"MAN 1:" "Come on, or it'll be over." "Kill him." "CAINE:" "If you can become one with it, then it's" "Help me." "Please help me." "It's Danny." "He got talked into another street fight." "MAN 2:" "Come on, give it to him, give it to him, give it to him." " I hate you, you know that?" " Heh-heh-heh." " Tell them where you got it." " Always." "When you find yourself another chump, bring him around." " My boy is always hungry." " Your boy was lucky." "Better lucky than good." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "[SIGHS]" "LAURA:" "Move." "Move." "Oh, my God." "Danny?" "Oh, no." "Oh, my God." "Danny." "He is dead." "Oh, dear God, no." " You killed him." " Me?" "I never touched him." "I'm as sick about this as you are." "I lost a yard and a half on him." "He never would have fought if it wasn't for the money." "What he did was his own choice." "What?" "What's that look?" "You got something to say?" "Look, this was just a little neighborhood punch-up." "A couple guys getting it on." "Who knew the bum couldn't take a punch?" "Don't you say that." "He wasn't a bum." "You do not want to do that." "What?" "What we got, a tough guy?" "Relax, Chinaman." "There is a word for people who profit from others' pain and misery." ""Entrepreneur"?" ""Coward."" "It's all just words, Chinaman." "[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]" "Till the whistle blows, it's all just words." "Let's call it a night, man." "Come on, let's go." "Let's get out of here." "Move, come on, come on." "Come on, we ain't got all night." "Come on." "MAN 2:" "Let's move it." "NARRATOR:" "The grandson of Kwai Chang Caine  walks out of the past." "But I want to fight." "Yes." "So did your great-grandfather when he was your age." "NARRATOR:" "He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple." "An evil force destroyed that temple." "Father and son each believed the other had perished." "Fifteen years later, they were reunited." "Now Caine faced new challenges and his son grew up." "Look, I'm not my father." "I don't do kung fu." "I'm a cop." "That's who I am, that's what I do." "I am Caine." "I will help you." "CAINE:" "So how does the eagle see the mouse?" "The eagle has a telescope." "No, the eagle does not have a telescope." "ZIELA:" "Then how does he see the mouse?" "The eagle soars above the sky, the bright blue sky." "A thousand feet perhaps." "He wheels and turns, hungry, waiting for his prey knowing it will come, even though he is a thousand feet high." "ZIELA:" "Maybe higher." "Maybe higher." "And he looks for his lunch." "Way down there a little itty-bitty mouse runs from his burrow." "ZIELA:" "The eagle doesn't see him." " No." "But for his own reasons the mouse looks up at the eagle." "And then the eagle says:" ""Aha!" and grabs him." "Got him." "Are you saying that if the mouse hadn't looked up the eagle wouldn't have seen him?" "Why don't we ask our guest?" "I think the mouse was a goner when he left the house." "[KIDS LAUGH]" "CAINE:" "Perhaps but is not everything revealed in the eyes?" "Truth, purpose, intent?" "The wise man never reveals more than he wishes." "Not in his eyes, nor with his words, nor in his manner." "And it is wise to deceive?" "It is wise to be prudent." "Lee Bak Wong said:" ""Truth in the hands of a fool is more dangerous than any sword."" "CAINE:" "Class is dismissed." "ZIELA:" "Thanks." "I had a great time." "BOY 1:" "Bye, Master Caine." "BOY 2:" "Bye, Master Caine." "ZIELA:" "Goodbye, Master Caine." "Are you leaving?" "Yes." "Just like that, you're gonna leave me here?" "Yes." "Aren't you worried I might steal something?" " Do you intend to steal?" " Hell, no." "Then why should I be concerned?" "Aren't you even gonna ask me why I'm here?" "If you wished me to know that, you would tell me." "They say you know things." "That you have the knowledge of the masters." "I wish to learn." "Hey, man, it's rubber." "Yes." "It was a test, not an attack." "I've studied Chito Ryu." "[GRUNTING]" "I've studied Muay Thai." "But mostly I've combined them all to create my own style." "I've been dedicated in