Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Page #2

Or, um...

there's a decent place.

Close.

Oh, no, that's really...

that's not necessary.

It's very late for me.

Yes, yes. Of course.

It's not you.

You-- you're very beautiful.

It's um...

nice to meet you.

Bye.

Good night.

Carlos?

I know her.

Veronica... Crystal?

She died...

over ten years ago.

I knew that.

We were close...

friends.

It didn't seem right

not to tell you.

I'm sorry.

Do you know anything

about her children?

She only had one.

Isabelle.

Isabelle.

Is there any way that you might

be able to help me find her?

I... I don't know.

Why do you want to find her?

It's, uh... personal

reasons. Uh...

it would mean a...

the world to me.

Okay. Uh, I'll try.

How long you gonna

be around for?

Uh, not very long, actually.

Okay.

Thank you.

Oh, and by the way,

my name is Charlie.

Okay, Charlie.

Thank you so much.

(phone rings)

What you doing, man? You supposed to

be on vacation.

What?

(Damon) Good to see you.

(Borlec) You look thin.

You've heard of our problems?

You mean the banker?

Yes.

Mexico.

You've had business there?

Not really. Why?

He's there, at the border.

(Letvenko) Oh, what a day.

I'm beat.

Hey!

Good to see you,

Mr. Letvenko, sir.

Good to see you, too.

How's the painting business?

It's going, uh, very well, sir.

Ah, sit down, sit down.

Let's have a drink.

It's a hard day, a long day.

Let's relax a little bit.

To your health.

(Damon) Yeah.

Hmm.

(Letvenko) I may have some

business to do in the back.

You need a team.

Good men.

(Damon) You want this done

right, I should use my own men.

(Borlec) These men

work in Mexico.

There's a limit of

talent there, you know?

You won't have much time.

They will have to do.

(Poker Player) All in?

F or a banker?

Not for him.

F or Garza.

Who's Garza?

The Garza family has run

the border since the '60s.

They bankrolled the cartels, but

somehow managed to stay out of

the dirty side of the business.

Real estate, mostly.

A little politics.

We had business with

them some years ago.

A decent man, but weak.

Now...

he's in trouble.

What kind of trouble?

He's into a lender

in Mexico City.

They're calling up the debt.

Serious people in Mexico City.

just about anything to keep him.

Now go.

Good to see you.

Hmm.

Da.

Charlie Wright has betrayed

our trust, Damon...

terribly.

Find him...

and bring him here to us.

Consider it done.

Sir.

(Hill) What was your agent

doing down in Tijuana, Mexico?

The point is, we had

a good sighting.

Now, what we need to do is--

No, no, no, no. What you

had was an unverified

sighting outside a hooker

joint with a drunk agent who

But I trust...

But nothing.

What would Wright, a guy with

all the money in the world,

be doing in a sh*t stew

like Tijuana, Mexico?

You said yourself, he could

go anywhere in the world.

Use your head, Andy.

Please tell me you got

something more than this.

No more funds.

No more agents.

Damage done.

We've got company.

Let's roll.

Mucho dinero.

But why you come to us?

Why don't you go to our federal

authorities, your counterpart?

We're municipal policemen.

Well, it's not exactly

official at this point.

A man steals $10 billion.

It's not official?

I gotta get my green card!

Ha ha ha!

Your man is not in

Tijuana, uh, Officer Hobbs.

If a man spends a lot of

money here, we know it.

May I ask you a question,

between...?

What does an officer

of the F.B.I.

makes, you know, a

month, over there?

Well, it would be an agent...

and that would be a

function of how long you've

been with the agency...

but I believe starting salary

would be around 60 grand.

$60,000?

Sesenta mil dolares

la chinga.

Muchos dinero, eh?

I might be coming back

with a couple agents,

so we'd appreciate

your cooperation.

Sure. Sure.

But don't expect any

free beers from us.

Ha ha ha!

(Michaels) You sure this

is the right place?

(Damon) It's the right place.

(Miller) Better f***ing be.

That's for you.

Thanks.

Let's load it up.

(knock on door)

(knock on door)

(Gabriel) Jorge.

What is it?

Get Mexico City on the phone.

Mexico City? Why?

Just get them on the phone.

Oh, they won't take our calls. Not

anymore.

They will now.

Get them on the phone.

Tell them we have

Charlie Wright.

The...

Charlie Wright?

That's right.

This is Gabriel Garza.

Do you know who I am?

Bail bondsman?

In a way.

My name is Jorge Garza.

This is my town.

Is this your jail, too?

Your guards are...

a little excitable.

Hmm.

I'm sorry about that.

I'm gonna assume

you know who I am.

I do.

I'm gonna be perfectly

honest with you, Mr. Wright.

I haven't been to church

in over three months.

In fact, I can't even

remember a time when...

not even when I went on that

little stretch to Mexico City...

that I hadn't been

to church in so long.

And lately I've been getting

to the point where...

I was beginning to doubt that

there's actually a god...

and that's a terrible

thing, to doubt God.

I have some issues.

I have a debt,

very large debt...

and the people that

are holding that debt

are not gonna wait for

me to pay it anymore...

and it's gonna make my life...

very difficult.

Dangerous.

F or me and for the

people I love, very soon.

Are you with me?

Huh.

More than you know.

But I have some good news.

I've had a...

an epiphany.

I know for sure now.

I'm positive.

Positive about what?

There's a God.

He's alive. He's real.

Because he brought me you.

Get up.

(Miller) Hey, your

name is Damon, right?

Yeah, it is today.

You been

in the sh*t, Damon?

Yeah, enough.

Enough.

What exactly is that

supposed to mean?

I don't know. Maybe, uh,

I guess it means enough.

It also means you're on my lead.

I'm afraid it don't

work that way, mate.

This is my crew.

It's my lead.

Well, I'm paying for your crew.

Is there a problem?

As long as

the money's green.

(Baines) Tsk.

Amen to that.

I can take of you here.

You're safe with me. Nobody

can touch you, not the Feds,

bounty hunters, enemies, no one.

Enemies?

Why would anyone be mad at me?

Don't play games

with me, Mr. Wright.

You're 51 years old.

You got nowhere to run.

You got nowhere to hide.

Why don't you tell me what it is

exactly that you want from me?

Your incredibly

impressive scam netted

you about $11 billion, U.S.

You blew four.

They recovered five.

There's $1 .6 billion

unaccounted for.

I need it, and you're

gonna tell me where it is.

You're very good at math.

Well, unfortunately,

not good enough.

But you're gonna help

me get better at it.

Let's go.

Gabby, take him home.

Watch him.

Where you going?

Gotta buy some time.

I should go with you.

No, just take him home and

watch him. He's our last chance.

(engine starts)

(guns cocking)

Here we go.

(engine starts)

Yeah.

We've got a problem.

Plaza. The plaza.

Get down.

Clear.

Clear.

Clear.

Clear.

Clear.

Clear.

Clear.

Group head, I got eyes on

five at elevated position.

(gunfire)

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes