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[classical music playing]

How are you doing? Enjoying the party?

I'm enjoying the music.

[Applause]

[Blowing]

My dear, I would like to thank you

for accepting our invitation,

and I'd like to introduce you to the gentleman

who first suggested your presence here...

Colonel Peter vojnovic.

Unfortunately, colonel,

she had an emergency come up, and she has to leave.

I will remember this night for a long time.

You may never forget it, mowgli.

And I want you to know the United States government

is grateful for your help, miss chernynko.

As soon as I get my green card.

Very interesting, the turnout.

Yes. so, what...

I'm--

colonel?

[Gasping]

Careful! careful!

Oh, my god! What is this?

Aah! aah!

Let me go!

[Flushes toilet]

Unh! there is no--

oh, my god.

[Banging on door]

Goran? what's going on?

[Banging]

This is unacceptable!

[Hiss]

I must go into this facility!

You'll have to wait.

No! I have to--

hey!

You can't keep me from going to--

we've changed your hotel, sir, for safety reasons.

The building across from the Sheraton is empty.

This makes it easier for us to...

Colonel?

Yaah!

Woman: the following is a special report

of the European- American network.

Colonel Peter vojnovic will be the first

of 4 high-ranking officers to be tried on Friday

for crimes against humanity

in the Bosnian war crimes tribunal.

Vojnovic was the leader of a serbian military unit

known as the brown hats.

This group tops the list

of human rights organizations around the world

as perpetrators of inhuman acts of attrition

and so-called ethnic cleansing

against croats and Bosnians during the Bosnian war.

Since the capture of the serbian colonel

by American military forces some 3 months ago,

numerous bomb threats have been made

against the u.N. Prison compound here in the hague.

Steve: high fences firewall. Not getting in that way.

If you can't jump it, go around. Let's try Parker's domain.

Children--none. wife--deceased.

Secretaries, valets, housekeeper, subordinates,

uh, driver.

Pets--cats, dogs, a hamster, a horse.

The horse is gift from...Ha ha!

Nsc advisor gene Parker. Name--goblin.

How sweet. Goblin.

Stubbs: 5 seconds.

I'm in.

Deep enough to see that nsc advisor Parker

has awarded a certain "bibi" 3 stars.

Stubbs: what time's your plane, Mitchell?

About 35 minutes, general.

My kid's outside sleeping in the limo right now.

Oh. well, good hunting.

Oh, by the way, Mitchell,

does Mr. Parker's information reveal

exactly what bibi does to rate 3 stars?

She bites.

She bites?

I hear the girls in Romania are pretty sexy.

You said the same thing about Poland.

I said that?

But I've never seen one.

All I ever see are those not-so-sexy secretaries

in another ugly embassy.

Bucharest is the last one, and it's only 3 days,

I had better things to do, Steve.

Wait a minute. For 2 years, all I hear

is that we gotta spend more time together,

and now you've got better things to do?

Taking me to work with you

is not exactly what i meant by more time.

Look, Chris...

You thought any more about what we talked about?

I know you love your grandma--

I don't want to live with my grandparents, Steve.

How's that going to help things between us?

I want to live with you.

Look, Chris...

I'm not a very good dad...

And I'm never going to be a very good dad. Period.

I'm a cranky, irascible,

impatient workaholic,

and you don't have very much fun with me.

I mean, let's face it. I don't make you happy.

The truth is i don't make you happy.

Morning, sarge.

Hi. Steve Mitchell, Chris Mitchell,

to see ambassador gannon, please.

Welcome to Bucharest, Mr. Mitchell.

I will let deputy tomberlin know you are here.

Mr. Mitchell. Hi.

I am dora Pratt, ambassador's governess.

How do you do?

This is his daughter Gina.

Hi, Gina. This is my--

we were just about to catch a bus tour of the city.

Perhaps--Chris, would you like to come along?

Perhaps Chris would like to--excuse me.

What?

Chris: I brought stuff to read.

You kidding? That girl's hotter than a pistol,

plus it'll keep you out of another embassy.

He'd love to come.

Dora: ah, good. Ha ha ha!

She's waiting for you in the old security room.

You'll be meeting ambassador gannon at lunch.

Very good. Thank you.

Otherwise, your time is pretty much your own.

Chris?

Chris?

Hi, George.

Chris?

Come on, let's go.

[Engine starts]

Thank god they finally got around sending you guys

to update those computer systems.

