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into evidence.

Questions?

Yeah. What happened

to the last guy?

The one who took these notes?

(Alex's phone rings)

Yeah?

P.C.:
Hey.

That girl, she escaped.

You have to get her.

What do you mean?

P.C.:
You don't get

her, we're all dead.

(Clips click)

(Phone rings)

Alex:
Hello?

I'm at Donald's place.

You need to get over here

right now.

Hey. You there?

Alex:

I'm on my way.

Mel:

You all right?

Yeah. I'm fine.

Were you having

that same dream as before?

No. I just...

I needed to get some air.

I was...

You're lying.

Please,

tell me what's going on.

Remember when I said

I was in this unit

looking for any soldiers

still loyal to Saddam?

Our job was more specific

than that.

We were given particular files,

high-value targets.

Like...

Like Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi.

One of the leaders

of the insurgency.

Alex, it's the middle

of the night.

Where the hell are you going?

Just wait here

and I'll explain

when I get back.

(Phone rings)

McBradden:
This is McBradden.

Leave a message.

(Keypad beeps, phone dials)

(Phone rings)

(Phone beeps on)

Alex.

Yeah, I'm on my way to see P.C.

and Donald.

McBradden's not picking up.

Poirier:
Go.

Just don't talk any business.

I'll track down McBradden.

Just a word of advice?

In the drug squad,

McBradden was a rock star.

And then she took over

Asian crime

and two years later,

she can't crack the Kam Tin.

Then along comes this ex-con

and he's a handshake away

from Donald wong.

She didn't want you

on this case,

which is why she wants

to keep you on her leash.

It's not my style.

Poirier:

So I hear.

Play safe.

Alex:
For some crooks,

it's all about the handshake.

Others, tone of voice.

(Hearty laughter)

Alex:
For Donald wong,

definitely the eye contact.

Hey, Donald.

He's trying to hire someone

to kill you.

Because he offered me

$50,000 if I did it myself.

(Stunned gasp) What?

Doesn't he know

you're my red pole;

that we grew up together?

Well, that's why he called me.

He's been washing our money

for years;

he knows we're close

and that I can get to you.

Crazy old bastard.

Donald:
Actually, you're

the idiot who walked in

while everybody was watching.

Now, I told him

it was your right

to collect from Bunny.

You just took things

a little too far,

as per usual.

He said if I didn't okay

your murder,

he'd go ahead and do it anyway.

(Laughs)

Bunny's a good kid.

I don't want anymore bad blood

between you guys.

So wear masks.

Make it look like a robbery.

Just make sure uncle dies.

Okay.

(Speaks cantonese)

(Computers keys clack,

mouse clicks)

McBradden:
Okay, come on.

Let's go.

Boy:

That's no fair!

You said if I made my bed

I could play Andkon.

I made my bed,

so you're a liar!

McBradden:

Come here.

Girl:
He's always on computer.

He's addicted.

McBradden:
I promise tonight you can

have a full hour of screen time.

Just get in.

Don't fight.

Stay here.

Morning.

Donald's ordered P.C.

to kill Bunny's uncle ho.

So we get P.C. trying kill

Bunny's uncle,

confront him with the evidence

and flip him for Donald.

Trying to kill him?

Mr. Hong will get a call

before you go in.

He'll slip out

and we'll have Donald

on conspiracy to commit murder.

Ho, not Hong.

You wanna save his life,

call him by the right name.

And you wanna leave a message

when you call at two

in the morning.

What're you doing

about the girl?

You get us Donald,

we get the girl.

You wait any longer,

she's gone.

Never come near my kids again.

Okay, guys!

(Phone keypad beeps)

Operator:

Crime stoppers.

Yeah, I think my neighbors

cooking meth in his basement.

Operator:

Why do you say that?

There's always this smell

like cat pee,

and I keep seeing cans

of paint thinner in the garbage.

Operator:

Anything else?

Yeah, the guy who lives there

right now, Bunny Ho,

he told me

he was a ghost eagle.

Aunt:

(Shouting in cantonese)

Get out! Off of my property!

Out of my sight!

My neighbours

are gonna see this!

(Shouting in cantonese)

Are you listening to me?!

Mel:

Alain Tremblay?

(Keys jangle)

You didn't trust me enough

to tell me your real name?

Who the hell was

"alain Tremblay"?

He was, uh...

24-years-old.

He was bored,

he was stupid,

so he joined the army.

Are you proud

of everything you did

when you were 24-years-old?

No, but nothing I did back then

causes me to wake up

in a cold sweat

six years later.

Then you are lucky.

Where did you go last night?

Alex,

what the hell is going on?

Mel, I'm working for the cops.

You remember my acquaintance

from prison?

If I can get close enough

to him and his boss,

I can gather enough evidence

to put them away.

What?

The cops are paying me

to infiltrate a Chinese triad...

The Kam Tin.

When were you planning

on telling me this?

You were the one who told me

to go to the cops.

I am just trying to do

the right thing.

By infiltrating a gang?

Yes.

Are you crazy?

No!

Yes.

I don't know.

You know what?

Maybe this is a chance

for you to do the right thing,

or maybe it's just a way

for you to feel like you did

when you were kicking down doors

in Baghdad.

I'm not a killer,

if that's what

you're trying to say.

Then who the hell are you?

(Keys jingle)

(Door opens, traffic rumbles,

horns honk)

(Hard kick, objects clatter)

(Alex's phone rings)

(Phone beeps on)

P.C.:

Hey, time to pay uncle a visit.

Spadina and dundas.

Bring masks.

(Phone snaps shut)

(Traffic whirs)

Alex:

According to the criminal code,

if you want to prove conspiracy

to commit murder,

you don't need a body,

just proof of intent.

Trouble is, crooks don't use

words like "murder"

or "kill".

So you learn to pick

your moments,

push their buttons

and hope for the best.

So, listen.

I was thinking

maybe there's a better way

to deal with uncle ho.

P.C.:
Hey, you got change?

Alex:
No.

P.C.:

Stupid machines.

Alex:
Yeah, well, we go see

uncle, we give him a choice:

Either give us ten grand

and leave town, or die?

Well, I sure as hell

am not gonna park

in that lot over there.

Those pricks are thieves.

Come on, make the call!

Make the call! Make the call!

Make the call!

You're worried about a buck?

When we can go in there,

we can make ten grand?

Because if Donald wants us

to kill uncle,

we kill uncle!

And if I get a ticket, you pay!

I think we have a bingo.

And such a clear signal.

P.C.:

Hey! Where's your boss?

(Cell phone rings)

(Gunshots pop, uncle screams)

(Pained grunts and cries)

P.C.:
Make sure he

doesn't call the cops!

Hey!

Have a seat.

(Phone rings)

(Speaks cantonese)

McBradden:
Mr. ho?

Alex:
Yes?

McBradden:
You're life's in danger.

Get out now.

You're about 20 seconds

too late,

but thanks for getting

the name right.

Hey! Hey!

Come on.

Hey!

(Gunshots fire rapidly)

Hey.

Give me that!

You move the car

before the cops come.

What?

Go!

(Pants heavily)

(Dumpster lid squeaks

and slams shut)

Alex:

Let's talk.

Yuen:

Nice work.

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