Hey, what's up?
Looks ilke the kld got clocked wlth that.
- Is he golng to make it? - Got hls head stove in pretty good.
- Witnesses? - No.
- Dld he come from in there? - He's dressed ilke it.
- Dld you let anybody leave? - I know the job.
I'm just dolng mlne.
Excuse me.
Was there anythlng pecullar, any commotion? Dld you see...
just call her and say what i told you to say.
Hang up the phone.
Don't worry about my father, worry about me. I'm not golng to argue...
- what? - How dld you get that blood on you?
What blood?
I'll ask you agaln. If you glve me attltude, i'll drag you out by your halr.
How dld you get that blood on yourself?
It was ilke...
he started it...
...and i flnlshed it.
Look, i was razzln' the guy. He couldn't take a joke.
So you cracked hls head open. I can dlg it.
He left all plssed off. I followed hlm out to apologlse.
Next thlng i know, he's comlng at me wlth a sllver bat.
I was defendlng myself.
Anybody see?
No, offlcer. It was just me and hlm.
- Do you know who my father is? - No. Do you?
- Take hlm out. - Let's go.
What's your name?
- Dlane palmlerl. - What dld you see?
Nothlng.
- So why dld you polnt that guy out? - I dldn't.
- What's that? - What?
- What dld you see, dlane? - Nothlng. I swear.
It's a zoo in here. How can i see anythlng?
Detective, we have a potentlal wltness you should see.
I'll be back in a mlnute. Keep her company, okay?
That raclst bastard! That's the one that dld it.
- How do you know? Dld you see it? - No.
He was slttlng over there. He hassled trey from the mlnute we walked in.
Rlght thls way. Thls table over here.
Yo!
Excuse me, slr. Yo!
- What's up, man? - They don't serve malt ilquor here.
No malt ilquor, all rlght?
- No... all rlght? All rlght? - What the hell is your problem?
- Let's go. I want to go. - No, we're flne. We're flne.
Don't even worry about it.
Have a seat over here.
- What dld trey do? - Nothlng.
He trled to ignore the guy, but the bastard wouldn't let up.
No 40's, no chronlc.
And no indo. All rlght?
Hey, dog. Is you deaf? Holler back!
What an asshole!
You got that, tupac?
- And then what happened? - Trey turned the tables on hlm.
What are you dolng?
He took a white napkin and a knife, and he poked holes in it.
Then he walked over to the guy.
I thlnk you dropped thls.
And he dropped it on his head. Bull's eye.
Everybody laughed.
I guess that little prick was pissed.
He was embarrassed that all his friends laughed at him.
Thank you. You can go and check on your frlend now.
Tell me he is not the prlmary on thls.
It's hls catch, lou.
Walter wade, jr. You blg walter wade's son?
- Yes, i am. - The real estate developer?
Daddy's a blg man, huh?
Blg man.
The waltress. She saw it, huh?
What dld you do, motherfucker? Threaten her?
She had to go to the john.
- Where dld she go? - She left.
Shlt!
Get hlm on board. I am golng to intubate.
He's startlng to selze.
- Homeboy's got rhythm. - What?
Was it somethlng i sald? I thlnk my nose is broken.
He broke my nose!
Damn! We're losing hlm!
Trey!
I've been walting for thls all year. You are gone from thls preclnct.
Gone? For what?
For that?
His roots in the communlty couldn't go deeper. He has no crlmlnal record.
Your honour, the charge is homlclde.
Not having done it before is not an excuse.
Ball is set at 200,000 dollars.
Fuck you!
Can i get a statement?
Shaft.
It's walter wade. Thanks for breaking my nose that night.
My lawyer says that's why i got bail.
And that's precisely why i'm skiing in switzerland right now.
See you when i see you, slick.
Come on, man. You suck!
- Shit! They think i'm a criminal. - Shut your mouth, faggot.
- John shaft. - Vasquez. Welcome to narcotics.
- Jlmmy groves. - Jack roselll.
- Transfer in from the 3-5? - Yeah.
- You're shaft, huh? Heard you qult. - Not yet.
Luger, hurry the fuck up, man!
Come on, you bltch bastard!
Come on, you bllly bob motherfucker. Open the goddamn door.
Three happy meals or four?
Four. Hurry up!
Freeze, motherfuckers! Don't move!
Everybody freeze! Grab that motherfucker! Down on the floor!
Somebody turn that fucklng music off!
- Put your hands behind your back. - Shaft, i've got one.
Now you can't speak engllsh. I bet you can say "kllo", can't you?
Hey! Goddamnlt!
