Original subtitles

[COUGHING]

Hi there, dog

You're still alive.

[TORTUGA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

English, Tortuga.

[TORTUGA COUGHING]

You know where we are?

[TORTUGA GROANING]

You're here. Across the border.

From El Fronteras.

MAN: El Fronteras. - Uh-huh.

Is it far?

- Quick walk. - How long?

Ten, 15 minutes.

[GROANING]

You'll like it-- Aah! Unh.

[COUGHING] You'll like it there.

People are very friendly. Heh, heh.

MAN: Why'd you have to start shouting, Tortuga?

I didn't want to be taken alive.

Huh?

[COUGHING]

A man is only responsible to himself.

Remember that, perro.

Where will you go?

Acapulco.

Heh. Acapulco? What are you, on spring break?

[TORTUGA GRUNTS]

That's for tourists.

You want to go someplace nice.

Go to...

...Akumal.

Take care of that bag, amigo.

It carries the bland of many men.

Adios, Tortuga.

[TORTUGA GRUNTING]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Adios.

[DOG BARKING AND SNARLING]

Come on.

Hey.

Leave the dog alone.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Gringo.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[ALL GRUNTING]

Shit.

Hey, girl. How you doing?

You're a good girl, huh?

Go on. Get out of here.

I said, go on.

Whatever.

[GRUNTS]

FLACA: Give me your bag.

Excuse me?

FLACA: The bag.

[DOG WHIMPERING]

I'm not giving you the bag, kid.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

You're holding the knife wrong, honey.

[GROANING]

MAN: You're supposed to hold the knife blade dawn.

Someone comes at you blade up...

...that means they don't know haw to handle a knife.

And give me your shirt.

- What? - Your camisa. Give it to me.

That's it. Came on.

atta-girl.

Have a nice day.

[MUTTERING IN SPANISH]

botle of water, please.

- No water, sorry. - No water?

Excuse me, miss-- Miss?

Excuse me, sir?

- No, I don't want your money. Please go. - Please, ma'am, I'm very thirsty.

MAN: Excuse me.

Some water, please?

We are closed.

Come on, just one glass.

[SIGHS]

Wow.

[SIGHS]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[MAN CLEARS THROAT]

Mm. Do you have any money?

[CHUCKLES]

What, you don't take American money?

I don't take fake money, hmm?

- Fake? - Mm.

Came back here when you have some real money.

Two hundred dollars for a glass of water. Ahem.

Nope.

Five hundred dollars for a glass of water. That is my final offer.

Mm.

You can't drink that.

You're a gringo.

You ever hear of Montezuma's revenge'?

Mm.

[GANGSTERS GRUNTING]

[GANGSTERS CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

- You just killed your first man. - Heh.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[NACO CHUCKLES]

Welcome to La M.

[CHUCKLES]

[GANGSTERS LAUGHING]

[GANGSTERS CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

GANGSTER Shh, shh.

CULEBRA: What's up, Flaca?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

I jacked that vato that came into town.

[GASPS]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

What did you get?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

He brake your nose?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

What happened to your shirt?

He tank it.

He stole the shirt off your back.

[GANGSTERS LAUGHING]

Shut the fuck up, putos.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Do you want to get jumped in?

Hmm?

You're going to have to do better than that, flaquita.

CULEBRA: Hmm.

[GUNFIRE]

[GANGSTERS SHOUTING]

Stray dogs. They're the scourge of this town.

Spreading disease and vermin.

Ahh. If I do only one thing as chief, it'll beta rid El Fronteras of these...

...miserable, useless creatures.

And you pendejos are no better.

Shit.

You heard the bass.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Adios, Fronteras.

[BAND SINGING IN SPANISH ON STEREO]

[MAN COUGHS]

I'd like to take the next bus to Acapulco.

Acapulco.

Si, Acapulco.

Why you want to go there? Spring break?

[CHUCKLES]

look, can I just get a ticket for the next bus, please?

No.

Why nut?

No bus to Acapulco.

- No bus to Acapulco? - Mm-hm.

Okay, 50...

How do I get there? You tell me.

No bus.

Try tomorrow.

Try tomorrow? ls there gonna be a bus here tomorrow or not?

Try tomorrow.

Fuck!

[BAND SINGING RAPIDLY IN SPANISH ON STEREO]

[SIGHS]

Okay, ma'am, I'm sorry. I apologize.

But do you know where I can get a glass of water?

- Bus leaves at 2. - No, there is no bus today.

