[ALARMS RINGING]
[CROWD SHOUTlNG]
Fukienese Dragons not funny now, huh?
[GUNSHOT]
MAN [ON TV]: Nhe Fukienese Dragons...
...the newest entity on the Chinatown crime scene...
...are headed by 20-уear-old Bobbу Vu from the Fukien province of China.
Sources saу the bombing and the eхecution of a Nong soldier...
...are the latest chapter in a power struggle...
...between the Fukienese Dragons youth gang...
...and the Nong-run Nong Fung Denevolent Association...
...believed to be headed bу businessman Denjamin Wong...
...known in the neighborhood as Uncle Dennу...
...along with his lieutenant, Henry Lee.
[HUMMING UPBEAT NUNE]
Whoa.
[CONTlNUES HUMMING UPBEAT TUNE]
[BONH SPEAKING IN CANTONESE]
[lN CANTONESE]
CHEN [IN CANNONESE]:
[LOCK BUZZES THEN DOOR OPENS]
[HUMMING UPBEAT NUNE]
[lN CANTONESE]
-[lN ENGLISH] Fuck you. -[lN ENGLISH] Hey.
Learned some English. Good for you.
[WHlMPERS]
PHAN:
[CHEN HUMMING UPBEAN TUNE]
What the fuck?
[GUNSHOT]
[YELLING]
[GUNFlRE]
[YELLS]
[GUNFlRE]
[SHOUTlNG]
[JACK GRUNTS]
English?
Good. What do they call уou?
Jack.
I can't hear you.
-Jack. -Jack.
Tell Bobbу Vu his time is running out in Chinatown.
[BONH GRUNT]
[lN CANTONESE]
[HUMMING UPBEAT NUNE]
MAN: ln the history of the 1 5th Precinct, few officers have done more...
...to serve and protect the publiс of this great сitу...
...than Lieutenant NiсhoIas Chen.
Lieutenant, for bravery in the line of fire and for bringing to justiсe...
...those responsible for the Chinatown bombings...
...the people of New York thank уou...
...and present you with this сommendation.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Whew.
CHEN [IN CANNONESE]:
[lN CANTONESE]
VU: Let your brothers die, huh?
[lN CANTONESE]
[lN ENGLISH] Let your brothers die, huh? Huh?
-Sorry. -Are you Fukienese Dragon?
JACK: Yeah. I'm Fukienese Dragon. -Huh? Huh?
Avenge your brothers, okay?
KiIl that сop.
[ALL CHATNERING]
POLICEMAN: No, no, no, уou better tell him.
Everybodу works tonight.
We are visiting Ginzu Massage.
UNG: My kind of raid.
Found another young pretty in a dumpster.
CHEN: Hmm.
Anybodу I know?
Did a two-hour sweep. No one would speak to me.
UNG: Try breath mints. DENG: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And the two who found the body say theу didn't see, hear or smell anything.
-What's new? -Hi.
I'm Daniel Wallace.
I was assigned to this unit.
The Chinese don't trust whites or сops. And уou're giving me a white cop?
Heу, you've been squawking about more manpower?
Theу want more ethnic diversity in each squad. Bing.
You get a white face in AGU.
He's worse than white. He's green.
-Ha, ha. -Good. You school him, then.
So he сan get me killed?
It's уour fault he's here in the first place.
My fault?
A freaking tourist gets blown up in our backуard...
-...and it was on уour watсh. -Oh, уeah.
Mayor's on television talking about it.
Police commissioner's promising safe streets in Chinatown.
Christ, it was even on Nightline.
So if putting a white cop in the Asian Gang Unit...
...makes them happy and gets them off my back...
...fine and dandy.
Get out of here. Do something about those whores turning up in dumpsters.
It's an embarrassment.
[POPS]
You still here?
CHEN: Why does a white cop request the Asian gang unit?
Detective's shield, extra 8 grand a уear in mу pocket...
...the chanсe to work with you.
UNG: Uh-oh. YeIlow fever.
You got a hard-on for all things Chinese, right?
Food, customs, women?
I bet уou got a Chinese girlfriend, don't you?
-Actually, no, l don't. -But you did.
Heh. Are we all gonna exchange our sexual histories here?
Heh, heh. I knew it. Yellow fucking fever. Junior's here to walk the street...
...and get his wick liсked by a nice almond-eyed beauty.
I'm here so Chinese immigrants don't have to live 30 to a room...
...work 20 hours a day making close to slave wages.
Why do you give a shit about the Chinese immigrants?
I'm a cop. I give a shit about enforcing the law. That's mу job.
So, what's your plan to save the уellow people?
Same teсhniques used in every organized crime operation in the сitу.
Bust street soldiers every time we see them.
Work our way up the food chain to the council, cramp them with surveillance...
...and keep climbing all the way to Benjamin Wong.
[BONH CHUCKLE]
This ain't every other organized crime operation.
We work cases, junior. Keep the tourists safe.
Violence spills in the street, we break heads.
You don't сhange Chinatown, boy.
It changes you.
WelI, I'm ready to give it a shot. That's why I'm here, sir.
AlI right.
Don't make plans tonight.
WelI, whу not?
Because we're going on a pantу raid. Oh!
[BATNERING RAM BANGS]
You never know how a guy getting his dick rubbed is gonna react.
Keep your eyes sharp and your Glock сocked.
And don't feel any Chinese titties, you little pervert.
Heу, boy, stay out there.
[WOMEN SCREAMlNG]
CHEN: Police!
[ALL CHATNERING]
POLICEMAN 1 : All right. -We've got 1 8.
-The place is secured. -Hold on a second.
Deng, see if you сan find any files back there.
John, take them down. WalIace will help you. Come on.
JOHN: Come on, ladies.
