What's happening? Follow me, Sam.
Ah, Nicholas!
It's unexpected.
Now, do you really believe
that just because you publish children's books
people are gonna care about my reputation?
You can have pictures of me
wearing nipple rings, butt-fucking Captain Kangaroo.
The only thing they care about is the stock!
And whether that stock is up or down.
Daddy? It's all right, dear. It's all right.
And the fact that you bring Conrad into this juvenile game
is unconscionable.
Are you finished? No! I'm not finished!
I'd like you to meet my attorney, Samuel Sutherland.
I think the two of you have got something to talk about.
Oh, we met this morning.
I signed the termination contract for Baer-Grant.
I accepted your settlement, Nicholas.
You were right. I'm going sailing. You know, sailing.
You're welcome to join our lunch. Maybe we can straighten this out.
You remember my wife, Mary Carol, and my daughter-in-law, Kaleigh.
Please
accept my
misguided, uh...
How concerned should I be?
It was a misunderstanding.
It looks a lot like you.
Well, you should see what they do with the nightly news.
What?
Can I ask you to do me a favor?
You know you can.
Find out about a company called Consumer Recreation Services.
Sounds like they make tennis rackets.
What do you know?
Wait a minute. They gave me a waiver.
What is this? It's a...
What's...
I don't believe it. It's invisible ink.
You're joking. This is what I'm dealing with. I'm being toyed with
by a bunch of depraved children. This...
Are you okay?
Tell me not to worry.
You don't have to worry.
I promise.
Okay.
I'll call you later.
Right. Okay, bye.
Maria, the other night, last night
I got a taxi for a young woman named Christine.
What's the company that we use?
United? What?
United Taxi Company. United Taxi Company.
Call United, find out who the driver was
and where they took her.
Ilsa!
Oh, shit!
I have a gun!
You fuckers.
Ilsa.
Ilsa. Ilsa.
Mr. Van Orton! Are you all right?
What do you mean? What's happened?
The house, you haven't seen the house?
What's wrong?
There's been a break in. Now, lock your door.
Stay inside, just lock your door. Oh, be careful.
911 emergency. Yes, I need the police.
There's been a break in to my house.
Just stay on the line and give me your address.
My address is 2210 Broadway.
It's the biggest house on the street.
Now sir, you said it was a break in?
Yes. Yes, there's been a break in.
Are you sure they're gone?
What?
Are you sure there's not still someone somewhere in the house?
Nickie!
Hello, sir? Are you still there?
Meet me at your car. Hello?
Sir?
All right. What happened? Shh!
Conrad, where're we going? Just wait!
What are you doing?
They're methodical.
If I can't trust the room service in the hotel,
I sure as hell can't trust a fucking car.
Who? CRS. Who do you think!
Jesus! When I think what I almost got you into...
What are you saying?
Oh, I'm so fucked.
They just fuck you and they fuck you and they fuck you!
And just when you think it's all over that's when the real fucking starts!
All right, calm down. Just take a breath.
They won't stop, Nick.
I paid the bill. I gave them their fucking money.
They won't leave me alone!
What're they doing to you?
Everything! I'm a goddamned human piņata.
Calm down!
And why do they keep playing if you've already paid? I don't know.
I don't know. I paid them more to make it stop!
They did this.
It's a flat tire.
How do you know?
Get a grip on yourself, will you? We'll figure it out!
Okay, okay.
The phone doesn't work. I can't get a signal. Really?
You know how to change a tire?
No, don't you?
It can't be that hard. I don't think we should be out in the open like this.
Hit the Teletrack. It's in the glove compartment.
You're with them.
What?
You're doing this. You're part of it.
Whose are these?
I don't know about those. Somebody put them in the car.
You're behind the whole thing, aren't you?
What are you talking about? You brought them to me.
These were in your car!
They're right there in your fucking car!
Conrad!
Listen to what you're saying.
No! You're not gonna control this conversation.
Why would I ever do what you're describing?
Because you resent me. Stop being emotional.
It kills you that I'm living my life.
Lower your voice, Conrad!
What? You're afraid somebody's gonna witness the scene?
Get back in your... Get back in your fucking house!
Will you stop it? I'm calling the cops.
You're just so afraid that somebody's gonna see
what a manipulative fucking control freak you are!
What is wrong with you? What are you on?
Oh, I'm sorry, Nick.
I'm sorry I didn't live up to your expectations.
