""I know people" who will pay big bucks to watch a kickboxer like you in action." "And you don't have to worry about amateur rules." "The winner wins." "Well, if it isn't Michael Branson." "You remember me." ""Good, because I haven't forgotten you." "I met this French photographer on the beach today, and he wants me to try out" ""for" Sports World International, the bathing suit edition." "And you will open up to me as never before to any other man." ""You want to fight me," man-to-man, to the death." "Down!" "Two, three, four!" "Winner!" "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "And in our third bout, welterweight Steve Thorn, with an amateur record of 14 and one, ten by knockout." "He'll be meeting Ian Rodriguez, who is undefeated in this tournament." "Fight!" "Get up!" "Come on, get up!" "All right, it's over, son." "The winner!" "Don't worry." "He's got some weaknesses we can exploit." "What do you mean "we"?" "You're not the one who's going in the ring with him..." "I am." "Yeah, that's just like you, isn't it, Buchannon?" "Telling other people how to fight and avoiding them yourself." "If it isn't Michael Branson." "You remember me." "Good." "Because I haven't forgotten you." "Some people cling to bad memories." "I don't." " Hey." " Hang on." "Hang on." "Look, what happened between us, pal, is old news." "I'm not interested anymore." "So why don't you just get on" " with your life, huh?" " Yeah, my life?" "You mean the life you ruined?" "Whatever happened in your life, you brought on yourself." "I had nothing to do with it." "Come on, Mitch." "I'll see you at the finals, tomorrow, Captain." "And whatever he tells you to do, do the opposite." "Who was that guy?" "And why did he call you "Captain"?" "We worked together in the Navy Seals." "Forget about him." "He's nobody." "Hey." "Hey, you know, that's not a good idea." "What?" "!" "The water... it's too cold." "Your muscles could cramp up." "Trust me." "I'm a lifeguard." "I saw you at the fights today." "You didn't seem like you liked it much." "Yeah, well, I don't think that kickboxing is a sport or an art." "I think it's barbaric." "Yeah, I guess it can be sometimes." "Well, then why do you do it?" "'Cause it's also my way out." "Of what?" "Where I been, where I am." "Where's that?" "You know, you ask a lot of personal questions for someone whose name I don't even know." "I'm sorry." "My name's Summer..." "Summer Quinn." "Summer?" "That's a pretty name." "I'm Steve..." "Steve Thorn." "What's this?" "It's called a Pilates machine." "As far as I'm concerned, it's the best damn thing ever invented." "Builds strength and flexibility." "Put your head right through here." "Okay, back flat, legs up." "Okay." "Leg through there, leg here." "So what's going on with this guy named Branson?" "Forget about Branson, huh?" "Legs straight." "Go all the way up on your shoulders, all the way up." " Okay." " Come down real slow, real slow." "Okay, legs down all the way." "Okay." "Pull up, up, up, up." "Feel that?" " Yes, I feel it." " Yeah?" "Pull it tight." "Oh, what?" "Are you going to torture him into winning?" "Come to spy for the other side?" "What are you grunting about?" "Do me a favor;" "spot him, will you?" "When get gets up on his shoulders, make sure he comes down one vertebrae at a time." "I'll get you something for your muscles." "Hey, C.J., you okay?" "I don't know." "I don't know what to do." "What do you mean?" "I met this French photographer on the beach today, and he wants me to try out for "Sports World International"" "the bathing suit edition." "He says I can make a lot of money as a model." "A photographer asked me to pose for him on the beach once." "Really?" "Said it was for his college thesis." "I ended up on the cover of a calendar with naked women in life vests." "The county wasn't too pleased." "Well, Alain Begere is legitimate." "I checked him out." "So what is the "probleme?"" "The "probleme" is I don't know if I want my life to change." "I kind of like it the way it is." "Then don't do it." "But it could be really exciting, and I could definitely use the money." "Then do it." "But what if it's really embarrassing?" "What if I'm totally self-conscious and look stupid?" "Then don't do it." " But..." " C.J." "I'll