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That lunatic is going to start killing people.

Let her go.

You know something? You're a positive embarrassment.

You know that? What?

You're listening to this and that.

You don't got to hear what they're saying, Louie. Who are you?

Hey!

What is that?

Fuck!

Frank, come on!

It's Gant.

Again. What?

Don't you lost him in Boston?

Come on, go, go, go, go.

You crazy mother.

And if you represented the last sneaky, rotten government on the planet.

So Control just sits fine and walks away.

That's good.

That's what you want to do. You make a nice, clean break.

You're absolutely right.

So how many times have you quit the company since then?

I don't know. Five or six.

Hey, Pete, you always close up alone?

Maybe I should walk you home.

There's a rumor going around that the streets aren't safe at night.

Maybe, uh... Heard that rumor.

Maybe I should walk the muggers home.

Hey, hey, hey, that is my purse! Honey, honey!

Hey, that's my purse!

Rosie! No, no, no!

Hey, honey!

Hey!

Wait, wait, wait.

What's going on here? She tried to lift my purse. I did not. I thought it was

mine. This little thief, she comes out of the ladies' room, she grabs my wife's

purse. It's okay, it's okay.

Look, lady, is everything in there?

Yeah, it looks okay.

I want to call the cops.

At 2 a .m.? We'll be here all night. But what are we supposed to do?

Let criminals run loose on the streets?

Listen, lady, she didn't get away with anything. Let's just beat her up a

bit and then send her home, okay?

Hey, buddy, is that a crack?

Aren't you smart enough to know the difference?

Mickey. Can I pay up and get out of here? I'll be right with you, Mickey.

Look at her. She's just a kid. Can I pay or is it on the house?

Here, take this and get out of here before they kill you.

Take it down now.

What do you think, I'm playing? Okay, no, no.

Okay.

Come on back. This is the way out. All right.

He's our Batman.

There ain't no back door, Lewis.

in here besides this door?

Uh, just the, uh, sidewalk elevator out front where I get my supplies.

You, uh, own this dump?

Mm -hmm.

We, uh, we haven't done anything to you.

Now, uh, who's out there?

The boogeyman.

He's gonna get you if you don't watch out.

Louis, there's a phone. We can call somebody.

Frank,

that's stupid.

Well, I'm going to cry.

Give yourself time to think.

So he cut the phone wire.

Hey, bright boy.

There's a man out there.

If he's a man who wants to kill me, then I will do anything.

Anything I can to stop that from happening.

There's a briefcase behind the bar.

There's a phone in it.

Well,

who are we going to call?

The National Guard?

I can help you with that.

Right.

Has, um, anyone been harmed here, Pete?

We're okay.

You're, uh, the equalizer.

Would you mind removing that gun from my friend's neck? It's making me a little

nervous. Imagine what it does for me.

There's a man out there.

He's trying to kill me.

His name is Gant.

Gant?

Well, well.

You don't choose your enemies particularly well, do you?

Why, you know him?

Well, I know him by reputation.

So what exactly is it you want me to do? I mean, how can I help?

I want you to kill him.

Young man, don't be absurd.

I'm not a hired assassin.

Hey, man, somebody is going to die, all right? If not Gant, maybe you.

Maybe this creep, these people.

Why is this man hunting you?

Who are you?

Louis Phipps.

Mr. Phipps, you say this man is hunting you. If this man wants to hurt you, why

don't you call the police?

What did I tell you? I said no cops. No cops.

Fine, fine, just relax.

I'll, um, I'll go out and I'll try and talk to him, see what I can do.

Uh, this arrangement all right with you, Mickey?

This guy will pull the trigger, McCall.

Hey, uh, listen.

You better do more than just talk.

Mr. Fitzgerald,

I must tell you something. I want you to take great care of all the people in

this place.

Because, you know, there are far worse things than whatever is

outside.

I'd like to talk with you.

Come on, Gant, I'm getting bloody cold here.

Been a long time, Colin.

Hello, Gat.

What's this?

Lewis Phipps is a wanted man.

Gat? Listen, you've got that young man cornered.

So the clever thing to do would be to call the police and simply collect the

reward, wouldn't it? But you haven't done that.

No cops.

Why not?

Gant, if you continue to lay siege, that lunatic is going to start killing

people.

If he blows everyone in there away, it'll just make my job easier.

Then I can go in there.

It's skinny right by the window. He ain't nothing. Lewis, I don't know.

Look, we catch off their guard.

Just the type we can call.

Hi, I'm Thomas Hawkins. I'm not over here. I'm not.

300 bucks and a till.

300 bucks.

Some gold mine you got here, huh?

Hey, what did you do?

What?

Yeah, you must be a criminal of some sort or that guy wouldn't be out there.

Right?

Should I tell him what I did?

Huh?

You want to know what I did, huh?

disgusting fluid.

