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An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border of the U.S. and Mexico.

Primary Title
  • Sicario
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 19 March 2018
Release Year
  • 2015
Start Time
  • 21 : 00
Finish Time
  • 23 : 20
Duration
  • 140:00
Channel
  • TVNZ DUKE
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border of the U.S. and Mexico.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Assassins--Drama
  • Cartels--Drama
  • Policewomen--Drama
  • Feature films--United States
Genres
  • Action
  • Crime
  • Drama
Contributors
  • Denis Villeneuve (Director)
  • Taylor Sheridan (Writer)
  • Emily Blunt (Actor)
  • Josh Brolin (Actor)
  • Benicio Del Toro (Actor)
  • Black Label Media (Production Unit)
1 (PULSATING DRUM MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MAN, WOMAN SPEAK SPANISH ON TV) (MUSIC SWELLS) (MUSIC SWELLS) (WHIRRING) (ENGINE REVS) (WOMAN SPEAKS SPANISH ON TV) (OBJECTS CLATTER) Get down! Get down! (AGENTS SHOUT) Don't move! FBI! Don't move! Get down! Get down! Where are the hostages? Where are the hostages? AGENT: Police! Don't move! AGENT: Down! Stay down! Cross your legs! Cross your legs and put your hands in the air! Police! Don't move! Police! Don't move! Get down! Get down! Get down! Clear! Police! Search warrant. Don't move! Stepping out! Police. Don't move! Police. Don't move! Search warrant! (MEN SHOUT IN SPANISH) FBI! Are you hit? I'm good. Fuck! AGENT: Hold your fire! Team leader, status? MAN: Front clear. MAN: We're clear, ma'am. Two suspects in custody. (MEN SHOUT IN DISTANCE) You OK, Macer? Yeah. Why'd he shoot? There's no one here. Whoa. SOFTLY: What the fuck? (PULSATING DRUM MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (ALL GASP, COUGH) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (VOMITS, COUGHS) Jesus. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (RADIO CRACKLES) Those weren't our hostages. No. That was something else. Macer? Yeah? US Attorney wants a statement. What do you want me to say to her? The truth. (PULSATING DRUM MUSIC) (MEN SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (CAMERA FLASHES CLICK) (GRIM MUSIC) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (FLASHES CLICK) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Looks like Sonora. Yeah. How many ` total? We've got 15 in this hall here, about 20 in the back bedroom. We haven't even checked the attic or under the crawl space. Call DOJ, let 'em know what we have. This one of the houses owned by Manuel Diaz? No way to connect him, but he owns it. Jesus Christ. Reg, step out. It's OK. (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (LOW, PULSATING MUSIC) Vickers, I need bolt cutters! (DOG PANTS) (OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS) Vickers! PD found something. (COUGHS) (LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC) (DOG WHINES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (GROANS, SIGHS) (MOUTHS) MAN: Such a heavy body count this close to Phoenix is without a doubt a major escalation for the cartels. There will be pressure in Washington to explain how such a dramatic outrage could happen so deep inside the American heartland. We may be talking about the victims of a turf war or maybe some illegal immigrants who are tied to a ransom, but it will be some weeks before we have a clearer picture on who the victims... (LOW, TENSE MUSIC) What's going on? I have no idea. MAN: She's been leading our kidnap response team for three years. Put her through the grinder since she got here, and she hasn't blinked. She's in the front line. Nobody's gonna be happier than Kate to see these guys go down. So she's a thumper. Today was her fifth OIS. 5-and-0 ` not bad for a rookie. She never worked cases? Been kicking doors since day one. I like her already. What about the partner? He seen any action? He's only been with us 18 months. What's his background? He's a sharp kid. ROTC scholarship to Maryland, did a tour in Iraq, got his law degree from UNC. He's green, but he's good. (SIGHS) No lawyers on this train. Just give me the girl. We did this by the book, right? Come on, of course. Jesus. What? Oh shit. Would you step in here, Kate? Quite a find today, the loss of two officers notwithstanding. Yes, sir. How familiar are you with Manuel Diaz' operation? His company, Sun Oasis, has 80 or so foreclosure properties. He has other legitimate businesses. Um, but he's rumoured to be linked with one of the Mexican cartels. Manuel Diaz works for the Sonora Cartel. He's most likely their senior member in the United States. What do you know about his brother? I wasn't aware he had one. Guillermo. His brother's name is Guillermo. Do you know anything about his cousin? I didn't know he had one of those either. None of that is in his file. His cousin is Fausto Alarcon. I don't know who that is. No one does. He's off the grid. He's number three in the Sonora Cartel. This is not my department, sir. Like I said, Agent Macer doesn't work narcotics. She runs a kidnap response team. Are you married? Am I married? Do you have a husband? Divorced. Kids? No. Anything else? No. Thanks, Kate. If you could wait outside, please. (SIGHS) Well? I have no clue. (SIGHS) (MEN SPEAK INAUDIBLY) Who are those people? You know? No idea. (SPEAKS INAUDIBLY) (DOOR OPENS) Thanks for coming in, guys. Catching the red eye... (CLEARS THROAT) Will you come back in, Kate? DOJ wants advisors that focus on cartels involved in pursuing Mr Diaz. This is Matt Graver. He'll be leading the team. Isn't this Phoenix homicide now? Now we're