Only minutes away from midnight, here at the Jade Park Hotel in Hong Kong...
...it's a star-studded event, typical of the man they call...
...the Donald Trump of Asia, David Chan.
What are your last thoughts as the 20th century fades?
Tonight, we join the world in celebrating the new millennium.
But, next month, we Chinese begin the year of the dragon.
The year 4698.
Has it been that long?
But, seriously, celebrating the new Western millennium...
...it's quite a symbolic moment for China, Hong Kong and myself.
Vitality and creativity of the West, wisdom and experience of the East.
The fun's about to begin, ladies and gentlemen. Please join us.
What is he waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
Novak, I知 experiencing the moment.
He's going to experience a Chinese labor camp moment...
...if he doesn't stick to schedule.
We are 10 minutes away, and he's sight-seeing.
Don't worry about it. I知 always right on time.
All right, kids.
We're good to go.
Got it.
Good stuff.
Not so good.
Thought you said he worked facing the window.
He does.
Not today.
He can't see where the infrared port is.
Hold on.
You can never pay too much for good intelligence.
Or a good hooker.
The ball is up.
We're receiving.
Now, please, join with me in counting us down...
...into China's new future.
Ready?
Three.
Two.
One!
What is it?
What's wrong?
Is it Y2K?
No, no. It can't be.
Not in my city!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year.
Coming at you.
Okay, l got him.
-You like? -You like this?
Thirteen, 14-year-old girls.
Sick fuck.
That's good.
Did you get that?
Yeah.
Let's do it.
Phone.
Here we go.
-Happy New Year, Defense Minister. -Who is speaking?
You could think of me as your conscience.
Sending.
Maybe you should direct your attention to the big screen.
Last month, you took $90 million of UN aid money...
...and spent it on Chinese missile technology.
That money was for flood victims and starving children.
I知 sure the North Korean government won't mind...
...but how is the world press going to react to that?
What do you want?
l want you at the negotiating table with South Korea tomorrow.
That's impossible.
Sending.
Just take a look at your monitor.
lf it's still an impossibility, press ''1 '' on your keypad.
lf it's a possibility....
Excellent choice.
l think I致e been made.
Shaw?
I知 picking up a lot of chatter on the security channel.
The man next to Chan is Alex Wingate.
Media mogul.
United States, united Europe, united China. There's no difference.
Our blood is 68 percent Coca-Cola.
Opening China's doors to the West is a little more complicated than that.
Alex, you know we'll try to contribute what we can to make it easier.
And you, sir, who might you be?
Me? I知 Eddie Murphy.
Would you hold this, please?
He hit me!
Okay, go to Phase 2.
Right. Yeah, l got it.
l know what's coming.
I知 coming in.
Line up with the van.
Straight approach.
Mr. Secretary-General...
...can you comment on North Korea's return to the peace negotiations?
How were you able to achieve this?
Common sense...
...patience, mutual respect and an abiding understanding that...
...there are cultural differences. And we're all gonna live with them.
Secretary-General Douglas Thomas leaves the UN after a successful return...
...to peace negotiations for North and South Korea.
Great.
I知 gonna become another one of those famous Canadian peacekeepers.
Not famous.
Do you know how many Americans can name the Secretary-General of the UN?
Three percent.
That's all about to change...
...because the press adore you, and UN support is on the upswing.
There'd be hell to pay if they ever found out about your tactics.
l know it's unorthodox, but you cannot deny the results.
lf this treaty with China could just go through...
...the United Nations could possibly become a world power.
It could.
Nonetheless, l think we should put a cap on covert operations for now.
How's your fellow doing?
He needs a couple of months to recover, but he's in good spirits.
How do you give a medal to someone who doesn't exist...
...for something that didn't happen?
l wouldn't give up your day job.
Well, well, well.
I知 sorry.
-l thought it was the other shoulder. -Yeah. Sure. l thought you quit.
l did. This is my last one.
