[WOMAN SINGING]
[GUNSHOT]
WOMAN: It's going to be OK.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
[PANTING]
[SCREAMING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[ROARING]
[EXPLOSION]
[PANTING]
[BIRDS CAWING]
[GROANING]
[SCREAMING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PANTING]
[FLIES BUZZING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[PANTING]
[MAN IN CAR PANTING]
No.
Come on, man.
[SLOT MACHINES SPINNING, RINGING]
ARCHIE: Hey, ma'am.
Ma'am.
Can I get a diet soda, please?
Thanks.
I'll stay.
Wow, look at that.
Must be my lucky day.
All right, thanks.
RAFAEL: Muchachos, leave a little for me, huh?
Pulling this shit in my place?
Are you out of your mind?
I didn't mean anything by it, man.
I was just--
Look at me, maricon, because I have a rule about two bit card
hustlers trying to screw me.
You see, it's about making sure that they always remember,
every day, for the rest of their miserable
little lives, that screwing me was the worst
decision they ever made.
Cortalo.
You gonna try to cheat Rafael, you better go back
to finishing school, pendejo.
[SPANISH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I may be gone at the end of the [INAUDIBLE]..
I'm gonna get up in the morning.
I'm gonna worry all on your mind.
I may be gone [INAUDIBLE].
I'm gonna get up in the morning.
I'm gonna worry all on your mind.
I may be gone.
[SIREN, POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
I'm gonna get off here, man.
I got an uncle close by, so.
Oh, they're just checking for drugs, man.
It's all right.
Hey, thanks for the lift. - OK, man.
- Yeah, have a good one. - Take it easy.
Thanks.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I may be gone [INAUDIBLE].
I'm gonna get up in the morning.
I'm gonna worry all on your mind.
I may be gone [INAUDIBLE].
I'm gonna get up in the morning.
I'm gonna worry all on your mind.
How about you and I go on a little loop together?
I'm not sure Popeye would appreciate that.
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, man.
What the hell are you doing?
Saying hello, that's it.
Have a good night.
MAN: Sure.
There you go. Good luck to you.
All right.
Thanks, man.
Oh, almost.
Hey, try it again?
That's cool.
- Close, come in. - Come on, girls.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You back there.
Come on up.
All right. Come on.
Try your luck.
No, it only takes one, and you're gonna be a winner.
You--
I'll take three, pops.
All right, pal, let's go.
Hey, stupid.
You think I never seen a scam before?
Think I haven't seen every goddamn scam
in the whole goddamn book, huh?
Tried a switcharoo on me.
I'll switcheroo his balls.
[MUSIC - HAL KETCHUM, "THE KING OF LOVE"]
Some day, son, you're gonna see me smile,
when I see the little girl walking down the aisle.
I keep waiting for some day, son.
I'll be a preacher at a party and 101.
Cause I'm a winner, I'm a saint, a little crazy, but who ain't?
Down this way.
I got a date with destiny.
The king of love, that's me.
King of love, that's me.
King of love--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING]
Let's go, Bermuda.
Come on.
[GRUNTING]
Hold him.
If you steal from me, I'm gonna steal from you, buddy.
IKE: What the hell is going on here?
Caught this asshole playing a switch change on my game.
Put knife away.
Well, no, he--
What did I just say, Charlie?
Put knife away.
What the hell do you think you're doing?
Come on, get up.
What you doing?
Not animals here.
Borachov, come on.
Go, go, go.
What you doing?
You should go pick on someone your own size, for god's sakes.
Will you?
And you?
What the hell did I do to you?
Why do you steal from me like this?
I'm just looking for food, man?
What are you, some kind of a bum?
I don't know.
I'm just having a hard time.
Come on.
Get up.
So what is it with you, you want work?
Sure.
I don't know.
Go empty some trash cans.
Pick up the rubbish around here.
Meet me at food tent when you finish, huh?
But no loafing off or nothing, huh?
I need this.
You do this, I cut your fingers off myself.
I sell them as trinkets.
I don't care.
You have a name?
It's Archie.
IKE: Archie.
That's like in the comic book, Archie.
Yeah.
Amu?
Where did you go now?
Amu?
Don't you keep breaking my balls, huh?
Come on. I've had enough tonight.
All these ungrateful bastards.
Come on.
[OUT OF TUNE PIANO PLAYING]
IKE: Did the Elvis?
WOMAN: Sure did, Pops.
IKE: You like them?
WOMAN: Sure do, Pops.
[INAUDIBLE].
Yeah, Pops.
How's the blood pressure?
Steady.
