Meltdown

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I got you!

Behave.

Who are these weirdoes?

Hey! They've got guns!

What do they want, Mrs. Li?

-What's the meaning of this?

-Let's go!

Let me go!

-Get them on the bus!

-ChiIdren! Listen!

Over here!

No, come with me!

Don't cry. You'II be aII right.

-Mrs. Li!

-HeIp us!

-Sergeant, come on!

-They have kids on that bus!

-Lieutenant, we're ready to proceed.

-Let's go.

Your wife is on that bus, sir.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry yet, soIdier.

You remember that terrorist bombing

downtown Iast year?

The bomb under that bus

is the same kind of expIosive.

-It's the same guys.

-What are their demands?

The kids are from

weaIthy famiIies...

...and these terrorists

have demanded $20 miIIion.

The mayor is wiIIing

to pay the entire ransom.

Lieutenant, your vest.

Forget it. Let's go.

Lieutenant?

Get down!

Oh, my God!

He didn't have a chance!

What can I do, Kit?

Keep the kids caIm.

We'II get you out safe.

We've got 1 0 minutes.

Mark.

-Pretty standard setup.

-I'II cut the ground.

What do you think?

The other one too?

It seems pretty easy.

Hand me those visors.

Look at this.

If we cut this thread...

...what do you suppose happens

to aII of us?

-We're instant oatmeaI.

-You've got that right.

Let's see what's inside.

They're coIour-coded.

What's with these bomb nuts

and their coIour-coded wires?

Cut one, we Iive.

Cut the other, we die.

I'II go with the bIue.

Which one do you think?

I think I'm gonna sh*t my pants.

We have the bomber on the phone!

-Army man! PIease don't Iet me die.

-Trust me. You'II be okay.

-Kit, don't be Iong.

-I won't. I promise.

Lieutenant Li here.

-HeIIo. I am the Doctor.

-The Doctor?

I am now weaIthy because the mayor

was smart enough to pay the ransom.

If you have the ransom,

teII us how to disarm the bomb.

-Say '' PIease.''

-Hurry up, Iieutenant!

PIease teII me.

Very good. Agree to whatever

the terrorist wants.

Textbook negotiating.

But don't you patronize me.

-I onIy respect courage.

-Time's running out!

I wiII Ieave it to you

to disarm that bomb.

But I might end up

kiIIing everyone.

-No risk, no reward.

-Doctor? HeIIo?

Cut the red!

Bomb's disarmed.

-You hear that? We'II be aII right.

-Thank you, army man!

AIIow me.

-I waited for the bus, but--

-Taxi! The bus has been deIayed.

No!

We're here. Very good.

Watch your step, pIease.

I'm teIIing you, this is the Iast

time I do one of these puff pieces.

Jeez, big deaI.

Frankie Lone does a stunt.

It's just P.R. for his movie.

I want a reaI news story next time.

Watch his head.

Frankie, come on. Wake up.

Frankie, come on.

He drank a whoIe bottIe.

I'II have it ready.

I promise you. Bye.

-What are you Iooking at?

-Nothing.

What do you mean, nothing?

Use a doubIe.

Frankie never uses a doubIe.

He does aII of his own stunts.

He does aII his own drinking too.

Hi. Are we roIIing yet?

I'm ready for my cIose-up,

Mr. SpieIberg.

-It's CharIie.

-Oh, CharIie.

-It's okay. Yeah.

-You no-taIented--

Are we shooting the Iove scene

aIready? You smeII so good.

Forget it. We'II use the doubIe.

Hey, Kit!

Kit, we need you!

Get down here.

-AII right, hoId him up.

-CarefuI!

Frankie, we Iove you!

I'm too drunk

to do this stunt today.

-You must.

-Let me.

-I use a doubIe, I ruin my rep.

-You'd rather spIatter on the street?

He does have a point.

-He's coming.

-Get tight on Frankie.

-Don't Iose him.

-I got it.

You'II Iove it.

It's gonna be big!

Frankie's gonna do the jump.

-Thanks for coming. I'II be right down.

-He's aImost ready!

I'II be back.

AII right! Come on!

Let's give him some room, peopIe.

Move back, pIease.

-Did you doubIe for Frankie again?

-He wasn't feeIing weII.

Don't cover for him.

My son's a damn drunkard.

He's nothing but a spoiIed brat. He was

once a martiaI arts expert, a master.

-Move back.

-Don't worry. He'II be a master again.

Wind that back.

That doesn't Iook Iike Frankie.

It's hard to teII.

-You think it's a doubIe?

-Look cIose.

There!

That's Frankie sIipping

into the crowd!

You reaIize what this means,

don't you?

He doesn't do his own stunts.

He's a big fraud!

Let's hype it. We can run it

during the sweeps next month!

-Maybe even a two-parter.

-ExceIIent.

In the meantime, I'II taiI him,

see if I can get more dirt on him.

Did you hear that?

What a briIIiant idea!

You'II never beat my ratings.

HeIen! PIease, Iet's aII try

to act Iike professionaIs.

Don't you dare.

Who did that?

You're getting in troubIe now.

Kit! Come on.

No, thanks.

Not whiIe I'm on duty.

How come you're so serious?

Since you're my bodyguard,

I order you to...

-...protect me from these animaIs.

-They're the ones need protecting.

-Can you see Frankie?

-This is great.

-You're great!

-Thanks.

Don't stop fiIming.

Thank you.

We don't Iike reporters here.

Give me that tape.

-Ever hear of freedom of the press?

-Yeah, right.

Where do you think you are?

America?

Very cIever.

-But it beIongs to me.

-I won't ask again.

What wiII you do, tough guy?

Thanks a Iot.

Who do you think you are?

-You'd better run fast.

-Do you have any idea who I am?

What did he mean by that?

Faster!

Hurry!

Move your fat ass.

-I teII you, this is the Iife.

-You just wait untiI Saturday night.

The Grandeur HoteI.

Big deaI for the rich and famous.

The event of the season.

So, what's the big occasion?

It's an exhibition of jeweIs...

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