It's a no-smoking court.
Okay.
What? You come down here to do what? Force me into early retirement?
-The thought crossed my mind. -Yeah.
But to tell you the truth, l was asked to check up on you.
lf Madam Hooks wants to find out how l am...
...why don't she come down here and see for herself?.
You know as well as l do, Madam Hooks doesn't do anything...
...without gathering a little intelligence first.
What? You? You think you're qualified to test me?
Considering your fragile condition...
...l think l can kick your ass.
Okay. All right.
- I知 ready. -You ready?
-Are you gonna shoot or dribble? -What does it matter to you?
Goddamn it!
Are you all right?
Sorry.
Goddamn man, you're bleeding.
-It痴 okay. -No, hold on. Let me take a look.
It痴 bleeding.
Damn.
Yeah. You're gonna need some silk.
That should do it.
A nurse will be with you in a minute to finish.
Thank you.
It痴 a good thing I知 an asshole...
...otherwise, I壇 feel guilty.
You should.
How is it?
He did a nice job.
Those people make good doctors.
What?
Asians. Chinese. They're smart and well-educated.
And what about these people?
These people have got to stop getting shot on the job.
l can arrange that.
You're too young to retire.
Yeah, I知 young, but I ain't dumb.
Doesn't that burn?
Yes.
-Frank. -What you got?
Fucking thing came off a Chinese freighter yesterday.
The longshoremen didn't think much of it. Until the sun came up.
Shit.
Our forensic guy here picked this up.
l don't speak that language, so l wouldn't know what that means.
Translator says it's Vietnamese.
Talks about the UN moving them from some refugee camp in Hong Kong...
-...looking for a new life in America. -Hong Kong refugees. Ray!
Call Amnesty. See if they can trace these to the ones that disappeared last month.
Sure, chief.
Thanks.
That's quite a statement, if that's what they wanted to make. Guys!
Think it has something to do with the big Chinese conference in town?
Under UN, the supervision.
''The fact remains that although these refugees were housed in Hong Kong...
''...they were under the supervision of UN officers.''
Sweatshop.
''You talk of human rights.
''Three miles from here, sweatshops.
''A mile from here, homeless people living in doorways.
''Yet you lecture my country...
''...on our human rights record.
-''The only right that concerns me--'' -Chinese Ambassador Jian Tze Wu.
In two days, China signs a UN trade agreement...
...ending 50 years of isolation, not only culturally, but commercially...
...opening the door to 1 .5 billion new consumers.
You think Ambassador Wu is connected to the dead refugees from the boat?
l have my suspicions.
Before becoming UN Ambassador, he was responsible for refugee resettlement.
Here he is meeting with a group of gentlemen tied to various Triad concerns.
Human smugglers. Slave traders.
Exactly.
My instinct tells me something is lurking under the surface.
You always think something's lurking under the surface.
Tonight, David Chan is hosting a banquet honoring Ambassador Wu.
You want me to put a wire on Wu.
lf you're ready. How's the shoulder?
Technically? Fucked up!
There she is. Eleanor!
Here.
I致e been looking for you everywhere.
l don't believe we've met.
We still haven't, sir.
Yes, of course. Would you excuse us, please?
We were watching the Security Council. He was going nuts.
Yes, l saw.
Are you going to do something about it?
He's been briefed. We're moving forward.
I知 guessing that Thomas is not a fan.
On the contrary.
With the achievements of last year...
...and the Chinese trade agreement on the horizon.
Thanks to you. One of the many reasons l can't let you quit.
Eleanor, I知 not one to complain...
...but in the last two years I致e been shot twice...
...l got six broken bones, and l don't even have a health plan.
You know we are owed billions in dues payments.
Every UN staff member has taken cutbacks.
Then, maybe l should make a move before l get cut back...
...permanently. Find a career.
Career? Like what?
ClA, NSA? There's no guarantee.