POLICEMAN 2: Heу.
[MAY GIGGLlNG]
[lN CANTONESE]
DANNY: Heу, want me to take her for you?
CHEN [IN ENGLISH]: Always throw back the smaIlest fish of the daу.
Let's go.
-Heу. WOMEN: Aah!
[GUNFlRE]
CHEN: Go!
Fire your weapon!
Theу're Fukienese!
[GRUNTING]
[WOMAN SCREAMS THEN WHIMPERS]
I'm out on three!
One, two, three!
[WOMEN SCREAMlNG]
CHEN: Stop!
[SHOUTlNG IN CANNONESE]
[MAN SHOUTlNG IN CANNONESE]
Drop your weapon! Drop it!
Hands to the wall.
-You stupid Fukienese! -Aah! Unh.
[GRUNTS]
You're late.
-Ung. POLICEMAN: Let me get this.
CHEN: Get me the car.
[CROWD CHATTERING]
CHEN: Bobby Vu.
MAN: Heу.
[BONH GRUNTING]
You want some? Want some?
Fukienese Dragon.
[SPlNS]
[MAN & CHEN SPEAK lN CANTONESE]
Beef intestine noodles. Want some?
No.
Wanna be a Chinese, you gotta eat the nastу stuff.
You saved my life last night.
Part of mу job.
Heу, man, I still wanna say thanks.
That said, I heard you paid a visit to Bobby Vu.
Look, l tightened up, but I didn't find mу badge in a Cracker Jack box. I earned it.
You study Chinese, so you know what it means that I saved your life.
It means my life is yours to do with as you wish.
Mm. Nhat's right.
So here's mу advice: quit before уou end up dead.
If you don't wanna work with me, fine. Let me do my own investigation.
Just don't keep me from doing my work. I'm a cop.
You, a cop? Heh.
You're plaуing cop.
Plaуing?
Plaуing's driving past shit pretending уou didn't even see it.
That's what pIaying is.
You got something to saу? Say it.
Why don't I show you?
[TIRES SCREECH]
[HORN HONKS]
MAN: Cops! Get out of here!
DANNY: Police, freeze!
Freeze!
[CHEN SHOUNING lN CANTONESE]
What do we have here?
Hands behind your baсk. You're under arrest.
FBl. I want eaсh one of these guуs in different rooms, now.
Each guy in different rooms, right now!
POLICEMAN: Let's go. -Can I taIk to you, please?
What's up, Pete?
Oh. Nothing. Only that you assholes just arrested a federal agent...
...working undercover with the Tongs.
Niсe work, junior.
I made the arrest.
WelI, goodу for you.
So tell me, Einstein, what am l supposed to do now?
Hmm?
What do I do?
Put a federal agent in jail to maintain his cover? What do I do?
What do I do? Let him go?
We put him back on the street, everyone will think he cut a deal with you...
...and he'Il be dead inside an hour.
-So, what should I do? -Do a better job of keeping us informed.
-Hear, hear. SCHABACKER: Heh. Oh, right.
Confidential undercover assignment. Key word being "confidential"...
...which nothing in this 1 5th Precinct is. Nothing.
CHEN: Relax, Pete.
We lost the drugs, no evidence.
Theу can all go.
AlI right, all right. Keep them three hours, slap the shit out of them, let them go.
I want everything on the raid bу the end of the day. Keep that dipshit on a leash.
You take care of your people, I'll take care of mine.
Which one's FBI?
Uh, the Chinese one.
UNG: You wanna eat this with soy sauce?
[POP MUSIC PLAYING]
[ALL CHATNERING]
UNG: Heу, cough up the cash, junior.
Knuckleheads buу all rounds.
Blow me.
That's it. Show a little piss and vinegar.
So your first bust was a federal agent...
...and a senior fed bit off a giant piece of уour ass.
[UNG LAUGHING]
So why did the FBI want the info on the Ginzu raid?
It was their raid.
Theу use us so nobody knows it's the FBl.
Mostly, they use us because they are lazy shits.
Last summer, we grabbed a Vietnamese gang...
...bringing in heroin by the boatload.
Who swoops in last minute to get the credit?
Your friend Schabacker of the FBI.
Now they have agent working underсover inside the Tongs.
We find the agent, see what he's got going.
When the time is right, we make the bust...
...and pull the case right out from under them.
[lN CANTONESE]
UNG: You speak Chinese?
[lN ENGLISH] Doesn't everybody in Chinatown?
[lN ENGLISH] Dannу Wallace, Henry Lee.
[lN ENGLISH] You gentlemen are partners?
Are we?
Cagney and Laceу.
[LEE CHUCKLES]
Chinatown needs more poliсe.
I hope уou find a home here.
I think you'll discover that Chinese people are warm and generous.
I hope to see much of you in the сoming weeks.
Enjoy.
He's Tong.
That's why it's Cristal and not Asti-fucking-Spumanti.
[ALL CHATNERING]
Ah. Henry.
It is very dangerous to approach a white policeman.
We cannot risk exposing our other ties in the department.
That's why, uncIe, we must approach WaIlace.
He could сompromise Chen...
...at a time when he's our best weapon against the Fukes.
We need him with us to safeguard Chen's position.
Besides, to the N.Y.P.D., Chen is Chinese first and a сop second.
Chen can take care of himseIf. He knows what we need of him.
LEE: He knows what he hears in the 1 5th.
A white offiсer would have ears outside the precinct.
We could let Chen test the waters.
[BONH CHUCKLE]
[BONH SPEAKING IN CANTONESE]
[EASY-LISTENING MUSIC PLAYlNG]
-What do you want? -I liked уour partner.
I think he could help us.
He could hurt us more.
Afraid of competition?
Afraid of piquing the kid's interest--
In who else is a dirty сop.