So what's going on with the generator?
They never called back.
Vladimir, what's going on with the generator?
VLADIMIR: Still on the blink.
Let's get it fixed tonight.
They've been paid, no? VLADIMIR: All right.
All right, let's do it. VLADIMIR: All right.
So did you get enough to eat?
Yeah, I did.
Thanks.
You did some time in jail, no?
I got it written all over my face, huh?
IKE: No, the way you eat.
I know.
Three years I spent in prison.
Gulag, Latvia.
It's a terrible thing, isn't it?
You seem like a smart man.
Why do you steal like this, huh?
It's kind of hard when you got a record, you know?
You do tricks, no?
I could do some tricks, yeah.
Yeah?
Show me a trick.
So what?
Come on.
Show me a trick.
Hey, you know what time it is?
Oh.
OK.
I give up.
Where the hell did it go?
[IKE LAUGHING]
IKE: That's a good trick, Archie.
Nice trick.
You should work one of my games.
Hm?
Do you want to work a game?
Yeah, sure.
What's the pay like?
I don't know.
For you?
Maybe $200 a week every other Thursday.
You get to stay in nice trailer with the others.
Meals here are free.
I run a clean operation here, Archie.
I don't allow thieves.
So we agree on that, and I'll welcome you, OK?
You call me Ike.
OK?
Saully.
This is Archie.
Our new game op.
Put him in your house, all right?
Mm-hm.
Just got to finish up my chili.
You should try that chili.
If it doesn't kill you, it might do you some good.
OK.
See you later.
SAULLY: So where's your grab bag at?
I'm wearing it.
Mm-hm.
How long you say you've been in this racket?
About five minutes.
Me too.
Five minutes and 39 years.
Last four in Ike's operation here.
Ike.
Wh-- what's his story?
He never missed a payroll yet.
Could keep the place fixed up a little better, though.
You, uh, like a snort?
You betcha.
Ike, he seems like a cool guy, though.
Yeah, he is.
Just as long as his old lady ain't got him all worked up.
When she does, time to stay clear.
She's evil, that one.
Well, come on in.
IKE: OK, one, two, three, four-- it's simple, huh?
Just pay attention to what I do.
Page 20, must log 20.
OK?
Page 50, log.
All cash is reconciled, it's signed, OK?
This is you.
MAN: Hey, come on up.
Now, get to work.
And not to repeat myself, you know, but if we catch you
stealing, you see the men here?
If they finish the job on you, I have nothing to do with this.
I give one chance.
All right?
You've had yours.
All right, boss.
IKE: You lose this?
MAN: Come on, girls.
What do you want to play?
You gotta put your money down. You get a prize.
Here you go.
Hey, all right, ladies.
Step away from grandpa over there.
Come on over, play with my balls--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Come on, just put your money down.
[INAUDIBLE]
Come on, don't be shy.
Hey, girls.
Hey, watch the over call. You heard me, buddy.
Put your arm right there. $1--
$1 is all it takes.
$1 from you, $1 from you.
Knock them down, ladies.
Go.
Whoa, so close.
Your turn.
Oh, looking good.
Looking good.
Why-- why did you have to hire that clown anyway?
Oh, look at that form.
Come on.
Well, at least he has a crowd, no?
I don't see anyone here.
Whoa, good one.
IKE: I mean, this is the idea, mashugana, no?
What do you think this business is?
You know? - I'm really--
- I wish you did half so well. - Woo, what an arm.
Come on. Two more.
Let's go. Come on, ladies.
Hey. Hey.
BARKER: Come see the snake lady, Miss Divana,
here from the Amazon jungle.
[INAUDIBLE]
Right here, snake lady.
Just $1.
Thank you, sir.
Step right up and see the snake lady,
here from the Amazon jungle.
The show's already started.
You better hurry.
The snake lady-- step right up to see the snake lady.
Live from home in the Amazon jungle.
Good night, man.
[NADIA YELLING]
NADIA: You don't care about me!
You don't care about me, Ike!
Look at this piece of shit I live in.
IKE: [INAUDIBLE].
NADIA: No!
No!
Rot in hell.
[YELLING IN NON ENGLISH LANGUAGE]
No, hey!
Give that to me!
Who are you?
Give me-- give it to me!
Leave me alone!
You die!
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
NADIA: You die!
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Shit.
Woman is mad.
She's gonna kill me.
You all right?
Yeah.
Is she like this all the time?
She drinks.
She go crazy.
What she do to you?
Come in here.
I fix you up.
Watch. Watch.
Come in.
Come on.
What the hell she do?
You all right?
