4 (PANTING) (PANTING CONTINUES) (WHIMPERS) (FOOTSTEPS) Do you find me sadistic? You know,... I'll bet I could fry an egg on your head right now. (WHIMPERS) If I wanted to. You know, kiddo,... (SOBS) ..I'd like to believe you're aware enough, even now, to know that there is nothing sadistic in my actions. Maybe towards those other jokers,... ..but not you. (WHIMPERS) No, kiddo, at this moment,... ..this is me... ..at my most... masochistic. Bill. It's your baby. (GUNSHOT) # "Bang Bang" - Nancy Sinatra # I was five and he was six # We rode on horses made of sticks # He wore black and I wore white # He would always win the fight # Bang, bang, he shot me down # Bang, bang, I hit the ground # Bang, bang, that awful sound # Bang, bang # My baby shot me down # Seasons came and changed the time # When I grew up I called him mine # He would always laugh and say # Remember when we used to play # Bang, bang, I shot you down # Bang, bang, you hit the ground # Bang, bang, that awful sound # Bang, bang # I used to shoot you down # Music played and people sang # Just for me the church bells rang # Now he's gone, I don't know why # And till this day sometimes I cry # He didn't even say goodbye # He didn't take the time to lie # Bang, bang, he shot me down # Bang, bang, I hit the ground # Bang, bang, that awful sound # Bang, bang # My baby shot me down # (CROW CAWS) (BELL RINGS) (WOMAN) Coming! Sarah, I cannot believe you are early. # "Ironside Excerpt" - Quincy Jones Hiyah! (CHOKES) Argh! What you got? What you got, huh? OK. Come on, bitch! OK. Come on, bitch! Come on. Bring it on! (CLEARS THROAT) (KIDS SHOUT) Mommy, I'm home. Hey, baby. How was school? Mommy, what happened to you and the TV room? Oh... That good-for-nothing dog of yours got his ass in the living room and acted a fool. That's what happened. Barney did this? Baby, now, you can't come in here. There's broken glass everywhere and you could cut yourself. This is an old friend of Mommy's, I ain't seen in a long time. Hi, honey. I'm... (BEEP) What's your name? Her name is Nikki. Nikki. Such a pretty name for such a pretty girl. How old are you, Nikki? Nikki. (BEEP) ..asked you a question. I'm four. Four years old, eh? You know, I had a little girl once. She'd be about four now. Now, baby, me and Mommy's friend got some grown-up talk to talk about. Go in your room and leave us alone till I tell you to come out. OK? (CLICKS) Nikkia! In your room. Now. You want some coffee? Yeah. Sure. 'This Pasadena homemaker's name is Jeannie Bell.' 'Her husband is Dr Lawrence Bell.' 'But back when we were acquainted, four years ago, her name was Vernita Green. Her code name was Copperhead.' 'Mine, Black Mamba.' Do you have a towel? Yeah. Thanks. You still take cream and sugar? Yeah. I suppose it's a little late for an apology? You suppose correctly. Look, bitch, are you gonna start any more shit around my baby girl? You can relax for now. I'm not gonna murder you in front of your child. That's being more rational than Bill led me to believe of you. It's mercy, compassion and forgiveness I lack, not rationality. (SIGHS) Look, I know I fucked you over. I fucked you over bad. I wish I hadn't, but I did. You have every right to want to get even. No. (LAUGHS) To get even? Even Steven? I would have to kill you, go up to Nikki's room, kill her, then wait for your husband, Dr Bell, to come home and kill him. That would be even, Vernita. That'd be about square. Look, if I could go back in a machine, I would, but I can't. All I can tell you is that I'm a different person now. Oh,... great! I don't care. Be that as it may. I know I don't deserve your mercy or your forgiveness. However, I beseech you for both on behalf of my daughter. Bitch! You can stop right there. Just because I won't murder you in front of your daughter, does not mean parading her in front of me is gonna inspire sympathy. You and I have unfinished business. And not a fucking thing you've done in the last four years, including getting knocked up, is gonna change that. So when do we do this? It all depends. When do you wanna die? Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? How about tonight, bitch? Splendid. Where? There's a baseball diamond where I coach about a mile from here. We meet there around 2:30 in the morning, dressed all in black. Your hair in a black stocking. And we have us a knife fight! We won't be bothered. Now,... (CHUCKLES) I have to fix Nikki's cereal. Bill always said you were one of the best ladies with an edged weapon. Fuck you, bitch! I know he didn't qualify that shit. So you can just kiss my motherfucking ass, Black Mamba. Black Mamba. I should have been motherfucking Black Mamba. Weapon of choice? If you want to stick with your butcher knife, fine. (LAUGHS) Very funny, bitch. Very funny! (GUNSHOT) (SIGHS) (SIGHS) It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that, I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it,... ..your mother had it coming. When you grow up,... ..if you still feel raw about it,... ..I'll be waiting. (MAN SPEAKS JAPANESE) (UPBEAT MUSIC) Uh... You can never have too much coinage with Burger King's new Change Range, starting from just $1 ` and the new Bacon Cheeseburger for just $3. Burgers the way they're meant to be. For as long as you remember, you've brushed all your teeth diligently. Mm-hm. Twice a day, right? Uh-huh. But 80% of your mouth's bacteria aren't even on your teeth. (MUFFLED) 80%? Shocking, isn't it? That's why you need Colgate Total. It fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums. So 100% of your mouth's surfaces get protected every time you brush. Colgate Total - for whole mouth health. And for an even healthier mouth between brushings, try Colgate Total mouthwash. 1 (RADIO PLAYS / RETUNES) "Y'all, come on out to Dallas, do you hear." "This is Rockabilly Rhythms on KTRN, Wichita Falls." "And next, we got some record." "Our very own wild man, Charlie Feathers." # Well... # Hit it, boys # I'm just a-singing a song # With a lot on my mind # I'm a-looking for me a woman # But she's mighty hard to find # Oh, and I asked my country cousin # To pick the hottest spots in town # Oh, that li'l biddy woman... # (RADIO OFF) Well,... give me the gory details, Son Number One. It's a goddamn massacre, Pop. They wiped out the whole wedding party, execution style. Give me a figure. Nine dead bodies. And we're talking the whole shebang. Bride, groom, reverend, reverend's wife. Hell, they even shot that old Coloured fella that plays the organ. Somebody objected to this union and wasn't able to hold their peace. Good gravy, Marie! What'd I tell you, Pop? Looks like a goddamn Nicaraguan death squad. You better shitcan that blasphemy. You in a house of worship. Sorry, Pop. That is definitely the work of professionals. I'd guesstimate a Mexican mafia hit squad. Four, maybe five strong. How can you tell? Well, a sure and steady hand did this. This ain't no squirrelly amateur. This is the work of a salty dog. You can tell by the cleanliness of the carnage. A kill-crazy rampage though it may be, all the colour is kept inside the line. If you was a moron, you could almost admire it. Who's the bride? Don't know. The name on the marriage certificate is Arlene Machiavelli. That's a fake. We've all just been calling her "The Bride" on account of the dress. You can tell that she was pregnant. Man had to be a mad dog to shoot a goddamn good-looking gal like that in the head. Look at her. Hay-coloured hair, big eyes. She's a blood-splattered angel. (SPITS) Son Number One? Yeah? This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead. (THUNDER RUMBLES) (MONITOR BEEPS) (WHISTLES) # "Twisted Nerve" - Bernard Herrmann) (THUNDER RUMBLES) (MUSIC) # "Twisted Nerve" - Bernard Herrmann I might never have liked you. Point in fact, I despise you. But that shouldn't suggest that I don't respect you. Dying in our sleep is a luxury that our kind is rarely afforded. My gift... to you. (MOBILE RINGS) Fuck's sake! (SIGHS) Hello, Bill. What's her condition? Comatose. Where is she? I'm standing over her right now. That's my girl. (LAUGHS) Elle, you're going to... abort the mission. "(SQUEAKING)" We owe her better than that. You don't owe her shit! Will you keep your voice down? (QUIETER) You don't owe her shit! May I say one thing? Speak. Y'all beat the hell out of that woman, but you didn't kill her. And I put a bullet in her head, but her heart just kept on beating. Now, you saw that yourself with your own beautiful blue eye, did you not? We've done a lot of things to this lady. And if she ever wakes up, we'll do a whole lot more. But one thing we won't do is sneak into her room in the night, like a filthy rat and kill her in her sleep. And the reason we won't do that thing is cos