Reasons ...
We all got our reasons to do crazy,
and reckless things in life.
Mostly they don't help you none.
Not when you're left picking up the pieces.
But if the reason is love,
then maybe it's not so crazy, because people believe in love.
They know it keeps the world turning.
And right now,
that's the only thing keeping me alive.
What did you want? What did you say you wanted?
Double.
American?
Is it that obvious? No, no, no, I heard you at the bar.
I mean it's like fate right?
You know two Americans in the middle of a rave, Germany?
Do you believe in fate? Is that a line?
That's cold ... With lines like that you better expect it!
I'm going to start again.
Oh, hi! Hey!
Do you believe in fate?
I guess not, it sort of takes the fun out of things, you know?
What if it makes it more exciting?
Are you high? No, no, but...
my point is everything that happens, has already happened. It's fate.
Oh, and that's more exciting, because... You've already given me your phone number so what's the difference?
I knew it was a line!
It did work better in my head, like the build up and everything, I don't know. I admire the ground work.
Thank you, yeah!
I'm Casey. Juliette.
Juliet what?
If it's fate and we slept together you should know my last name.
What?
Wait! Hang on!
So what are you doing here?
What this place? In Germany.
You wanna know the truth?
Preferably...
Um, I got into some bad stuff in the States.
Nothing serious, just young, stupid and...
decided to use what little money I had to leave, see the world.
You going to go back? No.
Nothing to go back to.
How about you?
Ah, originally to study
and get away from my parents.
They did a lot of drugs,
a lot of fighting and not a lot of being parents.
You um, you still studying?
Not, not sure what I'm doing.
Oh, while you're not sure, you want to spend some time with me?
With you? Yeah!
Well, I um...
I appreciate you asking and you're cute, nice and everything, but um...
But I've seen you here, and I know what you're involved in.
I have no objection, we all like to party.
It's just that in my experience, guys into that lifestyle...
they're not the guys I'm looking for.
No, I'm not your typical... No, no I...
I don't think you are.
If you ever decide to make that official... you can let me know.
Wow...
Anyway, it was nice to meet you. Yeah, you too.
See you around.
Party boy!
What's going on? Stop flirting with those guys.
Seriously, Geran is waiting for us.
Look at this!
You like John Travolta?
Have you seen this movie? "Perfect"?
With Jamie Lee Curtis, butt aerobics.
Good film.
Acting not so much but Travolta ...
Shit, man! He should have Oscar.
Who this?
I'm Casey. What?
I've been working for you for six months.
What?
Casey!
Oh, yeah. Casey!
The drugs they affect my eyes.
He's big time car thief in America.
Tell her how many cars you steal?
I don't know...
I guess it was one too many.
You want to make more?
Yeah. I need someone like you,
Burt Reynolds, a nobody, but smart.
And someone like you, Grease Lightning,
A nobody, but crazy.
It's time to step up.
What is it? Special job. A lot of money.
You in?
Yeah, we're in.
Hang on, wait, no. What is it? Is it dangerous?
What kind of question's that?
Of course it's dangerous.
You want safe job?
You work at IKEA, don't question me!
If you don't want it, I don't care.
You want to run around collecting money for me till you get knifed?
That up to you, I can replace you like that.
I take care about my employees, offer you something better.
You want it?
Yes or no?
I just made it official. Thank you.
What?
I just make it official, I quit my job.
Now you've got no excuse not to go on a date with me.
Are you serious?
Completely.
You're crazy.
No, no I'm just a risk taker and you seem worth the risk.
Come on, just one date, that's all I'm asking.
You know we've seen each other every day for the last month.
Yes, I've been following you around. I'm sorry.
We should move in together.
Cool!
I love you!
Hey. Hey, how you doing?
Good. How about you?
I was good.
You want a beer?
You look cute.
Come here.
What've you been doing?
Missed you. Missed you.
So?
I gotta go to work.
I'm not stopping you. You are.
Just a little.
Maybe I can be late.
Geran. Haggen.
Well...
How's family? Good.
Yours?
Ah, I spend more time with the horses. They don't ask for so much.
Yeah.
What do you ask for, Geran?
What do you ask for, from me?
Equal partnership.
I see. We've worked together a long time.
A long time.
I never cheat you. Never once.
I take risks.
