The Commuter Page #5

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-And I thought my life sucked.

Are we gonna play or what?

Right.

I'm out.

So, I heard something

earlier today,

a hypothetical question.

What was the question?

What if someone asked you

to do one little thing,

something that's

meaningless to you,

but would affect another

passenger on this train?

Would you do it?

I don't know.

What's in it for me?

$100,000.

Absolutely.

You don't

even know what it is.

It doesn't matter. Come on.

So what is

that one little thing?

A passenger on this train

doesn't belong.

They're carrying a bag,

but you don't know

what it looks like.

All you have to do

is find them

before they get off.

That's it?

It's not much to go on, Mike.

Tell me about it.

What happens

when you find 'em?

They die. Hypothetically.

So what would you do, Mike?

I'd get all the people

left on the train in one car,

propose that very scenario.

No, no, no, no.

I mean, would you

take the money?

You know what? I already did.

-You see, I count five.

-Five what?

Five people left

that don't belong.

Five people on this train

that I've never seen before.

The lady right here.

The young girl with the

pink hair at the window.

Mr. Goldman Sachs over there.

My friend with the guitar.

And you.

I'm Jackson.

-You know what I would do?

-Tell me.

I would pocket that 100 grand,

find the guy,

tell him to

take a different train.

All right.

All in.

For real? All right.

So, you never

answered the question.

What question?

What are you doing

on this train?

Maybe I'm like you.

Maybe I wanna

see the end of the line.

Wait a minute. Excuse me.

I call.

This is a monthly pass.

You're a regular commuter.

Yeah. And I have a full house.

-What do you have?

-That's it for me.

I'm sorry.

So what if I'm this guy

you're talking about?

-Are you?

-If I was?

Someone wants you dead.

I can help you, but I

need to know what you know,

why you're going

to Cold Spring,

what's in that case.

-It's just a guitar.

-Open it.

You wanna help me?

Why should I trust you?

Open the case.

So what do we do now?

You and I go to carriage one,

barricade ourselves inside.

And then, what,

you gonna find this killer,

take him down yourself?

Gonna try.

Obviously, I'm not Prynne.

But you seem to have

figured that out already.

That's a left-handed guitar.

What's that got to do with it?

Hey, man, are you okay?

Yeah.

The gun's in your right hand.

Well, sh*t.

I guess that's why

she chose you.

Four passengers left.

Which one is it?

I don't know.

All you got to lose

and you don't know.

You killed that agent.

No, that's on you, man.

How much is she paying you

to kill the witness?

Same as you, I guess.

But that's not really

how it works out, is it?

No matter how much they pay,

you always end up owing more.

Who's Prynne, Michael?

Tell me now.

No.

You have no idea

who you're up against.

-Do you?

-Yes, Michael. I do.

-Drop it.

-Take it easy.

Turn around.

Who's Prynne?

-I don't know.

-You're lying.

Don't be stupid. Stop.

Not until Prynne is dead.

I can't let you do that.

You're out of time.

Who's Prynne?

It doesn't matter.

Your guy is dead.

You have the gun?

Take it, Michael.

Take the weapon.

Kill Prynne, retrieve the bag,

and your family lives.

-I am not gonna do this.

-You can't have it both ways.

You can save the witness

or your family.

You know who Prynne is,

don't you?

It's time to finish

what you started.

Now arriving Garrison, folks.

Hey, Mike, what happened

to the guy with the guitar?

He got off.

I better not be staying at

a bed and breakfast this time.

No way.

Next stop, Cold Spring.

This train terminates

at Cold Spring.

-All that's left is you.

-What?

Why are you going

to Cold Spring?

That's none of your business.

-What's in the bag?

-My God.

What is with you people

and my bag? Jeez.

-Hey.

-Prynne?

What are you doing?

-Let go of me.

-I'm trying to help you.

Seriously, come on,

do something.

-Who is that?

-What's your problem?

Mike, you gotta

let the lady go.

You don't get it, do you?

She wants you dead.

You witnessed a murder.

You have something

that she wants,

something she's

willing to kill for.

Okay, Mike, you gotta

let her go. Let the lady go.

-Mike.

-Hand me the phone.

Mike, come on.

Don't move. Don't move.

Stay in your seats.

Please, hand me the phone.

I don't...

Look, I don't know

what your problem is,

but I am not the person

you're looking for, okay?

My... My boyfriend and I,

we had this huge fight

because I wasn't sure about

staying here and us and...

So when I finished my shift,

I just didn't

wanna go home.

Forgive me. Take it. Take it.

I'm sorry.

They're gonna kill my family.

There's no one else.

Six day riders.

Six ticket stubs.

Six going to Cold Spring.

Except... One got off

at Garrison.

Goldman Sachs.

He... He was in the aisle.

Bye-bye.

He switched seats.

Prynne.

Hester Prynne.

The Scarlet Letter. Of course.

You bought the ticket

to Cold Spring.

End of the line.

Cold Spring coming up.

Is it done?

-Is it done?

-I will not do this.

I thought

I had you figured out.

I really did.

Manny?

After all of this, you would

choose the life of a stranger

over your own family?

You must think

you're some kind of a hero.

I won't do this.

I won't do it.

I will not do this.

Manny, Manny,

we have a hostage situation.

Calling dispatch.

This is your

last chance, Michael.

-Do it.

-No.

Prynne has evidence

-of a conspiracy.

-That doesn't matter.

The people I work for,

they will do anything

-to protect themselves.

-What?

These are

very powerful people.

They will do

whatever it takes.

They? Who?

Who are you talking about?

Even kill you, your family.

Everyone on that train.

-Do you understand?

-Who's they?

You have made your choice.

Joanna, who are

you working for?

Now everyone dies.

Hel...

Dispatch

is contacting the police.

Stop the train.

Copy that.

You want to live, you stop

this goddamn train now.

Pull the brake. Now.

All right.

Now, everyone, hang on.

Yeah, thanks.

Train's less than

a minute away.

Marshal Service

is ready for us.

Take the statement

at the safe house.

No screwing around.

-Why is it not stopping?

-I don't know.

Sam, I swear,

I had nothing to do with this.

-Manny.

-Man, that's not good.

My God.

Help me get this open.

It's jammed. Come on.

The engineer's dead.

Cab door's jammed.

I can't access

the control panel.

Dispatch, do you copy?

The brakes have malfunctioned.

There's no way

to stop the train.

You what?

We'll have

to clear the tracks.

Roger.

Dispatch is gonna

clear the tracks.

What?

There's a curve

just before Beacon.

Now, we hit it

at 70 miles an hour,

we're gonna derail for sure.

All the passengers

are in the last car.

-Can we detach it?

-We have to try. Come on.

We gotta unhook the couplers.

There's a coupler

safety latch.

It can only be released

from underneath the car.

Someone will have to pull

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