Of course there is.

They only told you that so you could stay in town longer and spend your money.

[BELL TOLLS]

- I gotta go. - It's tan late now.

The bus leaves at 2:00 sharp. You've missed it.

Spend my money? On what?

I can't even buy a glass of water.

[SCOFFS]

Where are you headed?

MAN: Acapulco. ANNA: Heh.

- Acapulco? That tourist trap? - Yeah.

look, if you wanna go somewhere nice, go to Tulum or Akumal.

Acapulco.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Hey, you wouldn't happen to have a room upstairs I could spend the night?

This seems to be the only place in town that'll take my money.

[SIGHS]

You can stay in the attic.

For one night.

Fronteras is not for tourists.

You should leave here, even if it is for Acapulco.

You got a name?

Come on, you can tell me your name.

Anna.

- Anna. - Mm-hm.

Well, Anna, you know what I really want right now?

What?

A margarita.

[LAUGHS]

- A margarita? - Yeah.

ANNA: We only have straight tequilla.

MAN: Just tequilla.

It's 2:00 in the afternoon.

Welcome to El Fronteras.

Mm.

[ALL CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

[GRUNTS]

MAN: No, this ain't right.

I don't like this.

I'm getting the shotgun.

[GUNFIRE]

[MAN YELLING]

Connors?

Sullivan?

Bill?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[GANGSTERS SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[GANGSTERS LAUGHING]

GANGSTER 1: Everybody's here. GANGSTER 2: Where's the other one'?

GANGSTER 3: I don't know. I don't see him.

GANGSTER 2: Check the trunk, pendejo.

[GUNFIRE]

[GROANS]

[LAUGHS]

Get out.

- What are you doing? - You're a drug dealer.

- No, I'm not. - You're a bank robber.

No, I'm not.

Get out of my bar.

Why don't you just calm dawn?

- Get out. - Just let me explain. I can explain.

- Where did you get all this money? - You went through my stuff?

I have a right to know who is living in my house.

You don't have a right to go through people's stuff.

ANNA: Where did you get this money, huh?

Hey, no, no, wait!

Get out.

Hey! Wait!

Hey!

[FLACA SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[WOMEN YELL]

[GRUNTS THEN LAUGHS]

Flaca.

[MAN GRUNTS]

FLACA: Oh, fuck. - Move!

[CROWD SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[FLACA YELLS]

[GRUNTING]

Give me the bag.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[GUNSHOT]

Flaca...

...is this the gabacho who blooded your nose?

Yes.

CULEBRA: Are you sure?

[FLACA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[CULEBRA SCOFFS]

[CULEBRA SIGHS]

CULEBRA: He's tan fast for you.

Maybe you should try to make love, not war.

[GANGSTERS LAUGHING]

Quiet!

[ESPINOZA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Who are you?

Nobody.

Just passing through.

What are you doing here?

On my way to Acapulco.

CULEBRA: Acapulco?

What, for spring break?

[CHUCKLES]

CULEBRA: Look, amigo...

...I don't care where you go.

Just get out of El Fronteras.

- Bus doesn't leave till tomorrow. - Ah.

Make sure you're on it.

Hmm?

[CULEBRA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Oh, you were a big help.

[SIGHS]

Get the Predator B airborne.

What do you need a drone far?

They sent four men on that raid. There's only three in the car.

These tracks mean there's a car with a flat tire...

.somewhere between here and the Mexican border.

And I wanna find it.

POLICEMAN: Suspects heading south on 286.

WEST [OVER RADIO]: Copy. Stop and search them.

- Copy that. - Shit.

Lieutenant, they're on their way back from the buy.

The only evidence they can have is money. We can't hold them on that.

WEST: Wanna get Section 33'd again?

You search those bums and report in when you are done.

MAN: This is bullshit. - Copy that.

- Come on, it's called doing your job - No, it's called wasting your time.

How many scumbags are we supposed to put in jail? They'll just keep coming back.

You come back to finish the jab?

Hmm.

[MAN YAWNS]

MAN: Must be late.

I couldn't sleep.

Oh, you were worried about me?

ANNA: I was worried about the dog.

How do you like our little town?

It's on acquired taste.

El Fronteras was once a very nice place.

The Americans used to came here for the festivals.

That's when my father built the bar.

Then the violence came.

The Americans left, the jabs left.

The drug cartels needed this town empty, 50...

They chased everyone away.

The others who stay here are not allowed to talk to outsiders.

They are paid to keep quiet.

