"ANCIENT:" "Ah, that is good." "Maintain your flow." "Be at one with your chi." "I feel great anxiety." "The rhythms of consciousness rings in discord." "Yes, I sense it too." "Someone close to me is in great distress." "Can you feel who it is?" "No." "ANCIENT:" "The anguish grows." "You must go to them." "Yes." "I must." "Continue with the class." "Caine!" "You must help me, Caine." "I am lost." "They come for me." "Help me, Kwai Chang Caine." "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." "[GRUNTING]" "Why do you hit the post with such violence?" "It burns out the rage." "Keeps me from killing people." "You mean you do this to release your unwanted, destructive emotions?" "Yeah." "Something like that." "Is that not something of a paradox?" "Yeah, it's paradoxical." "It's stupid." "Yeah, but that's what-- That's what cops do." "You here to discuss my exercise routine or is there something else?" "Because...." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Look I got a full plate right now." "And justice makes me very, very upset when one of the bad guys gets away." "I've come because I want your help." "I have a friend who is in trouble." "Arrested?" "No." "About to be?" "I do not think so." "Well, what?" "What kind of trouble?" "I do not know." "Well, look, pop" "Dad." "You know I'd help you." "Anything at all." "You gotta be more specific." "I wish I could be more specific." "So how do you know this guy's in trouble?" "He call, or what?" "It came to me in meditation." "What came to you?" "That he was in trouble." "And in a sort of difficulty that I might not be able to handle on my own." "Okay." "All right, let me get this straight." "[PETER SIGHS]" "You were meditating and you had a vision, a feeling that this friend of yours was in trouble." " Does this friend have a name?" " Two Feathers." "Indian?" "He was, at one time, a student of mine." "Oh, so he's a Shaolin, a holy man." "No, uh, he is too young to be what his people would call a pipe carrier." "A holy man." "If he survives, he will be." "He is the future." "That is what is threatened." "Look, I know you wouldn't come here unless you felt it was important." "And I wanna help you and everything but finding some guy that you saw in a dream...." "I understand." "Please accept my apology." "I had no right to make my own concerns yours." "It is simply that certain aspects of life this life, this place, are very difficult for me." "They're difficult for me too." "But I can't help you unless I get proper authorization from Blaisdell." "I got a backlog of cases." "I don't think he's gonna let me off for something this vague." "Sure you can." " What?" " If your father needs you of course you can help him." "Take all the time you need." "Look, I'm up to my ass in depos on the Scallini case." "I got a liquor-store situation" "There are other officers in this precinct, Peter." "There's a whole squad room full of them out there." " Let me introduce you to them." " Come on." "Captain." "BLAISDELL:" "I've had to deal with your son for the last few years." "I might have some kind of a handle or something on this." "Let me talk to him, okay?" "Oh, and Caine maybe sometime we could just have a cup of coffee." "A sandwich or something." "We have a lot in common." "Yes, we do." "Maybe there's some stories you'd like to hear about that time." "One father to another." "Yeah, exactly." "That was sweet." "I really don't have time for this." " You don't wanna help your father?" " I want to help him, but...." "How much credence would his story have been given if he had called in cold?" "I mean, this Indian he's talking about, Two Feathers." "He found out he was in trouble while he was meditating." "Means it came to him in a dream." "I don't care if it came to him on a bubblegum card." "There's something happening in the Indian community." "There's been a rash of violent incidents." "I've been looking for a way to get somebody in there, find out something." "It's a closed society." "Now maybe, just maybe your father can provide an in for you and then for us, huh?" "We don't get a bite on an address, we're gonna have to shop around." "I don't think my badge will be a conversation starter in Two Feathers' community." "If you do not trust others, they will not trust you." "Well, it's a two-way street, Dad." "Just the way it is." "[VIDEO GAME BEEPING]" " Peter." " Father." " What is that?" " Nothing." "I have heard that something may be nothing but it is news to me that it can sing." "[PETER SIGHS]" "Where did you get this?" "I traded one of the kids in town for it." "CAINE:" "What did you give him for it?" "One of the little gongs you gave me for my room." "Why do you hide this from me?" " It is only a game." " I'm sorry." "I