Oh, I know.
You take most of the return.
Of course.
I supply the product. Without which there would be nothing.
I accept it. I accept it.
Good.
From a business point of view, Geran.
Where is the leverage on me to give you, what you ask for?
Point of view of fairness.
This must be an appeal to my better nature.
Is that bad?
It is a bit of a surprise, as a way of asking for more money.
No. Not about money.
Partnership is respect. Yeah.
It's me in my place, you in yours. My kind, keep us in our place.
I know you'll say no, absolutely.
I know it.
But I have to ask.
I have to hear it.
Geran, the work you do, the risks you take,
entitle you to at least half of what we earn together.
But the person you are, compared to the person I am
compels me to, reject, to refuse what you ask for.
It is a question of character, of refinement,
of value, of virtue,
of which you know nothing.
Be comfortable in your place, in life, Geran.
It suits you well.
But you will never be an equal partner with me,
in any sense of the word.
Look at these people.
They're in their own little holidays, thinking this is gonna go on forever.
What's forever? Nothing.
That is the point.
Let’s go upstairs, get warm, have a cuddle, maybe have sex.
You're so romantic.
I am a lucky, lucky girl. To you!
Since you walked away from that crazy, crazy Turkish psychopath.
I'm proud of you, Casey Stein.
It worked out okay.
Okay, the challenge is...
We strip to our underwear, we get in the snow...
First one to get up, four fingers of schnapps straight out of the bottle, walks around the block, naked.
Can I keep my socks on? No!
Alright whatever. Lets do it. NAKED! NOW!
Everything off, okay?
It's too cold, I'm keeping my shorts on.
Three, two, one!
Go...!
It's so cold!
It went alright. Let's go!
Jules? Baby come on!
Jules?
What happened? Hey... Jules?
And now we've got the blood pressure under control, there should be no further risk of seizures.
We must prepare to address the underlying condition.
I'm sorry, but I will be honest.
Your status in this country does
not entitle you to a place on the required program.
Obviously, you will not be denied Haemodialysis,
Hang on, I'm sorry, you're saying she's going to need dialysis?
Yes, of course.
Well, ultimately a kidney transplant is the only solution.
And time is of the essence, but we cannot help you, I'm sorry.
Why didn't you tell me? What's the point?
You heard what she said, I need a transplant that they won't give me.
What’s the point? Come on, you're my best friend, you know everything about me.
Can you imagine how that makes me feel?
How you feel?
Stop!
Okay?!
Shit, I almost shot you through the door!
You, Burt Reynolds, you come back!
I knew it.
Hey. Come in.
How about the door?
You look tense.
You want woman?
Champagne, cocaine, viagra, take what you want.
I just need to make some money.
That's why we're all here, to make money.
That's why I own race horses, and hookers.
You know the difference between a race horse and hooker?
Me neither. D'you want to find out?
Boo!
Bye, bye.
Ciao! Bye!
Hagen Kahl, have you heard of him? No!
Okay.
Number one business man.
Hagen Kahl Logistics, is completely legal, reliable, efficient, trustworthy.
All that German shit.
Second, security.
This one not quite so legal, I mean, everyone man got to watch his assets,
but this Hagen Khal, has got an army.
Three, drugs.
Which of course is not legal at all.
So, once, every six months.
A truck traveling from docks at Rotterdam to Cologne.
Trucks carrying 4,000 cubic feet of golf balls.
Packed with cocaine all the way from Chile.
Yeah, so the cargo is delivered to one of Hagen's depots.
Empty them in the warehouse.
He hands the product off to Geran for distribution.
Geran gives back the takings in 500 EURO notes.
You know, easy to move.
Finally Hagen packs the money into the bodies of
high end luxury cars.
5 million in each car.
Then exports them onto ships, ships go back to Chile,
the cycle is complete. Pretty good setup right?
He's business man. Raised in England and German blood line,
family man, philanthropist, drug trafficker and killer.
Don't you forget that!
Now, the same guy drive truck, every time.
Doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs.
Clean record, guy is like pope.
No sleep for 8 hours, boom!
No stop to piss.
Always on time. Guy is psychopath.
Like driving terminator.
Top of truck, mounted camera.
GPS device.
So I need someone like you, Burt Reynolds,
a nobody but smart.
