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His physical pain.

Ambush! What happened? What about Mickey? I think he's dead.

In the second stage, we isolate him from his body.

Time loses all meaning. What's going on here? I love you.

Stage three is a reconstruction of reality.

You were a traitor.

That's a lie!

You were a traitor, Mickey.

Where is my friend? Your friend will die. Traitor!

Mickey? I am not a traitor!

Mickey!

Our basic presupposition is that time has no meaning to the human memory.

Years can pass like minutes and minutes like centuries.

Memory is like a picture painted on glass.

Even after the paint is dried, it can be changed.

Color can be added to color. Light turned to dark.

A peaceful man transformed into a murderer.

All that's necessary is to shatter and repaint his past.

Thank you.

Gentlemen, I've just been informed that the operation is underway.

After our test is concluded, I'm sure you'll agree that we are able to

accomplish everything that I promised.

What the hell is this?

We got one down.

Inside. Move.

Doesn't look it.

One, do we abort?

Roger. Five, burn it.

Everyone out.

Now, if we've been accurate, one should still be alive.

The bullets we used on number three were chemical. Hold there for this one.

Kastmeyer. Mickey Kastmeyer.

All right, all right.

All right.

My God, he's gone off past two in the morning.

I got your signal. What happened?

Termination of me. Shut down.

You're hurt.

I'm all right. You don't look all right. Get to a doctor. Now, there's no time.

Look, Captain, my staff hasn't even reported in yet. It started at midnight.

I sent a team out on a cleanup mission. Four out of five turned up in the river.

They got me coming out of the office.

Well, who's responsible?

It's got to be Parmalee. He's the only one who knew about the mission.

Parmalee? What the hell is Parley doing here in New York?

Transferring new men on top. Look, Robert, don't go home. There's a ticket,

there's cash.

Get out of town.

I don't want this. Why the hell should I need this? I'm not even in the company

anymore. Look, do you think he cares about that? Go ahead, just do as I say.

I've already shipped out Jimmy and Sterno. Take it. What about Mickey?

I'm sorry. He's the one who's missing.

He's what?

We're 90 % certain he's dead.

All right, then, get to cover.

Raise your hands in the air, Mr. Grokman.

Turn round slowly.

Robert McCall.

Surprised?

Put the gun down on the table. Very, very slowly.

You should get yourself another safe.

That one is very, very easy.

So what's this about?

What's this about?

You have $50 ,000 worth of cash.

And negotiable bonds in here.

Just a little retirement fund.

So let's go and retire it.

Your restroom.

What the hell, McCall?

What are you doing?

Move it. All right, all right.

Kneel down.

The floor is dirty.

There'll be a downside dirtier in a minute if you don't do as you're told.

down.

Put your hands under your knees.

You're going to kill me?

That entirely depends on you.

Now, I want to know what happened tonight.

McCall, are you crazy?

You have been a personal friend of mine.

It's become years now. haven't you?

I'm going to ask you the question once again. What happened?

McCall, we're not in a company.

Why don't we just stay out of their fertilizer?

No!

All right, all right.

Control got set up.

Homily came in on top in his cleaning house.

But I had nothing to do with it. Mickey Costmeyer went on a special job tonight.

I want to know about it. I don't know nothing, McCall.

Don't!

Don't flush it!

Please don't!

It was an operation called intangible plastics.

Psychological warfare junk.

All right.

I want names, and I want locations, and I want them now, right now.

You've got to talk to Paul, only. It's Todd's secret.

Yeah.

Yes, I suppose you are only the errand boy, aren't you?

However, you know all the control's operatives.

You knew who they were.

You fingered them. You sold them to Parmalee, didn't you?

No way, Robert. I would never do such a thing.

Goodbye, Mr. Grokman.

No, no.

We call the technique splintering, and it comes in three stages.

The first, which is now complete, is physical pain, which creates shock,

fatigue, and rage, jarring the subject from reality.

In the second stage, we isolate him from his own body.

Even his fingers and toes are not allowed to touch.

His eyes and ears are sealed.

He floats in a liquid kept at exact body temperature.

In this state, time loses all meaning.

The present becomes the past.

And the future, well, there is no future.

Stage three is a reconstruction of reality.

Our chemists have formulated a powerful hallucinogenic agent.

When coupled with taped messages played directly into the subject's mind, key

moments from his path are recreated.

What he experiences appears totally real.

Mr. Kastmeyer has a central friendship that has changed his life.

And that friendship is the point of our attack.

Seal it.

