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♪ No such thing as loving you too much ♪

♪ you see

♪ no such thing as loving you too much ♪

♪ you see

♪ when you think you got it all ♪

♪ gotta give in and make the fall ♪

♪ grass is always greener

♪ on the other side

♪ you haven't found your magic yet ♪

♪ but you know it's not too far to fall ♪

♪ till you hear that devil's call ♪

♪ open your heart to the sound of its charms ♪

♪ and take what you want

I spent my life travelling in one direction,

driven by greed, narcissism, arrogance.

A slight obsession with Steve McQueen.

You see I'm what I'd call a professional criminal.

But back in the day you'd have called me a gangster.

I was blood tied to the second

most powerful crime family in Los Angeles.

Then in one moment, one decision changed it all.

See that girl?

That girl happens to be the daughter of the boss

of our bitter enemy, the romanos,

the first most powerful crime family in California.

Talk about star-crossed lovers.

See right now, here?

We're about to cross that wonderful line

in the sand, that glorious Mark

of no return,

'cause as Steve McQueen said, "I live for myself

and I answer to nobody."

In 1972 McQueen fell in love

with his co-star in the "getaway."

At that point she was married to studio chief Robert Evans.

And when a divorce was mentioned,

Evans found incriminating information on McQueen,

the divorce was settled quickly.

But to this day, the nature of that evidence is unknown.

I mean, what did those private investigators

dig up on McQueen that was so volatile?

I want you to think about that,

because what's happening here is private,

and I don't want you imagining anything that's going on.

It's the moments of calm that you remember,

not the actual storm itself.

How quiet, how soulful,

how without pretense she is.

You think of all the magical things that you want to say to her,

and you go to speak and nothing comes out,

so you just smile.

She smiles back, and its all fine.

Fuck.

Fuck you!

The girl's in the truck, let's go.

I've known you since... How long now?

Since before you was in the army, right?

Since you was a kid.

I'm your friend Carl.

I'm your goombah, Gabe.

Gabe, buddy, it shouldn't be like this, man.

It's undignified.

Man, I know what you're capable of.

No need to labor the point.

I heard about Sebastian.

You're famous, man.

Yeah, big man on campus, huh, Gabe?

Just tell him what you heard, Carl.

What I heard.

Oh, uh, I heard that Sebastian

was in to caterina for, like, 10 large.

What you did to that poor man,

and how you left him?

It's the stuff a legend, Gabriel. It really is.

But I think you got a heart,

and I was hoping I could reach you with my observation.

And I now fully appreciate my position here,

so I am happy to pay, Gabe,

but I need it to be known that it wasn't without resistance,

that you broke me, okay?

It's all here. Every bit of it.

He's good.

I'm good.

I don't think you're as bad as your reputation, Gabe.

But I'm happy to let that be.

Dresses like this were made to hide some awful pain.

They were designed to disguise some deep psychological trauma.

I feel like Peggy cummins in "gun crazy,"

about to embark on an interstate robbery spree.

You want some of me, copper? You'll never take me alive.

That's 15 for the wing tips and 650 for the persols.

650 for a pair of secondhand shades, Gabe?

650 and tax.

Worth every penny.

714 persol folding sunglasses,

blue glass anti-glare lens,

and the handmade Italian leather case.

Steve McQueen owned a pair.

Yes, he did.

- Keep the change. - Thank you.

He also wore m43 roughouts in "the great escape."

Fashionably tapered in white chinos,

a button-up woolen cardigan over a sport shirt.

It's not that I don't have my own sense of style.

It's just my life seems that much easier

dressed like the man.

- You ready blondie? - Mm-hmm.

- Remember, you can't smile wearing

these glasses. -No, of course not.

And it's absolutely essential that we wear them inside,

in the darkened hallways of a shady apartment building somewhere.

But that will all change when we get the packet.

- Is that right? - Mm-hmm.

From whom? The big bad scary men?

You bought those shades because Steve McQueen

wore the same make, didn't you?

Why does it always have to be Steve McQueen?

Don't you think it's a little... A little weird?

