So can you do me a favor ? Can you find out where Hu Li's keeping the plates ?
-That ain't no problem. -Thank you.
So welcome aboard, gentlemen.
From this moment on, you're officially working for the United States secret service.
Secret service agent James Carter.
Oh, that sounds good. It's got a nice ring to it, don't it ?
I'm tellin' you, Lee, give me six months.
Six months and I'm gonna be in Washington, D.C., protectin' the president.
We both know you would never take a bullet for someone else.
Yeah, but they don't know that.
I'm gonna talk to Isabella, see if she can hook somethin' up.
seein' the way she was starin' at a brother. - She never even look at you.
Just jealous, Lee, 'cause the girl chose me,
'cause I'm tall, dark and handsome, and you third-world ugly.
I'm not third-world ugly. Women like me.
They think I'm cute, like snoopy.
Lee, snoopy is six inches taller than you.
[ beep, ringing ]
Sterling.
Lee and Carter are officially out of the secret service's way.
[ indistinct ] Correct.
[ rap ]
[ rapper: indistinct ]
[ stops ]
This is my informant's place. They got pretty good ribs here too.
I like kosher.
[ Cantonese ]
Hey. Hey, wait.
[ Cantonese ]
[ chattering ]
Oh, I know I don't think I see what I see what I'm thinkin' !
I know good and well y'all ain't gamblin' back here !
This is supposed to be a Chinese restaurant ! What you doin' in here, James ?
You about to go to jail. You about to go to jail, and all your little friends.
Everybody pack up your stuff and let's get outta here. Pack up, and let's go !
-All right, all right. Let's talk outside. - You wanna talk outside ?
-Yes. -Let's go then. You wanna talk.
- As long as you wanna talk. - [ Cantonese ]
Where you get that from ? I like that.
That's good. -What's up, Kenny ?
-James Carter. -What's up ?
What's up is I heard you was gettin' your ass kicked out there in Hong Kong, brother.
-What ? -That's right.
You crazy. Who told you that ? - I got my sources.
Don't you worry about that. -They tellin' you lies.
Look, man. I'm about to bust you if you don't give me some information.
How you gonna come up here and jam me up like this, James ? Huh ?
You embarrass me in front of my wife, my kids out there.
Kenny, you embarrassin' yourself.
You a black man with a Chinese restaurant on crenshaw.
You come up in here, you ain't show me no badge.
You ain't even flashed a warrant.
Know what I'm gonna do for you ? I'm gonna whup your ass.
and then I'm gonna whup your ass.
Kenny, we'd love to see that. We would.
Come on, Kenny ! Come on, Kenny ! Come on !
Do it ! I'll shoot you and say you fell in the kitchen.
Come on ! hey. You better chill out, boy.
- Kenny, calm down, Kenny ! - Hey, what--
Kenny !
Twisting tiger.
Where did you learn that ?
Oh. They're brothers.
Oh, all right, all right.
7-11 ?
Hey ! I heard that. I heard that.
Don't be talkin' about me, man.
You guys are here about some funny money, huh ? How you know ?
C-notes, right ? -Yeah.
Any of 'em came through here ?
Look, one of my regulars came in here a few days ago,
dropped about 50 large on the tables in there.
I was about to go down there with my boys and tune his ass up,
But he comes in the next day with the whole thing.
brand-new one hundred dollar bills, sequential.
Now, I figure they're fake, 'cause this guy's got a regular day job.
So I test 'em, and they checked out.
You still have the bills ?
Still got my lunch money from the third grade.
Let me see 'em.
Hold it. What are you doin' ?
Whoa. Oh, it's fake.
He got you. Who you say gave that to you ?
Cat named Zing. Work down at reign plaza.
Tell you what: you better hope you find him before I do.
All right. [ Cantonese ]
Excuse me. L.A..P.D.
We're lookin' for a guy named Zing.
You ! Come here ! Come back here !
[ Carter ] Hey ! Hey ! You little rascal !
Get back here ! Get back here right now !
[ Cantonese ]
You know what ? I don't even know why the hell I'm here.
I ain't even Chinese.
All right, I'm sorry.
I think there's someone...
who would like to talk to them first.
