"MAN:" "Here, I got something." "I got something." "That blue truck." "Forget it, forget it." "Went past." "PETER:" "You're a little jumpy, Marvin." "MARVIN:" "Yeah, well." "I get that way on stakeouts." " It's called anticipatory anxiety." " What?" "Yeah." " That's what it's called." " Come on." "Yeah, it's the truth." "It's in all the books." "Look it up." "You know who else gets it?" "Um, no idea." " Fishermen." " Get out of here." " Heh-heh-heh." " I'm serious." "They sit there all day looking at a bobber." "Waiting." "Anticipatory anxiety." "Makes them crazy." "It's you that makes me crazy." "And this stakeout." "[DOOR CLOSES IN DISTANCE]" " What?" " Listen." "Don't start this." "I don't hear anything." "PETER:" "Dad?" "Pete, what--?" "What the--?" "What are you doing?" "How did you find me here?" "You must come with me." " What is it?" " It is important." "I'm on duty." "I'm on a stakeout here." "Can this wait?" "We cannot wait." "You must come now." "Marvin, look, I" " Call Skalany, get her to cover me." "Dad, are you gonna tell me what this is all about?" "[GRUNTING]" "They followed you." "They were not following me, they were following you." "Dad, what is going on here?" "What's happening?" "We have no time to discuss it." "Come with me now." "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." "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." "We must talk." "I would like some conversation." "When you get as old as I am visitors are rare and always welcome." "Do not deny me." "You know why I am here." "Why I have come to this city." "I don't know." "Tell me." "May I?" "As I was wandering I heard rumors of a child, a boy born under the sign of the Tiger in the hour of the Fire." "The whispers told me that he was being kept in a secret place in this city." "Why is this boy so important to you?" "You weren't searching for me." "No." "I am here because of this child as he is as Tan was." "Finding you was a wonderful accident." "So, what will you do with him?" "Help him." "That decision is not up to me." " Then whom?" " The council." "What council?" "What is he talking about?" "It does not concern you, Peter." "It does concern him as much as it concerns me." "Your participation will be contested." "His will not even considered." "If the decision is not yours to make take us to those whose decision it is to make." "PETER:" "Hey, Khan, how you doing?" "[MEN SPEAKING IN CHINESE]" "Oh, I know these guys." "It's, uh, David Chow." "Big uptown lawyer, that guy." "Dr. Qwan." "Lives around the corner from your place." "I know these guys." "The other guys" "For 70 years, since the revolution this council, in many guises has nurtured and protected the imperial line." "Many have stepped forward to offer what they could to assist us." "Today, Kwai Chang Caine has stepped forward and we have considered his request." "Kwai Chang Caine your offer has been rejected." "Why?" "Are my skills considered not useful to you?" "It is you." "You are unworthy." "Okay." "We're going to war here." "I don't even know what the hell's going on here, but whatever it is nobody's gonna call my father unworthy." "Peter, it is not the man who is unworthy." "It is the line." "The line?" "There is a great shame, a curse, upon our family." " Your grandfather?" " Yes." "CAINE:" "Your great-grandfather was orphaned as a young boy in China." "He sought refuge in a Shaolin temple." "Though not of pure Chinese blood Kwai Chang showed great reverence for the temple and Master Khan allowed him to study there." "Master Po, a man of great insight and gentleness befriended the boy, whom he called grasshopper." "Master Po saw in Kwai Chang great potential not just as a skilled fighter, but as a gifted spirit capable of rapid ascension to enlightenment and priesthood." "But one day, the Emperor's nephew an arrogant and evil young man shot down Master Po, murdered him without provocation." "Your great-grandfather could not accept this death he avenged Master Po's death." "He killed the Emperor's nephew." "And then he fled to America." "And that is how the shame and the curse came upon the line of Caine." "I have always wished to erase that guilt." "And if I cannot, then you must." "Wait a second, Pop." "Haven't you ever heard of the father's sins not being visited on the son?" "To be associated with you no matter how slight that association will only bring doubt and dishonor." "But if you, here assembled, cannot allow old debts to be repaid what hope is there for the future you are sworn to protect?" "Without absolution, what chance is there for any of us?" "You expect the child to be honored." "Yet you deny me my chance to regain my honor