tell you what." "Throw a dart, okay?" "Odds, you do it." "Evens, you don't." "Angrier." "Wow." "C'est bonne." "C'est bonne." "Janelle." "Turn your head sideways." "Yes." "Suzie, drop down." "Yes." "Yes." "Yes." "Attitude." "Like flowing wine." ""Voila. " Okay." "More hair." "Hair, Ginger." "More." "Yes." "Okay, happy." ""Voila," girls, okay." "Peggy." "Good." "Next in line." "Adelaide." "Yes." "Like a little girl, Ginger." "Okay, very good." "Take a little break, ladies, but don't move." "C.J., "ca va?"" "I'm very happy you decided to come pose for me." "I will make you look like a goddess." "Don't worry." "Adele, "viens ici" et preparez C.J." "She's the best." "Alain, I..." "I don't know." "I think I should just watch for a while." "Nonsense." "Cheri, ecoutes." "Once you are in front of my camera, you will know this is right for you." "Your true soul will emerge, C.J." "Trust me, all right?" "Okay? "Viens ici. "" "Come with me." "WOMAN " Hi." "My name is Kitty." "The cost of this call is $2.00 a minute." "I'm very lonely." "You sound like a big, strong man." "Hi." "I just wanted to wish you good luck." "Thanks." "Look, I hope you don't get mad if I beat your friend today, but I have to win" " this tournament." " Why?" "If I win, I can turn pro and get some money, instead of these trophies." "And who knows, maybe one day, it will even get me into the movies or something." "Remember, his weakness is his temper." "Get him mad, he'll lose control make mistakes." "Spoken by an expert on weakness." "Get in the ring." "Be patient, frustrate him, then make your move." "My money's on the blond kid." "You know why?" "He's got a killer instinct, just like me." "Don't push it." "Careful, Buchannon." "You might lose your temper and make a mistake." "Final welterweight bout:" "Steve Thorn... with an amateur record of 15 and two, 11 by knockout... meets undefeated Matt Brody." "Give 'em a big hand." "Round kick, round kick!" "Come on!" "Kill him!" "End of round." "Okay, pal, spit it out." "Listen, you can't keep trading blows with him." "I can take him." "Stick to the game plan." "Frustrate him, get him mad, get him mad." "Wait for your opening, okay?" "All right, come on, kid." "Fight!" "Come on." "Stay away from him, stay away from him!" "Come on!" "Four, five, six, seven, eight!" "Wipe your gloves!" "Fight." "Oh!" "Hey, elbow strike!" "Intentional elbow strike." "That's it, it's over." "Stop the fight." "Illegal elbow!" "Disqualification!" "Winner!" "I'm sorry, son." "You lost on an automatic disqualification." " I can't believe this!" " You'll have to leave the ring." "You all right?" "What's your name?" "Roadkill." "Steve." "Steve, wait." "What for?" "!" "Please don't drive when you're this angry." "Drive?" "Drive where?" "To another parking lot?" "Yeah, I live in my car." "Is that okay with you?" "Look, I brought you this." "Did you miss something?" "I lost!" "Your friend's the one that won." "Second place means nothing to me." "Steve!" "Look, get out of here and leave me alone!" "Careful." "You don't want to hurt that hand." "It's a valuable asset." "Yeah, right." "Yeah, I "am" right, and so are you." "Now, I know people who will pay big bucks to watch a kickboxer like you in action, and you don't have to worry about amateur rules or disqualifications." "The winner wins." "How much?" "Take it." "Get yourself a good meal, get cleaned up, and you meet me here tomorrow at 5:00, and you come ready to win, there will be five more of those waiting for you." "You're going to be all right, kid." "Alain, these are so beautiful." "I can't believe I could look this way." "They are beautiful pictures." "I'm glad you like them but unfortunately, they are "not" of you." "What do you mean?" "There's so much more inside of you." "Your fiery spirit... your passion... your sensuality." "That is what I need to capture on film." "That is what you must allow me to see, C.J." "Alain, I don't know." "If you trust me, C.J., I can draw it out of you." "Do you trust me?" "Yes, it's just..." "Shh-Shh!" "Come with me." "Come down to your knees." "Now kiss me." "What?" "C.J., you have to keep trusting me." "Just pretend like my mouth is the lens of the camera." "This is crazy." "You can do it." "Tomorrow, we will take more pictures." "Just