Ronin

We are closed.

Just a small drink.

The toilets?

A quick drink and then I'll leave.

Why are you rushing off?

I said, "Why are you rushing off?"

I don't understand.

The man from Bristol called ya.

- What man? - The man in the wheelchair.

What were you doing back here?

Lady, I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

Then why get into that van?

You know the reason.

Make yourselves at home.

You've come a long way.

- Thanks for comin'. - What's the job?

There are some people who have something we require.

- And we want you to get it from them. - Does it involve shooting?

You must be tired.

We'll tell you more tomorrow.

- Seven fat years and seven lean years. - That's what it says in the Bible.

You ever kill anybody?

I hurt somebody's feelings once.

Don't I know you?

I don't think so. I'd remember.

Two hour shifts.

- I'll watch the front, you the back. - For later.

Merci.

You awake then?

How we doin'?

You labor or management?

If I was management, I wouldn't have given you cigarette.

I am the tour guide. Over there is the Eiffel Tower.

Over here the Louvre. Over there les toilettes.

- What do I call you? - My name is Vincent.

Sam.

As per the agreement, your salary will be $5,000 a week...

with a minimum of four weeks' work.

On the successful completion of the mission...

you will each receive a bonus of $20,000.

And by the way, my name is Dierdre.

-The broad outlines of the mission are-- -Who are your principals?

For you, no one but myself.

And what can we infer from your charming Irish lilt?

Anything you like.

Where's the equipment?

Make a list and give it to Vincent.

- The equipment is quite technical. - If it's in Paris, I'll find it.

This is what we're after.

We need to take it intact from several men who'll be intent on preventing us.

- How many men? - You American?

The group would be quite small. Between five and eight. No more than eight.

You don't know for sure?

I don't know now, but I will before the event.

If you don't know, why do you say between five and eight?

There's two to three cars. The group's travelin'.

- They're not in Paris? - Where are they?

- You'll find out soon enough. - What's in the case?

Our plan, in the broad strokes, is an ambush.

It's to hit the car, to take them in transit.

Transit? City, country?

Right now I don't know.

But we've to move very quickly. We've to improvise.

We'll start with this: ambush and assault on two to three vehicles...

five to eight men, and our objective is the safe retrieval of this case.

Tell Vincent what it is you'll need.

What do we know about them? Are they French?

Where are they from? Who are they?

All you need to know right now is that they're very unpleasant.

You've done this kind of thing before?

- How difficult can it be? - No idea how these men will be armed?

They'll be very well armed, indeed.

Where are we going and how do we get back?

It'll be in France, and the group will disband at the RV point.

- What does she mean? - After that, we're on our own.

- It's a military term. - That's right.

Larry, tell Vincent what you'll need.

Something very fast. Audi S-8.

Something that can shove a little bit.

I'm going to have it for you by afternoon.

I'm also gonna need a nitrous system. I've got the specs.

What do you use, weapons-wise?

Weapons. I'm a-- I'm a weapons man.

Weapons man?

- Yeah. - Great.

They tend to settle the argument. So what do you favor?

It's a toolbox. I don't care.

- You put the tools in for the job. - What?

You know, I actually favor the old 1911.

Forty-five? Old gun.

It served my country well. A long time.

Your country. Not done too well, though, last few wars?

Perhaps not, but at least we don't go around whining about it.

- You ex military? - I got my job through the "Times."

Don't let him get you down.

It don't mean nothin'.

I say what I think.

You ex military?

Hereford?

I'd like to do it backwards. The line of retreat is?

She just told you. We meet back at the RV, disband.

I understand. I'm just trying to get a vague notion of the opposition.

I mean, we're setting out to cause some animosity over here, and I--

- How many are coming after us? - You worried about your own skin?

Yeah, I am. It covers my body.

All your concerns will be addressed before we leave.

- Electronics and commo. - Not more than three cars?

That is our information.

- Can you get me a simulator? - What's a simulator?

Gunpowder. Sound only, no lead. Sounds like a pistol, an assault rifle.

Quite diverting.

I'll need bigger injection jets. The Bosch won't do it. Must be custom made.

We going north or south?

I'd like some new clothes.

- Vincent will sort you out. - I'll take care of it.

- What brought you here? - A fellow that doesn't work so well.

The man in the wheelchair?

- How did he get there? - That was in your neck of the woods...

back in the late unpleasantness.

Good reflexes.

Yeah.

They die hard.

- Interrogation. - What?

Methods to withstand interrogation.

You've done that?

We were taught to hold out indefinitely.

Nobody can.

- Is that so? - Yeah. Everybody has a limit.

I spent some time in interrogation once.

- They make it hard? - They don't make it easy.

Yeah, it was unpleasant.

I held out as long as I could.

All the stuff they tried. You just can't hold out forever.

- Impossible. - How'd they finally get to you?

- They gave me a grasshopper. - What's a grasshopper?

Let's see. That's two part gin, two part brandy, one part creme de menthe and--

Fuckin' smart-ass.

- Can you find this place? - Of course.

I know it.

That's where they wanna do the exchange.

You're gonna exchange for cash?

- Aye. - You know these people?

My people know them.

Your people have done business with them before...

or they just gave your people a number?

If we're gonna do it, let's do the goddamn thing right.

I'm busy.

Come on. Let's go.

The answers to your questions I'll know when I get back.

- I'll go with you. - Go with them.

Who's this girl work for?

She works for our "betters." Seems that's what we're meant to know.

Always a waiting game.

- What? - It's a waiting game.

Would you not do that, please?

Bad for the night vision, yeah?

There they are.

- You have the list? - Yes, I have it.

Give it to me.

Money?

You follow my lead. Just make sure you watch my back.

Don't make any sudden moves.

Just because we're buying guns doesn't mean we didn't bring any.

Don't worry. Everything's fine.

Want to back him up?

What would I profit from your death?

- You'd have the money. - I have the money already.

I'll watch the back.

Have you got it all?

- You're sure? - Of course. Come and see.

There it is.

It's not all here.

What?

It's not all here.

He said the rest is in the other car. The boss wants to check the money.

If he agrees, we have no problem. Here, take the car keys.

Go on. Take them.

There you are. No problem.

Come along. Come on.

Give me some money.

- You aren't going in there? - Yeah, I'm going in there. So are you.

- Why am I going in there? - To protect me.

There is no protection there.

If it's a come-on, we're fish in a barrel. Why do they want you in there?

- What are you, crazy? - You think too hard.

Nobody ever told me that before, but I wouldn't go in there.

- What is it? - I don't like it. Look at it.

Let's just do it. Let's just do it and be done, yeah?

Don't go in.

I'm getting paid to go. It's that simple.

Let's go.

If anything goes down, get next to one of those guys.

If there's a sniper, he'll be afraid to shoot his own guy.

- Let's go. - All right.

Stop!

Stay where you are.

So, everything's fine.

I can't see!

Have some of this!

Fuckin' arsehole!