Mr. Mitchell?

Yeah.

[Coughs]

Steven Mitchell, this is Erica long.

I'll be downstairs if you need anything.

[Door closes]

Ha ha!

Nice to see you, bubbles.

Uh...

Of all the computer rooms in all the embassies

in all the world, i gotta stroll into...

We were bound to run into each other sooner or later.

Just the luck of the draw, right?

Did you do Moscow?

Uh, yep. And Warsaw and east Berlin.

Who was your liaison?

You know that's classified.

You can talk about a miracle, but never mention the angel.

Yeah, right. I've done 4.

Really?

Mm-hmm. Prague was the best.

Budapest wasn't bad, either.

I can't believe we haven't been together

on one of these before.

So what do you say we go see the ambassador

for the security access and head down to the site?

There's no rush, is there?

I mean, that thing's been down there

since the first day of the cold war.

How'd you do it?

Luck of the draw.

[Chuckles]

Something tells me that you used some serious grease

to get us here together.

What else is that something telling you?

[Laughs]

Erica: does this belt really open?

Excuse me, sir.

You two find everything you need here?

So far so good. Thank you.

Good. ambassador gannon's ready for you

whenever you're finished up in here.

Hopefully before lunch.

Ok. thank you, sergeant.

Ohh...

[Giggling]

[Metal detector beeps]

Ma'am, I need you to step through again, please.

Oh, yes. Right this way.

Um, step back.

Metal detector's not working.

Guard on radio: Command, the metal detector

in the lobby is not working.

Steve: so what else is there to do in this town?

I hear the Russian circus is in town.

Ha. the Russian circus.

Ok, that's an idea. We could do that.

So how's the wife, Steve-O?

Car accident.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Kind of a bad start, huh?

At least you got a chance for a little bit

of that domestic life you were looking for.

I never figured you wanted to go that way, so...

I never heard you ask.

So what's the security gimmick down here this time?

Ambassador'll let us know. That's why he's waiting.

Well, let's get on the good foot.

Sergeant nakajima, this is my liaison Steve Mitchell.

Yeah, hi. We met.

Good to meet you.

Why don't you stay here?

The sergeant will show you how the computer system works.

I'll be back in 5 minutes.

Right.

Well, um...

Nice to see you again.

All right, this place may not look like much

to a world traveler like yourself...

"Used to be" is right. It's older than dirt.

I've still got all the surveillance connections here

so if I want to take a walk through the lobby,

or take a stroll through the streets of Bucharest,

I just press this button, and I'm outside.

Look, it's a wedding.

How charming.

Talk about starting off on the wrong foot.

What's that, rumanian foreplay?

Actually, they call it preludeu.

Preludeu. tough.

[Woman yelling]

Shit.

[People screaming]

[Sirens]

[Door bangs open]

[Alarm blaring]

[Men shouting orders]

[People screaming]

Down! move! You, sit!

[Explosion]

Down!

[Alarm stops]

Move.

Man: the ambassador.

There's one on the second floor, west corridor.

[Gun cocks]

And another one in the kitchen.

Aah!

He's cleaning up with a thermo-tracking device.

They'd have to get a sensor in here to use that thing.

And on the third floor, across the stairs, 2 people.

Shit, that's us.

This place was done over in the fifties, but it works.

Goran, there is nothing across the stairs.

Aah! come on!

Come on now!

Man: [whispering] Are you ok?

They've cut communications.

Hell, that's cold. What are you doing?

Disappearing.

[Tapping keyboard]

You're about to witness

the shortest hostage crisis in history.

What are you-- what are you doing?

Just keep your eye on the desk.

The desk is rigged?

Just watch the desk.

One step closer.

One step...Gotcha.

Uh-uh. what?

Zoom in on this other camera.

I seem to recognize those pretty blond curls, don't you?

Sir, she's not in the line of fire.

You kill Erica instead of him,

this thing gets a hell of a lot worse.

I need to erase some classified information

in the basement of this building,

and I need her to access it.

I'm going for that woman

before he picks up that thermo-tracking again.

Parker: thank you for coming, gentlemen.

I appreciate your quick response.

Who's closest to the embassy?

Buck swain. He's putting together

a combined special forces unit as we speak.

Elite of the army, Navy, air force, and marines.

Bates: what I want to know about is the security breach.

Security in our embassies? Tell me another story.

[Shouting orders]

[Whispering] ambassador.

