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Damn. Had I known
what I know now.
But today cats are different.
We all know selling and competition,
that's what this country's built on.
It's all about one thing:
making money.
Money, baby.
Simple as that.
Evertyhing else is just ***.
Money is why people come here
from every country in the world.
It's what the American dream
is all about.
You think people come here from all over
the world to live in East New York...
in Harlem, the South Bronx...
because of the beautiful views,
because of the *** quality of life?
My name is Victor Rosa.
I'm young, Latin and good-looking,
and I call it like I see it, baby.
'Cause I'm gonna tellyou what I think
whetheryou wanna hear it or not.
'Cause you're not gonna get
*** from me. Uh-uh.
I'm a businessman, an entrepreneur...
like Rockefeller and Carnegie.
And in my time a geek ***
like Bill Gates. That's right.
They all did it themselves.
Fought the odds and made a fortune.
So why can't I?
Like them, I got a product.
I sell it aggressively
and I make money-- a lot of it.
It doesn't take advertising to sell my
product-- it pretty much sells it self.
It takes brains to make money
and survive in this business.
And that may have been the same
for Rockefeller as it is for Gates...
but in what I do, you *** up, you don 't
just lose one of your stock options.
So we run out of
my boyJimmy's crib.
Me and Jimmy, we got into this together
when we was just kids out there...
and we worked our way
from lookouts.
It's my crew, but I honestly
couldn 't do it without Jimmy.
And Chedda.
Chedda's a monster, yo.
Not because of his size,
but because he 's all heart, baby.
Blackest *** I know.
Jay. Well,Jay
is a special case.
He 's what you call simple--
an idiot savant.
Sometimes more "idiot " than "savant. "
What we make here is my product--
a *** mix I call "Empire. "
Okay, it works like this.
There are three other dealers
who work this area beside me.
You got Hector's "Exorcist. "
You got Tito
who sells his "Severe. "
And then there 's ***.
That ***'s a legend.
Damn good businessman
for a ***.
Not that I got anything against faggots,
but I gotta give it up to him.
"Dancing Queen " is a dope-*** name
for his *** too.
We al I get our supply
from the same connect--
La Colombiana,
Joanna Menendez.
We all sell the same product--just mix
it differently, put our own label on it.
I cut mine the least
because I believe in purity.
Tito, though, cuts his ***
as deep as he can...
and gets more packets
per ounce that way...
But I get loyal buyers.
People know Empire
and they look for it.
But dumb-*** Tito can 't even begin
to understand how that works.
That's why he 's
always in some ***.
It's a funny thing,
and it might seem hazardous to you...
but we all hang out
in the same places.
No need to step
on each other's toes, right?
But for those of you who have
never been in my neighborhood...
we 're split up
into four separate areas.
The meat of it belongs to me.
Exorcist's got some decent spots.
And ***'s is below that--
around Buckner Boulevard.
Severe's got spots next to mine.
As you can see, sometimes they tend
to slip and overlap into my spot.
And when that happens,
you got trouble.
You tryi n' to *** up my shot, right?.
Vic! Vic!
- What's up?.
- Beef right now, ***.
- Are you waiting on this ***?.
- *** this ***' game, man!
Yo, word is they got David layin'
in the street like a little ***, son.
- They beat the *** out ofhim, kid.
- Let's do this ***.
Remember when Isaid
Tito was always in some ***?
Well, he was trying to move in
on one of myspots again.
I mean, we're talking
maybe 20 feet...
but that 20 feet was worth
30 grand a week easy.
I got it from my brother G--
you gotta go straight to the leader
and take him down hard.
You do that, and it's over.
- ***!
- Yeah, ***, yeah!
*** me?.
*** your damn self, ***!
You're getting your *** kicked!
You *** up, kid.
You snatched my nut, all right?.
You take my nut...
I'll ***' takeyour nuts,
***.
You hear me?.
Huh?. I can't hear you,
***.
What the *** you doin'?.
Lucky I don't blow your mother ***'
head off, ***!
- Come on, you ***!
- It's all right, man. Come on.
Call me, ***.
You tell Tito to call me.
There's a strange fairness
at work here.
Everybody pushes the boundaries
every day.
You push, you push some more
and see how they react.
Yeah, it seems stupid, but remember:
every foot is a dollar.
And dollars is the only thing
that matters out here.
Yo, Jason.
What?.
What you mean, what?.
Get over here.
Damn.
What's wrong with you, man?.
Why are you staring at me?.
Did I do something?.
Whyyou gotta do something
for me to stare atyou, man?.
- You know I love you.
- I know.
Well?. You love your daddy?.
You know I do.
Well, you gotta tell your daddy
sometime, man.
Whywe gotta go through this?.
We gotta go through it because sometimes
your daddy wanna know you love him too.
I'm always loving you,
playing with you.
Ain't all about you
all the time, man.
I loveyou, Dad.
That didn't hurt. Right?.
Yeah.
Snotty, man. You always--
Get outta here, man.
Go playyour game, man.
Jose's here.
He's all *** up.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Jason, go to your room.
What the *** happened?.
Who did this?.
-I think Empire's trying to make a move.
-You're saying Vic did this toyou?.
- I'll find out about this ***.
- Wait a minute, Tito.
He's not exactly moving in.
What the ***
does "not exactly" mean?.
Look, we was chillin', right?.
And I saw David.
I don't like that ***,
so I slapped him around a bit.
He ran away like a ***. Next thing
I know, Vic is movin' in on us, man.
Get me a drink.
What the ***, man?.
What's the problem?.
I'm tired ofyou, you piece of ***.
- You gonna kill me now, man?.
- Shut the *** up!
You'd better tell Vic I didn't have
*** to do with this. You hear me?.
I'm ***' tired ofyour ***, man.
Go home, wash your ***' ***.
Tell good-bye to your mother
and your ***' kids.
Then come back here. Then I'm gonna
kill you, you ***' piece of ***!
You hear me?.
We straight?.
- Yeah.
- Is we straight?.
- Yeah.
- Get the *** outta here.
I'm gonna go play Playstation
with my son right now.
Nobody'd better ***' interrupt me.
You hear me?.
For everybody-- everybody--
money is what life is all about.
Getting it, keeping it,
losing it, holding it...
needing it, living it
and dying for it.
You have to look like you got it,
whether you do or not.
That's how you get respect--
you gotta put your money on display
the right way.
My brother G knew just how to do it,
and he taught me well.
I need him now.
I mean, not for nothin',
butjust to look at him...
with his G chain...
the old Alpaca sweater...
Grandmaster Flash
and the Furious Five...
agnd, ofcourse, my first pair
of British Walkers.
Yep, he was the man...
and those were the days.
I miss him.
- Yo, what's up?.
- What's up, I ittle m idget?.
How you doin?.
Where's your moms?.
Who's the little player hater, huh?.
Jason, fom Prospect.
Yo, if I askyou somethin',
you promise not to tell my mom?.
No, I don't make no promises.
Just tell me what it is.
My mom don't like me
asking anyone for anything...
but the new Playstation's out.
Cut to the chase.
How much is it?.
I think about $400.
No, it ain't.
It's, like, $395.
What ever happened to
water pistols and ***' yo-yos, man?.
Wait, wait.
I been saving up mad money, you know,
and my mom be taking it all.
- Now I ain't got jack.
- Your mom taking your money?.
- No jack.
- Listen to me.