Mickey. But it's good for my queen.

It's your move, Mickey.

What's going on at the car?

What's going on, Mickey? We're playing the game of chess.

Didn't you hear me, Robert?

Yes, I heard you.

Well, have you looked at this file?

I have studied it thoroughly.

And what are you going to do about it?

I'm going to handle it in my own way.

You'd better handle it.

And you don't have much time.

Now, if you'll excuse me, as you see, we are in the middle of a game.

You don't have much time.

It's still your move, Mickey.

You don't have much time.

You don't have much time.

I don't even remember coming here. You don't remember being picked up by

controls men?

You don't remember being picked up by controls men at the airport?

You don't remember resisting?

You don't remember them quelling you and rendering you unconscious?

you, Mickey?

I trusted you more than any person in the world, Mickey.

What the hell's going on here?

Do you remember our first meeting?

Sure. Describe it to me, Mickey. You were there, McCall.

I said describe it to me. Okay, I was in the Navy.

You were in prison.

All right, I was in the brig.

You were a Navy field.

Yeah, a field.

He was expertly trained in the use of weapons and demolition, serving ten

hard labor. I didn't kill that guy, McCall. You proved it yourself.

Oh, yes, indeed I proved it.

It hit him.

I proved it was an enemy explosive that killed your partner, not one that you

had planted.

Now, based on my evidence, what happened to you, McGee?

You were released and reaffirmed. On my recommendation, you went to work for

control. I trained you.

How many missions did we go on together, Mickey? I don't know, McCall. Who's

counting? How many unexplained deaths were there, Mickey, amongst our own

people? No, no, no, wait just a second. I have nothing to do with any

unexplained death.

It is here, Mickey.

Here. Fully documented here.

What's all? Let me see that.

From the very beginning, it says you were a deep cover agent for the enemy.

were a traitor.

That's a lie!

Then look at it, Mickey. Look at it for yourself.

I'm going to give you one chance to escape.

One chance only.

The car.

Run, Mickey.

Run.

Run, Mickey.

Run, Mickey.

Run, Mickey.

Run, run, run.

Rise and shine, Mr. Parmalee.

Hands on the blanket.

What are you doing here?

I think I should tell you that the gun you usually keep under your pillow is

elsewhere.

What the hell do you want?

I think you're looking a little unhealthy.

You need to take some exercise.

Get out of bed. We're going for a walk.

A walk?

A walk.

In my pajamas?

I'm freezing to death. Then we'll walk quickly.

Come on, move.

I'm calling freezing.

It's four o 'clock in the morning. What are you going to do to me?

Say something, Daniel.

Look, just tell me what you want.

We'll make a deal. I have no argument with you.

Why are you doing this?

Get into the truck.

What?

Get in. To the truck.

Where are we going? We're not going anywhere. Get in.

No, no, Palmley. Not into the truck that way.

Into the truck that way.

You're joking.

Joking?

I hardly think so.

Dead or alive, you are going to get into this bin.

There's a good lad.

Lie down.

Oh, God, it stinks.

New York City garbage trucks usually do stink. Lie down.

Intangible plastics, the location.

I can't tell you it's classified information.

Then declassify it.

All right! All right!

Mickey Dice Street.

Down by the river.

Mickey Cosmire. Dead or alive.

I don't know anybody by that name.

Alive! Alive!

Thank you.

Now, you just relax.

Just lie back and relax.

It's hard.

John, I thought they caught you. But you're here and everything's wonderful.

Serena, what are you doing here?

What do you mean? I've been waiting.

This is impossible.

This can't be happening.

This can't be happening!

Serena. Don't go up.

What?

It's not me I think it is.

I'm going to kill you.

I have to go, Ricky.

I have no choice.

You said them.

What are you saying?

I love you.

Arrest Romania, 1982.

A defecting agent murdered by the KGB. You were a Judas, Mickey.

You sent her to them.

That's a lie, and you know it. I never even got anywhere near her. I never even

reached the city on my tail.

It's all there, Mickey.

It's all there, remember?

I'm going to write a greeting to the throne.

Increase the dosage.

Go to the hotel and bring over our three friends.

If my assumption is correct, the last phase is ready to begin.

Ambition. Where is the rest of your team?

Away from me.

Answer.

You sow them as you sow the others.

Jet football?

You're a jet man!

Well, at least I'll get some rest. Get up.

Come on, get up.

Thank you.

I demand to know what you're going to do.

After your demand, we are making a tour of intangible plastic.

You are going to be my guide. Kneel down, face the wall.

