You'd die if you saw the portrait of Ophelia hanging in my room.
I'm having the time of my life,
but being here really makes me appreciate home.
I hope you know how much I love you.
I miss you.
I'll see you soon.
O.
Esteban.
You forgot this.
Please let me talk to someone. Not him, not him.
Please, help me.
There. There's the money.
That's where they count it.
Two, three times a week, they head south to Mexico.
You see that curve?
Road, bridge, road.
One way in, no way out.
You nervous?
No. I hijack cash shipments all the time.
Good.
Chon, I don't know if I can do this.
Do what? Kill somebody.
Look, Ben. There's no "undo" button here.
There's still time for you to walk away.
I got five good guys ready to go.
No. I'm in. This was my idea.
Good.
Alpha-One in position.
Copy that.
Charlie-Three in position.
Copy.
They don't call it hijacking for nothing, Ben.
No.
Three bogies coming your way.
Copy that, gentlemen. May Allah be with you.
First bogie, coming your way.
Charlie, you got someone knocking on your front door.
We got it. Copy.
I got your back.
I want you to stay flat until you get that clear signal from me.
You understand?
Yeah.
Second vehicle is about 200 meters behind it.
Third, about 300 to 400.
Here's our dance partner.
Now, breathe.
Three, two, one.
Bulletproof fucking glass!
Fuck you, puto.
He's got a radio!
Do you know what this is?
Whoo!
You see that baby blow, man?
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
C-team, moving in.
Move, move, move!
Four... Three... Two...
Do you know who the fuck we are?
We're the cartel, cabron.
We'll blowtorch your balls. Rape your wife.
And your kids.
You good? Yeah.
I need you to go over there and grab my case.
Grab the case.
GPS.
If you see it, get rid of it.
Doc, how we doing over there? You clear?
Yeah, we're clear here.
Good. Go, go.
Jesse, how are we? You clear?
Pull over.
No, you saw the radio. They're not far behind.
I fucked up.
Tell me, Ben.
Which life would you trade for O's?
Which one?
Fucked up, man! We fucked up, man.
I think we got close to three million cash.
We're still three million short.
Pull over!
Oh, God!
Hurry up.
Let's go!
Get yourself together, Ben.
Because tomorrow,
the shit's really going to hit the fan.
Come on.
Where are the kids?
Angela's still at practice. The boys are sleeping over.
When the hell are we going to sit at the table
and have dinner like a family?
Get me a beer.
What's the matter?
Are you unhappy again?
You still seeing that therapist dyke?
Three hundred bucks an hour.
Maybe I can fix your problem. No fee.
I'll make you pregnant again.
I want a divorce.
You want a what?
A fucking divorce.
I don't want to be your wife any more.
What you're going to get is another kick in the belly.
Now shut the fuck up.
This is America, Miguel.
I already talked to a lawyer. I know things.
Mmm-hmm.
Dolores.
One time, I tell you.
You talk to a lawyer again,
and I will take the three kids to Mexico
and you will never see them again.
You know that's the truth.
Fuck you!
I promise I will kill you.
That's the Dolores I'd like to fuck.
Turn around. No.
Get out. Get out of here.
Get out! Go!
Better be good.
Hernando heard Gigi say they were wearing Santa Muerte masks.
They were tall.
Thinks he saw two.
Hernando. Yeah.
How many guys you think did this?
At least five, maybe six.
There's three locations. Almost at the same time.
And they ditched the GPS's.
What's this?
That's an improvised explosive device. IED.
It's from Iraq.
The sand-niggers use them to blow up güero armor.
Iraq.
Who the fuck...
El Azul's been hiring ex-soldiers.
Probably Mexican demolition guys from the Yankee army.
You don't know that.
Hernando.
Bury them like men, what's left.
Money to their families.
What do we tell Elena?
That we know shit.
Nothing.
She's going to get real upset if we don't tell her nothing
and reads about it in the papers.
Oh, shut the fuck up.
I'm the one who knows Elena.
Let me handle it.
César!
Si, Senora.
No, Madrina.
But, I have a...
What?
I have this girl that keeps insisting to talk to you.
My own daughter doesn't want to talk to me,
but this one does.
Put it on.
