not do it yourself?
Maybe this was a mistake.
I’m sorry to waste your time. (SIGHS)
No, no, no.
Please, sit down.
(SIGHS)
Two million?
I want it done clean.
ANTOINETTE: My account in Bermuda.
I know you’re good for it.
Who are you thinking of?
Honestly, it depends on who’s available.
But they’ll be the very best.
Thank you.
The pleasure’s mine.
I’ve thought about doing this for years.
Might have risked it if it wasn’t
professional suicide.
This way, I kill you and get paid.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
It gets me wet.
Whatever turns you on.
Give me till 2400 hours.
The clock starts at midnight.
You’re the client, Mr. Flood.
(SHOTGUN BY JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS PLAYING)
(ANTOINETTE SIGHS)
Hmm.
Now, who’s available in the Assassin app?
Mm.
(CRUNCHES)
♪ Shoot ’em ‘for he run now ♪
♪ Do the jerk, baby ♪
♪ Do the jerk now Hey! ♪
♪ Put on your red dress ♪
♪ And then you go downtown now ♪
I appreciate the help, brother.
(MUFFLED GUNSHOT)
(GROANS)
But I got to show receipts.
♪ I said it’s twine time ♪
(GUNSHOT ON PHONE)
♪ I said it’s twine time Hey! ♪
(SIGHS)
What? Two mil for Joe Flood?
With inflation at motherfucking 6%?
(SCOFFS) Hard pass.
(BUZZES)
(BEEPS)
Boo, Lovedahl. Aw.
Then Korean barbeque with a side of spicy Hungarian.
(EXCLAIMS)
Mm.
♪ Do you really want to hurt me? ♪
♪ Do you really want to make me cry? ♪
♪ Precious kisses Words that burn me ♪
♪ Lovers never ask you why ♪
(WHOOSHES)
♪ In my heart the fire is burning ♪
(WINK CHIMES)
♪ Choose my color Find a star ♪
(IN KOREAN)
(CRUNCHES)
(SCREAMING)
(BLADE SWISHES)
(GROANS)
♪ Do you really want to hurt me? ♪
(GRUNTING)
♪ Do you really want to make me cry? ♪
♪ Do you really want to hurt me? ♪
♪ That’s a step a step too far ♪
♪ Do you really want to hurt me? ♪
(BUBBLEGUM POPS)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
♪ Do you really want to make me cry? ♪
(GOYANG IN KOREAN)
(PHONE RINGTONE)
GOYANG: Huh?
(PINGS, CHIMES)
(CIGARETTE HISSES)
GANG: (IN ENGLISH) Yeah!
(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)
(SCREAMING)
(BIKES REVVING)
(SCREAMING)
(PHONE RINGTONE)
(PINGS, CHIMES)
Hey! Delivery request!
(PANTING)
CSABA: Two million! ZOLI: That’s real money.
Let’s split!
(TIRES SCREECH)
(BIKES REVVING)
(SCREAM ECHOES)
(TINNITUS RINGING)
(SIGHS)
(PHONE RINGTONE)
(SIGHS)
(BEEPS)
(PINGS)
Hey.
(LAUGHING)
Hey.
(SHRIEKS)
(CAMERA CLICKING)
Gotcha.
(LIVELY CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
(MAIZE SHRIEKS)
(MAIZE LAUGHS)
Hi!
Hey.
Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I’m good.
Are you having headaches?
Yeah.
What’s going on?
You’re tired?
You seem anxious.
(SIGHS)
I have to tell you something.
I’ve got to tell you something too.
I have to leave town for a few weeks.
I’m not sure I’m coming back.
What?
That…
What does that mean?
I need to take a step back
and reassess what I really want.
You’re talking crazy.
We make each other happy.
No, we need a break.
A break means breaking up, Joe.
What is going on?
I know when I love someone, and I know when they love me.
So what is there to back away from?
It’s over, Maize.
(EXCLAIMS) What?
It has to be.
Soon this will all make perfect sense.
Why? Why?
I’m sorry.
Here. Remember me this way.
(MAIZE SNIFFLING)
When you’re on your deathbed, remember what you had
and what you threw away.
I will.
(CLICKING, CLANKS)
(THUDS)
♪ Are you ready, let’s go ♪
(ARE YOU READY LET’S GO PLAYING)
♪ Are you ready, let’s go ♪
(IN KOREAN)
♪ Are you ready, let’s go ♪
(GROANS)
(GANG LAUGHS)
♪ Are you ready? ♪
FLOOD: Maize, I’m drunk
(GRUNTS)
but I’m speaking the truth.
By the time you get this, I’ll be gone.
Maize, by the time you get this, I’ll be gone.
(SIGHS)
(BOTTLE CLINKS)
By the time you get this, I’ll be gone.
(TRILLS)
Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
(CLICKING)
(SIGHS)
Maize…
I’m drunk right now, but…
I want you to know that I’m speaking the truth.
By the time you get this, I’ll be gone.
I’ve got Creutzfeldt…
I can’t even say it, Maize.
I’ve got a brain disorder
and it’s gonna kill me.
Maize, the only thing I want you to understand
is it’s you I’ve been looking for my entire life.