Well, that explains why I can't get a glass of water in this town.

[LAUGHS]

So why'd you stay in El Fronteras?

My grandmother taught me...

...a person who stands up never stands alone.

You believe that?

Don't you?

Not anymore.

One man can't make a difference, honey.

Trust me.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

This town is not safe for you.

Make sure you get on the bus tomorrow.

Anna.

[SIGHS]

Can't I just came back inside?

Where did you get that money?

MAN: Guess it's just you and me.

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

[GUNFIRE]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

Hula, Tortuga.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

MAN: Shit.

[DOG WOOFS]

Get your head in the game.

Shit!

[FLACA YELLS]

[CROWD CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

Thanks a lot, kid.

POLICEMAN [OVER RADIO]: Two-twenty-two, do you copy?

Lieutenant West.

POLICEMAN: Lieutenant, the drone spotted your Cadillac...

...at Mile Marker 63 on the border fence.

Copy that.

Scourge of this town.

[BARKING]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Chief.

I'll get the next one.

One by one, I'm gonna clean up this town till there's no more interference.

Then I will feel like I have done something.

Chief, the gringo.

He carries a black satchel full of money.

- In dollars? - Yes.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

The coyotes didn't came in yesterday.

Instead we get the pinche guerro.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

- New plan. CULEBRA: Yes?

Make sure he does not get the 2:00 bus.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Cover the bus station.

You tell the others, and spread out from there.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[GANGSTERS CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Shit.

Let me crass the border. That's all I wanna do.

You ain't got no jurisdiction.

Don't give me this "nu jurisdiction" bullshit.

These motherfuckers killed three of my men. Three.

LOGAN: Border patrol, DEA mobile enforcement are already on this.

They'll find the bastards who killed them.

So, what are we supposed to do in the meantime? Sit on our ass? Is that it?

LOGAN: We are going to observe jurisdiction.

And you are going to fallow orders.

That's tan easy.

LOGAN: Do we understand each other?

Do we?

[WEST SIGHS]

Yes, sir.

How much vacation time do I have?

ANNA: The bus leaves at 2:00 sharp.

[SINGER SINGING IN SPANISH ON RADIO]

MAN: Agua, please?

[VENDOR SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

MAN: Miss, came on, I'm dying of thirst here.

[VENDOR SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Two hundred bucks.

[VENDOR SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

MAN: Two hundred bucks. Just take it.

Thank you.

Give me the bag.

[VENDOR SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Take it easy, kid.

Give me the bag.

You know you're supposed to cock it first, right?

[NACO SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

What's your name, kid?

NACO: Naco. MAN: Okay, Naco.

We can both just walk away quietly...

...pretend like none of this ever happened.

We got a deal, amigo?

[NACO SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

Sneaky little bastard.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[GUNFIRE]

[GUNSHOT]

[GANGSTERS SHOUTING IN SPANISH IN DISTANCE]

Armor-piercing bullets.

[ALL SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[GUNFIRE]

[GUNFIRE]

Shit.

[BELL TOLLING]

MAN: It's 2:00.

Fuck!

Wait! Stop the bus! Stop the bus!

[GANGSTERS SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

MAN: Shit!

[GUNFIRE]

What time is the next bus?

No English.

I said, what time is the next bus?

Tomorrow, 2:00.

Thank you.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[ALL CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

[ESPINOZA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Find the American.

Finish this.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

[ALL MURMURING IN SPANISH]

[GUNSHOT]

[CRYING]

[WHISPERING IN SPANISH]

[GUNSHOT]

[GASPS]

[GUNFIRE]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

No, Flaca!

[GUNFIRE]

Fuck.

Flaca.

Just listen to me.

Just give me the bag.

Hey, wait.

They're gonna kill you for that money.

Better they find it with me than with you, right?

Fuck you, puta.

[CULEBRA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[FLACA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

We don't have time for pendejadas.

[SCREAMS]

[GROANING]

[GROANS]

You said one man can't make a difference.

How about a woman?

[WHISTLES]

[BAND SINGING IN SPANISH ON RADIO]

[HORN HONKING]

[WEST SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SIGHS]

I am a police officer.

A policeman.

Border crossing is in Nogales.

I'm with La Paz. New Mexico Police Department.

Now, if you don't open this gate...

...I'm gonna report you to the DEA and Homeland Security.

Nogales is east of here.

You've got a long drive, migra.

Better get started.

[SIGHS]

Let's think this through.

If Homeland Security shuts dawn this fence...