[LEE CHUCKLES]
Uncle Benny feels he might poke his nose in places a Chinese сop wouldn't.
I can handle him.
He also feels he might be an asset against the Fukes...
...heh, since уou don't seem to be doing much, eh? Heh, heh.
[SPEAKS IN CANTONESE]
I wilI take сare of the Fukes.
The kid's a short-time. Leave him alone.
[LEE CHUCKLING]
I didn't realize you had such maternal instincts.
[LEE CHUCKLES]
Uncle Benny wants уou to speak with him.
No.
This costs $1 to make...
...and some fool will paу hundreds for it.
It's amazing how easy it is for some people to overestimate worth.
Don't overestimate yours.
[SPEAKS IN CANTONESE]
Talk to him.
[SPEAKlNG IN CANNONESE]
[LEE CHUCKLING]
-Who's in the bin? DENG: The invisible woman.
No ID, no prints, no nothing.
[COUGHING]
[UNG CHUCKLES]
-Thought you liked Chinese food, junior. CHEN: Shut up.
-Let's go. I need about 50 coffees. -What, we're not gonna investigate this?
-We just did. -What? What are уou talking about?
Tell our partner what we learned.
Deceased is an illegal, straight off the boat. Less than a week.
There's two bills Chinese under the oysters, by her spleen.
She finds her passage over was twice what she thought.
She сan't pay and doesn't like working as a prostitute, so she ends up here.
No family, no friends, no witnesses.
UNG: No sense wasting taxpayers' money.
What, so сase closed?
Take a walk with Deng. See if anybody knows anything.
Sure.
Let's go.
[ENGlNE SNARNS]
POLICEMAN 1 : Careful. POLICEMAN 2: Go ahead. Go ahead.
[SPEAKlNG INDISTINCTLY]
JACK: What the fuck, man? UNG: Easy, Jackarroo.
Chen is now able to identify the shooter who got away from the lamp store.
Unless you сan do something for me.
I want Bobby Vu.
He'd kill me.
UNG: The aIternative to helping us is 1 0 to 20 at Sing Sing.
And that's gotta hurt...
...especialIу for somebody 98 pounds soaking wet.
-No court, no wire? -No promises.
Think about it.
You got 1 0 seсonds to make up your mind.
-Five, four, three... JACK: Fuck уou.
-...two-- JACK: Unh.
Kid's loуal.
See how Ioyal he is after two weeks in lockup.
[SHUFFLING NEARBY]
-Could've killed you. -Could've killed you first.
-What are you doing here? -Father can't visit his son?
Got something to drink? I'm as dry as a 90-year-oId tit.
How'd уou get in?
Twentу years Robbery and Homicide.
Out of the two-five, greenhorn. That's how I got in.
-I've been through more windows-- -I don't have any money.
I'm in for 1 2 grand. Those fucking dagos down on Mulberry.
-Good luck. -I'm not asking for the 1 2.
God forbid you should baiI me out with your lawyer money.
I wouldn't want you to miss out on becoming a leech, asshole.
And here I thought you'd want me to be a chip off the oId block.
AlI I'm asking for is a IittIe stake money to get me even.
Wouldn't work. Noo much of a loser.
Then we'll go partners.
You was aIways a lucky son of a bitch, eh? Eh? Eh?
I wouldn't be here if this wasn't serious.
Cold, hard cash. You slay me.
There's a little over 500 there, and we're not partners.
That's to buy уou off. Next time you sneak up on me--
Yeah, уeah, I know, I know. You'Il kill me, huh?
By the waу...
...there's a Chink watching you from across the street, Sherloсk.
Good night, officer.
Yeah, уou're welcome.
[CANTONESE POP MUSIC PLAYING]
I got something for you.
I love gifts.
This isn't free. Forget the kid.
That's an expensive request.
CHEN: This is an expensive item.
LEE: Let's hear it.
The FBI have an informant inside the Tong.
This time, it's one of their own.
It's an agent.
-Who is it? -Don't know.
We picked up four of your guуs, and one was a fed.
It won't take Iong to find out whiсh one.
And all you gotta do is blow his сover...
...and theу'lI pull him.
No violence, no mess.
My thanks.
The kid is out.
As уou wish.
Would you Iike May to give уou a grape?
[lN CANTONESE]
[LEE CHUCKLES]
LEE: We need to delay the start of our new partnership.
We've got a federal agent sniffing around.
I have to postpone delivery.
VU: We can't.
The boat's coming into port next week.
It'll wait at the port.
I'm not afraid of the FBl.
Everything we've done has been to keep the feds' focus on Uncle Bennу.
When he's gone and l lead the Nongs, you'Il make all the money you want.
Let's kilI him now.
When Uncle Benny's indicted, he'll be a danger to our partners in Hong Kong.
KiIling him then wiIl сome with thanks instead of retribution.
We kilI Chen too.
AlI in good time.
Do you remember me?
Yeah.
Heh. I have information about the girl you found in the garbage dumpster.
-How'd уou find me? -You're conspicuous in Chinatown.
Two brothers on Chrystie Street bring in illegals.
That girl worked in their brothel, then tried to run.
Theу left her as a message to the others.
-How do you know? -Everyone knows.
No one is going to speak of it, especiallу to police.
So why are you?
I knew her.
-What are their names? -You сan't teIl anyone, not even Chen.
-Forget it. l can't do that. -For every person who knows...
...the chanсes of me being killed in reprisal...
...increases a hundredfoId.
The girl was 1 5.
And there are more to come if уou don't help us.
Check out the basement of a plaсe called Nony's.
Don't worry. This is how things get done in Chinatown.
The boy come in уet?
Not that I've seen.
[WOMAN MOANING]
[WOMAN SCREAMlNG]
DANNY: Police, freeze!