You make me free. You make me…
You make me feel…
(CHIMES)
Shit.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
(SNIFFLES)
(SIGHS)
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Maize…
I’m drunk right now, but…
I want you to know that I’m speaking the truth.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(CHIMES)
(SIGHS)
(DIALING)
DR. KAGEN: (ON PHONE) Oh, Flood. Thank God.
There’s been a mistake.
You do not have Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
But they tested me multiple times.
Yeah, they switched labels with another patient
and that poor bastard
definitely has Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
It was the wrong barcode on the wrong test tube.
I think you should consider a lawsuit against the lab.
What about my headaches and double vision?
It’s a bit of a mystery.
Have you had your eyes checked?
My eyes? Flood,
you’re not going to die.
In fact, there’s nothing on earth to stop you
from leading a long and healthy life,
so go and do it.
FLOOD: Give me till 2400 hours. The clock starts at midnight.
(SIGHS)
Uh, Doc, I’m gonna have to call you back.
(ARE YOU READY LET’S GO PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)
♪ Are you ready, let’s go ♪
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKS KOREAN)
(BEEPING)
(DOOR CLANKS, CREAKING)
(IN KOREAN)
GOYANG: Ah.
(CLICKS)
(EXCLAIMS)
(IN ENGLISH) Goyang, this was a mistake.
I’m canceling the contract.
(IN THICK ACCENT) Fuck you!
That’s not how it works!
(LAUGHING)
(IN KOREAN)
(GRUNTING)
(MUFFLED GRUNTING)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(GROANS)
(SHOUTING)
(WHEEZING)
(GRUNTING)
(SHOUTING)
(GRUNTS)
(SCREAMING)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(FLOOD YELLS)
(SCREAMS)
(SHOUTING)
(GRUNTS)
(BONES CRUNCH)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(CLANKS)
(CHUCKLES)
(SHOUTING)
(SNICKERS)
(KISSES)
Mm.
(WINK CHIMES)
(GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(BONES CRUNCH)
(SCREAMS)
(SHOUTING IN KOREAN)
(FLOOD SHOUTS)
(SCREAMS)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
(PANTING)
(IN ENGLISH) You should’ve walked.
(SPITS)
(IN KOREAN)
(SIGHS)
(CLICKS)
(IN ENGLISH) I got you.
(LAUGHING)
(GROANING)
(COUGHING)
(PANTING)
(IN KOREAN)
(CLANKS)
(SPLATTERING)
(PANTING)
(BLADE GIRL PANTING)
(BEEPING)
(SCREAMING)
(CAR ALARM BLARING)
(RINGTONE PLAYING)
(SPEAKING KOREAN)
(IN ENGLISH) Sorry,
my Korean’s a little rusty.
(SIGHS) You’re calling from Heaven or Hell?
Goyang’s been retired. I’m canceling the contract.
Love to oblige,
but events have gathered a momentum of their own.
I’ll pay a penalty charge. I’ll take a hit.
You’re going to take a hit.
Look, keep the two mil.
(EXPLOSION)
Just cancel the contract.
I’m obligated to see to it
that the client’s wishes are met.
Yeah, I’m the client, and I’m telling you to cancel.
That’s only if this phone call ever happened.
You killed my father,
and he loved you like the son he never had.
Let me tell you something about your father.
I couldn’t stand that prick.
Antoinette, I don’t often enjoy my work
but that one, that was a real pleasure.
You think a Korean barbeque changes anything?
It changes nothing! I’m sending this one out wide.
I’m calling in every hitter in Europe,
you hear me?
(SIGHS)
I’m calling in
every motherfucking killer with a shiv
from Istanbul to Dublin!
Yeah. Well, you tell them to pack light
because they won’t fucking be staying long.
(CRUSHES)
(BIKE REVVING)
(BIKE 2 REVVING)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(DIALING)
MAIZE: Hello, leave me a message. (SPEAKS FRENCH)
Maize, I’m in trouble.
I’ll explain to you when I see you.
It’s not safe for you to go home.
I’m gonna send you some money.
Use it to go wherever you want.
Just get out of Budapest.
And don’t tell me where you’re going.
I’ll find you. Wherever you go, wherever you are,
I will find you. I swear it.
And stay off your phone.
(PHONE BEEPS)
(DOOR CLANKS)
(BIKES REVVING)
ZOLI: Guess who, motherfucker!
(REVVING)
Hey, Zoli.
Hey, Flood.
Where’s your dumbass brother?
ZOLI: He’s right behind you.
You serve, I spike!
(REVVING)
(GROANS)
ZOLI: (LAUGHS) One point!
(BIKES REVVING)
ZOLI: Hey, bro, serve it up!
(GROANS)
Hey, Flood! This is business. Nothing personal.
(GROANS)
(GROANS)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
You know how the game works, Flood.
FLOOD: Yeah, I know how it works.
(GRUNTS)
(ZOLI GROANS)
(PANTING)
That was business.
This is personal.
(SHOUTS)
(ZOLI GROANS)
CSABA: Zoli!
You bastard!
(PANTING)
That was my brother!