Ah, bullshit!
I'm not you. I'll never be you. I don't wanna be you.
There you go again!
I'm your brother!
Always pushing the responsibility out on me.
For Christ's sakes, I'm your brother!
All I ever tried to do was help you.
I don't want your help!
Nobody asked you to play dad!
No! You don't say that.
Did I have a choice?
Jackass!
Conrad!
What?
I don't want your help!
Nobody asked you to play dad!
Did I have a choice? Did I have a choice?
Taxi!
2210 Broadway.
Hey buddy, you missed the turn.
Hey! Did you hear me?
You missed the turn back...
No, no, no. Stop the car!
Stop the car!
Thank you.
Open the door.
Unlock the door.
Open, the goddamn door!
Listen.
I am a very wealthy man.
And whatever they're paying you
I'll double it.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
What!
No!
What, are you out of your fucking mind?
It's a game.
Here they are.
Detective, I'm Sam Sutherland.
Tim Foley.
You know where we're going?
It's this way.
14th floor.
Okay.
Management for the building says this space hasn't been officially rented yet.
The county recorder has no listing for a Consumer
Recreation Service or any derivation thereof.
The divers, they're still looking for the cab.
As soon as they find it they'll pull the plates and the VIN.
Have you spoken to your brother?
He hasn't called me back yet. No.
What about the house?
The graffiti was an oil-based marine marking solution,
illegal in the States.
It's not impossible to trace but it'll take time.
The photo, the gun,
the clown, the ambulance.
It's all pending.
Breaking and entering we've got solid.
Malicious mischief, vandalism, harassment. But that's all.
Illegal surveillance. Reckless endangerment.
Attempted murder.
Except you said you hired these guys.
That's irrelevant. Now, look.
It's our job to tell you what we've got.
So far, we don't have motive.
What was my father like, Ilsa?
Why do you ask?
I don't know.
All the time I've known you you've never once asked about him.
I guess he was just on my mind.
Your mother loved your father very much.
I think he just worked too hard.
Was he, uh,
morose? I mean...
What I remember most
was that his manner was so
slight.
You could spend time in a room
and not even know that he'd been there the whole time.
No, what I mean is,
before he...
What happened? No.
Nobody expected it.
I wonder how much of him there is in me.
Not much, I think.
Was Mother worried about him?
Nobody ever worried about your father.
Yes.
It's Maria. I found the address you wanted from United Taxi.
Yeah, give it to me.
It's on Potrero Hill...
Who are you?
Christine, is she here?
She's sleeping.
Amy, who is it?
Hey! What're you doing here?
Can we talk?
Sure.
Hi. Hi.
Didn't think I'd ever see you again.
What can you tell me about these?
Is this you?
Where did you get them?
My hotel room.
Was in my hotel room. Are you telling me that this is not you?
What makes you, um...
Think this is me? Well, the...
The bra. The red bra.
Okay.
Well, I thought that...
Can I sit down for a minute?
Sure.
Are you all right?
You're not all right, are you?
Is it this contest thing that you're in still or...
I'm sorry, I am being a nuisance. I should go.
No, it's okay. We can talk. I'll put some clothes on. I'll be right back.
Do you have an aspirin?
Can I get you something to drink with this?
Is this you?
Oh, yeah. That's first communion.
Show it to me.
What's wrong? Take the picture out of the frame
and show it to me.
All right.
They're watching.
What? Not here.
They can see here.
Smoke detector.
What do you say, uh...
Let's go for a drive or something. We could...
No, no, no. I am tired of this. I am goddamn tired of this.
We'll go for a drink. There's a...
Who do you people think you are?
Who do you think you are? Come on out of there!
Nicholas, please. Let's go, right now.
Come on. Just, come on out of there right now!
Now you've done it.
So, what are they going to do?
Get away from the window.
What the...
What is this?
Wake up, it's a fucking con.
Get in, get in!
You all right? Hold on.
Get out of the car.
I could've handed you to them. And they find me now they...
Get out of the goddamn car!
You don't have a choice!
No one else's gonna tell you what's going on!
You wanna know? 'Cause if I'm gone you never will.
I can't believe they didn't even take the time to get the fucking house right.
Who are they?
I don't know. Nobody does. I'm an employee.
Then what good are you? I know things like who you can trust
and that your brother was in it from beginning... That's a lie.
Yeah? I was your waitress on your birthday.