Ambassador gannon.

I need the security code.

It's not gonna do much good in here.

I don't plan on staying.

6...

G...

3...0...

Goran: ambassador gannon.

That man is the American ambassador to Romania.

And you are?

Diplomatic attaché Erica long.

Your name must have more to do with your legs, miss long...

Than your lifespan.

At least I still have a lifespan.

Oh, boy... We got a live one here.

Tim, I'm at the north corridor.

All right, um, stay to the left

to the rear of the building.

Did you get that? Sir?

Step out there and read this.

Wait.

The whole world is going to be watching.

Male reporter: Someone has just been pushed out.

It looks like U.S. ambassador Jacques gannon.

[People talking]

[Sirens blaring]

[Cameras clicking]

"The serbian liberation front

is holding 37 prisoners of war."

"Their fate is in the hands of the United States government

"who now must arrange for the immediate release

"of colonel Peter vojnovic

"who was criminally abducted 3 months ago

from the Russian embassy by American military forces."

"Until that time...

"One hostage will be killed every hour

"the second is being chosen as I speak.

The first will be..."

"Ambassador gannon."

Me.

Reporter: he's coming down slowly. Almost at the bottom.

[Cocks rifle]

Reporter: there's a palpable tension here in the air

as ambassador gannon steps away from his besieged embassy.

Ambassador gannon is approaching the rumanian police lines.

He's just a few short feet from safety.

Unh!

[Shouting]

Reporter: ...Whisking him into a vehicle under heavy guard.

As you can imagine, chaos has broken out,

but it appears the ambassador has been successfully saved.

[Beeping]

[Beeping]

Reporter: the vehicle the American ambassador entered

seconds ago has blown up!

God damn it!

How'd I know you'd come for me?

We have some unfinished business, don't we?

Thought we were pretty much finished for today.

Enthusiasm is the greatest aphrodisiac.

Tim, second floor good to go?

Go! go! Go!

Go! go!

What's telling me miss long was helped out of here

by the guy that doesn't exist?

Go get her.

Ok, Tim, we're in the third floor

emergency stairwell. What up?

All right, sir. Stay towards the rear of the building.

The living areas. There are no cameras there.

That's not going to help with the thermo.

There isn't any thermo-tracking device.

[Muffled explosion]

Yes!

Steve, why are we going up? Shouldn't we be heading down?

Not until we know how to get down

listen, if those guys do know what's down there,

they also know it's old, and they're not going to have

to buy much time to get control of that thing.

Trust me.

You've got to be kidding me.

Weren't the fifties fun?

Wouldn't know. I wasn't born yet.

Gentlemen, I think we should take advantage

I suggest you let me bomb the shit out of them.

There are 37 people in there.

Did you make all those speeches after the Iran crisis

about shooting first and asking questions later?

He was going through a divorce at the time.

Oh. sorry, general.

I suggest you let me call in an immediate air strike.

General swain is already halfway there.

We've already decided on a policy--

Parker: gentlemen! gentlemen!

This is more of a...

Special situation.

Early in the cold war,

we found a way to position atomic bombs.

We determined areas of primary defense.

We decided the best strategy would be to have these bombs

already planted at these designated targets

in the capitals of these communist nations.

This way we would have first-strike capability

before the enemy could even launch their missiles.

A nuclear defense wall, so to speak.

Where we could most easily conceal these weapons...

In our own embassies.

[All arguing]

Bates: who the hell made that decision?

How much of this nuclear wall still exists?

I might have... If they hadn't attacked

on tday we sent 2 operatives

there to disarm it and ship it back.

Is there any way we can shut down the system from here?

It's a monitoring system. It doesn't regulate.

These terrorists know something we don't...

And even more likely we don't have any way to stop them.

Excuse me. What are you doing?

I don't think he knows a thing about this.

I can't permit that.

The previous administration ordered the joint chiefs

to keep silent about this before you were one of them.

That order's still valid.

No. this is national security.

Right. need I remind you

who is still responsible for making a final call on this?

Hang it up, ed.

We are not going to get down there in the open, baby.

The ventilation shafts.

No. there's a pressure sensor

that'll send an alarm to security.

What if we change the pressure?

Co2.

All right, all this seems like a lot of trouble

to erase some information.

What is it going to take

for you to tell me what's going on here?

I'm still one hostage short. Did you find that woman?

Goran, there's some commotion outside.

