Jesus is in agony
until the end of the world.
I'm sorry, Mr. Kline, for this deeply unpleasant arrangement.
I apologize.
I have a fear of being contaminated by all sorts of things.
I have an only son whose name is Shitao.
Three years ago, without any explanation,
he left for Asia.
A year after he left, he sent me a telegram,
from the island of Mindanao... in the Philippines.
He asked me to deposit 10.000 dollars into his account.
I did so without question.
A month later, he asked for the same amount again.
This time I sent a detective, a man named Vargas.
Vargas searched for six weeks and had reasons to believe...
that my son was looking after an orphanage
in an area occupied by gold miners.
A short while later, I received a telegram from Vargas.
He said everything was fine,
that I could send the money, that it was for the orphanage.
I sent the money.
Since then, 13 months have passed without any news.
And I have no means of reaching Vargas.
Do you have any idea why your son left?
You must understand, Mr. Kline,
that mine is the largest pharmaceutical conglomerate in the world.
I built this empire from nothing, through sheer force of will.
Perhaps I was too hard on my son.
Since he was ten years old,
I have only ever seen my boy from there,
where you are now sitting.
Please, find him.
You have cane blanche, Mr. Kline.
Spend whatever you need to spend.
But please bring me back my son.
When and where will you begin your inquiry?
I have another job I'm finishing up in a couple of days.
I guess I would start in Mindanao and pick up where Vargas left off.
Very well Mr. Kline.
Thank you.
Someone swore to me,
that he saw three men kill Shitao one night,
about seven months ago.
They dragged his body into the jungle and buried him somewhere.
Why did they kill him?
At first, Shitao kept the orphanage going with money from his father.
Then one morning,
he shut himself up here, in this room, for three days without eating.
When he came out,
he went directly to the richest miners around
to ask them for donations.
One man never gave anything.
So Shitao sat on the ground in front of that man's house
and he talked for hours and hours and hours.
The man didn't chase him away,
he didn't beat him up, he said nothing to him.
Then, one night,
he had him killed.
I want your advice, Vargas.
On my way here, I got a phone call.
It was Shitao's father.
He told me something.
He has a sister who lives in Hong Kong.
Aside from Shitao, she's the only family he has left.
Two days ago, she went to their parents' grave
and she found fresh flowers.
So she called her brother
to scold him for having been in Hong Kong and not calling her.
When he told her that he hadn't budged from L.A.,
naturally they assumed it was Shitao who left flowers on the grave.
It is hardly evidence.
That's what I said.
But they want me to go to Hong Kong and check it out.
I have no reason to doubt the person who told me
he'd seen Shitao murdered by three men.
But I never said anything to my employer
because I didn't have any real proof of his death.
Everything points to his being dead, but...
I know deep down
that he's still alive.
If I were you, I'd go to Hong Kong.
Thanks.
Here is a photo I took of Shitao.
I think it's the most recent one.
Save my boy, please, save him.
Save my boy, please!
You...you OK?
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Hi! I'm looking for Detective Joe Meng Zi.
May I see your ID, please?
Hey! How are you? Good to see you.
Nice to see you, too.
What's going on? who was that?
Su Dongpo. An asshole.
I will take you for dinner tonight.
Sorry, I was annoyed.
It's no problem. Who's complaining?
Well...looking for a guy in Hong Kong?
Yep.
What have you got on him?
Name. Age.
College transcripts. Couple of photos.
Give me your right hand.
Christ!
Show me your other hand.
What happened to you?
You did it yourself?
Come with me, I'm taking you to the infirmary.
Maybe he looks totally different since the last picture was taken.
Yeah, it's possible.
We'll see...what the computers have to say about your man. OK?
Why paint everything gold?
I'm restoring the house of the Lord.
He is coming. He is among us.
Look. He is the crazy man who painted our changing room gold.
Who is the Lord?
Is it Jesus? The Christ? The Buddha?
It's the organ that allows fish to float.
To get a piece that big,
the fish has to be at least 75 years old.
Try it.
- Naaaah! - It won't kill you...
C'mon, try it!
So good...OK, tell me. Why did you quit the force?
They made me see a shrink. That's why I quit the force.