Tomorrow you go to Boltron's
and you ask for Weebs.
I'm gonna hookyou up with a Playstation
and three games. All right?.
- Thanks, Vic. Come on.
- Yo, yo, hold up.
- Come here.
- Whatyou want?.
Yo, I ain't Santa Claus, man.
You're gonna clean my car
for two months...
twice a week.
Make sure that car's clean inside out
or I'm gonna go off on you.
- Damn!
- What?.
- Done.
- All right, get the hell outta here.
There's no tongue
allowed in here.
Yo, Vic, what's up, man?.
That's all right.
He just needs a minute with your girl.
Me?. What's up?.
What'd I do?.
Your son's gonna come home with a
Playstation tomorrow. I gave it to him.
- But I didn't--
- Shut the *** up!
Cheena,just shut the *** up.
- Listen to me.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
He's bringing a Playstation tomorrow
night. Can you understand that?.
I understand.
You got it for him. Thankyou.
I'm gonna check up
on that Playstation...
and ifI don't see it
I'm gonna assume you sold it.
You got me?.
Don't answer.
It doesn't need an answer.
And by the way,
that money your son saved up?.
I want it. Friday.
Okay. Okay.
With the kind of money we make
out here,you can't go to a bank.
You make huge cash deposits
three times a week...
andyou don't think
they're gonna get suspicious?
I got me a $40,000 truck.
I park in one of the poorest
neighborhoods in the country.
But no one touches it.
Why?
Because they know who I am.
Respect, remember?
There 's only so much you can do
with the money without being stupid.
Jimmy likes to spend it all
on his crazy safarijungle frurniture.
He loves that ***.
Chedda had the world's
biggest stereo system...
in the world's puniest apartment.
Sometimes youjust can 't help
doing something special, though.
What's that, 1 7,000?.
- Got you somethi ng.
- Oh, yeah?.
I was always alone...
always had to prove myself...
always had to be better
than everybody.
That's the way
you have to be down here.
That is, till I met Carmen.
She 's been my girl
for a long time now.
I don 't mean to brag...
but she 's the only girl
who was ever as smart as me.
She 's going to college for her BA...
and we 've been living together now
for about a year...
which makes her moms crazy.
I mean, who wants their daughter
to be a drug dealer's honey, right?
But Carmen 's mom hated me
from the get-go.
Carmen doesn 't like what I do...
but she don 't have any illusions
about a guy like me either.
It's times like this
that make it all worthwhile.
Evertyhing that happens, all this ***,
itjust disappears.
Look at that.
You look beautiful.
I wish I could've told Carmen I could
never really stop or slow down...
'cause I could never stop
or slow down.
I had to keep operating.
My life depended on it.
Dealing made me feel alive. I had
to show them. I had to show everybody.
Did you get al I that?.
I couldn't understand what
he was talking about by the end.
I think so. Why?.
Did you read the chapters last night?.
I tried.
It's just so damn boring.
I want to showyou something.
Lookwhat Vic got me.
Isn't it beautiful?.
- Is ityour birthday?.
- No.
Hejust got it for me
out ofthe blue.
Oh, my God.
Carmen, these diamonds,
they're huge.
I don't even wanna tell you
where he bought it.
I mean, this must have cost
at least $15,000-$20,000.
- No way.
- Yes!
What does your boyfriend do?.
He's in business.
Business?.
What business is he in that he can buy
a $20,000 necklace for no reason?.
Don't answer that.
Listen, I gotta get going.
My boyfriend's having a party tonight.
- Why don'tyou and Vic come by?.
- Yeah-- You sure?.
Yeah. I mean, it's all his friends.
I'd love to have someone to talk to.
It's a cocktail party-- kinda dressy.
Your necklace will look fabulous.
Well, I'll be there.
Bring that boyfriend. I wanna see
who's taking such good care ofyou.
- You're not gonna have lunch?.
- No. And I can't find a match either.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Underthe Giuliani dictatorship...
there's more than your usual number
of neighborhood sweeps.
They target a few blocks, try to shut
things down, then move on to the next.
You just gotta frind
a way to survive.
Undercover units are always on the spot,
but they ain 't foolin 'nobody.
There 's always a constant flow
of money out here.
You can't let something like this
stop you or get at you.
So if they're gonna watch you,
then you gotta watch them back.
My God! Where are you goi ng
so beautiful ?.
To a party.
Here's your plate back.
Thank you.
You coming straight from the office?.
Yeah, I got a promotion. I'm not a
street pharmacist anymore. I'm a doctor.
Don't start, mami.
We have to go. Kiss.
- Have fun, honey.
- Okay, I'll call you later.
Bye.
National Geographic
shoulddo a special on us.
*** Bosnia.
I mean, this city, man.
'Cause we got invisible
but well-known boundaries here.
Different ways of life,
different rules, but no mixing.
Drive just a couple miles
over the bridge...
and abracadabra,
bodegas turn to fine boutiques...
tenement buildings
turn into brown stones.
Wel l, you gotta have
someplace to go.
Some boring-*** white people
who can't dance--
Oh, will you stop.
Sometimes you catch a white guy
in my neighborhood...
but that's only when
they're buying from me.
But when I come down to their ritzy
neighborhoods, they get uncomfortable.
- I s this it?.
- Yep.
- Come on, baby.
- Ah, come over here.
- Let's not go.
- Come on.
- I'll take you to the Copa.
- I don't want to go to the Copa.
- This'll be boring.
- Well, Trish is my friend.
I want you to meet her.
Come on, you have to take a hit.
That way, you'll change your mind.
- Baby.
- What?.
If it's awful, we'll leave.
- Promise?.
- I promise.
- Five minutes.
- Five minutes is not enough.
Exactly. That's my point.
All right.
- Can I help you?.
- Yeah.
We're looking for a Jack Wimmer.
That would be the penthouse.
Here.
You can finish it, man.
So, doyou guys know
this new artist Brian Ferrill?.
I bought these two paintings
forJack.
Aren't they pretty?.
This is disgusting.
You've got company.
- Get me a beer and get her a Cosmo--
- Cosmopolitan?.
- Yes.
- No, I'll have a diet soda, please.
He's cute.
What's his name?.
He's not foryou, Cleo.
- You always gotta have your way, huh?.
- That's right.
I'm so glad you made it!
That's quite a view, huh?.
Unbelievable.
- No, that one.
- Oh, yeah. That one too.
That's nothing, man.
I got that *** at home.
- Oh, yeah?. Where you from?.
- I'm uptown.
Oh, yeah?. Where about?.
South Bronx.
Oh, really?. That's cool.
By the way, I'm Jack Wimmer.
- "Ahh," what?.
- Soyou're the lucky ***.
- Oh. Yeah.
- This your place, huh?.
It's embarrassing.
I'm not used to it.
So what doyou do?.
I'm a investment banker.
That's what this is--
a business party for me.
I represent half those people
down there.
I wanna represent the other half,
so I let them impress each other.
Right.
Do the work foryou.
What doyou do?.
Obviously, whatever I do I'm not doing
enough of, that's for sure. You know?.
Yeah.
But basically
I'm just self-employed.
That's cool.
I bet that whatever it is
thatyou do...
is not half as bad as what
some ofthose people down there do.
That's an interesting point ofview.
Anyone who would judge you
for whaty ou do is a hypocrite...
because... any real businessman...
anyone who makes any real money
is gonna be cutthroat.