Female reporter: I don't see anything yet,

yes, it is a young, 13--maybe 14-year-old boy.

Or should I say a very brave young man.

[Cameras clicking]

Unh!

As we stand here watching, one of the terrorists

is lifting the boy from the ledge onto the roof.

This poor boy has spent the last 10 minutes

dangling high above the ground.

Ok? yeah.

Sorry. aah!

Gaah!

God.

Erica: we are not getting paid enough

to be part of this kind of work.

I mean, do you have any idea

what we're worth in the real world

doing what we do?

It just doesn't feel right.

Feels pretty good from here.

Come on. I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding, either,

but you got to consider the perks.

International cuisine, beautiful hotels,

beautiful museums, interesting people,

exotic places...

Right. where else would I get to see

the inside of a ventilation shaft?

Maybe we should ask for a raise.

Yeah, there you go.

Yeah.

[Beeping]

Tim: you guys are in the red.

What's taking so long? Come on!

Come on.

Tim: pressure's up already.

Cool it down.

Yeah.

Yeah, ok.

What, do I look like a fireman?

I don't know what's wrong. It's clogged.

Ok, it's not working.

We'd better get out of here.

Faith. just a little faith.

[Beeping]

They know where you are. Get out.

You guys hear me? Get out.

You...

[Beeping stops]

Tim: ok, ok, go.

Straight or left?

All right, take it to the left.

Let's go.

Aah!

I think I've got my 1:00.

Ean TV has just picked up this live transmission,

said to be coming from within the United States embassy

in Bucharest.

I have decided...

That this young man...

Will be my next message to you.

I will shoot him unless I'm given proof

that colonel vojnovic has been released...

In, uh...

9 minutes.

Son of a bitch has his own satellite transmission.

I want nothing

that happens in that embassy

on the air!

Scramble it, and feed it into our system.

God damn it.

Ok, Tim, we're at a crossroads. Which way?

And then call me at the next intersection.

Ok. go.

Tim: son of a bitch.

Son of a bitch. He's gonna kill some kid.

I didn't see a kid down there.

How old is he?

Tim: uh, 13, 14.

What color jacket has he got on?

Jean jacket, wearing a walkman.

It's Chris.

What the hell is he doing there?

Steve, you don't follow protocol here,

I don't have any choice.

Well, you shoot me,

you can't do very much with that bomb, can you?

I can't do anything with it

if you leave me alone here, either.

God damn it, Steve!

We are here for a bomb.

We have to do this.

He's my son, Erica.

Help me.

[Cocks gun]

I'm in the John on the second floor.

Tim: all right. Just sit tight.

I'll let you know when you're clear.

You have 2 minutes. I still don't see the colonel.

The clock is still ticking.

He have to do something.

What the hell can we do, huh?

With what he's sitting on

and a gun pointed at a kid's head?

They still got a gun on my kid?

Yeah. a minute 30.

Well, get me there.

Ok, ok, go-- no, no, wait.

I gotta go.

Ok, ok, go.

You're clear.

Chris!

Chris!

Come on!

Aaaaaaah!

Secure that room!

Where is the kid?

[Hinge squeaking]

Move!

Oh, no boy!

Chris, are you ok?

Up, here.

You sick murderer.

The lady of the house will be your next 1:00.

Goran, NATO is causing problems

getting the colonel out of prison.

They need more time.

[Whispering] help me, god. Help me, please.

I give you another hour.

Son of a--

[gunshot]

I'd like to recommend we send for vojnovic,

only to get Goran out of the embassy.

Gene, you know American foreign policy

on war criminals and terrorists.

How are you gonna explain to the president

we let vojnovic out of jail after just 2 hours?

The president is not gonna authorize the release

unless we explain why we have to get that terrorist

we're talking about an atomic bomb here, gene.

Then it would seem we're going to have to tell him.

[Door unlocks]

Before we take one more step...

You should know...

I'm a croat.

Ohh!

Man: come on, get in there.

The keys, damn it!

Man: do something! Come on, hurry!

Where the hell is swain?

Saddle up!

I'm colonel vasilescu. Welcome to Romania, sir.

Thank you, colonel.

It's ok.

They get anything important?

No. everything important was in my throat.

And what are you doing here?

You're supposed to be on a bus,

not getting your brains blown out.

I put you on a bus with a cute fat girl,

and what is this?

You don't like embassies,

you don't like my work. What are you doing here?