- What is? -How obsessed you are over some actor?

I mean, I could only name maybe one of his movies.

- Have you seen "papillon?" - Sounds riveting.

See that comment right there just killed any chance

of a long-term commitment from me.

So when I take her home and I tell her

I'm gonna call her, I won't,

and that'll be the end of that.

You ready?

Thank you for the drive, the glasses.

Gabriel, I'll call you.

She used to walk around my apartment

in these black stockings.

This was always in a t-shirt.

Uh, my god, those legs.

I'd watch her make coffee just pretending to be asleep,

just watch 'em march,

doing that tiptoe walk that girls do in their socks.

You see how white her skin is?

The juxtaposition of white against black on her thigh.

You wanna put your mouth there.

Like a baby on a milk bottle.

Do I respect her? Yeah, of course.

But if it came down to keeping or discarding her,

would that wonderful thigh swing the balance?

Farewell, my love.

Farewell.

There she is,

when McQueen met macgraw on "the getaway,"

he said she was the kind of woman you would cheat and then kill for.

I ask myself that question every time I see a woman I like.

Ah, this kills me. I should stay,

but in my family, you don't want to be early,

and you sure as hell don't want to be late.

See, my family, they're dangerous people.

And they expect punctuality from their employees.

And, as such, they demand the family should set a rigid example.

So I work for my aunt caterina,

and presently that means I run with the enforcers.

See, she put me on this detail 'cause she figured

it was a good way to get me back into the game,

knock away any aspirations I may have picked up

while in the middle east.

My delightful companions for the afternoon.

Listen, if you're looking to correct the imbalance

of justice in the world,

then this is not your line of work.

It's like the man said, justice is for one and all,

the same way the ritz hotel is.

Shut up!

We don't wanna be here just as much as you don't want us here,

but caterina has got a reputation to uphold.

And if you fail to acknowledge that,

then where does that leave us either? Huh?

So listen to me, brother,

before this goes any further, tell me,

are you willing to pay or not?

'Cause I got some decisions to make.

Are you sure?

It's in the dresser. Top drawer.

Grocery bag.

You all right? You all right?

That wasn't so hard now, was it?

Looking a little pale there, Gabriel.

Its been a while, Casper.

I heard you were playing castrati in a quartet for the Aryan brotherhood.

How's your singing voice, champ?

That's very funny.

Now don't trip over yourself

when you see what I got for you.

A present from up north.

Like them apples, twinkle toes?

Real elephant ivory grips.

Had them fashion me a tie pin to match.

Pretty tough with the steel for a mealymouthed faggot.

Want to see what you are without them, huh?

Big man thinks his war record is something special,

but what does it mean?

I'll tell you what.

Some phony medals

and a hillbilly heroin habit.

I know you better than you think.

Don't you forget that.

You know, while you were away learning to Polish your boots,

I was learning the ropes.

Tony's been grooming me.

Which means one day, you and I,

we'll go head to head, or...

Or what?

Or you learn to play nice and share your toys.

You can come over, man. Be like old times.

You just gotta say it.

Just say, "I'm sorry."

You know what the problem is?

You let your ambition outweigh your ability, Casper.

You'll only ever be the odd man out.

You won't mean shit as a chief.

You may wish you'd taken my advice there, sunshine.

My aunt caterina runs a club downtown.

It's an ugly little place.

From there, she manages at least a dozen more questionable venues.

Her miniature empire of sleaze

covers everything from dance clubs

to strip clubs, a taxi dancing slum,

several section eight housing facilities,

and a laundry mat.

She takes her percentage from any pimps, prostitutes,

or drug dealers that peddle their wares

in these high-class venues.

She inherited the family business from her pa, gramps.

If I play my cards right, I'm next in line to reign over this rotten regency.

Gramps was one of the original L.A. bag men,

an Oakland biker who beat, stole, and intimidated his way into money,

carving himself a nice little niche.

And that's where he sat as ruler and grand inquisitor,

unchallenged for almost 30 years.

Now age and booze may have broken him,

but Mark my words, he's still a formidable presence.