Connie told you about CRS that day. Ever seen me in there before?
Sorry.
I mean, it wasn't his fault. I guess he thought it was his only way out.
They fleeced him real good.
How did they get to him?
Same thing to him they did to you.
What are you talking about?
Have you checked your accounts?
That night in your office I got the number to your private line and modem
that gave CRS remote access to your computer.
You gave them everything else.
What?
You took their tests, handwriting, voice samples, psych info.
They used it all to figure out your passwords.
And Feingold, the guy who signed you up,
he did 5 years for hacking Citibank.
They only had to keep you distracted
while they broke into your financial network,
transferred your holdings into dummy accounts...
Overseas operator, please.
Why else were they willing to shoot at us?
Alamein Bank, Zurich, Switzerland.
Because they're finished with you.
Live or dead's the same.
Long as you disappear.
Yeah. Can I have your code, please?
Yes. Blue-two-backslash-0-6-0-0.
"D" as in David.
That's right.
The balance?
That's impossible.
They already got it, Nicholas.
They got everything.
You've reached the Sutherlands. Please leave a message.
As you get this message, Sam, I have checked them all. I don't know how,
but they have drained my accounts.
They're trying to kill me. Now you call the cops. I got one of them right here.
We'll make her testify.
I know how this sounds,
but you call me
on my cellular.
And you be careful.
They...
They cut your card in half so...
My treat.
You take two sugars, right?
Never mind.
My name's not Christine. It's... I mean, it's not my real name.
Who fucking cares?
It is just money. You should be glad you're alive.
I'd rather not talk about it right now.
All I mean is someone like you...
How many times have you done this?
I'm curious. What?
These scams. Con games, how many?
Lots.
But, whatever nickel-dime bullshit you pulled in the past,
this is more than just me.
This is pension plans,
payrolls.
This is $600 million.
Yes.
Nick, it's Sam. I got your message.
I was disturbed to say the least.
So, what are we gonna do?
I've been on the phone for an hour already.
Nicholas, your funds are intact.
Nothing's been touched.
What are you talking about? I checked on them myself.
Who is it? I made the calls.
Nothing's changed.
I'm telling you. Not one cent is unaccounted for.
Who is it?
My attorney says that nothing is missing.
He's in on it.
I don't know what the hell is happening, but stay where you are
until I get there. Sutherland's in on it.
Nicholas, I have another call.
Give me your precise location.
Nicholas?
We've got to get out of here.
How did they get to him?
Why did...
I wouldn't worry about it.
What do you mean?
It's out of your hands.
Cellular calls can be intercepted.
Those calls you made to B of A, France.
B of A, France, Switzerland, you were talking to us.
You were talking to us.
Filled in the blanks. Access codes,
passwords, access codes, passwords...
Stuff even your lawyer didn't have. Stuff even your lawyer didn't have.
We have it now so we're done.
Bye, Nicholas.
Things have happened
and it's important that... Shh, shh, shh!
No money, no identification, no passport.
What happened to you?
Where to begin...
It's complicated.
It always is.
I was on holiday alone
and I was robbed by two men. Robbed?
And what hotel were you staying at?
I... I don't remember. I...
Have you gone to the police?
I don't speak Spanish.
And I just need enough to get out of here.
Oh, we'll help with the local law enforcement if you wanted to bother.
As far as money is concerned, can I make a suggestion?
You say you were mugged?
And they didn't take that watch?
How much is a watch like that worth?
A couple of hundred at least.
Man with a watch like that doesn't necessarily have a passport problem.
Excuse me?
Can I have your attention, please?
Thank you.
Anybody here going to San Francisco? I need a ride.
I've got $18 and 70...
78 cents
for a ride to San Francisco.
Anybody?
Keep the change. Thanks, pal.
Conrad Van Orton. Could you ring his room, please?
One moment, please.
Is there a problem?
You're here for Conrad Van Orton? Yes.
I'm the hotel manager. Pleasure to meet you. Where's my brother?
Will you come with me, sir?
Wait a minute, is there trouble?
Sir, this is a private matter for you.
There was some complaints by other guests, damage to his room.
We did the best we could to accommodate his behavior.
His behavior? Yes, sir.
There was an incident a few days ago.
A nervous breakdown, they said.
The police took him.
They left this address in case anyone came.
It's a hospital in Napa, sir.
I'm terribly sorry.