Oh !
What'd you do that for ? That was unnecessary !
You done knocked out my filling, girl. That's gonna cost you.
[ groans ]
I ain't never hit a woman in my life, but your ass is pushin' it !
- [ Cantonese ] - [ Cantonese ]
Okay, all right, all right.
I'll go.
Better watch your back. amah !
[ panicked breathing ]
Lee. Lee !
What happened ?
That lady Isabella knock you out, that's what happened. She played you.
-No. -Yes, she did.
-She save our life. - What ?
Hu Li could have killed us. -Are you crazy, man ?
Look at us. We good as dead !
Stop your whining, Carter ! - What you gonna do if I don't stop, huh ?
I will slap the hell outta you right now, Lee.
-Yeah ? - Yeah.
I'll bitch-slap you back to Africa ! -Oh, you will ?
Yeah. Come on, let me see that. I wanna see you do that !
[ indistinct ] You don't know who you're messin' with, man !
You don't know who you're messin' with, do you ?
I'll bite your damn nose off, man. You bite-- come on !
Some apple ?
I'd put that knife away, bitch, before you have an accident.
[ grunting ]
ain't no use, man.
Just tell me how the triads are gonna kill us.
They will torture us for three days.
I can handle that. -Then they'll cut off our egg rolls.
Cut off our egg rolls ? Hell, no !
Let's get the hell outta here ! Come on, man ! Don't give up !
I don't wanna die ! -Be quiet.
Okay, give me your left leg. -What for ?
Left leg ! aah !
Like this. [ groaning ]
Hold tight. Okay.
[ grunting ]
aah !
That's it. Bite that thing.
Bite it ! Bite it like a little monkey !
Go on, bite it ! There you go.
Yank it ! Use them tiger teeth !
Yeah ! Grab it ! Pull on it !
You almost got it. That's it. Ggrrr !
Oh, shit !
- What the hell ? - Wow !
Lee, untie me. Hurry up, man !
All these statues full of money.
aah.
Hello, Benjamin !
What are you doing ? I'm takin' this for evidence.
Carter. You feel that ?
Yeah, we slowin' down, man.
What happened ? I'll tell you what happened.
Come on, Lee !
[ whispering ] Carter, go up.
Carter ! Carter !
Carter ! Lee !
What happened ? You left me.
I didn't leave you, man. I was waitin' up there for you.
shh !
Whoa, man ! I ain't goin' in there !
Come on ! There's rats in there !
- There's no rats ! - Look at that rat !
aww !
Las Vegas ?
Vegas ? What the hell we doin' in Vegas ?
Look. Red Dragon.
That's the name of Ricky Tan's boat.
Lee.
That's how you launder $100 million in cash.
Let's go. Let's go.
Aah ! Sorry. Aah ! Damn !
One at a time. What the hell is wrong with you ?
Wait a second, man. What ?
We can't go in there like this. Why ?
We got to look fly. What mean "fly" ?
We got to mack out, man. We can't go in there like this.
What does it mean, "mack out" ?
Follow me, my Asian brother. I'll show you.
Come on. Come on.
That's where we're going, right there.
When we get in there, you stay a couple steps behind me.
Huh ? You smell a little funky.
I think you stepped in some rat shit.
[ man ] It was a cowboy hat, and now it's a pith helmet.
Hold on. Talk to you in a bit.
Hi, nice to see you. Can I help you gentlemen ?
Yeah, I'm gonna need black, 42 long,
and nothin' touches this body but pure silk.
and get my partner somethin' from the kids' department.
Would your partner like to be wrapped in silk as well ?
Some people think it's tacky, but I really enjoy it when couples dress alike.
No, this ain't no couple thing, man.
We're police officers. We're workin' a dangerous case, and we need some clothes.
Yes. There are a lot of men chasing us.
As well they should be. Listen, you have nothing to worry about, okay ?
because I'm gonna turn you two into the belle of the ball.
Thank you. Absolutely. Let's start with you, shall we ?
You've got the mochaccino face, wonderful skin, and the big, broad shoulders, okay ?
Let's put a dead animal on you. Croc skin.
Butter cream, croc skin, butter cream--
What size is the waist ? Let's go in.