And he's sure as hell the only person

my aunt caterina is afraid of.

I'm begging you.

He's begging you.

Paulie collects tomorrow.

The payment or your liver? Your choice.

There she is, queen, my aunt caterina.

Gabe, Gabriel.

They don't even breathe without her permission.

Just finishing up here. You'll drive, okay?

You ever think about just getting away?

Leaving it all behind?

Happy birthday, dad.

How are they treating you?

I saw a documentary on sturgis last week.

I thought of you.

What do you want?

It's your birthday.

Goddamn it, I don't know why you bother.

I'm dealing with this hell hole on my own,

and I don't need you to remind me

of my own mortality.

Well, you're here because we want you to be happy.

And look at the pretty girl who takes care of you.

You wouldn't want me wiping your ass, would you?

Are you trying to make light of my situation?

You ungrateful shit hole.

Dad.

Look at me, caterina.

I feel like shit.

I'm angry all the time.

I miss my legs,

I miss my fists.

I miss my cock. Okay?

Yeah, you know,

I'm thinking, uh, I'm going to go away.

I won't go quietly.

This is a place for you to reflect on your past, pa.

The present.

That's all man has, anyway.

See that town out there?

That was my town.

Yeah, it was like a big ripe whore

that was mine for the taking.

And I took it.

I demanded utter respect.

I'd just nod my head

and I could change a man's life.

The women wanted me.

Your mother.

You got no idea of all the things I've done.

So don't you talk down to me.

Why do you come around here anyways?

Just, I don't know,

trying to appease your guilty consciences?

Make you feel better about yourselves?

'Cause I don't want you here, you see?

I don't need you dredging up the past.

I don't wanna share it with you.

Now fuck off.

Who the fuck are you?

What the fuck are you doing here?

Nurse! Nurse, I wanna go back to my room now!

"The magnificent seven" was supposed to be yul brynner's movie.

I mean, he bought the rights, he produced, he starred in it.

At one point, he even considered directing it.

You wanna see some class act,

and I mean unadulterated scene stealing?

Then watch any frame that McQueen and brynner share.

I defy you to take your eyes off of him.

Something I learned from that...

Like, I wanted a bookcase,

and we built a bookcase, and coffee table,

and all that kind of stuff.

And I just jokingly said,

"we should start a company,

dolenz and daughter's fine furniture."

And she ran with it.

One of the most dangerous women I know.

And that show is the closest thing

she's had to a relationship since her marriage.

You saw Tyler and gave him my message?

Yeah.

Take off your glasses. I wanna see your eyes.

You know the situation between me and the shark.

You know we're in a war.

At some point we may need to address Casper, though.

Ugh, Casper.

Watch yourself around him.

He'll do anything to tear us apart.

I have something for you.

Tony the shark has a daughter, Eva.

I want you to get to know her.

You know, gently get comfortable with her.

Yeah, why me?

Paulie knows where she eats and hangs out.

Just be yourself. She'll like you.

Do it for me.

Don't forget to turn off the lights.

♪ Today...

Hi. Hi. Sorry to, uh, sorry to bother you all.

Um, I can't quite believe I'm about to say this,

but I've seen you somewhere before.

- Am I right? - Uh-huh?

No, I know. Look at them. Straightaway.

I know it sounds like a hit-up, right?

It's not. It's complete sincerity.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude.

It's just, we were talking.

With your friends. I interrupted.

Absolutely. I get it.

Ladies, I apologize, but, um, give me some slack.

I can tell this is gonna be a tough crowd.

Gabriel tancredi. Just give me two minutes.

Let me buy you a cup of coffee,

'cause there's more to you than meets the eye.

Prove me wrong.

Eva.

Eva Romano.

Miss Romano, it's a pleasure to meet you.

Ladies, do you mind if I borrow her

for a couple of minutes?

I promise I'll bring her back.

Thank you for letting me try my luck, huh?

Be right back.

You seem sweet. Very nice.

Pretty sure of yourself, aren't you?