and the honor of my child." "You will serve as the protector, the baojia?" "Yes." " To the death?" " Yes." "It is agreed." " And what of my son?" " He is gnoy yuan, an outsider." "He's a man of the gun." "He will put it aside." "Without his gun he's unskilled and would be a hindrance." "Test him." "Do not force me to do this, Kwai Chang Caine." "He is your son, and I also love him." "He has the right to prove himself baojia." "This will not be a test." "It will be an execution." "That is a chance we must take." "We?" "[MEN CHATTERING IN CHINESE]" "PETER:" "Khan, what you doing?" "Remember the Dragonswing?" "Took those marauders out side by side?" "We're on the same team, buddy." "Well, that was worth a try." "[MEN CHATTERING IN CHINESE]" " Pop, I don't stand a chance." "CAINE:" "Yes, you do." "You have one chance." "Use it correctly and it will be enough." "Remember the unexpected." "How can I succeed against him?" "Khan is too skillful." "Too powerful." "I'm going to be defeated." "Perhaps." "What should I do?" "How can I win?" "You have certain expectations." "Yeah, he's gonna knock my head off." "He, too, has expectations." "Yeah, he's gonna knock my head off." "CAINE:" "Exactly." "He expects you to fall into a defensive shell." "To back away and shrink from his attack." "As he attacks, that is what you will do." "To do what is expected is the first ingredient of surprise." "PETER:" "Yeah, I'm coming." "Be right with you." "I could really use my gun here." "[GASPING AND GRUNTING]" "Please, don't hurt me." "Dad, this is not my turf." " I'm not good at this." " This is disgusting." "He's a coward." "KHAN:" "Good." "[MEN CHATTERING IN CHINESE]" "You need us both." "Now take us to the child." "PETER:" "This is it?" "So this is all about the guy that lives here?" "CAINE:" "Yes." "Who is he?" "Who could be worth all this?" " He is the heir." " The heir to what?" "ANCIENT:" "The heir to the Chinese throne." "He is the next Emperor of China." "PETER:" "Oh, man." "Look at this place." "In case nobody told you the Communists phased out the Emperor's job a long time ago." "About 70 years." "Since that time, some of us in the community have safeguarded the members of the royal family here donating all they could to provide what was needed preparing for the day when the regime in China will fall." "We believe now is the time." "When the government falls, there will be chaos." "We need a figure to pull everything together." " The Emperor." " Yes." "It's strange." "You pass by this place on the street you'd never know all this was in here." "It is a replica of an apartment in the Forbidden City." "He lives in the traditional way." "CAINE:" "The next few days will be very dangerous for him." "There are those who wish his head." " A few days?" "CAINE:" "Yes." "That's not so bad." "I will leave you here." "PETER:" "Don't." "Wait a second." "Where are you gonna go?" "You should stay here." "There are people I must find." "Pop." "No, I find people." "PETER:" "It is better this way." "[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]" "ANCIENT:" "This is the Emperor." "He has been prepared." "Best teachers." "He has learned science from a neurosurgeon math from a nuclear physicist." "We give as much emphasis to his physical development as we do to him intellectually." "Come, I will introduce you." "Remember to whom you are speaking." "You are in the presence of the heir to the throne of China." "You blocked all my hits." "Don't block them!" "He looks like a little brat to me." "Sin-Ling, this is Peter Caine." "Who?" "Peter Caine." "He's here to protect you." "[SHOUTS AND GRUNTS]" "He doesn't seem like much of a protector to me." "PETER:" "Cute kid." "Ahem, hey, pal you know it's easy to play rough when no one's allowed to hit back." "Someone should have taught this kid not to throw cheap shots." "What does that mean?" "That means what you just did to me." "That was a cheap shot." "It might work for you in here but it's not gonna work out in the streets." "I've never been out there." "The heir has never been out of this apartment just as his ancestor never left the Forbidden City." "You've never been outside?" "What about friends?" "What about kids his own age?" "For obvious reason, that has not been possible." "What did you say I did?" "Cheap shot?" "Yeah." "Come on." "I'll give you another chance." "Oops." "I'm here to protect you, not to kick your butt though from what I've seen, you could use a good butt kicking." "You don't approve of me?" "No, I don't." "Leave!" "PETER:" "For all the lessons this kid's been taught you'd think somebody might've taught him some manners." "You stay." "Please." "You know you are the