Don't make me chase you. You're golng to plss me off. Stop!
Shlt! Shlt!
Help me!
Throw somethlng else!
Disperse, motherfuckers!
Come on!
Watch your backs, ladles!
Open the door!
Open it!
I'm golng to fuck you up for maklng me run!
You got me, papa.
Peace, motherfucker.
Good luck!
Aprll fool, motherfucker.
I told you not to make me run.
Thls shlt's too tlght!
Thlnk about thls ass-whupplng you are golng to get.
It's golng to be a long rlde to the preclnct.
Paraphernalla. Nothlng.
- Let me call my wlfe. - Shut up, cornbread.
- Let me call my glrlfrlend. - Shut the fuck up!
Easy wlth the bralds. What you got agalnst black men?
- Supposed to be a factory up there. - They must have gotten a heads up.
My kld's got more indlctable shlt under hls bed.
These skells wlll get revolved before we clock out tonlght.
- Look at hlm. - Who is that?
Peoples hernandez, a nelghbourhood alllgator.
It's all hls play up here. He's got half a dozen apartments.
Keeps changlng hls shlt on us ilke it's a shell game.
You enjoylng the show?
Yo, spree. Pass me the ball.
John, don't do it.
Come on. No!
Good shot.
Peoples hernandez! Come on down!
Motherfuck.
Yes!
Uh-oh. You pissed him off now. Here come the troops.
Thls is egyptlan cotton.
2-20 thread. Thls is ilke half your shltty-assed paycheck.
Step off, peoples.
You wouldn't know egyptlan cotton if pharaoh hlmself sent it to you.
- You best sleep in that vest. - There you go.
You're under arrest for assaulting an offlcer.
They're taklng the blg man in for actlng crazy.
It's the only way you can touch me, you pathetic kentucky frled nlgger.
I got some chlcken wlngs for you.
What have we got here?
Concealed weapon!
- The iceman goeth. - Goeth for a long tlme. Come on.
Step up.
- Can i get my shoes shlned? - Yeah, you sure can.
Home sweet home.
Hold still, please.
I'm golng to put so many lawyers on your ass -
- you're golng to thlnk they opened a branch offlce up there.
Lawyers are for wankers.
- Weren't you golng to smoke me? - I smoke camel.
It's not my slze.
When the van comes for these fools, thls one gets the busted seat-belt.
What the hell is he dolng here? Tell me it aln't one of your dlck-arounds.
Honest to god, i was in fear for my ilfe.
- I know the routine. - Shut the fuck up, cornbread!
Yo, luger. What's up wlth the cornbread?
- Your problem is what? - Nazls wlth badges.
Nazls? You've got to ilghten up, shaft.
I talk ilke thls all the tlme.
I see your polnt.
Maybe i should take an ethnlc sensitivity workshop, huh? Fuck you.
Maybe i should workshop my foot up your ass.
- Plck a colour, black or blue? - How about i make you both?
- Anytlme, anywhere. - Aln't nothlng between us but alr.
- Come on! - Go, go, go, go!
Yo, shaft. I ilke the way you handled that, bro.
Shut the fuck up!
Yo, shaft. You got a call.
He says it's urgent. The test results may have come back.
Today we flnd out if i'm your daddy, or the german shepherd.
Pretty good.
Well, how good is good?
You're klddlng me.
Red, if thls is another one of your...
solld info?
100 percent solld?
No shlt.
Where?
All rlght, i got it. Thanks.
I got you.
- What's up? - Old business.
- You need back up? - No, i got it.
Rasaan. I'm calllng in a favour, son.
Favour my ass, motherfucker. You aln't got none left wlth me, dog.
- You ran all your shlts out, baby. - Don't argue, nlgger. Just do it.
All rlght, dog.
What happened, rasaan?
I got to do a favour for my man real qulck.
- How are you dolng? - Let's get golng.
How are you dolng, rlchle rlch? Remember me?
Refresh my memory.
Put them on.
- Where are we off to? - Flfteenth preclnct.
Okay, dog.
That's my dog, shaft, back there. That's my man. Word up.
You all rlght? Cold, chllly? You want a jacket or somethlng?
I bet you thought i was sneaklng back in.
To my fellow cab peepers and flappers in crown helghts.
Bed-stuy!
I'm innocent!
You look depressed, shaft. You depressed?
Back away from the car!
Fuck wlth the bull...
...and you get the horns!
Go, baby! Yeah!
You're the man, shaft!
You know, bro. I'll be out in an hour.
I don't thlnk so, runnlng man.
You see, the van to central processing left flve mlnutes ago -
- and there won't be another one for hours and hours.
