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They took Paul.

My son has been kidnapped.

He's not your son. He's your possession.

These men took your boy.

You must have something that they want.

Ten million dollars.

Put the gun in the case! We exchanged the boy for the ten million. I can't.

have you done to endanger my son?

You've just signed your kid's death warrant.

Paul!

Mommy! No!

The boy comes with me!

Let's see, um... Mommy, I should buy something red.

I hope you don't mind coming in today, Consuela, but school holidays are never

the same when a mother runs her own business.

Si, senora.

Mommy! Oh, my red scarf.

No. Oh.

Okay, breakfast is under control. That leaves lunch.

Uh, cocoa in the fridge, potato chips, and an apple. Did I remember to buy the

milk? Yes.

Oh,

remember Jojo's... at 1 .30, but no more TV after that.

JoJo's circus is dumb.

I thought you liked it. It's for babies.

How about moon blasters?

What am I forgetting?

Oh, I'd take them to the playground at 2.

Si, senora.

Mommy, I should just buy something red.

Now, Paul, be good. Mine could swell up. I will.

Okay.

You're a helicopter!

So the description that the babysitter gave Fitz, your ex -husband... It was

him. I know it.

And she'd never seen him before?

She's only been working for me for three weeks.

It has to be him.

Oh, is this the boy?

Yes.

And that's his father, Raymond Guepard.

Raymond Gephardt. Mr. Gephardt. I'm Lieutenant Worley, New York City Police.

like to ask you some questions.

What's wrong?

Your son, Paul, has been abducted.

My son?

Oh, my God. Your ex -wife seems to think you might know where he is.

What? What? What are you saying?

You're a suspect, Mr. Gephardt.

Now, would you mind telling me where you were and what you were doing at

approximately 8 o 'clock this morning?

I was.

dealing with some very delicate business on behalf of my government.

Who was with you? I can't tell you their names. It was a negotiation of

international significance.

Are you claiming diplomatic immunity, Mr. Capehart?

Lieutenant Worley, if my son has been kidnapped, I will help in any way

that I can.

Good day, gentlemen.

I talked to his neighbors.

None of them have seen the boy.

We can't touch him, Mrs. Gator.

But he's a kidnapper.

Yeah, we run into this diplomatic immunity thing all the time here in New

And there's very little we can do except report him to the State Department and

try to get him deported.

That's all?

Look, I'll keep on looking. And if somebody else has got Paul... Nobody

Paul.

Lieutenant Boyley, isn't there anything anyone can do?

Well, you could try a private detective.

Someone who's had experience with it.

Didn't Paul's father have visiting rights? Yes, he had two weekends a

although half the time he couldn't make it.

Well, if he had access to the boy, why should he go to all the trouble of

him away?

Mr. McCall, he's a European and an aristocrat.

Paul's not just his son, he's his heir. And those kind of things are terribly

important to a man like Raymond Guipard.

When did you two first meet? In Paris.

I was invited to a fancy party.

That's where I met him. And, boy, he was a real charmer.

We were married in a few weeks, but the romance wore off very quickly.

When I asked Raymond if I could bring Paul to the United States, he didn't

to care.

At least not then.

Your phone.

Does he have his own passport?

Yes, he does. Why?

Where do you normally keep it?

Mr. McCall, it's gone.

He's taken it.

If Ramon takes Paul out of the country, he has friends, contacts everywhere.

I'll never see him again.

Oh, you'll see your son again.

I promise you.

I will make certain you see him again.

Miss Debra, have you forgotten something?

Who are you?

I'm looking for your former wife, Monsieur Guepard.

My name is Robert McCall.

How did you get in here?

Well, I am reasonably familiar, Monsieur, with this particular

I see.

How is Anne holding up?

Well, she believes you have the boy.

I don't know where Paul is.

But if there is anything that I can do, I would be most happy.

In the same way that you helped the police.

That was a matter of principle.

