The Specialist Page #4

Synopsis: Ray Quick is a bomb expert who worked for the CIA along with a guy named Ned Trent, who's extremely demented. When they have a falling out, Ray becomes a freelancer who lives off the grid. A woman named May Munro contacts and wants him to kill the three men who killed her family years ago, who work for the Leon crime family. Ray does it and after killing the first one, the Leons need to find the one who did it and it turns out Ned is now working for them and they task him with finding the bomber. The Leons get him to work with the police and he looks for the bomber. In the meantime Ray, while working on getting the others, can't help but follow May wherever she goes.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Luis Llosa
Production: Warner Home Video
  4 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
7%
R
Year:
1994
110 min
1,455 Views


- Go on.

- I left my purse, I have to...

- Shut up. Take her to the car.

- I have a couple of things to do.

Stop yanking me around!

He made me so nervous.

It'll take me one second.

Where can I go?

Harry, listen...

Harry, she'll call you back.

Give me my phone!

Room 1205.

Len's men are on their way up.

You set me up.

- Why?

- I did not.

Hit it. Let's get out.

There's a fire. Let's go. Rush.

Where you going? Use the stairs.

This one's full. Get out of here!

We're sorry. Your call

cannot be completed as dialed.

Please check the number and

dial again or call the operator.

If you have to make a call,

please hang up and try again...

Don't move!

Don't touch anything!

Give me your hand!

Holy sh*t!

Go! Go!

Hey, what's with the lights here?

Come on, a**hole! Come on!

There has been an accident,

but there is no danger.

That's her.

Her who?

That's the b*tch who was banging Tomas.

Her ID was faked.

Ray Quick is working for her.

Alice...

...and Stan Munro.

What are you talking about?

I was the kid your little boy

missed in the closet.

That was a long time ago.

Not to me.

Now I understand.

Now I understand. You...

You think...

...that my son Tomas gave the orders

for the killings. Well, you are wrong.

If anybody in this house has power

to give orders, it's me.

Understand? I give the orders.

I give the orders of who is killed...

...and who is not killed.

Is that understood?

I need her...

...to get to Ray.

I must make one phone call,

then she's yours.

But I need her now.

You sure?

Joe, please.

Take the b*tch.

Show time.

It's me.

I'm sorry. I didn't know

they were coming. Believe me.

I'll tell you what I believe.

I believe you're very good on the phone.

I need to see you.

And get set up again?

No, I'll pass.

I'm through taking risks.

So that's it?

We just walk away?

Forever?

It's safer for everybody.

Come on, I don't know what

this relationship is about...

...but there's one thing I know.

It's not based on safety.

You're too much of an unknown.

Adrian Hastings, May Munro.

Who the hell are you?

Remember the Fontainebleau?

I remember.

Remember touching me?

Do you remember my voice?

Not over the phone...

...but carried on breath.

On you.

Near you.

Close enough to feel.

Why are you saying this to me?

Because I have to.

Come on, Ray.

You gotta see me.

Please.

Please, baby.

Double-M Seafood, right now.

All right.

And Ray...

I'm here.

Do you remember the note

our relationship ended on?

The last thing I said to you?

I remember everything.

I meant every word.

You're goin' in alone.

And if this is a trap...

...I promise you, you're gonna die.

But if he's in there...

...make him feel safe and secure.

And I'll be listening...

...on this microphone.

The second I hear his voice...

...we move in.

Understand?

Now get out of the f***ing car.

When this is all over...

...I can see us spending time together.

You know, you wash...

...the stink of Tomas and Ray off you...

...you might clean up pretty good.

Go ahead.

And then you can go in

and get him yourself.

I don't give a sh*t!

Go on!

Move!

If she blinks...

...kill her.

Bad plan, Ned.

That's it, we've got him. Move in.

Damn it!

Damn it!

Go, you chicken shits!

You think he'll top that?

Get in there!

Watch the river and the side streets!

F***ing crabs!

Nice one.