training my body to master all these physical skills to be comfortable to weapons of defense and death." "Your skill is great." "I cannot add to it." "You should be registered as a deadly weapon." "My son, Peter." "Jake Hudson." "Do you work here with your father?" "Uh, no." "I'm a cop." "I come to you because I wanna walk that ultimate path to discover the true harmony which exists between the mind and the body." "You have chosen a mountain which is difficult to climb." "Are you sure you are ready?" "Well, I won't know if I'm ready till I succeed." "I know that you don't teach just anyone." "And I know that many can travel the mile but few can go that final inch." "I wish to journey that final inch." "I would be honored to share in your journey." "Excuse me." "You're a lucky man." "Oh?" "To have him for a father." "INSTRUCTOR:" "No." "Root yourself to the ground." "No, you are still floating." "You must be part of the ground." "Now your head is dropping." "You must do better than this." "I'm doing the best that I can." "Huh." "For the son of Kwai Chang Caine this version of your best is obviously not good enough." "[DOOR OPENS THEN BELL RINGS]" "PETER:" "I, uh" " Ahem." "I wanted to talk to you about Danny Johnson the, uh, young man that died in that street fight." "A death for no purpose." "Well, the purpose was money." "Someone finds a badass street-fighter then other people find a badder badass to take him out." "It's all about bets and money." "I'm not interested in busting the guys that fight." "I'm after the guys that organize them." "They keep moving the locations of the fight and I just wondered if you'd heard anything." "I have heard nothing." "Well, tell me if you do." "That guy, uh, Jake he looked pretty good." "About as good as they come." "He has great skill." " So, what would you teach him?" " Why?" "Sorry I asked." "It's not my business." "Forget it." "You misunderstand." "The "why" is what he needs to learn." "In his haste to master the how, the technique he has rushed past the why the meaning." "Hey, leave me alone." "I'm working." "Those belong to us now." "THUG 1:" "Oh, you're a big tough guy." "Right, right, right." "Here, come on." "Come on, give me a break." " What have we got here?" "What's this?" "MAN:" "Give me that." "THUG 2:" "You want this?" "You want this?" " Guys, guys, guys." "THUG 2:" "You want this?" " Why you bothering this kid, man?" " Hey, buzz off." " They're taking my flowers." "Aw, taking your flowers, are we?" "JAKE:" "You know what gets me about bullies?" "You whack some little guy around, you talk trash." "But here's the problem." "[INHALES DEEPLY]" "You got no style." "[GRUNTING]" "That's what I'm talking about, guys, a little bit of style." "[SCREAMING]" "Yeah, look at that." "JAKE:" "Okay, guys." "Take it easy." "THUG 3:" "Hey, yeah, right." " Let's just chill out a little bit." "THUG 3:" "Right." " Jeez, that kid's incredible, man." " Yeah." "Are you getting this?" " Ha, ha." "What do you think?" " Classy." "I think I need to talk to him." "You bring him to the club." "No problem." "You're excellent." "Thanks so much, man." "I never seen nobody fight like that." "I think we found what we need to put Sweet's boy all in the dirt." " Thanks so much." " You're welcome." "Don't worry about it." "So don't be intimidated when you meet him." "He's a hell of a guy, he really is." "Marie." "I gotta go." "This is the kid, Jake." "Jake Hudson, meet Marie." "Sit with me, my brother." "Ladies, give my friend some space." " Can I get you something?" " No, that's all right." "You've caught the interest of the ladies." "Andy said you had some work." "I saw you in that parking garage." "What was that all about?" "JAKE:" "They were just hassling the kid." " I could see that." "What I wanna know is why you got involved." "You a do-gooder or you just can't mind your own business?" "Something like that." "[MARIE LAUGHS]" "Here, Jake." "No, thanks, man." "You gotta keep it, or you'll throw off the natural order of things." "You did something right." "You should be rewarded." "Keep it." "He's got