thought it would offend you, having something like that in the temple." "Reverence for the past does not mean we ignore the future or the present." "Only a fool does not take advantage of modern ways as long as that way does not deprive him of something more important." "Right." "Got it, pop." "Don't lose your soul over video games." "[VIDEO GAME BEEPING]" "Something like that." "PETER:" "Okay, let's try the side door." "Referencing city hall's public records." "Social programs." "Employees?" "Employees." "We got him." " Is that our boy?" " That is Two Feathers." "He works at a community center out on Orchard." "That's a part of town the mailman brings his own pit bull." "I got you." "[PEOPLE CHATTERING]" "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "I've got a job for a medicine man:" "a wounded playground warrior." "TWO FEATHERS:" "Is it serious?" "No, it's all right." " She's the one that made me come." " Oh." "Let me see." "[TWO FEATHERS EXHALES]" "TWO FEATHERS:" "This should do the trick." "What's that?" "It will prevent infection." "It may sting." "I'm not gonna cry, if that's what you think." " Oh?" " No." "Indian warriors don't cry." "Some do." "They do?" "See, my grandfather made one of these for me when I was even younger than you." "He said when I spin it, I can hear the cries of all the Indian people who ever lived." "BOY:" "Huh." " Listen." "[GHOSTLY WAILING]" "[TWO FEATHERS SIGHS]" "You and I are joined to them, and they to us." "That is our heritage." "The true strength of our people." "That is what it means to be Indian." "Keep this." "Hey, kid I'll give you 10 for it." " No." " Ah, that's right." " It's your heritage." "Can't sell that, huh?" " It is also your heritage, Crow Dog." "All your dead, wailing ancestors ain't worth nothing." "Stop fighting us on this, Two Feathers." "We need the signatures for the petition." "Once we get enough we can go to state government, and then the construction can begin." "You talk about the past." "I talk about the future." " This is important." " Yes, it is." "You're in our way." "If where I stand blocks your way, step around me." "Can't do that." "You have to walk with us." "Why don't we talk about this somewhere else?" "TWO FEATHERS:" "Go now." "MAN:" "Let's go, Two Feathers." " Hey, pretty nice car." "PETER:" "Thanks." "For a cop." "Hey, I got it at a police auction." "It belonged to a drug dealer." "How'd you know I was a cop?" "Ah, the only white folks that come around here..." " ...are cops or bill collectors." " Oh, so maybe I'm a bill collector." "Heh." "Not in this car." "Maybe in my next life I'll have a car like this." "Why not in this life?" "Because in this life, I'm an Indian." "[SCOFFS]" "Hey." "Come here." "I'm looking for a man named Two Feathers." " Does he live here?" " You're a cop, go find out." " Boy." " Right." "Thank you." "Very nice." "Police." "Looking for a guy named Two Feathers." "Well, I can figure out why you might want him but what's your reason, officer?" "Same as his." "I wish to speak to him." " You know Two Feathers?" "CAINE:" "Yes though, uh, it has been many years since we have been together." "Um, I am Caine." "This is my son, Peter." "Really?" "Except for the eyes, I wouldn't have made the connection." "He's not here." "I don't know when he'll be back." "It is important." "I'll tell him you came by." "Your brother" "I never said he was my brother." "has come into conflict with very powerful, dangerous people." "He refuses to make the accommodations they require." "So how do you know all this if you haven't talked to him?" "It, uh came to him in a dream." "I do not know the reason for this dispute." "But since he will not change or compromise" "No, he won't." "But how do you know that?" "He was my student." "You're that Shaolin priest." "When faced with more than one adversary in a fight you cannot avoid there is one thing that is most important." "What is it?" "Don't let them see your fear." "No." "More." "You must convince them of your willingness your enthusiasm for combat." "They must believe that you are eager to do battle." "Which do I attack first?" "[WHISPERS] The one you cannot see." "Two Feathers is in danger." "And you think you can help." "I only wish to make the offer." "And you?" "I'm with him." "There's a club down the street." "Someone there may have seen him." "I'll go check it out." "They won't talk to you." "I'll go." "We'll all go together." " You coming?" "CAINE:" "No." "Could you tell me where he keeps his things?" "His room's upstairs." "Yes." "There's a coalition, Indians and whites." "Uh, they want to build a resort and gambling casino on reservation land." "And my brother opposes this." "His opinion carries a lot of weight." "Well, gambling's against state