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Remember, he is not the easy target you may think.

The slightest hesitation and it will be you that is dead.

No disrespect intended, but coming back here is--

Stupid?

I was thinking more on the line of suicidal.

We could be anywhere now.

Pittsburgh would be safer and more profitable.

This is the city of my choice. It's my town and I want it back.

We have a problem here.

He's not my problem.

- He is my purpose. - He's more aggravation than we need.

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You will leave this temple...

...and you will never return.

Kwai Chang Caine.

If he's still in Chinatown...

...I want him found...

...and brought to me.

You murdered the priests...

...and, so I thought, my own son.

Kill him.

Tell me, Chan.

What do you think is truly worth living or dying for?

Power.

That comes from success.

From money.

- I already have all of that. - Exactly, so what are we doing here?

For the one thing that can never be bought.

Self-respect.

So we're here.

What do we do now?

What a lovely city this is.

It's good to be back.

The grandson of Kwai Chang Caine walks out of the past.

But I want to fight.

Yes. So did your great-grandfather when he was your age.

He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple.

An evil force destroyed that temple.

Father and son each believed the other had perished.

Fifteen years later, they were reunited.

Now Caine faced new challenges...

...and his son grew up.

I'm not my father. I don't do kung fu.

I'm a cop. That's who I am, that's what I do.

I am Caine.

I will help you.

Look, I said I'd be there, but Blaisdell sent me on this liquor store stakeout.

Some excuse, Peter.

Maybe I'll just get myself a guitar and a dog.

The classic form of attack...

...must include these four weapons.

The first is the staff...

...a symbol of strength, yet flexibility.

The second is the staff divided into three sections...

...symbolizing the body, mind and spirit.

The butterfly knives represent the penetration of the flesh...

...the cutting away of all negativity in one's life.

The steel whip...

...is like water.

It flows and wraps itself around your enemy.

Entwines him.

Though soft to the touch, its grip...

...inescapable.

Proper defense...

...is not to treat these separately...

...but as one weapon.

They must work together, and they must be defeated together.

How long will it take to master these?

To master one weapon...

...may take a lifetime.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I owe the precinct one expensive car.

Look, Dad, I really can't talk to you right now.

I gotta go through these files, figure out who wants to kill me.

It'll take me about a week.

Somehow, I seem to have made a few enemies.

Your enemies...

...are my enemies.

Tan has returned.

Son of a--

You said he would. I never believed you.

This is the sun...

...the giver of all life.

Children, pay attention.

Show respect for your elders.

All right, something more exciting.

Tai chi.

- Yeah, yeah. - Okay.

Last week I met a lady...

...young, about 60.

I taught her tai chi and she taught me tango.

Let's put them together.

Now, this is...

...tai chi.

Now this is tango.

The tai chi-tango, eh?

Could be the newest dance fad.

You're gonna have to teach that to me sometime.

Nice to know you're so sprightly, old man.

Last time I saw you, you got in trouble for playing with matches.

So you have come back?

An act of great courage or great folly.

I'm not sure which myself.

Let's go.

And no surprising moves this time, okay?

Mr. Wong here will have no hesitation shooting these children.

A serious character flaw.

Where are you taking my uncle?

Need not concern you.

Just let Kwai Chang Caine know that we have him.

And tell him Mr. Tan says:

"The finest general first enters the mind of the enemy."

Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.

Ciao, babe.

You saw this man and you didn't apprehend him?

He was only a messenger.

There is meaning here.

Signs.

Signs.

Well, what--? What kind of signs?

The robe is on its face...

...and is slashed here.

The left sleeve...

...folded across the chest.

It is pointing east.

They are waiting for me.

Waiting. Where?

A place of shadows...

...facing to the east.

A place heavily guarded...

...where there is...

...great danger.

They've taken my uncle.

Tan's men.

They came back and took him away.

When did this happen?

A few minutes ago. I ran all the way here.

Did you call the police?