more." "You had a lot of fights?" "No, not many at all." "You ever thought about fighting professionally?" "No, man, I'm too old." "To learn to box, you gotta start young." "I'm not talking about that." "I'm talking about professional street fights." " You familiar with them?" " I wouldn't call street fights professional." "Well, "professional" means you get paid." "You've got a skill." "You know how to fight." "It's like a gift." "It's like playing the piano." "It's a way to make money." "How much would I make?" "First fight, a couple thousand, if you win." "That's cash, my hand to yours." "You win the first one, the next time you make a little more." "Guess it's okay so long as no one gets hurt." "That's up to you." "Just make him quit." " When?" " Let's go tonight." "All right." "Andy will pick you up." "The location for these things for obvious reasons, is not spread around." "Fair enough." "I'll see you tonight." "Yeah." "PETER:" "All right, this is the man who killed Danny." "Any other distinct characteristics?" "There's a scar, um, here." "We'll need a description of everybody you saw at the fight." "Betters, promoters." "Um, that guy that you spoke to what was his name?" "I don't know." "PETER:" "Okay, well, we'll, uh, get you started here." "Pete, Pete, Pete, we gotta talk." "Donny Double D. Well, you're looking sharp." "Hey, bought and paid for, man." "I got the receipts." "Listen, listen." "It's not my desire to disturb you at this present time but, uh, there was information you were eager to procure?" "And have you?" "Vis-à-vis this spate of professional street fights." "PETER:" "What do you got?" "I wonder, if I provided you with what you wanted could you perhaps call a certain lady at the DA's office?" " Miss Roberts?" " Oh, you got that right." "See, you could tell her how very, very helpful I've been of late and even you could encourage her to perhaps cut me just a little slack regarding the current legal actions." " She's a tough nut, Donny." " Oh, Pete, of this I am very much aware." " Why don't we get back to the fight?" " Oh, yeah, yeah." " This very night." "PETER:" "Quick." "Hey, that's how these events sometimes occur." "Well, that's good." "You and I will go together." "Hey, no." "No, you can go." "Look, the individuals that habituate these events?" "Frankly, they scare the bejesus out of me." "Well, Donny, Donny, I'll be there with you." "Why does this not now fill me with confidence?" "[PETER GRUNTING]" "JAKE:" "Good punches." "Solid." "But you're working too hard at it." "Man, you're gonna wear yourself out like that." "It's a workout." "Don't you get tired when you work out?" "No." "Actually, I feel kind of refreshed." "Why?" "JAKE:" "Well, you know." " Yes." "Tell my son." "In this room, all around is energy." "And you can tap into that energy." "You...." "You can feel." "You can feel it." "Yeah." "It's a source of power." "That's it." "Good." "And you gather that power and you direct it." "Yes." "Use it, not your own strength." "That's it." "Good." "Now gather the power that surrounds you and become part of it." "Yes." "Now combine it with the energy of the bag." "Good." "Now." " I can't believe that." "I barely touched it." " Exactly." "That's the point." "I never really put all that into words before but that's the chi, isn't it?" "Yes." "Is that also the why?" "It is part of it." "There is much more." "You are a good student." "And you will one day become a master." "MAN:" "Anyone got any money on it?" "Leave the gun." "All you gotta do is make sure the other guy doesn't wanna fight anymore." " Hey, that's all?" "Are you sure?" "MARIE:" "This is what I do." "Of course." " And I get my money today?" " Cash, my hand to yours." "JAKE:" "That's great." "You have no idea how much my family needs the help." "MARIE:" "Ha-ha-ha." "Sure I do." "Sure I do." "All right, just so long as nobody gets hurt." "Now, that's up to you." " You're not carrying, are you, Jake?" " Nice to see you, kid." " Hey, what's up?" " You ready?" " You got it, brother." " All right." "Hi." " Go on, kid." "You got work to