Come on, it's a little endearing, right?

I prefer my friends to invest in a little humility.

As you should. As you should.

What do you want to drink?

Ice blended green tea.

Hey, George, get an ice blended...

- Green tea - green tea.

And you know what? Take care of the girls' tab for me.

Thank you very much.

That was a 50.

Yeah.

Yeah, there's a saying in the quran

that when you meet a new friend

on the road of life, it's a blessing from god.

So, I don't know, I guess

I'm just doing my part in some way.

When did you read the quran?

A long time ago, you know.

For a brief moment, I was in a middle eastern country,

and, uh, well, I did nothing to be proud of.

Anyway, I was raised here by my aunt.

A strong woman,

with a deep and profound hatred of the army

or any government organization, in fact.

So, sure enough, at 17,

full of rebellious teen spirit,

I defected, and I joined up.

And that's when you discovered the quran?

Mm-hmm. Well, there are no atheists in war, right?

Right.

So I read the Bible first.

Also looked down upon

with distinct disdain in our household.

And then the quran, and anything else I could get my hands on.

- Were you injured? - Mm-hmm.

I got a headache from reading by flashlight.

So what are you girls up to tonight, huh?

You destroying the town? Painting it red?

We are going to catch a foreign film.

A foreign film, huh?

Wow, you girls got culture.

Visconti's "il gattopardo."

"The leopard," I know it well. It's a beautiful one.

- Yeah, yeah. - I like the classics,

but I have a real love, and I mean an aching fondness

for the Japanese films of the '60s and '70s.

I don't know if you know them.

Akira kurosawa?

Wow. That was a nice pull.

But, no. No, my uh,

my go-to desert island movies are the yakuza pictures

of kinji fukasaku.

- You know him? - No.

Ah, maybe you're smarter than I thought.

I have said nothing for you to base that conclusion on.

You know, you're right. I take it all back.

So, listen, you've managed to make me talk about myself

without divulging a single personal detail about you.

You know how impressive that is? Hmm?

So is it worth me asking

to extend our two minutes together?

We have class.

Oh, you've got a thing, huh?

- We have to go. - Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, Eva Romano, it was a pleasure.

I don't normally do this.

- But, uh... - Uh-oh.

I'm getting the digits, huh?

Here's my number.

- Call me, okay? - You got it.

Hey.

You upset me with that odd man out crap.

Then I apologize.

How's your mother?

Getting old.

She worries.

How's the old man?

He's from a different era, you know?

I mean, they hit first, carried a gun,

paid off the cops.

It's easy to remember how your life was

when all your friends are dead or in prison.

His time's over. He knows it.

You think the game has really changed that much?

If you're looking to make a career out of it, yeah.

I heard his mind was starting to shut down.

Not at all. Sharp as a tack.

I hope I have his spark when I'm that age.

Hmm.

So did you think about it? About coming over?

We'll let caterina run her club.

She just has to back away from the vice.

It's not the time, buddy.

I know why you're stalling, Gabriel.

But Tony?

Tony might see your indecision as a decision.

You're an outcast, Casper.

A little Korean boy who tried to impress the yakuza.

But when your first hit went off wrong,

remember what happened?

I do.

You ran, right?

And whether it was the FBI or the 893 who were after you, we'll never know.

But what we do know is that you ran,

and you haven't stopped running.

You're trying to provoke me.

I'm not judging you, brother. I've seen what war does.

Every fiber of your soul screaming

that you're in the wrong place,

to get out, get down,

just get the fuck away.

Just stripped to the most basic of human reactions.

But you know what the difference between you and I is, though?

I didn't run.

You're talking about things you don't understand.

The yakuza are a formidably

culturally oriented society, right?

I mean, they must have made it painfully clear

that you were beneath them, not being Japanese.

And now you got Tony.

I mean, he gets more talent as he ages,

and he's never gonna look at you

as anything other than a curiosity

within that firm.

- I see. - Hmm. Do you?

See, you've devoted your life

to advancing in two subcultures

that really have no interest in seeing you

as anything other than a glorified errand boy.