Hm?
I'm sorry she hit you like that.
Ah, she's crazy.
You know?
What the hell?
Listen, make the best of it.
Sit, sit, sit.
Hm?
Listen.
You keep your friends close and your enemies closer, huh?
But the women, you keep closest.
They're the most dangerous, huh?
The most dangerous of all.
All of them.
[IKE GULPING]
Look at that.
She stabbed here last year, right here.
I nearly die.
One day, I don't die soon enough, she will kill me too.
What do you keep her around for?
Ah, I ask her for divorce.
No, she won't go. She waits.
You know?
She waits till I die.
So she can take my money.
It's always about money, huh?
Money, money, money.
I don't die soon enough, she won't wait.
She'll just kill me.
She'll kill me.
Ah, what is this?
This a gift for me, Amu?
[MONKEY CHIRPING]
He's the only one that loves me.
He's the only one.
My Amu.
Hm?
My Amu.
So how about you, my friend?
How you deal with women like this?
I always think of women like casinos.
They love you when you're up, hate you when you're down,
throw you out when you cheat.
Still, you keep coming back for more.
You know what I mean?
That's good.
A casino.
[CHUCKLING]
[WHISTLING]
[NADIA HUMMING]
What do you want?
Why you follow me?
Hm?
Hey.
Don't follow me.
I just thought maybe you'd like to apologize.
For trying to kill me.
You're Divana, right?
NADIA: Nadia.
Divana is the name he gives me.
Is that Ike?
And who are you?
His new monkey?
ARCHIE: My name's Archie.
NADIA: Hey.
Where did you get this?
Different kind of snake.
I did not choose this.
He buy from orphan home in Romania, put me in his show.
He use me since I'm young girl.
Make me his whore.
Why don't you just leave then?
Too many questions.
You do not know what you say.
I have nothing.
I have nothing but the dirt that we stand on.
Once I try to escape.
I take money from his safe, but he catch me and he beat me.
He beats you?
What did I just tell you?
Maybe I can--
Don't help me.
I can make trouble for anyone who speaks with me.
He loves his freaks.
But he hates me.
MAN: What the hell you doing here?
ARCHIE: I'm just looking around, man.
That's all.
[PARK ATTENDANTS YELLING]
[ARCHIE HUMMING]
Hey.
How's it going?
Hey, Ike.
How's it going?
Woo.
- So how was night, my friend? - It was all right.
You know, maybe a little slow.
It was slow?
That's interesting.
You know, I watch your game both every day.
You have always so many people there.
You're good.
You're a good pitch man.
I think you're best.
Why is it, of all games I have here, you bring in least?
I don't know.
Just confuse me.
I think you have more money in your sock, you know,
than I have here in my safe. I don't know why.
Jesus.
Whoa.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[IKE YELLING OUTSIDE]
You see that?
How come I almost die every time I come near your trailer?
At least you not target.
I am target, huh?
Please.
Amu, get up.
Don't you see she try to stab me, it's OK.
You know, I forgive.
It's fighting, right?
Tries to shoot me, it's OK. I forgive.
You know?
Now she puts poison snake.
I mean, this is premeditated, huh?
It's premeditated.
Maybe it was an accident.
Accident, come on.
The woman won't rest till she has my money and I'm dead.
I told you it would come to this.
Look, man, I don't know much about these things.
But it seems to me like you guys are just going
to kill each other, you know?
This is the truth.
And if I kill her, I go to jail.
If I don't kill her, she's going to kill me.
I'm going to die.
What the hell am I supposed to do?
You know, I need someone who's capable, though, you know?
Really capable, like the people you know from the jail.
Capable of what?
Of an accident.
What you think?
Accident.
What kind of an accident?
You from jail, you don't know from accident?
What, do you want something clean?
Here.
Use gas, right?
Use gas for Christ sakes.
Gas for what?
IKE: She goes to sleep in the trailer, huh?
She breathes the fumes.
She dies when she sleeps.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] You people do this all the time.
- No. - Yeah, I know you do.
Look, I tried to avoid all the killers,
if you know what I mean.
Archie, I'm going to die.
You know?
For this, you pay a man.
You pay a man moneys.
Much moneys, yes.
How much money?
[HUMMING]
[GUNSHOT]
[WHISTLING]
Hello, monkey.
What's wrong?
You're quiet.
You would like me to apologize?
I assume you meant it for your husband, right?
NADIA: But you save his life, huh, monkey?
My name's not monkey.
He's a very hard man to kill.
What about you?
Are you hard to kill too?
Not hard enough.
I wish he kill me.
