Making 'The Score' Page #5

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Never took long shots.

I'm gonna say something to you.

You're smart, you're talented

and you know a few things...

but talent means nothing

if you don't make the right choices.

There's talented people out there

who never see daylight anymore.

Last thing, it takes discipline...

because this whole game

is one big long shot...

and if you don't have the discipline

to stay away from the fliers...

or from the gambles or whatever else

you wanna call a stupid move...

then, my friend, I'm afraid to say,

one day you will go down.

It's inevitable.

You want my advice?

Make a list of everything

you want now...

and plan on spending the next

Slowly, piece by piece.

I see what you're saying.

But still, I'm looking at you,

and you got all this already...

and you're sitting here with me,

working with a partner...

in the city where you live, on a job

that's gotten more complicated...

than you thought it was gonna be.

So I know you're still

taking a shot at something.

I gotta go.

See ya tomorrow.

The maintenance crews

come in the tunnels by 6a.m.

I gotta be back in the hole by 5:30.

As soon as the guards leave,

you gotta tell me right away.

- You can't be late.

- I'm not worried about my end.

I'm wondering how you're gonna

break that safe in half an hour.

You know, I mean--

- Is that even possible?

- Just physics.

- How long is that gonna take?

- Twelve, fifteen minutes, tops.

Fifteen minutes, tops?

Okay. Okay.

Then if you're on the box by 5:00,

the prize goes in the bag by 5: 1 5.

- You got no problem at all.

- 5:
1 5, 5:30, I'm back in the hole.

- You reset the system.

- That's perfect.

I'll pack up my sh*t.

I can meet you here.

- We can go to Max, or I can--

- We're not gonna meet back here.

- I'll meet you at Max's, then.

- No.

You'll finish out your shift.

I go to Max. He does his thing.

He pays us off.

We never see each other again.

Forget it. Just forget it.

I'm gonna come with you to Max's.

- We'll deliver it together.

- No, you're not.

Listen. I've done this

down to the last detail.

Don't put me on the sideline

when it's time to collect.

- Don't do it.

- Listen to me.

You do anything out of the ordinary,

you're gonna get made.

Do you understand that?

Be smart. Finish out your shift.

- You're the boss.

- Okay.

Steven got these from a supplier.

They're throwaways.

Totally untraceable.

People are talking. They say Max

is in trouble with Teddy Salida...

and he's pulling off a big job

to get rid of him.

That's what they say?

Maybe you should

walk away from this one.

What are you doing down here?

Jesus Christ,

you scared the sh*t out of me.

What the hell are you

doing down here?

Did you involve

Teddy Salida in this?

- What? Teddy Salida?

- Yeah.

- Why would you say that?

- I see these guys outside.

They look like

they might be with him.

How much you into him for?

Four million.

Look, how do you think

I got all this?

They gave it to me

and the house in Bermuda?

What's the matter with you?

What's he know?

- About what?

- About what we're doing.

Nothing. I told him I found

something that would go for eight...

and that we'd

split the profits, that's all.

What are you actually

selling the scepter for, Max?

$30 million.

Jesus.

Max, what were you thinking?

What was I thinking?

The same thing you were thinking.

How are we gonna get out from under

all this bullshit we've been living?

The chance came. Took it.

- It's gonna work out fine.

- No, it's not.

- What do you mean, it's not?

- It's not. It's a mess.

- It's not gonna work.

- Wait. Wait a f***ing minute.

This is absolutely clean, Nick.

What are you worried about?

Jesus Christ, it's my ass

on the line anyway, not yours.

I'm not taking

the biggest gamble of my life...

so I can hand my money over

to Teddy Salida.

You think you're not gonna get

your f***ing money?

Look, there's two things

you gotta know.

One is you're gonna get

every f***ing red cent.

And, yeah,

Teddy knows a little.

- He knows?

- He does a little, I said.

- So you did lie?

- Yeah, lied! Sh*t happens, man!

Christ Almighty!

I lied for you and I lied for me.

I had to say something

to get you to suit up, like always.

I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna do it.

It's a tiny door. Open the door.

Take the sh*t.

Close the door. We're out.

There's too much bullshit

around it.

What's that?

The buyer.

Real simple. You call him

when you get the scepter.

He'll meet you at the airstrip

There's a little town called

St. Croix.

You give him the scepter,

he gives you the cash.

You take your cut

and you wire me the rest.

I'll give Teddy his,

and you're clean.

It's too risky.

Can't.

You don't know

what you're doing.

You know how long we go back?

Twenty-five years.

I'm gonna tell you something.

For the first time in my life,

I'm scared.

I don't know why it is.

I was never scared before...

but I'm scared now, Nick.

And you're right about Teddy.

He's gonna blow me away if he can.

If I don't get him his money, he--

Man, he--

Hey, don't-don't-don't-don't

let me slide on this one.

I can't afford it, man.

I can't--

I can't scrap it out anymore.

I gotta have some slack.

All right. Okay.

I hope you're not f***ing me up.

I'm going down to check the power.

- How much more equipment you got?

- Here you go.

- Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

- It's okay, Brian.

- Come on in.

- It's my radio.

- Hey, what's all the commotion?

- Don't worry, Danny.

- They're beefing things up.

- What for?

- A few cameras in the basement.

- Like we're gonna lose it, right?

- Lose what?

- That thing in the piano leg.

- The big gold thing?

- Some French national treasure.

- It's called a scepter.

- Some expert saw those pictures.

Now we're getting calls

from the central office.

Hey, it's me.

Yeah, we got a problem.

They got a camera over

the main door here, covering that.

They got a camera here,

looking right across the middle.

They got one special

just on the box...

sees this entire cage.

This camera looking at the box...

how high is it from the floor

and how low is it from the ceiling?

Probably 1 0, 1 2 feet up

off the floor.

Four feet down from the ceiling.

I think we're f***ed.

So let me--

When I'm here...

you'll cut the feed when I get

across here, then you'll restore it.

Then when I'm ready here,

you'll cut it again...

and I'll go to work here.

I don't know about that, man.

They know what it is so now they're

gonna move it as soon as they can.

We're not gonna get another chance.

We gotta go now or we don't go at all.

Hi, Doug. Hi.

- Hi, Henri.

- Hi, Brian.

- Okay. Thank you.

- No problem.

- Hi, Danny.

- Hello, Brian.

Oh, look at you.

What fancy new shoes.

Yeah. Yeah, my mom

got those for me.

- Oh, your mom gave you those?

- I think you got a girl.

No girl, Danny.

You're a stinker.

Well, you and your new shoes can

give me a hand up on six tonight.

We're gonna wax

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