Elizabeth, I need to borrow your car.
Nickie,
what happened to you? I mean...
Look at you. Look at me. What happened, I...
I don't know. I... There're just some things I have to do, all right?
I need your car.
Of course, you can have it if you need it.
Can't I get you something to eat?
You know that you're the only person
that I can trust.
Everyone else is... If Sam Sutherland calls you,
you don't tell him you talked to me. You lie to him.
And whatever else happens before he speaks...
Okay, coffee,
English muffin,
and your water.
This bottle
is open. Who opened this bottle? Yeah, I opened it.
I don't want an opened bottle. I want an unopened bottle.
I don't want ice in the glass. I want just a glass,
please.
Nickie, talk to me.
You're scaring me.
I don't even know what you're saying.
I'm sorry, Liz. I don't mean it. I'm sorry.
You know, I've been thinking the last couple of days.
I've had some spare time.
And I wanted to tell you that
I understand why you left me.
And I know that I resented it.
I want to apologize to you
for shutting you out
and not being there.
And I hope that you can forgive me.
You're tired. You've been on the go for days.
There's nothing to forgive. Then,
pain sets in.
The onset of a migraine headache.
If this sounds all too familiar, relief is here at last.
Oh no, you bastards.
Taggarene. For nearly a decade, doctors have been prescribing...
How did you find me here?
Taggarene is strong medicine for headaches, toothaches, muscle fatigue, joint pains...
He's an actor.
So if you trust your doctor, trust Taggarene.
He's an actor on television.
Can't explain now.
Can I borrow your Yellow Pages?
New Moon Cafe, best in Chinatown.
Get out of the car, fucker.
Open the door and leave it running.
You're making a mistake here.
Get the fuck out of the car.
I am extremely fragile
right now.
New Moon Cafe.
He does commercials. Do you know how many customers we have?
Hundreds, thousands.
I know he ordered from you. He went to Montgomery Street. 1010...
Is there anybody here that can help me?
He's an actor. He's like one of these people you have here up on your...
Hey! Why are you taking my picture?
We were hoping he could audition today.
He'd really be perfect for this part.
Oh, this will break his heart.
Well is there any place we can contact him?
Well, his beeper's here on the table.
He took the kids to the zoo.
The zoo? That's very, very sweet.
Which zoo? Oh, it's the one with the white tiger.
Lionel Fisher, I love your work.
Okay, please. Look, I, uh...
I got my kids.
Get rid of them.
All right, guys, uh, guys.
Snack time. More snacks. Here, go, go, go.
That's all. Uh...
It was just a job. Nothing personal.
You know. I mean, I play my part,
improvise a little. I mean, it's what I'm good at...
I need to talk to who's in charge.
Nobody knows.
I mean nobody gets a big picture...
Hey, Tammy, Alex cut it out. Damn it, why do they do that?
Your offices are empty. I need to find out where they are.
Look,
they own the whole building.
They just move from floor to floor.
And you work for them, right?
You can get me in.
No, I can't. Oh, yes, you can.
You can tell them the police called. You got to speak to someone.
You tell them I'm gonna blow the whistle on them.
What whistle? There's no fucking whistle.
This is very dangerous.
I don't think that you understand.
Right now
I am
extremely
dangerous.
Michael, guys. Come on, we're leaving.
Well we're here.
Drive in.
What're you gonna do, anyway?
You won't get your money back.
I don't care about money. I'm pulling back the curtain.
I wanna meet the wizard.
He's eyeing us like Tiffany Towers.
Pull in somewhere where they won't see you.
Shit. Stay down. Stay down.
You're not allowed to be here.
They called me back.
I got a fitting.
He's with me.
You don't need me. Shut up.
Get in. Oh, my God.
Cuff him to the rail.
What floor?
You're fucked, you both. They're gonna miss me.
Where? I told you they hired me over the phone...
Where did you pick up your checks?
It was a different floor then.
Then guess. I... It went on this way, sort of...
I don't know.
All right, take it easy.
It's gonna be a surprise.
Oh, fuck!
What are you doing here?
Back from the dead.
Nicholas, you're not about to shoot anyone.
Turn around.
You're gonna come with me.
Everybody down!
Stop!
All right, what do you think you're doing?
You tell me!
Who's behind this?
Who did this to me? Why?
What do you mean, "Why?" How deluded can you be? Who is responsible for this?