that thing would lower us. Don't you agree, Miss Driver? I guess. Do you really have to guess? (SIGHS) No. I don't really have to guess. I know. Come on home, honey. Affirmative. I love you very much. I love you, too. Bye-bye. Thought that was pretty fucking funny, didn't you? Hmm? Word of advice, shithead. Don't you ever wake up. (MOSQUITO BUZZES) (MONITOR BEEPS) (POP!) (SCREAMS / GASPS) This moment, this is me... ..at my most masochistic. (GUN CLICKS) Bill,... it's your baby. (GASPS) (METAL CLANGS) (SCREAMS) (SOBS) My baby! Four years! Four years! (SOBS) (WHISTLING / DOOR OPENS) (CHUCKLES) Price is $75 a fuck, my friend. You getting your freak on, or what? Oh, yeah, boy. Now, here's the rules. Rule number one, no punching her. Tomorrow, she got her a shiner and less some teeth, jig's up. No knuckle sandwiches. This little cunt's a spitter. It's a motor reflex thing. But spit or no, no punching. We absolutely clear on rule number one? Yeah. Rule number two, no monkey bites, no hickeys. No leaving no marks. After that, it's all good, buddy. Her plumbing don't work no more, so come in her all you want. Keep it down. Don't make a mess. Back in 20. (CHUCKLES) Oh, shit! By the way, Sometimes this chick's cooch can get drier than a bucket of sand. If she dry, just lube up with this and you'll be good to go. (CHUCKLES) Bon appetit, good buddy. (LAUGHS) (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Oh,... yeah. Oh, goddamn. You are the best-looking girl I've had today. (SCREAMS) # "Twisted Nerve" - Bernard Herrmann (WHISTLES) (WHISTLES) Yo, stud! Time's up, buddy. I'm coming in, ready or not. Did you have yourself a good time, man? Whoa! Ah! Where's Bill?! (GROANS) Where's Bill? Argh! Please stop hitting me. Where's Bill?! (GROANS) I don't know who Bill is! Bullshit! Argh! 'Ain't you the slice of cutie pie they said you was.' 'Jane Doe. We don't know shit about you.' 'Well, I'm from Huntsville, Texas.' 'My name is Buck and I'm here to fuck. (LAUGHS)' Your name is Buck,... right? (GULPS) And you came here to fuck,... right? Wait a minute. Wait. Argh! (PANTS) "Pussy Wagon!" Fucker! (PANTS) 1 (LIFT PINGS) Texas. OK. (GROANS) Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe. 'As I lay in Buck's truck, trying to will my limbs out of entropy,...' Wiggle your big toe. '..I could see the faces of the cunts who did this to me and the dicks responsible.' 'Members all of The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.' 'When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly as revenge, 'it seems proof like no other that not only does God exist, you're doing His will.' 'At a time when I knew the least about my enemies, the first name on my death list, O-Ren Ishii, was the easiest to find.' 'But when one manages to become queen of the Tokyo underworld, one doesn't keep it a secret, does one?' 'O-Ren Ishii was born on an American military base in Tokyo, Japan.' 'The half-Japanese, half-Chinese American Army brat 'made her first acquaintance with death at the age of nine. 'At that age she witnessed the death of her parents 'at the hands of Japan's most ruthless yakuza boss, Boss Matsumoto.' # "The Grand Duel" - Luis Bacalov (GASPS) (WHIMPERS) (LAUGHS) (GASPS) Yargh! (BONE CRACKS) Argh! (GLASS BREAKS) (GROANS) (GROWLS) Ugh! (GASPS) (BLADE SINGS) (HISSES) (CACKLES) (SPLUTTERS) (GROWLS) (BLADE SINGS) (WHIMPERS) (WHIMPERS) (LAUGHS) (COUGHS, SPITS) (GRUNTS) (WHIMPERS) (LAUGHS) Oh. (WHIMPERS) (SCREAMS) (WHIMPERS) (SOBS) Mommy! (CHUCKLES) (GUNSHOT) Yargh! (CACKLES) 'She swore revenge.' 'Luckily for her, Boss Matsumoto was a paedophile.' (GASPS) 'At 11, she got her revenge.' (GROANS) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Argh! (RUNNING FOOTSTEPS) (WHIMPERS) (GUNSHOTS) (GUNSHOT) (SCREAMS) (SCREAMS / PANTS) 'By 20, she was one of the top female assassins in the world.' (ALL LAUGH) (BOTH GASP / BOTH SCREAM) 'At 25, she did her part in the killing of nine innocent people, including my unborn daughter, in a small wedding chapel in El Paso, Texas.' 'But on that day, four years ago, she made one big mistake.' 'She should have killed ten.' 