A professional bitch.

Right.

He wants you on board. He won't ask again.

And if you're not with us, well, then...

Another time.

I take her out a couple more times.

It always comes back to the car.

I like this car.

It has a stately elegance to it.

A carryover from an age of beauty,

the social upheaval of the '60s,

the right movies, the best music.

The best music, huh?

An era of political fire at war.

No one will ever look back on our generation

and say this is when America lost her innocence.

Eh, who's to judge when all the judges

have been dragged before the bar?

I don't understand.

Well, with no conventional way of thinking to rebel against,

I mean, what do you... What do you rebel against?

You're simplifying it, but I understand what you mean.

It's funny, normally I'd argue, but...

But?

For some reason, I find myself agreeing with you.

- That's no fun. - No.

I mean, I can stop speaking, if you want.

No, that's okay. I think that's the answer.

You're not gonna disappoint me, are you, Gabe?

Once I'm past this colorful exterior?

I'm nothing special.

That's the only thing I believe.

♪ Give me a lion roar

♪ give me some claws

♪ so I can scratch you out my life ♪

♪ rip you to shreds, then eat you alive ♪

♪ digest you, feel you inside ♪

I just wish someone would try and hurt you,

just so that I could kill them for you.

That is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

♪ No, I'm not gonna regurgitate ♪

♪ or alleviate myself again

♪ just know

♪ you can't come back

♪ to tickle my throat with your delicious hair ♪

♪ I'm not gonna choke, you're over ♪

I can't explain it, but it feels different.

Unfortunately, I think I may loose my cool with this one.

♪ Give me a lion roar

♪ I said, give me a lion roar ♪

♪ eat you alive

♪ as you wiggle on down

♪ eat you alive

♪ as you tickle me now

Tempus fugit.

Time flies.

I'm hungry.

Me, too.

You know, people look at you like they should know you.

- They do, huh? - Mm-hmm.

Maybe it's 'cause I'm with you.

What do you do for a living, Gabe?

Legal and accounting.

Supervision mostly.

The only people I know that keep cash

around like yours are gangsters and drug dealers.

Well, I'll keep that in mind.

I'd hate to be confused for a drug dealer.

Don't dance around me, Gabe.

I have gangsters in my family. I know who they are.

I watched them destroy my mother's looks,

her sanity, her self worth.

I'm not going down that road.

You shouldn't.

Would it help if I told you

that the dancing was an effect

of me being slightly nervous around you?

Nervous of the fact that I don't think

I've felt this way

about anyone in a long time.

Steve did two films with Sam peckinpah,

the Walter hill scripted "the getaway"

and the character study "junior bonner."

On its release, it disappointed fans

of both McQueen and peckinpah.

But if you watch it,

you see Steve at his most natural, humanistic.

Bloody Sam got his start

working for b-movie director Don Siegel.

Siegel and McQueen had worked together years before,

then he went on to direct such classics

as "dirty Harry" and "escape from Alcatraz,"

defying that old Hollywood rule

that a director's pictures deteriorate as he ages.

He became a legend after shooting "the wild bunch."

Oh, he already had a reputation for bad behavior.

Once he showed his appreciation for a movie

by pissing on a theater screen during a preview.

She's been asking for you, Gabe.

Okay, sweetheart.

So John Wayne may have had hawks and Ford

as his twin fathers,

but I think McQueen more than made up for it

with the influence peckinpah had on his work.

Poor Willie.

He's been with us since he was underage.

The two of them go down to Marcelo's tacos on 6th.

They get followed. They get shot.

Tony the fucking shark. He's laughing at me, Gabe.

Well, how do you know it's him?

One of the boys saw Casper here last night.

He asked him to leave, he did,

but he pointed his finger like a gun... a threat.

All right, I'll have David call Michael at the foundry.

We'll get rid of the bodies.

Right now I gotta get some air.

I need to think.

You know, Casper could be working on his own.

He benefits from a war. Romano doesn't.

Remember that.

And the girl?

I'm working on it.

This is where he went down.

Your other boy was hit a little further away.