By the tlme you get downtown we're talklng overnlght in the tombs.
And they won't arralgn your ass before mornlng.
It's a shame we dldn't get here a ilttle sooner.
You look depressed, walter. You depressed?
- Yo, peeps. You still here? - The seat-belt on the van was busted.
- Oh, damn. - It's called habeas corpus.
That means "due process" for the illlterate.
It's called "you wanted to play games wlth me", peoples.
I know a shltload of games. You boys play nlce.
Teflon don, nlgger! Teflon!
Bitch.
Hey, whlte boy. What dld he get you for?
Income tax evasion?
Fuck you.
Damn!
- What's happenlng? - What's up, blg boy?
Same old, same old.
Congratulations. You were on tv. Let me get your autograph.
You're a star.
- Mr p, how have you been? - Flne, flne.
- Who's wlnnlng? - Who do you thlnk?
- Hey! - Congratulations, baby.
Lucky man.
Allce! Ease up on my nephew.
- That boy'll poke a hole in somethlng. - Uncle j.
Mr blg-tlme prlvate eye.
- I earned my pay today. - Well, you dld brlng hlm in.
But what? But what? Come on. Splt it out.
Nothlng. When are you comlng on board wlth me?
- Soon. - Soon? You always say that.
Give me your shoes.
They wouldn't flt you.
I only ask once.
You want my shoes?
For two years now, i've been meanlng to ask you...
when you dress ilke thls, where exactly do you strap your plece?
- You forgot already? - You know, it was way back in the day.
Oh, yeah. Maybe you should ask lamont.
Why ask lamont? I'm standlng rlght here.
Why you always up on my woman? Thls shlt gets people kllled.
I was asklng a legltimate question.
Why do you always roll up on me ilke thls. You feellng insecure?
- He's just klddlng. - I aln't studylng thls bullshlt!
Back the fuck off the armanl!
Surprlse!
We got you, baby. We got you. Surprlse.
Do you want a smoke?
Don't smoke. Thanks.
My name is peoples.
- You know why they call me that? - You take care of your people?
Yeah, actually. More or less.
You play golf?
- Not for a whlle. - Golf is phat.
Tlger woods. Tlger woods.
I ilke hlm.
- You got a boat? - I had one.
What klnd of boat you had?
- A boston whaler. - A boston whaler...
you've been around the world, rlght? You know somethlng?
I got money longer than traln smoke. I've never been on a plane in my ilfe.
Let me ask you somethlng?
Your?
Cinco familias.
Five famllles, flve boroughs, one love.
Okay.
You're an interesting motherfuck.
You got ilke a business card or somethlng?
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
Don't klss me, motherfucker.
- Good nlght. - Later, dog.
...back in custody tonight after a two-year flight fromjustice.
Wade, seen here in 1998 -
- was re-arrested by detective john shaft tonight in westchester.
I don't get it. Why the fuck dld he come back? I wouldn't have.
See, if there ever was a "but what", that would be it.
That kld's old man can siip hls thumb on the scale, nobody says nothlng.
Aln't no fucklng way he walks from thls. No way.
Really?
Let's roll.
- Good nlght. - Good nlght, all.
Such a cynlcal motherfucker.
You want to come home wlth me tonlght? It's been a whlle.
What is it thls tlme? You just want to be held, or you want the ld?
What do you thlnk it is? I want the ld, baby.
And then i want to be held. That's all rlght wlth you?
You know me.
It's my duty to please that booty.
Flnlsh up. Let's go.
- Kearney, how's retirement? - Catflsh are jumplng.
I heard you bought a blg house out in nassau county.
Four-bedroom colonlal, rlght on the water.
Let me ask you somethlng.
How does a thlrd-rate pencll-pushlng apple-steallng dlckhead ilke you -
- afford a four-bedroom colonlal in nassau motherfucklng county?
How much dld they pay you?
After worklng the job uptown for 28 years -
- you know what i ilke best about where i iive?
How do i say thls?
It's a restrlcted communlty.
Your honour, my cllent dld not fly home 5,000 mlles to jump ball.
You mean, jump ball agaln.
He was in the wlnd for two years, and if he decldes to take off agaln -
- the mood of the people in thls clty...
we can't rlsk the possiblllty of walting another two years -
- another two months, two days, two hours.
The distrlct attorney's offlce is ardently opposed to any klnd of ball.
- How about no ball? - Remove that man. Get hlm out.
Back up, son.
You wlll get your ass twlsted! Get off of me.
Your polnt is well taken, mr torres.
The defendant is hereby ordered to surrender hls passport to thls court.
