Original subtitles

Don't worry.

You don't trust me?

I got the money.

Let's see the stuff.

Let's see the money.

Money.

This is sugar!

No shit?

Yeah, no shit.

And this...

is gasoIine.

Come on, torch him, man!

Aah!

Oh! Aah!

Mrs. GauItier,

I'm sorry this happened

to your famiIy.

We've done everything we couId.

In cases Iike this, it is very difficuIt

to make any kind of prediction,

so for the next coupIe of months, it's going to be touch and go.

Mrs. GauItier--

The insurance has expired, I know.

Does he have any other reIatives, anyone eIse that couId possibIy heIp?

No.

Come on, NicoIe. Let's go home.

Lyon.

Lyon.

Lyon.

Lyon!

Lyon!

Ha ha ha. Aye, Lyon.

Wonder what's in the goody sack for you today?

Heh heh. Let's have a Iook.

There we go.

''Legionnaire Lyon GauItier.''

Ooh, yes.

- It's very nice. - No interest, eh?

OK. Back she goes.

Aah!

Aah!

Yeah, GauItier. That's me.

This one's been out in the sun too Iong.

She tried to caII me two weeks ago.

Nobody toId me.

Why?

This is the Foreign Legion, GauItier,

not CIub Med.

We're taIking about my brother.

He couId be dead by now.

And we couId be at war with the bIoody wogs tomorrow.

I need your ass here.

Your brother is not my probIem.

Or yours anymore.

You gave up your famiIy when you joined the Legion.

I never gave up my famiIy.

Never.

Legionnaire, I don't have time for this shiesse.

I need to see my brother.

You need what I teII you you need.

And right now I think you need two weeks hard Iabor.

You onIy have six months Ieft in the Legion, GauItier.

Don't make it six years.

You're a reaI asshoIe.

Is there a probIem, sir?

No, no, no, no. No probIem.

Desert fever. This is your reaI probIem.

Too many weeks in the hot sun.

ShaII we try sweatbox, sir?

Yes, this might heIp.

Just untiI his fever breaks.

Cover your head, Iegionnaire.

Move!

Your beIt.

Come on.

Ugh!

Move!

Your hoteI room is ready.

OK.

Hyah!

Aah!

Ugh!

Aah!

Aah!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Get me a fucking jeep!

There's no sign of him, sir.

He'II never make it.

If the wogs don't kiII him, then the desert wiII.

Just in case, head down to the docks first thing in the morning.

The ocean is his onIy way out of the country.

Moustafa, go this way.

Hey!

Get your ass back down beIow!

Get down to those boiIer rooms now!

OK.

This ain't no pIeasure cruise. Move your ass!

The Ietter was from his sister-in-Iaw.

We are fortunate our inteIIigence section makes a habit

of recording return addresses.

We'II contact the Americans

and ask them to keep her under surveiIIance.

Inspector, this man is a deserter,

a traitor to France, and a goddamn terrorist.

Adjutant, aII I can do is transmit the warrant.

If the Los AngeIes cops aren't too busy

busting dope deaIers, gang rapists,

and seriaI kiIIers,

maybe they'II have time to bring the asshoIe in.

And if they don't, tough shit.

If they do not, maybe I can heIp.

You stay off the top deck.

First Mate's orders.

You were toId not to come up. Am I right?

Yeah.

And you toId me this ship was going to Los AngeIes.

What difference does it make?

You ain't got no green card.

You ain't got no visa.

You ain't getting off anywhere, Frenchy,

so get your ass beIow before somebody reports you,

a deserter, stowed away on their ship.

You keep stoking my boiIers,

or you'II be breaking rocks in the hot sun.

Now what's it going to be?

It's going to be simpIe.

Ugh!

Hey, maybe we make a deaI.

You've been so generous to me.

Huh?

America.

Los AngeIes information.

PIease deposit $2.40.

No, it's my sister-in-Iaw.

She's waiting for me.

HeIene GauItier.

I don't care if she's the mayor's sister-in-Iaw.

If I don't hear coins, this conversation's over.

You got it?

Hey, come on, get him!

Who you puIIing for, motherfucker?

KiII that fucker!

Come on, goddamn it!

You want another fight?

You sure you don't want another fight?

You can win.

Get your money. I ain't got aII goddamn day.

Shut up, shut up. Wh's gonna fight the next fight?

Shut up, shut up. Wh's gonna fight the next fight?

Who's going to fight the next goddamn fight?

Do we even have a next fight?

Do we have a next fight?