One!
Come on!
Come on!
Fuck you!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(CSABA SHOUTING)
(CSABA SCREAMS)
(CLATTERING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
(REVVING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Putain.
I’m going to expand the field of vendors.
MAX: How wide?
Double Supreme.
(CHIMING)
MAX: That’s going to be expensive.
When I want your opinion, I’ll tell you.
I’ll spend my own money.
Don’t care what cutthroats crawl out the woodwork.
(MAX GROANS)
I want Joe Flood dead.
Now go wash your ass. I’ll be there in a minute.
(HOT PANTS LADY BY SYL JOHNSON PLAYING)
♪ Hot pants lady ♪
♪ I dig your style ♪
♪ You blow my cool when you come walking by ♪
(PHONE CHIMES)
♪ Hot pants lady ♪
♪ You’re right on time ♪
Halle-fucking-lujah!
Four fucking million motherfucking dollars!
All right, ladies. The show’s over.
Get your asses moving.
Daddy’s gotta go to work.
The party’s over?
“We don’t have tomorrow, but we sure had yesterday.”
Diana Ross, baby girl.
Now, you ain’t gotta go home
but you got to get the hell out of here.
(BONES CRACKING)
(GRUNTS)
(VILLAGE MENTALITY BY TV DEATH PLAYING)
(IN THICK ACCENT)
(BOTH LAUGHING MANIACALLY)
Let’s fucking go!
(WILD THING BY RA RA RIOT FT. ANDREA WASSE PLAYING)
♪ Wild thing ♪
♪ You make my heart sing ♪
♪ You make everything groovy ♪
(POLE SQUEAKS)
♪ Hey, oh, oh, wild thing ♪
(SWISHING)
♪ Wild thing ♪
♪ I think I love you ♪
♪ But I wanna know for sure ♪
(GROANING, CHOKING)
♪ Come on and hold me tight ♪
(BLADE SWISHES)
(GROANING)
♪ I love you ♪
♪ Wild thing ♪
(EXCLAIMS, SCREAMS)
(GROANS)
♪ You make everything groovy ♪
(GIGGLES)
♪ Hey, oh, wild thing ♪
(GRUNTS)
(SPLATTERS)
♪ Wild thing… ♪
GINNI: Another delivery. TONYA: In Budapest.
Just as well.
This party is dead.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
♪ You make everything groovy ♪
♪ Hey, oh, oh, wild thing ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
(SNORTING)
(SENSUAL SPANISH DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPURS CLINKING)
(SPURS SWISH)
(GROANS)
(CHOKING)
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
(GROANS)
(EXCLAIMING)
(GROANING)
♪ Ole! ♪
(KNIFE SWISHES)
(SHOUTING)
(MUSIC CRESCENDOES)
(GROANS)
(MUSIC CONTINUING IN EARPHONES)
(CLICKS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SENSUAL SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUNSHOT ON PHONE)
(CHIMES)
(GASPS)
(IN SPANISH)
(CLICKS)
(RACY CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)
(SNIFFLING)
(PHONE VIBRATING)
(PHONE VIBRATING)
(IN FRENCH)
(CLICKS)
(SNIFFLING)
FLOOD: Maize, I’m in trouble.
I’ll explain to you when I see you.
It’s not safe for you to go home. I’m gonna
send you some money.
What?
Use it to go wherever you want.
Just get out of Budapest.
(AIMEE IN FRENCH)
FLOOD: Don’t tell me where you’re going. I’ll find you.
Wherever you go, wherever you are,
I will find you. I swear.
(PHONE BEEPS)
(GASPING)
(IN FRENCH)
(SNIFFLING)
ZVI: (IN ENGLISH) Quick, get inside.
I’ve been expecting you.
You weren’t followed?
No.
Oy gevalt, look at you.
SHARON: Who is it, Zvi?
It’s Joseph, Sharon. Go to sleep.
Does he know what time it is?
Yes, dear. He owns a watch.
SHARON: Should I make him something to eat?
Hey, Sharon. No, thanks. Kinda lost my appetite.
Let’s get you fixed up.
(GROANS)
You were on the news.
Five dead Koreans.
Yeah. They came at me at 12:00 on the dot.
You went to Antoinette’s?
Yeah, you said no.
I said, “Fight.”
(GROANS)
The doctors fucked up.
You were right. What do they know?
I’m gonna live.
I’d say that’s up in the air right now.
Yeah, she’s still angry about her old man.
Some people take things so personal.
There’s only one way out of this.
You kill Antoinette, that’s a violation.
She’s simply facilitating your own stupid request.
No, I want her to think I’m running.
I’m gonna bring them all into one place
and take them all out.
She’ll have to lift the contract.
ZVI: She put the call out wide.
Double Supreme.
FLOOD: Double Supreme? I only gave her two mil.
ZVI: She’s serious about delivering.
Zvi, that bag of cash, you gotta get that to Maize.
And I’m gonna need a gun.
Well, I don’t have one here.
Joseph, I schedule retirements these days.
I don’t actually make them happen.
You don’t have anything?
(SIGHS)
Oh, man.
(THUDS)
Explosives? That’s it?