Any media company, oil company,
tobacco company--
those are some ofthe most vicious
people in the world.
They've got stock holders worldwide
who are basically accessories in crime.
Still, at the end ofthe day, man...
you go to sleep
feeling legit, right?.
Me, man,
I go to sleep every night, like...
one eye like that.
Yeah.
Butyou could be a part ofthis too.
It's the age of peace and prosperity.
- Yeah.
- Seriously.
- Put me down for some that.
- How do I get in touch with you?.
- Go through your girl.
- Through Trish?.
Yeah.
Trish knows my girl Carmen.
- Oh, your girlfriend's Carmen?.
- Yeah.
Oh, I've heard a lot about her.
That's cool.
So, basically, we both have
girlfriends who are--
Yeah, well, you know--
- You can look at the menu, right?.
- We're human, right?.
So, did you have fun?.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
That's only because
I thought it was gonna suck.
- ThatJack's a "herb," man.
- You think?.
Totally.
Here, have some.
You're not drinking tonight.
What's up?.
I can't.
What doyou mean?.
I mean I can't.
Not while I'm pregnant.
You're kidding.
You're just saying that.
No, come on.
Are you serious?.
When?. When?. I mean--
Are you serious?.
Why didn'tyou tell me?.
When did this happen?. When did you know?.
- Does it matter?.
- Oh, my God.
I can't believe you're pregnant.
Holy ***!
I can't believe that.
Come over here.
Give me a kiss.
Hey, hey, let me get you.
- Okay, okay.
- Careful, careful.
Come on.
You're gaining weight already.
I'm havin' a baby!
- No, we're having a baby.
- That's what I said.
I can't believe it.
I'm gonna go park the car.
It's okay.
Hey, how you doing?.
I missed you.
My arm.
I know, baby, I know.
How's the baby?.
- The baby?.
- Yeah.
The baby's fine.
- How you doing?.
- My arm.
I know, baby, I know.
They didn't get me.
Where's--
I got it right here.
It's right here, baby.
Got it right here.
They got my beatin'-off arm.
My *** don't like my left hand.
You're lucky.
That *** just missed your heart.
- What side you think his heart is on?.
- Who gives a *** what side?.
We got important *** to discuss.
Jimmy, you know
who the shooter was?.
That piece of ***
we almost nailed the other day.
-Jose.
- Yeah.
-I don't like them *** anyway.
-That's what I'm sayin'.
That's Tito's boy. Tito's gonna pay.
We hit that *** tonight.
Nah,Jimmy, we can't do that, man.
We just got beef with them.
Ifthe cops see us,
they'll come for us, man.
I don't give a *** who knows.
It's been two days.
We don't hit him tonight, them ***
gonna start pushin' in on our spots.
You don't think I know it's been
two days?. I wanna get out ofhere.
Just wait for me.
***, man.
- Yeah, baby.
- *** 'em, man!
What's goin' on, man?.
You wanna talk to me now, man?.
You got something to say?.
Who's running this crew?.
- Make sure he don't do anything stupid.
- Whateveryou say, papa.
What ever you say.
You right, Vic.
I'm gonna wait.
Call me later, all right?.
*** cops know who shot me.
Nothing like this stays quiet
in the neighborhood.
They're just gonna wait and see
ifI go after Tito.
They get Tito out of the way, then they
take me down-- two birds and all that.
They're happy to stand on the sidelines
and let us take each other out.
I mean, Carmen must be freaking out.
Yeah, yeah.
It's totally *** up.
But it's just a bullet in the shoulder.
I think he's gonna be fine.
You should think about this. You haven't
worked with someone like Vic before.
Do you have any idea how much
he's worth liquid,just cash?.
Four or five million dollars.
- Really?.
- Really.
Oh, ***.
He's a businessman, Trish.
Ifhe were born in the suburbs,
he'd be running a Fortune 500 company.
He's born in the Bronx,
he does what he does.
I like him. He's as legit
as anyone else I've everworked with.
No, I like him too.
- He's cute and intelligent.
- You think he's cute?.
Yeah. Areyou jealous?.
- No. He's got a bullet in his shoulder.
- You're so mean.
- Cleo, howyou doing?.
- What's going on?.
- You guys taking off?.
- Yeah. Bye.
Have fun. Don't spend
too much of my money.
I'll spend every dime.
- Here.
- What's this?.
Trish's boyfriend took a liking to you
and he wants to do business with you.
When did he call?.
This morning?.
Last week.
But that's not the point.
- Why?. You don't think I can handle it?.
- No! That's not what I'm saying.
I wouldn't be where I am today
ifI couldn't.
I think you can handle anything.
I've always said that.
But it's a different animal, papi.
All right.
I mean, we're talking
about a Wall Street guy.
Ifyou're gonna do this, go in knowing
that he's not smarter than you.
You hear me?.
Rafrael Menendez...
younger brother of Joanna Menendez,
La Colombiana.
I've seen her maybe three or four times
in the ten years I've worked for her.
She don't like people
to know who she is...
so she sends Rafael
to do all her business.
He's someone you definitely
don't wanna *** with.
So basical ly, bottom I i ne, what
I 'm aski ng you is for approval. Okay?.
'Cause Tito's gonna go to war, man...
and if I don't respond hard,
this ***'s gonna be mad out of control.
You know what I'm sayin', right?.
Tito's a stupid ***.
I know that.
He's been a pain in our ***
for a long time.
Just make sure
this is overwith quick.
Yeah, man, no doubt. I'm about
winning, I'm not about fighting.
Of course, surely this has nothing to do
with you wanting a piece ofhis action.
We're gonna give you Tito's spots
down to Prospect.
Hector and ***
will split up what's left over.
All right.
Listen.
She told me she appreciates
you coming to us about this.
I only do business
with you people, man.
She's always appreciated
a good businessman.
Yeah. Same.
Look, I got a little token of
appreciation foryour sister.
No doubt.
She really appreciates everything,
you know.
What areyou so impressed for?.
He ain't nobody.
'Cause ifit wasn't for them,
we wouldn't be where we're at right now.
Man, stop sweatin' it.
You want his balls.
No, you sweat the small stuff.
You don't see the big picture.
That's your problem.
My brother would say, " Keep your homies
close and keep your beef even closer"
Bro, that's Godfather.
From The Godfather?.
That's not from The Godfrather.
That's my brother's ***' words.
I'm just telling you
that was from The Godfrather.
It's Crackhead Pete.
Let that *** in, man.
You know that ***'s cool.
- That's how you do it!
- What tookyou so ***' long, man?.
Where were you, ***?.
That's right.
Whereyour late pass at?.
You my boys.
I know you can handle all that ***.
They gonna bury that fat ***
in the ocean--
BMF.COM
No more jets to the Caymans.
I'm talking instant transfer of cash.
Hoc's right. It's a sleeping giant.
Every single bankwants--
I don't know what it's like
to lose a son...
There are no more sleeping giants.
but after what Jimmy did to Tito's kid,
I knew I was out.
Maybe investing with Jack
was gonna be the answer.
- So you're saying I 'm wrong, Sasha?.
- Do you know him?.
- Hey, how's it going?.
- What's up, dawg?.
- It's good to see you.
- Good to see you, man.
I'll catch you guys
on the way out.
- Bye.
- I'll see you later.
That's a cute little ***.
Yeah.
- You got a drink?.