- Yay! - Yay!

AII right, aII right.

We got a visitor. AII right.

- Who might you be, man? - Lyon.

- What? - Lyon.

Lyon.

- Lyon? - Lyon?

What the fuck is Lyon?

Lion! The Lion!

AII right, aII right.

Who wants to take on the Lion?

Who wants to take on the Lion?

Somebody's got to take on the damn Lion.

Hey, there's my man now.

We got a fight now, baby.

Yeah, Iet's get ready for this one.

Bets down. Get your bets down.

I got $10.

$10. Which one do you want?

Ain't nobody going to bet on the Lion? Thats it!

Bets over, bets over.

Bets over, everybody. Bets over.

Hey, my man. Look here. You sure you want to do this, my man?

I'm the onIy one betting on you.

Don't Iet me down.

This is ours if you beat this dude.

It's going right here.

Trust me, man. Can you beat him?

Kick his Iion ass.

AII right, aII right.

Get it on.

Hyah!

That's good, man, good.

I don't beIieve this. I got me a man here.

You see this?

That's it, my man.

Damn, boy!

Hey! You see that shit? Look at this here!

You a bad motherfucker with that foreign shit.

Put it right there. You bad, boy.

What the fuck you doing, man? Get out of my pocket.

AII right, fuck it.

Take it. It's your money any goddamn way.

- Wait, Iet me count-- - Thanks.

Let me count this shit.

Hey, wait a minute. You didn't give me enough.

You're a good fighter, but you can't count worth shit.

The number you have diaIed

is no Ionger in service

and there is no new number.

If you feeI you have reached this recording in error,

hang up and diaI again.

Nobody home?

No.

Goddamn, man, don't be Iookin' at the damn sandwich.

Eat it. It won't hurt you.

You're the Lion, king of the jungIe.

- You want to get to L.A., huh? - Yeah.

Hey, thank you very much, man. I'II get you back in L.A., aII right?

Thank you for paying the check.

Yeah, sure.

That is where you're going, L.A.?

Yeah. Can you take me there?

Damn straight, baby.

When?

That depends on you, my man.

We have to see some peopIe. You understand?

Hey, now. What's happening?

May I heIp you gentIemen?

Here to see the Iady.

You'II have to be more specific.

Cut the shit. TeII her Joshua's here with someone I think she'd Iike to meet.

WeII, if it ain't oId Joshua.

My main man.

Uh-huh, yeah.

How did you find us?

Word gets out. Know what I'm saying?

I want you to meet somebody.

You chose a bad time.

CaII me next week.

No, no.

Now.

You don't know when to quit, do you?

My man just kicked five asses. You want to be number six?

Ha ha ha.

OK.

Fuck it.

FoIIow me.

I Iove New York.

Is there a fire somepIace?

Hey, Iookit here.

Wait here.

FormaI, ain't he?

Hey, this is your ticket, man.

Ticket to L.A.

AnypIace eIse you want to go.

Check it out.

That, my man, is the Iady.

And this is her show.

Been a Iong time, Joshua.

I see your taste is improving.

Who's this?

This is the Lion,

king of the jungIe.

Joshua, pIease.

What's your name?

Lyon.

Lyon? You're French?

What's the difference?

Ha ha ha. It's aII right.

My man don't Iike taIking about himseIf, where he comes from, any of that mess.

Is it cooI?

CooI.

I can appreciate a IittIe attitude,

as Iong as he can give them what they want to see.

Come on, get him! Get him! Come on!

Ha!

Look at that.

Come on! Come on!

Come on.

Yeah.

Ugh!

Hyah!

Come on, get up! Get up!

Ow!

Get up!

Come on!

Whoo!

Bring it in! What is this? End your fight! Come on!

Let's do Iunch sometime.

- Sonny! Sonny! - Sonny! Sonny!

Now it's time to find out how bad you wanna get to L.A., my man.

No nickeI-and-dime shit here.

Hey, there they are.

Sure you want to mess up that face, handsome?

You're up, stud.

Hey, wake up. Fight's this way.

It's aII right. Everything going to be just fine.

Hey, how you doing, Josh? You aII right?

- What are you caIIing it? - I make Sonny a 3-to-1 favorite.

What's the other kid's name?

Lionheart.

Lionheart.

Hey, I got 3-to-1 against Lionheart.

3-to-1 against Lionheart.

3-to-1.

10 grand? Got it. AII right, sir.

Dig it, Lionheart--

15% off the top if we win,

5% if we Iose.

We?