'However, before satisfaction would be mine, first things first.' Wiggle your big toe. Hard part's over. Now, let's get these other piggies wiggling. (TYRES SCREECH) Welcome to Air O. May I help you? Okinawa. One way. # One of them said, 'Larz, you a teen heart-throb ` # 'make my baby faint; INDISTINCT CHATTER Bro. It's Pamela. SMOOTH MUSIC (SLURPS) # You know we get down with all the cyber moms. # One of them told me I was hot right now like Tiger Balm. # One of them said, 'Larz, you a teen heart-throb ` # 'make my baby faint; make a tween's heart stop.' # (GRUNTS, RETCHES) Ewww. He's a bit of a grossie, eh? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) < (GRUNTS) Is that your friend? Him? (CHUCKLES) Nah. < (RETCHES) Ooh. (CHUCKLES) 1 Hi. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Welcome. You English? Almost. American. American. Welcome, American. Domo. My English very good. You said domo. Can you speak Japanese? No, no. Just a few words I learned since yesterday. Erm,... may I sit at the bar? Oh, sure! Sure, sure. Please, sit. Wow. What other words did you learn? Oh, just a minute. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (MAN SPEAKS JAPANESE) Oh, shit! Shut up! Get your ass out here! Excuse me. Wah-wah-wah. (LAUGHS) Er,... what other Japanese do you know? Oh, let's see. Erm,... Arigato. Arigato. Good. Erm,... I already said domo, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Konnichiwa. Ah. Konn-ichi-wa. Konnichiwa. Please repeat. Konnichiwa. Perfect. Good, good, good. You say Japanese word like you Japanese. Now you're making fun of me. No, no, no. Serious business. Pronunciation very good. You say arigato like we say arigato. (LAUGHS) (GIGGLES) Well, thank you. I mean, arigato. Hmm. You should learn Japanese. Very easy. (LAUGHS) No kidding? I heard it was hard. Most difficult. But you have Japanese tongue. (LAUGHS) OK. OK. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Oh, my God! (SPITS) (MUMBLES) Ah! (SPEAKS JAPANESE) I beg your pardon? Drink? Oh, yes. A bottle of warm sake, please. Warm sake? Very good! (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (CHUCKLES, SPEAKS JAPANESE) Do you understand? (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Do you understand? Sorry. Er,... (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Oh. First time in Japan? Uh-huh. Oh. What brings you to Okinawa? I came to see a man. Oh, yeah? You have a friend living in Okinawa? Not quite. Not friend? I never met him. Never?! (LAUGHS) Who is he, may I ask? Hattori Hanzo. (GLASS SHATTERS) You must have big rats if you need Hattori Hanzo's steel. Huge. (GULLS SCREECH) May I? You may. Wait! Try the second one down. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) Funny,... ..you like samurai swords,... ..I like baseball. Then give me one of these. These are not for sale. (LAUGHS) I didn't say, "Sell me." I said, "Give me." (LAUGHS) Why should I help you? Because my vermin is a former student of yours. And considering the student,... ..I'd say you have a rather large obligation. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Domo. 1 'It was one year after the massacre in El Paso, Texas, that Bill backed his Nippon progeny financially and philosophically in her Shakespearian-like power struggle with the other yakuza clans over who would rule vice in the city of Tokyo.' 'When the final sword was sheathed, it was O-Ren Ishii and her powerful posse,... (LAUGHTER) ..the Crazy 88, that proved the victor.' 'The pretty lady to O-Ren's right, who's dressed like she's a villain on Star Trek, is O-Ren's lawyer, best friend and second lieutenant, the half-French, half-Japanese Sofie Fatale.' 'Another former protegee of Bill's.' (HUBBUB) 'The young girl in the schoolgirl uniform is O-Ren's personal bodyguard, 17-year-old Gogo Yubari.' 'Gogo may be young, but what she lacks in age, she makes up for in madness.' (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (LAUGHS) (BLOOD DRIPS) 'See what I mean?' 'The bald guy in the black suit and Kato mask is Johnny Mo, the head general of O-Ren's personal army, The Crazy 88.' 'And just in case you were wondering, "How could a half-breed, Japanese-Chinese-American become the boss of all bosses in Tokyo, Japan?", I'll tell you.' 'The subject of O-Ren's blood and nationality came up before the council only once, the night O-Ren assumed power over the crime council.' 'The man who seems determined to break the mood is Boss Tanaka.' 