TV announcer: We understand they are under the command

of Michael "buck" swain, highly decorated field commander

who took part in operation desert storm.

Get in position.

Man: set!

Move up, move up, go!

Captain.

I want to put Alpha squad right in their face,

Baker at the back door--

excuse me, general.

We should discuss

whatever movements you plan.

The embassy is United States territory.

On this sidewalk, you're in Romania, sir.

Oh, ok, excuse me.

Uh, captain.

Yes, sir.

Find me a spot to place

an operations command post.

Right away, sir.

And, colonel,

since your people do seem to be having

such a great deal of difficulty

dispersing that crowd back there,

perhaps when the shooting starts,

you'll keep 'em on your side of the line.

General swain here.

Goran: I was hoping they'd send you, swain.

All right, who is this?

Your old schoolmate, buck.

Goran mladinov.

I know all the options, swain.

Nothing you do will work,

unless delivering colonel vojnovic.

Steve: these tunnels lead to a fork.

That means she and i have got to go left.

Well, looks like that tunnel opens up to the river.

If you want to get your kid out of the embassy,

how do I know all these goons don't know about it?

Sir, they haven't bothered us in this room,

so they're not working off this map.

Ok, I want you to take Chris down that tunnel,

and I want you to get him out of the city.

Off the continent. You hear me?

So, who is this mladinov guy?

Well, he finished at the top of his class at ft. Bragg,

and then trained by delta command and the CIA.

Serbian parents, but raised in America.

Ended up heading what's left of vojnovic's brown hats.

Do they teach what he knew about that embassy

in bragg, general?

Then how did he know about it?

I've been told that the metal detectors failed.

Could be a coincidence, but highly unlikely to me.

He could be clairvoyant, but that'd be a longshot.

I'm no intelligence officer, but if I had to guess,

I'd say Goran had some people on the inside.

Which means he may know everything you know...

And probably knows more than I know.

Standard operating procedure

until you hear from me, general.

[Hangs up phone]

He's going to kill everyone before we can get in there.

I say we go back to using vojnovic

and get Goran out of the embassy.

Have you been with us for the last 2 hours?

I've been in touch with interpol

and come up with a few options.

Actually, a few very close choices to vojnovic,

all in Europe.

Bates: this isn't going to work.

Dalton: even if he buys it, gene,

it's only gonna work till they get together.

Right. at the airport, outside the embassy.

That's all we're trying to do here.

Go back to the guy before, number 2.

Borghelli.

"Car thief turned chief."

Doesn't say of what?

It says chef, not chief.

Oh, right.

I'll do what I can.

[Italian pop music playing]

[Humming]

Giorgio borghelli?

CIA.

You guys are fast, huh?

Hey, borghelli!

This vojnovic guy had taste,

huh?

You think i make this for you,

I can maybe keep the shoes, no?

Of course.

Sure.

Mama Mia.

Look at this watch.

An important mission I am helping with here, no?

I don't know why.

I don't even know one American.

Agent: is the camera ready?

Ok, you don't have to do anything

except sit. And try to look

like you're thinking about something important.

But that's difficult, you know?

I mean, who knows

I'm sure we can arrange for you to keep the watch.

Great.

And a little trip to Miami?

Maybe?

I've never been to America, hmm?

And a little spending money.

5,000, 10,000.

We'll find somebody else.

Bãne. take me back. Finito.

No. you know too much.

What?

Take me back.

The camera's not on, is it?

I'm sorry you had to be involved in this.

Your, uh, chief borghelli looks a little chunky.

He's gotten fat.

Give him today's paper.

I want to speak to him.

We've got a little problem with the sound up here.

We're gonna work it out.

We have a big problem with the sound.

We don't have any!

Look, relax.

We can do this.

The moment I started looking for a face,

I knew I needed a voice to put with it.

This little pig went to market.

This little pig went home.

This little pig had roast beef.

This little pig had none.

Went wee wee wee wee wee, all the way--

excuse me. Go through that

"wee wee wee" stuff again, please.

This little pig went

"wee wee wee wee wee wee wee wee

wee wee wee wee"

hello.

That's it.

He's on the line. Go!

Colonel?

Captain.

You have done well.

Your courage

and that of our men has won the day.

I'm sure our countrymen will be very happy.

Your wife and daughters

will be relieved.

I understand.

I have arranged for a plane.

We brought our own pilot.

Excellent.