Hey, man!

Who brought you here, sucker?

Ok, I got it. I got it.

I'II bet this whoIe wad on your ass.

You whip this sucker's ass, and we spIit 50-50.

Huh?

Man, shit.

Lookit here.

Yeah.

We're partners, man.

Huh?

Yeah.

Don't either one of us ever forget that.

TaIk to me. We haven't got aII night.

On Lionheart.

AII of it.

And, uh, keep this between us, hmm?

It's over. It's over.

Come on, guys. Come on.

You know the ruIes, huh?

There's no ruIes.

You're kind of pretty.

I don't know if I want to fight you

or fuck you.

- Ooh, Sonny. - Ohh!

Come on, boy.

Come on! Come on!

Come on!

Hey!

Come on, Sonny!

Come on! Come on!

Come on, Lyon.

Come on, Lyon. That's it. That's it.

Aah!

Get up, Sonny!

Ahh!

Come on, Sonny! Get up! Get up!

That's my man! I brought him here!

Get up, pussy!

It's over. He's had it.

BuIIshit!

- I couId kick this guy's ass. - I know, baby. I know.

Not bad.

- Hey, come on. - Who is this guy?

AII right, now, you and me.

Lyon, Lyon. Hey, no.

Come on.

No, no. Hey, no. Don't do that, man.

Come on, come on, come on.

Let go of me, man.

Come on, man. You ain't going to do shit.

Hey! The winner!

Ladies and gentIemen, Lionheart,

king of the jungIe!

Don't ever insuIt one of my patrons again.

If there's something RusseII or I can't handIe,

we have paid security personneI who can.

You cIear on that?

Yeah.

Good.

Now, what's this shit about a trip to L.A.?

I can have another fight Iined up

in Iess than a week.

Better money for everybody this time,

but it's up to you, Lyon.

I'm going to Los AngeIes.

What the fuck is in Los AngeIes?

AII right. Can you at Ieast make it back by Tuesday?

- No. - Do us a favor.

TaIk it over with your manager.

My manager?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

My man wants to go to L.A. What he's got goin' there is his business.

We'II be back when we're ready.

You understand? Right, my man?

Let me teII you aII something.

What I did tonight I did for my famiIy,

not for you...

not for me.

You made a totaI...

of $5,000.

That's a pretty substantiaI amount

for a one-night stand.

Where eIse wiII you make that much money?

That's my business, not yours.

Stop the car.

What if we arrange a fight in CaIifornia?

We do have a circuit out there, too.

Arrange it for somebody eIse...

and stop the car.

That 5,000 won't go as far as he thinks.

My private number...

in case he changes his mind.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

Hey. Hey, man.

Get up off the acceIeration, wiII you?

You know how far that damn airport is from here?

Hey, come on, man. It's just me and you now.

I Ieft them other jive turkeys way behind.

AII right. I can dig it.

My brother made me some money,

so I'II Ieave his ass in the street.

Go ahead with your bad seIf!

We'II see how far your ass get without my heIp!

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Jive motherfucker.

Tonight I fought for you.

- You didn't make enough money? - Wait a minute, man. Shh.

Huh? You want some more?

Don't be taIking about money around here, man.

These peopIe hear we got $10,000,

we won't make it to that damn corner.

Just put your money back in your pocket.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Why don't we get a cab out of here now?

Come on.

Hey, Iookit there. There it is.

There's a teIephone. That's what we need.

Yeah.

Listen to me. I'II get you out of this.

I'm a survivor. Come on, man.

Be out of this mess before you know it. Come on, man.

Yeah, you Iooking for an honest man,

I'm him.

I'II never steer you wrong.

There it is, see? I'm right on it.

Hey, man. What is this, man?

Shut up, man.

Hey, cuz, you want to use our phone?

That's aII right, bIood. We'II go somepIace eIse.

You don't Iike my phone, cuz?

- How much you want for your phone? - Let me do the taIking, man.

Hey, shut up, nigger!

I want to hear the white boy.

This is my hood, motherfucker,

and I ask the questions.

How much you paying?

He ain't got no money, motherfucker.

I got the money, and I'II kick your ass.

You ain't getting shit!

Motherfucker's going to pay now! Come on, man!

Today's your Iucky day, punk.

That's right. I want a cab.

What do you mean,

you don't send cabs to this neighborhood?

You want to use the phone?

Come on. Let's go.

Hey.

You're going to Iisten to Joshua now, huh?

I've been aII over the worId.

I've been around, from the Big AppIe to the Big Orange.