Get me out of here.
I think he'd like that too.
NADIA: I know he does.
I do too.
How you know?
Cause he made me an offer.
What offer?
An offer to kill you. He offered me $25,000 for it.
And what did you tell to him?
I told him I'd have to think about it.
And did you think?
I think I'm gonna ask him for $30,000.
Why?
You want to help me?
Help you?
Yeah.
Hey, Borachov, come.
Come down near the girls here.
Saully, sit, huh?
Don't hurt your knees like that.
Wally, come forward.
Huh?
Luther, move in.
Bermuda, smile, would you please?
Huh?
NADIA: Why you waste my time with this stupid thing
every year?
Who cares group photo? - We care.
OK?
We care about group photo.
Tradition, no?
And happy family air, huh?
Where the hell is Archie?
Archie, come on.
Come be in the photo. Come on.
You work for me now, you're in my photo.
Please, huh?
Get in there. No worries.
I don't think they police photo lineup, huh?
If they did, none of us would be here, huh?
All right.
Happy faces.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH].
You know, Ike.
I've been thinking.
I need $30,000.
What are you talking about now?
A job like this, I think it takes $30,000.
Well, I like $25,000.
We said $25,000, we're gonna keep it $25,000.
NADIA: Ike, he take photo or I leaving, OK?
IKE: Why you do this?
Why you do this now?
Hm?
Maybe you think about it, get back to me.
I'll pay.
I'll pay the God damn price. You just make her suffer.
[BABY SQUEALS]
I'm serious.
Make-- make her suffer.
All right?
Please.
[NON-ENGLISH], huh? Everyone.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]. IKE: Come on.
Happy faces. Happy faces.
ARCHIE: I think we make look like I snuffed you,
maybe use gas or something.
I'll tell him I threw your body in the swamp
and the alligators got you.
I come back, I collect the money.
You and I split up the booty. You go your way.
I'll go my way.
We keep our mouths shut.
Huh.
Alligators.
That's good.
No bones.
No nothing.
Nothing.
Nothing, trust me.
I trust you.
I trust.
But how I know for sure you come back with money for me?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
ARCHIE: You know, I went to a carnival like this
when I was, like, nine or 10.
It reminds me of that one.
I remember, somehow, I snuck into this dancer's tent.
NADIA: The snake lady?
I think she had a tiger.
It was the same thing.
All this beautiful dancing and these old men watching
her with all their cigar smoke.
This girl-- I remember, it was like the coolest,
dirtiest thing I'd ever seen.
All right, all right.
Let's see what you got.
You know how you said earlier, you only have the dirt
that you're standing on?
I kind of know that feeling.
NADIA: I wish I could kiss you.
Ike could catch us.
No, monkey.
He will kill us.
(WHISPERING) Nadia.
NADIA: In here, Archie.
Follow my voice.
(WHISPERING) Where?
NADIA: In here.
You see him?
Yeah.
Why you do this for me?
Because I like you.
It's not that hard to believe.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Come on.
It's going to work.
You just have to trust me.
I trust you.
I just scared he find us both and kill us.
But with this money, we'll be far away anyway.
What will it matter?
After you have money, wh--
where will you go?
I don't know.
Guess I gotta think about it.
Why?
Forget it.
What?
I was just thinking--
I would maybe like to be with you.
Yeah, but I don't have anything.
You know that.
I have nothing.
Just the snakes.
I'm alone.
But maybe it would be better if we were together.
You think about it?
I'll think about it.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I breathe through this when I smell the gas, yes?
Yeah, and whatever you do, don't get up
until I come and get you.
There's going to be enough propane in there
to kill an elephant. NADIA: To kill an elephant.
Look, it's going to be fine.
Just do it like we said, all right?
And gotta flip the other way in case he comes
in so he doesn't see the tube.
OK.
And you have to play dead.
He's not gonna pay up unless he thinks
your body's in the swamp.
And you really will back from me?
Yeah.
Of-- don't worry about it.
Everything will be fine.
And you really think this will work?
Do you want it to work?
Well, then it's gonna work.
Just be careful.
NADIA: Can we live in a house?
What?
NADIA: Can we live in a house?
Yeah.
We'll get a nice house with a quiet little street.
In what color?
You pick the color.
I like blue house.
We'll get a blue house then.
NADIA: OK.
Archie, I have to tell you something.
ARCHIE: What?
Last night, I had a premonition that when we made
love--
and I know it just happened, Archie, but in my premonition--
Your premonition.
I am Romanian.
We have premonitions.
I think I am with child.
What?
A baby.