...your bosses are gonna have to find another place to conduct their affairs.

Now, that is a lot of lost business on your head.

So why don't you just let me through?

[SCOFFS]

All right, it's your funeral.

Open the gates.

[WEST WHOOPS]

Oh. Which way to El Fronteras?

[MAN YELLS & ANNA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Don't.

Why you helping me? You still think I'm a bad guy?

How many men did you kill today? Hmm?

[MAN GROANS]

I didn't really wanna kill any of them.

Oh. Do you get shot every day?

You have to tourniquet the wounds to stop the bleeding.

You need to tie it off with something.

Hurry.

[BOTH PANTING]

Oh, yeah. Mm.

It was almost worth getting shot.

[MAN YELLS THEN GROANS]

Okay. Okay.

[ANNA MUTTERS IN SPANISH]

Heh. Kind of wish he'd shot me a few more times.

[MAN CHUCKLES THEN GROANS]

So, uh, what are you gonna use to bandage me with?

[ANNA CHUCKLES]

Probably your tongue.

[GANGSTERS GROANING]

CULEBRA: I told you to stay away from that guerro pinche, Flaca.

[FLACA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

While you, you tried to kill me.

That money belongs to us.

- Huh? You have to choose your side, mija. FLACA: I know.

And I thought if I stole that bag, you would jump me into the gang.

The only way to join La M is to kill a man.

You got that? Huh?

Now...

[CULEBRA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[CULEBRA KICKS FLACA]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

You last this.

I wish I could do something to help you, Anna.

[CULEBRA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Still, I'm concerned about your safety.

[CHUCKLES]

Did you hear about the man who shot up a woman's bar?

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[ANNA SCREAMS]

That's where I would stay.

A bunch of guys came to a woman's bar...

...and they just started shooting up the place.

And why did they shoot up her place?

[GUNSHOT]

Because the town was getting out of central.

And they needed to clean things up.

I hear they gave her until midnight to leave town.

And when she didn't leave...

...they kill her.

Oh, shit.

WEST: Three cops dead.

Three good cops.

And you take the money...

...drug money, and you run?

You are a disgrace.

Yeah, you're right. I fucked up.

[SCOFFS]

But you tell me, lieutenant, what's the paint?

You send us out on some bullshit job to pick up some mutts...

...who'll only bounce out on bail or extradition. That's all we ever do.

We never build a case. We never salve anything.

And the good cops die and the bad guys get away. It's bullshit.

You gotta think of the big picture. Take responsibility.

You are just one man. One man cannot change the world.

So, what, are you bringing me in?

[GANGSTERS LAUGHING AND SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[WEST SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

I am Lieutenant West of the New Mexico Police Department.

This man is new under my supervision.

What do you want with the gringo?

He's a wanted man in the United States.

I'll be escorting him out of this town. He is no longer your concern.

What about the money?

This money? Are you--? You making a claim on this money?

Yeah.

This money is new state's evidence.

Maybe that money belongs to us. Huh?

Let me explain something to you, Skeletar.

You make a claim on this money...

...I'm gonna have the DEA in here to investigate.

Something happens to me, the DEA will be here to investigate.

Either way, the DEA is gonna be here...

...in your small little town, to investigate.

So the smart play is lower your weapons...

allow us to pass, and salute me as I do

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Come on.

What did he do?

He stole money from a drug dealer...

...and he left three of his fellow police officers to die.

Come on.

[MAN GRUNTS]

[SPITS]

CULEBRA: You got until midnight. That's it.

- They're gonna make her pay for helping me. - Shut up.

- You can't just leave her. - Shut up. It's not my problem.

Come on. Just keep moving.

WEST: Is this more of your handywork?

You been a busy bay.

Come on.

You got a jail cell in here?

Oh, we've got better than that.

[MAN GRUNTS]

[CROWD LAUGHING]

- Here's your dinero. - You son of a bitch.

[GROANS]

[ALL LAUGHING]

Goad work, lieutenant. That's for you.

Now, this money was supposed to be delivered two days ago in La Paz.

Do you know where it was headed?

Ah.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

See that it gets there.

No problemo.

Apparently, I can trust you more than any of these incompetent pendejos.

Bunch of pendejos!

You hear that? You're all pendejos.

[LAUGHING]

Yeah, you.

So it was you that set us up in the desert. Huh? That phony stop and search.

- You ordered those monks to kill us. - Yep.

They were good cops.

This had nothing to do with them.

What the hell are you talking about?