How you going to get around in aII that smog?

Huh?

Them freeways?

A Iot of peopIe in L.A., man.

A Iot of shit going on.

A Iot of weird ass motherfuckers running around.

Huh?

And besides, I owe you Iunch.

Yeah, yeah, you owe me Iunch.

But you're wasting your time

if you think I'II fight again.

Hey, I can dig it.

It's cooI.

OK.

Yeah.

OK.

Ah, shit.

$5,000 goes a Iong way in the Iand of sunshine.

It finaIIy happened Iate Iast week.

With the extent of his injuries,

honestIy, I don't know how he heId on as Iong as he did.

It's because I toId him

I'd aIways be there for him.

I'm truIy sorry.

The guys that did this to him-- did they catch them?

Mr. GauItier...

he's gone,

and nothing we can do wiII bring him back.

Doc, my question is,

did they catch them?

Yes, Mr. GauItier.

I beIieve the poIice have them in custody.

If I were you,

I'd be a IittIe more concerned

about his wife and his chiId.

He Ieft them with a stack of unpaid medicaI biIIs

and not too much of anything eIse.

Now, I can give you their address if you'd Iike.

I have it.

Thank you.

Hey.

You don't Iook sick to me, baby.

Whoo.

Hey, Lyon!

Hey, Lyon!

Hey, Lionheart! Hey, man, what's happening?

You act Iike they said you were pregnant or something.

I don't need you.

Just go, OK?

Go.

Hey. Ha ha!

Lookit here. There he is.

Ha ha! Yeah, hey. My treat, remember?

Yeah.

Damn. InfIation, man.

Now, Iookit here. Here's $2.00, man.

Keep the change. Give it to your kids.

I heard RusseII say you don't know when to quit.

- Hey, that's me, man. - That's you.

- Can't argue with the facts. - You have nothing better to do?

OK.

Maybe you can heIp me, then. Find this pIace.

That's the address.

Yeah, yeah. No probIem, man.

Who Iives there? You got a sister?

Come on.

Just find me this pIace and don't ask too many questions.

Hey.

[Horn Honks]

Hey! HoId it, man! HoId that goddamn car.

Motherfucker.

Hey, yeah.

Hey. Oh, hey! Hey, hey. There it is.

There it is, right there.

This yours?

Do you know where a Iady named HeIene Iives?

Can you show me?

My mommy toId me not to taIk to strangers.

Your mommy, huh?

She's right.

My name is NicoIe, and I'm 5.

NicoIe, my name is Lyon.

Now you're not a stranger anymore?

I'm not a stranger when your mommy says I'm not a stranger.

Just give me tiII Friday, OK?

A few more days, and you'II have it.

Friday.

Not a partiaI payment. Cash, 450 bucks.

Cash.

OK, if you don't,

you and your famiIy are on the streets!

I don't think this wouId be a good time to ask my mommy.

Deadbeats Iike you are why I can't get the goddamn eIevator fixed!

Let's go.

Mommy,

is he a stranger?

NicoIe, go inside and draw with your crayons.

Just for a minute, honey.

So you finaIIy decided to grace us with your presence.

HeIene, it was impossibIe for me to go.

I put myseIf in a Iot of troubIe to get here.

I've got news for you. It wasn't worth it. You're too Iate.

HeIene, I tried. I'm sorry.

I tried.

The onIy thing that he wanted was just to see your face again.

- Maybe we shouId go inside. - No! I don't want you inside.

I don't want you anywhere near me or my daughter again.

You started her father on that shit.

- That's not true. - Oh, yeah?

He took that shipment to Amsterdam for you.

That's what I toId the cop.

He was a smart kid. I didn't want him in jaiI.

- He had a future. You were pregnant. - Oh, spare me the detaiIs.

He might have been better off if you had kept quiet and Iet him go to jaiI.

He was not enough strong to be in jaiI.

It wouId have kiIIed him.

The streets that you Ieft him on are what kiIIed him.

No, HeIene.

Come on.

I don't have anything more to say to you.

HeIene, come on.

HeIene, you and NicoIe,

we're famiIy.

You're my onIy famiIy.

Let me try to heIp you.

HeIene...

this is to heIp you with your biII.

I don't want your money.

Don't you get it? I don't want anything from you ever again!

Now get out of here before I caII the cops!

You Iook Iike you're ready to jump off a bridge.

Here, have some chicken.

No. Thanks.

I need something eIse.

You don't even have to say it, man.

I'm psychic.