However, i belleve that young mr wade is slncere -
- in hls desire to deal wlth whatever form of judgement -
- thls room deems necessary to dellver.
Ball is set at one mllllon dollars.
Your honour, my cllent is prepared to post ball.
- What is wrong wlth you? - I'm out. I'm done.
- Are you nuts? - Thls is wack.
Fuck the job! I'll get hlm my own way.
It's insane.
I'm cool.
I qult.
I took that job thlnklng i could flght the good flght from the inside -
- and you told me about all the problems. That colour thlng.
Too black for the unlform, too blue for the brothers.
About how justice gets tangled up in red tape or bought off by the green.
You were rlght.
Fuck that job. Fuck the badge.
I'll get that sllver spoon motherfucker my own way.
No lawyers, no polltics, no rules, no regulations.
No pension! You're too hot. Step off a blt.
- Let me put my people on hlm. - Hell, no! His ass is mlne.
What's the dlfference? Got is got?
His ass...
...is mlne.
- We're in pretty good shape on thls. - What about the waltress?
Paul, talk to hlm, wlll you?
The truth is, walter, we can't flnd her.
- Thls guy is great. - You know why we can't flnd her?
She doesn't want to be found.
Do you want to go to swltzerland, whlle we try to track her down?
It can take a year, two, ten... maybe never.
Meanwhlle, everythlng and everyone else is in place.
I don't belleve thls.
Even if she does surface, she is serlously damaged goods.
It's just a roll of the dlce, kld.
- I'll roll my own damn dlce. - Walter...
- oh, hello. - Hello, my darllng.
- How was your day? - Flne.
Is that my mother's choker?
- You gave her my mother's jewellerý? - Walter...
walter.
Walter!
Hi, mrs palmlerl. Remember me?
- I really need to talk to dlane. - She iives in the bronx.
- I checked the last address i had... - rlght now she's in europe.
- Where in europe? - Spaln.
- I love spaln. - Maybe italy.
I never know 'tll i get the postcard. What can i tell you?
Okay.
Thanks.
I'll probably get flred for thls, but i thought you mlght need some help.
Terrý? From metronome, rlght?
- Remember me? - Yeah. How dld you flnd me?
I'm free monday nlghts, tuesday nlghts and every other wednesday.
Read my mlnd. Why i am here?
- Looklng for dlane? - You got it.
- What's in it for me? - What do you need?
Look down the corner. See the ilttle nlgger wlth the red hat?
That's mallk.
My son, tony, is a real good boy, a good student.
But he's 12 and i caught hlm twlce last week runnlng errands for mallk.
I need for that to stop. Can you handle that?
That's monday, tuesday and every other wednesday, rlght?
You got it, baby.
Fucklng haves and the should-not-haves, motherfucker!
Anybody looklng to malntaln thelr employment wlth the nypd...
...it mlght be in thelr best interest to leave now.
Down! Down! Down!
What's my name?
- What's my name? - I don't know.
- John shaft! - What?
- John shaft. Say it! - John shaft!
There's a kld up the block about 12 years old, tony. You know hlm?
- Yeah. - Wrong answer.
There's a kld down the block about 12 years old, tony. Do you know hlm?
I don't know that kld. I don't know that nlgger no more.
Thls kld. You see hlm, you run for your motherfucklng ilfe. You got that?
Do you ever want to see me agaln? Do you ever want to see me agaln?!
- No! - What's my name?
- I forgot. - What's my name?
John shaft!
John shaft.
You ever want to see me agaln? You answered that, huh? My bad.
What?
Hey, you guys. Break it up.
- You're flghting over a blt of rubber? - He started it.
Jump for it, okay? And behave.
Get out of the way!
Get out of the road! What are you fucklng dolng, you crack head?
Leon, the mlnute she shows up, you call me, rlght?
Yeah. How can you get me into the academy after chucklng yourjob?
- Who lost your rap sheet for you? - You.
- Who got you the tryout wlth the jets? - You.
Who got you that glg at the club? Who dellvers 10 tlmes out of 10?
All rlght. You.
So shut the fuck up and call me, when she shows.
Why do you even want to be a cop?
Forget i asked. Got mllk?
Yeah, you want some mllk? I've got a bunch of mllk.
I'm telllng you, that jeter hlt one home run and two doubles -
- and he walked once.
Listen, he walked once. Shlt. There's someone here.
You're dressing down to blend in? You look ilke a fucklng duck hunter.
- I need someone located. - Located? Do you mean found?
Located and then what?
That golng to cost you.
- What am i? A pawnbroker? - I had it appralsed. It's worth 40,000.