- Yeah, I'm good, man.
You want a cigar?.
Oh, hell, yeah, man.
So, you ready to do
some business?.
I was born ready, baby.
This is a prospectus.
It's gonna look like,
I don't know, hieroglyphics toyou...
but I'll explain it later.
What's this "prospecticus" for?.
It's for a start-up company.
We call it a sleeping giant.
There aren't any more
sleeping giants left, you know.
They're most ofthem extinct.
What doyou mean?.
- What?.
- I was trying to playyou, man.
I just overheard you.
I came early.
Oh, no, no.
They didn't believe me anyway.
There are some good ones out there.
What type of deals?.
Biotechnology.
Human genome.
This is legit?.
What doyou mean, is it legit?.
Of course it's legit.
Is it legit?.
- For real?.
- For real.
The question you gotta ask your self is,
how much are you willing to invest?.
All right.
So, how much do I need to invest
in this cloning stuff?.
Ifyou just wanna get your feet wet,
we're talking a minimum of $1 million.
It's a six to eight month
investment period.
We're looking to make back several times
our initial investment within the year.
There's no such thing as a sure thing,
but this is as close as it gets.
Jack and I did our homework
on each other.
He's got what he's got,
and I want what he's got.
I keep my money in nine places.
An apartment that belongs to some old
woman that can't afford to live there...
bodegas, a blind man's place,
a principal's office, all over.
I pay their rent,
give them some grocery cash...
and in return
they keep a safe for me.
Yo, wake up.
Vic's here.
You want a brew, man?.
Yeah. Kick it over here.
So what's up, man?.
I got this investment opportunity...
and I could make enough money
to get out ofthis ***.
If you're interested,
I can bring you in.
Maybe make enough to get out.
What doyou think?.
Get out ofwhat, man?.
I'm happy doing what I'm doing.
I thoughtyou was happy too.
You think I wanna go out
like my brother?.
Besides, I got a baby coming.
Congratulations, papa.
What about the crew?.
Well, you've been running this ***
with me since the very beginning anyhow.
All it is now is,
I'm out ofthe way.
You know La Colombiana
ain't just letyou walk away like that.
Man, with the money you're making
right now, she could easy forget me.
I could just fade away easy
like that.
All I need from you
is help with the head start.
Come here, man.
- You got it.
- Thanks, man.
Freeze! Police! Hands up!
- Put 'em up!
- Keep your hands off me.
- Shut up!
- Get down!
Don't *** around this time!
- Shut the *** up, Vic.
- Don't worry. We'll take care ofyou.
You are *** done.
- You're sorry, all right.
- My arm! My arm!
So am I. Let's go.
- Could I just get myjacket, please?.
- No, smart ***, you can't.
What about my cell phone?.
You ever get picked up for anything,
there's one thing you never forget--
keepyour mouth shut,
don't say a ***' word.
You think cops are stupid? You think
you can talkyour way out? You're wrong.
Almost every conviction they get
is some dumb ***...
tripping him self up.
Keep your mouth shut.
Close off your mind.
Try to relax. Don't listen.
Evertyhing they say is a lie.
They'll tell you they got witnesses,
that your boys turned on you.
All lies.
If they had that, they wouldn 't be
bothering with all this ***.
Man, I called everybody.
I had no one else to turn to but Jack.
His sent this lawyer, an old white cat
named Bobby Gold, to get me...
and like that, I'm out.
Let's get the hel I out of here.
Let's go. Get hi m out of there.
I t's cold as ***, man.
- Thank you for coming.
- Everything is under control.
- It's all gonna be all right?.
- Yes.
You shouldn't have
any more trouble.
This is a *** case.
They know it.
Anybody asks you anything about this,
any cops come nearyou...
you call me immediately, all right?.
- I gotta run.
- Okay. Thanks so much.
You know I took a big chance working
with you in the first place, right?.
- I know, man.
- This can't happen.
- I took a chance on you too, you know.
- I know.
But if it happens again,
the deal's off. All right?.
All right. Yeah.
The girls are waiting for us.
You wanna go out?.
- All right, whatever.
- Come on.
Westartedout
As friends
And then the fun began
This place is so amazing.
You guys are gonna love it.
And you know what?.
A lot of " boriquas" come here.
- A lot ofwhat?.
- " Boriquas"
Boriquas, Vic.
Leave her alone. You know what she said.
Look, there's Mike. Remember Mike?.
He was here last time.
- Yes, you do.
- She's hard-core, man.
The one who loves andleaves me
So why can't you drink?.
My baby's having a baby.
Really?.
- Hell, yeah. I know where to put it.
- That's really great.
Congratulations.
What did I miss?.
They're having a baby.
What?.
Yeah. Isn't that great?.
- Oh, my God. You're having a baby?.
- Isn't that beautiful?.
- They're having a baby.
- I heard it the first time.
- And Jack knew before me?.
- What is that drink?.
- It's Bacardi and wine. Taste it.
- That's so beautiful.
- Thankyou.
- Can you feel ityet?.
You told me
that you'd always love me
So is it gonna be pretty small
with the baby in there?.
Well...
- You'll have to get a bigger place.
- Yeah, we're trying, but--
Babe, what about the loft?.
What about the loft?.
Well, nobody's living in it,
and it's huge.
That's true, you know.
We have this loft in Soho that I got
as an investment a coupleyears ago.
-You got a place in Soho?.
-It's beautiful, and no one lives there.
-It's empty.
-Ifyou want, you could live there free.
You should totally live there.
We could decorate.
- Hear them out.
- You could totally live there.
This here is
Lifestyles ofthe Rich and Famous.
This is it. Why bother making money
if you ain't livin' like this?
You should all live like this
just once.
This don't make no sense to me.
- What, you got some *** down there?.
- Come on, Chedda.
I'm trying to concentrate here.
You ain't got no concentration.
That's the problem.
Ain't nobody talkin' toyou.
I'm over here with this.
You'll be back. Everything you are
is in this neighborhood.
- What's wrong with you ***?.
- That's right, man.
*** should be happy.
He's doing something with his life.
You outyour mind, man.
We came up knee-high with this.
This is family. You see this?.
All this is family, understand?.
- We still family.
- I loveyou ***.
He'll be back.
No, I'm not coming back.
This is it.
I gotta move on.
I made my decision.
Jimmy's gonna take over the spots.
You're lucky to have a leader like this.
- ***.
- You ain't never coming back?.
No, dawg, I'm coming back.
I'm coming back
'cause I gotta smoke with my ho's.
A ***'s gotta smoke
with his ho's.
It's only 20 minutes away.
We'll come and see you every weekend.
I promise.
But not every weekend.
I have my life.
You know that.
Mom.
I'm just kidding.
- What areyou gonna get here?.
- I don't know.
This thing withJack--
I know I'm letting go of the bird in
the hand for the one that's flying...
and I hope I'm right.
- Looks like doo-doo.
- Oh, no. This is the one.
Should it be more this way?.
This is the way we should be living.
My woman deserves it...
my kid deserves it...
and I deserve it.
*** evertyhing else.
-Looks Iike I'm going to court and ***.
-Nah, it looks good.
Jack. What can I say?
We're getting to know
each other better.
I think he's a white me
in a lot of ways.
Theysay that good-looking people
look good even in garbage bags.
Yeah, but I'll take Armani,
just like Jack.
I got the suit and the sweater.
- Let me take care of my ***.