Hey ! Watch it, sweetness !
He's got some fire to him. Honey cups !
I like that. Go get the clothes ! Hurry up !
I'll pull some items. oh, Jesus. I'll be back.
You see that ? -He likes you.
I'm not shoppin' with you no more.
Act like you're rich.
Ladies and gentlemen, Steven Reign,
Owner and founder of the Red Dragon casino. [ applauding, cheering ]
Thank you. [ fanfare ]
Thank you. Good evening. [ applauding ]
A thousand years ago, a small, wealthy village in China...
hired a young dragon to guard their treasures in a cave.
the people of the village started sneaking him extra food,
hoping to make him stronger.
the dragon grew so big he got stuck,
and the treasure was trapped behind him...
for all eternity.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have found that lost treasure.
It is here, inside the greatest casino in the world !
Welcome to the Red Dragon,
Where everybody is a winner !
[ fireworks exploding ] [ drums beating ]
Black, 29.
Look at this place, Lee. It's the biggest front in the world.
Yeah, right--
Would you like a drink ? Drink ? Cigarettes ?
Put your arms around me. What ?
Hold me close. There are cameras everywhere.
What's going on ? - I think I may be in trouble, Lee.
I really need your help.
Last time you needed my help, I woke up in a truck.
I'm undercover, Lee. I had no choice. You have to trust me.
Look over my right shoulder. That's the soft count room.
We think the plates are in there.
I need you to go and get them.
Why don't you go get them ? -Because if I'm wrong,
then my entire cover is blown, understand ?
How do I know I can trust you ?
Dip me.
I'm asking for real now.
Will you help the secret service ?
Hey, Lee ! Lee!
What are you doing ? Thank you, man. Take this.
-Dancing. - Dancin' ?
Man, I'm up here workin', puttin' my life on the line,
and you're up here dancin' with some bimbo ?
Does she have a friend ? -That was Isabella.
She says the plates are in the soft count room.
Lee, I know you didn't just say Isabella. Are you crazy, man ? Yes.
That girl issettin' you up again. -No. I'm gonna find out.
No, wait, man.
There's security all over. If you're gonna do this, you need a distraction.
So keep your eye on me, and you'll know when to make your move.
- Good. - Cool.
Come on, big eight ! Come on, Tex !
Hey, hey, hey ! Good roll, man !
This table's hot ! I want some of this money. Get me in this game. Come on.
Sir, are you aware that there's a $50,000 buy-in this evening ?
If that's the case, give me $100,000 in chips.
Let me have a diet Pepsi and some hot wings.
- 100,000. Give him the chips. - Come on ! Let's play ! I'm gonna get some of this.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What's this ?
- $500 chips, sir. - You gave me $500 chips 'cause I'm black ?
Uh, no, sir. I did not. I just assumed that--
You assumed that a brother comin' in here can only afford $500 a roll.
- Is that it ? - Uh, no, I didn't think that at all, sir.
- You a racist ? - No, I'm not, sir.
How come everybody else around the table got $1,000 chips, and the black man got a nickel ?
How did that happen ? I don't know. It just happened.
This is crazy. You think my people suffered 362 years of slavery...
So you could send us back to the cotton fields with $500 chips ?
- No. - Do I look like chicken George to you ?
You do not. I have no idea. What the hell is that ?
- I think you should calm down. - I think you should go over there and count somethin'.
Give me my chips, and I want $1,000 chips !
Hurry up. I just want to be treated fairly. Is that too much to ask ?
No. Is that too much to ask ?
I got a problem on table nine.
How come ain't no black people performin' in this hotel ? We ain't good enough ?
We got Lionel Ritchie performin' here tonight.
Lionel Ritchie ain't been black since the commodores, man.
What about peaches and herb ? Gladys knight and the pips ?
Ike and Tina. They can get back together. This is crazy.
Sir, why don't you calm down, win some money, and have some fun ?
I ain't calmin' down no more ! I'm sick of you tryin' to calm me down.
We got a problem. Go.
[ beeping ]
I have a dream...
that white people and black people...
and even Chinese people can gamble together...
without gettin' different chips !