The police cannot help us in this matter.

They did not say anything about ransom.

They will not.

Who took him, Xiaoli?

Who took the Ancient?

Chan, the guy who dragged me from the community meeting...

...the day I first met you.

And a guy with a ponytail.

Jack Wong.

Do not speak of this to anyone.

Your uncle will be safe.

I promise.

You will rescue him?

Yes.

They're using the Ancient as bait.

Yes.

To lure you somewhere.

It is a traditional tactic.

Tan has borrowed his battle plan...

...from the classic writings of Sun Tzu.

It is a challenge.

You do all this...

...for a man you despise.

I know what I'm doing.

Yes...

...but does your boss?

When the unknowing goat...

...enter the tiger's lair...

...it is only the foolish lamb that follows.

Would you shut up?

The old man is perceptive.

You really believe he's saying anything I don't know, Mr. Chan?

Okay, that's right. You know everything.

Do you think I'm oblivious to your...

...ambitions?

The old man is scared.

He's just talking to hear himself talk.

If you wait for Kwai Chang Caine...

...he will not come.

Of course he will. Out of respect and love for you.

I am Shaolin.

He knows...

...I'm always prepared for death.

But not a death he can prevent.

That would be a betrayal of unspoken trust...

...of tradition.

Oh, tradition.

You know about that?

Of course.

You were at the temple, you taught the students.

But you did not learn.

It is the journey that is to be exalted, not the prize at its end.

Only one who has turned his back on the Tao...

...could forget this easy lesson.

Kwai Chang Caine will humble himself before me.

Nature is kind, is it not, Tan?

It does not see the difference...

...between a man and a centipede.

Lucky for you.

Let him talk. Let him watch.

You will see your priest destroyed...

...very slowly...

...in the Shaolin tradition.

Oh, come on. We're wasting time here.

Preparation must precede action.

What are you doing?

I mean, the only preparation I know of is putting bullets in my gun.

We may need...

...to coat our throats and mouths with this.

Come on, Pop, get serious.

Tan will use the ancient techniques...

...of air, water, earth and fire as weapons.

We must use ancient means...

...to blunt them.

We'll just go into battle armed to the teeth...

...using herbs and potions. Except the only problem is...

...we don't know where this battle's gonna take place.

Maybe I can help you there.

Hey, hey...

...don't shoot the messenger, huh?

You've got a lot of nerve walking in here.

You know, if this were up to me...

...we wouldn't be playing Dungeons & Dragons.

If Tan wants to operate in this city again, there's a price to pay.

We make you an offer you can't refuse, or the cops.

Anyone balks, then we start shooting at each other.

See who's around when the smoke clears.

Simple.

But...

...it will not be simple.

No.

Not the way you and my boss play the game.

That's your way.

When the time comes, we'll play the game my way.

Hey, hey.

Don't think you're walking out of here, do you?

Oh, that's up to him.

But I think I know what the answer's gonna be.

You are free to leave.

We're coming after you, Chan.

Have you got that?

And the ones who'll be left standing are the good guys.

Sometimes it's hard to tell who the good guys are.

It's all in your point of view.

What have we got? An address?

Is this where the Ancient's being held?

This is in a Chinese script. I can't read this.

You'll have to translate it. I'm gonna call Blaisdell.

You don't have a phone.

There's a pay phone on the street.

Remember the hotel?

No time for police.

We must do this alone. You and me.

Together.

Any other method and the Ancient will die.

All right.

Let's go to war.

I know trouble coming when I see it.

Wait till you hear this trouble. The Ancient's been kidnapped.

I don't know the location, but my father does.

I want you standing by. When I can call you, I will.

I don't believe this. If there's a kidnapping, you call in.

Well, you haven't heard it all.

Tan and Chan did the kidnapping.

They're back in town.

They just have one obstacle, my father and me.

That hit last night in the car with me in it?

Tan's homecoming present.

So I'm supposed to wait for a call you may or may not be able to make...