[WOMEN SCREAMlNG]
[MAN GRUNTS]
[DANNY GRUNTS]
Freeze!
I said, freeze!
[CHATTERING OVER RADlO]
What were уou doing in here?
I was coming out of the diner on PeIl and I saw this guу snatch a purse...
...so I сhased him into the building. I lost him as soon as I got inside.
Then l heard some screaming from down here and I just kind of stumbled onto it.
We got close to 40 women here, all ilIegals...
...and we found about a hundred tapes.
Landlord remembers the four Jane Does we pulled out of the dumpsters...
...were part of the stable.
-Good job, officer. -Thanks.
POLICEMAN 1 : Attaboу, Wallace. -Yeah, way to go.
POLICEMAN 2: Wallace. POLICEMAN 3: Good job.
MAN: For bravery in the line of fire, the people of New York...
...thank you and present you with this commendation.
[CROWD CHEERING]
POLICEMAN: Way to go. POLICEWOMAN: Hey.
It's dick size.
-You think everything is dick size, huh? -It is.
White people believe all Asians got little dicks.
[CHEN & DANNY LAUGH]
So you think that when an Asian сhick sees уour pecker...
...she's gonna think it's Mount St. Helens.
[CHEN & DANNY LAUGHING]
It's true.
And then you look at the tiny hands on most Asian chicks...
...and figure your weenie's gonna look like a sewer pipe in her fist.
Ha-ha-ha. He's discovered mу secret.
[CHEN LAUGHING]
WelI, the joke's on you...
...because this Chinaman's hung like a fucking--
Gnat. Ha-ha-ha.
You wanna see? You wanna see?
-Heу, hey, come on, put that thing away. CHEN: No, no. Sit down.
That's my cue. I'm gonna see you guys tomorrow.
Eight sharp. We gotta put a tag on those guys уou busted...
...find out which one is the FBl agent.
[CHEN CHUCKLING]
[ON SPEAKERS] And I remember you and me used to spend
Nhe whole goddamned daу in bed
Losing a whole year
Heу, Wallace.
You did a lot for those women down there. You did a good job.
-Thanks. -But it was an accident.
You are luckу you are not dead.
So don't you ever go off alone again.
Congratulations, Danny.
-Thanks. Look, I gotta-- -You must allow me to buy you a drink.
-I gotta go. -You've done a great thing...
...for the people of this community.
Let me thank you, as a show of respect.
Please.
[lNAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
DANNY: Shit. SEAN: l tried to, but I never made it.
-Pop, we gotta get you to a hospital. -No time.
[SEAN COUGHING]
-Shit, you're bleeding inside, Pop. -Oh, well, wouIdn't be surprised.
I need the money.
-I don't have that kind of money, Pop. -How much you got?
I don't know. A grand at most.
[SEAN GRUNTING]
Shit.
Shit. Come on, again.
-Come on, this way. -No. Hey, hey.
Would you give it to me if you had it?
Hmm? Hmm?
No, I don't think I сouId, Pop.
Fucking honest, just like your mother.
Oh, sсrew it, then.
Might as weIl go to the hospital.
Come on.
We'll get you there.
Come on. Get up.
What's going on? Figure out which one's the FBI agent?
-If he's there, we haven't seen him. -You better get in there.
He's fucking pissed at you.
What's new?
CHEN: You are Iate. DANNY: Sorry about that.
[CAMERA CLlCKS]
My old man fell last night. I had to take him to the hospitaI.
-Took all night to get him there? -WelI, he fell last night...
...but I didn't find him tilI this morning. He was in the bathroom.
-Looks like he scratched you. -Yeah, weIl, I was carrying him.
-He all right? -Yeah. He should be fine.
He was a cop, right?
Uh, yeah, in the two-five.
Tough beat.
Is that why уou're here? Prove something to your old man?
No, why, is that why уou're here?
CHEN: My old man's dead.
I don't have to prove anything to anуbody.
-How about уou? -Just to уou, I guess.
That's for sure.
Why do you have to constantlу break my balls?
I'm educating you well this time.
Do you mean you care about me?
I don't know what to say.
Try nothing.
Oh, but l'm overwhelmed.
I mean, I had no idea that you felt this way about me, it's....
I mean, it's just very kind and warm and.... Heh.
Heу, check this out. These guys don't look like junkies.
[CAMERA CLlCKlNG]
-You got pictures? -Not all of them.
[MUFFLED GUNFIRE]
-Shit! -Shit.
CHEN: Police!
[GUNFlRE]
[ENGlNE SNARNS]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Meet me with the car!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GUNFlRE]
Come on, boy!
This is Car 7 in the green sector.
We're in pursuit of a burgundy CadiIlac. Jersey plates.
Five-nine-five-AIpha-Alpha-Zulu...
...traveling south on Park Row. Suspects are armed and dangerous.
Requesting roadblock units on all lanes.
[GUNFlRE]
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]: All green units, 1 0-85.
Durgundy Cadillac traveling south on Park Row.
Suspects armed and dangerous.
[HORNS HONKING]
[GUNFlRE]
[WOMAN 1 SCREAMS]
[MAN 1 GRUNNING]
[MAN 2 SHOUTS INDISNINCNLY]
[HORNS HONKING]
WOMAN 2: Heу!
[HORNS HONKING]
[GUNFlRE]
Niсk, right there!
[MEN YELLING]
Chen, watch out!
[SCREAMS]
[BYSTANDERS YELLING]
[GUNMAN YELLS]
CHEN: Hold on!
Ugh. Damn it.
DANNY: You okaу? -Yeah. Yeah! Aah!
[SlRENS WAILING]
[GUNFlRE]
Go! I said, go!
[CHEN GROANS]
-You all right? -You?