Leftover from the Mehrabi job.
That was you?
Fourteen personal bodyguards, the entire Moroccan Police
and the French DGSE watching his back
and he asks, “Was that you?”
Wow.
All right. Well, if we’re gonna bring them all to me,
we gotta be slick. They can’t think it’s a setup.
Please.
I was dropping the KGB onto false trails
when you were getting trapped by training bras.
I’ve got salt beef.
You like salt beef.
Now, don’t say you don’t.
I do love salt beef.
So, where?
You remember that place
where we held the diplomat’s son?
Mmm.
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)
(STEAM HISSING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Speak.
I’ll keep it brief.
Flood took out a contract on his own life.
Classy.
He’s making it a lot harder on everyone than he should.
The brother is intractable.
Flood has a girlfriend. I’m gonna send some data.
(CHIMES)
Nice. The man has taste.
Make sure he doesn’t leave Budapest alive.
I’m giving you an edge.
In exchange, I need a little favor.
Your driver, he’s my cousin.
I’m trying to mentor him into the business.
I promised my late uncle.
Could you look after him? He’s a bit green.
I’d appreciate it.
For you, mistress, but he mustn’t cramp my style.
I’m working.
ANTOINETTE: Gros bisous.
Yo!
You my man, The Lovedog!
It’s Lovedahl.
Love. Dahl.
Practice repeatedly.
Like Dahl. Like curry and dem, man.
Yeah, yeah. I hear that.
You cannot be Queen Bitch’s cousin.
Yeah, bruv! I be dem Money, and this be your ride, G.
I asked for a luxury car.
I don’t even know what the fuck that is.
Yeah, bruv. No, this a luxury car, man. It’s a BM.
Take my shit and let’s go.
You want me to take your bag?
Take my shit…
(GROANS)
and get in the fucking car!
Yeah, it’s cool. (STAMMERS)
Man, jump in the car, I’ll cut the AC
and that long journey, bruv.
You relax, man. This is a heavy bag.
It’s expensive, too.
Damn, it smells like fish in here.
It’s dank cologne, bruv.
(OUT OF ORDER BY MARCUS GILLIN AND FRANKIE DONALD PLAYING)
LOVEDAHL: Shut this shit off!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(SHARON GRUNTS)
Stop, Sharon.
You’ll kill the poor man. You’ll snap his neck.
I know what I’m doing.
You met me in a massage parlor.
I didn’t go there for a massage.
SHARON: Yeah, well… (LAUGHS)
that’s your mistake.
(NECK CRACKING)
(GROANING)
(NECK CRACKS)
(FLOOD SHOUTS)
(TINNITUS RINGING)
(GROANING)
ZVI: You’ve paralyzed the poor man.
(TINNITUS RINGING FADES)
(RINGING STOPS)
Oh, my God.
(LAUGHS) Oh, my God.
I can see clearly.
(LAUGHING)
My headache’s gone!
(EXCLAIMS, PANTING)
Sharon, you’re a saint!
You’re a s… Oh, my God!
(BOTH LAUGHING)
ZVI: Joseph. Joe…
Oh, my God!
I’ll never hear the end of it.
You’re welcome.
(SIGHS, LAUGHS)
(OUT OF ORDER PLAYING)
Fucking gold, bruv!
Wicked track, filthy bars, yeah?
I thought I told you to turn that shit off?
All right.
(CLICKS)
(SONG STOPS)
Make it all sad and that in here,
real tense and that.
So you want in the game?
Hell, yeah, bruv. Yeah, man.
Of course.
Why?
They don’t call me “Money” for no reason, G.
Make them stacks, yeah. (LAUGHS)
There’s a lot of ways to make money.
But this shit here, it’s an artform.
A calling.
Yeah, mate.
I’ve been training for this all my life.
Really?
Yeah.
Guns, knives, Muay Thai, JKD.
I’m hard as nails, bruv.
I’m stone cold motherfucker!
Give me that.
But that’s…
Before you shoot your dick off.
That’s my strap still, bruv.
(GLOVE BOX OPENS, CLOSES)
All right. Cool.
Yeah, bruv, listen, see.
Man, me and you, yeah,
we can be like the new dynamic duo, yeah?
You know, like Eminem and 50 Cent, bruv.
Starsky and Hutch.
(SIGHS)
You know? Like Crockett and Tubbs.
We could be like the guys from Miami Vice.
We could be the Corleone brothers.
Shut the fuck up, will you?
Just a minute, please.
LOVEDAHL: Ooh.
You done good-good, Flood.
Hey, who are you staring at, bruv?
Shut the fuck up, please.
Please.
(PANTING)
(PHONE VIBRATES)
(CHIMES)
Joe.
Who are you?
Hey, now, baby girl.
I’m an old friend of Joe Flood’s.
He sent me to collect you.
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Oh, no, no, no.
Now, this is way too public
for the conversation we need to have.
Yeah, see, we got a whip waiting for you, sister.
We’re gonna take you to see Mr. Flood.
(GROANS)
LOVEDAHL: Oh, shit!
(GROANS)
Goddamn!
(GRUNTS)
MONEY: Fucking hell!