And you Grease Lightning, a nobody but crazy.
You figure out way to steal truck, Burt Reynolds. You bring it to me.
Then you make your money.
$250,000, each.
Now you tell me...
Are you the racehorse or are you the hooker.
Listen, I think there is a way.
What do you mean?
We go back to the States, pay for the transplant ourselves.
You don't think I thought of that?
It's nearly $200,000.
We can barely even cover our rent.
Yeah, I stop working at the site and go back to what I was doing.
Earn some serious money.
Serious money?
What're you gonna do? Rob all the casinos in Vegas?
One night of glorious mayhem?
There is a way to get the money. I can do it.
And I can look after myself too, but there's no offense.
I did it for a long time before you came along.
Okay, I just get back working for Geran, make some good money, some serious money and then,
No, Casey, I...
No, I don't want you to do that for me.
You're all I've got, okay?
All I'm trying to do is protect you.
Promise me you’re not going to do it?
Okay.
Snake bite...
Two parts Jack Daniels and tequila, one part tabasco.
T, please, hey T, please, this is serious.
I'm serious, I worked here all week, and it's my day off.
And we've gone over this 100 times. I need a drink.
Yes, I know. I need you to focus for two minutes and then we can drink.
I'm focused, eye of the tiger.
So we hit the truck here outside Austim like we talked about...
Austim. Really?
The lighter is the bike, the glass is the car.
We crash the bike into the car, make it look like an accident.
The truck stops, the driver'll get out,
and that's our opportunity. I got it.
Alright, then I'll remove the tracker and you handle the driver,
Shit, these guys, man, I tell you, they soak up the pressure.
They hit you with the counterattack, always one step ahead.
That's why they're going to win the League, that's why they get paid.
What? I got money on this game.
It was something you said.
I said a lot of things.
Yes but, soaking up the pressure, being one step ahead.
We need a counter attack.
Thanks.
You told me that if you died...
You want me to move on and forget about you.
Well, I can't do that.
It's like you're laying down to die, and that's not us.
We've got to keep moving, we've got to do whatever it takes.
Come on, lets go!
Got it? Got it? Yeah!
Come on! Come on!! Come on! Come on!!
Please! Please!
You okay? Yeah!
We said no guns.
You said no guns.
Okay, stick with me till the lake, and there's the tracker.
Be careful, okay? Yeah, you too!
Hey, you're not picking up! You're not picking up!
What's going on, where are you man? We got to meet Geran in an hour.
Call me back now, I'm at the spot. Now! Shesh!
Good morning.
You know, on the rare occasions when people like you,
try to steal from me, and take what is mine, I find myself being
weirdly drawn to them. Wondering who this foolish man can possibly be?
And who on earth would've put him up to it?
I wonder?
What I do know about you is that you're an American, because my friends here
tell me that you were talking while you were unconscious,
which of course is typically American, isn't it?
And judging by your stubborn refusal to talk right now while you are fully concious,
well, I guess that must make you
an extremely brave American or
excessively stupid American. I don't know, you tell me! Yeah.
But you and I can surely cut through all that boring back and forth
Sylvester Stallone nonsense "Eh ah Adrian".
You just give me the name or the names of the comedians who set you up for this ...
most idiotic caper.
It was me. Ah, it was my idea.
I want you to know right now, sir,
that I don't for one moment condemn you for what you have done, not at all.
'Cause our line of work is quite brutal and quite ruthless, isn't it, yeah.
You and I would never set ourselves up to present our resumes, would we, no!
We clawed, kicked and fought our way to the top didn't we?
Welcome to the big fat stupid meaningless world in which we all live, move and have our being.
But no one gives a shit, and maybe because that's the way it is, bro!
It always has been and will be, world without end.
Amen. Hallelujah!!!
Brave New World!
Yeah.
You people!
You know nothing.
Oh, by the way, before I forget, you must drink plenty of water when you start talking,
which you will do of course because your mouth will become exceedingly dry and parched from fear, you understand?
What was I going to tell you?
Oh yes that's right, my father ...
My father was quite a notorious interrogation officer during the war.
One very hot Wednesday afternoon,
July 21, 1944, no,
it wasn't, it was '43.
God, I've always hated Wednesdays.
Yeah, I remember that I was ....., I was hiding in my father's study.