And just talking about it may make me want to do it again.

McCall, it's 3 a .m. Yes, I know.

I know what time it is. I'm sorry.

I've got a bit of a problem.

There is a young man called Louis Phipps, who at the moment is holding

people hostage in my restaurant. Among them, Pete and Mickey.

Okay, I never heard of this guy, all right?

He's being hunted, apparently, by Gant.

Oh, Gant. Gant. Wait a minute. Okay, now wait a minute. Tell me, who does he

work for again?

Who's Gant? I don't know what Gant's doing now. He's working recently for

in Turkey, French in Africa. I don't know.

Anyway, he's here in New York.

At this moment. I don't think this man fits.

Which is what I'm doing here.

Okay, McCall.

Now, the problem is... This young man fits.

Seriously, they'd kill everyone inside the restaurant.

Unless I can have some influence on this man, Gat. Mm -hmm.

Um... I don't suppose you can still access...

the police department criminal files by the charges.

McCall, I'm insulted, okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

Fifth, Lewis.

Okay, we've got a warrant for arrest here.

We're looking at grand larceny, grand theft auto, armed robbery.

Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. The latest thing, April 86th.

Kidnap, rape, aggravated assault, victim.

Andrew Lennox, age 17.

There's a $10 ,000 reward on this guy.

$10 ,000 isn't even enough for a down payment to a pro like Gant.

So you think that Gant is connected to this girl somehow?

I don't know.

Can you punch up details of this rape?

Yeah, yeah, okay.

Here we are. Complainant Lennox Andrea.

Looks like he ducted her in a stolen van, got her to this abandoned

and then proceeded to repeatedly rape.

Look at that.

There were...

upholstery knives in the van and he used them to... Yes.

I can read it myself, Woody.

Did you still keep updated files on mercenaries?

Where are you from?

Bangor. That's in Maine.

I know.

This was supposed to be my big adventure.

Coming to New York.

Some adventure.

Hey, I'm hungry.

Scarlet debt.

You say you and me, we roughed up something in the kitchen, huh? You got

steak? It's right there.

No, the meat, it all went bad. It's all green.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I kind of like that. Come on, I eat them raw, you know?

Yeah.

Frankie.

Watch him.

FTO.

Me too.

Yeah, sure.

With just one of you.

Me.

I'll get it for you.

I'll, uh... I'll get it for you. Okay.

See what it gives here. I can't get this to work.

Pressure can's out.

They let them bleed out at the end of the day, then hook up fresh ones in the

morning.

I can hook up another one, no problem.

Okay, Frank.

Okay.

Gotta go get some help.

While you find a dead body.

Activities of another mercenary. Matter of fact, a friend of yours.

Can you tell me why Gant is hunting down a young punk called Louis Phipps?

Haven't you picked up on that one yet?

If you are talking about the $10 ,000 bounty on that young man's head, I would

point out to you it's hardly the kind of money that would encourage Gant to get

involved, is it?

Oh, come on, Jameson, please.

It's four o 'clock in the bloody morning.

Tell me what you know.

Not that I'll recall.

The other one. You know who that little girl's daddy is?

Vincent Brennard.

An industrialist, though. I hear he changed his kids' names and stuff like

to keep them from getting nabbed. But this dumb knife man, Phipps, managed to

snatch the daughter anyway.

Go on, go on. He cut her up pretty bad.

You don't do that to Vincent Brennett's little girl. So Brennett put up a half a

million dollar reward.

Oh, well, of course.

That explains Gant's interest, doesn't it?

You're not saying that Gant has found the sucker?

Yes, he has. Why? And is he still alive?

Yes, yes. As far as I know at the moment, he is, yes.

Oh, come on.

Look, there are innocent people's lives at stake here.

And just...

Stop grandstanding and tell me what you know. Come on.

Brennan isn't interested in a trial or any plea bargaining, and you can forget

about parole.

He offers the half a mil if Phipps is a corpse, you or anybody else.

Standing between him and Phipps is in a free -fire zone.

Frank the moron said he's sorry.

Hey, cowboy, does that make your ribs feel any better?

Any of you got a little brother?

Nah, I guess not, huh?

Well, you don't know how lucky you are.

You might have wound up with something like this.

Stop it, Lewis.

I gotta go to the bed.

Listen, do you think you can handle these people?

Yeah.

It's very brave what you did.

Your brother would have killed him.

Louis just, uh... He gets a little crazy sometimes.

Phipps!

Hey, Louis!

Your boy ran into a door.

What can I say?

How goes it, Mickey?

Feels as good as it looks.

I've been learning quite a lot about you, Louis Phipps.

What about Gant?

Mr. Gant wants you very much indeed.

I told you, I want you to get him.

I got these people here.

What, do you want to see him dead?

You're going to have to do a deal.

You can't have things your way.

You don't deal with me, Gant is going to kill you.