SCHABACKER: Six innoсent bystanders...
...dozens of cars...
...millions in propertу, aIl destroуed.
Not to mention...
...Federal Agent Ronald Ming is dead.
Shot seven times in the baсk.
And I'm thinking some sсumbag in the 1 5th is responsible.
Maybe some scumbag in the bureau is responsibIe.
Maybe I'm gonna grow a tree out of my dick.
-If anybody could.... -You bet уour ass, it'd be an oak.
Theу ID'd the shooters.
Theу're Fukienese.
Fukes have been making a move on Nongs for months.
That's the onlу thing keeping me...
...from ripping this fucking precinct to the ground.
That and this.
Assholes were in such a hurry to get moving...
...theу didn't cheсk the bodies for wires.
Who's on it?
Benny Wong.
A few others.
Three weeks' worth of undercover work.
A court would never admit it without the agent backing it up.
Yeah, they will...
...once you tell them you've been working with us on this investigation.
That after the shooting and before the chase, you entered the building.
You approaсhed our agent, who with his last breath...
...told уou that he got this tape and corroborated what's on it.
[CHUCKLES]
That's perjury.
Why would I do that?
Why?
WelI, to keep me from bringing charges against уou...
...for obstructing a federal investigation.
Oh, уeah. Wallace toId us...
...how you engaged in the unauthorized surveillanсe of a federal agent...
...which possibly blew his cover, resulting in his assassination.
That speech may have shivered a rookie...
...but you need better for me.
Yeah? I'll tell you what. You better watch your baсk.
My guts still teIl me somebodу in the 1 5th gave my guу up.
If I сan't have Uncle Benny, I'm gonna fucking have him.
Mr. Chen.
Come on. Let's go.
[KNOCKING]
DANNY: Yeah?
Heу.
-You alone? -Yeah.
Then ask me in.
You wanna come in?
Hmm.... Tsk.
What's going on?
-You got something to drink? -No.
WelI, I haven't gone shopping уet.
About уesterday, you saved my life out there.
It's part of the job.
Maybe...
...but I still want to saу thank you.
You know what it means now that l saved your life, right?
[CHUCKLES]
This is America.
It doesn't mean anything.
So feds getting you nervous?
No, not at all.
Good.
Because whether it's the feds, Internal Affairs, whoever...
...the inside of a cop car is sacred.
You don't tell them what we do unless you come to me first.
Why the sudden paranoia?
I'm just saying, no more talking with the feds...
...until we are working off the same page.
Yeah, sure.
Good.
[CLEARS NHROAN]
Do you even have water?
Regular water, yeah.
Please.
Thank уou.
[GUARD SPEAKING INDlSNINCNLY]
[CHEN SINGING IN CANTONESE]
Niсe-looking girl.
Do you know she's in the country iIlegallу?
Gonna have to send her back...
...after a little jail time, of course.
Shame you two will never see each other again.
You сan't send her.
She's in troubIe there.
She'Il be sent to prison.
CHEN: Too bad.
I can't help you.
That's what you told me, isn't it?
I help уou when they move me.
She сomes too, with papers.
[CHEN PATTlNG JACK]
My pager number.
Punch one one after уour number so I know it's уou.
I get уou out...
...you better not run on me.
I want whoever shot that undercover fed on this tape.
And I want to know if he taIks to Henry Lee.
[CHAIR CLATNERS]
WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Bergen to lCU west.
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTlNCTLY OVER PA]
SEAN: Heу.
Thank уou.
For the money. Nhey sent a guy.
You must've realIу put something on the line.
I'm not gonna forget that.
[SEAN SlGHS]
LEE: Hello, officer. -Did уou cover mу father?
-Tea? -I asked you a question.
I want to help you because l want уou to help me.
What do you mean, help уou?
Heh. Mу business is victimless.
I supply services people want and are forbidden to them by politicians.
However, there are those whose business is not victimIess...
...whose tactic is violence.
I can help you rid Chinatown of those elements...
...and help keep your father aIive.
AlI I ask is that уou look out for my interests in return.
I think you're asking for more than that.
Long after you and l are gone...
...there wiIl be gambIing in Chinatown.
There will be men waiting to pay a woman for her favors.
And the police will alwaуs be the last to know. Nhat's a fact.
Now, you can chase your tail in the dark and accomplish nothing...
...or you can realIу do some good...
...for the people of Chinatown...
...for your career...
...and for your father.
Think of how many more young women would have ended up in dumpsters...
...if not for your acceptance of my heIp.
Do we have a deal?
Or do you want me to call the ltalians and rescind my offer...
...and let them deal with your father?
Good.
There's something I'd like you to do tomorrow morning.
Nhere's a tin shop on Mott.
A Malaysian runs it.
Nomorrow morning at 6 a.m...
...he'll be receiving two bricks of heroin from a Colombian.
Nhese men are scum. Nheу deal to children.
I want eou to stop them.
Freeze! Police!
You son of a bitch.
When did Lee approach you?
The bust from Chrystie, right?
-Yeah. -I knew your story was fulI of shit.
When did he approach you? I bet it was quite a while before that.
When was it, two years ago, five years ago?
How long have you been working for him, or can уou even remember?
You're dead.
Your life is over.
I thought уou were smart, but you're not.
You're as dumb as they come.
DANNY: You gave him that FBI agent, didn't you?
That's why you pressed that kid so hard to wear the wire, huh?
You wanna know if the Fukes kiIled that agent or Henry Lee.
[ALL SHOUNING]
[CHEN SPEAKING lN CANTONESE]
-We had a deal. -You brought him in, not me.
I couldn't risk it.
-Let him go. LEE: What's done is done.
You know that better than anyone.
You want to help him? Smarten him up.
Make sure he doesn't trip on his toes and fuck both of you.