expanding the scope of the investigation a bit. You'll act as a liaison. What does that mean? They need an agent with tactical experience, like you. State Department is pulling an agent from the field that specialises in responding to escalated cartel activity. You'll be part of the team. You'll meet up with them at Luke, uh, tomorrow? Day after, early. Air Force Base? Yeah, we're gonna go see Guillermo. Diaz' brother? That's the one. Where is he? Oh, he's in the El Paso area. What's our objective? To dramatically overreact. Kate, you must volunteer for an inter-agency task force. Think very hard before you respond. You wanna be a part of this? Do we get an opportunity at the men responsible for today? The men who were really responsible for today, yeah. I'll volunteer. (DOG BARKS, CHILD SPEAKS SPANISH) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Papa! (GROANS) (BOTH SPEAK SPANISH) (SIGHS) Si. Si. No. (SIGHS) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (EGGS SIZZLE) (DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE) (SPOON TAPS) (DISHES RATTLE) All right, you keep an eye on that doughy prick with the flip-flops. Don't trust him. How you doin', sir? IDs? (PLANE ENGINE WHIRRS IN DISTANCE) She's on the list, but you're not. Well, what's she supposed to do? I need you to turn this around for me. It's fine. It's good. I'll call you when we're headed back. (SHUTS DOOR) All right. Morning. Morning. Am I late? No, no, no. We just landed. Come on, this way. My bird dog over there, Alejandro. (PLANE ENGINE WHIRRS) We're taking this? Yeah. Only the best for you. (ENGINE RUMBLES) (ENGINE WHINES) (GRUNTS, SIGHS) DOD flies you around in private jets now? (GRUNTS) Yeah. You guys don't have one of these? Right. (SIGHS) Is there any food on this flight? Oh, some bitchin' peanuts in the back. But it's kind of a self-serve deal. (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH, ENGINE WHIRRS) -(DOOR CLOSES) I'm Kate Macer. Have you been to Juarez before? No, I... We're going to El Paso, right? Yeah, amazing. OK. (ENGINE WHINES) (WHINING INTENSIFIES) (ENGINE RUMBLES) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (EERIE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (PILOTS SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (PILOTS SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (MUSIC SWELLS) (PEOPLE SCREAM, ECHO) (GASPS, GRUNTS) (GASPS) Are you OK? (BREATHES HEAVILY) Yeah. I'm fine. (SIGHS) So, um... So, this is your specialty? Hmm? The cartels in Mexico are your specialty? Yeah. Mm. Is there anything I should know? Oh, you're asking me how a watch works. For now, just keep an eye on the time. OK. (ENGINE WHIRRS, CAR APPROACHES) How you doin'? MAN: Howdy. How you been? Good, buddy. How you feelin'? Well, when I pee, it burns. Maybe it's gonorrhoea. What colour is it? Yellow with red specks. Red specks or blood? I'm tryin' to get DOD to let me look into this conspiracy to sink Fiji. Fiji? Yeah. Leave Fiji alone, terrorists. Exactly. I figure a month or two over there, we'll get it all worked out. So, who's goin' over there today? Marshals, DEA. I pulled a team for you, Matt. Oh man, I love it when you say 'a team'. It makes me all warm and fuzzy. Oh, they're a crack bunch too. Just rotated back from Afghanistan. Wow. Where's everybody linkin' up? AIC. Good, good, good. 1 Mexican Federal Police will meet you at the border and proceed with you to the courthouse, located here. This is a high-level target. The most likely spots for an attempt will be at the exchange and at the border crossing on the return. The Marshals will enter. Kevin, Keith, you wanna stand up? Now, the Marshals' response team is in Laredo,... Love Texans. ...so our friends from Delta have volunteered to come along and will escort the Marshals on the exchange. And here's the man of the hour. You comin' with or waitin' here? We'll take the tour with you. Loan us a couple pop guns. All right, this is turnin' into an all-star affair. Keith, you want another hand on the exchange? You sober? (LAUGHTER) Will be by the time we get there. Got a bottle in the truck in case your hands get shaky. I know I could always count on you, Keith. All right, we'll gear you up as soon as we're done here. Now, Matt, you can be the tip of the spear, and we don't have to rob a guy from Delta. Now, be careful on the turnaround. If the Federale's a shooter, it's gonna happen on the turnaround. Delta's team one will be the lead vehicle. We can divide team two between the carry car and the trail vehicle. That OK? Good. Now, Delta, if you can identify yourselves so everyone knows who to hide behind if shit hits the fan. (LAUGHTER) The most likely spot for a hit will be at the border crossing on the return. Anywhere along the way, anyone not in this room is a potential shooter. The op isn't over until we get back here. OK? Be alert, be vigilant and be aware. Let's go. (MEN MURMUR) What? Hey, I thought you were in prison. They took me out. They needed somebody for this job. For good behaviour or bad behaviour? Smart. Have you ever been over there? I worked in Juarez. For the DEA? No. For who? For Mexico. I was a prosecutor. You're not American? No. Who do you work for now? Oh, I go where I'm sent. Where were you sent from? Cartagena. Colombia. Listen, nothing will make sense to your American ears. And you will doubt everything that we do. But in the end, you will understand. Here, try this on. See if it fits. Is he CIA? Are you? He's a DOD advisor just like me. No, he's not. Just pay attention to Alejandro, and if he says to do somethin', just do it. I'm not authorised to