It was because of a murderer.
He was...
He killed 24 people.
He considered himself an artist.
He used to make sculptures out of his victims bodies.
Holy shit!
This guy could dissect his victims so quickly
that they were still alive...
When he'd...
That's really disgusting.
After 27 months on the case,
I think I kind of...over-identified with him.
I...It was the only way I could figure out what he was gonna do next.
So, I had to think like him, I had to live like him, and?
In the end, I think I got a little contaminated.
Yeah, contaminated.
Did you catch him?
Yeah, I caught him, it was easy.
It was easy?
Yeah, it was easy...
Because...
Hasford was ready to be caught.
There were a lot of guys working on the case,
but he chose me.
He chose you?
He called me at 4 o'clock in the morning.
He told me to come alone. So I went.
You went all by yourself.
I went by myself and I killed him.
I know what you're thinking.
If you'd try, I'd help you.
I know I can always count on you...
But I can't do without it.
Everyone knows.
They're all talking about this cop. This Joe Meng Zi.
What about you?
You think he can make things difficult on us?
You have my respect. My trust.
I'm just waiting for you
to give me something I can pass on to the others,
the ones who don't really know you
This is a gift for your wife.
I know she loves Shanghai crab.
These are the first of the season.
I promise you:
Joe Meng Zi will not taste them this year.
That decision will soothe the spirits.
It is a wise decision.
5 star!
Who're you working for?
World's biggest pharmaceutical company.
I've got complete control and no credit limit.
In your shoes, I wouldn't be in a hurry to find your guy.
I've never slept in a five star hotel.
Mi Fu, how's it going?
You seem stressed out.
Gambling debts getting you down?
I need to freshen up. Is that alright?
You know where it is.
Be quiet. Lily's sleeping.
I keep him with me out of respect for his uncle.
But I shouldn't. He's a hothead.
Mi Fu...
What are you up to, Mi Fu? Su Dongpo is...
I just want to cool off!
Your safe! Put the money in this bag!
Su Dongpo lives around here.
We're just going to drive by, see if he's still up...
I think it's the street we just passed.
Shit!
I'm a dead man...
I'm a dead man.
Su Dungpo is going to kill me.
What!
He shot first!
If I die with my eyes open...
will you close them for me?
No. No, no, no, no.
No.
Shut up.
OK.
Thank you.
Hey!
Someone has called us on his phone,
and there is still no sign of the vagrant that lives in that hut.
What the fuck happened here, Mi Fu?
Meng Zi! Meng Zi!
What?
Look what I found.
Look at this shelter, right?
You may thing it's a bum's shelter, but it's something else.
A bum, a real one, he collects stuff, he holds it, he adds to it.
But this, this hut is clean.
The guy who lives here is not a bum.
He's something else.
And what bothers me the most
is that it looks just like Shitao's place in Mindanao
Wait! Don't jump to conclusions, OK?
Imagine...if the jacket that I saw this morning
is this jacket.
Imagine, if Shitao lives here,
that means that the guy that I was looking for
was standing directly in front of me
with a big fucking X mark to spot on his back.
Kline! Wait!
Flesh.
This amazing, fragile flesh.
It was always there?
Just waiting for a great artist like Hasford to come and use it.
Hasford was not an artist, Mr. Kline.
He was a murderer.
Mr. Kline, he was a murderer.
Hello?
They are the same prints.
Are you awake?
What?
They're the same prints?
The prints from the bum with the yellow jacket in my office
are the same as the ones on the door of Mi Fu's car.
And the same as the ones on the glass in the hut.
They are the same prints...
hello? You still there?
Hello?
I don't understand a word you're saying.
I'll be in your hotel in 10 minutes.
I need a fix. Please. Give it to me.
In the glove box.
They're weird photos. You can't see his face.
The cop saw cuts on the guy's wrists
so he took him to the infirmary.
And the doctor took photos.
But he didn't take any picture of this guy's face
because he was only interested in these weird cuts.
Hey! Look at this!
Hey! Dongpo! What a surprise, ah?
Looking for something?
A dead body maybe, right? Or a bag full of cash?
I know you're up to your neck in this shit,
and I will get you, you asshole!