do, man." " That's for luck." "Business." "Business." " Check you later." "EVA:" "See you tonight, Jake." "Well, who you got?" " Jake Hudson." " How you doing?" " Leo eats bigger." " He can take Leo." "They're not gonna bet on a toy poodle." "We gotta give them something." "Okay, but I'm not wasting Leo's time." "O'Brian, you're on." "WOMAN:" "Right." "MAN:" "What?" "Oh, Leo's not fighting." "Bet's off." "You can take this guy, trust me." "All right, we got ourselves a fight." "You all know Andy here." "He holds my bets." "Sorry, man." "So is it my fault I was in the wrong place at the right time?" "The clarity of his gesture is not lost in his lack of eloquence." " What?" " Just give the man your gun." "I promised my mother I'd never give my gun to strangers." "A breaching of weapons-related etiquette can have alarming consequences." "Besides, you ain't getting in till you lose the heat." " Thirteen." "PETER:" "My lucky number." "It would appear to be an eager sporting group today." "MAN:" "Okay, here we go." "Here we go." "Okay." "It's gonna be a good one." "Jesus, I don't believe this." "That's Jake." "Hi, I'm Jake." "[GRUNTING]" "O'BRIAN:" "Get up." "Get up." "Come on, O'Brian." " Get him." " Come on." "MARIE:" "Come on, Jake." " Yeah." " Come on, get him." "He's good." "He's good." "Kill him, O'Brian." "Come on, kill him." "Back off." "MARIE:" "Get up, man." "Come on, Jake." " Hey." " Stop." "Hey, the object of your concern seems to have the situation under a variety of control." "What's up?" " Stop screwing around and do him." "MAN:" "Yeah." " Come on, Jake." " Get him, man." "Wrap it up, Jake." "We got money to collect." "Put the man down." "Don't worry, he's gonna quit." "Yes!" "Come on, Jake." "Oh, yeah." "Go, Jake!" "All right!" "Yeah!" " Go, O'Brian." "Go, O'Brian." " Come on, man, get him." "MARIE:" "You got him." "Yeah, Jake." " It's over." "JAKE:" "Hey, man, he's not gonna quit." " Look out, Jake." " Tell him to quit." "MARIE:" "Nobody quits, Jake." "He's gotta quit." "Hit him some more, Jake, and then we can get out of here." "This isn't a fight, man." "Come on, finish the man." "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" "Go, Jake, go." "O'Brian, you told me you could fight." "Damn." "Yes." "SWEET:" "You told me you could fight, O'Brian." "You told me you could fight." "Like having money in the bank." " I'll see you guys." " Made my money." " Lucky." " Better lucky than good." "SWEET:" "Yeah." "Jake, that was beautiful." "You didn't say this guy was gonna try and kill me." "Who knew?" " I want my money." "Now." " Jake, hey." "Don't get involved, man." "You little piece of dirt." " Man, what are you doing here?" " Fighting the urge to puke." "This is why you want my father to teach you." " So you can be a better street fighter." " Hey, wait, it's not like that." "Yeah, I can see that, Jake." "Hey, what is this?" " You said 2000." " I said a couple thou." "Yeah, you're 1000 short." " Well, the other half is contingent." " Contingent?" "What does that mean?" " I'll hold some back for you." " Yeah, but I won." "And you won." "And it was beautiful, Jake." "We got a great future together." " A future." "MAN 1:" "Hell of a fight, really." "You might have won with him, but you're not conning my father." " Not anymore." "MAN 1:" "Excellent, yeah." "MAN 2:" "Hey, guys, great fight." "How about some beer?" " What is your piece in this?" " Hey, nothing." "We got no piece." "We're just heading for the door, right?" "Come on." "Hey, hey." "Remember, you're a cop." "I could get seriously killed for bringing you in here." "WOMAN:" "Yeah, let's go for a drink." "I am really thirsty." "That's it." "I'm not gonna fight like this again." "I just want the money I got coming to me." "What you got coming to you is what I give you." "Contingent gets paid after expenses." "After you fight again." "After you keep winning." "Sweet, we gotta talk." "Did I win?" "Let's make some real money." " Put my boy against Leo." " Leo would kill him." "That's what brings in the heavy hitters." "Death sure makes it real." "You deliver that