Well, I guess I'll see you at the airport.

One daughter. One daughter.

One.

Yes, you will.

Good-bye, sir.

Captain.

Yes.

How long have I been away?

3 months.

How is it possible

my wife has had another daughter in that time?

It is not, sir.

I understand.

I'll see you soon.

[Hangs up]

Nice recovery.

Yes. yes.

This is a fork.

The exit's that way.

Take care of him.

Dad.

What?

Yeah?

Yeah? what?

When the guy had the gun in my face,

I was thinking that if I'd listened to you,

I'd probably be sightseeing right now.

Look, maybe it's not all you, you know?

Maybe I'm just as bad at being a son

as you are at being a dad.

Take care of him.

Let's go, buddy. Come on.

Seemed like a nice kid.

He's a great kid. That's my problem.

You'll find a common ground.

Gee, where have I heard that one before?

Who said that? Did I say that?

Maybe you just need to spend some more time together.

That I've heard before.

You're not doing a little better financially.

You'd have some more free time to deal with your life...

Bubbles.

Ok, colonel, bring it in.

TV announcer: We understand that this bus that you're seeing now

will be taking the hostages to safety.

If the rumors are true that serbian colonel vojnovic

has been released from prison, it would be a reversal

of long-time U.S. policy

of no negotiation with terrorists.

TV announcer: We're still waiting for confirmation--

wait a minute.

There appears to be a group

exiting the compound at this time. Yes.

I'm counting 7, 8, 9 people

being used apparently as human shields by--

Goran: go get 'em.

TV announcer: A woman has just burst out of the building,

and she has a gun. She's grabbing...

No.

Petra: back! Get back now!

Shit!

What the hell happened?!

Quickly.

In your places, all of you.

[Woman sobbing]

I wonder if you two could help me.

TV announcer: There has been no explanation as to why--

a man has just stepped out of the compound.

We can't tell whether he's a hostage

or one of the terrorists.

TV announcer: He's walking towards the military personnel

who have been on ready alert

since this siege started some 5 hours ago.

You are...

You are swain?

He said you are a liar.

Where is the real vojnovic?

That is the real vojnovic.

You can't lie to me, sir.

He said he'll kill my wife

if you don't tell me the truth.

I'm not lying to you.

Thank you, sir.

Soldier: gunfire! Incoming!

Let him go.

Let me go!

Soldier: hold your fire!

Bastards.

Getting a confirmation on vojnovic.

Get me the Pentagon. Sir.

Attends.

He said...

That is the real vojnovic.

Colonel vojnovic had a few, shall we say, unusual habits.

He believed that every second of his time was precious,

and he eliminated everything and anything

that might take that time away from him.

So...

What is wrong with this picture?

What's wrong in his dress

that is time consuming

even in the smallest degree?

Come on, come on. It can't be so hard.

The shoes.

They have laces.

Laces?

He never wore laces.

I know they don't give laces in prison.

Those shoes, he would have had to buy.

Never.

Goran: that general knew what was at stake,

and he lied.

He threw your husband's life away.

It wasn't me who killed him.

I put a little something in your pocket

that will show them what you're feeling.

You lied.

TV announcer: I can see a man down on the ground.

There's total chaos here at this time.

Let's get a medic in here now!

I'm all right. I'm all right.

TV announcer: It appears that general buck swain was shot.

Someone's gotta call him.

I'm not calling him.

You should have told me about vojnovic!

You should have told me this asshole was dead!

Dalton: sorry, general. Couldn't chance a leak.

We are doing the best we can here, general.

Why is it that I have the funny feeling

that you don't have a clue to what you're doing?

If you have any suggestion as to an alternate strategy,

you know, we'd love to hear it.

Ok.

Ok, ok, ok, cards.

You were, uh, of course,

thinking that was the last place

they were gonna look.

I figure if they searched this far,

they wouldn't notice.

Before all hell broke loose,

I don't suppose you had time

in your chat with the ambassador

to find out how to turn these things off.

No.

No worries.

No worries?

Kiss me for luck.

Last time we kissed,

some very terrible people showed up.

Yeah.

All right, listen. I brought swain up to date

on those tunnels under the embassy,

and I've got a couple of technicians

that can go down there with the un-disarming codes

and get close to the bomb.

If the terrorists see them coming,

that bomb's gonna start ticking.

No. we should position them

and then that piece will allow them to get by them,

they'll disarm it before he gets back to it.