- Stolen? - Inherlted.
Inherlted?
- $ 40,000? - Yo, peoples. Look. It's hlm.
- That's you! - Nlce fucklng frlends.
Hundreds of people were outside the courthouse monday-
- protesting thejudge's decision to grant bail.
The case continues to arouse fierce passions in the city.
The trial is scheduled to begin in two weeks.
We are following this case closely to bring you the latest developments.
Flaco, flaco...
we got hollywood rlght here in our house!
I got to tell you somethlng.
In thls nelghbourhood, i am the motherfucklng klng snake.
I do ilke thls on 181, three people dle on riverside.
But the thlng of it is, you know...
i go downtown to take a glrl out, show her the slghts.
I walk into a restaurant, my stomach is in a knot, my teeth are clenched -
- my hands in flsts. I don't flt in down there. People slze me up.
So ten mlnutes into it, i can't walt to come back home.
- I'm ilke a prlsoner, you know. - Okay.
But you...
i would klll to be you.
Go where you go.
Do what you do.
So thls is what i propose.
The jewellery. Hock the flash, brlng me the cash. I'm not gonna not take it.
But what i really want...
i want you to start taklng me downtown wlth you.
I want you to start taklng me wherever you go.
You mean ilke... hang out together?
Take you to what, the harvard club? What the hell are you talklng about?
No, no, no...
when i say me...
..."me" is thls.
Hi.
I want you to front for me. Be my face.
Get me some upscale customers. I would ilke that very much.
If you get me into your world, i'll do that bltch for you. Word is bond.
You're dolng a ilttle blt too much of your own product.
What?
Look, it's $ 40,000. i thought it would be more, but that's what it is.
If it's important to you, tell everybody you've got a rlch whlte boy on a rope.
But entre nous... no fucklng way.
What's up, peoples? Let me keep thls.
You know...
you took a blg rlsk comlng here all by yourself.
- Dld i? - Peoples, can i keep thls?
- $ 40,000? - That's what i sald.
But thls other thlng, you can't do for me?
- Not on your ilfe. - Not on my ilfe?
- Peoples, let me keep that ice. - No. He'll need it to ralse money.
You drlve a hard bargaln, whlte boy.
Where the fuck dld he go?
What the fuck is wrong wlth you, sneaklng up on me. You want to dle?
- Get in the car. - Take it easy. Shlt!
He had thls... money belt stuffed wlth rocks.
Peoples told hlm to cash it in, done deal.
Walter wade, rlght?
Yes, the whlte boy from television. They're golng to klll that whlte glrl.
Shlt!
- What's up? - Gettlng to know the lay of the land.
- How are you dolng? - I'm having a conversation.
- The courthouse. That was rough. - Rlght. I'm sure you're rlght.
- You sure, you're all rlght? - Yeah, i'm cool.
Shlt, man! I'm out of here.
Hey, shaft. I heard, you qult the pollce.
I don't thlnk i should be dolng thls shlt any more.
Okay, shaft.
You blg fag.
Thls guy comes here. He's got hls drawers stuffed wlth jewellery -
- and he asks me, can you locate somebody?
I say yeah, because he's ilke a celebrlty -
- and you don't want to say no. He's comlng to me. It's flatterlng.
But the truth of it is, flndlng people is not really my, as they say, forte.
So thls is what i propose.
You're detectives, rlght?
You detect, so why don't i subcontract to you?
The guy says, it'll cash out to 20 g's. He'll brlng it by tonlght.
With you i'll spllt it flfty-flfty. Easlest money you'll ever make.
You take half. I take half.
Ten large?
Ten thousand.
- Just tell me where she's at. - Then what happens?
Easlest money you'll ever make.
You want to tell hlm about that, too?
Can i talk to you for a moment?
What?
- I wonder what the market dld today. - How should i know?
Damn!
I heard, you need a job, but thls?
You know, guys ilke you go down for good, when they get asplrations.
When they try and rlse above thelr station.
Llke thls contract kllllng thlng you got wlth walter, jr.
Do yourself a favour. You're a two-blt dope dealer. Stick to what you know.
Take it easy. Stick to what i know?
Fuck you, motherfucker. I'm a star.
I am the boss.
You aln't shlt. You aln't even a plg no more.
You thlnk that makes me less dangerous or more dangerous?
If i see you somewhere i don't thlnk you belong... i wlll klll you.
Look, i respect you, i ilke you.
Why you always want to fuck me?
Have a nlce day.
Why dld you fllnch?
Miss palmlerl.
Walt here.
Motherfuckers!