follow orders from Alejandro, especially in Mexico. Fine. Then stay here. But you don't want to, do you? I just wanna know what I'm getting into. Kate, you volunteered to get on this train because you know you're doing nothing in Phoenix. Yeah, you're just sweeping up a fucking mess. In six months, every single house you raid will be rigged with explosives. Do you wanna find the guys responsible ` yes or no? Yes. Yes? Yes! This is where we start. Try it on. (LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC PULSATES) (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (MUSIC SWELLS, PULSATES) (HELICOPTERS WHIRR) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC FADES) MAN: There she is, the beast. Juarez. You know, 1900s ` President Taft went to visit President Diaz. Took 4000 men with him, and it almost was called off. Some guy had a pistol. Was gonna walk right up to Taft and just blow his brains out, but it was avoided. 4000 troops. Think he felt safe? (CHUCKLES) (PULSATING MUSIC) (LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) (MUSIC SWELLS) (SIREN WAILS) (SIRENS WHOOP, WAIL) (SIREN WHOOPS, WAILS) (SIREN WHOOPS, MEN SPEAK SPANISH) (TYRES SQUEAL, SIRENS WHOOP) (TYRES SQUEAL) (PEOPLE SHOUT IN SPANISH) Welcome to Juarez. (MEN SHOUT IN SPANISH IN DISTANCE) (SIRENS WHOOP) (MEN SHOUT IN SPANISH) It's brilliant what they do. When they mutilate a body like that, they make people think they must have been involved, they must have deserved such a death cos they did something. Oh, it's brilliant what they do. (TYRES SQUEAL) (DISTANT GUNFIRE) (LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC) (PEOPLE SHOUT IN DISTANCE, GUNFIRE CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (GUNSHOT BOOMS) You hear that? (GUNFIRE) Those aren't firecrackers. (RT) MAN: Mexicans are adjusting our route. There's activity ahead. We need to go around. Everyone hold on. (TYRES SQUEAL) (MUSIC SWELLS) (TYRES SQUEAL) (MUSIC PULSATES) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) (TYRES SQUEAL) (HORN BEEPS, SIREN WAILS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (TYRES SQUEAL, MEN SHOUT) (DOOR SQUEAKS) Nothing will happen here. They try anything, it will be at the border. Keep an eye out for the state police. They're not always the good guys. (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Clear. (DOOR RATTLES) (DOOR CLOSES) (TYRES SQUEAL) (SIREN WAILS) (SIRENS WAIL) MAN: Spotter! Spotter vehicle, left lane. Left lane. (RT) MAN: Spotter vehicle, 9 o'clock. I'm gettin' a boner. Is that one of ours? Watch the right. Watch the right. No, that's a lone wolf. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) Eyes on rooftops. MAN: Nothing. Rooftops clear. MAN: Bridge is one klick out. Road is secure. Hot foot it, gentlemen. (HORN HONKS, TYRES SQUEAL) Everyone stay in this lane. Our agents at the border are waving traffic through to get us over as quickly as they can. (MUSIC CONTINUES) Everyone stay frosty. (MAN SHOUTS IN SPANISH) OK, it's a fuck-up. What are we gonna do now? (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) Here's the deal. A car broke down up ahead. It's being sorted out, but it's gonna take a while. Stand by. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) (MEN SHOUT IN DISTANCE) (MEN SHOUT IN SPANISH) Get your service weapon out. Red Impala, two lanes over, on my 10. Copy that. Red Impala, two lanes left. RT: Roger that. (LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC) Three lanes left, 7 o'clock, green Civic. (MAN SHOUTS IN SPANISH) (COCKS RIFLE) Bring your window down. Gun. Gun. Gun left. RT: What are the rules here? RT: We must be engaged to engage. Permission to get out of the vehicle and set a perimeter? Stay in your vehicle. You can do what they do. If they get out, you get out. (DOG BARKS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) Get ready. They can see our lane clearing. If it's coming, it's coming now. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (DOG CONTINUES BARKING) (MUSIC SWELLS) Move! Wait, wait, wait. Get out of the car. Jesus Christ. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Don't move! (SPEAKS SPANISH) No, no, no, no, no, no, no! (SPEAKS SPANISH) Huh? (SPEAKS SPANISH) -(MAN SHOUTS) -What the fuck are we doing? (PANTS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (PANTS) (MAN SHOUTS) Fuck! Lane's clear! The lane's clear! Don't look at me! Put your hands behind your head! Go! Hands behind your head! Put your hands behind your head! All clear! I got this! Go, go, go! (MAN SPEAKS SPANISH) MAN: Move, move, move! (RT) MAN: This is gonna be on the front page of every newspaper in America. No, it won't. It won't even make the papers in El Paso. (PULSATING MUSIC) Clear! (MEN SPEAK SPANISH) MAN: Look around. As the Favourites come out, it begins. Observing with an eagle eye. Mastering the art of stashing. Oh, brilliant move, Gran! Cadbury Favourites. 1 (MAN SHOUTS) (GRUNTS) MAN: Let's go. (CHUCKLES) Got a little nutty, huh? Nutty? Yeah. Yeah, that was fucking illegal. You wanna start a war? You're a fucking spook. And him ` I mean, who the fuck is that? Told you you could stay here. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ. You just spray bullets at` Yeah, sure, there's just fucking civilians everywhere. I'm not a soldier. This is not what I do. Whoa. Don't sell yourself short, all right? The reason Reggie's home is I know he wasn't ready for this. But he better get ready real quick, because this is the future, Kate. Juarez is what happens when they dig in. This is it! What am I doing here? What you're doing here is you're giving us the opportunity to shake the tree and create chaos. That's what this is! In the meantime, just sponge everything up you see. Learn. That's why you're here. Guillermo. You're giving him a belly full of water, you devil. You didn't think we'd get you here, did you? No hablo Ingles. No hablo Ingles? (SPEAKS SPANISH) I love it when they no hablo Ingles. You know, I brought an old buddy of yours. I bet you hablo to him. Yeah. MAN: I didn't know ghosts got thirsty. I know someone kept him alive for us. I doubt it was easy. What's easy these days? I'm sorry about what happened on the return. I control only what I can. (SPEAKS SPANISH) It's not your fault. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Si. There's rumours of a tunnel ` Fausto's main road into Arizona. If you're doing what I think you're doing, that's the best place to cross if you can find it. But time is against you. In three days, nobody will be where they are today. Shall we? No, it's better if you don't. If something happens in that room,... it's easier to say you didn't see anything. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (WHISTLES 'HAIL TO THE CHIEF') (DOOR OPENS, SHUTS) Well, Alejandro, I think he remembers you. I'm gonna step out. Timmy. (BEEP!) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) What do you keep lookin' at me for? No hablo Ingles, remember? No, no. (GRUNTS, GROANS) (BLOWS THUD) (PANTS, GROANS) (LOW, PULSATING MUSIC) (GRAVEL CRUNCHES) Can I have one of those? Thank you. (MEN CHATTER) (SIGHS) (DOOR OPENS) You like fireworks? Huh? Wanna see something cool? Come on. (DISTANT POPPING) Here we go. (DISTANT GUNFIRE) Look right there. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (BOOM!) Unbelievable. That's what happens when you chop the head off a chicken. Yeah. I can see. (GATE CLANKS, ALARM BEEPS) Can you get 'em all in one place? We just landed back in Phoenix. I'm on the clock. I can't wait. All right, look, contact Bob Fisks. Have him hold 'em in the staging area. Yeah, how long does it take to get to Tucson? Um, from here, it's a little over two hours. All right. We'll be there around 2. Yeah. Are we going to Tucson? Yeah, you gotta learn how to sleep on a plane. They let me on the base when you need a ride, don't they? You OK? She's fine. I didn't ask you. And yet I answered. (DOOR SHUTS) WHISPERS: Kate, who's that? We're going to Tucson. (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) (ENGINE STOPS) What's the deal, Matt? Why you holding up my transport? Don't worry, Bob. We'll be quick. How's the auditor gonna react to an $8000 cheque to fuckin' Domino's Pizza? Don't be so dramatic, OK? This is Kate Macer with the FBI. This is her partner, what's-his-name. It was her call. Yeah, it wasn't my call. Have you got another one of those? Finish it before you get up there. No problem. Hey, Kate, tell me what happened in El Paso. We weren't in El Paso. We were in Mexico. (PEOPLE SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (LOW, HAUNTING MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (PEOPLE COUGH) I guess we're not following any procedures. What do you wanna do? We want to talk to the people caught around the Nogales area. OK. That group, this group here and that group. OK. They stay and the rest can go. Joseph. Atencion. Atencion. (SPEAKS SPANISH) On the bus. Andale. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (PEOPLE MURMUR) What are we looking for? Just keep watching. (ALEJANDRO SPEAKS SPANISH) In Arizona. Arizona? (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Si. No? (SPEAKS SPANISH) Alejandro... (SPEAKS SPANISH) Texas. MAN: Arizona. Arizona? Talk to me. What are we doing? I don't have any answers for you. Well, let's get some, then. Do you think I haven't asked these questions? Do you think you can do better? Yeah. Go ahead. Matt, can we talk for a minute? What's up? Everything OK? You look very serious. There's 'in the dark' and there's the way you're treating us. I want to know the objective or I walk, period. Then go. I didn't ask you to be here. She did. I walk too. What do you wanna know? Everything. Fuckin' lawyers. All right. Guillermo told us about a tunnel east of Nogales, near Sasabe. Now we're trying to find out what areas near there migrants avoid so we can find the tunnel. That better? And Guillermo is...? Guillermo ` he just told you where the drug tunnel is? He just told you? Guillermo didn't have any other options. We send him back across the border; he's a dead man. Now he gets to spend the next 30 years in an American prison in relative safety. Just tell us the truth, man. We are gonna make enough noise that Manuel Diaz is called back to Mexico to see his boss. That's the truth. And then? And then we know where his boss is. His name is Fausto Alarcon ` El Verdugo. Every day across that border, people are kidnapped or killed by his hand or with his blessing. To find him would be like discovering a vaccine. You understand the value of that. All right, we're good. Just don't keep us in the dark. Great. Not afraid of the dark. Hey, it's been a humdinger of a day. Go home. Get some rest. We'll find our own ride. We'll see you tomorrow. I just drove a hundred fucking miles. It's a fucking blessing, trust me. Got you smokin' again? Yeah. Who the fuck's Guillermo? (INSECTS, BIRDS CHIRP) (GRIM MUSIC) 1 (SOMBRE MUSIC) (MOUSE CLICKS, THUDS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (CONTINUES CLICKING) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SIGHS) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Gotta get you a new bra, woman. (LAUGHS) The list of things