You have a request?
Yes, I'd like to speak to the man in charge, please.
Yes?
Oh, I'm...
Has Esteban not been providing the essentials?
Um...
No, he did.
I'm sorry.
I'm just having some concentration problems,
and I was hoping maybe I could get
a little something to take the edge off.
"The edge off"?
What's the matter? Is it that time of the month?
I mean the stuff we're all killing each other over.
I see.
May I ask you how long have you been using, Ophelia?
Since the eighth grade.
And you're wondering why you're having concentration problems?
Do your parents know?
They didn't care.
All right.
I can arrange something.
Three vehicles smoldering from what looks to be
a coordinated, rocket-propelled grenade attack
used in coordination with IEDs,
which stands for ”improvised explosive devices.”
Ben.
These are the same types of explosives used by the Taliban
against our troops in Afghanistan.
They sure don't waste time.
They want to see you.
I don't know, man.
Remember the drill. Look them right in the eyes.
There's only one thing on your mind, one thing.
It's, "Fuck you, you've got O."
I've got your back.
And watch your breathing.
Fellas. Afternoon.
Good afternoon, yeah.
So, we got a problem.
Where were you last night?
I was at home, why? Who the fuck's this guy?
An amigo, amigo.
Three of our cars were hit last night.
Seven of our men are soon to be buried.
What?
That was you guys? I saw that on the news.
This is fucking great.
I've been in this business for years and never had a person killed.
And now you're telling me, what, seven people are dead?
This loss ain't cutting into our share of the take.
Where's the other one? Huh?
Your other amigo, where is he?
You asked me to come alone. Hmm?
You asked me to come alone.
- You did? - I did.
Don't even go there, man. We had nothing to do with this.
Maybe you should look at your own men.
Our people know better.
Whatever, man. Fucking solve it, okay?
I want to talk to O.
Yeah?
Proof of life.
Like everyone else, we work for incentives.
We'll see. Hmm.
What do you think?
I think he's telling the truth.
They don't have the balls to rob us.
I'm not so sure, you know?
It doesn't matter.
We have to report this to Elena, Lado.
Alex, I'll tell Elena when I want her to know.
I'll call you later.
Next time, ask me for what you want.
Drink up, Ophelia.
Time for your bath.
Bathtub time.
Oh, fuck.
- Yes? - Magdita.
Hi, Mom. Wow, it's late.
Guess what? I'm coming to California!
What?
Well, you know what they say.
If the mountain doesn't come to Mohammed, Mohammed comes to California.
I've got my finals, Mom.
I'm coming next week, and that's what's final.
Yeah, sure, I guess.
I'm so excited to see you, mijita!
I don't think that's a good idea, Madrina.
Azul could take advantage of this situation.
I want to see Magda.
I have to arrange your transport. It's complicated.
It's already been arranged.
What the fuck you looking at, man?
I gave her some shit, so let her sleep.
Wake her up in six hours.
Sophia will wash her.
It's okay.
Okay, sweetie-pie, time to go.
Last looks.
Este.
It didn't work out. You're too sensitive.
Have you been treated well, Ophelia?
Are you all right?
She's fine. I'm not talking to you, Lado.
I'm talking to Ophelia.
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Good.
Chucho, take her to the guest house, please.
So, Lado, now I'm talking to you.
Let me see your eyes.
Is everything all right?
Yes, Madrina. Why you ask?
You make me sad, Lado.
I have to come to Gringolandia to find this out?
You thought I wasn't going to notice
$3 million, and seven of my men dead?
Since when do you take decisions of your own...
I made you, motherfucker. I did!
I'm very sorry, Madrina.
It was stupid of me not to tell you right away.
I just wanted to prove to you that it was this Cheech and Chong
who were stealing your money.
So, please.
Allow me to talk to them.
Yes, and men will say anything to stop the pain.
Mierda, Lado. You're stupider than you look!
These two kids, all they care about is their girl.
They wouldn't do anything to risk her life.
But it's distracting you from our bigger problem, which is El Azul.
To the point that he has infiltrated
himself into the northern group,
which is under your control.
But if you think I'm the only one
who's going to be losing money,
you're in for a surprise.
First of all, those $3 million?