you and I alone." "No one else." "And you will open up to me as never before to any other man." "Not even yourself." "Meme pas toi-meme." "Steve." "Hi." "Hi." "I was hoping I could find you here." "Look, um..." "I just wanted to say sorry about yesterday." "Well, don't be." "I should be the one apologizing to you." "No." "I mean, you were just upset." "Yeah, well, I have this real problem with my temper." "I mean, you've seen it." "Steve, what are you so angry about?" "I'm sorry." "You don't have to answer that." "My dad used to beat on my mom a lot." "Every time I tried to help her, I'd get it, too." "You know, it seems like I spent my whole childhood getting beat on or beating up on somebody... you know, until I started kickboxing." "I mean, it really helps me." "Well, there must be other things you can do." "Look, you're a good swimmer, so you became a lifeguard." "I can fight." "That's what I do." "Thorn!" "Let's go." "Um, look, I got to go." "I'll see you later?" "Steve, wait." "Where are you going with that guy?" "He's bad news." "No." "This is the guy that got me the fight where I can make some money." "Wish me luck." "Wait a minute." "I want to go with you." "I thought you hated kickboxing." "Well, I guess I changed my mind." "Come down to the sand..." "Slowly." "And I want you to imagine you're a serpent..." "A snake..." "crawling across the hot sand." "Oui." "Voila." "Feel the heat of the sand on your body." "Yes." "Destroy me." "It's okay." "These people are friends of mine." "All right, sir, go ahead." "What is this, a restaurant?" "Used to be." "Now they just rent it out for private parties." "This place is unreal." "Well, let me introduce you to the man who made it real." "Kamal." "This is Steve Thorn." "Hi, sir." "You see?" "You must be always alert inside the ring or outside it." "Yes, sir, I'll try to remember that." "C.J." "How did it go?" "What happened?" "That jerk try something?" "No." "What's the matter?" "Why are you so upset?" "I think I got the cover girl job." "I thought that's what you wanted." "I don't know." "If I become his model," "Alain said I have to give up being a lifeguard." "You guys are my family." "C.J., if that's what you really want, you don't have to give up anything." "Why don't you just do both?" "Yeah, but the thing is, I really want "him. "" "Mitch, I think I'm in love." "Oh, no, C.J., come on, not again." "You just met the guy." "I don't know... it's just that he brings out feelings in me" "I never knew I had." "You say that every time." "No, this time's different." "I've never felt the things he makes me feel." "He really believes in me." "Look, I'm sorry." "I got to go." "Do me a favor will you?" "Take your time." "Don't make any rash decisions." "But I need to let him know by 3:00 tomorrow." "Mitch, tell me what to do!" "C.J., you're going to have to decide this one on your own." "And just remember..." "I believe in you, too." "How you doing?" "Next bout." "Come on, kid." "Get him!" "Come on!" "Hit him harder." "Come on." "Forget it, buddy..." "you got no chance!" "Put him down!" "I know." "It's like the damn Coliseum in Rome." "Why are you doing this to Steve?" "I'm helping him." "He needs the money." "And besides, do you how much these guys tip if they like a fighter?" "Whew!" "Enough to pay his hospital bills?" "Well, let's hope so." "He'll be fighting me." "Steve, you cannot go through with this." "Don't worry;" "it will be all right." "No." "You are fighting Branson." "What?" "!" "Are you sure?" "Yeah, he just told me himself." "Come on, hurry, get your clothes." "We have to get out of here." "No, you don't." "Look, Mr. Branson, we're not even in the same weight category." "Doesn't matter here." "Look, he is not fighting;" "he's leaving now." "Yeah?" "I'll tell you what." "I don't really want to fight you, either." "So maybe there's a way we can all work together." "Find me another opponent." "Why won't you talk about it?" "Because." "Well, you should." "Why?" "Because." "Fine." "So what happened?" "Branson was a student of mine." "Hand-to-hand combat in the Navy Seals." "This guy could never handle losing... even in training." "One day he got involved in a fight." "He was obviously losing, but he wouldn't quit." "Caught the guy off-guard