...from a location where you and your father are taking on Tan's army?

- Captures the spirit. - Can't do it.

Can't let you stop me. Chief, just back me up on this.

Or you can call somebody to arrest me right now before I leave the building.

Are you sure this is the place?

Yes.

Well, how are we supposed to get in here?

I got a rope and a set of bolt-cutters in the car.

Leave your pistol outside.

Oh, are you nuts?

You will do it the Shaolin way, or you yourself...

...will remain outside.

Welcome, Kwai Chang Caine.

Leaving your gun outside, good.

I'm leaving it there, but I know I'm gonna need it later. I just know it.

Good for you.

Few men have the courage...

...to greet their destiny...

...with such gladness.

My destiny is in my control, old man, as is Caine's, as is yours.

Death is an empty threat.

What I have in mind for Caine is far worse than mere death.

- You sure we're going the right way? - Sun Tzu...

...teaches the warrior...

...to take the higher ground.

Besides, enlightenment is not found in falling...

...but in rising.

Well, then, let's go up.

No.

Tan does not seek enlightenment.

He lusts only for victory and conquest.

He will choose his battlefield according to the emptiness of his soul.

He will be waiting for us below.

Then let's go down. But let's go.

Peter, wait. Wait, Peter.

Wait? There's nothing here.

Peter, slowly.

What for?

What is with the rock slide?

The earth.

One of the four...

...ancient elements.

Jesus, let me see this.

We got to tie this off.

- There's gotta be something in your bag. - Do not be concerned.

You can to lose a lot of blood.

I am not hurt.

Father?

Good morning, Peter.

- Have you been like this all night? - Yes.

Doesn't it hurt you sitting like that?

It did at one time...

...when I was 7 like yourself.

But no more.

Because you've gotten used to it?

Or because it doesn't hurt anymore?

I do not know...

...but the result is the same.

The mind...

...controls the body.

Yeah, but we gotta tie this off or something. I mean....

To tie off the life is to...

...abandon the life.

It will heal itself.

I don't believe it.

You're right.

Very impressive trick.

Not a trick.

An obedient body...

...obeys the mind.

Let's stop working at cross purposes.

Let me put a couple of bullets in Caine's back...

- ...and get this thing over with. - No.

First I break his spirit.

North corridor, ready?

We're ready.

You know, somebody's gonna be pretty waxed...

...about the mess we're leaving.

What? What's so funny?

You sound exactly like your mother.

You know, Pop...

...there's a chance we might die in this maze.

A possibility.

Maybe it's a good time for me to ask you a few questions about Mom.

You know, like...

...where you met and--

Caine.

- You can't go back. - What was that?

You must go on.

Of course, Tan.

This is the way.

That's right. Rats into the trap.

Oh, great.

I want maximum pressure, maximum temperature.

Maximum this, maximum that.

The problem is your attitude, Tan.

Would you still have so much to say...

...with your throat cut?

Keep cool, Jack.

We got plenty of time.

Why don't we just kill him?

Too easy. Too fast.

And too soon.

But go ahead, use your knife.

Try not to enjoy your work so much.

You never understood.

I am eternal.

Life...

...is the journey.

I understand, old man.

We're watching one of life's journeys.

A final one.

Pop, come on. Oh no, no, no.

Heights.

There's something in these pipes.

Water, the second element.

What are you doing?

It will protect your eyes.

Protect my eyes from what?

- I'm not looking down. - That is good.

I'm still not looking down.

That is still good.

Father!

Are you all right?

Oh, yeah. Never better.

Oh, man, that stuff worked.

My strength is totally gone. I'm--

That's it.

That was its purpose. Please.

What, another magic potion?

You gave me something like this once before.

I did?

Yeah, at the monastery.

- The trap has been baited. - One night at the monastery, I felt alone.

Scared.

I was missing her.

- And you came to my room. - Yes.

I do remember.

You helped me.

You understood even--

Even though I could always talk to you.