I need. I'm just saying. Some nice lacy somethin'. Yeah, it's been a while since someone's seen me in a bra, except you. Oh God, don't look at me like that. I don't want your pity. How was seeing Evan the other day? I don't know. Miss him? Ask me something else. You know, I used to see guys like Matt in Iraq. Gotta be careful around these people. CIA's not supposed to work this side of the fence. He's a DOD advisor. You really believe that? You need somebody watching your six, cos I promise you they aren't. You know, we're not even scratching the surface doing what we're doing, and they are. Mm. Well, you sure picked the motherfuckers to show us. (DOOR UNLOCKS) MATT: What's the password? Moron. (MAN SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) This is our spot. (MEN EXCLAIM, LAUGH) No way. No, no. (SPEAKS SPANISH) WHISPERS: Are you getting this? WHISPERS: Mm-hm. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Si. (PEOPLE MURMUR) That's our way across. So Guillermo was tellin' the truth? It's gonna be a good day. Hey, Kate, got any friends at Phoenix SWAT? Uh, yeah. We use them in breaches all the time. Good, cos we're gonna need their help. What for? We are gonna fuck with Manuel Diaz's wallet. (PULSATING MUSIC) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (CLEARS THROAT, WHISTLES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (CONTINUES WHISTLING) This is our Smurf, guys. Blonde hair, white purse. (MUSIC CONTINUES) You know the Heimlich? MAN: Oh yeah. She tries to eat that deposit receipt, you Heimlich it right out of her, you hear me? Copy that. (EXHALES) There she goes. All right, go get 'em, tiger. Take 'em. (EXHALES) (MEN SHOUT) Hands on the wheel! Hands on the wheel! (BOTH SHOUT) Get down! (MEN SHOUT) WOMAN: Get off! You want bank computers for evidence? No, no. Just the money. But freeze all his accounts, everything. Even if his dog opened an account, I want you to freeze it. (RADIO CRACKLES) Who you got? Got a mobile money launderer. -(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) -Pack it up. Come on. Come on. (GRUNTS) You coming? No, don't go in the bank. This is something we can actually build a case on. Don't go in the bank, Kate. There you go, and she's goin' to the bank. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) These are all Manuel Diaz's accounts? Yeah. Cash deposits made daily in $9000 increments. So it doesn't have to be reported. That's right. And you can seize that? Yeah, I already have, and I'll go through these wire transfer numbers and freeze all these accounts as well. Here you go. What's this? Oh damn, that's smart. What? This is a bank line of credit. See, you make payments over what you owe, and it doesn't show up as cash; it shows up as a negative loan balance. It's never reported to anyone. IRS, DEA... This money is invisible. How much does he have? Take a look. Oh my God. They just seized $17 million. It's a bogus bust, Kate. What? You can't prosecute it. No one controls who deposits money in an account. An attorney will have that money back in a few months, but a lot of heads will roll before that. But we can arrest Manuel for now. We can get him off the street. We gotta get Manuel called back to Mexico. That's the objective` We have no jurisdiction in Mexico. We have nothing. We need to do something now. Can't arrest him. (LAUGHS) You don't need to throw BOY: Incoming! BOY 2: Let's go. (LAUGHTER) BOY: That was a big fail. (WOMAN GRUNTS) (SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER) BOY 2: Oh, no! (TOY WHISTLES) BOY: Ohh! You don't need to throw that one back, Mrs Thompson. BOY: Arggh! (CHUCKLES) VOICEOVER: There's a glass & a half in everyone. (SQUEALS) (CHILDREN LAUGH) What? When? Wait a minute. Mm-hm. $9000 is deposited into this account every day in cash for five years. That's not illegal. It's suspect, but it isn't illegal. I think the IRS might think it's illegal. What do you want, Kate? What would you like done here? I want to follow some semblance of procedure. That's what I want. To build a prosecutable case. We prosecuted more felony drug cases in this region last year than in the two previous years combined. Are you feeling that on the street? You getting the vibe that we're winning? No. Do you? No, sir, I don't. Advisors like Matt come in, they stir the pot; they cause the criminals to react and make mistakes. That's how we build cases against the individuals that actually make a difference in this fight. It's when they're nervous, when they stop trusting their crews, when they move their money. These are all opportunities to strike. And that's the purpose of people like Matt. Kate, this isn't something that I dreamed up myself. I don't have the authority to hire advisors or authorise joint agency missions or fly agents from Air Force bases. Are you understanding me? These decisions are made far from here by officials elected to office, not appointed to them. So if your fear is operating out of bounds, I am telling you, you are not. The boundary's been moved. Are we clear? Yes, sir. I need a fucking drink. Where do you wanna go? Anywhere. (TYRES SQUEAL) (SIGHS) (COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS FROM INSIDE) (KEITH GATTIS' 'HALF EMPTY' PLAYS, PEOPLE CHATTER) I'm gonna go get a table. I guess it's on me. Thanks. MAN: What'll it be? Two beers. Coming up. # There's something 'bout the whisky # that goes down good with haggard songs. # Yeah, this glass might be half-empty,... Here. Thank you. # ...oh, but this won't be for long. # I could blame it on the weather... # (COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS) I want a cigarette so bad. (PEOPLE CHATTER) (SIGHS) Macer? Yeah? See, I hate to go on about this, but I think the bra situation's the least of your problems. OK. Cos you look like shit. (LAUGHS) You do. You look like shit. Everybody on the team's talkin' about it. They're like, 'Kate. Kate used to be a number-one draft pick. 