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I know a place where the purse
is much bigger.
Thanks, but I've got a
day job.
Thanks, but I've got a day
job.
If you're looking to prove
something to yourself,
there's no
better place to do it.
You don't know
me.
I can't imagine anyone buying you
out at this point.
It'll be good to
have you at home again.
I came as soon
as I heard.
That makes sense,
considering the amount of opium you had
stored here.
It's gone, by the way.
All of it.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
He doesn't know anything.
Father Jun may be checked out,
but you better believe he watches the
fucking books.
All roads lead to some
kind of major fuckery.
I'm not looking
to sink your ship, I just want to help.
Pitting father against son.
You're going to tear apart the only
tong
that can stand up to Mai Ling.
Vega, that tournament you told me
about,
you still need a fighter?
Did we cross into Mexico?
Not exactly. Rooker's Mill is a border
town.
It's not
even a town, really.
It's all private
property owned by one man.
And that's,
uh, Rooker, right?
Elijah Rooker.
- Rich guy. Yes.
And like I
said, obsessed with fighters.
I guess
he gets off on watching men beat each other to
death.
He hosts this tournament every
year.
Fighters come from all over the
country.
The cash prize is a hell of a
lot more
than you could earn fighting
at my boat.
You said that's $$2,500,
right?
Less my cut.
Of
course.
Goddamn.
I think I'm
gonna like it here after all.
So that
does nothing for you, huh?
Not a thing.
And you really like men?
Certain men, yes.
Do you
like me?
No.
Why the fuck
not?
- Would you fuck your sister? - I
don't have a sister.
But if you did.
Of course not.
Wait a minute.
So this
Rooker really owns all of this?
The
land, the buildings,
everything from
the tavern to the tannery.
Even the
cops are his.
There'll be less of this
riffraff once we're inside the gates.
I'm used to being the riffraff.
Today you're on the guest list.
Open your fucking coat.
No
weapons allowed on Rooker's ranch.
You
get them back when you leave.
- Move
along. - Wait here.
All right, step up,
amigo. Open your coat.
- What's the
deal? - No weapons inside.
I don't give
up my blades for anyone.
One of these
days, you should learn to fight with your fists.
Fuck off.
I think you should
probably just give them up.
I'll get
them through.
Next.
Not a
fucking word.
Not a fucking word.
Se?ores.
Get some rest.
I'll see you all at the welcome dinner
in a few hours.
Se?orita.
Look at this shit hole.
It's not so bad.
I'm glad
you feel that way,
because you'll be
sleeping on the floor.
Slept on a lot
worse.
But enough about your sex life.
Speaking of which...
What is
the deal with you and Vega?
Purely
professional.
She is very attractive.
You hear that? Even Hong is hot for
her.
She's our ticket to the show,
that's all.
Bullshit.
You're
either in there, or you're about to be.
I have a nose for these things.
To a man with a hammer, everything
looks like a nail.
It's a business
arrangement, and I keep my dick out of my
business.
Says the guy who fucked the
duck lady who hid our opium.
- Wait,
what? - Long story.
We've got hours
until dinner.
Good point.
Where you going?
Just going
for a walk.
Get centered.
He's a complicated man.
That
he is, Hong. That he is.
Watch where the fuck you're going,
mate.
Oh, shit, he's throwing you the
evil eye.
Is he?
You got a
problem with me?
No, no problem.
You sure about that?
I don't
know; you sure you won't be needing that hand
anymore?
Listen to this one.
Your English is pretty good.
Thanks, I thought so too, you know,
but for some reason, your hand is still
there.
Yeah, it is.
So what
you gonna do about it?
Come any closer,
and I'll break his arm.
All right,
let's do this, boy.
I let you out of my
sight for one minute...
You're Dolph
Jagger, right?
Who the fuck are you?
Someone who'd much rather see him take
you apart for the money.
Is there a
problem here?
Hey, just, uh, stretch
out the arm.
Maybe you'll get the
feeling back in an hour or two.
You're
a dead man.
Yeah, I get that a lot.
- All right, move along. - Come on,
boys.
Let's get a drink.
