Die Fighting
- Fabien garcia,
one of the leading members
of the martial arts action
team known as the z team,
has just received
the male action performer
of the year award
for his first short film.
Fabien and his friends
have been training in china
for the past nine years,
notably at the famous
shaolin monastery.
Fabien, this award
is a very good start.
So what's the next step
for you and your team?
- We all want to move
to hollywood,
take our chances
and see what happens.
- Hollywood?
- C'mon, man.
You don't have to do this sh*t.
C'mon, man, sh*t, man.
Just lemme go, alright?
Just...
- Are you happy now?
- Happy birthday, baby.
Happy birthday, man.
Nice camera, dude.
Ahh, that's so cute.
The camera model you wanted.
- You're welcome.
Happy birthday.
- That's nice, wow.
to shoot your next
award-winning show film.
- Just need something
to shoot now.
- Another gift.
- Ooh, who is this one from?
- Don't know.
Just some address.
- That's weird.
Ooh, eh?
- Wow, a slate.
- Nice.
"The price of success."
Yeah.
- And... action.
Here is my wife.
- Hi, baby.
- Here's her friend.
Hello.
And here is our buddy, jess.
Are you happy to be
going back to china?
- I miss you already.
What's that?
I say, are you happy
to be going back to china?
- Oh!
What?
- I haven't told fabien yet.
Oh, sorry.
- You haven't told fabien what?
- ...'cause I wanted
to make sure I had the job
before telling you.
And I know how important
it is to you
that the z team succeed
here in l.A.
- And I thought it was
important for all of us.
Of course.
I mean, I'd rather stay here
with you guys
but our careers aren't even
close to being off the ground.
- To tell you the truth,
I already knew
you were leaving.
I'm sorry.
- Oh. Of course, it's hard
to keep a secret
between brothers, meilu.
- Yeah, but you
could have told me.
- When are you leaving?
- They want me
to work for them before
the Hong kong film festival.
- He is very famous in china.
I think it's great.
You should be proud, jess.
- Thank you.
- You'll be close to.
- Yeah, instead of becoming.
- You see, that's why
I didn't tell you.
Hey, guys, chill out.
Let's go have a drink, huh?
C'mon.
- You know what?
We all just need to grow up.
We cannot keep chasing
this dream forever.
- Did you get that?
Why would you say that?
Okay, let's turn off
this camera.
- No, no, no. Keep recording.
I want to see that.
Okay.
- We need to be more realistic.
I mean, don't you think
if we were good enough
we'd already be making
our movie by now?
I mean, we've got talent
and, fabien,
you're a good director
but the business is tough.
I think maybe it's time
for all of you
to start considering
something else.
- I just think we don't
want it bad enough.
We need to get out there,
make sacrifices.
Sacrifices?
I left my wife in china
to be here.
- I know.
I just think we're waiting
too long for things to happen.
For spielberg to come
get all of you.
We need to fight for it.
He has to be all existence.
- That's a bit much,
don't you think?
- No, I don't.
I don't want to die
before we've made our movie.
And we're getting old.
- You make it sound so easy.
I mean, yeah, winning an award
for a short film is one thing
but getting money
for a feature film,
that's much harder.
You need money, a lot of money.
Why don't you understand that?
- If you spent as much time
helping us find that money
as you spent
finding your new job,
maybe we would be
shooting by now.
Fabien!
- Look, sorry, for having
other ambitions.
knocking down spielberg's door.
- You know what? F*** you.
This is important for me.
You guys don't really
give a sh*t.
Aw, fabien...
Okay, let's turn
this thing off.
Hey babe, are you there?
- Did you get a call back?
- Yeah, exactly...
- She's gonna be so pissed.
- Yeah, much more
than you think.
- Yeah, I know we're late.
- No, you're just in time.
What?
- Listen to me carefully.
- Who are you?
Who I am is not important.
What's important
is that I have meilu.
- Is this a joke?
Unfortunately for you,
it's not.
But if you do everything
as I say,
then she won't get hurt.
- You're kidding, right?
Stop asking questions.
I have meilu.
That should be
your only concern.
- How do I know
you're telling the truth
and you simply
haven't stolen her phone?
Give her the phone.
I'll send you something.
- Who is this guy?
- Oh, f***!
- God!
- We need to call the police.
- Can't be real, right?
- If you lay a hand on her...
Now that I have
your attention,
her future's in your hands,
so all four of you
go to the trash can
in front of you.
There's a black bag in it.
Take it out and open it.
- To the trash can.
- Why the trash can?
Hey, what's happening?
What did he say?
What's going on?
- I don't know.
- This is crazy.
- What is this?
- Fabien, do you know anyone
who wants to hurt you?
- No.
- Do you owe someone money?
- No.
- Come on, there's
got to be someone.
- I don't know what,
I don't know.
- Just calm down.
Let's figure this out.
What's in the bag?
- Yeah, what's in the bag?
What's this?
- Call the police.
I wouldn't do that
if I were you.
That call will bring
her immediate death.
I don't think you understand
the gravity of this situation.
Perhaps if I send you one of
meilu's pretty little fingers,
you'll start listening to me.
- What do you want?
Each one of you
take a collar
and fasten it around your neck.
When attached,
that collar will transmit
a gps signal of your location.
And if you take it off,
I'll know it and meilu dies.
Now throw your personal
cell phones into the trash can.
is programmed to call one number
and that's mine.
And you can't use it
for any other purpose.
And if you don't listen,
then meilu dies.
And if you try to contact
the cops, then she dies.
And if you do anything
other than what I say, she dies.
- Okay, we do what you want.
In five minutes,
which is right down the street.
And you're to unload that truck
of its precious cargo.
- It's a trick, right?
You have four minutes
before the truck's arrival.
Good luck.
- An armored truck?
- He has meilu.
- That means he's f***ed up.
- Hey, we can't let fabien
do it alone, right?
- Look, we have to help him.
He's watching us.
He'll know if we don't.
- We have four minutes to
get there before that truck.
I don't have a choice.
- Three minutes now.
- F***.
- Sh...
- Do you realize
what he's asking us to do?
- We get it, didier.
- We get it.
to the security guard.
- There is no time for that.
Jess, lohan, are you with me?
- Yes, I'm in.
- If something goes wrong,
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