I hear dirtу cops have an extra rough time of it in prison.
[CHIPS CLANTERING]
I find out you killed the fed, I'll kill you.
[SHOUTlNG IN CANNONESE]
[CHEN SPEAKING lN CANTONESE]
Black or red plum?
I don't like plums.
What do you mean, you don't like plums?
-I like peaches. -Peaches are shit.
Haven't you ever heard the song Sinatra sang?
"Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a pIum."
-Not a peach, a plum. -I don't сare if he picked a raisin...
...out of Sammу Davis' eye socket, I prefer peaches.
Then l'm not paуing for it.
[DANNY SPEAKING lN CANTONESE]
So when did Lee get to you?
I was the first Chinese cop in the 1 5th.
Thought I was gonna сlean up Chinatown.
But white сops wouldn't work with me.
And the peopIe wouldn't talk to a cop, Chinese or not.
Only Benny Wong would talk to me.
He took me around, took care of mу debts...
...fed me a few busts.
Made me look good, and l liked it.
Then he became my godfather.
At that time, Henry Lee was nothing.
One night, my father walks into a gambIing house and ends up dead.
Turns out, Lee knew there was a contract on him.
He made it clear.
He could have told me.
I could have saved him.
Got me thinking I was better at my job with him...
...than without him.
And he was right.
[CAMERA CLlCKS]
SCHABACKER: Give me everything you got on this guy.
Detective in the 1 5th Preсinct. His name is Daniel WalIace.
His old man went crooked out of the two-five. Cheсk on him too.
Mr. Wong...
...we're running a one-daу sale.
Chanсe of a lifetime.
The opportunity to buу your freedom.
Now, this tape was obtained...
...bу a federal agent working undercover inside the Tong.
[PHONE RINGlNG]
[ON SNEREO] I'll put a pistoI in your mouth and pull
-Hello? -Patience has paid off.
Uncle Benny made a visit to the FBl.
His time is over.
Good.
[VU SPEAKlNG IN CANNONESE]
VU: We got a job. -What is it?
We take care of Benny Wong tonight.
Heh. Come on, let's go.
[ENGlNE SNOPS]
CHEN: My friends are waiting for me.
How long do you think the feds are gonna be watсhing us?
Month. Maуbe two.
[DANNY SIGHS]
I didn't want Lee invoIving you.
It's not your fault.
What I'm saying is that you're alone now.
You сan't trust anуbodу in the department.
Not the guys in the 1 5th.
Not the guys in the AGU.
And уou sure сan't trust Henry Lee.
So if anything gets stickу, you сome to me.
How do I know I can trust you?
You don't.
Heу. Hey. I know this might sound crazу, but I'm glad it's not just me.
You hungry? I сould buу you a pIum.
-I got plans. -Maybe next time.
Yeah. Next time.
Thanks.
[ENGlNE SNARNS]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES UPSTAIRS]
[FOOTSNEPS RETREATING]
CHEN:
May?
[ENGlNE SNOPS]
I gotta take a leak, man.
MAN: He said he wanted me at the other ward.
[PAGER BEEPING]
She's luckу you found her.
I want you to write her up as a deceased.
-Niсk. -She recovers, she go to work.
Two weeks later, she back in here, maybe not so lucky.
You're asking a lot.
[PAGER BEEPING]
Let her stay here a few days.
Then l come to get her.
What the fuck are you doing?
I'm sick.
I wasn't sure if l had to go back inside or not.
[PHONE RINGlNG]
I'm aIl right, man, let's go.
What the fuck's going on here? Let's get out of here.
Uh, hello, is this Domino's Pizza?
[VU CHUCKLES]
Jack thought he was gonna shit his pants.
[CHUCKLES]
[VU SPEAKlNG IN CANNONESE]
[GUNFlRE]
Uncle Benny.
You kill me? You're not man enough, huh?
[GRUNTING]
-We kilI you anyway! -Heh, heh.
Uncle Benny!
WalIace!
Where are you going?
Lee's not сovering my oId man with the ltalians. I gotta move him.
-I told him to stop. -Why the hell did you do that?
Because the feds are buiIding a case against you.
-How do you know? -Lee told me.
If theу nabbed you, it would take three seconds for уou to give them me.
-I would never do that. -I'm not saуing it's fatal.
The point now is to cover tracks and keep everything сlean on the surface.
When they call you in, keep your mouth shut.
This is your сut from Lee. Four grand.
I gotta get to the hospital.
-Where are you gonna move him? -I don't know.
CHEN: To cover уour old man. -I can't.
Just take it.
Thanks.
Remember, don't say anything.
Let me deal with the FBI, aIl right?
[ENGlNE SNARNS]
[BONH SPEAK IN CANTONESE]
Whoa-ho.
Hard to find you, Jack.
Tell her to take in a movie.
[SPEAKlNG IN CANNONESE]
CHEN: Go on! -I wanted to сall. I couldn't.
Now l'm here.
So, what do you want to tell me about Benny Wong?
AGENT: Daniel Wallace? FBI.
Hi, could you pass that letter off to my father?
He's in 409. Sean Wallace.
-Back off. What the hell is going on? AGENT: Don't be an ass.
Don't touсh mу gun or badge. I'm active.
Fine. Let's just get out of here real quietly, all right?
Just got a few questions we'd Iike to ask you.
-Look, l got my father-- -We'll put someone on the door.
Pass it. Nhank you.
CHEN: Then everybody took off? JACK: Yeah.
Good.
You're coming with me.
Where?
You're gonna tell the feds you've been working with Wallace and me.
That the hit on Benny was Fukienese...
...and you're eager to testify against Bobbу Vu.
Do it right, I wiIl back you on trying to tip me before the hit.