'Now look at her. She looks like fuckin' shit.' Look at you. Your eyebrows are a mess. No, they're not. They're like caterpillars. They're like wild beasts. You're losing weight. I'm eating. Look at you. What is it, one T-shirt a week? You need to work on your personal hygiene, huh? You sound like my mother. Maybe I am your mother. First we work on personal hygiene, then we move on to the shopping. Get you some potatoes, yeah? Eat some food... Where have you taken me? What is this place? It's a bar. It's full of cowboys. I'm a cowboy. You're a redneck. I'm a redneck. Got a trailer. Got a wife. (LAUGHS) What are you talking about? I got a trailer. I got a wife. She's my sister. (BOTH LAUGH) Big Reg. Ted! Man. (LAUGHS) What's goin' on, man? Long time, man. How you been? Yeah, it's good to see you, man. Yeah, good to see you too. How you been? Gettin' your groove on, huh? Oh, man, we're just startin'. We just got here. All right. You, uh, gonna introduce me, man? Ted, Phoenix PD. Kate, my partner. How you doin'? Just Ted's fine. I saw you play softball once. Softball? (CLEARS THROAT) She was at the game, Ted. The game? Oh man. The game where you struck out in slow-pitch softball. You played really, really well. Hey, I appreciate that. I'm gonna head back to that bar now. (LAUGHS) Can I get y'all another round? Yeah, sure. All right. Ted ` he's a good guy. Mm-hm. Divorced. # ...in their bikinis. We can't help it. It's just what we do. # Our eyes just go there. Phew, what a view. # It's our responsibility to all you fine cuties. # It's a cowboy's duty to be checking out the booty. # # I got a woman with plenty of money. (WOMEN SHRIEK, LAUGH) # She got the money, and I got the honey. # Called my baby late last night. (BOTH LAUGH) # She told me, 'Daddy, everything was all right.' # She got the money, and I got the honey. # She got the money, and I got the honey. # She got the money, and I got the... # (BOTH MOAN) Just give me one second. I'll be right with you. (BOTH LAUGH) All right. (GASPS) (PULSATING MUSIC) Just wait. Wait a second. What, what? Is it too much? Just wait one minute. I just need a second. All right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Oh. (SIGHS) (TENSE MUSIC) Hey, Kate? Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Come here. Come here. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Talk to me. Just talk to me, OK? Relax. OK? Just take it... Whoa, shit. Kate. What is it? Wh`? What? Stop. Stop. Stop. Shit, what the fuck! What the...? Get off me. What the fuck are you...?! Oh! Goddamn! (GRUNTS) You fuckin' try to shoot me? You fuckin' crazy? (SHOUTS, GASPS) Stop that! Get off me! (GRUNTS) Fuck that. Dammit, Kate! Just fucking stop! (GRUNTS) Stop! (BOTH GRUNT) Stop, bitch! Stop! Fuck! Fuckin' stop! (GRUNTS) Stop. Shh. (GASPS) Fuck! This is you, you hear me? You did this. You did this. (BREATHES SHAKILY) (OMINOUS MUSIC) Psst. (COUGHS) 1 You used me as bait. Nah, you used yourself as bait. I told you not to go in the bank. You brought him back here, though. That was smart. Yeah. Love how we're gonna pretend like I planned this. Why don't you just write that in your report? Come on, this is good news. They're gonna call Manuel back soon. Isn't that the point? (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) It's OK, Reg. I thought he was a friend. I know. Want me to stay tonight? No. I'm good. You sure? I'm good. TED: How y'all want me to talk to you when you keep fuckin' hittin' me? (PANTS) How many other corrupt motherfuckers are you workin' with on this side of the border? SHAKILY: All right. Look, it's exactly` it's exactly what I told you, all right? They just... They came to me and they wanted details about our case, and, yes, I did it. I gave it to them, but I never wanted anybody to get hurt. I would have never gotten involved with them pieces of shit if I thought that there was any... Aargh! Fuck! OK! Fuck! OK! (GROANS) Oh fuck! 'OK, OK, OK,' is not what we're lookin' for, Ted. You know what the beauty is of you being so beat to a pulp? Cos no one's gonna notice a few more scratches. This is a new deal, Ted. I'm the one who decides whether your daughter will get federal protection... Oh fuck. ...or whether we post your ex-wife's address on the internet. I decide whether you go to prison in a work camp in Missouri or a kill house like Corcoran. All right. This is where you negotiate how to survive, my friend. (SIGHS) OK. Look, (PANTS) I feel like this whole thing's just gotten away from me. I fucked up. OK, I fucked up, and I'm in over my fuckin' head right now. I'm sorry. Aargh! Fuck! Aargh! Get it the fuck out! (SHOUTS, GROANS) Oh, get it the fuck out! All right, get it out! Motherfucker! And fuck you! Fuck! (PANTS) How many officers do they have working on the force? (PANTS) I'll tell you anything you wanna know. You just gotta promise me that my daughter's gonna be safe, OK? You make me that promise. You want the truth? Please. Give me all the names of all the motherfuckers they got working on the force. OK, OK. All right? OK. OK. So, which phone do we start with? It's in that one. That shitty one. That's the shitty one? Yes, sir. (PANTS) How you feelin'? Better. Uh-huh. Well, you should've shot him. I just tried to have sex with my hitman. Nah. He's no assassin. He just wanted to know what you know. They're after us, not you. Thank you. (CHUCKLES) You remind me of someone very special to me. Mm. Get some rest. Tomorrow they'll call Manuel Diaz back to Mexico, and we'll cut a leg from them. (DOOR OPENS, SHUTS) (LOW, TENSE MUSIC) (HAUNTING MUSIC) (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO) (MUSIC CONTINUES) MAN: We have eyes on the objective. Can we get a closer visual? 