- She is not golng to testlfy. - Stay the fuck away from my sister!
- Take it easy! - Your sister, huh?
If she dldn't see anythlng, why is she runnlng so hard?
- Just leave her be. - Wade threaten her agaln?
Don't move.
- 'Cause i can take care of that. - Just leave her be.
Frankle?
- Mlkey? - Ma, go back in the house.
- We just want to talk to her. - Yeah, sure. With those guns.
Get lost!
- What do you thlnk? - They shot a blank.
Nothlng, rlght?
Come on, shaft. Lead us to that waltress.
I thlnk we're belng talled.
- Roselll and groves. - They're followlng us?
They saw me wlth tattoo last nlght.
Peoples probably hlred them to flnd dlane. So, yeah, they're followlng us.
Flrst walter, peoples and now these two.
They ilke to fuck wlth people, huh? I'll show them what that is all about.
47th and 5th.
- What you starlng at, bltch? - Punk ass!
- You better keep stepplng. - Fucklng whlte boy.
Freeze, mo-fo, 'fore i bust a cap in your dome!
Fuck!
- How dld i sound? - How dld you sound?
Freeze, mo fo, 'fore i bust a cap in your dome.
- Pure notorlous p.i.g. - That means a lot comlng from you.
- How much dld we get? - Hang on. You're so controlllng.
$ 42,000. that's a lot of count for a slmple murder around here.
I know cats that'd take out a whole zlp code for that klnd of cheese.
Anyway, it's a one-tlme favour.
I owe you one.
- You're still my fucklng cracker. - Fuck you, too, cornbread.
I'm out.
Get the stuff for hlm.
The wheel's already set in motion. You can't just turn off the dogs of war.
I got fucklng mugged! I have no money!
I hear you, i hear you...
take it easy.
Well, i guess you've just got to earn it back.
Huh?
An ounce is $ 1,000, elght ball's 200, gram's 80. it's all pre-bagged.
And if you cut it any more, you can say goodbye to repeat customers.
You've got to be shlttlng me.
You keep comlng back, re-up wlth me 9 or 10 tlmes -
- we should be even-steven in about... slx, elght months.
Is thls a fucklng joke?
To keep in touch.
- Hello? - Mom, you called me?
- Those detectives came around. - I'm not testifying!
I know.
- I'm not a bad person. - I know, you're not.
I will not testify! Please, mom, just keep them away from me.
Diane?
7-1-8-5-5-5-2-4- 7-3.
I need a number check. 7-1-8-5-5-5-2-4-7-3.
Comes up tony decarlo, 114 cromwell street, marine park.
And hey, tell shaft, get that bastard.
He's probably gettlng one of those slmonlze jobs.
Let's play games.
- How are you dolng, partner? - You ready, leon?
Let's roll.
Come on, shaft. Lead us to the prlze, baby.
I've got to pee.
He's slttlng rlght over there. He'll lead you rlght to the glrl.
- You got our money? - Oh, yeah.
- That boy, the celebrlty, got mugged. - He what?
He showed up at my house and sald, "i got no money."
- Do i look ilke a fucklng fool to you? - I don't know.
- Where's our money? - I just told you, he got mugged.
- That's ilke an act of god. - Where is our fucklng money?!
He got mugged. Ask hlm.
Dangerous tlmes. You've got to watch your back.
- You watch yours, too. - New world order. Be careful.
Yo. Give me peoples.
Hello? Who the fuck is thls?
Say exactly what i told you, word for word.
- I'll blow hls bralns out. - Take it easy. Just be ready.
The twojigs you're fucking with, they robbed the white boy-
- and they've got the money under the seat. They're playing you, dude.
- Step out of the car, please. - Excuse me?
Yo! What's up?
What?
Damn.
Let's roll, soul.
Oh, shlt!
I know what it sounds ilke, but we had no idea.
- You know, what that sounds ilke? - Easy, easy.
If we'd thought of it, whlch we dldn't, we would've taken hlm out ourselves.
None of us are nlce people here. But we dellvered, you got your dough.
- Give us our cut. - Your cut?
- I'll glve you your cut, motherfuckers! - Give us our money!
Let's all dle!
Hold it! Peoples, i saw shaft. He drove off.
- What? - I saw shaft. He drove off.
- Shaft? - Who the fuck is that?
Go see if that stupld monkey is there.
What?
He's playlng us. Shaft is playlng us!
- You got it, rlght? - Yeah, baby.
Hello, can i speak to dlane palmarl, please?
No, rasaan, palmlerl.
Palmlerl! I sald i got it, dude!
What are you looklng at me ilke that for anyway?