Do it wrong, I go out of my way to bury you.
So why the fuck didn't you tell me you were InternaI Affairs?
Confidential undercover assignment, Pete.
Key word being "confidential," which nothing in the bureau is.
-Fuck yourself. -Nobody knows except a few of us in IA.
Not even the commanding officer in the 1 5th knows.
WelI, now I know.
Bag man's kid. lnternal Affairs. Wow.
Your old man must think you're a reaI scumbag, huh?
[CHUCKLING]
Yeah.
WelI....
So, what do you got on Chen?
This isn't a federal case. No reason to tell you anything.
No, there is, actuaIly.
Because from where I'm sitting, it looks to me like a young IA rat...
...went to build a case against Nick Chen...
-...and ended up working for him. -You're reaching.
Enjoying for himself the Chinatown whores...
...and financial assistance to help a family gambling problem.
Don't start with that.
I'll start and finish with it unless somebody hands me Chen.
-He's here. SCHABACKER: Who's here?
AGENT: Chen.
Hello, Pete.
Niсk.
Who's уour friend?
CHEN: A buddy of Wallace's and mine.
He's an eyewitness to the Benny Wong murder.
SCHABACKER: Hmm. Peanut?
Eyewitness?
And уou bring him here to me. Why?
You know why.
My compliments, WalIace.
You must've sunk уour hooks into Chen pretty good, huh?
-What did he want? -To trade for you.
KIRKPATRICK: He said that?
Not in so many words.
He brought that Fuke snitch of yours who rode shotgun on the Wong killing.
He gives me the eyewitness, I call off the FBI investigation on Wallace.
KIRKPATRICK: What'd you tell him? -Ah.
I told him fine.
Putting the kid back on the street to get the rest of the Fukes on tape...
...talking about the hit on Wong.
And in return, I'm not gonna press charges on young Wallace here.
-Is Chen still here? SCHABACKER: No, he took off.
But you gotta promise me that I can be there...
...when you break the bad news to Chen, heh...
...because that's gonna be fucking priсeless.
[SCHABACKER CHUCKLING]
Your wire's showing.
How long you been lA?
First assignment.
Quickest way to a goId shield and all уou gotta do is bury уour partner.
The guy who shoved 1 0 grand into уour fist to back уour play.
I figure you ain't worth much to the Chinks yet...
...so this must be Chen's moneу.
And уou're gonna bury him.
And for what?
Turning his head?
Making a few dollars?
I know it wouldn't mean much to you, Pop.
Lying and cheating is what уou're made of.
That's a heIl of a lot better than what you're made of.
You don't even know what I'm made of, Pop.
It's the one thing I should thank уou for.
Your lack of interest.
Oh, уeah, yeah, уeah.
You've been real honest with your partner.
Ends justifies the means, Pop.
The ends is bullshit.
The means...
...is what уou live with.
Keep it.
I don't want nothing from уou.
[lNAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[CHEN GRUNTlNG]
Oh, wait, wait, wait.
TAl: Don't you like me?
Of course I like you. I just need to go to the bathroom.
TAl: Huh.
Shit.
What the fuck are you doing?
DANNY: Where's the lieutenant?
He left. He said he wanted you to be very happу.
The poliсe are running in сircles on the unfortunate death of UncIe Benny.
Uncle Benny, уeah. We didn't kill him for nothing, okay? Give us the moneу.
Then it's time to bring the cargo ship to port and unload our freight.
One hundred eightу-six at 40,000 apiece.
I'd saу that's a niсe start to our relationship...
-...wouldn't you? -Ha, ha. Shit, yeah!
[CHEN SPEAKS IN CANTONESE]
Hot tea.
[SPEAKS IN CANTONESE]
The only time I was ever in here, I was talking to my godfather.
-Uncle Benny was a great man. -You would know better than anуone.
But even a great man can outlast his time.
I've got something for you.
Should quiet any doubts as to Wallace's сharacter.
The Fukes are bringing in a highly valuable cargo by ship.
Bobby Vu will be on site supervising the unIoading.
Take the Fukes and haIf the cargo.
I'll keep the other half.
[CHEN SCOFFS]
You're getting greedy.
I'm an American.
Heу. Let's go.
We gotta pick up Jack and send him to the feds.
What time is it?
Time for a shower. You stink.
[DANNY YAWNS]
-Got a match? -Yeah.
You know, you were right.
-About what? -I wish it was neither of us.
But the fact is, I'm gIad it's not just me.
[CHEN POPS]
Get up.
[ALL CHATNERING]
You sure it was Henry Lee?
It was him.
I think everybody here knows Assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler.
Gentlemen, tape's good.
Probably enough for сonviсtions on Bobbу Vu and the rest.
I think we hold off.
We wait till they make their move to bring in the illegal shipment.
We bust them on the ship, then we go for the murder charge.
With Jack connecting the dots to an ongoing criminal enterprise...
...we get life sentences.
-What about Henry Lee? -What about him?
Do we have a case, Pete?
Enough to drag Mr. Lee before a grand jury.
It's his word against their word, and he'll win.
We wait till after the shipment comes in, then the tape's got merit.
Daniel, what are уour thoughts?
It's Margaret's call.
WHEELER: Then we wait. Everybodу works round the clock.
As soon as Jack finds out when delivery is set, we'll reconvene...
...and make the arrests.
That's it, gentlemen.
-Thank уou. -Pleasure.
Niсk, what do you say after we bust the Fuke Dragons...
...we get together, bury the hatchet, huh?
-Oh, сan't wait. SCHABACKER: All right.
Dannу, you up for that?
Oh, уeah. Sure.
Good.
Bacardi and Coke.
I'll get a Bud.
I got it.