(MONEY GROANING)
Get in the car!
And stop fucking bleeding everywhere!
Fucking hell. You good, yeah?
All right.
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
MAX: You were right.
His old handler is trying to set up an out.
ANTOINETTE: Where?
Some old castle on the mountain road
between here and Prague.
For sure?
He tried to hide it all, but his tech isn’t quite
as good as ours.
(SCOFFS)
Zvi stopped with tech around the time
the digital clock was invented.
Maximilious,
notify the hitters and call up your mercenaries.
Joe Flood might think he can hold off a few assassins
but he can’t fight an army too.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh, fuck me!
(PHONE BEEPING)
ANGUS: Here we go.
Location update.
Schatzberger Castle.
It’s a fucking stupid name, isn’t it?
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
How’s the drive?
Scenic.
Your plan worked.
Antoinette posted the change of location.
It’s a free-for-all.
Four million for all.
Nobody in my stable will touch it,
even for four million.
You must be loved.
Your old friend Lovedahl took the bait.
FLOOD: Four million buys a lot of vinyl.
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(ENGINE REVVING)
Sweetheart, what do you really know about Flood?
That he’s kind and gentle.
Gentle? Your lover-man has been,
for the last 20 years,
the most prolific professional hitman in Europe.
You need a job done right, give it to Joe.
Joe Flood, more hits than Motown.
Then you better hope he doesn’t find you.
Baby girl…
I got four million reasons why I need him to.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BLOWS)
(CLICKING)
(SCOTLAND THE BRAVE PLAYING)
(RORY AND ANGUS SINGING UNINTELLIGIBLY)
(RORY AND ANGUS SHOUT, LAUGHING)
(RORY GRUNTS)
(RORY IN THICK ACCENT)
ANGUS: Mm.
(THUDS)
(WHISPERS) Come on.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS, LAUGHS)
(SHOUTS)
Shh!
(SIGHS)
(LAUGHS)
FLOOD: What’s the matter? Things slow at the pub?
(ANGUS LAUGHS)
(BURPS)
(RORY LAUGHS)
(GROANS)
RORY: Filthy dog!
(GROANS)
Angus!
(GRUNTING)
Come on!
(PANTING)
(SNIFFING)
What’s that smell?
(CHUCKLES)
(GROWLS)
Let’s smash the cunt!
(GRUNTING)
The cable’s kinked, brother!
(GASPS)
(SCREAMING)
(GROANS)
ANGUS: That’s right!
Bullseye, you bastard!
(ANGUS AND RORY LAUGHING)
(ANGUS EXCLAIMS)
It’s gonna be like that here?
Yeah, come on!
(ALL GRUNTING)
(BOTH STRAINING)
Incoming!
(SHOUTING)
(GROANS) Fuck!
It looks like the party’s already started.
Shit.
I forgot the gifts.
No, we didn’t.
RORY: Ah, nice work, brother!
Jesus, what’d you kick me for?
I kicked you so that I could kick him.
You were in the way.
I bloody had him,
and you ruined it!
ANGUS: You had him?
Thank you very much!
Finish him off then!
Let’s go! Let’s go!
Mess with the bull…
(GRUNTS)
ANGUS: Fuck!
(GROANS)
(GAGS, COUGHS)
(RORY GROANS)
…you get the horn.
Angus! I’ve got a serious itch here.
You’ll be all right, Rory. It’s just a scratch, lad.
RORY: (GROANS) Fuck.
Rory! Fuck!
That’s my brother you just killed.
You’re gonna pay for that, you fucking twat!
(GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
(GURGLING BLOOD)
GINNI: Showtime!
(GRUNTS)
(GROANING)
Hey, Flood! I heard you’re looking for a good time.
How about a little G&T?
Appreciate the offer, but that’s not my drink.
GINNI: Oh, we cater to everyone’s tastes, baby.
Maybe a lap dance, instead?
(GUN CLICKS)
Oh, Flood, you’re such a tease!
Shot your wad, big boy?
(CLICKS)
(GASPS)
(GROANING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GROANS)
I hate to see you go,
but I love to watch you leave.
(GROANING)
(FLOOD SHOUTS)
(GROANS)
Bloody hell!
(EXPLOSION)
(GROANS)
(PANTING) Hey, Botas.
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS)
(IN SPANISH)
(DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD BY SANTA ESMERALDA,
(LEROY GOMEZ PLAYING ON EARPHONES)
♪ Baby, do you understand me now? ♪
♪ Sometimes I feel a little mad ♪
♪ But don’t you know that no one alive ♪
♪ Can always be an angel ♪
♪ When things go wrong, I seem to be bad ♪
♪ ‘Cause I’m just a soul whose intentions are good ♪
♪ Oh, Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood ♪
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
♪ Well, if I get edgy, I want you to know ♪
♪ That I never meant to take it out on you ♪
♪ Life has its problems And I’ve got my share ♪
♪ But that’s one thing… ♪
♪ I never meant to do ♪
♪ ‘Cause I love you ♪
♪ Baby, don’t you know I’m just human ♪
♪ And I’ve got faults like any other man ♪
♪ And sometimes I… ♪
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING ON EARPHONES)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTING)
(SPURS CLICK)
(PANTING)
(SWORD SWISHES)
(SCRAPING)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(IN ENGLISH) Slow your roll.