And then make a fast move--

or we could...

Make it slower.

Could you run through that first part again?

Yeah, that's fuckin' genius, stubbs.

I got it. It's gonna take hostages.

Well, so is waiting. You got any ideas?

I don't care who you are.

I only know that this museum

is older than your country,

and you're not digging a hole

in the middle of it.

[Jackhammering]

[Curator protesting in native language]

Soldier: go ahead!

Hey, hold on. Wait a minute.

Who the hell are you two?

I'm afraid I can't tell you that, sir.

Swain: wait a minute. Who are they?

That's on a need-to-know basis. Top secret.

Bullshit! buck!

No! if this is gonna happen on my watch over here,

then somebody is gonna start talking now!

They're computer specialists, buck.

There's an atomic bomb

under that embassy, and it has to be disarmed.

It's in the small room attached to the rear tunnel

in the schematic.

You could have told me that.

I'm sorry.

Oh, sorry.

Watch where you're pointing that thing.

Ok.

[Beeping]

Uhh!

Cakewalk.

[Beeping faster]

Oh, shit.

What did you just do?

I got about 10 seconds to pull one of these wires.

Red, white, or green.

Isn't green your favorite color?

All 3? How did you know that?

Hey! he didn't bring this briefcase down here

just for one of these things.

He's probably got this entire matrix

Steve, come on. We've got to do this now.

Baby, if I don't do that now,

we can kiss that good-bye.

Man: drop your weapons! Drop your weapons!

It's rigged! It's booby-trapped!

Shit!

[Screaming]

Swain: red caboose, red caboose,

delta Charlie, over.

Red caboose, red caboose, delta Charlie, over.

Altschuler: yes, general. Go ahead.

It's altschuler, computer technician.

The tunnels--

they were rigged with explosives.

How many down?

I'm the only one left, sir.

Can you make it back?

Altschuler?

Yes. I can make it back.

Roger that.

Swain: I need to tell him about vojnovic now.

He's sitting on an atomic bomb, general.

You're not even sure he knows about that bomb.

But with an assault, we get the jump on him.

If we tell him, he pushes the button.

Announcer: the man walking toward the embattled embassy

is general swain...

And he appears to be unarmed.

It is not precisely clear at this time

as to what his purpose is.

I don't understand how you ended up here.

I never imagined you as a terrorist.

Freedom fighter.

Freedom fighter?

Your cause doesn't define you

as much as killing civilians.

I remember everything they taught me over there.

Your colonel vojnovic

was killed leaving the prison today.

You kill another hostage,

and we're coming in.

You may have time to kill half of them

but we are coming in.

You have to surrender.

Surrender?

I don't remember that class at fort bragg, swain.

Goran.

It would take an atomic bomb

to keep me out of there.

[Breathing heavily]

Nice of you to join me.

Sorry I'm late.

I've initiated the sequence on both terminals.

Ok, I got the primary. You got the secondary.

Primary access code.

Done. you got the secondary access code?

Done.

Disarmament activated. ok.

Right. uh...

Time to detona...

Time to detonation. Time to detonation.

Erica, you got this?

It's time to detonation. The bomb--

the bomb is ticking.

Did any of what I was saying earlier make any sense?

About us not getting what we deserve?

Oh.

Oh, god.

You did this?

You just lit the fuse on an atomic bomb.

For starters.

These guys who shot their way in here,

these terrorist pricks--

you let them in?

They have not behaved as we had planned,

but somebody needed to keep the army off us

while we get the money.

Money? what money?

The government will blame what are about to be

dead terrorists for taking it.

Are you nuts?

How about we should teach our government a lesson

for putting this damn thing in here?

Very moral bullshit.

How about there's 20 people dead up there,

and there's going to be another 2 million?

How about since I know you activated that bomb,

you've got an override code.

How about you give it to me now?

You've gotten everything you're going to get

from me today.

Except for these.

Put them on.

Detonation in less than 30 minutes.

Goran didn't take your news well.

We should've done it my way from the get-go.

The president has given you the go-ahead--

whatever means necessary.

Wildfire's hot.

The terrorists activated the bomb.

I'm sorry.

Heh!

It seems Goran's not angry enough

to blow Bucharest off the map.

The brown hats will let bygones be bygones.

Now that vojnovic is dead,

we should ask for someone else.

[Cell phone rings]

Yes?

It's swain.

Why don't we ask for money?