You're going to pay for it. Yeah, you, too.
Second of all, you're going to find me...
...that gave up our stash house to Azul.
Or else, I'm going to have to go after your wives, and your children...
You may go now.
What are you waiting for?
The Red Queen asked me to dinner. I think she was lonely.
I had a job for a while. I was a hostess at a restaurant.
I went to community college for a semester and a half.
But then I left, because institutions make me crazy.
And I thought, I don't know, I wanted to experience something real.
I figured I just wanted to drown in life.
And how I made it out, that would...
Do Americans always talk this way?
Have you ever really thought about your future?
That's a little ironic, considering the situation I'm in.
How are your lamb chops, Ophelia?
Good, thank you.
How did you get into the business?
If you don't mind my asking, ma'am.
You could say that I inherited the position.
When they killed my husband, whom I love very much,
I had no choice.
What, you don't have sons?
My twin sons were murdered.
So, I have devoted my life to my surviving children.
Do you still get to talk to your kids?
My son hates me, because I took his power away.
They would have killed him, too.
And my daughter,
she's ashamed of me. And I am proud of her for it.
I'm sorry.
Why?
I don't know. I guess I feel bad for you.
My hope is still alive.
Both of them.
And yours is dead.
I like talking to you, Ophelia.
But let me remind you that if I had to,
I wouldn't have a problem cutting both their throats.
Well, you'll never get them together.
I'm the only one who can do that.
Come on. Are you really bragging about that?
There's something wrong with your love story, baby.
They may love you,
but they will never love you as much as they love each other.
Otherwise, they wouldn't share you, would they?
I gave your boy Alex a new bank account in Saint Kitts.
Separate deposits of 120, 260, and 90.
I spin it around the planet twice, and voila.
Alex Reyes now owns a building in Cabo,
sells it to a resident of Palau who doesn't exist.
My men knew they couldn't pull off another heist.
So they found a different way.
By end of the clay, he's definitely been one bad little puddy cat.
Phone records?
Yeah. Plenty of backup. This account is so confusing,
it'll take a forensic a month just to find his own dick.
So, what did this guy do to you?
When do you ask questions like that?
Come on, man. This is the Baja cartel.
They're probably going to crucify this guy for this.
So, you don't mind losing your commission on the deal?
They knew they needed to get the suspicion off themselves.
But what they didn't know is that Lado
was already making plans of his own.
Welcome to the barrio.
So, what you going to talk about?
Sit down.
Well, after our last pleasant chat,
I had my IT guys do a little deep research.
This cost me a lot of money.
What is it?
Your informant.
Who?
I think you guys are paying Alex Reyes way too much.
Don't believe me?
Give this to Jaime, he'll get it.
Unless he's in on it.
There's a lot there. Bank accounts, transactions.
Take a look at the deposit dates
and match them up with the hijackings.
Let me see your hands.
Soft, like a woman's.
And he's fucking me with them.
Let me ask you something.
Do you love your sister?
I don't have a sister.
Ophelia's not your sister?
No.
You're cute, lambioso.
You can go now.
Like I said, follow the money.
I need to talk to Elena.
She told you, whatever I need.
I'm sorry.
What I said the other night was stupid.
I can't sleep and I thought it'd be nice
to have some company for a few minutes.
You too?
I like to TiVo. Especially in America.
She's going for the wrong guy.
That one is such a player.
You think?
Girl, you have been out of the game too long.
Trust me, I know a player when I see one.
You really believe that these women can convince themselves
that they can fall in love with men like this?
You know what you were saying the other night, about my men?
Yeah.
I never had a dad.
He left.
I don't know, I guess this is my way of getting to know man.
I didn't know my father either.
But I only loved one man my whole life.
You were never with anyone else?
No.
You must really miss him.
You see how I never laugh and I never cry?
Well, that's because I have Botox of the heart.
I thought just in the face.
I don't have Botox on the face!
No?
No, I don't!
I made you laugh.
Bitch.
Hello?
I see.
I'll call you right back.
What happened? There's been a problem.
Chiquita is going to take you back to your room.
No, Elena, please tell me what happened.
I'm sorry, Ophelia. I told you this might end badly.