Are you sure it's mine?
Ike and I never any more, and there is no one else.
It's yours.
And your premonition?
I'm always right.
Are you mad?
OK, let's do this.
I love you, monkey.
Remember that.
What the hell you doing?
Ike, you shouldn't be here right.
- Did you do it? - What are you doing here?
Did you do it?
- I'm doing it right now. - Well, do it.
You're gonna blow this whole thing.
IKE: I wanna see you do it. Do it.
Just do it.
All right.
[NON-ENGLISH], huh?
[GRASS CRACKLING]
Look, I'll take care of everything.
You just relax.
Get back to Charlie's trailer before they deal you
out of the game and your alibi.
And try not to lose too much of my money.
OK.
You come back, I have money for you, huh?
You go. - Uh-huh.
All the dough, right? - Hey, trust me, will you?
MAN: Wanna postpone this?
We can postpone this till later. IKE: No, no.
No.
MAN: It would be better if we could talk now.
Do it now.
OK.
I mean, all I really want to talk about is
this Archie La Fontaine.
Who is this guy?
Who he is?
Charlie-- Charlie, he always told me, he's criminal.
He's criminal, always stealing.
Always stealing.
I don't know what to--
maybe he suspect that I'm going to fire him.
Goddamn this bastard.
How you do this?
(SOBBING) How you do this?
How do you do this?
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY FROM JUKEBOX]
Can I have one more?
[WHISTLING]
[WOMAN HUMMING]
WOMAN: Care to dance?
Don't dance.
That'll be another $2.75.
Get out of here!
[TAP DANCER TAPPING]
You're too stupid to know better than try
to rip off an off duty cop.
Wait a minute.
Don't I know you?
Son of a bitch.
[TAPPING CONTINUES]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
[SIREN]
[TAPPING STOPS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE]
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MAN: What can I help you with, sir?
Are you with a party?
Are you waiting for someone?
No.
Uh-uh.
Then I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
The dining room is for customers only.
I'll order a drink, then.
WOMAN: How are you this morning, sir?
Cup of coffee?
Uh, I'll have a glass of the OGD.
Make it a double.
The Old Granddad.
Can we just, uh, keep a tab rolling?
ARCHIE (VOICEOVER): You know how you
said earlier that you only have the dirt
that you're standing on?
Our hotel is just lovely, darling.
[INAUDIBLE]
Darling, I'm looking forward to it.
Oh, darling, come here.
[WHISTLING]
[MUTTERS]
[ROWDY CHATTER IN DISTANCE]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
MAN: Go on.
Go on.
Get ready.
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
Go!
Get him!
Go on!
Finish it!
Go on. Come on.
Yeah!
I'll be right back, baby.
It's hot.
I'm gonna get some water.
So Divana, fancy meeting you here.
It is Divana, isn't it?
It's Mary. ARCHIE: Mary.
Wow.
Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
MARY: Don't worry.
It'll change again.
I'm sure it will.
The name on my birth certificate is Melissa.
So tell me, Melissa.
How'd you do it?
How'd you fuck up my life?
It wasn't like that.
Well, then why don't you try explaining it to me then?
Where do you want me to start?
ARCHIE: How about two seconds after I
left you in the trailer?
MELISSA: I love you, monkey.
Remember that.
You escaped from the cops before I could even find you.
What's that supposed to mean?
I was coming back for you.
Yeah, I bet you were.
Listen, you know what that carnival really does,
don't you? - No, I guess I don't.
No one ever give a shit about the rides and the games.
It's a front.
It's a front?
Yeah, there's this casino nearby
run by these Dominican guys.
They've got so much cash they don't know what to do with it.
ARCHIE: So they flush it to the carnival.
MELISSA: Every week, this guy shows up
with a briefcase full of cash for Ike
to put in the bank for them.
I'll see you on the 20th, huh?
Carnival's perfect, because they deal in cash.
MELISSA: Exactly.
So I met Ike, he had this brilliant plan--
a way to make the cash disappear with no strings attached.
And I fell right into it.
MELISSA: We just needed someone to turn on the gas.
You really think Amu liked to pick up cigar butts?
Ike had to train that thing for months.
Come on, pick it up.
Pick it up.
Amu.
ARCHIE: So how long did you have to wait before you
found a sucker like me?
It wasn't like that.
I did care about you, Archie.
Ah, save it.
So there was never a body in the trailer.
Oh, it's amazing what a payoff to the local coroner
can get you.
ARCHIE: What I don't understand is why he'd risk everything,
ripping off those Dominicans.
Three years ago, the Dominicans
caught him skimming some money.
