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to that? That's the favourite

over there with his tail up.

Lookin' all washy, foamin'

in the mouth, lookin' all rank and sh*t.

- Uh-huh.

- Supposed to be the favourite, but he

don't even feel like runnin' today.

- We don't go with him.

He's-He's out. Not at all.

- Okay.

Now, the six horse.

The six horse looks great. Got

a shiny coat, that bouncy walk.

That horse is live.

And that trainee/jockey combo?

You can't lose on that.

- What do you think?

- l got two words for you: seek help.

Oh, and l have three words

for you:
exacta.

- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm. Come on.

- And away they go!

- Come on!

- With lndia Lucky on the outside.

- Come on!

Okay, we're in good shape.

We're in good shape.

- The six horse is last.

- Don't worry about that.

That's his style.

- What? To run last?

- To run late.

- They come now in full speed.

Pretty Prince on the outside.

- See?

The favorite's fading and the four horse

is in the lead, just like l said.

- Our guy is still last.

- Don't worry about that. He'll

be runnin' at the quarter pole.

Come on, six horse!

Come on, Russell!

- We need first and second?

- First and second. Come on, Russell!

- Who's Russell?

- The jockey. Come on, Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- How much do we win?

- Eight hundred dollars.

Come on, Russell.

- We win $800?

- Eight hundred dollars.

- Come on, Russell.

- Come on, Russell!

- Come on, Russell.

- Russell!

- Get that 800, Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Let's go, Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Way to go, Russell! Come on!

- Come on, Russell!

- Go, go, Russ!

- Russell! Russell!

- Come on, Russell!

- Go, Russ!

- We won! We won!

- Oh, sh*t! We lost!

- We won!

- We lost!

- We won!

- You wanna bet?

- You wanna bet on whether we

just won? What, are you crazy?

- Russell, you midget f***!

- He won!

- You little midget--

- He won!

- Hey, we won!

- He won!

- Yea!

- Way to go, Russell!

Way to go, Russell!

- Hey, Russell!

-Sorry about that, Russell.

-Don't worry about him, Russell.

-Hey, Russell, it's cool.

- Twelve dollars on the

next race on number eight.

- How long you been comin' here?

About six years. My old partner

turned me on to this place.

- ls it always like this?

- Well, occasionally you lose,

but today we are winners.

- That's right.

- Pay the winners, please.

Oh, Benjamin.

Benjamin looks so sad. l'm in

such a wonderful mood, Benjamin.

Here you go.

There's your share.

- Wait, wait. That's only three.

- What?

Oh, you got good eyes.

- That's part of your training.

l was making sure you can--

- That's right.

Hello.

Okay. l'm on my way.

Let's go.

Gonna need another

R.A. unit!

- What's the 10-20 on the incident?

- Shreve, right on the corner.

- Man, this looks like a sh*t sandwich.

- Yeah.

You see this car? l'm riding

around in a shitmobile...

and Solis got this out

of impound for 14 grand.

- lt's worth at least 30.

- Yeah, police corruption's everywhere.

Bastard.

Where's Solis?

Right. Okay. You relax.

Joe-- Joe--

Thirty-two minutes ago, the silent alarm

went off, then the fire alarm.

There was a unit about a block away.

The suspect got trapped inside.

- You got any verification

on numbers?

- So far, we've only seen

and talked to one suspect.

He calls himself Joe. Now there's no

confirmation, but there could be more.

An employee escaped

through the rear door.

As far as we can ascertain, there's

two jewellers, two salespeople...

a manager, security guard, elderly

woman; we believe one other female.

Now listen, this particular

store is where they do a lot

of jewellery making and repair.

On any given day, they can have between

eight and ten million in raw stones.

So they sure sh*t didn't just wander in.

They knew what they were lookin' for.

- What have you promised them?

- Just that l'd talk to my superiors.

- You locate any good

points of entrance?

- The place is designed to be a vault.

Let me know

when you got a visual.

Okay.

Tape's rolling.

- Yeah.

- Hello, Joe. l'm lnspector Roper.

- How you people doin' in there?

- Good.

Solis is off the job now.

l'm the guy who's authorized to

give you everything you want.

First, l gotta come down there

and talk to you.

- No, you don't.

- Uh, yes, l do, Joe.

l have to come down there...

and l have to talk to you

to make sure that there are

no misunderstandings...

and make sure nobody is hurt in there

before we can take care of business.

All right, Roper.

You wanna come? Come.

Listen, Joe. l'm not armed,

okay? We gotta operate

on trust here. l'm not armed.

l'm gonna come down there and

l'm gonna talk to you and get you guys

out of there as soon as possible.

Five minutes.

This is obviously the part

of the job that sucks.

- We got a standby on call.

- You got it?

Hey, hey, hey.

How can he be sure

the guy won't shoot him?

He can't.

Right there.

- Can l put my hands down?

- Where l can see 'em.

You're Roper, and you're

in charge, right?

- Yep.

- Good. You listen up.

l say this one time.

l want a four-wheel drive vehicle.

New, perfect condition.

l want a uniformed cop.

Drive it up right here.

You leave the engine running.

He walks to the end of the

block. Then we'll come out.

l know all the tricks, so no

remote control devices, okay?

When l say perfect condition,

l mean, if it's low in wiper fluid...

someone gets shot,

and we'll start again.

l want a plane waitin' at the airport.

l'll tell him where l'm goin'

when l get there.

- ls that all?

- For now, that's all.

Okay, Joe, you're gonna get

all those things, but first

you gotta do something for me.

l want you to let me come inside

and take a look around and make

sure everybody's all right.

- You just do sh*t for me right now.

- Wait a minute, Joe.

l'm doin' a lot for you, okay?

You gotta do somethin' for me.

You gotta show an act of good faith.

Let me have one hostage.

l'll give you somethin'. Here.

ln 15 minutes, it'll be a bigger

piece. We understand each other?

- Yeah, we understand each other.

- Good.

No, no, no, please!

No, sir, not to the best

of my knowledge.

- That's correct.

- Yes, sir.

That's right. He's here right

now. Let me get back to you.

We're gonna have to take

this guy out.

Well, can't we

wear him down?

Now, l believe there's at least

one fatality in there already.

l think it was gunfire

that set the fire alarm off.

l think this guy is working

by himself 'cause the whole time

l was talkin' to him...

he had a hostage and he had a gun to her

head, and he wouldn't leave the doorway.

He's got a real calm and creepy

demeanour. The guy's a f***ing wacko.

The scariest thing about him

is he indicated familiarity

with our techniques.

- So what do you want to do? You

wanna go in there and get him,

or wait for him to come out?

- Let him come out.

- There's too many unknowns in there.

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