Elena, please. Just tell me.
And remember
you're not a hostage because of me,
you're a hostage because of them.
Elena! Stop it! Please!
Lucky seven.
Did you make 17 phone calls to El Azul?
No!
Ten latigazos to go, cabron.
No, Lado, no!
Yes or no?
Elena, in the name of God.
I beg you!
Listen, I promise you this.
Your wife, Bettina, and your little ones that I like so much,
they will get the insurance.
But you tell me "no" one more time,
I will drive them here
and I will cut them open
and make them bleed to death in front of you.
Yes or no?
What's it going to be?
Finally. Louder.
Louder!
Cut him down.
Now we know.
You were right, Madrina.
What do you want me to do with him?
The soft one.
Mr. "Nothing Personal."
He must finish what he started.
Sit her down.
Your men have brought some serious accusations against one of my men.
This is our way of justice.
For the love of God!
A man takes care of his family, and I respect that.
I'd like to give you a better death.
But it would set a bad example.
No, no, no!
I don't like the screaming.
Oh, God!
Beach Boy.
No? He took your money, too.
”La Reina” says to do it.
Elena, please...
Make her watch.
Let me do it.
Not you, "Caviar."
It's my gift to him.
So, I read up on your Buddha.
According to the Dalai Lama,
if you are in a position to prevent greater violence,
strike first and strike fast.
Alex kidnapped people, Ben.
He had people tortured and killed.
So have we.
Dennis fucked us on those files.
When Alex was up there,
he begged Elena on the head of Magda, her daughter.
Which means she must be alive.
And Dennis knows.
Yeah.
We're short three mil.
Another hit is problematic.
We have got to squeeze it out of Dennis somehow.
Find her and trade her.
You mean, "Kidnap."
The same as O.
You up for that? Yeah.
I am.
Daddy, there's a man here to see you.
What man?
I don't know.
I was driving by your neighborgood
and noticed that your yard needs some trimming.
My crew would like to give you a free haircut today.
My wife usually takes care of that stuff.
Sarah, Hannah, go to your room right now.
But, Daddy... No "buts," no nothing. Go.
Papa says, "Go."
Lado! You come to my house?
You threaten my daughters?
You don't think I'm the kind of guy that
doesn't have cameras all over the place?
It don't matter to me.
After I whack you and your daughters, I'll burn the house down.
Come on, you found your fucking snitch.
You found him.
What happened to your hand?
Got it caught in a weed whacker.
Weed whacker?
Yeah.
"Weed whacker," my ass.
We need to have a conversation.
Because I'm confused about some of your actions, Dennis.
Like what?
Like you giving Ben and Chon all that information.
You must be smoking your own shit now, man.
You got to know I'm your man.
I got you your green card, okay?
I've been protecting you for six fucking years.
Now that shit hits the fan,
you got seven dead beaners, you got a white lawyer in Laguna,
you need me now more than ever.
Stop begging.
You sound like a woman.
Dennis, I know you gave them stuff.
What makes you so goddamn sure it's not Azul?
Because I know it wasn't him.
What do you mean?
Because I'm working with him now, anfibio.
What?
And you lie to me one more time,
motherfucker, I will shoot you down.
Since when have you been working with Azul?
You're not going to tell me that?
Since two days ago.
I never gave them you, Lado. They had me.
I'd be out of business. I'd be useless to you.
I never thought this Iraq psycho would go nuts on you guys.
I never gave you up, ever!
I'm your best friend on this side, man.
Did you tell them I was your little snitch?
What are you, crazy? What would be in it for me?
Answer me, Dennis.
I gave them enough to just get them off my fucking ass...
Yes or no? No!
No, okay? No. No.
It's all about you and me, and that's it!
You have got to believe me this time, man.
I don't want to lose this shit!
I got two fucking kids and a wife that's dying.
Thank you, Dennis. Now they got my $3 million.
And I want that money.
It's my money! It's my money!
Fuckers. You can't trust anybody no more. Fuck!
I can't even trust my fucking wife.
She's looking to divorce me, you know?
My wife's barely breathing. Welcome to midlife crisis, buddy.
How do you know you can trust this Azul guy?
I mean, come on.