first person who I have met who is not Chinese." "I'm part Chinese." "I'm a fourth." "But you are not like the others who come here." "Probably not." "You're very different." "Probably so." "What do you do out there?" "I'm a cop out there." "A policeman." " I see." " Yeah?" "What do you see?" "I now know why you are here." "I know more than they think I do." "Yeah." "I'm sure you do." "No, I do." "Come, I'll show you." "You know, almost no one is allowed in here." "I'm honored." "I guess." "What I'm about to show you is a secret." "You can't tell anyone." " Okay." " Promise?" "You don't trust me, don't show me." "No." "I trust you." "I made it myself." "It's a radio." "The plans were in one of the books they had me read." "[STATIC BUZZING]" "It's strange, they teach me all about the world outside but I'm never allowed to leave." "ANNOUNCER [ON RADIO]:" "Elsewhere around the city..." " ... we have the report of a three-day" " Mostly it's music." "[ROCK SONG PLAYING ON RADIO]" "It is too fresh." "Did I say that right?" " Peter will make an effective baojia." " Yes." "Keep them busy while we search." "There will be at least two separate groups of assassins." "Yes." "One group will be Asian." "The other will not be." "The Chinese assassins will be Lo Chang." "The Lo Chang assassins are relentless." "They embrace death and fear only failure." "When you search for an animal in the woods what do you look for?" "Where they forage." "Exactly." "SIN-LING:" "I want to show you something else." "Come on." "It's through here." "[ROCK SONG PLAYING ON RADIO]" "Ahh." "I found this space in the wall a long time ago." "Nobody knows about it but me." "And now you." "Come on." "[BELL RINGS]" "Hurry." "They're getting out." " Who is?" " The school kids." "This window was painted over." "But I scraped a hole in it so I could see." "Take a look." "There's a school somewhere down there that gets out this time of day." "I love to come here and watch." "See, you said I didn't have any friends." "These are my friends." "I know their names." "Well, maybe not their real names, but the names that I have given them." "I've watched them grow up, I've seen them have fights make friends, break up." "I've seen them sad and happy." "All from this window." "Yes." "I come here whenever I can." "That's why I have to be so rude to everyone so they will be afraid to come into my room." "When I tell them not to bother me" "They don't bother you." "No, they don't." "It disturbs me to be that way sometimes, but...." "Listen, the, uh, ceremony is gonna be soon." "The ascension or whatever it's called." "Maybe they'll let you out then and you can meet some of your friends..." " ...and you can find out their real names." " No." "Once I am elevated, not even this will be allowed." "PETER:" "That's too bad." "I need to do a full search of the house." "Top to bottom." "I need to know every entrance and every exit." " What's down there?" " A root cellar." "The Ancient knows what he's doing but this place has more ways in and out than a train station." "PETER:" "It kind of breaks your heart." "WOMAN:" "What?" "PETER:" "Sin-Ling." "WOMAN:" "I don't understand." "Being cooped up in a place like this." "He's just a kid." "It's like being in a prison." "WOMAN:" "He's the heir." " Which justifies everything." " Yeah." "[GASPS]" "Sin-Ling." "Oh, great." "If you're looking for a 17-year-old, this is the place." "The mall." "[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]" "Hey, hey, hey." " Hello." " Hey, we got to get back." "I know." "I had to see it just once." "To walk around." "Well, personally I don't know what you were waiting for." "Heh." "Well, when I found out the ceremony was only two days away I figured this was my last chance." "Well, you had a lot of people worried about you." "[SIGHS]" "I know." "We can go back now." "Okay, let's go." "It is what they call an irresistible impulse." "Yeah, well I've had a few of those myself." "Wow." "Look at this." "What, do you like this?" "Well, let's see if we got any room left on this." "Come on." "Okay." "I can't believe this." "This is your first piece of pizza." "Okay, dig in." "[GIRLS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]" " What do you think?" " They are great." "I meant the pizza." "Oh." "It's not what I expected." "I thought it would be sweet." "[GIGGLING]" "Do you want to meet them?" "No." "No." "Hey, girls." " He said, um, that she'd never go-- PETER:" "Girls." "Excuse me." "Hi." "My friend and I are doing a survey on, uh, pizza." "No wonder I never get a date." "We thought we'd like to ask you a few questions." "Do you mind?" " I don't know." " What do you think?" "[BOTH] Sure." "So