Good mornlng. I'm from publlsher's clearlng house.
- Dlane palmlrl home at the moment? - I don't know who you mean.
Wait a second! You got some dough coming.
Go, go, go.
I wlsh he'd hurry up, so we can get out of here.
It's okay!
Mlkey, get your brother and get over here now!
Yo, shaft!
Go through the front and the back.
Shlt! Motherfucker brlng me out here for thls bullshlt!
Kill them! Let me in there, man.
- Fuck thls shlt! - I sald stay!
- Yo, shaft! - Start the fucklng car!
Come on!
No...
- get the broad in the car! - Open the door.
No! You kllled my ilttle brother!
You best klll me, motherfucker!
- Get in the car. - You best klll me, motherfucker!
- Let my sister go! - Dlane! Dlane!
Get out of here, rasaan. Hurry up.
- Fuck you, motherfucker! - Calm down!
- Choke that motherfucker! - What dld you do to her?!
- Go, goddamnlt! - You got me out here.
Mlkey!
- Damn it! - Motherfucker, i'm...
mlkey!
Thls is fucked.
Llttle brother, ilttle brother...
oh, my god!
You follow them... look at my ilttle brother!
You follow them, you flnd out where they go and you call me.
I'll take it from there. Don't worry about it, you dlrty plg.
You owe me now, mr blg-tlme shaft!
Before we get up in here, i have to warn you all.
I gave the cleanlng lady a few years off.
You know, let her get her shlt together.
I'll plck some of thls shlt up and ilght candles and incense.
- Everythlng wlll be cool. - Goddamn, rasaan.
- It's ilke a blohazard in here. - You're welcome. Sit down and relax.
- You flrst. That's nasty. - What? Sit down!
Go ahead. Sit down.
Thls is some repugnant shlt.
- What do you want? - Whlte boy...
you come into my ilfe, next thlng i know, shaft kllls my ilttle brother.
Snatched that bltch from under me and put my ilttle brother in a box.
You can't hear me? You got somethlng in your ear?!
I'll come back later and put thls in your ass!
Hey, carmen. I got john shaft on the line.
Yeah, peoples.
6850 nllston avenue, between prospect place and park place.
We'll sit tlght, in case he makes a move.
Yo, ras.
Blg man, what are you dolng? Come on. Let's get golng over there.
You're real funny.
Let me use your phone. I want to check on my brother.
All rlght, comrade. Check on your brother.
Look, it's just the two of us here.
You saw it, dldn't you?
And it's ilke a blg flat stone laylng on your chest.
You've got to let go of it.
Trust me on thls.
Just let it go.
I was on my break.
I went out front to have a cigarette.
I was out there about 10 minutes.
I see the black kid, trey, coming out. He was pissed.
Talking to himself, pacing and cursing.
He didn't see me.
Then about a minute later that wade guy comes out.
He doesn't even break stride. He snatches up this silver pole.
Trey turns to him, and he saw him. He saw it coming.
Hejust bashes him.
And the spray... you know?
Blood.
And he sees me. Wade.
I wanted to run, but my legs wouldn't move. He comes over...
...and pushes me.
Give me your wallet.
I didn't understand.
Dlane palmlerl?
You see that, huh?
You want a taste of that? You want a taste?
You go back inside, flnlsh your shlft and then you go home.
Somebody wlll call you later tonlght.
Do you understand me?
I don't remember going back inside.
I remember talklng to you, ducklng out the back and golng home.
I got a call, ilke he sald i would.
Some guy. Very smooth. Very...
and the next day, i just started runnlng.
I've been klnd of runnlng ever slnce.
Okay.
Now, here's the good news.
- You're about to stop runnlng... - you don't get it, do you?
I took money.
The man who called me that nlght, he offered me $100,000 to get lost.
Half rlght then and half after the dlsposition of the case. And i sald yes.
I took $ 50,000 and i dlsappeared.
See, i told myself, i polnted hlm out to you...
i flngered that son of a bltch, and i got hlm arrested!
I told myself that was enough. But obviously, it wasn't.
I mean, obviously.
I'm so sorry.
These last two years... they must have been hell on you.
What?
I could be home tradlng stocks on the internet.
I could be home watchlng the nlcks.
Oh, shlt!
- Could she know about us? - How do i know?
She's comlng thls way. Play it easy. Stay wlth me on thls.
- How are you dolng? - What are you guys dolng here?
Watchlng your back.
I just got here. My back?
Your back, shaft's back.
He never sald where he was golng to be.
The drums. You hear thlngs.
Drums?
He plcked a tough nelghbourhood to lay low in. You wearlng your vest?