I must have been playing hide and seek with my little sister, you know?
And suddenly I discovered this briefcase, my father's briefcase,
crammed with photographs of my father's methods of interrogation. They were horrible, disgusting.
My father was a horrible, disgusting, evil,
efficient beast!
An appalling sense of duty.
People who knew my father respected him, feared him.
I hated my father and I loathed him.
After he was dead, I pissed all over his grave. Pissed all over it!
So all of a sudden I'm my father's son, but not in that respect.
I hate painful coercion, I hate torture, but...
I leave that to my friends here.
All I do is deliver the final 'coup de grâce'.
Or is it, "Coup De Grâce"
Hey, I must fly myself. Mitch.
Thank you.
I have my wife's birthday party to attend to, you know?
And, ah, my three beautiful daughters, they would severly ...
CHASTISE ME!!!
You know what women are like, don't you?
So I'll leave you in good hands, okay?
Ciao!
Oh, one other thing, I noticed on your wrist band the name Juliette Marne.
They tell me that you were calling her name when you were unconscious.
Leave her out of this. I promise she has nothing to do with it.
Americans are extraordinary. Must be all that psychoanalysis.
Maybe I should have it, oh, am I too screwed up for it?
So anyway, if you don't give us the information we need ...
I'm sure she will.
Auf wiedersehen, my friend.
Hey, I've got somethin' you need, wait!
Hey! Hey!
What's going on? Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay, just got caught up.
Where were you last night?
I was just out with Matthias.
But Casey, you promised me you weren't going to go back to that.
Yeah, I know, I know, it's not what you think. Okay.
Hey, I was thinking we should get out of town for a while.
Just you and me, get away, take a break.
Look, I saw the letter, I...
I just...
I don't need all this shit right now, okay?
You know what day it is, yeah?
Yeah, I know, look...
I'm coming home and... No!
I can’t do this right now, okay?
Jules, look, I'm sorry.
I'll be home soon, please, please, just wait for me. ok?
I gotta to go.
Jules?
Hey, Jules?
Hey, this is Juliette, leave a message.
I'm coming to get you, please, just stay there, okay?
Hey, move!
That guy is trying to kill me. He's got a gun. He's got a gun!
Where were you? You okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm okay.
Listen, listen, I need you to do something for me.
Juliette's in trouble.
What? She's in trouble.
She's at the hospital, but she's heading home.
I need you to get her out of the apartment.
I will, what should I say?
I don't know, just take her for coffee, say you want to see a movie, whatever!
Movie? Why the hell is she going to go to a movie with me?
I don't know, T, just get her out of the apartment!
Okay, okay, okay.
Hello?
If it was the story of more woe, then Juliette and her Romeo.
That's William Shakespeare, brutal.
Many innocent characters of his died violent and meaningless deaths like
Juliette and her Romeo. Poor Casey Stein.
Lovers address,
is Kaiser Strasse 237, apartment 12B.
Yeah, that's it, 12B.
You can have it back.
Tell me where, I'll drop the money, all of it!
Just please leave her out of this.
Run, little piggy, run, run, run. Run, little piggy, run, run, run.
Hey, this is Juliette, leave a message!
Jules, come on, you need you to answer your phone!
I'm sorry, I get that you're mad, but I'm begging you, please, get out of the house!
I love you so much, just please listen to me, okay!
ANSWER THE PHONE!!!
You better talk, you bastard! Talk!
Hey Geran, yeah, I know we messed up.
You sell me out? You sell me out?
No, no, I didn't give you up! I didn't say anything.
It went wrong, but I busted out and stole a car.
It was one of Hagen's drop cars, okay?
It had money in it, lots of money!
When you say lots, how much?
There's like 5 million in each car, right?
And Geran, look, I need $200,000. The rest is yours, all of it.
But you need to do something for me.
Do what?
I need you to protect my girlfriend, Juliette Marne.
Okay? She's at Kaiser Strasse 237, apartment 12B.
Get her out of there. That all?
Oh, come on!
Yo, this is Matthias. Drop it like it's hot!
Matthias, I need to know what's going on. Did you get Juliette?
Hey it's Casey, leave a message.
Casey, I don't know how to say this, man, but she's not there.
Just let me know she's safe.
I think someone got there first. Call me back, okay?
Call me back!