Still strong enough to come back for his brother.

Middle of the day, huh?

Everyone vanished when the shooting started.

Your man's bleeding out as he walks,

carrying his friend over his shoulder.

Had they stayed put,

probably would have survived.

Any ideas?

He came and went. Habeas corpus.

You see the shooter?

I don't like being shot at, Gabe.

I don't like it at all.

I could have had that life.

Could have rolled with it

and made a lot more money than frying tacos.

Don't think I don't dream about it.

The path chooses you, Marcelo.

I'll say this, Gabe. There was only one gun.

How do you know that?

No car. No yelling.

He runs afterwards.

It was a big gun. A Magnum.

You could tell by the sound.

You saw him, didn't you?

I seen him run, that's all.

You saw him.

Go ahead, take it.

Son of a...

Oh!

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

She's finished, Gabriel. Can't you see that?

You gonna use it or just keep flashing it?

'Cause I'm right here.

Why did he run?

The same reason I ran after him.

We both knew he couldn't look me in the eye

and lie about killing caterina's two boys.

A drive-by?

A fucking drive-by shooting?

We lost two of our own last night.

Now I've carried you for the last dozen years or so.

You've made money.

Now we are in a situation that has to be handled

or we are going to be in a long

protracted war on all fronts.

It's Casper, not Romano.

He's trying to provoke you.

Just let me deal with him.

It's too late for that, Gabe.

Tony the shark. Paulie?

Tony the shark's ex-wife

lives in Barbados or something.

His kid is in town. Film school.

We have at her tomorrow after class.

Kidnapping his daughter? That's hitting him below the belt.

Gabe's been keeping his eye on the girl,

so he can lead us right to her.

Tomorrow night, Gabe.

Wait up. Wait.

Nothing in life is random, Gabe.

Tony and I were raised together

to slowly destroy each other's lives as adults.

There's a profound poetry to it.

Another step 20 years ago? We might have been lovers.

That's great, but will you just...

Just take a breath for a second, huh?

Listen to me, as your nephew and trusted counsel,

if you're gonna let Paulie do this,

then you have to get out of town.

Go somewhere.

Anywhere but here. It's not safe.

There's an old island proverb.

"The coral waxes,

the palm grows,

but man departs."

Jesus Christ.

They've drawn first blood.

We have to retaliate.

And when the smoke clears,

they will see that they want no part

of a conflict with me.

You're nuts.

I can't talk to you. You're nuts.

I'll... I'll go talk with gramps.

Gramps died.

He passed last night.

Was it peaceful?

He passed in his sleep.

The nurse found him this morning.

Yeah.

Hey, it's me. Where are you?

All right, stay there. I'm on my way.

So, listen, um...

Eva, I know who your father is.

I've always known who he is.

- What do you mean? - You know what I mean.

What are the chances of this happening, hmm?

The one woman in the entire world

who I cannot, should not,

ever get involved with.

So when the time comes to make a life-changing decision,

we pause, weigh the options.

Walking away from my line of work is not one, so...

Like anything painful, it needs to be done quickly and without hesitation.

I know the guys who came after you today.

They're not gonna stop.

My point is, we can't stay here, okay?

So I need you to pack a bag, just for a couple of days

and let's go somewhere else.

- Give us time to think. - Where are we gonna go?

Doesn't matter.

I'm asking you to trust me. We don't have time.

Please.

I'll be right back.

How you doin', Gabe?

I'm bringing her in.

We're doing this the civilized way.

- Is that so? - Yeah, it is.

Out of mutual respect for Tony, we're doing this gentle.

I knew the boys that got shot, Gabe.

Good guys.

Real slick, courting the shark's daughter.

Might move you up in this world.

You have some imagination, Paulie, you know that?

I could give a shit about caterina.

Those boys, they were my friends.

Are we done?

We're done.

I'll tell you when we're done.

Paulie, what?

Couldn't leave it alone, could you? Huh?

It's all right.

He never fucking learns.

You okay?

I have a delayed reaction to stress.

It passes.