I'm gonna have to keep a
close eye on you, aren't I?
Definitely.
Can I at least trust you to stay
inside the gates until the tournament?
Sure.
Where are you going?
A little business in town.
You want company?
What I
want is for you to stay out of trouble and get
some rest.
Think you can do that?
Stay out of trouble or rest?
See you later.
Damn, someone
cleans up nice.
Shut the fuck up.
- Strictly business, right? - Strictly
business.
Good evening, boys.
Thought I'd come a bit early, get the
lay of the land.
Interesting crowd.
You can relax. I saw the roster.
You're not fighting until tomorrow.
I hope you're hungry.
I hope
you're hungry.
Have either of you had
Mexican food before?
No Mexican in
Chinatown.
Well, you're in for a treat.
Take this, and you dip it in.
Take this, and
you dip it in.
Take this, and you dip
it in.
Take this, and you dip it in.
Take this, and you dip it in.
That our host?
Yes, that's
Rooker.
Good evening, ladies and
gentlemen,
and welcome to Rooker's
Mill.
I'm Elijah Rooker, and I thank
y'all for coming.
Now, I came out West
20 years ago, looking to make my mark.
When I settled on this land, it wasn't
much to look at...
But I saw an
opportunity.
I knew that with a little
vision and some hard work,
I would find
my fortune here.
And now you have all
come to find a fortune of your own.
About a hundred years ago,
the gun replaced the sword
as the civilized man's weapon of
choice.
God knows, it's how the West
was won.
It's how this great country
was won.
Without gunpowder, there would
be no America.
But something was
lost...
The intimacy and the honesty of
hand-to-hand combat,
men fighting the
way nature intended,
with nothing but
the weapons they were born with.
You
men are the last of the true warriors.
I started this tournament
to celebrate all of you.
And one of you
is gonna go home
a lot richer than when
you came.
And that's what America is,
isn't it?
A place where every day is
another chance
to go to sleep richer
than when you woke up!
Ladies and
gentlemen...
my wife, Marisol.
Now, I've been living on the border
with the Mexicans
so long that I
actually left my wife for one.
And
today we celebrate our anniversary.
And
since you're all here, we invite you to celebrate
it with us.
Happy anniversary, darling.
Enjoy your dinner. And may the best man
win!
Enjoy your dinner. And may the
best man win!
Something wrong?
Not at all.
You should eat.
You'll need your strength.
You ready?
Ready?
Ready?
And...fight!
Come on,
pendejo!
Come on!
Did I miss
something?
We had a moment.
Damn, this tequila is
something else.
You know you gotta eat
the worm too, right?
Come on, man, eat
it. It's part of the culture.
You gotta
eat it. It's bad luck if you don't.
You
disappeared.
I'm just enjoying the
quiet.
It's nice to get out of the city
every once in a while,
go somewhere
where you can actually breathe.
I
guess, in the city, you tend to forget how
beautiful America can be.
Actually,
this used to be Mexico.
Everything you
see here, even where we're standing,
long before they drew their invisible
lines
and decided it was California.
So...you, uh,
come to my
fight club.
You win. You leave.
I don't know anything else about you.
I feel a little cheated.
Well, there's not much to know.
I grew up in China.
My
sister came here a few years before me.
I came to find her, to bring her home.
Turns out, she wasn't interested.
But you stayed.
Yeah, she
was my only family.
I have a sister
too.
Really?
Like you, we're all that's left of our
family.
You and me, we're both
strangers in this land.
They say we're
welcome, but by that,
they mean we're
tolerated, and just barely.
They take
away our rights, our land, our money.
Whatever we have left over,
they can take that away tomorrow too.
So really, all we have are the people
we love,
our family.
And
what if you don't have one?
Then you
find one
and hold on to them as tight
as you can.
You make it sound so easy.
I guess it is if you find the right
people
or...person.
We're
not gonna do this.
I'm sorry.
For a moment, it kind of felt like we
were.
Okay, come on.
I'll
walk you to your room.
Come on! Come
on!
He's strong.
You think
you can take him?
- Yeah. - Good.
'Cause you're fighting him next.
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