Just think of it, Mr. Farmer.

You are going to be the first company director ever to make a tour of

in his pyjamas.

He'll be a veritable legend.

You find this very entertaining, don't you, McCall? No, I don't find it at all

entertaining. Personally, I'd rather kill you.

Now keep quiet and very still.

What was that?

We just lost power, and I want to know why.

Well, have security check on it and call me immediately.

Even if you make it out of this building alive, my men are going to hunt you

down like an animal.

Are you trying to frighten me?

I promise there won't be any place in the world where you can hide.

Where is my friend?

I must wait for long.

Then let's go and find him.

Move!

Can you get that, that little leech thing, get it off his head now.

Go on, get him out of here. Get him out of here now. Now!

I'm afraid it's not quite that simple, Mr. McCall.

Your friend is drugged and on a life support system.

If we remove him without the right preparations, he'll die.

Let's start to prepare now.

My old director is dead.

I have the utmost respect for your reputation, Mr. McCormick.

So why don't we dispense with the formalities?

Now, hand over your weapon, or you and your friend will die.

Please, you really have no other choice.

Hands behind your head.

I wondered how long it would take you to get here.

I've become quite a student of your past operations.

Brief, but flawed.

Friendship tends to make you lose your objectivity.

That's why Mr. Cosby was chosen.

I knew you'd try to save him.

You played the game well.

Parmalee was the only card I gave you. It was logical for you to assume that

since he was my director and the...

man responsible for this whole operation, that I would value his life.

Yes.

Foolish error on my part.

And now you understand why.

Oh, yes, yes, of course.

You and Parmalee, you're not in the company at all.

You're in the KGB.

Join me, Mr. McCall.

To strategy, the international language.

You think your strategy to be brilliant, do you?

I view it to be very successful.

Twenty years ago, the KGB put a mole in your company.

He rose in power.

But did we use him for information?

We created an entire KGB subdivision within your own organization.

We raped your scientific community, creating a line of mind -altering

technologies, all funded by the United States government.

And now our research is over, and we're about to take them home.

You also took out a number of troublesome agents on the way.

Very economical.

Yes, I thought so.

My superiors from Moscow are here to observe my final demonstration.

Of course, it had to be impressive.

That's why I chose you and Mr. Kastemeyer.

What harder cases could I find?

Oh, well, we're certainly pretty hard, aren't we?

Alan, wait.

Excellent. We'll be right there.

Your friend is awake and is asking to see you.

It has been a pleasure, Mr. McCormick.

You are not coming with me?

I think you and Mr. Kostomai need time to renew an old friendship.

I wouldn't want to get in the way.

Mickey? Mickey?

Mickey?

It's Robert.

Do you know what those words mean, Mickey?

Who's a traitor?

We've saved each other's lives a hundred times over, Mickey.

I'm your friend, I'm not your enemy, I'm your friend.

Now remember that, Mickey, remember that.

Don't let them take our friendship away from you, Mickey, don't let them do it.

Remember the past, Mickey.

Remember that.

Remember, remember.

Mickey, there's something more, more important, more powerful.

That is friendship.

I'm your friend. I've always been your friend, Mickey.

If I have hurt you in any way, please forgive me.

And if I am to die now, Mickey, remember I forgave you.

Remember that.

And remember that I died as your friend.

Gentlemen, what more can be said?

I think this is clear proof of our success.

Jump in on it, bastard.

Don't you dare make a move or I'll finish it!

Put the weapon down.

Stand up.

Why don't you do anything to make me nervous?

Because I am in pain.

And pain drives away my objectivity.

Good God, I'm glad to see you.

Likewise, I'm sure.

It is a dream you make for a real nightmare, McCall.

Yes, yes. Put your hands up, all of you. Come on, all of you. Put your hands up.

Hands up!

Now we move.

I must say, you have remarkable timing.

Robert, don't start. I drove all the way to Washington and back. I just got your

message a little while ago, all right?

There's been another shake -up.

Michael Olford is the new director of operations. He's replacing Parley. Oh,

good. Well, that's just as well, considering Parley is dead.

And that Parley and everybody in this building are KGB.

Well, I guess that's not really a surprise, is it?

We'll take over from here. You know, there's a real feather in your cap, old

son. Mr. Oldford is very impressed.

He's asked me to extend an invitation for you to rejoin the company.

You are joking, of course.

No, no, I'm quite serious.

He's promised greatly increased pay and stimulating travel.

Always remember that nothing real has happened since 1957.