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Okay, look. I've got some

cash. Why don't you just take it...

...and leave?

- We don't want your money.

Take whatever you want

and I promise...

...I'll forget the fact that you

broke into my house.

- You don't get it.

- I think you were about to...

...shoot my brother.

- How are we supposed to...

...trust you now?

I wasn't gonna shoot him,

I was just gonna...

I was just gonna scare him off.

Okay, now listen...

If you guys leave now,

this ends here.

I haven't seen your faces.

And before you do

anything stupid...

...you gotta know that I'm a cop.

Why don't you tell us something

we don't already know?

Jake?

Francis Kesler, right?

Question...

Bad Motherf..er holds a

gun to your partner's head.

What do you do?

I'm thinking.

I think you lose.

You drop your f..ing gun.

All right.

Don't hit me so f..ing hard,

Kesler.

What the f..k was that?

I think you got shot.

No, it's b.s...

My team had you two...

...a**holes at gunpoint.

We could've shot you at any time.

Kesler, admit it.

My team won.

Listen. As I said,

you got shot. We didn't.

I'm telling you, I'm not

buying no beers today.

Fine. It's on me.

By the way, you owe me

a new shirt.

I'll let you know we didn't

pick the wrong house.

You seem a little confused,

Jake.

Who are you?

We ask the questions here.

Okay, listen. I don't know

what you're doing here but...

...you're not going to achieve

anything by bringing guns...

...into my home.

Trust me,

we know what we're doing.

Don't think we haven't come

prepared.

Why here? I'm nobody.

I'm just a simple cop.

You should give yourself

more credit. You're far more...

...useful than you think.

What? Are you not alone in

the house? Should I go check?

No. Don't need to check. My

daughter is spending the week...

...with her mom.

- You mean Kathy?

Why so surprised, Jake?

Like I said...

...we came prepared.

- What do you want?

Why are you here?

Relax. We're not here to

hurt anyone, all right?

Speaking of Kathy, I've heard

she had some trouble in school.

Listen, guys, you obviously

want something from...

...me, right? So why

don't you leave my daughter...

...out of it?

- I heard she was...

...expelled last week for fighting.

You heard wrong.

She's doing fine.

Didn't seem that way when...

...her mother dropped her

off here last night.

- What did you say to me?

- You wouldn't want us to wake...

...her up, now, would you?

- Don't play games with me.

When I look at you, I see

a pathetic, washed up cop who...

...doesn't give a sh*t about

anything. But strike a nerve...

...and it seems there's

some things you do...

...still care about.

Now, sit down.

Okay...

I'm not sure what you guys want.

But why don't we just get to it,

okay? C'mon, what is it?

Revenge?

Looking for some revenge?

Is that it? Did I hurt

someone you know...

...maybe a family member or

something? C'mon, what is it?

I already told you.

We're not here to hurt you...

...or your family, all right,

but there's something...

...that we need to do

and you can help us.

We want to bring justice to

this city, Jake, and although...

...it doesn't look like it

right now...

...we're the good guys.

Right. Right, that's right. I see

that good guys kidnap a cop...

...and his daughter.

- Guy's smart enough to know...

...what it takes to get people's

attention.

Congratulations.

You got mine.

Look, we know you spent the last

year on desk duty at the...

...downtown precinct on Kent

Street. We're not here for that.

We want to know about

your previous life.

I don't know what you guys are

talking about.

We're talking about that.

So what?

So, that's you.

Or it was you.

Tell us about this

previous life of yours.

After all, we are in the

presence of the...

...famous Jake Lamar.

Yeah, well don't believe

everything you read in the papers.

You don't look much like a

hero to me.

I'm not a hero, baby. Just a

simple guy doing his job.

Why were you transferred, Jake?

What happened to the pride

of Boston?

I just left is all. The rest,

that's my problem.

Everything became our problem

when we put a gun to your head.

Now, answer the question.

Why did you transfer out?

Your file doesn't say

anything about it.

You weren't fired.

You requested the transfer.

Do either of you guys have

any idea of what's it's like to...

...face a hostage taker?

It's not like working in

a bank. It's not like...

...working in an office.

You get it?

People's lives are in your hands.

You make a mistake, someone dies.

Answer the question.

Why did you leave?

Cause I f..ked up.

I failed.

I made a mistake. Okay?

Like I said, unlike working...

...in a f..king bank, in my case,

people died.

You've been a hostage

negotiator for 10 years...

...people died before. What was

so special about this case?

It was a school, man.

Okay, it was a school.

We weren't talking about people,

we were talking about kids here.

The Dumont tragedy?

Okay, enough. You're not

here to talk about my wife...

...you're not here to

talk about my work.

Okay?

So, what is it?

You're going to do

exactly as you're told...

...so that justice can be served.

As a cop...

...it's your job

to protect people...

...and yet you were

completely blind...

...to the threat this city faces.

You and the whole police

force are a joke.

You can't protect sh*t.

Jake...

We can save lives today, okay?

And maybe restore some amount of

faith in our system.

But we honestly can't do it

without your help.

Now I'm asking you, trust

us. And you will see the...

...real threat that's

been clouding the city.

The question is;

can we trust you?

What threat? Who's behind

it? Why should I trust you?

Just do as you're told.

And if you're even half as smart

as we think you are...

...you might just figure out.

This is what we have to do, Jake.

Nobody's doing a damn thing.

Somebody needs to step up.

I am not a police negotiator

anymore. I work a desk job in a...

...local police precinct, okay?

I've got no more...

...connections. I've got no

more power, for that matter.

So...

Maybe you picked the wrong

guy, pal. You made a mistake.

Don't insult us.

It's time.

For what?

I don't get it.

Enter your password.

What?

Do you realize what you're

asking me to do here?

This is classified information

about police personnel.

Yeah. We understand.

Your password, Jake.

Don't force me to do something

we'll both regret.

Man, please, c'mon, guys.

C'mon.

Don't make me do this.

Jake, I swear to you we have

no intentions of harming anyone...

...but what we're about

to expose...

...is far more important than

some ridiculous security breach.

I may not be much of a

cop anymore...

...but I think I would have an

idea if there was a threat...

...against this city.

- Yeah?

Yeah.

Did you guys know about the

Benson Tower? The Mandel hotel?

Or the Dumont school?

No.

We're dealing with a group powerful

enough to hit us and cover it up...

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