fractured his arm in two places and laughed about it." "So I brought him up." "They discharged him, but he wouldn't leave the base." "He kept coming after me saying he wanted to fight me man-to-man." ""To the death," he said." "Finally, MPs dragged him away." "That was the last I heard of him until the other day on the beach." "Somebody get the phone!" "Baywatch." "Mitch, it's Summer." "Yeah, Summer." "What's up?" "You are, old buddy." "You better come on over here." "Make it fast and come alone." "Branson, what the hell's going on?" "The match of the century." "The one you've been avoiding all these years." "You against me." "Bruno's restaurant." "One hour." "Hey." "Branson!" "So what's it going to be, Buchannon?" "Are you going to fight me now, or do I break his leg?" "Sounds like your boss just walked in." "Too bad he's going to have to be carried out." "Let him go!" "Come on." "Come on." "Where's Summer?" "In the kitchen." "They said they'd hurt her if I didn't fight." "Out with the old, in with the new!" "Come on, pal, you're next!" "Just let him go." "No, I want to make sure you stay motivated." "And there will be no MPs to call this time." "Let him go first." "Hey, come on, up." "Come on, up, up..." "get up." "Come on, come on." "Anytime you want to fight again, please let me know." "Here." "That's the least he owes you." "If I ever find out you're having these fights here or anywhere else, I'll show up with customers you won't want to know." "Are you guys okay?" "We've had better days." "Yeah, I'll say." "Are you okay?" "Did they hurt you?" "No." "Can we just get out of here?" "That's a good idea." "Come on." "Well, I guess that's what they mean by "dead weight. "" "Let's get out of here." "C.J., what are you still doing here?" "I'm on duty." "C.J., look at me." "I can't." "I have to watch my water." "C.J., we leave for Puerto Rico in three hours to shoot the cover." "I know, but I have to finish my shift." "I'm responsible for everybody on this beach." "C. J..." "I "am" on this beach." "And you have responsibilities to me, as well." "Well, yeah, but you're not in any danger of drowning." "Yes, I am, C.J." "I am drowning in my love for you." "This is a disaster." "C.J., I can't postpone the shoot until your face heals." "You should have gotten someone else to do this." "Why did you let her scratch you?" "Alain, don't be absurd." "She could have died." "I have news for you:" "So could this project." "Your focus is split." "And where is your commitment?" "Can we talk about this later?" "I have to make out a rescue report." "No, C.J., don't." "Maybe I can cover those marks up with special makeup." "C.J., come with me." "What if I decide not to go?" "What happens to us?" "There is no us." "Are you saying that if we have no professional relationship that we have no relationship at all?" "C.J., they are inseparable." "They are the same." "You'll be by my side both in work and pleasure." "That is the way I am." "Well, what if I'm not right for the next job?" "Does the new model take my place in both work and pleasure?" "C.J., this is crazy." "Don't throw your life away on the beach working for peanuts when you can have glamour, prestige, and me." "What is your decision?" "Well, this might be hard for you to understand, Alain, but I really love being a lifeguard." "I know I don't make very much money, but saving that little girl right now... that gave me more fulfillment than glamour or prestige..." "or you ever could." "You're going to throw away everything I've done for you?" "No, I'm not going to throw any of it away." "You made me realize who I really am." "I'll cherish everything that you've done for me." "I've got to get back to work." "Good-bye, Alain." "She's out taking a swim." "I think you did the right thing." "That's what I keep telling myself." "So, I hear you're real handy with a frying pan." "Oh, yeah, I'm a knockout in the kitchen." "You know, I should have been there." "How's Steve doing?" "Oh, good." "I found him an apartment, and Mitch found him" " a new coach." " Who?" "Me." "Hold the bag." "So is that a good way to get out your aggressions?" "Yeah." "Try it." "Go ahead, give it a kick." "Come on, C.J., I'll make you a star." "Trust me." "Oh, go ahead, baby." "Oh." "Yes."