They cut him straight down the stomach to teach him a lesson.
Ike makes nice, never holds it against them.
Waits till the moment is right and then
pulls this con in revenge.
Screws them royally and gets their money.
And they never found out?
MELISSA: Found out?
They're still laundering 250,000 from the casino
through him every other week.
Rafael, this guy who runs the casino,
felt so bad about poor Divana that he
sent Ike a funeral bouquet so big they
had to bring it in a truck.
Ike and I had a real big laugh about it.
This Rafael, he runs this place, the Flamenco,
is that right? MELISSA: Yeah.
Do you know it?
I've had the pleasure, yeah.
Poor Archie.
I felt really bad when I saw you the other day.
You looked like shit.
So how long you been with this guy?
Three weeks.
I would have taken him for a nice round number,
but I guess you messed that up for me.
That's too bad.
How about you give me my cut of the quarter of the mil
that you took off of Rafael?
Ike only gave me $50,000, and then I had a lot of fun,
if you know what I mean.
ARCHIE: No, I don't know what you mean.
Where's the money?
MELISSA: Gone, gone, gone.
It's all gone.
Why do you think I'm wasting my time with this asshole?
What about Ike?
Does he still have his?
Ike's still got the first dime he ever earned and more.
So everybody got rich but me.
Is that it?
[KNOCKING]
It's Dan.
DAN: Mary.
Mary.
[DIALING]
DAN: Hey, Mark.
The bitch took my car and split.
Now she's not at the hotel.
Most of her shit's still here.
Yeah.
No, I don't know.
Look, I'll call you when I know something, OK?
Yeah. OK.
Bye.
[DOOR CLOSES]
ARCHIE: What was that?
I've been in hell for a year thinking
I'd killed you, always was looking over my shoulder,
waiting to get busted for it.
You think by putting your hand on my dick,
you're going to chance all that? - No.
No, Archie.
I'm not a good person, and I want to change.
I just don't know how.
Can you understand that?
The only thing that I understand
is that you don't have any more money.
You're no good to me anymore.
Please, Archie!
Where's my purse.
Archie?
MELISSA (VOICEOVER, WITH ROMANIAN ACCENT):
Last night, I had premonition I am with child.
A baby.
ARCHIE: Hey.
The baby in the photo.
What's his name?
Eddie.
His name is Eddie.
I thought about calling him after you,
but I couldn't do it.
You're a liar.
Fine.
Can I have my purse back?
Where's the cash?
Gone, gone, gone.
Who's the kid?
He's yours.
He's ours.
I didn't want to tell you, but now you know.
You can go see him if you want.
You don't even know his mine.
There was no one else, I swear to you.
Archie, he's your son.
You don't want it to be true?
Fine, but it is.
He's your kid.
- What do you want from me? - Nothing.
No, really, what kind of bullshit con
are you trying to pull on me? - No, nothing.
I'm not.
I'm not! I wouldn't lie about this.
Please!
[CRYING]
You can never trust me again, can you?
Nope.
How about forgiving me, then?
Let me ask you a question.
If somebody made you believe that they were in love
with you, and then they faked their own murder,
and then tried to pin it on you, would you forgive them?
You eating this?
So what are we going to do?
We, nothing.
Me, I'm going to eat this food.
I'm gonna pay for it with your rich mark's credit card
if he hasn't canceled it already.
I'm gonna get as far away from you as possible.
Aw, shit.
What?
There's a cop over there talking to that waitress.
Why don't you turn me in, then?
Yeah, I'm tempted.
Seriously.
If you hate me so much, turn me in.
Get that pesky murder suspect thing
dropped from your impressive warrant list.
Let's just get check it out of here.
Let's really get out of here.
Go to California.
Start a new life with our son.
An honest life.
Honest lives-- those are expensive, though, right?
Rafael's guy still brings like a cash deposit
every other Friday.
Some honest life.
Kiss me.
[CHATTER COMING FROM POLICE RADIO]
That was nice.
Well, I felt nothing.
You feel nothing.
You hate me.
You're in complete denial about your son.
Fine.
We have a chance to make some real money here,
and we'd be fools not to take it.
Thank you.
Look, you're a grift.
There's no lying about it.
But we felt something back then.
I know we did.
And when I see you now and I kiss you now, I feel it again.
Let's just pull this job off, Archie,
and we can start fresh--
[ECHOING]
No cops running after us, no more cons.
But we did feel something back then, I know we did.
Just you, me, and a kid, and real future.
When I see you now and I kiss you now, I feel it again.