This was all about you. You're too damn good at your job.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[MAN GROANING]

[CULEBRA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

CULEBRA: Do you trust that cap to deliver the money?

He'll do it.

He just saw what happens to caps that steal our money.

CULEBRA: Hmm.

And what should we do with the pinche gringo?

Kill him.

Slowly.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[ENGINE STUTTERS]

Come on.

[ALARM BLARING]

Son of a...

Yes.

[ENGINE STUTTERING]

GANGSTER 1: Hey, what's the problem?

- I'm talking to you, asshole. GANGSTER 2: It's the fucking gringo.

[ENGINE REVS]

[ALL SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

- He got away. - Son of a bitch.

[LAUGHS]

[SINGER SINGING IN SPANISH ON RADIO]

Motherfucker.

Shit.

Son of a bitch.

[GUNFIRE]

Motherfucker.

Come on, West.

[GUARD 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Son of a bitch.

[GUNFIRE]

Shit!

[SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

Come on!

Fucking kill you, West.

GUARD 2: Let's get the fuck out of here.

[GROANING]

[YELLS]

Shit. My gun.

[GRUNTING]

Fuck. Come on.

[CLICKS]

Come on. Come on. Come on.

[CLICKING]

Fuck.

Okay.

[GRUNTING]

[AIR WHISTLING]

[GUN COCKS]

MAN: Three good cops dead.

You got me.

Four cops' lives ruined.

And you take the money and you run, you son of a bitch.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Look...

I'm just trying to get out of this war.

Same as you.

No. Same war, different sides.

You think you're different from me?

Not at all.

You betrayed your brothers the moment you took this money.

You gonna arrest me?

Attaboy.

[GRUNTING]

[BELL TOLLING]

[GRUNTING]

ANNA: No.

No!

[CULEBRA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

You had your chance. Huh?

[SCREAMS]

[SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

- No! No! No! - Shh, shh.

[ANNA GRUNTING]

[CULEBRA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

No!

No!

[LAUGHS]

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

CULEBRA: Hmm?

[CULEBRA SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Hmm?

[CULEBRA CONTINUES SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

ESPINOZA Anita.

It didn't have to end like this, Anita.

You could have just taken the money.

Like all of these people.

You are more stubborn than your father was.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

We're gonna have to kill you. Huh?

You already have.

Shut the fuck up. Hmm?

[ANNA WHISPERING IN SPANISH]

[CROWD MURMURING IN SPANISH]

Come on! Do it!

[SHOUTS IN SPANISH]

[DOG BARKING]

The man is here.

Where is he?

There.

Where the fuck is he?

[CROWD CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

shoot him. Come on. shoot him.

Come on, shoot him.

[ESPINOZA SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

shoot him. Come on.

Come on, shoot him.

Come on, shoot him.

[CHUCKLES]

[CULEBRA GROANING]

Fuck you and fuck La M.

Thanks, kid.

[MAN GRUNTS]

Come into my town.

Steal my money.

Kill my men.

[SNARLING]

[GRUNTING]

Scourge of this town.

[DOG WOOFS]

[ESPINOZA COUGHING]

ESPINOZA: This is a heroin highway.

[ESPINOZA COUGHING]

You're just a man.

There's nothing you can do to stop this.

You can kill everyone in El Fronteras...

...but you can't kill every gangster in Mexico.

We'll just keep coming and coming and coming.

Shut the hell up.

Nobody's listening.

[ANNA GROANING]

MAN: Anna.

[GROANING]

MAN: Shit.

Nice.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[CROWD CHATTERING IN SPANISH]

[CROWD CHEERING]

Your father would be very proud of you.

I'm sorry about the bar, Anna.

[CHUCKLES]

It's okay.

I'll build a new one.

[ANNA CHUCKLES]

So, uh...

...this is a lot of money.

What will you do with it?

I was thinking about buying a really big glass of water.

[LAUGHING]

[ALL SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

You can keep the change.

- There you go, ladies. TOURIST: Thank you.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

[CHUCKLES]

How about a margarita on the house?

I didn't think they served margaritas around here.

[CHUCKLES]

TOURIST: Can we get another round aver here, please?

Of course. I'll be right there.

The tourists request them.

A margarita sounds pretty good right about now.

What happened to Acapulco?

- Acapulco? ANNA: Mm-hm.

- That's a tourist trap. - Mm.

MAN: You wanna go to a nice place, you go to El Fronteras.

ANNA: So...

...tell me...

...what's your name, by the way?