Has he given you a piece of the business? Is that what he promised you?
Because Elena is not going to fold that easy.
You know, that three million is her money.
Now, don't be a knucklehead. Think.
Fuck you. You think, you fucked it up.
How are you going to get me back my money?
You need me. I'm going to get you your money.
But they need the girl. The guys want this girl.
They're in fucking love with this chick.
And they want O, okay? So, where is she?
I don't have her.
What do you mean, you "don't have her"?
Where is she?
With Elena.
In Mexico?
No, here. Here?
Some fucking Indian reservation.
Elena came to see her daughter.
An now that woman is in my face, telling me what to do, provoking me.
Oh, this is big, man.
”La Reina" Elena is on US soil?
I told you, it's Indian land. She's protected.
And I'm going to fix that. That's why you need Dennis. Think.
Stop telling me to think. No, no, no, man.
Look, these guys, they got the three million.
What do you think they're going to do with it?
They're going to fucking give it to Elena, right?
And we, first, are going to sell them Elena's daughter.
We split the profits, and then we fuck Elena!
Fuck her!
Do you understand?
Whoa!
Dennis wanted $3 million. The boys wanted Magda.
Dennis, as usual, was one step ahead.
I'd like to blow your fucking heads off.
They threatened my daughters. My daughters!
Enough with the whining.
You deserve every fucking inch of your pain, asshole.
You gave us up.
Like I had a choice.
You could have gone along. You would have made big money.
But you had to pull your Iraq GI Jack shit.
We want Magda.
Ask your smart-ass boy, here. SEAL boy, hey.
Did you figure it out from the transcripts?
All the calls to Orange County?
Where the fuck is she?
What's in it for me?
Your life, which I'm about to take.
I'm dead either way.
But the thought of you sitting
in a prison cell for the rest of your life
gives me great afterlife pleasure.
A million in cash, for Magda's location.
Say goodbye to your wife, take your girls and go.
Three mil.
Or no deal. That's my walk-away price.
Walk away from what, Dennis?
Nobody wants you.
Magda is your only hope.
Three mil, take it or leave it.
Throw in your snitch.
The three mil, you can do whatever you want with it.
All right?
Start talking.
When I see the money. It's in the car.
Get it.
What the fuck you want?
My boys took a page from Elena's playbook.
If you want to control somebody, take what they love.
Fuck!
No, no, no!
Take her gag off.
O, how are you holding up?
Are you guys okay?
You hang in there, baby. We're coming for you.
- What do you want? - Shut the fuck up.
You want to start by understanding
you're not in charge any more, Elena.
We are. Do you understand?
Don't nod. Say it.
I understand.
This is how it's to work.
Your daughter goes with you, O comes with us.
No money, no nothing.
We go our separate ways and we live our separate lives.
Do you understand?
I understand. I only care about Magda.
That's very sweet.
And if that reflects a change of attitude, you'll have to prove it.
You bring O to a place we designate, at a time we designate.
We exchange Magda. You bring no one else.
You deviate from the plan in any minute detail,
and the girl will die very badly.
I'll do anything you say.
You'll hear from us.
I told you they would come for me.
Get her out of here.
Fuck you, Elena.
Get her out of here!
Out!
Put her on the chair.
I enjoyed that. Your boys did good.
Real good.
Juancario, Sophia, leave me alone with the señorita.
It's almost over.
With a happy ending.
But before you go home,
I want to show you something.
Oh, you missed the best part.
I'll be in touch, baby.
Do you remember my graduation day?
I'll never forget the way you looked at me when I got my badge.
You were so proud.
But, you know, they don't tell you when they give you the badge
the river of shit you're going to have to wade through.
And the joke is, they don't want you to get any of that shit on you.
They want you to walk through it clean, but what's clean any more?
I have to go to my supervisor, and he takes his taste and...
If you want to see the real crooks, the real pros,
just turn on the fucking TV.
Yeah.
We've made heroes of whores. A nation of whores.
Wall Street. Washington.
Those bastards make what I do out here look pathetic.
If they woke up with my job,
with my life, with my salary,
they'd be looking for the nearest gun to swallow.
You can't stop. You can't climb out.
No left turns, no right turns.