Watch the river!

You want to set me up again?

What's that?

Break it down.

Air brakes.

Complex sound, slightly muffled.

People talking...

...clamping down steps.

A clapping shut.

Voices... mechanical sounds.

- A hiss!

- People getting off a bus!

You must have an overview.

It's people getting off a bus.

Are they on both tapes?

I knew it! We gotta have bus routes.

What do we have?

He uses pay phones,

but he gets there by bus.

Oh, Ray, always so precise.

Let's say, he gets on a bus

wherever he lives, and he...

...goes in both directions.

Good counter-surveillance technique.

He takes the bus 20, 25 minutes

in each direction. So we have...

Four, four and four.

Here we go, triangulation.

Three routes, that's it.

We want checks in five-minute intervals.

How about the restaurants?

He must eat sometime.

Try to remember. He'd have got off

the bus alone, maybe bought cigarettes.

Look at that face!

We have a lot of regular customers,

but he ain't one.

Look at that face again!

Come on. Come on!

Nothing.

Hey, Henry!

I forgot to tell you, we deliver.

Now there's a vision.

Good morning, stranger.

I've got to go.

Where? I think we already wore out

our welcome at the Hilton.

I want to stay with you.

But it's not over for me.

Joe Len ordered the hit.

Let me get this right.

You think killing Joe

will make everything okay?

Something has to.

You did the job. I'm not asking

for your help. I'll do it. I owe him.

No.

You owe her.

Her. A whole life. Come here.

Come here.

Put all this behind you now,

or the past will eat you alive.

I know what I'm talking about.

I have to go.

Wish me luck.

Come here. You're not going.

Detonation sequence primed.

Enter code.

Top of the world, Mom.

Controlled!

One... two... three...

I'm afraid to ask.

Explosions will occur

if the inner perimeter is breached.

Each one of these lights is a pressure

mine. If one goes, they all go.

- Where are they?

- Everywhere.

Don't worry, they're not armed yet.

When these lights turn red... worry.

This is good. Nice sneak attack!

Do not approach the warehouse.

Perimeter is on.

Please, cut the bullshit.

That's a good one. I taught him that.

Nice sense of irony,

blowing up the bomb disposal unit.

Nice work, Ray.

WARNING!

Gunfire will automatically

detonate B-20's...

...sufficient to destroy

two square miles.

Give me that.

Listen up! Anybody shoots...

...anybody shoots, I shoot them!

This whole place is wired and

I'm taking him alive.

You got that?

That's new.

How's that feel, Ace?

F*** this amateur hour.

You're crazy.

All the highly trained professionals

of the world...

...all the hardware...

...all the technology,

and what have you got?

Nothing.

You gotta do everything yourself.

And why?

You can't get good help these days.

A surprise for you, Ray.

Warning! Perimeter breach.

It's set. Let's go.

Don't move!

- I'll lead you through the mines.

- Evacuate!

Ray?

I'm sorry. Should I have knocked?

You lose, I win.

She's hot, Ray.

Semtex, sprayed with nitro.

Cigarette case.

Honest Injun, take a look.

Just a peek, no touch.

You might ask yourself:

"Why is today my time to die?"

Take it out. Slowly.

Slowly.

Open it.

Everyone deserves to die.

Ask God.

He kills across the board.

So why shouldn't I?

Bye.

Here's a tip I learned from you.

It's a focused detonation.

Only she blows.

- It's pretty nifty, huh?

- Don't move it. It's a mercury switch.

Any change in angle, it goes.

Got it.

Anyway, Ray, she's dead already.

What I need...

...what I need is to take you alive

because my boss...

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John Shirley

John Shirley (born 10 February 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy and science fiction and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays, and has published over 40 books and 8 short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. An extensive compilation of songs by John Shirley, "Broken Mirror Glass" was released by Black October Records. His most recent album is "Spaceship Landing in a Cemetery", a collaboration with prog rocker Jerry King, aided by a host of musicians. more…

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