[ people cheering ] hallelujah !
Hold it, hold it. In the spirit of brotherhood, let's just play craps, man.
Come on. Let's go. Come on !
Oh, shit.
Hey !
[ man shouting ] Get him ! Stop !
- amah ! - Winner.
Yes ! yes, yes, yes !
I feel good. Oh, who put their hand on my butt ?
Do it again. Give me that. How much I win ?
200,000, sir.
$200,000 ?
Yeah ! Whoo ! All right.
This seven I'm about to roll...
Is for the 27 years Mandela spent in that prison and couldn't get no justice...
and took all that crap.
That's why I ain't gonna crap out. This one is for Mandela !
[ all cheering ]
- A winner. Seven. - Free at last
Free at last
[ bell dings ]
Out.
Imagine a business where people hand you money,
and you hand them back absolutely nothing.
Now, that's the real American dream.
Thanks to a few pieces of metal...
and a most beautiful U.S. customs agent,
I'm back in business.
[ chuckling ]
Look at you, Lee.
You look ridiculous.
You know it didn't have to be like this.
It's too bad.
Like father, like son.
Look at this old fool.
What does he think he's doing ?
I tell you, it's almost impossible to find a partner...
that is trustworthy and loyal.
Don't you agree, Lee ?
Everything stays on the table. Don't nobody touch that table. You understand ?
All right.
Winner, four high, four high.
Yes ! Yes ! Oh, my goodness ! That's $500,000 !
- Yes ! - Come on, sir.
[ Ricky ]
- Cash me out. - Sir, you're gonna have to get off the table.
Thank you very much.
The trouble with partners is, they die.
[ Cantonese ]
Have fun.
Don't move ! U.S. secret service ! You're under arrest.
These gentlemen will escort you to the cashier.
Good, 'cause I don't want to get jumped by any of these rich white folks. Let's go.
mmm !
I appreciate this, fellas. you never can be too safe.
- [ people screaming ] - What the--
I'm sorry, man. Did that hurt ?
- Hey, you ! Hold it ! - [ people gasping ]
You okay ?
[ both grunting ]
mmm ! mmm ! mmm, mmm, mmm !
[ people gasping ]
mmm ! [ people screaming ]
Black man get on a roll, y'all start trippin'.
Y'all get back ! Calm down !
Get back ! Get back ! Get back !
- [ man ] Hey, get down. - [ man #2 ] Drop the stick.
Lee ! aah !
Where you been, Lee ? I been on a roll, man ! mmm !
[ gunshots ] [ people screaming ]
What happened to you, man ? Huh ?
What's that light in your mouth ?
Oh, man, this can't be good.
Mmm !
[ both grunting ]
Move ! Would you get out of my way ?
What's wrong with you ?
What happened to you, man ? Mmm ! Mmm ! Mmm !
Mmm ! Mmm ! Mmm ! Mmm !
[ tires squealing ] [ alarm ringing ]
Why the hell you didn't tell me you had a bomb in your mouth ?
I did ! I said "mmm !" -No, you didn't !
What the hell is "mmm" ? - "Mmm, boom !"
[ ringing continues ] [ people screaming ]
[ gasping ] Ricky Tan's still alive.
We have to get to the penthouse. - Ricky Tan dead.
What you talking about ? Whoa !
[ gasps ]
Lee. go after Ricky, man. I got this.
- Carter-- - Just go, man. I got this.
I'm not gonna hold back on you this time just because you're a woman.
I'm gonna pretend you're a man.
a very beautiful man with a perfect body,
who I'd like to take to the movies.
[ karate yell ]
Oh.
Hooh ! Hah ! You don't know nothin' about this, do you ?
Egyptian style, girl. you want some of this ?
Come on. [ karate yell ]
[ shouting ]
[ bell dings ]
- Are you okay ? -I'm fine -You need help.
I didn't know which side you were on.
Well, now you know.
What's wrong with you, woman ?
Mmm, you smell good.
aah !
[ shouting ]
yaah !
aah !
[ screaming ]
[ gasping ]
Thank you, Benjamin. Thank you.
We could have been a good couple.
We could have had somethin' special.
But you one crazy-ass bitch !