Hello! You hear me, dickhead? Ah?
You will be behind bars soon...
and you wanna hear the best part?
I will be able to fuck your lovely Lily for ten bucks!
Hey, do me a favor. Next time I'm in your car,
try not to put it in reverse?
It never ceases to amaze me,
say one word against his whore, and he goes ballistic.
He loves her.
You're trying to tell me he can love a woman?
This guy's the meanest, the most pitiless guy I know.
I don't see how he could love anyone.
I need you to find me an apartment, OK?
I need somewhere to work.
So?
This is a crime scene.
I showed you five, this is your choice.
Do you know what happened?
Yes.
Hey!
You're working for the husband.
But right away, you find yourself taking the wife's side,
because you're following her around the clock,
you feel you know her better than anybody.
And the day you find out she's cheating,
blood rushes to your head, your ears start to burn,
your heart feels like it's gonna explode,
you feel like you're the one she's cheating on,
and from that moment on she becomes the sexiest woman in the world.
You know what I mean?
Show me.
9 mm. Parabellum.
Comes out of the barrel at over 300m per second.
That's a good bullet.
Can I hold it?
The gun...
Hold it with both hands.
Bang.
Close the door.
Put them down.
Face the door.
Hands up.
What happened to your eye?
Had a problem making an arrest?
Sit on the sofa.
If we were friends,
I'd admit that it was a woman who hit me...
And I wasn't making an arrest...
I was off duty
Ever think about killing yourself?
9mm
Lily,
Su Dongpo's whore was in the car with Mi Fu,
the dead guy we found at the hut.
Mi Fu emptied Su Dongpo's safe
and took the girl hostage.
Lily never came back.
So, Su Dongpo thinks
the bum has something to do with Lily's disappearance
and he's looking for him.
Is he sure?
Have you seen this man?
No? Are you sure?
Have you seen this man?
Yeah.
Did I wake you?
No.
Two hours ago I was watching you sleep.
Look in your fridge.
I'm going home tomorrow,
I miss Su Dongpo.
Move.
Keep moving.
Who are you?
C'mon. Tell me.
Tell me!
So, tell me what you felt when you looked at it.
I puked.
No, what did you feel before that.
What did it tell you?
It told me that you'd eaten a corpse.
How did you know I'd eaten it?
Say it!
You tell me and I'll tell you where I am.
You don't have to tell me, I already know.
Come by yourself.
No! Stop, please!
No! Please!
Please stop!
Bring in someone else!
No, please. It's enough for today.
Bring them in!
They need me!
Go away!
Fucking...poor bastards!
No!
You're going to be OK.
I'm here for you now.
I won't leave you.
I know it hurts. You're my baby.
You're going to be OK.
I'm here for you now. Everything will be OK.
There's nothing on Earth more beautiful than you.
No, no please.
Chase them.
They're here... They're coming...
No, no, no, no, no...
No. Please. No, please...
The suffering of mankind,
a marvel of the universe,
Is...is there anything
more beautiful on this earth?
On Golgotha,
there is the most sublime tree.
The cross,
and the most sublime body,
yours
nude
and lifeless.
A body created
from the suffering
of mankind.
Here...
In your body,
I have achieved
what was missing in the Passion of Christ.
Here...
agony
has been achieved.
I promised you a happy ending.
Here it is.
Take it.
Thank you.
No. No.
No. No!
Don't be afraid of me.
I'm not afraid of you
Don't be blinded by the fear.
You don't know what I've done.
I am not afraid of you.
Still think I'm scared of you?
Men like you always fear me.
Don't hurt me anymore.
I beg you.
I'm frightened.
Father!
I forgive you.
You don't know what you do.
I don't want your forgiveness.
I forgive you
The Lord is Among us...
IS it you?
It hurts.
You suffer for us all.
Let me go.
Let you go? Let you go where?
No one can keep the lord from going wherever he wants.
I'm going to spread the good news.
I just wanna know where he is.
Listen.
I was sent here to find this man and bring him home to his father.
That's all I want.
I'm not afraid of you.
You don't know what I've done.
Who are you?
My name is Kline.
Your father sent me to bring you home.
Father...