much for shyness." "Ahem." "That's a great jacket, it's really cool." "Uh, my name's Tiffy Abbot." "This is Jean." " Hi." "I love your jacket." " Hello." "I am Sin" " Sonny." "GIRLS:" "Hi, Sonny." "SIN-LING:" "Hi." "It's really nice." "Where did you get it?" " Store." "PETER:" "I'm Peter." "I like it a lot." " So do you come here often?" "PETER:" "Never mind." "SIN-LING:" "Um...." " No." " No?" "Man, was I ever really that young?" "I believe I have found what we need." "Me too." "Mr. Wong sold his entire stock of go-lai ginseng." "Then we do not have much time." "I don't get out too much." "No." " No?" " No." "[CHUCKLES]" " We should go now." " Yeah, it's getting late." " You have to leave?" " Yeah, but we'll be here tomorrow." "If you're here" " Um, I mean, if you're going to be here maybe we could meet or something." " I don't think I can." " Maybe the day after." "Actually, the day after he becomes the Emperor of China." "TIFFY:" "Ha, ha." "JEAN:" "Yeah, right." "Um, well, it was nice to meet you." " See you later." " Bye." "Pretty smooth Sonny." "[BOTH CHUCKLE]" "Come on, let's go this way." " We gotta bolt." " What?" " Bolt." "Bolt." " What?" "Run, run, run." "[BELL RINGING AND TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]" "I'm gonna handle this." "Get in the corner." "We get their attention, you get back to the house." " You got me?" " Yeah." " What are you doing?" " I'm leaving." "This is the only way out." "These guys are gonna hit you back." "Only if I allow it." "[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]" "Way to go, kid." "Emperor." "Let's go." " We're not going straight back." " Great." "No, no." "Not great." "Don't be enthusiastic about this." "We're gonna see the Ancient, my father, find out what they want." "Let's go." "Cheryl, what the hell happened here?" "I don't know." "I found it like this." "At this point, somehow, that doesn't surprise me." "Is my father here?" "No." "Okay, thanks." "Wait." "I mean, he'll probably be right back." "You can stay." "No, we, uh, gotta go find him." "Thanks." "What?" "No." "What are you doing?" "You took him from that sacred place." "It's over." "Everything." "What have you done?" "He must return to the house." "No, the house is being watched." "They followed me." "Those men were after me." "After him." "And they weren't Asian." "They were from the Western world." "Hired killers have no nationality." "In any case, you dealt with the first crude attack." "The real killers have yet to strike." "We have located your assassins, my prince." "PETER:" "No, say the rest." "Say the rest, Pop." "You're gonna try to take them out." "Now, how do you know where they're gonna be?" "Chinese takeout." "[SCOFFS]" "The best assassins are the Lo Chang." "They were smuggled into the country and they have been here for several days, training and acclimating." "It seems Western food does not agree with their systems." "The warriors of Lo Chang are addicted to very spicy food." "Too much even for me." "Very few places prepare it." "You two checked out Chinese restaurants for very large orders of spicy takeout?" "And the herb shops for men ordering a large amount of go-lai ginseng." "And this "detective work" obviously paid off for you." " Yes." " You're like the Hardy Boys." "The Hardy Boys, detective-- Never mind." "Okay." "You stay here, okay, um, I'm gonna go with them." " They're gonna need my help." " No, I am going too." "That is not possible." "I am expected to be a symbol for a country." "To be one all revere, to be honored to be treated as the one closest to God." "If I allow you to fight my battles how can I consider myself worthy?" "Or anyone else." "This is something I must do and I will not allow you to interfere." "[SHIP HORN BLOWING]" "You ready for a little search and destroy?" " Absolutely." " Don't worry." "Of course not." "Okay." "PETER:" "Whoa." "Okay, there's two of them." "Jeez, I'm not big on heights." "Go that way." "Bad position." "Heh, heh." "[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]" "I am sorry." "I did not mean to startle you." "Are you hurt?" "When a mongoose is young the cobra is his toy." "When he is old, he should not play with cobras." "Keep your head on a swivel." "[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]" "[SIGHS]" "Way to go, Pop." "Pop." "Are you here?" "Dad." "Dad, what are you doing?" " Preparing." " For what?" "He's fine." "We took out the assassins." "We cleared our family name." "The ceremony's tomorrow." "It's over." "It is not over." "It has not yet begun." "MAN:" "Hey, watch it, watch your feet." " What are you doing?" "Moving in." "What does it look like?" "[ENGLISH SDH]"