American's love to gamble, don't they, Mr. Reign ?
I never gamble.
Oh, I'm, uh, cutting our deal short.
Oh.
And my plates ?
The plates stay with me. I'm sure you won't have a problem with that.
I enjoyed that little story you told...
about the dragon and the treasure.
My mother used to tell it to me all the time.
Do you know the moral of that story ?
Greed will imprison us all.
[ choking ] I hate that fortune-cookie shit.
Just like your father.
I really did try to help him, you know.
To share with him.
To make your life better.
But he was too weak.
Too afraid of change. -Give me the plates.
-It's over. -I don't think it's over.
There are casinos all over this country.
I can make you a very rich man, Lee.
Don't make the same mistake your father did.
If you reach for that gun, I'll kill you.
Don't you remember ? I'm already dead.
Hey, Ricky. How you doin' ?
Lee, I see you got everything under control.
I'm gonna go downstairs and-- goddamn !
- What happened to Reign ? - Would you like me to tell you how your father died ?
Hey, hey. Wait one second, Lee.
It ain't worth it, man. He tryin' to trick you.
Don't go too far, now. -He never begged for his life or tried to make a deal.
Put the gun down. -All he asked me,
just seconds before I pulled the trigger,
was that I promise not to kill you.
Oh, it was so pathetic.
Oh, hell, no. He went too far. Shoot his ass right now, Lee. Shoot his ass !
- What are you gonna do, Lee ? - All you got to do is pull that trigger back and bam !
Are you going to spend the rest of your life hiding like your father ?
Man, don't let him talk about your daddy like that. Shoot him, Lee.
- You can't do it, can you ? - Yes, hell, you can, Lee.
- Ain't nobody up here but us. - Just as I thought.
He tryin' to punk you. Shoot him !
If you ain't gonna shoot him, kung fu his ass or somethin'.
- Carter ! - [ screams ]
No !
[ screaming ]
[ alarm sounding ]
Damn ! Good kick, Lee.
It was an accident.
- That's okay. We'll just say he tried to catch a cab. [ door opens ]
What's that in your-- oh, hell, no.
- [ Cantonese ] - Lady, you listen to me right now.
You put that bomb down and turn it off ! Carter, we have to jump !
- You crazy. I ain't jumpin'. - [ Cantonese ] - [ beeping ]
Use your jacket ! Hey, turn that bomb off !
- [ screams ] - Crazy-ass--
[ both shouting ]
That wasn't so bad.
[ screaming ]
[ horn honking ]
[ screaming ]
- [ horn honking ] - [ screaming ]
I cannot believe I flew 10,000 miles for this shit.
Detective Lee, I hate to admit it,
but the United States secret service is indebted to you.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
I'll see you on board.
I want to thank you too.
It was nice working with you.
I saw that.
You sly devil, you. She kissed you, didn't she ?
Ah, you played it cool, too, walkin' away and not lookin' back. I like that.
Yeah. I'm a player.
- Where is she headed ? -She's going to New York.
Mmm.
Is that your gate down there ? - Yep.
Well, I'm this way.
Guess that mean good-bye. -I guess so.
Thank you, Carter.
Take good care of yourself, Lee.
-Oh, Carter. -Yeah, Lee ?
What's up ?
There is something I want you to have.
Oh, no, man. This is your daddy's badge. I can't take that, man. No way.
It's okay. No. Finally, I can let it go.
Thank you, man.
Hey, you know what ? I got somethin' for you too.
What is this ? -That's $10,000, man.
I got it at the tables this mornin' at Caesar's. I'm still hot.
I can't take this. -No, don't worry about it. I got a lot more.
Go ahead. Enjoy yourself. -No, Carter. I can't have this.
Would you stop actin' like a cop for one second, man, and live it up ?
There gotta be something you want. Come on.
Think about it.
[ woman on p.a. ] This is the final boarding call for flight 44 to La Guardia.
I always wanted to go to Madison square garden, see the knicks play.
-New York city ? - First class.
-The plaza hotel ? -Maybe a little mu shu ?
- Amen to that, brother. -So, what do you say ?
You know what, man ? I can use another vacation.
[ laughs ]