law." "State law, yes, and state law doesn't apply on reservation land." "These white guys?" "What can you tell me about them?" "Well, they're dressed-up thugs with pockets full of dope money." "So you're against this because they're white or you're against this because their money is dirty?" "SISTER:" "No, it's not the color of their money or their skin." "I believe in the great spirit Darwin." "Adapt or become extinct." "When the river runs dry, the fisherman moves on." "All right, then you're for the casino." "We have to regain control of our destiny." "If that's a casino, fine, so long as we run it, we control it and we own it, then I'm for it." "[GHOSTLY WAILING]" "CROW DOG:" "What's it gonna take?" "I mean, what about a job?" " Dealing cards?" " No." "No, it can't be that." "They say gamblers like their dealers to look sympathetic." "You know, vulnerable." "Yeah, like blond, female and well-endowed." " Not of our people." " Well, it's nothing personal." "You gotta give the customers what they want, right?" "Especially when the customer's losing large." "He doesn't want what's right." "So let's get on with this." "You see, chief, it's like this." "When you talk, your people listen." "Now, that's worth something to us." "THUG:" "You must want something." "Let's hear it, chief." "Walk with me on this." "We get half of what's built." "Think of the profits, and the jobs." "Why are some of us bought so cheaply?" "Hey?" "Grass doesn't grow." "Wind doesn't blow." "All that remains is lies." "This is not our future." " Hey!" "CROW DOG:" "This is a coward's weapon." "If we're gonna do this let's do it like warriors." "They must believe that you are eager to do battle." "TWO FEATHERS:" "Which do I attack first?" "[WHISPERS] The one you cannot see." "CAINE:" "Your most powerful, most formidable opponent will wait until you are weak and tired." "Engage him now." "[GROANS]" "CAINE:" "Instinct is quicker than reason." "Do not think." "React." "Strike out." "THUG:" "Come here." "Get him." "[GRUNTING]" "When they are so many, what do I do?" "[ALL GRUNTING]" "Against overwhelming odds." "That's enough." "You lose." "That's enough!" "CROW DOG:" "He's dead." "We have to leave him where he can be found." "Shows his medicine is weak." "Wherever, just get him out of here." "Last time I saw him do something like that, I was 12 years old." "A little girl was lost." "SISTER:" "Did he find her?" "PETER:" "Yeah." "She was in a corn field, with a broken leg." "SISTER:" "Well, then, let's not disturb him." "CAINE:" "Two Feathers." "Caine!" "I cannot cross!" " I'm at the river's edge." " Two Feathers, it is me." "Too late." "[YELLING]" "Too late." "Too late." "CAINE:" "I will free you of pain." "Your journey has begun." "TWO FEATHERS:" "Come over, Kwai Chang Caine." "Come." "Come to me." "Come." "Do you know of a place near here, a canyon of words." "A canyon?" "Like an alley?" "Graffiti." "Words on a wall?" "Your brother is there, and he's dying." "We must hurry." "There's hundreds of alleyways like this in the district." "We just got the wrong one." "This is the only one which death clings to." "TWO FEATHERS:" "Caine!" "CAINE:" "There." "[GRUNTS]" "SISTER:" "Oh, no." "I'll call for the paramedics." "SISTER:" "Two Feathers." "CAINE:" "It is too late for that." " I'm calling for an ambulance." " We are at the river, my son." " What river?" " The river of light and dark." "CAINE:" "Strains of pain and awareness." "[YELLS]" "It flows between us and him." "You cannot see it, but it is there." "CAINE:" "He is already on the other side." "My brother is not dead." "He's not." " I know" " I know it's hard to accept." " No, he is alive." "You said that you understood." "Yes." "I understand." "I understand we have a murder victim on our hands." "But no one knows this in our community." "If they believe Two Feathers is alive that he is up in the hills healing his wounds, that he will return these white man cannot succeed." "Just how long do you think you can keep a charade going?" "As long as it takes for my brother's words to be understood." " You're asking me to cover up a murder." "SISTER:" "I'm just asking for time." "Don't let my brother's death finish here in this place." "All right, I can book him as a John Doe." "Take his wallet and ID." "By the time they run his prints I'll have bought you maybe 36 hours." "That's it." "That's enough time." "The vote is tonight." "I will build a burial stand for him in a place of tranquility." "There is a clearing in the woods, near the lake where we fish." "I'll take you there." "CAINE:" "I will cross the river and be with you when I begin my journey." "[SIGHS]" "[CHATTERING]" " You're gonna be cool about this, right?" " These are my people." " I know how to talk to