Shanghai Kiss Page #6

leave me here to rot?

Leave you here to rot?

You live in Beverly Hills,

for christ's sake!

I wish I lived

where you lived.

Can we please just go

see this movie? Please?

I'm gonna get you

a Sugar Sally.

Don't you have

any feelings at all?

Your grandmother died.

Don't you feel sad about that?

(lasers fire)

(explosion)

I mean, don't you

feel sad about anything?

You're like a f***ing robot,

and now you're going to China

For some girl you've only

known for two days?

Do you really think

you're gonna find what

you're looking for out there?

You need to calm down.

I'm going outside.

Wait. Just--

just wait!

I like you, Adi.

I really do.

It scares me

how much I like you.

Then why are you leaving?

Because I feel

empty here.

I, like--

it's like I'm pissing

my life away.

L.A. Is a cold

and desolate place,

Adi, it really is.

It's like sucking

the life right out of me!

Maybe it's you, Liam!

You ever think about that?

Huh? Maybe it's

you sucking the life

out of yourself!

You're just a kid, Adi!

Go home.

Don't go to Shanghai.

Please don't go!

It'll be a mistake!

You know it'll be a mistake!

(folk music playing)

fell in love

with a girl

lost my hold on

this whole world

sad to say,

it's sad but true

there's nothing more

that we could do

but love

just don't quit

so hard to see

from where we sit

love just don't quit

it's not a box,

there ain't no lid

holidays

time of year

call them close

and hold them near

some souls come

and some don't show

round and round

and round it goes

but love

just don't quit

so hard to see

from where we sit

love just don't quit

it's not a box,

there ain't no lid

some years pass

in a day

some things change

and some things fade

some days it seems

like nothing's new...

- (Liam and Micki laughing)

- you have me and I have you

'cause love

just don't quit

hard to see

from where we sit

love just don't quit

it's not a box,

there ain't no lid

give it out

and let it in.

(horn honks)

- Junk!

- ALL:
Wha!

- Yeah yeah.

- (all speaking Chinese)

Uh, excuse me, Messieurs?

Do you speak-a

ze English?

I need a-- umbrella.

Umbrella?

(all speaking Chinese)

Raining, raining.

(speaks Chinese)

Dude, dude, they have

umbrellas right here.

- Right there.

- Thank you, thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Thank you.

(speaking Chinese)

Hey, 10, 10.

- LIAM:
ech.

- MICKI:
it's good,

You should try.

It's so shiny.

I'm gonna get blinded by it.

No, but it's dessert.

You like.

Let's go to McDonald's.

This food is scaring me.

Oh, that stuff will

kill you faster than poison.

Somewhere out there

is a bunch of angry,

feetless chicken.

- (laughs)

- "Ah!"

Didn't your mother

ever tell you not to

play with your food?

I don't know,

I don't have a mother.

Everybody has

a mother.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine,

it's just...

I don't really

remember her.

I mean, I have

memories but...

I don't know

which ones are real

and which ones I created

because I needed them.

You don't have to

talk about this.

No it's-- it's good.

It's good to talk about it.

What happened?

Well, it was

my birthday,

I was six,

and we were coming

home from dinner.

We didn't have

much money back then,

so going out to eat

was special, you know.

Um, so I wanted to

order something special.

And after looking over

the menu for 30 minutes,

I saw that they

had turtle soup.

And I thought, "whoa,

wouldn't it be cool

to go to school on

Monday and tell everyone

that I had turtle?"

Mmm.

But on the way

to the bathroom,

I saw the live turtle

in the kitchen,

and I started crying.

I could--

I could never eat such

a beautiful animal.

And so I burst

into the kitchen

like a knight

rescuing a princess,

I grabbed the turtle

and I-- I burst out.

Right? And after my parents

calmed down the kitchen,

My mom said that I could

keep-- keep the turtle

as a birthday present.

So it was sitting

on my lap in the car,

and my father

was driving.

He-- he may have

been drunk.

I'm-- I'm not sure.

But they started

arguing in Chinese.

Every time they argue

in Chinese, I know

something's wrong.

Uh...

The rest is a blur.

Next thing I know,

the car is flipped

upside-down on the side

of the road,

There's this shard

of glass jutting from

my mother's neck,

Blood's dripping down

her white blouse.

I never did find out what

happened to the turtle.

You want to go

see a movie?

They have

movies here, right?

- Of course.

- I'm gonna go to

the men's room,

then we can

go see a movie.

(film characters

speaking Chinese)

I can't watch this.

Why not?

Because the rock sounds

like Richard Simmons,

that's why not.

Who's Richard Simmons?

Never mind.

Who's the rock?

I'm gonna get

something to drink--

I'll be right back.

Okay.

(touchtones)

- (phone ringing)

- Hey, you've reached Adi.

she's not here right now

to take your call.

I know because I'm her.

(beeps)

(tires screech)

(men speaking

Chinese)

Get in the car!

Did you say "get in the car"?

Why would I get in the car?

(speaks Chinese)

Get in the car.

Okay?

Okay?

Yeah.

You hit me.

Yes, very good.

Very smart.

And people are

always complaining about

American education system.

What do you want?

Where are you from?

Here and there.

I get around.

Where are you from?

I'm from Los Angeles.

California.

It's beautiful there,

isn't it?

- It's okay.

- Beautiful women too.

I've never been myself,

But I watch

Hollywood movies...

Like "Charlie's Angels."

You've seen

"Charlie's Angels"?

It's not one

of my favorites.

Um, I found the--

the plot to be lacking.

(guffaws)

plot?!

Who needs plot when

you have crazy American

women running around?

Right?

Something doesn't

make sense to me.

You see, you have

"Charlie's Angels"

And the crazy

American girls,

yet you still feel

the need to come here

and steal our women.

I don't know what

you're talking about.

I'm talking about

my girlfriend, Micki.

Lately she's been

acting very strange.

Always busy.

Do you know what

she's doing every day?

I have no idea.

Who do you think

you are, huh?

You Americans think you

can take anything you want.

- I don't think that.

- You don't think that?!

Who discovered America?

Who discovered

America?

- Christopher Columbus?

- (laughs)

I forget--

that's what you learned

in school, right?

But I want to find out

how he can discover

A country with already

Where are they now?

They welcomed you

with opened arms

And you killed

them all.

I guess we had

different textbooks, huh?

Look, I'm Chinese.

My parents

went to America

As immigrants.

You will never

be Chinese.

You were raised on

cheeseburgers and pizza.

You may think

you have discovered China,

but we have been here

for thousands of years,

and I am not going to

stand around and watch you

take what's rightfully mine.

(speaks Chinese)

(grunts)

(birds chirping)

(speaking Chinese)

Hi. You-- you have

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