Monsieur, you seem to me to be a man who carefully plans.

It would be very simple for you to have taken your son the next time you see him

on a weekend.

Justement. It makes no sense.

None whatsoever.

Unless, of course, something went terribly wrong.

Monsieur McCall, Anne is emotionally upset.

Would it help if I were to call her and talk to her?

No, no, not at all. She wouldn't believe you.

Mr. McCall, excuse me, but I have an extremely important meeting to attend

May I show you out?

I'm going to leave you here observing the front.

Costmeyer's in position.

I have a couple of contacts in the State Department.

I want to get in touch with them and see if they can't bring some pressure to

bear on Monsieur Guepard.

He has the boy, you're sure?

Oh, yes, I'm sure.

Any idea where?

He's inside the concert.

You've seen him?

No.

At the moment, let's just call it a...

to spoil such a good time.

Daddy, I spy something blue.

What?

I said I spy something blue.

Not there. You're cold.

Easy.

I don't understand, Paul.

It's a game, Daddy.

Maybe Mommy can teach you when she gets here.

Yes, maybe she can.

Deborah. Would you get Paul ready?

Certainly him.

It was your tie, Daddy.

Ah, yes, of course.

My tie.

Yeah, you're probably right.

You better follow him.

Come and pick me up. Got it. On my way.

Coming your way now. Don't lose him.

No problem.

It's going to be easier than we thought.

Yeah.

Frodo's district.

Real quiet this time of day.

Me, what's up?

It's okay.

Who are you?

You'll find out soon enough.

Who are they, King Buck?

I must be telling it.

You don't believe that.

Neither do I.

Come on, Paul.

The kid isn't here.

Let's go.

Monsieur Kepa, your diplomatic status may well protect you from the police. It

will not protect you from me.

Now, my colleagues here have just saved you from an extremely well -presented

hijacking. Now, we know how to deal with hijackers. We've done it before.

So let me tell you something.

If they want you this badly, their next stop is going to be your family.

Your son.

What a perfect way to get to you through him.

I don't know where Paul is. He has been kidnapped.

Will you stop lying to me? You know damn well where he is.

And probably they do too.

So you see, every second you delay puts your son in greater jeopardy.

Monsieur, if you have any love whatsoever for that boy...

All

right.

I'll take you there.

Flowers for Miss Deborah Sloan.

I didn't order any. Where are they from?

It's from Mr.

Raymond Gepard. You want to let me in?

Oh fuck!

They took him. They took Paul.

Paul!

Paul!

Raymond! Paul!

You never know how you can let this happen.

I'm sorry.

Paul!

It's right.

You know who took your son away, don't you?

Yes. So we've established you know that he was taken away.

We know who took him away, and you know why he was taken away.

So... We are listening.

As you probably know, my country has very liberal banking laws.

Several American businessmen asked me to make some deposits for them in numbered

accounts. What kind of businessmen?

Corporate thieves.

Men who... Water down their company stock, bleed their resources dry.

I made the deposits for them.

And you are a diplomat with access to the diplomatic pouch.

That's very convenient.

Which does not explain why they sent a small army after you, Monsieur.

I used the money they gave me as collateral for some personal loans.

They must have just discovered it.

And then these business friends sent this hijacking team.

With automatic weapons?

Sounds a little excessive, huh? I don't understand what you are suggesting.

Well, let me explain, monsieur.

These men took your son.

You must have something that they want very much indeed.

We are just about to find out from you what that something is.

They called.

They said you have until 10 o 'clock tomorrow morning to give them what they

want.

What have you done?

Don't hand me that, Raymond.

You know you'd do anything for money. What have you done this time?

What have you done to endanger my son?

Our son.

You don't deserve to be his father.

What do they want?

Tell us, Kepa. What do they want?

They want ten million dollars.

What? Oh, my God.

This businessman started to trust me with larger and larger amounts to

I'd say. This week.

The go -between, a lawyer by the name of Binder delivered $10 million.