10m going down on the eastern ridge. (SETS DOWN GLASS) Papa? (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SIGHS) (BIRD CHIRPS OUTSIDE) Football? Si, Papa. (SPEAKS SPANISH) No! (SPEAKS SPANISH) (LOW, TENSE MUSIC) (BIRDS SQUAWK) (MUSIC PLAYS ON TV) Come in. Tasty beverage? OK, boys. What's going on? What's the plan? We're going hunting. Looks like Manuel Diaz is being called back to Mexico. Just waiting for confirmation. There's the tunnel right there. MAN: All right, listen up. Let's clarify the op. We're gonna drive to location, proceed on foot... How are you? Good. How are you? I'm fine. How's the neck? It's better, thank you. Good, good. These diagrams are based on other tunnels that have been mapped. They're for reference only. They're not accurate. Once on the Mexican side of the border, there'll be a small staging area, then another shaft will lead to the main warehouse and the road that returns to Mexico. Once we clear the mules, we don't expect more than a dozen bandits. No, they use Mexican police for vehicle transport. If you see a uniform in the tunnel, consider him a bandit too. OK. This is` Uh, you wanna discuss ROE? Nah, we'll save that for later. OK. This is an in-and-out. We're clearing, placing an agent. It's all about creating a diversion. Want the mother of all diversions, boys. Need a lot of noise. 4th of July on steroids. (LAUGHTER) All right. Weapons check. Let's go, boys. (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) This looks like confirmation. (CHATTER CONTINUES) I need to fit your guy with a locator. Yeah, do it. REGGIE: Those are Special Ops. Are we going in on this? Nah. You guys aren't really dressed for it. Well, you didn't fuckin' tell us. Yeah, well, you two went cryin' to Daddy yesterday, and we don't want Daddy to know everything. Oh, give me a fucking break. All right, we'll get you some extra gear. We have tac gear in the car. All right, good. You guys will hang back when we get there, OK? Then why are we going? Cos CIA can't operate within US borders... BOTH: ...without a domestic agency attached. I told you you'd be useful. So that's it. That's why I'm here. Yeah, that's it. That's why you're here. Hey, we find any drugs, you guys get to confiscate 'em. It's gonna be a big day. WHISPERS: Un-fuckin'-real. Front and back. Kate. Kate, come on. Fuck these people, man. They've been using us from the beginning. We don't have to do this. I need to know what they used us for. Doesn't matter what. Yes, it does. I say we walk. We walk and make them eat this whole fucked-up operation. No. I have to know. (TENSE, PULSATING MUSIC) (RT) MAN: Black Mercedes. Plate number Romeo India November three one Bravo seven. Heading south by south-east. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (DOOR CREAKS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (THUNDER BOOMS) 1 (CAR APPROACHES) (TENSE MUSIC) (BEEPING) MATT: Where? OK. (BEEP!) We gotta hit the tunnel the minute we get on the ground. Pretty exciting, huh? (OMINOUS MUSIC) (THUNDER BOOMS) (MEN MURMUR) ALEJANDRO: What's the target's location? MAN: 14 miles south of Nogales heading west rapidly. (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY, THUNDER RUMBLES) Keep your fuckin' safeties on, barrels pointed down. Stay in the back. Don't shoot anyone on my fuckin' team, right? (MUSIC CONTINUES) (THUNDER BOOMS) (MUSIC SWELLS) (NIGHT VISION WHINES) (MUSIC SWELLS) Gear check? Thermal camera check. Night-vision goggles check. Get those guys. Wanna take Alpha squad? I'll take the B squad. You got it. Let's do it. Let's go, boys. (MEN MURMUR) (OMINOUS MUSIC) Control, do you copy? MAN: Roger, Alpha. We read. Comms are good. (RADIO CLICKS) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (MUSIC SLOWS) (EERIE MUSIC) (RUSTLING) (FOOTSTEPS POUND) (EERIE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) (WINGS FLUTTER) (EERIE WHINING) (TENSE MUSIC) 50m. Your 3 o'clock, Alpha. (EERIE MUSIC) Stand by. Getting close to objective. (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) Alpha, Bravo, be advised ` 12m straight ahead. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) MAN: All right, we need to boogie and we need to do it quiet till we find the centre. Draw the fighters to you and make some noise. Don't follow me. I'll be fine. What are the rules of engagement? Weapons free, my friend. Weapons free. Weapons free, boys. Good luck. (MEN PANT) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (KNIFE ZINGS) (MUSIC SLOWS) (FOOTSTEPS THUD) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) -Oh God! (GASPS) -(THUDDING, MEN SHOUT) (KNIFE SLICES, MAN GASPS, BODY THUDS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (MUSIC SLOWS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (EERIE WHINING) (RATTLING) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (THUD!) (PANTS) (DISTANT AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE) (MEN SHOUT, GUNFIRE) (BULLETS RICOCHET, MEN SHOUT) (MEN SHOUT IN SPANISH) (ROCKS RATTLE) (MAN SHOUTS IN SPANISH) You OK? My gun! Leave it. Stay on my six. (GUNFIRE ECHOES) (MEN SHOUT, GUNFIRE CONTINUES) (COCKS GUN) (GUNFIRE ECHOES IN DISTANCE) (MEN GRUNT, SPEAK SPANISH) (BULLETS RICOCHET, ECHOES) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (THUD!) (GUNFIRE ECHOES) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (GUN CLATTERS ON GROUND) Freeze! Step away from him. Put that down. I mean it. Move away from him right now. (GASPS) Don't ever point a weapon at me again. (GASPS) Catch your breath, then get back up there. (GASPS) (CAR DOORS SHUT, ENGINE STARTS) (TYRES SQUEAL) (SPEAKS SPANISH) I am through. Do you have my location? MAN: Roger, we have you. Target is east and north of you. Looks like Highway 56 to 17. Will intercept him if he stays on 17. Go east on 56 off Highway 2. Wilco. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Silvio. Is he through yet? MAN: We have joy. GPS is transmitting. Audio is transmitting. Should intercept in 20. (LAUGHS) That was a clean, clean fucking op, my friend. Except for these two assholes. Well, you're better overseas. You don't have to babysit. Where's Kate? I thought she was with you. We gotta go back. Oh shit. Boys, we're missin' one. Let's go. (GASPS) (GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) Hey! (MEN SHOUT, GRUNT) Just lay back, baby. Let it happen. (GRUNTS) Stop! Stop! Get off me! Stop moving! Stop! (GASPS, PANTS) Stop it. Just relax. Just relax. (BREATHES DEEPLY) All right? You gonna stay there? Are you gonna stay there? (PANTS) All right. Now, you listen. (BOTH PANT) You went up the wrong tunnel. You saw things you shouldn't have seen. (PANTS) What is Medellin? Medellin? (PANTS) Medellin refers to a time when one group controlled every aspect of the drug trade, providing a measure of order that we could control. And until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that shit, order's the best we can hope for. And what you saw up there was Alejandro working toward returning that order. Alejandro works for the fucking Colombian Cartel. (SIGHS) He works for the competition. (LAUGHS) Alejandro works for anyone who will point him toward the people who made him. Us. Them. Anyone who will turn him loose... so he can get the person that cut off his wife's head and threw his daughter into a vat of acid. Yeah. That's what we're dealing with. You can't do this. You can't. I'm sure as shit not the person you're gonna hide it all behind. You need to just take a breath. I'm gonna fuckin' talk. No, you're not. Yeah. (GRUNTS) I'm gonna tell everyone what you did. (GASPS) That would be a major mistake. MAN: Look around. As the Favourites come out, it begins. Observing with an eagle eye. Mastering the art of stashing. Oh, brilliant move, Gran! Cadbury Favourites. 1 (LOW, TENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) Is that the target up ahead? Confirm. (RT) MAN: Roger that. Black Mercedes, 60m ahead. Silvio. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SIREN WAILS) (MUSIC SWELLS) This motherfucker. (SIREN WHOOPS, THUNDER RUMBLES) (MUSIC SLOWS) (RUSTLING) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (MUSIC SWELLS) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (PANTS) (DOOR OPENS, INSECTS CHIRP) (GUNSHOTS) (GRUNTS, GROANS) (GRUNTS) (GROWLS) (GROANS) (TYRES SQUEAL) (INSECTS CHIRP) Manuel Diaz. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SILENCED GUNSHOT) What happens when we get to the house? You'll stop the car. I'll get out. What will happen to me? Slow down. (INSECTS CHIRP) (GATE CREAKS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) Senor Diaz. (GRAVEL CRUNCHES) (MOANS WEAKLY) (MUSIC SWELLS) (RADIO BEEPS, CRACKLES) MAN: Six remain. We're going blind. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (CASINGS RATTLE) (GLASSES CLINK) (MUSIC SWELLS) (MUSIC SWELLS) (UTENSILS CLINK) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Hmm? (SPEAKS SPANISH) No. Every night you have families killed. And yet here you dine. Tonight should be no different. Do you think the people that sent you here are any different? Who do you think we learned it from? (SCOFFS) The grieving lawyer. Your wife, you think she'd be proud of what you've become? Don't forget about my daughter. (BREATHES SHAKILY) (SPEAKS SPANISH) (SPEAKS SPANISH) Not in front of my boys. (GASPS, CRIES) (BODIES THUD, CASINGS RATTLE) (INSECTS CHIRP) (SIGHS) Go ahead and finish your meal. (GRUNTS, CHOKES) 1 (TENSE MUSIC) (CHILDREN LAUGH IN DISTANCE) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC FADES) ALEJANDRO: I would recommend not standing on balconies for a while, Kate. Sit down. You look like a little girl when you're scared. You remind me of the daughter they took away from me. (SIGHS) I need you to sign this piece of paper. (SIGHS) It basically says that everything we did was done by the book. WHISPERS: I can't sign that. Sign it. It's OK. It's OK. WHISPERS: I can't sign that. God! You would be committing suicide, Kate. Come on, sign it. (PEN SCRATCHES) You should move to a small town,... (PAPER RUSTLES) ...where the rule of law still exists. (GUN CLICKS, MAGAZINE THUDS) You will not survive here. You are not a wolf. And this is the land of wolves now. (GUN CLATTERS) (FOOTSTEPS DEPART) (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR SHUTS) (GUN CLICKS) (BREATHES SHAKILY) (LOW, TENSE MUSIC) (GASPS) (HAUNTING MUSIC) (DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MAN CALLS IN SPANISH) (CHILDREN SHOUT, CHATTER) (SPEAKS SPANISH, BLOWS WHISTLE) (PARENTS CALL OUT IN SPANISH) (AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE) (TENSE MUSIC) (BLOWS WHISTLE) (HAUNTING MUSIC SWELLS) Captions by Able. www.able.co.nz Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. 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