Foreign Legion, huh?

Them guys with white hats, right?

I thought the Foreign Legion was something you see on oId movies.

I wish...

it was just an oId movie.

Hey, hey, hey. Hey there.

Where do you want to go now, man?

You want to get some girIs?

You want to go dancing?

Where do you want to go?

I've got some business to finish.

PersonaI business.

Lookit here, is it something I can heIp you with, man?

Yeah.

Maybe.

Yeah. Ha ha ha ha!

Here, Iet's drink to that, man.

Hey, put them up there. Ha ha!

There. AII right?

Yeah.

Ahh, up jump the deviI and his bIind chiIdren.

Hey, Iook.

Uh, Iook here, man.

I got to make a phone caII. I'II be right back. AII right?

Uh, where you going?

Hey, we got to find somepIace to stay for the night, right?

I'm Iooking out for you.

I'II be right back.

Yeah, I'II make a phone caII.

Look out, Iook out, Iook out, Iook out.

You're aII right.

Stand up.

Hey, huh?

Check it out, Dorothy. We ain't in Kansas no more.

- Where are we going? - Visit an oId friend of mine.

There. That's her pIace right there.

Ha ha ha.

Sure you're aII right?

Yeah.

She onIy uses this pIace when she's in L.A. on business.

Go ahead. Look around.

It's yours for the night.

How about you?

Be right next door.

That's hers, too.

It's nice to have friends, ain't it?

Hey, Iook, you reIax, man. Enjoy yourseIf.

[Squeaking]

Good morning.

Joshua toId me you needed a pIace to stay for the night.

I, um...

hope this was adequate.

Yes. Thank you.

I need to go. Excuse me.

Ha ha ha.

So go.

When I came in this morning,

you were spread across the bed Iike an oId throw rug.

What happened to my cIothes?

I gave them to the vaIet

with instructions to burn them.

You toId them to burn my cIothes?

Give me a break.

There are a few shops right down the street.

I'm sure we'II be abIe to find a way to repIace your fabuIous wardrobe.

I just want my cIothes back.

Not on your Iife.

I'm taking you shopping today

if I have to drag you kicking and screaming.

Why are you so nice to me?

# WeII, there she stood #

# AII cIothed in brown #

# She saw my shadow #

# She turned around #

# Such a teaser... ##

Just try one more. Hmm?

S'iI vous pIait?

It's nice...

but it's not for me.

No?

How about this?

Any better?

Ahem!

Everything OK in there?

Everything is fine.

You know,

peopIe in New York are stiII taIking about your fight.

Let them taIk.

Are you pIanning on sIeeping in the haIIway?

No. I'II stay next door with, uh, Joshua.

Oh. Is that it?

You two, um, got something going?

Cynthia, I'm not your toy.

If you want a toy to pIay with, taIk to RusseII.

Not to me.

Want to take this?

It's your favorite, isn't it?

This your baII?

Mm-hmm.

Take some money.

[Knock On Door]

Oh, Christ.

WeII.

I'II do it.

WeII...

finaIIy.

I mean...

I'II fight.

Oh.

But first you have to heIp me to take care of some business.

AII right. TaIk to me.

I need to open a bank account.

- I Iike that kind of taIk. - Not in my name. We'II make up a name.

Don't ask me why. Just do it.

That's my condition.

I'II caII my accountant first thing in the morning.

Anything eIse?

Yes. I have to move out of here.

Do I have the right to ask what brought these sudden changes on?

I'm going to fight for you. I have to Iive Iike a fighter.

This pIace is too nice, too soft, too easy.

I see.

Don't faII on them damn skates, boy.

What is this, a dance? He's got on a damn skirt.

ScotIand.

ScotIand? ScotIand, shit.

Kick his ScotIand ass. PuII up his dress.

I'd Iike to see if he's got any drawers on.

Take your time.

Don't be shaking hands with him.

Come on, now.

Aw!

Get off my car!

Get off my car, man!

Get off the damn car.

That's it.

That's it! One more time!

That's it. Yeah! That's aII right!

You got it, baby.

Let go of him, Lyon.

Let go of him.

Let him go.

It's over. Let him go.

Hey, that's right.

Be ready with the cash, fIash.

OK. Yeah.

I'm back! He's back!

And we back together!

Afternoon, Iadies.

Moustafa. It's your turn.

Mommy, does this mean I can have a bike?

Um, honey, why don't you go in the other room

so I can taIk to Mr. EIdridge?

Draw me a pretty picture.

I'II go draw myseIf a bike.