them." " Just try to keep it low-key." "Well, you do the same." "You're walking in here with two strikes." "You're white, and you're a cop." "I'm also a descendant of Custer." "Is that gonna be a problem?" "Friends, hear me!" "When we are divided, we are weak." "We achieve nothing." "This is the way we speak the loudest." "This is a chance to control our destinies." "No more handouts from the white man's government that robs us of dignity." "[CHEERING]" " Two Feathers said it is wrong." " He said it's a sham." "Yeah, that's right." "This is not a denial of our heritage." "It is a celebration of our determination to make our voices heard." "Let's get this signed." "SISTER:" "No." " Can I get a beer?" "SISTER:" "Nothing will be signed here tonight until I have been heard." "I'll just take the knife out of my back, no problem." "Two Feathers could not be here to speak to you tonight." "So I have come in his place to face the one who has betrayed not only your heritage but your souls." "The only people who will celebrate the signing of this petition are the white trash sitting over there..." " ...who want to make fools of you." " Oh, very low key." "They're slick." "They throw their money in our faces." "This casino will bring jobs, yes but not for Indians." "They will control our destinies and we will be shut out." "You will have the right to lose your money and drink to the death of your race." "CROW DOG:" "These are your brother's words." "Well, where is he?" "Let him speak." "He will." "He will return and talk to each and every one of you once he heals from the wounds you have inflicted on him." "They beat him with clubs, left him for dead." "Crow Dog and these men who come as your saviors." "They can wash the blood from their hands but not the hatred from their hearts." "This is Two Feathers' prayer stick." "He gave it to me before he went into the mountains to heal and grow strong and return." "Look for yourselves, it is covered with his blood." "[CROWD CHATTERING]" "Easy there, slugger." "This will just cause more bloodshed, more violence." "Your ancestors cry out for remembrance." "Yeah." "We should wait for Two Feathers." "Don't sign anything until Two Feathers returns." "Just great." "Hey, what--?" "That's it, we're out of here." "CROW DOG:" "No!" "Stop this!" "PETER:" "Excuse me, coming through." "So how'd I do?" "Jimmy Swaggart would've been proud of you." "Let's go." "Soon, my friend I will be ready to receive you." "Soon." "[SIGHS]" "THUG:" "Two Feathers is dead." "We left him broken and bleeding." "MAN:" "You remember when we beat Benny for four hours and left him for dead?" "Two days later, he's out with his old lady eating linguini." "The only way to make sure a man's dead is to put a bullet in his brain." "Pop." "CROW DOG:" "He is dead." "I feel it." "I know it." "His strength no longer flows against me." "MAN:" "If her brother's not dead if he did manage to crawl away into some cave to lick his wounds, then she can take us to him..." " ...and we can finish the job." " I want no part of this." "Hey, we're out of time, we're out of options." "We take care of this thing tonight." "PETER:" "Maybe you shouldn't have come here." "This is where I belong." "Let it go." "It'll be better." "My father would say that true power seems weak." "To mourn is to feel." "It's all right to cry." "[SOBBING]" "You have a good heart a gentle soul." "It has not always been that way but now your aura struggles to be set free." "A cop's life hampers spiritual enlightenment." "You're good at your job." "You listen and you care." "I was taught that as a child." "By your father?" " Yes." " He taught you well." "[GRUNTS]" "No!" "THUG:" "Where is your brother?" "CROW DOG:" "Take us to him." " You know where he is." "MAN:" "Let's get going." "You see?" "It's true." "There is the body of Two Feathers." "Come on, let's go." "Get up there and cut his damn head off." "We'll drag it through the streets if we have to, to make the point." "Don't, for your own sake." "It's too late." "That ought to send his spirit away for-- Maybe for a few days in Vegas." "Ha, ha." "SISTER:" "You don't know what you're doing." "[GRUNTS]" "[SISTER GRUNTS]" "[SISTER AND MAN GRUNTING]" "SISTER:" "Let go." "[GRUNTS]" "Need any help?" "I guess not." "I think that Two Feathers died for nothing." "His death didn't change anything." "Nothing's going to change." "He shared his soul." "With you, with me." "And he knew." "He knew what?" "That you would take his place." "Me?" "To do what?" "What he did." "A bridge between the past and the future." "That's a shaman." "Yes, it is." "I haven't got the strength." "Then you must find it." "[GHOSTLY WAILING]" "And anyway the choice is not yours." "No." "It is theirs." "[ENGLISH SDH]"