- I t's not even my money.
I t's a corporate card.
Seriously, it's fine.
- How are you?.
- I'm okay.
- It's good to see you.
- Look at you!
- So, how are you?.
- I'm good.
I miss the old neighborhood though.
You know, my moms.
Vic really likes it.
He seems relaxed.
- How's the pregnancy going?.
- Good.
Look atyou.
Bad morning sickness every now and then,
but other than that it's all good.
I mean, is Vic taking care ofyou
and all that?.
Yeah. You know, regular stuff.
He doesn't let me do anything.
- I can't even cook anymore.
- That's great. I hate to cook.
Yeah, well, I can't even get him to eat
Spanish food anymore. How about that?.
Yo, Vic!
It's ***' Vic!
- What's the deal, yo?.
- You better have your ghetto pass.
You see?. That's the pretty
*** right there.
Loud-*** Puerto Ricans, man.
What's the deal, yo?.
- Son, what's up, huh?.
- What's up?.
Lookin' sharp, spiffy.
- How are you?.
- Good.
- Mama!
- It's been like a *** year!
High-class jibaro.
- What's up, man?.
- What's up?. How's your *** hangin'?.
Yo, listen, yo, how you doin'?.
Whereyou been?.
Just workin', man, doin' my ***.
This and that, yada, yada, you know.
It's her mother's birthday.
Gonna go see her mom.
You know how her mom is. Let's go.
It's all right.
Aw, come on, man.
We ain't seen you in forever.
- Give me a holler. You got my number.
- Vic, we gotta go.
Where we gotta go?.
We ain't got nothin' to do.
- Yo, what's up?.
- Holler at me, man.
- I'm gonna holler.
- I gotta take her.
Yo, Vic, that's a nice suit
you got there.
- Thanks, dawg.
- Let's get the *** out ofhere.
All right, Vic.
All right, dawg.
Honey, carve this for me.
***, look at the chain
that Vic bought me.
- They're diamonds.
- Oh, my God!
Crazy, right?.
Oye, check this.
Check this. Right here.
-Jesus Christ, that's huge!
- Hey, hey. Watch your tongue.
Pero that's thicker
than Vic's chain.
Baby, show them
your G chain.
Come on, papi.
Oye, papo. Come on, bro.
Show me. What's up?.
I'm not wearin' it.
What do you mean,
you're not wearing it?.
I mean I'm not wearing it.
I don't got it on.
- Butyou always--
- I don't got it on, okay?.
I don't got it on.
What doyou want me to say?.
IfI never come back
to this neighborhood...
I'm gonna ***' die happy.
Whatever that means.
I just got nothing to say to anybody
around here anymore, you know?.
What the hell is wrong with you?.
You turn your back on the only people
who give a *** about you.
You thinkJack
gives a *** aboutyou?.
You think because we hang out with
Jack and Trish every now and then...
they're our friends?.
We ain't got no friends, Victor.
All we have is some "bourgie"
loft apartmentyou call home.
Well, where I'm at,
that's your home.
- It'll never be home to me.
- So that's the way it is, huh?.
- Why don't you go the *** back?.
- Maybe I should.
Oh, man. You know--
You know everything I do foryou?.
I turn myself inside out. I ***'
bend myself over backwards foryou.
Well, *** that. You know?.
Just go back to your ***' moms.
What?. What's that look now?.
That look is
I don't know who the fuckyou are.
You know who the *** I am?. The one
who tells you get the *** outta my car.
Get out!
Don't give me that ***' look.
Get the *** outta my car!
Open the ***' door!
There. How's that, dumb ***?.
Yeah. Don't ***' break my door.
Jack. What's up, dawg?
Howyou doin', man?
I'm all right.
Man, me and Carmen
just had a big-*** fight.
I told her to go home and just go
to her ***' mom's forever.
I don't care, man. I don't care.
*** that, you know?.
Sometimes you gotta talk to them
like that, you know what I'm saying?.
Yeah.
You know, I don't wanna go home, man.
You got anything goin' on?.
That's cool. I'll come by.
I wanted to wait till the girls
were around to give this toyou...
but I kinda gotta
give it toyou now.
Check it out.
Sweet, man.
Okay. I'll call you back.
- Thanks.
- $2 million.
- I doyou wrong?.
- Hell, no, man.
- Dude-- I can't even talk.
- You're speechless.
It's not always going to be like this.
The market's really hot right now, so--
So let's put it back in, man.
- Well, I'll think about it.
- All right.
What's bothering you?.
What's going on?.
Women, man. They askyou
to change, right?.
And when you change,
you become someone else, they hateyou.
'Cause they wanted
the guy that they first met.
Butyou can't be that anymore,
'cause they've asked you to change.
Okay. I know where to take you.
Come on. It'll be all right.
Cheers.
So what's our next move, man?.
I wanna sit you down with my partners.
I wanna introduce you to them.
- Yeah?.
- Yeah.
And I think the next thing we need to do
after that is to evaluate--
evaluate your risk tolerance.
- Diversify--
- I got a serious appetite for risk.
I know you do, but we need to
have some safe things foryou also.
-Just for the future.
- Okay.
We should schedule that meeting
for a couple of weeks from now.
Right now I'm working on another thing
that's taking a lot oftime.
Yeah, what is it?.
Ifyou can talk about it--
Sure. What we had you in before
was a $60 million fund.
This is a $600 million fund.
Can we get him another girl?.
- 600 million. Wow, man.
- $600 million.
It's so much money, man.
It's similar to the deal
I was doing with you, but...
it's a $4.5 million minimum.
I'm in for six.
This thing is unbelievable.
Wait a minute. You're putting 6 million
ofyour own cash into this?.
This has a really solid management team.
20 years experience, never *** up.
Some really smart money in it.
A really sound idea.
Everyone's clamoring to get in,
but the deal's closed.
There's no way
you can massage me into that?.
Areyou seriously interested?.
What?.
To show you how heavy my
commitment is, I'll give it back toyou.
-Just put it right in.
- You listen to me.
- Then I can get in on it.
- Listen. You keep this.
This is clean money.
They didn't do this for nothing, okay?.
You keep a hold ofthat.
Ifyou are interested, you get some
more money together and you call me.
- How much time do you have?.
- I'd say about a week or something.
A week. Oh, man.
It's a lot of pressure.
I really want you to think about it.
It scares me the way you just
jump into things like this. Okay?.
Uh-huh.
All right.
It's my turn.
Once you start workin'
for Joanna Menendez,you're hers.
There's no such thing as quitting.
No matter whatyou do,
she's gonna take a cut for life.
So there ain't a hell of a lot
I could do. I could pack up and run.
I could pay her 40 percent
of what I bring in.
I could tell her to go *** off, though
I wouldn 't make it back to the car.
Or I could talk to her
like a business man.
Let me tell you what I did.
I thought about what Donald Trump
or Ted Turner would have done.
They would have made a deal.
Talk the language
all businessmen understand-- money.
Oh, my God. Look at you.
You look so amazing
for your age. Look at you.
- If I was only ten years older--
- Are you learning how to flirt?.
Just now?.
I met you
when you were so green.
But everything comes with a price,
even that gorgeous smile ofyours.
What do you want?.
We been working together how long now?.
Ten years?. Something like that?.
I madeyou $5, 6 million a year?.
Maybe a little bit more?.
And all that time I never *** you.
I never held out on you.