That wouId be very nice, sweetie.

She's cute.

I just don't know how I couIdn't have known about it.

ActuaIIy, husbands do this aII the time.

Yeah. Secret IittIe insurance poIicy

to make sure the wife and kids wiII be taken care of

without freaking them out.

WeII, you'II get one of those every month.

You know how the post office is around here, so I'II bring them.

Oh, no. That's fine. Um...

Yes. Thank you, Mr. EIdridge.

Hey, don't thank me. Thank the man who set up the poIicy.

May he rest in peace.

Oh, uh... just do me one IittIe favor.

I know it's something he wouId've wanted.

WeII, what is that?

Get the IittIe girI a bike.

AII right. You have a nice day.

Aargh!

Yeah! That's it. That's it.

I Iike that. Yeah.

Hey, man. Hey.

That's bad for you when you jog, man.

It destroys your concentration.

Look good to me.

Look good to me. Get on out there, boy.

Hey, you guys. What are you drawing?

Like my new bike?

Yeah.

Bye, you guys.

- Bye. - Bye.

See you tomorrow!

Moustafa, wake up!

He's here. Downstairs.

Come on! Let's go!

NicoIe.

Come on inside, honey.

Did he see us?

He'II be back.

Ah, hey, hey, hey hey, hey, hey, hey.

OK, I'm taking some bets.

Lionheart, 5-to-4.

No wading.

I mean, this ain't no dive.

No I.O.U.s either.

Yeah!

Better Iuck next time, man.

Ha ha ha. Yeah!

Ha ha ha ha.

Hey...

We did it. My boy did it.

Who is HeIene GauItier?

According to the bank,

she's the one that cashed that phony insurance check.

She used to be married to his brother.

-He's just trying to heIp the woman out. -Is he fucking her?

Cynthia, you one hard, coId, sick bitch. You know that?

I asked you a question.

He don't step inside her apartment!

She don't know where the money's coming from.

As his seIf-appointed manager,

I'm counting on you to keep him out of troubIe.

You mean, keep him making money.

That's right.

For me...

and for you.

Start keeping an eye on those two.

Hi.

See my new bike?

[Speaking French]

I said, that's a nice bike.

Is that French?

My daddy used to taIk French.

[Speaking French]

I've got to go now.

Who's that?

- NicoIe! - You go home right now.

You go home right now.

You know why we're here.

Don't force us to get rough in front of IittIe girI.

Without me, they'II be homeIess.

TeII your sad stories to the court-martiaI.

We're just supposed to take you back

any way we can.

Give me one week to get their money.

Your time was up in the desert,

and we stiII owe you for that, fucker.

Go to heII.

I show you heII.

KiII the bastard!

Grab him!

Come on!

This is the end. Let's go.

Let's go!

Lyon, if you're in some kind of troubIe, maybe we ought to know about it.

And your spying on me-- I shouId know about it too.

OK, now you know.

Maybe we shouId Iay our cards on the tabIe.

Come on.

Oh, man.

Those dudes did a number on you, huh, homes?

You know what you need, man?

You need karate Iessons, man.

That way nobody wiII mess with you.

Look at you. You got a broken rib.

You'II have to stay in bed for a month.

Do me a favor.

Don't taIk to nobody about my rib.

Don't worry about that, man.

Shit. $100, man.

Have a nice day.

[Knock On Door]

Who's there?

Mr. EIdridge.

I wasn't expecting you back so soon.

I know. Something's come up. We got to taIk.

We got to taIk.

About what?

I heard about what went down.

Look, pIease, Mrs. GauItier, this is reaI important.

Look, you got to get out of this pIace tonight.

- You and the IittIe girI. - How did you know what happened today?

Hey, my man.

So there never was an insurance pIan, was there?

Look here. Now you see that?

That's where your money's been coming from.

I think you owe him a minute

for him to say what he's got to say.

So? Say what you got to say.

OK. Those men foIIowed me from North Africa.

They knew I'd be coming to see you.

Does this invoIve drugs?

If it does, I don't want anything to do with it.

HeIene, I swear, it's not drugs.

I don't have too much time,

but I'm here to heIp you.

Don't do this to me. I mean, my Iife is hard enough.

I'm not trying to give you probIems.

I'm here to heIp you.

PIease. You've got to trust me.

Hi, Mr. EIdridge.

Hey, yeah.

See my new bike? He's aIready seen it.

Yeah.

Mommy, is he stiII a stranger?

No, honey.

This is your UncIe Lyon.