No.
Jesus chrlst!
Pollce business...
- what are you shooting at now? - You, if you don't get off my face.
- Fuck you! - Get a ilfe, glrls.
- Get these nuts, cop! - Go plss in the bed, boy.
Yeah. Keep walklng.
Oh, shlt!
- What next, maestro? - We flnlsh what we started.
What dld i do wlth these keys? I'll be rlght there. Don't rush me!
You ready? Come on, dlane. Let's go see the d.a.
Get out the wlndow now!
Out! Go!
You got my house fucked up!
Stay behlnd me.
- Come on, dlane. - Get in there!
- They went out the wlndow! - Let's go!
Hurry the fuck up!
Come on.
Go to the car. Go to the car!
- Why? - My klds.
You can't belleve what prlvate schools are charglng nowadays.
Thls is breaklng my heart.
Shoot hlm.
It's glullanl tlme.
Styllsh.
On the corner! Get in the car! Come on! Drlve!
Yo, shaft! Get the fuck in the car!
I'm about to leave all you motherfuckers.
- What the fuck are you dolng? - Shut up and drlve.
Hold on.
Shoot hls ass!
Oh, shlt!
Watch that shlt!
- You're fucklng up my car, pussy! - Drlve, goddamnlt. Drlve.
Yeah. Shoot all thelr motherfucklng asses!
It's okay. Calm down.
They can't fuck wlth us! They can't fuck wlth us!
You know how i own it behlnd the wheel. They can't fuck wlth me.
Hey, shaft!
No more teflon don!
No more shlt!
I'm a motherfucklng dead man, flrst to admlt it.
Maybe you klll me, maybe i klll myself. What do you thlnk?
Look, thls is between you and me.
- Let her go. - Funny thlng is, i'm not your enemy.
I'm peoples. They are your enemy.
I'm not your enemy.
- They are your enemy. - You're dolng wade's dlrty work?
Are you golng to shoot me? All i got is thls. Let's go, man.
Okay.
I'm puttlng the gun down.
Hand to hand. Come on. Let's go.
That's good.
Let's flght.
Take your woman!
I'm not your enemy. I'm peoples.
- Motherfucker, come on! - Are you through?
Let's go, old man. Let's get it on.
I'm peoples.
It's okay.
Walter wade, who fled the country more than two years ago -
- has been out on bail, awaiting this day-
- to finally convince a jury of his innocence...
she passes through. Let her pass.
Thls mornlng we've got a whole new ilne-up. We've got a new judge.
The d.a. Is runnlng the prosecution. And we have an eyewltness.
Today we're golng to get our money's worth.
I know we wlll.
- Shaft! A word, please? - How are you dolng?
- I'm scared to death. - You're golng to be flne.
- If you feel yourself tlghtenlng up... - just look for you.
I'll be there.
Oh, jesus!
You don't even have to look at hlm. Okay?
No! Don't!
Let her go! Let her go!
You're still determlned to be a prlvate eye?
- I thlnk you're maklng a mlstake. - I don't. Why don't you joln us?
- I ilke what i do. - Yeah, rlght.
- Are you detective shaft? - Used to be.
I need to flle an assault charge agalnst my boyfrlend.
People say, i should talk to you.
- Thls is detective vasquez. She's... ...unavallable at the moment.
See that guy on the phone? When he's done, he'll help you.
- They sald i should talk to you. - I don't work here any more.
When he's done, he'll help you.
Wrlte the asshole's name and where i can flnd hlm.
- You can't do that. - One for the road.
Why don't you get that looked at? I'll see what i can do.
- Now what? - I've got to pull thls asshole's coat.
- Can you back me up? - Back you up?
Bye.
Good luck to you. You damn jerk.
- We've got to talk, dog. - What's the deal, son?
The deal is my ilfe is fucked, man.
I aln't got no car. I aln't got no business.
I can't eat.
They shot up the whole bulldlng. Landlady wants to put me in the street!
- Calm down, man. It aln't that bad. - What?
Fuck both of you! It's my ilfe we're talklng about.
Rasaan, shut up. Here.
What are you glving me that for?
Thls is for me?
Thls is my shlt?
That's why i love you, baby.
Motherfucklng dog, you always take care of me. I love you for that.
- Let's roll. We've got work to do. - You call thls work?
Shaft, i've been thinking.
You should make me an associate in this detective thing you got going.
No hard core detective work.
I want to take pictures of the broads cheating on their husbands.
I just want to hold the camera.
All you'll be holding is the steering wheel.
Yeah, brother. We're off into the sunset, brother.
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