Huh?
LOVEDAHL: Whoo! She got la-di-da-di everybody here.
Roll on down there and slide up on that right flank.
What’s a flank, bruv?
Just go on down there.
What, like this way on the right?
On the right.
Right. Okay.
LOVEDAHL: Tell me what you see.
MONEY: Big fucking house, yo!
LOVEDAHL: What you’re seeing is a trap.
Anyone goes in that building looking for Joe Flood
ain’t getting out.
Yeah, that makes sense, bruv. So how do we get in?
You stay here in the rear.
Don’t let her get away from you.
Who? Oh, her?
Yeah, bruv. No drama, man.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(LAUGHS)
(SENTIMENTAL SPANISH INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(IN SPANISH)
(SHOUTING)
(FLOOD GRUNTING)
(SPARKS)
(PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(SWORD VIBRATES)
(PANTING)
No mas Botas.
(PHONE RINGTONE)
(CLICKS)
Maize?
Sorry, wish it were.
(SIGHS)
Lovedahl.
Yeah, man.
Where’s Maize?
I thought I’d bring her along for the ride.
It’s nice to leave the city this time of year.
If you hurt her…
I don’t want to.
All I want to do is collect, but you have my word.
You get through all that, present your big ass to me,
and I will let your little ballerina here go.
You feel me?
Me for her?
That’s the real real.
Can I get a little help?
Come on, brother. That would be unethical.
And kidnapping my woman?
I’m morally flexible.
Is that another term for asshole?
Looks like you got some more guests arriving.
Coming through the graveyard to the east.
I’m gonna kill that fucking doctor, too!
“Have you had your eyes checked?”
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
The plans show there’s an entrance down this way.
Take your men down there and secure the catacombs.
We’ll go in through the front and flush him out.
Yes, sir.
You three, come with me.
MAN: Yes, sir.
Go.
MONEY: ♪ I can move with the beat ♪
♪ I could move on the street ♪
♪ And I’m comfy like that, bud ♪
Hey, my legs are asleep.
So?
Just let me walk around a minute?
And do you know what?
You really embarrassed me before.
I’m trying to get into the game,
and my first job, wham!
Thumped by a ballet dancer.
Come on, just let me get the blood flow going!
And do you know what? No, no, no.
You caught me by surprise before, yeah?
This black nose wouldn’t have happened.
I’m sorry I hit you.
All right, so if I let you out the car now,
you’re not gonna run?
You’re not gonna go anywhere? You’re just gonna chill.
Where am I gonna go? No. I’m gonna chill.
I just need to get the blood flow going.
Yeah?
All right.
We’re at a bit of a stall, jump out the fucking car then.
Now come out the whip, man.
One second.
You were so eager to get out of the car,
now you don’t want to move.
You want help? Yeah, all right. Take my hand.
(GROANS)
Dickhead.
And stay there. Don’t run off.
(MONEY RAPPING)
(GRUNTS)
(MONEY EXCLAIMS)
(MAIZE GRUNTS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CLICKS)
(MEN SCREAM)
(MAX SIGHS)
Hard to kill.
(EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE)
(STABS)
(GROANS)
(EXCLAIMS)
(GROANS)
(PANTING)
LOVEDAHL: Like Springsteen live,
you do not disappoint.
(PANTING)
You’ve seen The Boss live?
Meadowlands, 1997,
but his Broadway show was truly special.
Where’s Maize?
Me for her. That’s the deal.
Lose the shotgun.
I’m gonna call my associate
and have her brought down here.
You should’ve told her the truth, Flood.
What do you know about that?
What don’t I know about a woman’s heart, brother?
I didn’t think that was the part of their anatomy
you’d be interested in.
You got me all wrong.
(ENGINE REVVING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Get in the car!
I got her.
(PANTING)
How the hell the bitch get your car?
She hit me with a branch.
A branch?
How’d she get a fucking branch?
I… I let her out of the car just for a minute, and then…
(VOCALIZES THUMP)
You dumbass fucking wannabe.
Sorry, Mr. Lovedahl, sir.
Sorry, uh, really strong.
Um…
I just want to say that I don’t really think
that I’m cut out for this kind of work, sir.
That might be the first intelligent thing
I’ve heard you say.
So, now what?
The contract is still active.
Oh, I’m not splitting my money
with you, Sly and the Family Stone here.
We’re mercenaries. We already got paid.
Now this is some bullshit.
You tell Queen Bitch if she still wants him dead,
the price is going up.
Yeah, to what?
Six million.
Six million?
I gotta make a call.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
MAIZE: Do you think I killed him?
FLOOD: I hope so.
What? No. Joe.
No, I don’t think you did.
But I don’t think it felt great.
Good.
(PANTING)
The night we met, the men who died…
Yeah, that was me.
That was opening night!
I’m sorry.
And how about the last 24 hours, Joe?
Do you have an explanation for that?
Or some bullshit apologies?