Pump three.
It's too much? You can keep the change, okay? Keep it.
Come on. Come on, you can see I'm in a mess here.
I need your help, I screwed up.
I really screwed this up!
I was trying to do the right thing for her, but it was stupid.
Tried to do it again.
I mean, she told me ... she told me not to do this and I promised and,
now I might have gotten her killed.
I know you don't know me, but I'm not a bad guy.
But the people chasing me,
they are going to kill the love of my life if I don't get to Cologne in time.
Give me that gas and let me drive out of here,
I'll be the luckiest guy alive.
You don't... I probably deserve that too.
I do, but she doesn't, okay?
She doesn't deserve any of this.
Thank you! You are a god damn...
I want to kiss you but I won't, you know you're a saint, thank you!
Hey, easy! Easy!
I don't know what you're saying.
Get down, get down!
I don't know what you're saying.
You okay? Ja, ja!
Look, you don't want to... You don't want to get involved with these guys, okay?
Just put it down. Put it down. Please.
You have to get out of here. Let them go.
What is your name?
Hey, please stay out of this.
He's already made his choice.
Name please?
Wolfgang.
Sorry, a little louder, I'm a little hard of hearing. It's my age, you understand.
My name is Wolfgang.
Wolfgang?
You mean after Amadeus Mozart? Wow!
Do you speak English, Wolfgang?
Don't play his games, don't.
Please, I'm talking to my friend, Wolfgang.
Sorry, Wolfy.
Do you speak the English?
A little bit.
That is good, that is very good.
Therefore I will speak slowly.
Do you like Mozart, Wolfgang?
Sure. Good.
Well, you'll be meeting him soon.
Listen I've been hunting deer since I was 12,
and they are five times faster than you.
And I very rarely miss.
And from this range I barely have to aim.
And I'll blow your head from here to Düsseldorf.
It wasn't a discussion.
Now it's his time.
The painless coup de gras.
Well ....
Obviously I've misjudged you, my friend.
In my experience, people who are about to die, usually cry,
or pray, or beg a little.
But laughing a little, well, that is original.
You really are quite an exceptional young man, aren’t you!
You don't see it, do you?
No...!
Enlighten me, please.
I mean, you think with all your money, you're somehow better than me.
That you're safe and in control.
But you're not...
I'm in control.
Because I've still got your truck.
So you should think about making a deal.
Burt Reynolds, did you get her?
Who? You know who, Juliette.
Juliette!
No. No. We were too late. What d'you mean you were too late?
Somebody got there before us.
She's dead, I'm sorry my friend.
I mess with you... I mess with you.
We got her! We got her! Oh man, your face...
I wish I could see it. She here, relax! She here.
I'm confused. She's there? You've got her? She's alive?
My men just pick her up, she's on her way.
Come here to race track.
Yeah, okay, I'm on my way.
Bring the money, okay? Yeah, I got the money. I got the money.
I have to warn you.
From what I hear, she's pretty pissed with you.
Shake me, Burt Reynolds!
You give me heart attack!
Next time I shoot you.
Where is she?
You don't see it?
Where, see what?
You man, you. What?
You look like a Burt Reynolds.
Fine, you've got her, right? She's here?
It compliment. You're very handsome man.
Well, now not so much, geeze, you know.
Now he look like "manikin".
But then, Alai’im, like a statue, in 'Deliverance' - his body.
You could light a match off it!
I just need to see her. I just need to see her.
I fuck love Burt Reynolds.
Lets walk!
You say anything to Hagen Kahl about me that I plan all this?
Nothing. Nothing?
No, nothing! And where is she?
Oh, I love this song...
Beautiful...
Hey, hey, Geran!
No, no, no, no, It's me, it's me, Burt Reynolds.
Burt Reynolds, what did I say?
No sudden moves.
I'm sorry, yeah!
Please, the drugs are strong today!
Jesus!
Come on!
Geran... Geran!! Yeah!
That's not her! What?
You got the wrong woman!
Hey, stay cool man! I did as you asked.
I pick her up from Kaiser Strasse 237, apartment 12D!
B! What?
Apartment 12B.
Not D? No!
Ah... that explains everything. No wonder she didn't want to come.
She can go! She can go!!!
You stupid asshole!
If anything has happened to her I swear I'm going... DO WHAT?