McDonalds.
Yeah, I知 gonna own one.
Yeah. Maybe two.
Listen to me. Governments, they come, they go...
...but the McDonalds, they last forever.
All right. Your point is taken.
But right now we have a situation that is rapidly deteriorating...
...into a political time bomb.
No parachutes, no submachine guns, just a simple eavesdropping.
A walk in the park.
This is New York City, baby.
A simple walk in the park can get you killed.
They want to sell us the benefits of free trade! Free trade!
How are trade deals made when there is no accountability for Tibet...
...Tiananmen, and dead refugees arrive to our shores like cattle.
Stop the UN deal! Support human rights in China!
Take that. The UN calls it free trade...
...but this deal is about trade at the expense of freedom.
Free Tibet!
The magnificent hotel, recently purchased by Chinese business mogul, David Chan...
...is alive with diplomats welcoming China into the world trade arena.
l didn't like it. Let's try another one.
The magnificent hotel....
Wait! Hold it! Hold it!
I知 sorry.
Your microphone is poking into me.
-No, actually, it's not my-- -I知 just messing with you.
''Greg. UN reporter'', huh?
Couldn't get a real job?
Smooth. Smooth.
Hey!
You're a free spirit. l don't know how you do it.
First, move from a society that discourages individualism...
...then move to a city that embraces it, for three years.
It痴 easy.
-I値l take the first shift on the floor. -Sure.
A lot of American companies would love unrestricted access to China.
We see this as a major shift in economic powers.
There are two sides to consider, particularly as the Chinese are concerned.
That sounds very prudent of you.
The Ambassador's been here about a week.
We are on the air.
He's complaining about the menu.
Seems he's not a fan of Szechwan cuisine, and somebody should have known that.
What? He doesn't like the pickled pig knuckles?
No?
Ladies and gentlemen...
...thank you for your warm welcome and your presence here this evening.
China and the West began their history together not in war but in trade.
It痴 trade that brings us together tonight, and it's trade that will bind us...
...and unite us for years to come.
This agreement brings to fruition...
...years of hard work by leaders on both sides...
...driven by a belief that economic prosperity...
...will forge an era of peace that the world has never enjoyed.
Marco Polo would be proud to know that we go to the next level here.
Open the door to the 21st century and announce that, yes...
...China wants to become a member of the club that'll guide this planet's destiny...
...into the next 1000 years.
With the signing of the UN Trade Agreement...
... 1.5 billion Chinese...
...will have access to the world markets--
There will be no future reforms of trade until there's accountability...
...for criminal aggression!
I値l check him out.
I知 there already.
Make that 1.4999 billion.
Without any further delay, here he is, the architect of China's future...
...Ambassador Jian Tze Wu.
What's he saying to Chan?
The level is too low, and he's blocking the bug.
Come on, I致e got to know.
It痴 recording. I値l clean the tape once we're done.
''Today, I知 very happy to participate in this party.
''I知 honored...
''...to open the door of China to the world.''
I知 out of the building. What's going on?
l got him. Light tracksuit. Bly?
Novak, get out of there!
Copy. I知 gone.
Moving to the seventh floor.
Anna!
Help! Somebody help me!
-Emergency exit. West side. -Copy that. I知 mobile!
-Cut him off outside. -I知 on it.
Parking structure! No you don't!
I知 at street level. Moving to you. Box that fucker.
Stop!
Check in. What's your situation?
Shaw!
Head outside!
Shaw! Talk to me!
-What's your situation? -Shots fired.
Talk to me, Shaw!
I知 on the east side, coming to you.
Okay! East side. I値l be there!
He's heading for the street. You should have visual.
Negative, no contact!
l got him.
-Where? -Damn!
77th!
Copy. 77th Street.
Coming to you!
I知 almost there!
Okay, mid-block. Construction site.
Location?
-Location? -76th.
You got him? He should be right in front of you.