For god's sakes, what are you doing?

Same thing we've been doing all day.

We still want that plane--

fully fueled.

I need confirmation that that nuke has been disarmed,

or we're not talking any further.

Look, you're under 20 minutes now.

This is no time to play games.

What is it you want?

Goran?

Goran!

[Hangs up]

Did you ever find Erica long?

What?

Swain: all right, listen up.

Your lives, those of thousands of others,

as well as the reputation of your country

depends on how fast you do your duty.

Move!

To your stations.

Man: go, go, go!

[Yelling]

Go.

Get him! I got him!

Push these people back! Move!

Come on, everybody against the wall!

[Groaning]

Go!

All right.

[Yelling]

Hostages are against the south wall.

Stay away from the south wall.

[People screaming]

Go! go!

Go!

[People yelling]

Where's Goran?

[Gunfire outside]

[Knocks]

[Hollow knock]

[Gunshots]

Bitch.

[Yelling]

Soldier: move! Move!

Uhh!

Aah! uhh!

Aah!

Aah! uhh!

Ooh! uhh!

Soldier: all right!

[Gunfire stops]

Move it! Move it!

How long before we're toast?

9 minutes.

Where's the egghead?

Sir.

Sir.

Sir, here I am, sir.

All right, let's go.

How much are you extorting them for?

[Sighs]

What do you care?

I've trusted you with our cause.

You never mentioned putting a gun to a kid's head

or shooting a hostage every hour.

Is that how you intend to get respect for your cause?

This, coming from you...

Who is holding the whole city hostage?

Now, you're going to shut that thing down

and standby while I make some real demands.

Uhh!

Ohh!

It seems to me

we both got fucked here.

Maybe you got it worse.

[Gunshot]

Ok, Erica.

The game is over.

End of the line.

The jig, baby, is up.

Now give me the code

before I kill you.

You shoot me, you never get past that bomb.

Well, I can't do anything with it

if you leave me here alone, either, can I?

It was never supposed to go this far,

but it's too late to change anything now.

Erica!

That's it.

Ok, get in there.

Go, go!

Have you seen Steve Mitchell?

Jesus.

Trooper!

[Breathing heavily]

Hey, hey, hey! What? What?

The tunnel was sealed.

Take my son out of here, please!

Get him out of here!

Hold it! Hold it!

Steve: I'm the bomb guy! Don't shoot!

I'm with the bomb!

I got to get to the bomb!

You try all the back doors yet?

Closed out. I don't get it.

Damn, she loaded a virus in it.

Shit.

Any other back ways you know of?

It's just too late. Think!

I'm thinking. I'm...

There's only one way to go, and that's straight up.

General, I'll make a deal with you.

Give me a minute, will you?

If you get my kid off this continent,

I'll take this thing out by hand.

We got about...

I guess, 90 seconds.

Do it.

He's going to take out the core of the bomb.

The radiation will melt him like butter.

Swain: altschuler, shut up!

Get moving!

Go!

Go! go!

I know he's doing this for his country and all that...

Maybe he's doing it for all the people this would kill.

Maybe he's doing it for you. Think about that.

Now run, boy!

[Buzzing]

[Cell phone rings]

[Rings]

[Rings]

[Rings]

I love it when you're sentimental, bubbles,

calling me babe.

Erica!

Give...

Give me the code.

I just gave it to you.

Sir?

[Cell phone rings]

[Rings]

[Rings]

[Rings]

Hi. what are you wearing?

$25 million.

Well, that ought to be enough

to give you 3 days at Chanel.

Uh, listen, you know, downstairs, I was, uh...

I knew you wouldn't really let that bomb explode,

would you?

You really should get to know me better.

I intend to, baby. I'm coming after you.

Oh, good. Well, I'm counting on it.

I can hear you breathing.

You really should keep that phone close.

I'll make it easy for you to find me.

Your dad's a hero, hmm?

What's the matter?

Oh.

Aah!

So, first night in town--

what do you think we should do?

Well, I hear the Romanian girls are pretty sexy.

I had you all fixed up, and what did you do?

You got off the bus.

I never got on the bus.

Well, there you go.

Well, then i might as well go home

and live with grandma.

Steve: grandma?

Where'd you get that idea?

Who said that? Did I say that?

You're sticking with me.

What do you say...

We hang around Europe for a while?

Chris: another embassy?

No. let's just say...

I'm expecting a call.

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