Cash.

And you plan to keep it? I completely arranged my disappearance.

I have friends and connections all over Europe.

No one ever would have found me.

Or your son.

I realized I would never be able to see him again.

And I thought that...

I would never see Paul again, or that he would never see me didn't bother you,

did it?

Did it?

I finally hate you, Lamont.

All right, it's perfectly simple. This is what you do.

You call Binder. You tell him that you're going to exchange the boy for the

million. And you will also tell him that it will be handled by go -betweens.

I can't.

The money left.

in a diplomatic pouch on an afternoon plane.

I would have to fly to Europe to retrieve it in person.

There isn't enough time.

One question, Gepard. Only one. Do we have a deal?

Yes.

Well, congratulations.

That was the correct answer.

You have upset a lot of people, Gepard. The kind of people one should never,

never upset.

Hello, Mr. Binder.

My name is Robert McCall.

Who are you?

Well, let's just say that I represent Raymond Gepard.

And leave it at that.

Your people, as a matter of fact, have already encountered my people.

That was you, huh?

All right.

Okay.

You're a pro, I'm a pro.

Amateur night is over.

I like it already.

My client wants to meet you. Just you and him.

In a public place, we can then exchange the merchandise.

Where? There's a restaurant called O 'Fallon's. It's in the book.

Shall we fare what?

Today, 5 p .m., you can bring your merchandise and my client will bring

Just so you get the picture, my friend.

If your client is planning to disappoint my clients again, the safest possible

place for me to be afterwards is in federal custody.

But that would mean that he would have to look for his merchandise in the

Mr. Binder, one of my people will be outside the restaurant to make sure that

you are not setting us up.

Having made sure of that, we will then meet.

You see, I don't like surprises either.

You understand me clearly, Mr. Binder?

See you for happy hour.

Set up.

Did you get all that, Mickey?

I'm locked in. Any calls coming in out of that office, the computer's on

automatic trace.

Well done, Mickey.

What a bunch of lousy bums you got your kid mixed up with.

I will do anything you say to get my son back.

Anything at all.

Somebody I want you to go and see.

Go on, Ed.

Hello.

You knew?

No. Really.

Deborah.

I'd like your help.

Anything that means getting Paul back.

Now the truth about you and Raymond Gaypile.

I guess it's obvious, isn't it?

Yes, I love him.

Or at least I was in love with a man that I thought I knew.

And I thought he felt the same about me.

Had you made any plans?

We were going to get married in Europe.

Raymond was going to quit his post and start a business over there.

Did he do anything out of the ordinary this past week?

No.

Nothing.

He acted as if nothing were wrong at all.

He even bought a new car.

A new car?

Oh, I did the paperwork at the consulate for the tax exemption.

Raymond really likes those big American luxury cars.

Follow him here.

What's he doing?

Mr. Law -abiding citizen looking for a legal parking space?

What?

He's driving around the block checking out for a stakeout. The guy's nothing if

not cautious.

Did he make any phone calls?

Only a few dozen.

Peter kicked out of his address.

Many of them are the kidnappers. I couldn't tell from the conversations.

He was talking to some kind of prearranged code.

Sorry.

I'll use your mark now.

William R. Binder?

You're the doorman, huh?

You want to check my ID?

Mickey, could you stay outside and make sure Mr. Binder's friends don't want to

crash the party?

Let's go.

Over here.

How is

my son?

You had a nice deal, Gabriel.

A sinecure for life, and you blew it. Oh, yes. Of course not, Jim. Damn it.

The kid's fine, okay?

Nobody wants to hurt him.

What my clients want is the ten million.

Where can we find Paul now?

Hey, we get the money first. Otherwise, you might send your private army after

him. I don't have the ten million.

Okay, Paul, if you don't have the money, you've just signed your kid's death

warrant.

And yours may be mine.

Perhaps.

But you will die first.

out of your mind.

Two dozen witnesses in here.