Negative, negative.
-Bly! -Wait, l got him.
-l got him! -l can't hear you.
-l got the mark. l got him. -Bly!
Shaw, help me! I知 hit.
-Shaw, I知 hit. -Bly!
Bly! Oh, God!
Bly, come in!
Shit!
Freeze! Drop your weapon!
l said, drop your weapon!
Drop it! Drop it now!
Drop it now!
Put your hands behind your head. Hands behind your head!
Get on your knees! On your knees!
Bly!
Shaw, help me!
Let's go. Come on.
I知 sorry. Sorry.
That's okay. You're Julia Fang, right?
I知 Franklin Cappella, Special Agent with the FBl.
You mind if we chat?
You're moved to a five-star accommodation...
...courtesy of the FBl.
You've got the wrong man.
How many jokers do you think we snatch...
...sprinting along 76th Street with a 9-millimeter?
including me?
Maybe we should just hand you over to the Chinese.
Let them kung fu your ass.
It痴 not him.
Thank you very much, miss.
We'll find you, if we need you.
Ceramic gun?
Clears metal detector nicely.
UN credentials. Too difficult to fake.
High-tech communication gear, almost government issue which means...
...we shop at the same store, but only you have a higher limit on your credit card...
...which makes sense for a...
...ClA officer?
Army Intel?
Foreign government?
Just feel free to chime in at any point, I値l just keep on talking.
The point is, Greg, that we have dead Chinese refugees...
...and we have a dead Chinese ambassador.
l don't need a fortune cookie to tell me that someone wants to put the kibosh...
...on the, what do you call it?
The Chinese Trade Agreement type deal.
What's going on?
Go!
Go! Go!
Son of a bitch! Cock-sucking assholes!
I知 too fucking old for this.
Goddamn it! Shit!
Tensions flared with news of the Ambassador's assassination.
Meanwhile, in an unusual move, the FBl's withholding the identity...
...of the assassin who fled captivity last night in a daring escape.
You check your e-mail?
I値l have to call you back.
-Give me the phone. -Is everything all right?
Listen.
Transfer the call.
We're both here now.
The UN is running a secret unit that assassinated China's Ambassador...
...to the United Nations.
This will be the news story of the week, and will damage the UN permanently.
Unless?
Unless the Chinese Trade Agreement dies on the table.
We don't have the power to kill it. Others do. We don't.
Nevertheless, you have 24 hours.
Kill the treaty. Why?
Who stands to gain by that?
It痴 the way we would've done it.
What are you talking about?
The blackmail.
Our own techniques being used against us.
Your techniques.
l told you this would come back to haunt us.
There is no free lunch. You have to pay the piper.
l want everything to stop immediately.
l don't want anything to happen...
...without my consultation and my permission.
-Mr. Secretary, l must insist-- -No, you listen to me.
Who is this man?
The assassination of Chinese Ambassador Wu...
...could not have come at a worse time for U.S.-China relations.
UN representatives are concerned that the incident could delay...
...the Chinese Trade Agreement.
But others fear more permanent damage to relations between the two countries.
Businessman David Chan is recovering at a downtown hospital.
His doctors made a brief statement a few hours ago.
Mr. Chan is resting comfortably.
The bullet was removed from his arm without complication.
Wagner?
Hey, baby.
l think you got something for me.
Same caliber that took out Ambassador Wu.
I知 sure Greg Brogan's prints are on it.
So our boy gets rescued by these Triad assholes...
...punctures one of them in the melon, and renders the others into Chinese salsa.
-Do you ever watch wrestling, Ray? -Sure.
l mean, now and then.
Because this is just like wrestling.
How?
It痴 reality mixed with illusion, mixed with bullshit, mixed with...
...big scary guys from parts unknown in dire need of psychiatric care.
Have it your way.
Thank you.
Now.
The level is too low, and he's blocking the bug.
It痴 good to see you, too.