I was always the bestyou had.
But like every business diversifies,
I need to diversify...
'cause there's only so far
I can go in this lifestyle.
"Lifestyle." What's so bad about it?.
What doyou need, Vic?.
I don't seeyou walking around
with a Metro card in your pocket.
Stop it. Stop it.
Talk to me, Victor.
I got Jimmy working
my crew right now.
He's making as much money
as I was making before...
soyou're not gonna
be hurting with me gone.
'Cause I got a prospect foryou.
I wanna merge with you.
I wanna make a partnership where I can
getyou 300% return on your investment.
- How much areyou looking for?.
- 1.5.
That's a lot of money.
I know, but I can getyou 4.5
in a six-month period.
That's the beauty ofit.
I'm talking about
as soon as I getyour money back...
I wanna be able to diversify some more.
You know what I'm saying?.
- What kind ofa deal is it?.
- Offshore deposits.
- Money laundering.
- No, this guy's legitimate.
How solid is your contact?.
This guy's unbelievable. I met him
through my girlfriend.
It's this white guy.
The hottest guy on Wall Street.
Everybody's investing with this cat.
He's got all the money he needs.
There's no such thing, baby.
We both know that.
Right. True, true.
Butyou know, you're right.
You earned this one.
But I want 500% return.
$7.5 million.
That's my price.
I don't know ifI can do that.
All right, you got it. I just need
the money by the end ofthe week.
All right.
Butyou want something from me,
I want something from you--Jimmy.
He's in a warwith Hector.
I can't have that.
Hector is a good guy.
He's not crazy like Tito,
cutting the *** and all that.
But this has to come to an end...
before it turns violent
and they *** up my business.
- You talk to Jimmy.
- All right.
Yeah. You know, it's just that...
me and Jimmy, we just--
I haven't talked to him in a while.
Butyou're like brothers.
He'll listen toyou.
Okay. I'll talk to him.
Will you talk to him tonight?.
Tonight.
Then you'll come back here on Friday
to getyour money.
- La Colombiana?
- Yeah, come on.
What doyou got to do
with La Colombiana?
Colombiana asked me just
to intervene on her behalf...
and just stop before
it turns into something.
This is the same ***
that came to me talkin' about...
"I'm gonna have a kid," "I want out
the game," "I wanna do what's right."
You come back now, you telling me
how to run my business.
You are telling me how to run it.
You *** turn this into violence,
you're gonna getyourselffucked.
Who's gonna *** me?.
That ***' ***?.
What areyou gonna do?.
I'm gonna go over there tonight
and settle this whole ***.
Ifyou're gonna do that,
I'm going with you, man.
I'm gonna gowith you and settle it.
Gimmeyour gun. I'll take care ofthis.
Ain't noway
I'm giving you my gun.
Come on. I'll gowith you and cure this.
Just give me the gun.
That's like giving you myfucking shoes.
I ain't giving you my gun, V.
Give meyour gun.
Give meyour gun, man.
I gotyour back. You know I'll never
let *** happen toyou.
What's up, Hector?.
Howyou doin', dawg?.
- What's up, Vic?.
- Brought you some offerings.
Thanks, brother.
Lost some weight.
You're looking Diesel and ***.
- Stress, you know?.
- Yeah, I hear that.
I heard about your abuelita, man.
She hurt her hip and what not.
She's good, man.
How's your lady?.
Love of my life.
***'s so ill.
You know how she is.
Overambitious and ***.
Hardly ever see her.
That's why I works, you know?.
Let's cut to the chase, Vic.
You know what I'm about, right?.
Right, man. I know.
Your boy here,
you need to keep him on a short leash.
Kinda strong, man. Kinda strong words
and whatnot, you know?.
But I got to talk to Rafael,
and we just want to squash the beef.
Optimize the situation, you know?.
I spoke to Rafael too, man.
Jimmy's got a long tongue.
Talks too much *** around the
neighborhood, like he's running ***.
We were like that once.
We were coming up.
You used to say a lot ofshit--
hotheaded and whatnot.
We all make mistakes. Right,Jimmy?.
You ain't gonna do that no more.
So what's up,Jimmy?.
We cool orwhat?.
You know what, Hec?.
We cool, man.
What wereyou thinking?.
You *** promised me
you wouldn't do anything!
You're *** overreacting!
Calm the *** down!
Fuckyou, ***!
Fuckyou!
I'm not overreacting,
you *** idiot!
I gaveyou the crew to run, not to
*** take them on a suicide mission.
*** kill yourself, but don't take
Jay and Chedda with you, you ***!
You ***' trying to tell me
how to run my ***' business?.
It's beyond that, man.
I gaveyou your ***' business.
You were nothing before
I came into this ***!
What the *** do you know?.
You ain't been around for months!
Come skippin' back
into the ***' neighborhood.
It's supposed to be the same.
Butyou know what?.
This ***' *** is different.
This whole ***' thing is ours.
Jimmy, you're not listening.
You're not listening, man.
La Colombiana doesn't ***' play.
She's gonna come afteryour ***.
La Colombiana.
I'll give her my *** balls.
Chedda,Jay, listen to me.
Listen to me. I'm telling you.
It's over for the man.
They're gonna kill him.
Doyou understand?.
Ain't nobody touching
nothing over here.
Look. Let me tell you,Jimmy.
I'm not gonna give you a diaper buddy,
knee-high little speech over here.
We all we got. Understand?.
We been doing this ***.
Them *** is dead.
There's nothing gonna bring 'em back.
They got toe tags.
They outta here. It's done.
What needs to be known right now...
are you on this side over here,
or are you with them ***?.
- It's not that simple.
- It is that ***' simple.
Remembe rwhen you fixed my VCR?.
You fixed it, I *** it up.
No matter how bad it got,
you fixed it, I *** it up.
You fixed it, I *** it up.
Fix this.
You think you *** me, right?.
You just to like to prove some ***...
that maybe you can't be told
what to do?.
But you *** yourself worse.
- Yeah. You know what I think?.
- What doyou think?.
I think that's what you all about.
I think you don't give a *** about
Jay, Chedda, me-- nobody.
You know who you always
give a *** about?.
Victor *** Rosa!
That's who you *** care about!
- Right.
- You don't give a *** about us!
It's about money with you.
You know why?.
You go to the white neighborhood all
you want, but you'll always be a ***.
That's in your *** blood,
***.
Can you guarantee?. Can you guarantee
my blood's gonna stay in my body?.
Can you ever do that?.
- How's it going?
- What's up, man?.
I'm so glad you ***
called me back, man.
Yeah, of course.
What's going on?.
You don't know the half of it, dawg.
I don't know, it's--
- Oh, man. Things just got so *** up.
- What's so *** up?. What's going on?.
I don't know. I just--
Don't get me wrong, man,
but I just think--
I don't know. Maybe I'm a little--
Maybe this deal's too much for me.
- Maybe it's a little over my head.
- That's ridiculous.
Everything's going great, okay?.
- Things are looking really good.
- No, it's just--
You're gonna have
more than enough money.
They're really excited
about it out here.
They're all trashed
and asleep right now.
It'sjust that--
***. I haven't seen Carmen in over
a week, man. I haven't talked to her.
She won't--
I am in this *** apartment all by
myself. I'm losing my *** mind.
- I'm flipping,you know?
- Listen to me.
Everything's gonna be fine
with Carmen. All right?.