Let's just pull this job off, Archie,
and then we can start fresh.
You know, no more cops after us, no more conning
people, just you and me and a kid and a real future.
[INAUDIBLE]
Look, you're a grift.
There's no lying about it.
How come every time I see you, I feel
like I'm about to get taken?
WOMAN: Oh, excuse me.
Have you reported this card stolen?
Stolen.
No, there must be some mistake.
WOMAN: Oh, I'm sure there is.
You could telephone them if you like.
You want me to handle this, buttercup?
If you wouldn't mind, darling?
How much money did you say Rafael had?
What'd I tell you?
Right on schedule.
We only have a few minutes.
They make the exchange by the Ferris wheel.
Hey, hurry up.
Just don't sound this nervous when it gets here, all right?
Well, I'm sorry, but I am nervous.
It's going to work out.
We'll get far away from this place.
OK.
Here we go.
Looks like Ike's doing all right for himself.
Yeah.
Just get in the bathroom, because he'll
be here any minute.
Just make sure he doesn't have to take a piss.
MELISSA: Don't worry.
He'll be otherwise occupied.
Hm?
It's him.
God damn it.
Surprise.
Melissa, what the hell are you doing here?
Shh.
Are you crazy, breaking in here like this?
Shh. IKE: Did anyone see you?
Take it easy.
God damn it, anyone sees you here, shit.
Nobody saw me. I just missed you.
God damn it, Rafael sees you here,
he'll kill us both in a heartbeat.
Go for a steak, goddamn it.
Shh.
I know, baby, but I had to see you.
I had to touch you.
You cannot be here. Come on.
What the hell I look like here?
You can't be here.
Would I lie to you, Ike?
You know it's the truth.
You ain't told the truth since your first confession.
What do you want from me? You want money?
I'll give you money? - Money?
If I wanted your money, I'd have have shot you in the back
and been off with it already, right?
Melissa, don't do this. You can't be here, baby.
You know what this is. You know what this is, right?
You know what's between us?
Don't do this.
[MOANING]
Yeah.
Baby.
Yes. - Get in that bed.
- No, let's do it right here. - Get in the bed.
No, let's--
Get in the god damn bed and don't say a word, god damn it.
[MELISSA AND IKE MOANING]
MELISSA: Yes, baby.
Oh, yes, Ike.
Yes, baby.
[MOANING]
MELISSA: Oh, yeah.
Yes, baby.
[MOANING]
MELISSA: Yes, baby.
[MOANING]
MELISSA: It's what I was waiting for.
Yes, baby.
Yes!
Yes, baby. Come on, Ike.
Do it!
Yes, baby, that's what I was waiting for.
Yes!
Yes, baby!
[MOANING]
Yeah!
Oh, god, Ike.
You're the best, Ike.
[MOANING]
Yes!
Oh, yes!
Yes, baby!
Yes!
Oh, yes.
Yes.
Yeah--
[MOANING]
Yes, Ike.
Oh, god, yes.
Oh, god, yeah!
Yes!
Oh, god, baby.
[MOANING]
Yes.
[MOANING]
Yes.
Oh, yes.
[MOANING]
Yes, baby.
Yes.
Yes, baby.
Yeah!
Yes!
Oh, god, yes!
Oh, yes.
Yes.
Yes! Yes!
Yes!
Oh, yes!
Yes, Ike.
Oh!
Yes, you're the one, baby!
Yes.
Yes, baby, come on.
Oh, Ikey, come on.
Oh!
Yes!
Yes, baby!
Yes.
Yes, Ike!
Oh, my god!
[MOANING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Oh, Ike. Yeah.
IKE: Hm, baby.
[KISSING]
Oh, baby.
Hm, baby.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Oh, baby.
Oh, damn, I needed that.
MELISSA: Where are you going?
I gotta be at that bank before 5:00.
You're coming back for me, right?
You know I will.
I've got needs, you know.
You wait here.
I'll be back in one hour.
An hour?
You can't wait that long?
Yes.
You don't go outside, you hear me?
Anyone sees you here, we're both dead, huh?
We're both dead, honey.
[EXHALES]
[PEEING]
Ike, you'd better hurry.
[ZIPS PANTS]
God damn.
Really nice work.
Can we get out of here now?
Sorry, Archie.
This isn't fun for me.
You're never going to learn, are you?
I guess not.
No, no.
Ike!
What?
Are you crazy?
Can you tell me what that damn kid's doing here?
I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
That asshole, Archie.
I saw him sniffing around your trailer.
It's all about business, monkey.
I'm sorry.
Change your mind.
Good luck, monkey.
