Direct Contact

You think you're a big shot.

Don't you?

You...

Nope.

You've been nine months here.

You pay nothing.

Well l'm sorry.

Are you stupid?

Well that's all l've got.

l should kill you right now.

Well what are you waitin' for?

That's no way

to start a friendship.

Visitor.

You don't look too good,

Mr. Riggins.

l'm Clive Connelly.

l'm an attach?

at the American Embassy

in Gourna.

l'm here to help you.

Well, l've been here for

almost a year now.

The American government's

a little reluctant to help

an ex-Special Forces

who gets himself...

locked up

for smuggling weapons.

- You f***ed up.

- No sh*t.

Mike, l hope you don't mind

me callin' you Mike...

'cause l understand

you got a problem with authority.

You think you're special.

Laws don't apply to you.

Obviously you're wrong

about that, pal.

So get to your point.

Well...

you're a permanent resident

of the worst f***in' prison

in the world.

You owe a lot of money

to a couple 'a very

dangerous men.

You stay in here much longer

you're gonna be a dead man.

You're a dead man

on the outside, unless...

Unless what?

l got a proposition for you.

One that could

get you outta here...

with a hundred thousand dollars

in your pocket.

We have a complex situation.

One that's a little too

politically delicate...

for us to be directly involved in.

An American citizen

has been kidnapped.

She's been held

for the past eighteen months...

at a compound

near the Black Sea.

By this man. Vlado Karadjov.

Calls himself a warlord.

So why didn't you go

get her yourself?

l guess diplomacy failed.

The f*** wanted money.

The American government

doesn't pay ransoms.

All right.

l'll get you the girl, but,

it's gonna cost you

two hundred thousand.

Fine.

- When do l get my money?

- Ten thousand now.

The rest when you deliver the girl.

Twenty now.

l just happen...

to have an extra ten grand.

Now, my number is on speed dial

on the cell phone.

And this is a list of people

that may be helpful to you.

There could be one problem.

The girl might resist.

We think she's been drugged.

What do you mean?

One of our negotiators

was allowed to talk to her.

He got the impression that she...

was developing sympathy

for her kidnappers.

Which isn't that uncommon

when you've been kept

for this long a period.

We think the first guy

you should visit is here.

Zoran Posternoff.

He runs a nightclub

in the City Center named...

Club Thirty-three. l know.

Where's Zoran?

Riggins.

What the hell

are you doing here?

Business.

Business? Sit down.

Business?

You owe me thirty thousand.

l got ten right here.

- And?

- The rest, if you help me.

- How?

- l need to see Vlado Karadjov.

Why?

He's holding an American

girl hostage.

Take my advice.

Karadjov has powerful allies.

Nobody fucks with him

and lives to tell about it.

Nobody.

- So where can l find him?

- Okay.

Wait here.

l'm gonna see

what l can do for you.

Okay?

Hi. You want a drink?

You read my mind.

l'll have raki.

- Make it big.

- Okay.

You're American,

you stay in Gourna?

Well, that depends on you two.

Here's to having a good time.

You are coming with us.

Hold him down.

You still owe me ten.

Remember, ten.

Nice to see you haven't changed.

Get him out of here.

Move.

What are you doing in my city?

l'm here about a woman.

What woman?

Ana Gale.

How much?

What do you mean?

Each time someone

comes with a bigger offer.

Only not big enough.

How much this time?

Nothin'.

Nothing?

Nothing.

Her family wants her back.

lf you come here again,

l am not going

to just shoot you.

See, l don't like guns.

You shoot people,

and hospitals keep them alive.

Okay. We're through.

- What else you got?

- What else?

You got the Gloc

G-two eighty-two

that can open a hole inside

of a tank, you know?

Baretta ninety-two

with ultra fire.

Also, AK-forty-seven

with extended rounds.

Uh, titanium hull points.

What else you can

possibly need?

How about some

night-vision optics,

some stun grenades.

C-four.

Are you going to fight

a f***ing army?

And some remote bomb triggers.

Whatever.

Well, l got an appointment

with Vlado Karadjov.

- Are you crazy?

- Apparently.

Have you picked out

your coffin yet?

He lives in a military base.

He's friends with General Drago.

The Butcher of Sobrewsky, he

make Milosevic look like a lump.

Oh, l know.

You don't have chance. Oh.

Where is that base?

Mama, Mama.

Vlado.

General Drago

Don't be scared.

Let's try that again.

l'm here to rescue you.

You're goin' home.

You won't scream?

Are you sure?

Help. Help.

Let go.

Get in.

Come on.

Let me go.

Hey, you gonna stop fighting,

and get in the car?

No.

Okay.

- Don't you dare.

- Come on, you. Get in.

Let me go.

Let me out of here.

Let me out of here. Let me go.

You son of a b*tch.

Let me out of here.

l could have been killed.

You gonna try to run again?

No.

Who the hell

do you think you are?

Well, l'm here to get you away

from the kidnappers.

What kidnappers?

Vlado Karadjov.

l wasn't kidnapped.

- You weren't?

- No.

You weren't drugged

or somethin'?

What? No.

Well, why were you

with Vlado then?

Because l wanted to be.

l work for a health organization.

l came here two years ago

after a meningitis outbreak.

Once we got it under control...

he made me an offer to take care

of his hemophiliac son.

Look. Somethin' isn't right here.

What's not right

is that you kidnapped me.

My information says you

were abducted.

Well you'd better check

your sources again...

because l'm going to the police,

- and l'm going to talk...

- Look, park your tongue...

for a second so l could think.

All right. l'm gonna take you to

the American Embassy in Luka.

Why?

Because they're payin' me

to bring you back.

Paying you?

l was at the Embassy five

months ago to extend my visa.

All right, well,

l can't go back without you, so...

you're comin' with me.

Get in the car.

Hey. Stay quiet.

Sit.

Good morning,

American Embassy.

How may l direct your call?

Mike Riggins for

Mr. Clive Connelly.

- Are you sure, sir?

- Yeah, l'm sure. He's a, um,

attach? for you guys.

l'll check for you, sir.

Please hold.

- Hello, sir?

- Hello?

There's no one

listed by that name.

What, did you check

all departments?

Yes sir.

No listing for Clive Connelly.

No Clive Connelly?

Nope. l'm sorry, sir.

- Hello?

- Mike. Clive Connelly.

Yeah, l called the Embassy.

You're no attach? or...

Mike, let me explain.

Explain what?

Mike, Clive Connelly's

not my real name.

What are you talkin' about?

lt's an alias l use. l told you this

is a sensitive situation.

This is bullshit.

l spoke to this girl.

She's...she was...

she wasn't kidnapped.

Mike. She's been brainwashed.

She lives in a Army camp

for God's sake.

She's become sympathetic

to her kidnappers.

- l told you that.

- What?

Ask her her name.

- Go ahead. Ask her her name.

- What's your name?

- My name?

- Your name. What's your name?

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