Things are going crazy out here.
I'm working on your deal as we speak.
When she finds out how much money
you've got, she will chill out.
Everything will be okay.
Yeah. No doubt
it's gonna be fantastic, man.
It's gonna be the ***,
you know?.
Areyou still in Hell-A?.
Yeah. I'm at this...
*** crazy place up in Malibu.
It's unbelievable. I'm out on the porch,
just soaking it up.
You know it, man.
We'll have so much money...
we won't know
what the *** to do, right?
- Totally.
- Yeah.
It's a bet, man. We'll ***'
tear this town up, all right?.
Man, we're gonna party
our ***' brains out.
- But call me for sure, man.
- Forsure.
All right. Later.
Hey, Trish?. Listen--
Honey, can I just
askyou a little thing?.
It is better to sit here,
be miserable, than to be with him?.
You know, honey, the *** is in
his apartment as miserable as you are.
Ifhe's so *** miserable
he can call me and apologize.
Okay. This is it.
Honey.
Ifyou decide to have this baby
with that ***...
go and have
the babywith him.
I'm behind you a hundred percent.
I'm your mother. Remember?.
Ifyou want to have this baby
byyourself, I'm here foryou.
Let's do that.
The only thing I cannot do is watch you
watching television.
Watching novelas
and doing nothing!
Hello?.
- Trish, what the hell you doing here?.
- God.
I have missed you.
Yeah. It's okay.
Place looks cute. Looks good.
- Yeah. How'd you get in?.
- I have my own set.
Doyou have some wine
or something?.
- I'll see what I got.
- Thankyou.
Vic, I was
in the neighborhood shopping...
and I thought I'd come by
and see how you are.
- This is all I got.
- Thankyou.
- I'm gonna go upstairs and change.
- No, you're not.
- I'm not?.
- No.
You're not being a very good host,
leaving me here.
Yeah. I'm being a good host byjust
going upstairs. I'm gonna change.
I don't give a *** if you're wearing
a towel, ifthat's why you're worried.
I just wanna talk toyou.
But I give a ***
that I'm wearing a towel.
Since when did you get uptight?.
Are you uptight now?.
Come here a second.
All right.
So what doyou wanna talk about?.
I wanna talk aboutyou.
I've never seen these before.
- Wow.
- Pretty ugly, huh?.
- I got a little reckless.
- A little reckless?.
- Yeah, well--
- Do they hurt?.
- When you poke 'em like that.
- Onlywhen I poke 'em?.
So, how areyou?.
I don't wanna talk about it.
Has Jack called you?.
No, he didn't call.
He's in Miami with his mom.
What doyou mean,
he's in Miami?.
I thought he said
hewas in LA.
You know what?.
I don't wanna talk about Jack.
- No, come on.
- I just wanna kiss you. Come on.
- I'm so lonely.Jack's gone, too.
- Come on. You know you're beautiful.
- Don't do this.
-Just a kiss.
- Come on. You promised.
- So I broke my promise.
That makes you a liar,
doesn't it?.
Aren't we all liars?.
Oh, God. Don't do this.
Don't do this. Come on.
Come on, no.
- ***.
- What?.
***' turn around.
Oh, ***!
Carmen, baby.
I swear to God,
it's not whatyou think it is.
I just *** came
out ofthe shower.
I'm sorry, baby.
It's not what you think it is.
- I was taking a shower. She came in--
- Carmen,just--
God! Was that necessary?.
Just get the *** out ofhere.
Baby, I'm sorry. You gotta listen to me.
Just hear me out, please.
Look me in the eye. Come on.
I know how you feel.
Ifyou listen to me--Just give me
a moment to explain myself, all right?.
Come on, baby. I loveyou.
You think I'd do something like this?.
Carmen, come on.
Baby, come on.
Morning, Vic.
Nice ***' place.
Security's a little light, though.
Don'tyou ever ***' sleep?.
Vic, come on.
We had a nice deal going.
You can't just run out on us.
Does it look like I'm trying
to run out?.
She wants to seeyou.
All right, all right.
Get dressed.
I did what I said I was going to do.
There is the money.
- I'm incredibly grateful for that.
- What happened last night?.
You were supposed to
make sure there was no violence.
- You know, I tried--
- "Tried"?.
What am I supposed to do
with "tried," Vic?.
You said you could control Jimmy,
and what have I got?.
One of my key dealers dead
because you "tried"?.
This is how
you wanna do business with me?.
I am trusting you
with one and a half million dollars.
You're gonna fix this.
Jimmy has to go.
You got your money.
Nowyou finish your part of the deal.
This is obviously all ofit.
Ifyou're short,
you just give me a holler, all right?.
I'm sure it's all ofit.
Oh, my God.
I didn't know you were
going to bring it all in cash.
It's a cash business.
Right. God, I gotta get this
to the bank. This is crazy.
- This better work.
- It's a lock, a total lock. I just--
We gotta go out and party
tonight or something, right?.
- No. I gotta take care of something.
- What do you gotta take care of?.
Look, I did my part.
- Now you do your part, all right?.
- Sure thing.
All right.
I'll meetyou there. Peace.
Don't come any *** closer.
Take your *** hands outyour pocket.
Let me seeyour hands.
Hereyou go.
I just wanna talk toyou.
I just wanna talk toyou.
That's all.
So talk.
You know, on my way over here
I was thinking about that time--
Remember that time when we were
about in eighth grade...
and we were at that bodega
near Saint Anne's...
and we were gonna rob
that carton of cigarettes?.
You were supposed to pretend to be
in a seizure, and we go in there...
and the guy starts--
You throw yourself on the ground,
flippin' and foamin'...
and the guy starts laughing.
You start flipping out a little more,
going a little crazier.
The guy laughs more.
You jump up, you grab him.
You say "Yo, ***.
Ifthis *** was for real...
would you be laughing your *** off
like that, ***??"
You went crazy. You started ***
tearing the place apart, man.
Right then and there, I knew you could
do anything you ever wanted, man.
'Causeyou were afraid
of nothin'.
That *** always stuck with me.
And then they sent you
to kill me?.
- Yeah.
- You gonna do it?.
What doyou think?.
I thinkyou thought about it.
Just... run, man.
Just ***' run
the *** outta here.Just--
Keep goin', man.
Don't ***' turn around.
Where am I gonna go?.
I don't know, man.
I don't wanna die, man.
The number you have reached
is not in service.
Please check the number
and dial again.
The cellular number you have called
is no longer in service.
There is no further information.
Stevens, Haus and Gold.
Yeah, hel lo.
I 'd I i ke to speak to Bobby Gold, please.
- May I have that name again, sir?
- Robert Gold--
Bobby Gold, attorney-at-law, please?.
I don't have
a "Bobby Gold" listed here.
I'll connect you to Personnel.
Personnel. How can I help you?
- Hello?
- Yeah.
Hello?
I 'm looking for a... Bobby Gold--
a Robert Gold, attorney-at-law.
Bobby Gold. To my recollection,
there's nobody here named Bobby Gold.
Not working at this office.
Hello? Are you sure
you have the right off--
Excuse me. Can I hel p you?.
Yeah.
I'm looking for Jack Wimmer.
J ust a moment.
There's no one in this building
by that name, sir.
- Excuse me, sir. You can't go in there.
- Yeah.
***! ***!
***!
Man, I *** myself.