No.
I thought I was dying.
What?
I hired an old enemy to take me out clean.
It turns out I was misdiagnosed.
(EXCLAIMS) What?
I tried to protect you.
Protect me from who?
A bunch of killers or you?
Both! From all of it.
What do you do for a living?
Huh?
(SIGHS)
Maize, I’m a hitman.
You kill people?
Well, I’m retired from that.
(SCOFFS) You look it.
I’m retiring.
You’re a murderer for hire!
(SIGHS) That’s what an assassin is, yeah.
I don’t know if it’ll make any difference
but the people I work for,
we don’t kill civilians, just criminals.
Well, that’s what you’ve been doing.
You’re retired.
Yes.
Good, because I’m not having a kid with a killer.
A kid?
I’m pregnant, Joe.
I tried to tell you the other night
but you broke up with me.
Look, I love you, you love me,
and the rest we’ll figure out as we go, okay?
I swear, I’ll never lie to you again.
Are you okay?
You better fucking not…
Hey. Maize?
Jeez.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Shit. You caught one.
(PANTING)
Maize. Maize.
Come on, breathe. Stay with me.
(SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)
Maize.
Maize.
(GLASS CLINKING)
Perhaps I can be of some assistance?
Not unless you’re a doctor.
Do I look like a doctor?
Is there one in the village?
There’s a half decent vet. The nearest doctor
is 40 kilometers away.
FLOOD: Maize.
Hey, baby. Are you okay?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Joe.
Baby.
(GROANS)
Easy.
You got shot.
(GROANING)
It hurts.
It just grazed you.
I thought I was gonna lose you.
You’re gonna have to try harder than that.
Maize, I love you.
Will you marry me?
What?
Marry me.
Be my wife.
To have and to hold,
sickness and health, the whole thing.
Yeah?
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Yeah?
Yeah.
Father, will you marry us?
Do you have a marriage license?
No.
Do you have any witnesses?
You.
Are you even Catholic?
I think my mother was.
Oh. So it’s guilt by association.
Look, Father, in the last day
I’ve had more people try to kill me than I can count,
and I just found out I’m gonna be a father.
So I might not get another shot at this,
so what do you say?
On one condition.
FLOOD: Yeah, name it.
You must give confession.
Ooh.
I don’t think we have that kind of time, Father.
Make time.
Oh, man.
So that brings us up to the last couple months.
(SIGHS) Um…
There was a chief of a Corsican crime syndicate.
That was one shot over a mile out.
A Romanian arms dealer.
Uh, did him at close range with a pistol.
A rogue British agent in Geneva.
That was hand-to-hand…
A Russian oligarch in Vienna, a garrote.
I mean, real quiet.
In all my years as a priest, as a human being,
I have never heard anything remotely…
And last night, there was the entire Goyang crew.
They came after me, so technically, self-defense.
Murder is murder is murder.
No technicalities.
Most of my targets never saw it coming.
Kind of a point of pride with top hitmen.
Pride is a sin.
Well, kind of lightweight
compared to contract killing, right?
I’m not sure I’m qualified to pardon all of this.
What, do you need to call the Vatican or something?
They’d tell me to call the police.
(SIGHS)
Look, Father.
The way I see it is your boss, the man upstairs,
he’s given me a second chance.
I’m gonna be a father,
so I don’t want to mess that up.
I’ll give you redemption,
but no more killing, no more murder.
Well, there might be some self-defense in the near future.
Do you get this? It’s a sin. It’s wrong.
You asked for a confession.
I wish I kept my mouth shut if we’re both being honest here.
So are you gonna marry us now, or what?
(SIGHS)
Ego te absolvo. I absolve you.
All right. Thank you, Father.
FATHER: Dearly beloved, you’re gathered here today
in the presence of God
to declare your love, honor, fidelity,
and commitment to one another
for as long as you both shall live.
I don’t suppose you have a ring, do you?
Um… Oh!
Will this do?
As long as the grenade is far away.
It went off hours ago. One of the party girls.
I lost track. Silly me.
Back to the wedding.
(MAIZE LAUGHS)
Do you, Joe, take this woman
to love, honor and obey
in sickness and in health for as long as you shall live?
I do.
(CHUCKLES)
And do you, Maize, take this man
to love, honor, and obey?
I don’t know about obey.
Maize!
(GUNSHOTS)
(GROANS)
I object!
You couldn’t have waited 30 seconds?
You done made this shit hard enough!
Shit!
(PANTING, GRUNTS)
I got this!
I don’t think so!
The boss said, “Fuck your six million!”
The game’s changed, my brother!
(FATHER GROANING)
FLOOD: Okay. Easy. All right.
Okay.
You’re okay. You’re okay.
All right. Keep pressure on that.
Wait, Joe.
I gotta finish this.
MAX: Flood!
You know how this goes.
It’s not personal.
It’s strictly business.
I don’t know about you, Flood,
but I’m taking this mighty personally.
I ain’t dead yet, motherfucker!
(GUN CLICKS)
(GROANS)
(GUNSHOT)
(GROANS)
I’ve seen fights at weddings.
This is not like that. Who are you people?