I ask you, Burt Reynolds. Do what?
Where's the truck?
Tell me where the damn truck is!
No.
Ah, mein..!
Hello? I believe I have something you want?
Mr. Stein.
Please, please don't hurt her. She's got nothing to do with this.
Then give me what is mine! Okay, okay, but...
We do it on my terms. Meet me at the Stiefe Bar in Cologne.
And put her on the phone. I want to know she's okay.
Oh my god!
Are you okay?
He's here, Hagen's here.
Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh,
shadows of the evening steal across the sky.
What a day it has been, Mr. Stein.
What a beautiful day.
I see you brought the money.
Open the case.
Yep, all seems to be in order.
Shut the case. Step back.
By the way, I heard about her illness,
and your gallant and chivalrous desire to save her life.
I was most moved.
Incidentally you're free to go, Miss. Marne.
You, on the other hand, Casey, I'll need you to stay so we can sort out this truck business.
Hello, Geran.
I need drink.
Will somebody get me a drink before I die of thirst?
That's ....
That's nice!
Now...
You think I loud, brash, disgusting,
got no manners? Maybe, yes!
But I do have heart and that heart was sliced in two
when you refused me equal partnership.
I take it you set up this little circus, Mr. Stein?
Yeah, it was me.
So you gave yourself up to save her life.
That is most interesting.
No, I'm not leaving you. Look, you've got the money. You've got the money.
Why are you doing this?
Why? Because I choose to. It's all in the game, Miss Marne.
Call it the Trinity game.
Like the man said, I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.
That simple.
Go! Go!!
Bastards!
Hey ... Stop right there.
What the hell is going on, Casey?
Geran offered me and Matthias money to steal a truck from this gangster that had golf balls
full of cocaine in it.
What ? I wanted the money for you,
to make you better.
Casey... It went bad, I got caught and they tortured me and ...
Casey...? I broke out and stole a car, there was 5 million euros inside.
In there? Yeah!
Jesus! Hey, look, I just wanted to give you the life you deserve.
What?
If I stuck a pair of tights over my head and robbed a bank, you'd think is was a dumb idea!
Yeah, yes of course, I know!
I think some people would think what I did was, kind of like... romantic.
Romantic? Yeah.
Well, it's kinda romantic. Thank you!
Wait... Wait!
Take the money. I'll find you.
You'll be okay? Yeah, I love you.
I love you.
Cola!
And cherry.
Makes cherry coke!
My daughter taught me that.
Take this.
In prison, candy is like gold dust.
I want to make a deal.
With this... how do you Americans call it...?
Rap sheet, you need a miracle.
Hagen Kahl, ever heard of him?
He's an outstanding member of this community.
And the biggest drug lord in Germany.
With powerful allies that would bury such allegations.
Not with hard evidence.
Even then he could still walk.
Well, this'll get you through the door, then the rest, that's up to you.
I'm listening.
The truck travels from the docks in Rotterdam to Cologne,
full of golf balls packed with cocaine from Chile.
It's unloaded in Hagen's depot and then distributed across Germany.
It happens once every six months.
Except, last night the shipment was stolen.
By whom?
You think I'm an amateur?
It doesn’t matter.
What matters is ...
Decoy truck.
It's like you said, we gotta be one step ahead, have a counter attack.
Why the hell do we need a decoy truck?
It's insurance in case Geran tries to kill us instead of giving us the money.
Don't you forget that.
Where are we going to get a decoy truck?
We'll steal it.
A couple of days before, you and me, empty truck, minimum security.
Then we put the decoy truck here, off the hit point.
And when we finish with the stop...
we swap the trailers.
Simple. Boom.
I can give you that truck... full of cocaine,
with Hagen Kahl's name on the side of it!
What makes you think I'll make a deal?
It would be the biggest drug bust Cologne's ever seen.
The press would love it and...
...your daughter would have a hero for a father.
Here, this came for you this morning.
CASEY!!!
So, as I said...
We all got our reasons to do crazy things in life,
but Juliette's getting the operation she needed.
We're starting a new life together.
I love you.
No one's ever told me that before.
Girls never told you that before?
No, nobody ever.
I love you.
I love you, too.
So if the reason's good enough.
If the reason's love,
then maybe it's not so crazy after all.