- Let her go. -Are you dictating terms to me?

I'm asking you nicely.

Fuck you.

Five million in hard cash.

You get it to me or you never see her again.

You try anything at all, I will kill her.

Watch the girl.

If they try anything, you know what to do.

We know what to do, boss.

You listen to me, you do nothing,

absolutely nothing, you understand?

I don't like guns.

Spent too much of my youth cleaning them.

The problem is, owning one is never the end of the story.

You have to be prepared to use it.

There's a saying,

you kill a man, and you're a murderer.

You kill thousands, you're a conqueror.

I can no longer deny who's blood is running through my veins.

He's here.

She really that special, Gabe?

You're really gonna throw it all away for her?

I don't think there was ever a man

who was willing to throw it all away for me.

Makes me strangely jealous.

It's funny, isn't it?

It's sad, actually.

Feeling sorry for me, Gabe?

Don't think our DNA has a capacity for sympathy.

We need a moral compass for that.

My earliest memories,

since I was a kid, they're all...

All variations of wanting to be like you.

Just do what do you do.

And when did that change?

I don't remember.

How did I go so wrong with you, Gabriel?

That's as close as you'll ever get to her.

Keep it as a souvenir.

You shouldn't have done it.

What do you want?

You knew I couldn't let her live.

I'll tell you what.

You go home, think about what you're doing with your life.

Call me in the morning and apologize.

We're family.

I'll let you do that.

You shouldn't have done it, c.

You don't know me.

You never did.

But I always looked out for you.

You want her?

Hmm?

She's in there.

Hey! Where the fuck you going? Get the fuck in there.

You better talk to him, or I'm gonna talk to him.

Calm down! Calm down! You better talk to him.

Non-slip lambskin gloves.

Amber tint target defining glasses.

Foam earplugs.

Preparation in any encounter is half the battle.

She did the only thing she understood.

Paulie!

Gabe, Paulie sent me out here to talk to you.

I want you to put that gun down and we'll talk this out.

Gabe! Gabe, come on!

We're on the same team here. What are you doing?

This is family.

Come out, Gabe! Told you I'd beat your ass!

Did I hurt your feelings?

We're cool, all right?

Hold on. Hold on.

Come on.

Do you know who I am?

I'm Tony Romano.

Sometimes known as "the shark."

I really don't like that nickname.

I'm Italian, not a spic.

You know, I carried a torch for her once.

You're Gabe tancredi.

She's your aunt, right?

You know, you're more fucked up than I imagined you were.

She was more man than you could ever hope to be.

Tell me, Gabe, how did you see this playing out in your head?

Did you see yourself just walking away from this?

I saw my chances just slightly better than yours.

You know, they say the word "mafia" was coined in a revolt

that happened when a French soldier

raped a young palermo woman on her wedding day

on easter Monday, 1282.

A group of sicilian men retaliated by killing the French soldier.

As the news spread of the retaliation,

the word "mafia" became the sicilian battle cry,

coined from the raped girl's mother

who ran through the streets yelling and shouting,

"ma-fi-a! Ma-fi-a!"

Which in Italian means

"my daughter, my daughter."

So I came here for my daughter, my Eva.

And I really don't care about anything else,

but leaving here with her.

Do you understand?

She's gone.

I don't know how they did it,

and I don't know why they did it...

But I blame every motherfucker

in this room.

Shit.

♪ The time will come

♪ when all the questions will be undone ♪

♪ and you stand as the answer before me ♪

♪ you question will I

♪ ever return, and I promise ♪

♪ it's only you in my arms

♪ I will ever be holding

♪ there's a place we can meet each night ♪

♪ we fall under the same starlight ♪

♪ though I am far away

♪ lover, believe me when I say ♪

♪ let's never say good-bye ♪

♪ oh, let's never say good-bye ♪

Mr. Romano was my employer for 10 years.

He may not have been perfect, but was fair.

He was retiring this year.

Do you know who he chose to take over after him?

We both lose today, Casper.

You want it?

It's yours. Take it all.

I don't need...

Does she mean that much to you?