kid, I'll deliver the action." "Book it." "Sit." "Some things have changed." "Do you know the ancient proverb that no man can step in the same river twice?" "Because the river is always moving, always changing as every second of our lives, we are changing." "That is the state of everything in nature except the Tao which is always constant." "To accept this requires no effort but to resist it confuses us and defeats us." "I have changed." "I have to leave." "I'm not worthy to be your student." "People don't always have a choice of what they do." "No choice at all." "Looks like you lost a student." "Once a student and a teacher meet the relationship never ends." "Like a father and son." "Not exactly." "You once told me the dog that will bring a bone will carry one." "I came here bringing a bone out of meanness and jealousy." "Like a little kid bringing tales, carrying stories." "I saw your new student in a professional street fight." " That disturbed you." " Yeah, it made me furious." "That he would take everything he learned into a street fight." " As yet, I have taught him nothing." " No, that's not the point." "You don't walk out of this kwoon into a street fight." "It's just not done." "It's not right." "[PETER LAUGHS]" "Listen to me, getting all bent out of shape." "It could never happen again." "It was an act of God." "One-in-a-million chance." "No, guaranteed." "Hey, I gotta go." "I gotta go." "Lola." "Lola, wait, wait, wait." "Come back." "Lola, my dearest Lola." "This transaction that I am proposing it would be mutually beneficial and the most incontrovertible...." "Look, I said forget it, okay?" "THUG 1:" "When I find that little weasel, I'm gonna rip out his lungs." " Hey, quick, hide me, hide me, hide me." " Wait." "Hey." "In here, in here." "Get out of the way, get out of the way." "In here, in here, in here." " Shh, shh!" " What the hell are you doing?" "THUG 1:" "You're sure it was Donny Double D?" "THUG 2:" "Yeah." "What happened?" "THUG 1:" "That's between him and me." "[WHISPERS] I am gonna kill you." "THUG 2:" "Well, you miss him here, you can find him later." "Marie's got a fight set between Leo and that kid who creamed O'Brian." "Donny will be there for sure." "THUG 1:" "Leo's gonna kill that kid." " No, I won't." "THUG 2:" "That's the deal." "This one's to the finish." "THUG 1:" "How did Marie arrange that?" "The way I heard it, the kid wasn't gonna fight anymore." "THUG 2:" "Well, it seems Jake's got a very sick papa." "THUG 1:" "Oh, Lord, that's all Marie had to hear." "THUG 2:" "Put it where the kid had no way to turn that wasn't left." "THUG 1:" "I find Mr. Double-D at ringside, there'll be two bodies for the Dumpster." "THUG 2:" "Maybe you should talk to Marie." "Make you and Donny Double D the undercard." "Wow, Donny, you have such powerful hands." "I may have to change my mind about this mutually beneficial transaction you proposed." " You may?" " Mm-hm." " I mean" " I mean, you would?" " Mm-hm." "I mean" " I mean, I can't." "I mean, I'd love to, but I gotta run." "I'm sorry." "I'm real sorry." "[GRUNTING]" "Less force." "Yes." "Breathe." "Pete, Pete, I've been looking for you, man." "Donny." "Oh, this is my father." "Donny Double D." "Uh, another fight's been set up with your friend Jake." "They got to him." "Perhaps they got to something more precious to him than his own life." "Oh, he's got family, damn it." "There's always a way in." "And the word is, one of them won't be leaving alive." " Where?" " Same place." "But, hey, you're alone on this one." "Not quite alone." "MAN 1:" "A hundred on Leo." "MAN 2:" "I got 1000 on the kid." "Place your bets now because there will be no place for no-shows today." "This contest is to the finish." "So just place your money in this hand here." "Come on, now, don't be shy." "Man, kid, you gotta be careful with this guy because he's big and strong, but he's quick and fast." "He's got a left that comes from out of nowhere." "You gotta watch it." "He ain't stupid." "He's a smart fighter." "Thanks." "I am unarmed." "And now for today's headline match pitting speed