[THlRD EYE BLIND'S "I WANN YOU" PLAYING]
Nhe suckers lose themselves In the games theу love to play
I gave the fed to Lee.
Nhe children love to sing
I know.
Dut then their voices slowly fade awaу
People always take a step away
I'm gonna have to answer for him somedaу.
We all have something to answer for.
Yeah.
You do, you do, уou do, you do You do, you do
[PAGER BEEPING]
Ah.
Speak of the devil.
-Lee. CHEN: Yeah.
Order me another.
No apoIogy because my urge is genuine
CHEN: It's Chen.
LEE [OVER PHONE]: I've been paging уou all daу.
What do you want?
Wallace is lnternal Affairs.
-What? -You heard me.
I don't beIieve it.
Your girlfriends found a wire on him last night.
l checked it out, and the fuck is making a case against you.
-You there? -Yeah.
Who knows how long he was wired.
He's gotta go.
You kill him tonight.
Nhe Fukes are taking deIivery in one hour, Pier 25 at Port lmperial in Jerseу.
A ship called the Dorian.
Nake him along, make sure he doesn't leave the boat, eou understand me?
I don't give a shit about the cargo, the Fukes. Just make sure Wallace is dead.
Are we clear?
He'll hang us both.
Yeah.
I understand.
[DIAL TONE DRONING]
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
You get ahold of him?
CHEN: Yeah.
And did you tell him about the tape?
CHEN: No.
WelI, what did he say?
CHEN: He wanted to tell me that the Fukes...
...are picking up the shipment in an hour in Jersey.
WelI, shit, we gotta move. Did уou call the feds?
Yeah.
Theу're gonna meet us there.
WelI, let's go.
No sign of anybody.
Have a look.
DANNY: Lee said an hour, right? -Yeah.
-StilI nothing? -No.
Are you sure?
Yep. It's all сlear.
What about Internal Affairs?
-What? -I forgot to mention...
...Lee thinks they are making a сase against someone in the 1 5th.
-Who? -He didn't know.
Maybe it's just a rumor.
You hear anything?
-Theу're here. -You keep watching.
[ALL CHATNERING]
We got to let them lead us to the cargo.
MAN: Come on!
Go!
Theу're heading awaу from us.
CHEN: What would уou do if уou knew IA had a case against you?
I don't know.
What would you do if you knew your partner gave you up, amigo?
Answer me!
I'm asking you!
I don't know.
You should have let me die in the сar that daу.
At least then I die a cop.
You are a cop.
You're a good cop.
I tell that to anybodу that asks me.
And уou?
I don't know.
AlI I know is уou saved me and you saved my father.
My life is reallу yours to do with as you wish.
[YELLS]
[GUNFlRE]
[MAN SPEAKlNG IN CANNONESE IN DISTANCE]
[GRUNTS]
[GUNFlRE]
[GROANS]
[BABY CRYING]
[YELLS]
[GUNFlRE]
[BLACK EYES YELLlNG]
[SCREAMING]
[GUNSHOTS]
[BABY CRYING]
[CHEN SPEAKING lN CANTONESE]
[WOMAN 1 WHIMPERS]
[CROWD MURMURING]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[SHOUTlNG IN CANNONESE]
[WHlSPERlNG IN CANTONESE]
WalIace. Come here.
[DANNY WHISPERING IN CANTONESE]
DANNY: Maуbe that's alI of them. -Bobby Vu is here.
He would never leave without us.
You mean without you.
[WOMAN 2 SPEAKING IN CANTONESE]
[DANNY SPEAKS IN CANTONESE]
[WOMAN 2 SPEAKING IN CANTONESE]
DANNY: Where? -Come here.
[WOMAN 2 SPEAKING IN CANTONESE]
No!
Fuck you!
[WOMAN 2 SCREAMlNG]
[BABY CRYING]
[SCREAMS]
[GROANlNG]
[WHlMPERlNG]
Shit. Hold on.
You all right? You okay?
I'm so sorry.
[GRUNTING]
Who sends a white cop undercover in Chinatown?
I swear to God, I wish theу never did.
Niсk. Niсk, can уou hear me?
Niсk.
Bring a fucking stretсher now!
Niсk.
It's just уou and me.
I'm your partner.
Please.
Where's the stretcher?!
Niсk, you gotta hold on.
You wanna get WalIace out here, pIease?
You wanna get WaIlace out here, please? Now.
KIRKPATRICK: What is this bullshit?
Exactly what it saуs.
After a month-long investigation, I find no evidence...
...supporting any charges against Chen.
[EKG BEEPING]
SCHABACKER: Think уou can get away with this? Hmm?
Forget it, man. That man's responsible for the death of a federal agent.
The man's dead.
And no matter what you believe, the officer died a good fucking cop.
Move.
Henry Lee, you're under arrest.
I'd Iike to introduce уou to my attorneу.
I'd Iike to introduce уou to the inmates at Rikers Island...
...but that'lI take a few weeks.
I was very saddened to hear about your friend Lieutenant Chen.
Heh, I'm sorry. He wasn't your friend after all, was he?
[CHUCKLES]
I'd Iike to thank you for killing all the witnesses against me.
Not all.
Not the one who recorded this tape.
VU [ON TAPE]: We didn't kill him for nothing. Give us the monee.
LEE [ON NAPE]: Then it's time to bring the ship to port and unload our freight.
One hundred eightу-six at 40,000 apiece.
I'd say that's a nice start to our relationship, wouldn't eou?
VU: Ha, ha. Shit, yeah!
[VU SPEAKlNG IN CANNONESE ON TAPE]
[MEN CHATTERING AND LAUGHING ON TAPE]
Let's go, hotshot. You're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent. You understand?
You have the right to refuse to answer any questions.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of Iaw.
You have the right to have an attorney present....
[English - US - SDH]