You know what this is, Binder.

This is a license to kill.

I'll tell you where the boy is. You are lying. You don't know.

I know where they've got him.

Leave me.

This might be a good time to give him the address.

The parking garage near the river. That is not an address.

It's 423 East 3rd Street. Garage.

This way to God.

Check the address with your list.

at least four times today.

Well now, Mr. Binder, why don't we pay a little visit to that garage?

It should get far.

The weapon, please.

Thank you.

I noticed that it was loaded. I might have shot him.

Well, now, that would be rather difficult without a firing pin.

However, it did add a certain amount of truth to your performance.

Son of a... Here we go, Harley.

Thank you, sir.

Relax, Vesco.

You'll be here. We've still got a half an hour.

25 minutes.

Then we'll leave in 25 minutes.

So did the kid, one way or another.

As long as you're here, pick a card.

Why? You know why.

Just pick a card.

Hi, hello.

Everything's going to be fine. Your mom and dad will be here any minute.

Now, make your next move.

Your draw, Lucas.

Somebody's got to do it.

I will go with you.

I have been trained in the use of weapons.

It isn't simply a matter of training.

It's a matter of emotional detachment.

That and my son in there.

That's precisely my point.

Let's go, Harley.

Dirty work makes you nervous, doesn't it, Bender?

Sure, I can't just skip this part.

Oh, come on. You wouldn't want to miss this. This will complete your education.

By the way, if you've omitted any detail of the layout inside, don't worry about

it. I'll be right behind you.

Get in.

He's here.

There's a big case in the bag.

You saw the money?

Of course I saw the money.

You got it.

Put the gun in the case.

I can see you've done this before, huh?

All right.

Now, take out the walkie -talkie.

Tell him you've seen the money.

Yeah, the money's here.

Right.

All right, kid.

Someone's going to drive you back to your old man.

Thank you, sir.

Kid's got a man.

I like that.

So, little guy give you any trouble?

Yeah, let's beat me a check.

Smart kid. Smarter than his old man.

Where's Vesco?

He's in the van. I'll get you his count again.

Yeah, well, I better get Paul back.

Come on, Paul.

Be back.

Daddy, I saw something green. What?

I said I saw something green.

Is Mommy here?

No, she's going to meet us on the boat. Now listen very carefully, Polly. We're

going on the big boat, but first we have to get into the car and drive to the

end of the pier.

You stay in the car and you'll be very, very quiet.

Some men will come in a big train and lift the car onto the boat. It will be

just like flying.

My name's Robert.

So did you find this?

Well, the shipping company is very helpful.

Once they know exactly what you're looking for.

Deborah, the little fool.

I don't think she'll be coming to Europe with you, Monsieur Gepard.

You're going to have to find somebody else to help you spend that $10 million

the trunk of the car.

Oh, yes, I know.

There was no diplomatic pouch from your concert the day before yesterday.

Yet another lie.

You could have traded that money for your son's life.

I never meant to endanger my son.

No, no, of course you didn't. You wanted everything, didn't you? You wanted it

all. You wanted your son and the money.

Well, the boy's going back to his mother.

Is mom still going on the boat with us?

Is that what you told him?

You really are.

A little puzzle box full of lies, aren't you, Monsieur Guepard?

One lie inside another lie inside another lie, etc., etc.

Until you get to the final box and you look inside that, and it's empty.

Paul? Yeah?

Your mummy's over there.

Stay where you are, Nicole.

Mommy!

I'll kill you if I have to.

In front of the boy.

No, not Mommy.

I discovered something very curious about you.

In some strange, unfathomable way, you actually love that boy, don't you?

Well, let me tell you something. You pull that trigger, and you've locked him

forever.

So put the damn thing away.

Now.

give you a word of advice.

You have stolen from men who are even more ruthless than you are.

So you are going to need every dollar to escape their retribution.

I would suggest you spend your money very wisely, Mr. Gepard.

You spend it very wisely.