against power, precision against strength and my money against yours." "Hailing from Mean Street, U.S.A the undefeated and original clock-cleaner Leo the Lionheart." "[MAN BOOING]" "My personal candidate for rookie of the year hailing from this very city the youngster with lightning in his hands and thunder in his feet Jake Hudson." "[MEN BOOING]" "Later, babe." "What the hell are you doing?" "I gotta do what I gotta do." "MARIE:" "Even odds." "I see you, you see me." "We all see." "Ain't no blindness." "There's nothing going on." "Party's over, Marie." "Ha, ha." "Well Chinaman." "You must really hate breathing in and breathing out." "My pupil does not fight." "Excuse me." "I have business to tend to." "You don't understand." "I have to do this." "No one needs to dishonor himself." " It's just a fight." " It's not just a fight, Jake." "It's a game." " They're using you as a piece of meat." " Hey, I can look after myself, okay?" "You have been trained, but not for this." "Look, my family's on the line." "If any of these scumbags touches you or gets near your family I'll have the whole division down on them." "Excuse me." "MAN:" "Come on, if Leo lays one punch on this guy, he's gone." "Okay, kid, payday." "MAN:" "What do you think this guy weighs?" "He doesn't weigh more than 165." "If we have caused you some inconvenience, I apologize." "Your apologies don't mean squat, Chinaman." "You're messing with the forces of nature." "These gentlemen are sportsmen." "This is no more than a social outlet." "I'm providing a community service." "Besides all the fancy footwork in the world won't save your butt in here." "We will go now." "MAN 1:" "Come on." "What about my bet?" "MAN 2:" "Hey, hey." "MAN 3:" "We got money here." "MARIE:" "What part of "no" don't you understand, the N or the O?" "Remember your training." "Attack together." "God, I hate it when this happens." "WOMAN:" "Get him." "Hey, hey, hey." "You...." "You gotta pay for this." "[GRUNTING]" "MAN 4:" "Hit him harder." "New fighter." "Place your bets on the big man." "MAN 5:" "Hey, this is great." "This is amazing." "Kill him, kill him, kill him." "Do you know the story of the eagle and the mouse?" "WOMAN:" "Go, get him." "MAN 6:" "Get that man a tutu." "MAN 7:" "Come on, Leo." "WOMAN:" "Go, get him." "MAN 8:" "Get him." "MAN 9:" "Come on, Leo." " Hit him in there good, Leo, hit him." " Kill him." "[YELLS]" "MAN 10:" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Come on, get up." "Get up." "Crush him." "Get up." "WOMAN:" "Get up." "Hit him." "MAN 11:" "Come on, Leo." "Good night." "That was the most spectacular fight I've ever seen and I didn't have a dime on it." "Marie, you're under arrest." "Yeah, and I'll be out of jail before you finish the report." "Not this time." "CAINE:" "You have a lot to learn, my son." "But you do have a good right cross." "You ever thought about fighting?" "CAINE:" "He will have a headache when he wakes up." "[JAKE LAUGHS]" "The mirror exercise symbolizes the duality and the oneness of battle." "One man acts, the other reacts." "Both men are connected, not as warriors but as partners." "I never looked at fighting like that." "Well, who else would, besides a Shaolin priest?" "JAKE:" "To me, fighting was challenge." "Being in there with a guy as good as me and finding out who's who." "Yeah." "Well, that's one way to learn about yourself, but not the best." "Maybe not." "But this isn't about fighting, is it?" "No." "It is about union." "In kung fu, battle does not force you apart." "It brings you together." "Two halves of the same whole." "One is the yin the other is the yang." "So, what, when we fight, we're searching for what?" "For wholeness." "Yeah, wholeness, wholeness, but how can you find wholeness..." " ...in a street fight?" " It can because it's not out here, it's in here." "Yes." "The search is here." "This is where the completeness we seek can be found." "This...is the one true battle." "It's with ourselves." "Well, that can be a tough one to win." "CAINE:" "It is never won." "It is never lost." "Only fought for." "[ENGLISH SDH]"