'And what Boss Tanaka thinks is...' (SPEAKS JAPANESE) (GASP!) Uh! As your leader,... (SOFIE TRANSLATES INTO JAPANESE) I encourage you, from time to time, and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a plan I've decided is the wisest, tell me, but allow me to convince you. And I promise you right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo. Except the subject that was just under discussion. (TRANSLATES) The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is I collect your fucking head. Just like this fucker here! (TRANSLATES) Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time! I didn't think so. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) 1 One ticket to Tokyo, please. (TILL PINGS) # "Green Hornet" - Al Hirt (MUFFLED JAPANESE) Ugh! (MOBILE PLAYS "AULD LANG SYNE") (SPEAKS JAPANESE) Ugh! (PANTS) (SOFIE CONTINUES SPEAKING) # "Battle Without Honour or Humanity " Hey! (APPLAUSE) (BAND PLAYS ROCK MUSIC) (LAUGHTER) Gogo. (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES) (CHEERING) # "Woo Hoo" - The 5.6.7.8's (MOBILE PLAYS "Auld Lang Syne") (SPEAKS JAPANESE) # "Ironside Excerpt" - Quincy Jones Hey. You! (LAUGHS) (ALL) Ooooo! (BLEEP) # "Ironside Excerpt" - Quincy Jones Yah! (SCREAMS) (SOFIE WAILS) (ALL SCREAM) (WAILS) Yaaaaaaargh! (WHIMPERS) (GROANS) (DEATH RATTLE) Yargh! (GROANS) So, O-Ren,... any more subordinates for me to kill? Hi. Bingo. Gogo,... ..I know you feel you must protect your mistress, but I beg you,... ..walk away. (GIGGLES) Yargh! (PANTS) (GROANS) (CREAKS) Argh! (CHAIN JINGLES) (RUMBLE OF MOTORCYCLE ENGINES) (ENGINES ROAR / TYRES SCREECH) Is that what I think it is? You didn't think it was gonna be that easy? You know, for a second there,... ..yeah, I kinda did. Silly rabbit. Trix are for... ..kids. 1 Yargh! # "Crane/White Lightning" - The RZA/Charles Bernstein Hah! Argh! Yargh! (SCREAMS) (GROANS) (GROANS) (GROANING) This is what you get for fucking around with yakuzas! Go home to your mother! (SOBS) Yargh! (WAILING) Except you, Sofie! You stay right where you are. (WOMAN WAILS) Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might not drive your car to work at all. You might park securely at work. Or these days, everybody travels to you. Maybe you only do school runs. Or you work from home, so drive mostly on the weekend. At Youi, we get that everyone's not the same, so we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. Call: Or go to youi.co.nz today. 1 (WATER LAPS) Your instrument is quite impressive. Okinawa. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) This is Hattori Hanzo steel. (CHUCKLES) # "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - Santa Esmeralda (SCREAMS) (LAUGHS) Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords. (GASPS) You may not be able to fight like a samurai,... ..but you can at least die like a samurai. (SIGHS) (PANTS) (WATER LAPS) (BOTH PANT) (PANTS) (PANTS) # "Flower of Carnage" - Meiko Kaji (SHOUTS IN JAPANESE) Sofie. Sofie. My Sofie. I'm so sorry. Please. Please forgive my betrayal. No more of that. But still, I... But still... nothing. Except my aching heart over what she's done to my beautiful and brilliant Sofie. I've kept you alive for two reasons. The first reason is information. (SPEAKS FRENCH) But I am gonna ask you questions. And every time you don't give me answers, I'm gonna cut something off. And I promise you,... they will be things you will miss! 'Give me your other arm!' '(SCREAMS / WHIMPERS)' 'I want all the information on The Deadly Vipers.' If you had to guess why she left you alive,... 'Where can I find them?' ..what would be your guess? Guessing won't be necessary. She informed me. She said I could keep my wicked life for two reasons. As I said before, I've allowed you to keep your wicked life for two reasons. And the second reason is so you can tell him, in person, everything that happened here tonight. I want him to witness the extent of my mercy by witnessing your deformed body. I want you to tell him all the information you've just told me. I want him to know what I know. I want him to know. I want him to know. And I want them all to know they'll all soon be as dead as O-Ren. # "The Lonely Shepherd" - Zamfir Flute Tune (JAPANESE) That woman... deserves her revenge. And... ..we deserve to die. She must suffer to her last breath. How did you find me? I'm the man. (LAUGHS) One more thing, Sofie. Is she aware her daughter... is still alive? # "The Lonely Shepherd - Zamfir Flute Tune IMS Subtitles www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2017