Grosse Pointe Blank

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day

I think I can make it now...

One thousand rounds, .357 Magnum, steel core.

One thousand rounds, .380 soft points.

Good. Account number 65934752.

Please transfer to account 619718

5753.

You got it. Thank you.

Sir?

What? I wanna read you something.

I'm working, Marcella. I think you should hear this.

All right.

"Dear Pointes High Alumni.

"Can you believe it's been 10 years since you left Grosse Pointe?

"Where are you now?

"Are you on an Outward Bound canoe trip, like Brook Stinson?

"Or perhaps in charge of public appearances for the NFL,

"like Leslie Gunther.

"Sandy Glasser owns a cheese shop.

"Looking at yearbooks and pictures evokes so many memories.

"Some good, some bad, but all interesting.

"Whenever news of you filters back,

"the school is excited and proud of your accomplishments."

Hold on a sec.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

"As a graduate of the class of 1986,

"you are someone special.

"Remember, there's nowhere you can go

"that you haven't learned how to go in time."

Whatever the hell that means. Shred it.

I thought it might be good for you.

Open some new accounts, network, you know?

Don't tease me. You know what I do for a living.

Here is that rainbow I've been praying for

It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day

Ljust got offthe phone with a very unsatisfied customer.

Well, ask them how that could possibly be my problem.

I was paid for one job, the cyclist. Not two.

And, you know, why don't you find out what the hell Grocer was doing there,

and maybe we can talk. I have Mr. Grocer for you. Ask him.

Patch him through.

Martin, where are you?

Budapest. City of Cathedrals.

Yeah, I see you right there on the bridge of the Danube, kid.

I'd kind of like to talk to you. Why don't you e-mail me?

I'd kind of like a one-on-one, face-to-face type of thing.

You wanna do it personally? Yeah, I'd love to see you, kid.

Okay, let's do it. How you doing, kid? How are you?

Good. Good.

Hey, mental telepathy, astral projection, you know?

Here you are. Right.

What do you want?

Kid, I'm putting together a little concern which would enable those of us

in our "rarefied" profession to avoid embarrassing overlaps.

What? Like a union? No. More like a club.

Work less, make more. That's a great idea, but thank you, no.

No.

Remember Burma? Yeah, I do.

That nut, General Kwang?

You were, like, a colonel in that army.

Yeah. He sold you all those tanks.

Shipped them to Alabama. T-34s. I took a bath on that.

That was fun. That's what I'm talking about, kid.

We could be working together again.

You know, making big money, killing important people.

I wanna structure an arrangement where you get, like, shares,

original shares on the ground floor.

And you would be the president of this organization,

or maybe just a father figure to me.

You want a father, I'll give you a spanking.

Forget about it.

The employers are getting us cheaper.

There's so many more of us. After Berlin, what can you do?

Soviet bloc collapse. Market's flooded.

Okay, that's what I'm looking at. I'm looking at consolidated bargaining.

Okay?

Look, I don't wanna play against you.

This thing is real. How real?

Morango brothers. Them East German ex-Stasi guys.

I don't like those guys. Them butch Filipino ladies.

The little... The dwarf, maid... The stabbers.

Queens of the hotel hit. You got a great crew.

Everybody's in. Yeah, well, not me.

So don't paw at me with your dirty little guild.

All right, well, you know, life's full of second chances.

And here's chance two for you. You think about coming in with me.

You ponder, okay? I'll think about it.

Either way I'm gonna get you, kid. Yeah, get what? Get back.

Hey, bing-bing-bing. Bang. Popcorn. Yeah, whatever.

Nice to see you again. Yeah. Good to see you, too, buddy.

You like that Pacific Northwest country, all the mist and that up there?

Haven't been there in years.

Catch you. Yeah. You look great.

Nice to see you again. Drive safe.

Yeah. "So come on back

"to the old oak tree, acorns.

"Signed, Pointes High School Reunion Committee."

You're fired. Don't ever read that again, ever.

Don't hang up. Wait, did you read yesterday's offer?

Hold on a minute.

It's in French.

It's a Greenpeace boat. It'd be so easy.

No way.

I have scruples.

Listen, is everything set for my arrival in Miami?

It's covered, sir.

Good, good. Good.

Sir? Are you all right?

You don't seem like, well, your old self lately.

If you don't mind my asking, sir, is it the job?

Is it getting to you?

You know, when you start getting invited to

your 10-year high school reunion,

time is catching up.

Are you talking about a sense of my own mortality or a fear of death?

Well, I never really thought about it quite like that.

Did you go to yours? Yes, I did.

It was just as if everyone had swelled.

Why are you so interested in me going to my reunion?

I just find it amusing that you came from somewhere.

Bye.

Fuck.

Whatever it is I'm doing that you don't like,

I'll stop doing it.

It's not me.

Morning. Hi.

Sir, may I come in?

Give me a second.

Sir, they're very unhappy. I'm very unhappy.

It was to look like a heart attack. He was to die in his sleep.

Well, he moved.

His sleep-research pattern suggested deep sleep at that hour.

There's nothing to be done about it. Sir, this is a very valuable firm.

Come here. We've done a lot of business with them

over the years, and they blame you for the snafu.

They say you've gotta make amends.

When? A canary decided to sing.

They scheduled his deposition for early Monday morning.

You've gotta do it this weekend. This weekend?

No, impossible. Tell them I need my normal lead time.

Where?

I'm getting a black-cat, Friday-the-13th kind of feeling about this one.

It's in Detroit.

You can take care of business and stop by Grosse Pointe for your reunion.

Look, Sergeant Pepper. I really need you to shut up about that.

Sir, it's out of my hands.

The gods want you to go back home,

and they want you to delete someone while you're there.

Would you describe their position on this matter as inflexible?

Intractable, sir.

I've booked you on an early flight tomorrow morning.

Dossier.

All right, listen. I'm gonna call you from Detroit,

and just make sure that you pick up the dry cleaning and feed the cat, okay?

Don't forget your identity. All right, thank you.

Could you tell Dr. Oatman that I'm on my way?

Oh, yes, of course. All right?

Bye-bye. Bye.

I got invited to my 10-year high school reunion.

I'm conflicted. I mean, I don't know if I really wanna go.

It's in Detroit. You know, I grew up there,

but I just honestly don't know what I have

in common with those people anymore.

I mean with anyone, really.

I mean, they all have husbands and wives

and children and houses and dogs.

They've all made themselves a part of something.

And they can talk about what they do. And what am I gonna say?

"I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork.

"How have you been?"

I'm just thinking it would be depressing.

It would be depressing.

Shouldn't you be taking notes or something?

I'm not taking notes, Martin, because I'm not your doctor.

Please don't start with that stuff again.

Martin, I'm emotionally involved with you.

How are you emotionally involved with me?

I'm afraid of you. Afraid.

That constitutes emotional involvement.

It would be unethical to work with you under those circumstances.

Think you're upset because I told you what I do for a living,

you got upset, and you're letting it interfere with our dynamic?

Whoa!

Martin, you didn't tell me what you did for a living.

Yes, I did. You didn't tell me what you did

for a living for four sessions. Then you told me and I said,

"I don't wanna work with you."

And yet you come back every week at the same time.

That's a difficulty for me.

On top of that, if you have committed a crime

or if you're thinking about committing a crime,

I have to tell the authorities. I know the law, okay?

But I don't wanna be withholding. I'm very serious about this process.

And I know where you live. Oh, now, see?

That wasn't a nice thing to say. That wasn't designed to make me feel good.