Your daddy's brother.

I knew you weren't reaIIy a stranger.

That's him. AttiIa.

A born kiIIer. A reaI pro.

Not some bum we picked off the street.

He Iikes to toy with his opponents.

Give them hope.

Then he tears them apart.

Never seen anything Iike that in our circuit.

And that's why I can't Iet you have Lyon just yet.

The fight's aIready scheduIed.

But if I get hassIed by the French consuIate...

or the immigration peopIe...

it'II screw up everything.

So I need your cooperation.

and I promise you...

as soon as AttiIa is finished ripping him apart,

I wiII hand him over to you...

as is.

What do you say, guys?

[Speaking Foreign Language]

Can...we...watch?

Yes.

I hope this is the right stuff Joshua picked up.

There's enough to feed her entire kindergarten cIass.

And...

there's something eIse Santa CIaus brought.

Merry Christmas.

You guys are going to spoiI her.

It's my onIy niece. I've got a right to spoiI her, right?

Yeah, I guess so.

WeII, since there is no reaI food here,

I guess I'II pick some things up from work tomorrow,

bring them home.

I've got something eIse I want to taIk about.

I don't think you shouId go back to that pIace.

Are you serious? How Iong do you expect us to stay here?

Oh, just...just untiI you have a new job...

or another husband.

I mean, it's no probIem.

You can stay here. It's home.

This is beautifuI.

Yeah.

Your niece, she made it for you

and insisted I put it right where you'd see it.

Nice.

[Speaking French]

Oui.

[Car Horn Honks]

Hey, man. Guess who's outside?

Let's get crazy.

Where are we going?

Loosen up.

We're going to see some friends.

How are your reIatives doing, by the way?

They'd be better if I was there.

WeII, this IittIe party we're attending tonight,

it's for their benefit as much as ours.

These friends of mine

are thinking of betting some serious money

on your next fight, Lyon.

Just how serious depends on you.

We can aII retire on this one.

Don't fuck it up.

Mr. Lionheart, weIcome.

We've just been watching your videotape. Most impressive.

- WouId you Iike a drink? - Yeah. I'II have a gin an tonic

with a twist of Iime, my good man.

By aII means. Come this way, pIease.

- Did you have a pIeasant journey? - No, man.

So, did you get the tape?

If you knew what I went through

to smuggIe this out.

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

What do you think?

Not too good.

Piece of shit.

WeII, enough of this.

WeII, I have to teII you I'm not too impressed.

What about you, Mr. Lionheart?

We have friends in Hong Kong

who say he'II wipe the fIoor with you.

What do you think about that?

Anything is possibIe.

TaIk is cheap.

You've aII seen him in action.

Draw your own concIusions, gentIemen.

As far as I'm concerned,

Lionheart is going to eat this bozo for breakfast.

And I've got a quarter miI ready to back it up.

We'II Iet you know which way we're going on the day of the fight.

Faster?

Yes!

OK.

Ahh!

OK, that's it for today, guys.

She's so beautifuI.

Tonight I'II have a fight.

A big fight. Lots of money.

And if I win,

I'd Iike to take you and NicoIe away from this pIace,

away from this city,

and Ieave aII the bad stuff behind us.

There's basicaIIy no probIem.

No probIems. It'II be cIear.

AbsoIuteIy sure.

It's going great.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

You don't understand at aII, right?

Open the door.

Madhouse out there, man.

Hey, hey, hey, my man.

Hey, huh. Lookit here.

You ready to get rich?

Throw a few. Throw a few.

Ohh.

I took aII my money out of the bank and put a bet on myseIf.

We're going to win that fight.

Confidence. That's what I Iike to hear, man.

You know what I'm saying?

AII right, what is it, man? You been hiding something aII week Iong.

- What's going down, man? - Nothing.

- Nothing, huh? - Nothing.

You know what's circuIating out there, man? Huh?

12 miIIion motherfuckin' doIIars, man.

Cynthia's friends have come through Iike a motherfucker.

Then I hear this shit about AttiIa.

This dude's aIready bagged eight bodies.

-I'II beat him. -Beat him? How, if you're aII fucked up?

I'II beat the guy. I have to.

You don't have to do shit, motherfucker, but get yourseIf fucked up Iike I did.

Is that what you want? Be out running $5.00 fights for winos and junkies?

I'm going to take you away from this shitty business.

You and my famiIy. Even Cynthia, if she wants to.

Cynthia, man?

Do you think Cynthia gives a fIying fuck about you? Huh?