They killed her just like they kill everything else.

This place makes me sick. Just, uh, take what you want.

Wake up and go to bed

knowing that I turned my back on the one person,

on the one person who kept me from fulfilling my destiny,

a position I groomed and nurtured for years.

Digesting abuse,

slaving like a dog, for what?

You turn into a sad story I'll tell over a drink.

I won't be that man today, Gabriel.

You're not about to just walk away.

The present is all a man has anyways.

Can't dwell on the past to survive in the future.

In our game we live for the moment, right?

Or not at all.

It's only life that hurts.

Death carries with it no pain at all.

This is barbaric, man.

Let's not do this.

Just, Casper, just... Just, just take the cup.

All right?

I was planning on leaving this morning.

My plans haven't changed.

Listen to me, I'm giving it to you.

I'll just disappear.

- Just... - That's the thing.

When it comes down to it,

I didn't really care about any of it either.

Not like they did.

Guess I'm not the designating type.

I do my own dirty work. You ready?

Are you ready?

We'll see.

Just look at your face, man. Just...

Casper, this is a no-win situation, all right?

Just walk away. You got nothin' to prove.

Wrong again.

- She's alive. - What?

You thought she was dead, but she's alive.

She's in the back.

I could have beat you,

but I have not.

Hey, hey, you done?

You done? You're done.

You did it all for love, man.

That's beautiful.

Shh, shh, shh.

What should we do? What should we do?

I need you to trust me.

But you gotta promise me...

You gotta keep your eyes closed.

Do you understand?

- Say it. - Mmm.

Okay.

Hi.

All right, keep 'em closed.

10 hours in a Mexican hospital couldn't save my arm,

but I'll live, and Eva will forgive me.

And although we laugh and love,

ultimately we lost.

We lost all the reasons we couldn't be together.

Do I feel bad about it?

No.

I didn't throw up, if that's what you mean.

♪ The corks are capped

♪ the floors are being waxed

♪ I know the moment's passed

♪ and everyone has left and I'm about to be run over ♪

♪ but I can't quite seem to wake myself ♪

♪ both worlds collide

♪ I'm dancing in my sleep with all my clothes alight ♪

♪ I think I should be rolling ♪

♪ but I don't quite seem to notice ♪

♪ and there's no breath left to wake myself ♪

♪ at last

♪ I'm about to get my second chance ♪

♪ but I can't get in

♪ to tell myself the answer

♪ I'm lost and trapped

♪ swirling down a fountain through my past ♪

♪ but I'm out of control

♪ so I can't give myself the answer ♪

♪ the answer

♪ close your blinds

♪ it's safer here inside the mystery ♪

♪ my mind, oh, please, let me rewind ♪

♪ and get the former me unfrozen ♪

♪ a statue painted white with fright ♪

♪ my heart beats loud

♪ alone inside a crowd I see relief ♪

♪ a shroud, go home and shake it out ♪

♪ but you can never stop the train that's coming ♪

♪ regrets express the whistle's blowing ♪

♪ at last

♪ I'm about to get my second chance ♪

♪ but I can't get in

♪ to tell myself the answer

♪ I'm lost and trapped

♪ swirling down a fountain through my past ♪

♪ but I'm out of control

♪ so I can't give myself the answer ♪

♪ the answer, the answer

♪ the answer

♪ the answer

♪ the answer

♪ yeah

♪ The corks are capped, the floors are being waxed ♪

♪ I know the moment's passed and everyone has left ♪

♪ and I'm about to be run over ♪

♪ but I can't quite seem to wake myself ♪

♪ both worlds collide

♪ I'm dancing in my sleep with all my clothes alight ♪

♪ I think I should be rolling ♪

♪ but I don't quite seem to notice ♪

♪ and there's no breath left to wake myself ♪

♪ at last

♪ I'm about to get my second chance ♪

♪ but I can't get in

♪ to tell myself the answer

♪ I'm lost and trapped

♪ swirling down a fountain through my past ♪

♪ I'm out of control

♪ so I can't give myself the answer ♪