Man On Fire

[Chattering]

[Bell Tolling]

[Bell Continues]

[Laughing]

[Woman Screaming]

[Child Laughing]

[Phone Ringing]

[Rings]

[Rings]

- S. Bueno.

- [Man On Phone] Family is everything.

No?

Now, do you love your son?

- S.

- [Men Shouting]

- [Man Shouting]

- [Groaning]

Now... do you understand?

You have a $ 10 million insurance policy.

I know that.

[Speaking Spanish]

- [Horns Honking]

- [Man Shouting]

[Tires Screeching]

[Shouting]

[Crying]

- [Woman Squealing]

- [Chattering In Spanish]

[Man Shouts In Spanish]

[Angry Shouting]

[Woman Yelling In Spanish]

[Chattering In Spanish]

[Mariachi Band]

Georgina!

Obey me, I will love you.

Come on.

That's how it works, huh?

- Simple.

- That's right.

Mwah.

She got a sister?

How's business?

TheJapanese are here in a big way.

Cheap labor, factory space.

But they feel a lot safer living

over the border in El Paso.

I ferry them back and forth.

They think I'm John Wayne.

- Ah.

- Come on.

[Men Singing In Spanish]

- I live like a king down here.

- Yes, you do.

- You been workin'?

- Yeah. No.

Nah. Been movin' around,

you know.

Colombia, couple of places I can't name.

Nothing catches my fancy.

Oh.

You think God will forgive us

for what we've done?

- No.

- You don't?

Me either.

- How long you staying?

- I don't know. I just... you know.

I wanted to see you, Ray,

see how you're doin'.

You know, I came by on impulse.

Well, I could do with some impulse.

What happened?

Family paid the ransom...

then they sent the kid home

after a couple of days...

minus an ear, of course.

Now every mother in Mexico City

with a little bit of money wants

bigger and better bodyguards...

my own wife included.

I hate to break it to you,

but she's right. She's right.

Look, Sammy, all my clients have, uh,

kidnap and ransom insurance.

I have a policy. A.I.G.

My dad gave it to me.

Yeah, I know.

I got it for your dad.

But what are you gonna do in 60 days

when you can't renew it?

- You can't because

you don't have a bodyguard.

- I had to let Emilio go.

You gotta please Lisa.

I mean, hey, ass like that's hard to find.

Look, a bodyguard's

like anything else.

You get what you pay for, okay?

You could do this.

You get one that's got a decent rsum.

We're not looking for

goddamn Superman here, right?

Get someone cheap

till you renew the policy...

and then, uh...

then fire the prick for whatever.

Incompetence.

All kidding aside, the most important thing

is that your daughter goes back to school...

and that your wife gets to save face.

This way, you won't be the only

unprotected family in the neighborhood.

That's right. A bodyguard.

Your Spanish is good enough.

- You're crazy.

- You even look the part.

In my state,

I couldn't guard a corpse.

It's rich guys flashing their cash.

It's all for show.

- Nothing's gonna happen.

- Yeah? You think they'd hire

a drunk, a has-been?

You have to keep it under control.

What if there was, you know, say,

a kidnapping attempt? What do I do then?

You do your best. They're not gonna be

paying you enough to perform miracles.

- I don't know.

- It's not exactly a scam, Crease.

- Even at half speed, you're pretty damn good.

- Yeah.

Bodyguard's gotta be close

to people though.

He gotta talk all the time,

and I'm no good at that.

You'll be the silent type.

People are gonna appreciate that.

[Laughing]

Bodyguard. So who's the guy?

Samuel Ramos. He's a young guy.

He owns one of the plants in Jurez.

Yeah?

TheJap car industry is in the toilet.

He's trying to persuade Ford

to partner with him.

I think he's in trouble.

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