It's just a circle and everybody gets their cut.
I can't tell you the last thing that I saw that was completely clean.
Except you. Except you on that day.
Aqui, WKQ. You in positions?
Si, jefe, esta bien.
Like I said in the beginning,
I might not be alive at the end.
Just because we make up stories about ourselves
doesn't mean we can escape what waits for us.
Why here?
It's a wide bowl.
Old Indian burial ground.
Doc can get a line of sight for up to two miles here.
We're not alone.
Three men, left side of the basin, about 2,000 to 2,300 yards.
All right, we knew this was going to happen.
Wait until we get a hold of O. And, Doc...
Don't let them get off more than one shot each, all right?
We got your back. Let's set up shop, boys.
Think of it like this, all right?
You're already dead.
You were dead the moment you were born.
If you accept that, you can accept anything.
It's been a ride, man. I've enjoyed it.
Have I ever told you that I love you, man?
Yeah, this morning.
Well, I do.
You give us O first.
Now.
Go to Ben. Go to Ben.
Give me my daughter!
Now!
Go.
Don't touch me! I'm never going to see you again.
I'm getting the fuck out of here!
Magdita...
It's loaded, okay? Okay.
Keep safe. Keep down, okay?
We're finished.
We don't need to see you again, thanks. We're out of here.
Vamos?
Just one last thing, "Caviar."
Who's my rat?
You ungrateful piece of...
You should've fucked me.
Team leader down! Who's got the tango at my six?
All right, Jesse.
Shoot whatever the fuck you got! Go!
Come on, guys! It's raining bullets, here.
What the fuck are you doing?
Shit! Move, Sam!
Chief, should we shift?
Negative, stay put!
Go!
Oh, fuck!
Smoke that motherfucker.
Sam, cover Ben!
Move! Cover me, cover me! Hold!
Move!
Mommy, Mommy! I love you, Mommy!
No, no, no!
Help Magda.
Save Magda. Save Magda.
Get out of here!
Go, come on!
Fuck!
Don't shoot. Please, Ophelia.
I have a family.
Three little ones, you know? Please.
Ben!
Chief, they took off. We're coming in.
Hold on. We'll be there in 10 or less.
Chon?
Please, help him.
Shh... It's okay.
It's okay.
He's going to die.
Chon, I don't want to leave him.
No.
You're really going to love it there.
Soft water.
Stars.
And the people
smile...
I'm cold.
That's the way I imagined it.
But the truth has a mind of its own.
What really happened was more of a fuck-up than a shoot-out.
And gave us all a second chance.
We said "alone," Elena.
I am one, you are two. Let's just do what we came to do.
And the snipers.
Tell them to put the scopes on the ground, hands in the air.
Or we're back in the jeep and we're gone.
Get rid of them.
So how do you want to do this?
Adios, amiguitas.
Go, go!
Magda!
And old Dennis, who couldn't leave town with his three mil
had to horn in on the action.
Go! Go!
Run!
”La Reina" Elena!
We gotcha!
Today, we have made great strides
to further protect our children and our freedoms.
And Dennis sure made a big shot of himself on the news.
By dismantling the leadership of the Baja cartel
and the curse of illicit drugs in our country.
It is an Indian reservation. It is technically not our country.
But, as we know, it is. So...
Elena took the fall and went to prison for 30 years.
With Elena out of the picture,
and Dennis running interference,
Lado and Azul created a new cartel.
The Azulatos.
Ben being Ben, he had the goods on Dennis.
And Dennis, identifying Ben and Chon as his confidential informants
for the last six years, took care of them.
But who really trusted who?
I have no idea.
Ben and Chon spent a couple of weeks in the slammer
and then, well, vanished.
Like I did.
They say we're in Africa
off Kenya.
Or some magic island in Indonesia.
They still talk about Ben and Chon's herb.
And it surfaces every now and then over the years.
These things that happened...
You can never go back.
It took me a while,
but I began to live again.
I'm not so sure there can ever be three people equally in love.
It just doesn't work that way.
I looked up the definition of ”savage.”
It means, "Cruel, crippled."
”Regressed back to a primal state of being.”
One day, maybe, we'll be back.
For now, we live like savages.
Beautiful savages.