I got shot.
MAIZE: I know.
After giving confession.
(GASPING)
(GROANS)
Like horseshoes and hand grenades, baby!
Come on!
This is what you wanted, isn’t it?
That’s enough.
They’re breaking my church.
Flood!
Just come on out, baby!
I’ll kill you quick, I promise.
(GUNFIRE)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(CLICKS)
LOVEDAHL: Fuck!
(METAL SCREECHING)
(CRASHES)
(SCREAMS IN PAIN)
Fuck!
(GROANING)
(BELL TOLLING)
MAX: Tell me, Flood.
You really think there’s a happily ever after
for guys like us?
You think you’re just gonna walk out of here,
go home and play house?
The boss is never going to stop, Flood.
You’ll have to kill that bitch, too.
(BOTH GROANING)
(BELL TOLLING)
(IN HUNGARIAN) Help, help me, boss…
MAX: (IN ENGLISH) He wasn’t gonna make it.
I’m a professional.
You guys come right out of a comic book.
(BELL TOLLING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUN CLICKS)
Unlucky.
You know, there are only two ways out of the game.
You walk away clean, or you go out on your…
(GUNSHOT)
(SPLATTERING)
(GASPING)
Or you go out on your back.
(CHUCKLES)
Hey. It’s okay.
(GASPING)
Are you okay?
He… He was going to…
I know. It’s okay. You did good.
MAIZE: Should we finish him? FLOOD: No. I’m retired.
LOVEDAHL: Y’all make a cute couple,
but don’t leave a brother hanging.
Come on, Flood! Get me out of here!
Really?
Come on, man!
FLOOD: Maybe you should retire too.
Y’all don’t leave me here!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Fuck this.
ZVI: You know better than to run.
Your boy hasn’t left me any choice.
There’s only two ways out of the game, Antoinette.
Who put the contract on me?
You did.
You hired mercenaries on a contract job.
Just like your father, you broke the rules.
Fuck you, and fuck the rules!
Don’t hate the player…
(MUFFLED GUNSHOT)
(GROANS)
hate the game.
(CLICKS)
♪ Get back! ♪
(THE PAYBACK BY JAMES BROWN PLAYING)
♪ Payback! ♪
GROUP: ♪ The big payback! ♪
♪ That’s it ♪
(SIGHING) ♪ Payback! ♪
♪ I’m mad! ♪
♪ You get down with my girlfriend ♪
(SIGHS) ♪ That ain’t right… ♪
(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
The funds for the church renovation
are much appreciated, Joe.
Well, I did play a hand
in wrecking it in the first place.
Acceptance is the beginning of deliverance.
How’s your shoulder?
It fucking hurts.
(GROANS)
What kind of ring do you call that?
MAIZE: Yeah, what kind of ring is that?
Tactical?
Tactical, yeah. Tactique.
Tactical.
AIMEE: Mm.
En francais. (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS) Merci.
(CROWD CHEERING)
You know, if you’re ever short,
with Antoinette gone and every decent hitter
in Europe out of the game,
I’m going to have more work than I can manage.
I’m retired.
No, he’s retired.
I just wanted to hear him say it.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Look after him.
So handsome.
Thank you.
He’s retired.
(CROWD CHEERING)
FLOOD: You know we’re gonna have to start saving
for a college fund.
Yeah, that’s true.
I mean, how much would you get to just, like, hurt somebody?
Are you serious?
Yes!
Um, well, college isn’t cheap,
but first there’s daycare, of course.
Diapers are crazy expensive.
Baby formula is even more expensive.
Oh, and we’re gonna need one of those baskets.
Baskets? Okay.
Baskets. Yeah. Oh…
♪ So, brother, get ready ♪
♪ That’s a fact! ♪
♪ Get ready, you mother! ♪
♪ For the big payback ♪
GROUP: ♪ The big payback! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Let me hit ’em Hit ’em, Fred, hit ’em ♪
♪ Hey, hey! Whoo! ♪
♪ Lord! ♪
♪ Lord! ♪
♪ You took my money ♪
♪ You got my honey ♪
♪ Don’t want me to see what you doing to me ♪
♪ I gotta get back ♪
♪ I gotta deal with you ♪
♪ Gotta deal with ya ♪
♪ Gotta deal with ya ♪
♪ I! ♪
♪ Gotta deal with ya ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Let me tell you ♪
♪ Get down with my woman ♪
♪ That ain’t right! ♪
♪ You hollerin’ and cussin’ ♪
♪ You wanna fight! ♪
♪ Look here! ♪
♪ Don’t do me… ♪
♪ No darn favor ♪
♪ I don’t know karate ♪
♪ But I know ka-razor ♪
GROUP: ♪ Yes, we do! ♪
♪ Huh! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Get ready! ♪
♪ That’s a fact, yeah! ♪
♪ Get ready, you mother! ♪
♪ For the big payback ♪
GROUP: ♪ The big payback! ♪
♪ All right ♪
(SCATTING)
GROUP: ♪ The big payback! ♪
(SONG ENDS)
(INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(MYSTERIOUS WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING)
(INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(UPBEAT JAZZ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