That night, you understood.

I love you for that.

Just for being there.

It is...

...a function of a father.

Well...

...you wore it well.

That night...

...I needed you.

Perhaps even more than you needed me.

Kwai Chang Caine, help me.

The Ancient.

- Peter. - Ahead.

What's next, air?

How could someone kill you with air?

No. Close it.

Poison gas.

Yes.

Under your tongue.

It will help keep the poison out.

How long?

As long as necessary.

We go out the way we came in, right?

The rat...

...always enters the trap with ease.

Leaving is sometimes more difficult.

Especially...

...if the rat...

...wants to keep the cheese.

It is a principle...

...of ancient combat.

We have him now.

Getting him out...

...will be the hard part.

We must keep moving.

You sure this is the way out?

If you have any other idea I would be interested to hear it.

I say we take them out.

Peter.

He is hurt.

- He tried to kill the Ancient. - Yes.

You have saved his life.

I don't get this.

If Tan wanted the Ancient dead, why didn't he kill him before?

Before he was not in my care...

...now I am responsible for his life.

Tan believes that if he kills the Ancient...

...then I will feel powerless and vulnerable.

He tries to strip your father of honor.

After he kills the Ancient, he will kill you.

That is his plan.

So that's why he let us find the Ancient.

He's setting you up.

Yes.

The senses of a warrior...

...are not truly tested...

...until he's deprived of them.

Come on.

Here.

Good night, Caine.

Can you not fight in the darkness, Caine?

Do not move.

I will find you.

No, do not come to me. Go forward. Seek the light and you will find escape.

Well, you're not staying here.

Our journey is not finished.

I must meet with Tan.

No.

We stay together.

Peter.

What the hell?

Do you like it, Caine?

A perfect replica of the Shaolin Temple.

The very sacred thing he destroyed, he builds for his own use.

This temple is the proper place for a confrontation.

Precisely.

Relax, old man.

You may kill them now.

Tan...

...if they die...

...who will be here to witness your skill.

The struggle is between you and me.

No one else.

Take them away.

Remember what I said?

You just never know who the good guys are.

Oh, I know, Chan.

They're always the guys with the best hats.

No. No.

Oh, nice work.

You have done all that was required of you.

Tan has failed to kill us.

Now honor your father.

Allow the challenge to be met.

Let them watch their hero die.

Perhaps that will be all the more sweet.

Yes.

I knew you would respect the tradition of conflict.

Weaken an opponent before meeting him face-to-face.

Seek...

...every advantage.

Every advantage is fair and just.

For several years I was the honored pupil at the temple.

You interfered, opposed me.

You violated the teachings of the masters.

Those old men? What do they know?

They know the way.

You were part of them, as they were of you.

That is why I banished you from the temple.

You will...

...fight me.

I cannot fight you.

I must...

...destroy you.

The weakness of anger.

Not anger.

Truth.

You have abandoned the Tao.

And you have dishonored the temple.

Then you will die at the hands of a phantom.

Your dad's gonna die.

We no longer acknowledge your life.

You are nothing, Caine.

I do not honor you...

...even in death.

You have abandoned the Tao.

There will be no continuance for you.

The cycle of your lives is at an end.

You intended to kill him.

But you said there was always another alternative.

His evil...

...was beyond redemption.

There was...

...no other choice.

Oh, is that what I smell?

Arabian jasmine.

You like it?

Yeah, I love it.

It is from this flower.

I made perfume...

...for her, your mother.

Is that why I like it so much?

One never forgets...

...the scent...

...of one's mother.

I wish I knew more.

You will.

I will tell you.

It won't bother you?

I mean, I don't wanna dig up any unpleasant memories.

My thoughts of her will become your memories.

She will live in your heart as she has in mine.

I'd like that.

You know, Pop what do you think she'd think...

...about us finding each other after all this time?

She would be very happy.

Except for one thing.

What?

She would not like you calling me...

..."Pop."

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