I've watched suckers get taken for
50 bucks playing three-card monte...
and I always thought, "You dumb ***.
You deserve to be taken.
Now I've been taken like a child
for more than $4 million.
Evertyhing I got, plus a million
and a half of La Colom biana's.
The only thing I had to go on
was the number Jack had called me from.
It was a Miami number.
Look, I've been
in crazy situations all my life...
but this was the first time
that I was all alone.
I had no where to turn
and no one to help me.
***' team ain't here no more, man.
*** Iike that happens, man.
Speakin' of the ***' devil, man.
I'm outta here, man.
Come on.
- Where you going?.
- ***. ***.
This *** ***.
Look at this ***
looking all sad and ***.
Four million?. ***.
That was pretty *** stupid, man.
Come on, man. Would you shut
the *** up already with this ***?.
It's bad enough, all right?.
No doubt,
but it was pretty stupid, man.
I'm trying to have this ***'s
head in the middle ofthe project...
throwing darts at it. Feel me?.
- How we gonna get at this ***?.
- I know where he's at. He's in Miami.
All I got to do is track
his *** down. That's it.
Let's go get his ***.
This is mine. I got to go
at this *** alone. All right?.
Just need your help to get me some cash
to get from here to there. That's all.
You know, whatever I got, you got.
It's all there, son.
See what Jimmy's got.
21. He play better now.
So, you gonna
let Victor know?.
- I don't know.
- Well, most people like surprises.
- It's good to see you.
- Thankyou.
Baby. Baby, don't.
Please, please.
Not now. Please don't.
I can't do this right now.
I know how you feel.
Come and sit down for a minute.
Can I talk toyou for a minute, please?.
Yeah?. Come on.
Areyou all right?.
God, you're so huge.
Look at that.
Oh, my God. I can feel it.
Baby, I'm so sorry. I know
you're mad at me and everything.
I'm gonna fix everything.
I know howyou feel.
I just gotta go away for a little while,
all right?. Then I'll come back.
It's your son.
It's a boy?.
No kidding. It's a boy?.
I don't believe that ***.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
I can't believe it.
Oh, baby. That's great.
I can't believe it. I knew it.
I knew it was gonna be a boy.
I really *** up, baby,
but it's gonna be okay.
I'm gonna fix everything.
I'm gonna fix it. I'll have Jay coming
for you and take care of you, all right?.
If you need anything,
you just call me. All right?.
- I love you, baby.
- I love you too.
- Hello?
- Hello. Yes, hello.
I'm a friend ofJack's.
I just got into town.
I lost his number.
Can you believe that?.
Luckily, he gave me
your number as a backup.
Who are you? You're a frriend of my son's
from New York,you said?
Yeah, we been friends for a long time--
since college and what not.
He just asked me to come down
for the weekend.
And he gave you my number?
It's not like him to give out my number.
Yeah. He didn't know what number
he was gonna have, so--
He's told me so much about you.
I hope while I'm down here
I get a chance to meet you.
That's sweet. Let me get
that number for you, honey.
You know Jack's staying in South Beach?
He has a new condo. The number is--
Don't worry.
I don't need the telephone number.
J ust give me the address.
I'm 20 minutes late.
I was supposed to meet him
20 minutes ago.
At this point, I didn't know what was
more important to me--
Getting my money back
or getting even.
- You know what I'm here for?.
- Yeah, man.
You know I 'm retired.
Why you got to come to me with that?.
You know if I had a choice,
I'd never get you involved.
Take the gum
outyour mouth.
Take the gum
outyour mouth.
Put it under the table.
All right, man.
- You okay?.
- Yeah, definitely. Here.
Start the game, man.
Yeah. Yeah!
Well, sure.
All righty. Listen,
I gotta get going.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
I'll talk toyou soon.
All righty. Bye.
It's such a shame we have to leave
like this. I love it here.
You better be taking me
someplace warm.
- Oh, yeah.
- You know how much I love the sun.
Check this out.
- Put that away. You know I hate guns.
- Watch, watch.
Put it away.
Very good--
Don't point that!
- I'm putting it right here.
- Thankyou.
- I'm done!
- Finally.
- I'm gonna call the limo.
- Okay.
Oh, ***!
Oh, ***.
***!
What's the matter,Jack?.
- You got nothing to say now?.
- I don't know what to say.
- You're so quick, man.
- I don't know what to *** say!
You're not happy to see me, baby?.
Trish, move away from the bed.
-Just put the gun down.
- Move away from the ***' bed.
- Put your hands up and don't move.
- Put the gun down!
Shut up!
Shut up for one second!
Move away from the bed
and put your hands up.
Just put the gun down.
I know your type, man. I grew up with
you *** get-over artists.
You're a *** liar, man.
You been lying your whole *** life.
You know what you are?. You're ***
***. You think that's your girlfriend?.
That gap, that gash?.
She's a *** cavity, ***.
You ain't got nobody. I had friends.
I had a ***' woman, man.
You got no kind of life.
You know what your mistake is, baby?.
You think you're too smart.
-Just put the gun down.
- Shut the *** up!
You could've walked away
with $1 million...
but you *** up,
'cause you pushed me too far.
- I know I *** up.
- You put me in the hole.
I got nothing to *** lose,
understand?.
Think about Carmen--
Never ***' say Carmen's name,
you *** ***!
Just listen to me.
It's gonna be worked out, you know?.
- Put the *** gun down!
- Shut the *** up!
- Trish, where's the money?.
- In that *** bag right there.
***!
- Thank you, Trish.
- Idiot.
- How much is in there?.
- Listen to me.
$120,000. You need me!
You know you need me!
Jack, ifthat's your name--
What is your name?.
- I'm not telling you my name.
- Why shouldn't I kill you then?.
You want the money?.
The $4 million?. You need me!
I don't need you, you ***.
You pushed me into the hole.
Be calm for one second.
You knowyou need me
to get that $4 million.
Ifyou want to be smart, you don't want
to be some *** stupid ***--
Don't ever call me a ***,
you piece of white *** trash!
*** you!
Where's the money,Jack?.
Jack, come on.
Where's the money?.
Oh, God! Oh, God!
Tell me where the money is.
I don't want to have to kill you.
Ghetto piece of ***!
I took Carmen and her mother
back to Puerto Rico...
and with the money we opened
a small bar in the south of the island.
It's quiet most
of the time, but we get by.
How's everything going?.
Good?. Enjoying yourself?.
You have any complaints,
let me know. All right?.
It's time. Yeah.
We're at the hospital.
Okay. All right.
Tell Carmen to hold on.
I'll be right there.
Yeah, yeah. How is she?.
She's doing all right?.
Damn. Damn! It's coming.
My boy's coming, man.
Drinks on the house,
and close early!
It's kind of funny
when you think about it.
I mean, I did
some pretty bad things in my life.
Broke all the rules,
hurt a lot ofrpeople. But here I was.
My kid's lifre was about to begin,
and I had another chance.
Damn! Like I said befrore,
had I known what I know now.
I guess it was naive of me to think
I could actually get away with it.
Escape my past.
Yeah, but that's not
how it works...
'cause you know a man's actions
always have their consequences.
And deep down, I knew that.
Maybe what it's all about...
is thinking about someone else
instead of your self all the time.
Maybe that's what I was always missing.
IfrI can leave something fror my son,
maybe my life was worthwhile.
He 's so beautifrul.
I think I'm in love again.
He looks just like Victor.