It wasn't you. It wasn't personal.
It could've been any asshole with a couple of hundred million in the bank.
Get on that radio, all right? You get your boss up here.
You tell them I'm gonna shoot somebody.
Who am I gonna call, Nicholas? They won't do it.
Oh, yes, they will. You get somebody up here
because I'm gonna kill you. They don't care about me, Nicholas.
They'll let me die. You're not in a position to threaten anyone.
Wait a minute. Where'd you get that?
What?
That gun. That's not an automatic.
What the fuck are you talking about?
The guard had an automatic. Where did you get the gun?
This is my gun.
But we searched the house.
Well I guess you missed this, didn't you?
There's a situation up here. We got a real goddamn gun up here...
Nicholas, it's fake. It's a part of your game.
Don't you start with me now. No, no, listen to me.
Don't you fucking start with me. I'm telling you the truth now.
This is all the game.
Bullshit, all right? Bullshit. I know what happened to that guy.
They shot that guy, Feingold, Fisher, they killed him. What did you see?
Think about it. What'd you see? I saw them kill him.
No, what'd you really really see, this whole time?
Special effects, squibs. Squibs like in the movies.
Nicholas. Nicholas, listen.
I've got a real gun with real goddamned bullets...
Okay, okay. I'll put it down.
Feingold, Mr. Fisher. He's on the other side of that door. He's an actor.
You're trying to kill me. No one's trying to kill you, Nicholas.
Please put that gun down. You're about to make the biggest mistake of your life.
Nicholas, there was always a safety net. The taxi, there was a diver. My house,
they shot at us with blanks.
It's not true.
It is. It's what you hired us for.
They're waiting on the other side of that door with champagne.
Nicholas.
Please, goddamn it! Conrad. Conrad's there.
It's your birthday party.
You stop lying!
Let me show you.
Don't you move.
He's got a gun. Get back from the door.
You shot him.
Someone... Someone call an ambulance!
He's dead.
We thought you knew.
How did you let this get so out of hand?
He wouldn't listen to me.
We went through this over and over.
The mark is your responsibility.
You never,
never let the mark take over.
I'm sorry. He could have almost killed us.
I had a walkie-talkie.
I used the walkie-talkie.
We're going to jail.
We're all going to jail for the rest of our lives.
Oh, God.
Nicholas!
We've got him. He's in the bag.
We have him here. He came in right on target.
Keep everyone back until we clear away the breakaway glass.
Mr. Van Orton, don't open your eyes.
It's just breakaway glass, but it can still cut you.
Just gonna take a look at you.
I'm gonna check your pulse.
Just take it easy. That was quite a fall.
Happy birthday, Nickie.
What is this?
It's your birthday present.
I had to do something. You were becoming such an asshole.
Ladies and gentlemen. My brother, Nicholas Van Orton.
Amazing. I just wanted to tell you. Great job.
This was the best ever.
Thank God you jumped. Because if you didn't,
I was supposed to throw you off.
Thanks.
We have to head home. We just wanted to say goodbye.
Rachel.
Sweet dreams.
Thanks, Mel, for coming. I'm sorry about your car. I...
I think I left it at the zoo. No problem.
Happy birthday, Nicholas.
I'll call you. I really will.
Nicholas, I haven't a clue what this is all about.
Your taste in champagne is excellent as always.
It was a great entrance.
Yes, and I want you to know that what happened on Sunday was...
Oh, no, no, please.
I've never been happier in my whole life.
I thank you.
And my wife thanks you.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you, Sam.
What's this?
This is
the bill.
The bill?
Keep the pen.
Thank you, both.
You wanna split it?
Oh, God, yes, please. I'll take you up on that.
Oh, my God.
Thank you, Connie.
What happened to that
waitress? What was her name, uh...
Christine?
She said something about catching a plane.
I just saw her out front trying to hail a cab.
Christine?
I, um...
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
Thank you. I...
You know, I never did ask you your name, did I?
No.
It's
Claire.
So you catching a plane or...
Yeah, we have a gig starting next week in Australia, so...
Gonna shear some more sheep.
Just a walk-on this time.
Well, when you get back,
maybe, you know, we could have some dinner.
You don't know anything about me.
No, I don't.
So you tell me.
Well, what... Where you're from?
Originally,
Oklahoma.
Colorado?
I've been doing this for way too long.
You know,
would you like
to have coffee with me at the airport?