What kind of a deal?

We call in the police.

What did I tell you?

They'll get me through the police.

I'll have a bullet in my head before I get to jail.

Not if I talk to Vincent Brennett.

And he told Gant to leave you alone.

Who's that?

What do you mean, who's that?

to tell me you've forgotten Andrea Lennox?

Vincent Brennett's daughter you've forgotten?

I didn't know what I was doing. You know what I mean?

I was taking these wives and the way they wake up my head was like squirming,

man.

You tell that to our father.

He should put a bounty of $500 ,000 on your head.

Half a million dollars.

To get his little girl back, he doesn't pay

one second peso.

But to get me...

He pays half a million.

I haven't told you that he was going to do that. He told you that he would spend

every penny he had if you didn't. Shut up!

I talked to Brannert.

He agrees to call off Gant.

And you agree to go to the police.

That's the deal.

That sounds like a good deal, Lewis.

It's not your skin here.

Oh, we agreed.

Yeah.

Fine.

I won't let you down.

This is Vincent Brennett speaking.

Mr. Brennett, my name is Robert McCall. I'd like to speak with you straight

away. Who are you, Mr. McCall?

And why do you insist on speaking to me in the middle of the night?

Because what I have to say concerns Louis Phipps.

What do you know about Louis Phipps?

Well, I know where he is.

I am right outside your house.

Can I come up and see you?

I feel in the sky

I love Lois. We're brothers.

Luther's gonna get you killed, Frank. Don't you know that?

Hey.

There's something wrong with his brain.

You're looking nervous.

I know when I'm nervous, my mouth gets dry.

I don't feel good.

Here's some water.

Thanks.

Sure.

You're nice.

You always say in that cut you're scared.

No, I'm saying that because it's true.

Give me a glass of milk from the kitchen.

Do it.

Hello, Mr. McCall.

I'm Vincent Brennett.

Where's Lewis Phipps?

He's not far away from here.

Your man Gant has been trapped along with several other people.

I have come here, Mr. Brennett, to ask you to terminate your contract.

With Gant.

What contract?

Mr. Brennan, I really don't have time to play games.

There are several innocent people with this man, Phipps.

That's not my problem, Mr. McCall.

Well, it is, you see.

$500 ,000 worth of your problem.

That is what you have offered Gant.

Do you see the girl in that picture?

Yes.

Your daughter, Andrea.

Do you know what happened?

Yes.

Do you know what that animal did to her?

Yes, yes.

Then let me tell you something that you don't know.

She's had 13 operations to try and rebuild what he destroyed.

And we've had to institutionalize her because her mind couldn't deal with it.

He cut off her.

Mr. Brennett, I too have a daughter.

I too love her very much indeed.

So I can understand what you're going through.

I'm not going to be self -righteous about this. I...

I don't know what I would have done under similar circumstances. I presume I

would have done the same as you. I just don't know.

But what I do know is this, that innocent people are going to die, and

going to die soon, including a young girl your daughter's age.

Unless you stop, Gant.

Why don't you just hand Fitz over to the authorities?

Let him stand trial to serve a few years.

It's a baby.

It's just a baby.

I could have saved her.

I could have paid that ransom.

No.

That wasn't your fault.

Whatever you did, Phipps would have done this anyway.

Well, I can never know that.

Yes, you can. What Phipps did... He did before you told him that you would not

pay a ransom.

The girl with him, sir.

What's her name?

I don't know.

We'll have to ask, won't we?

you taking me don't you worry

about i'll show what i want to do lois come on now let her go

i

can't do this you gotta think oh you

can't keep doing this stuff

over. It's done. It's finished. Come on.

Gant!

It's Brennard.

I'll pay you for your time and I'll pay you well.

But I'll no longer pay a bounty for Louis Phipps.

Are you sure, Mr. Brennard?

No.

But it's what I have to do.

Brennan ain't gonna do me in the slam.

Brennan gave his word to me.

He'll have to deal with me if he breaks it.

Well, what about our deal?

What are you standing there for, Frankie?

Let her go.

We have an agreement, Phipps. Let her go.

What are we going to do?

Put the knife down. I'll tell you what we're going to do.

What we are going to do is quite simple.

You get into my car and I drive you down to the police station.

Listen. No.

McCall.

Frankie.

Pick up the gun.

You'll miss me, right, babe, if I were to turn myself in.

We can't be separated.

What are you doing?

What do you mean, huh? We're going to take a little stride.

No.

Leave her here, Louis.

Leave her?

You want me to leave her?

Yeah.

I'll show you how I'm going to leave her, Frank.

Leave her alone, Louis.

God takes, man.

You're too long.

I'll kill you, man.

I will kill you.

I'll do it.

You'll kill me?

You'll kill your own brother?

Crazy Mr.

McCall. You didn't mean to hurt nobody.

Did I... Did I do the right thing?