Ike.
[GRUNTING] - Ike.
Ike.
You got balls, huh?
You ain't got much up here, but you got balls.
Sit down.
No, Ike, you--
[YELLS]
I thought I told you to kill her for $30,000.
Cause I'm gonna kill you both right here now for nothing.
- Ike, you don't have to-- - Shut up!
[KNOCKING]
Ike, I--
Just shut up.
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
RAFAEL: Chico, turn on the radio.
Nice.
Nice place, Ike.
My money buy this?
[INAUDIBLE] stealing money from me.
Ike, that's not true.
I said shut up.
I see.
But even more, I catch you stealing from me.
We both bought that.
She blew up in a goddamn--
Really?
That's not what I heard.
[MUSIC - LEANN RIMES, "TOGETHER, FOREVER ALWAYS"]
But the memories keep lingering on.
And the dreams--
Are you hearing voices?
Look, they conned us cash before.
They come back to do it all over again.
Open it up.
Look for yourself.
God, I don't know what the hell you people want from me.
You know, I do everything you tell me to do.
I take everything you give me, including this.
This is how you repay me?
[DRILL HUMMING]
I loaned the money to your daddy, for Christ sakes.
25 years.
My head on a chopping block--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
--away you are.
We're together--
Basta!
All three of you are going to die.
I just have to decide who's first.
You?
Or you?
[CHUCKLES]
Thanks for the phone call.
Your debt to me is canceled.
You can go.
But you-- you can't.
[DRILL HUMMING]
My father trusted you.
But I never did.
Chico, give me the drill.
Let's get this party started.
[DRILL HUMMING]
[GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
[PANTING]
You son of a bitch!
I told you never to come back here!
[GUNSHOTS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Now, where's my money?
It's bad.
The kid just took off.
He's headed out towards I-10.
I took a shot at him.
I think I hit him.
Let's get the hell out of here.
We got a problem, boss.
RAFAEL: You got a car?
CHARLIE: Yeah, sure.
[GUNSHOTS]
MELISSA (VOICEOVER WITH ROMANIAN ACCENT):
But if we are together, Archie.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I had a baby, Archie. [MOANING]
He's ours.
I'm going to have a child, Archie.
Just you and me.
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[TIGER ROARING]
[CASH REGISTERS CHIMING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Look at you, Archie.
You couldn't quit while you were ahead, huh?
Bring me my money.
Let me finish the job.
Do it.
No.
[GUNSHOTS]
All right.
Let's go!
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
CHICO: What is it?
Turn the car around.
CHICO: What about the guy?
Screw him.
Damn it.
That bitch took my money.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Shit!
Shit, shit, shit, shit!
Shit!
OK.
Hey.
This stuff smells like shit.
That's cause it's Saully's chili.
CHARLIE: Woo.
Amazing you got both these bags through that bathroom window.
It's amazing what $250,000 worth of motivation'll
do for you.
That girl did just what you thought she'd do.
Turning on you and such.
Yeah.
With a mark like that, there's no surprise.
CHARLIE: Feel like driving?
I still think you're crazy.
They say the only way to start a new life
is to end the old one, permanently.
I guess this is it.
Thanks for the call.
Not exactly the first person I expected on the other end.
Good luck staying one step ahead.
Wow, cute kid.
WOMAN: Thanks.
He's my sister's.
[BABY GURGLING]
[MUSIC - FEEL, "GOT YOUR NAME ON IT"]
When the air comes in at night, it almost
seems to call out your name.
When it's dark out, when it's light,
the seasons change, but your love remains.
And there's a blue sky, got your name on it,
got your name on it.
And when the sun shines, got your name on it,
got your name on it.
Even this heart of mine got your name on it,
got your name on it.
So I never will forget you.
Never could remember names.
Always seem to forget a face.
But if my memory of you should fade,
all I gotta do is look up.
And there's a blue sky, got your--
[MUSIC - HAL KETCHUM, "PRISONER OF LOVE"]
If hurts were nickels and tears dollar bills,
I'd have a fortune just as high as these hills--
enough to buy back my pride and my will
and no longer be a prisoner of love.
If fears were time and worry was space, if history was just
a look on my face, I'd ride my past right
on out of this place, and no longer be a prisoner of love.
Every day I put a mark on the wall.
I sit and watch the memories pass.
Every night, I pray, in spite of it
all, that one day you'll be mine at last.
If dreams were daylight and hope was something new,
I'd find my way straight on out of this blue.
I'd spread my wings and fly far away from you,
and no longer be a prisoner of love--
no longer be a prisoner of love.