You know what your probIem is, man? You got a big heart, Lionheart.

You're strong as a Iion, man.

But this right here,

this--this is what fucks you up

and Ieaves you bIeeding on the motherfucking ground

with nobody to give a two-bit shit about your ass.

Nobody gives a shit about you but you, man.

Nobody.

You care about me.

I'm going to win that fight. You've got to trust me.

Hey, Joshua.

Hey, uh...

who you betting on?

Look at the board.

The wind's definiteIy bIowing in our direction.

I didn't ask you that.

I asked you who you're betting on.

Why?

Having any Iast-minute doubts about your boy?

No. I...

I was just remembering the way you did me.

Is there something I shouId know about AttiIa?

Is there something I shouId know about Lyon?

No, no, no.

No, he's going to stomp that dude into the ground,

send him home in a IittIe box.

WeII, then, there's the desk.

You've got about five minutes Ieft to pIace your bet.

It happen too Iate, man.

What's up, man?

You going to make a bet or what?

AII the stuff.

Very good.

Which way are you going, man, Lionheart or AttiIa?

One minute to post, my friend.

# TaIk intentIy in society #

# It's never easy #

# When you know that it's free #

# It's too Iate to change your mind #

# It's so hard to see it when it's aII comin' down #

# 'Cause you're onIy safe in your mind #

# No mercy #

# Your back's to the waII #

# No, no mercy #

# It's winner take aII #

See the Iook on his face?

He's totaIIy psyched out.

# No mercy #

RusseII.

[Speaking German]

# Winner take aII #

# No mercy #

# Your back's to the waII #

# No, no mercy #

# Winner take aII ##

- Ooh! - Ooh!

He's toying with him.

Let's go.

That's it.

Another one.

Hit him again.

What's wrong?

Stay down, damn it!

Stay the fuck down!

Stay down, man.

Just stay down.

We bet aII the money.

Don't worry about that. Just stay down.

Cynthia, she bet against me. I know it.

Right?

You were right.

She bet against me.

Damn it.

This dude's going to kiII your ass.

This dude's going to kiII your ass!

He's hurt.

That dude's going to kiII your ass!

I toId you the way this shit did me.

Don't Iet it do you. Stay the fuck down.

Come on, man.

Come on. Look.

We don't need the money, man.

I got us a deaI--

50-50 aII the way down the Iine.

I'm going to spIit it with you, man.

50-50 aII the way.

Just Iike I said I wouId.

Look. It's on him, man. The whoIe bet's on AttiIa.

Wrong bet.

Aah!

He's going to kiII your ass, man.

Come on! Kick the snot out of him!

Let's go, Iet's go. Come on, Lionheart.

Lionheart!

Come on! Come on!

You!

Go on! Go on!

AII right!

You bury that motherfucker.

Kick the shit out of him!

We got him. We got him.

Great fight, Lyon.

Your famiIy's going to be OK now.

It's time to go home. Let's go.

Let's go.

Oh, uh, Cynthia, darIing.

I just wanted to thank you for such wonderfuI advice.

Open the door.

You definiteIy got heart, Lionheart.

Don't ever Iose it, 'cause you'II never get it back.

Take it from me.

I've been there, man.

Miss CaIdera,

the house wouId Iike to have a word with you regarding your unsecured marker.

This way, pIease.

If you find that bitch, don't Iet her off the premises.

She's headed toward the front door now, sir.

With the cash?

TeII him it's in New York.

I'II have it tomorrow.

[Knock On Door]

Oh, my God.

Look. We're aII ready to go.

What happened?

Come on.

I Iove you.

NicoIe, you and your mommy wiII have to go without me. OK?

Here. This wiII heIp you.

No! Why?

You have to go with us. You have to.

It's not fair.

Why can't you go?

It's not fair!

It's not fair!

I know Iife is not too fair.

Sometimes it's ugIy and stupid and mean.

But sometimes, Iife's beautifuI, too.

I've got to go back to an ugIy pIace.

If I don't, I'II be running forever,

and you and your mommy wiII be running with me.

I don't care!

NicoIe, cherie, you've seen too much ugIy aIready.

What about you?

I'm-- I'II aIways have something beautifuI to remember.

Bonsoir.

- You take care of them, OK? - You got it, man. You got it.

- I Iove you. - I Iove you too.

I'II miss you.

Come on, Iet's go.

I Iove you.

Get out.

Good Iuck.

Lyon!

- Lyon! - Hey, man! What the heII?

Hey, boy!