[ambient music playing]
[Michael echoing] When you
plunge into the abyss...
you have the illusion of flight.
- [g*nsh*t]
- [scream]
[alarm clock beeping]
[Michael] Friday, ten p.m.,
people spend the night
in the casino,
and that means I have
a lot of work tonight.
It's been three months since I
started working in this casino.
Everything is serious here.
Surveillance cameras everywhere.
The guards, they're former
Marines, but I know everyone.
Hey, Luigi, how's the wife?
And everyone knows me.
You could say we're
like one big happy family.
Ritchie is croupier
on blackjack.
He has a bad back. So I help him
set up the shuffle machines.
Ah, Diana,
croupier at the craps table.
She's my main problem
because everyone knows
that I'm in love with her.
Do you know what
my mama told me?
If a woman is ignoring you...
she probably likes you.
I'm going to take your...
silence as a maybe.
[Michael] But it seems like
she's not ready
for a serious relationship.
They didn't send you
a guest card?
[Michael] Mr. Gold,
a very demanding client.
But I've learned all
his idiosyncrasies,
and I'm always the one
that serves him.
Sometimes I hear
something I shouldn't hear,
but I'm not a loud mouth, and
I keep these things to myself.
So in general,
everything is fine,
but there is one thing.
In reality, my name is Michael,
and I'm a con artist.
Ritchie's bad back hurt him,
but helped me.
Otherwise, who would have let me
get to the shuffle machines?
A con. It's also a game.
I've been preparing for
this moment for three months.
Step one, fireworks.
[inaudible]
[beeps]
May I?
Step two. Miracle craps.
Diana thought I went up to
the craps tables to admire her,
but I love money more,
much more.
Boom!
Congratulations, sir.
[cash register ring]
You do smile after all,
don't you?
Step three, VIP card.
[Michael] During the time that
I've been serving Mr. Gold,
I had a lot of ideas
about what to do with him,
but I'm not a sadist.
After the chaos that I arranged,
the playing cards will be
replaced in the whole casino.
We've had a few
technical difficulties.
Please, go to the VIP hall.
[Michael] And while the guards
are figuring out what happened,
the most high-income players
will be invited to the VIP hall.
That's what I need.
You might say these tricks
are a hundred years old,
and the cards are already
looking for a con artist.
You'd be right, but this is
only one part of my plan.
Step four. Elevator.
Where's the VIP hall?
This is a service elevator, sir.
Oh, really? [chuckles]
How am I supposed to know which
elevators are the service ones
and which ones are not?
It's just a misunderstanding.
Don't worry, sir.
- I'll take you back upstairs.
- Yeah, you better do that.
Okay, what's going on?
Sir, please be patient.
- Don't calm me down.
- We have a...
- Are we stuck?
- ...on the third floor.
- Oh my God!
- Maintenance, do you copy?
- This is unbelievable!
- Please calm down.
- Please calm down.
- God!
- No, I...
- Calm down! You see?
- g*dd*mn it!
- Everything's fine?
[elevator beep]
- The VIP hall is...
- Yeah, yeah. I know.
You incapable moron.
The real fraud begins just when
everyone thinks it's over.
Your card, please.
Bingo. Everyone I need
at the same table.
This is a place for high stakes.
Each chip is worth
a small fortune,
but thanks to Diana, I had
enough for the initial bet.
During my work here, I have
studied my opponents closely.
No one knows me, but they're
like relatives to me.
Step five. Modern technology.
My God, this is...
this is incredible!
- I have a downed elevator.
- I have flown 3,000 miles...
just to get stuck
in some damn elevator!
- My God! This is-unbelievable!
- Sir, please calm down.
- Please calm down.
- No! You calm down!
[Michael] The main thing is not
to win all the time.
The opponent has to be sure
that he has a good chance.
Then, he'll bet even more.
Quite a serious game I see.
And here, I thought
I could just have a bit of fun.
Well, maybe you
should reconsider.
All in.
All in.
I've had it up to here
with all the lies I get,
from my father,
my older brothers and now you!
Maybe you want to give me
some advice, too?
If I may offer you
a word of advice,
when it doubt, go without.
In my experience,
especially when it lasts
as long as yours has...
If I'll need your advice,
I'll ask you for it.
Welcome.
You should have listened
to the advice of a wise man.
Wait, what... What are you doing?
This gentleman won.
Don't let it get to you.
It's only money.
Bring it upstairs.
Thank you, gentlemen.
What did you do to me?
Where's my money?
Take it. Take all of it.
Where's my money? What is this?
No, no, no, no!
No, no, not me! Him!
No! You got the wrong guy!
You got the wrong guy!
No! No!
I am the owner of this casino.
My name is Victor.
Where is the money?
I don't know.
Have you tried the bank?
Listen, uh, I'm one of
your VIP clients,
and I was on a winning streak,
and then some con artist
swindled me out of my winnings!
I don't know what half-assed
operation you're running here!
Oh God, you have a heavy hand.
Listen, a con man took it all.
He's the one you
should be looking for. Not me.
You have cost me a whole lot
more than just five million.
I've had to compensate
the players for their losses.
You're going to give
me back all that money.
You have one week.
[laughing] What?
A week?
It took me three
months to plan this.
I mean, okay, okay,
a week, I got it.
Okay.
Oh, it hardly needs saying,
but if you try to hide,
we'll find you.
But you're a smart guy.
You work that out for yourself.
Hmm?
Well, hello there.
[g*n clicks]
What a lovely welcome.
[chattering]
[shouting]
Michael?
Hey, Michael! [laughs]
- Hey, what's up?
- Happy to see you again!
What do you think you're doing?
Don't you know who that man is?
That is the best gambler
in all known history.
Ah, they don't make people
like this anymore.
[shouting]
Ah, Michael, I thought
I'd never see you again.
You're supposed to be
somewhere on an island.
Leon...
this symbol, what does it mean?
Ah, ah... stay right here.
Now tell me
exactly what happened.
I don't know.
He changed the cards in my hand.
He altered your
visual perception.
Uh...
[smacks lips]
Okay, uh, psychics, eh, shamans,
uh, magicians, all right?
Uh, in theory,
they're all
born with the ability
to dive into
their consciousness.
You see, it's, it's,
it's like a room
where you're allowed to do
any supernatural activity.
So your conman,
he has the
ability to change things
that other people see.
Leon, why don't you just tell me
how to find him.
This is not a theory.
It's more like a legend.
We're all bound by
a collective unconsciousness
and all archetypes, myths,
they all come from there.
And people with this ability,
they can step out of their
consciousness and enter
the collective unconsciousness.
It's like an alternate universe,
which opens up
infinite possibilities
and access
to all of mankind's
cumulative knowledge.
[thunder]
Now normal people can also get
into the world of subconscious,
but they can't get out of
it without a special amulet,
a kind of compass.
[laughing]
Come on, Leon.
Y-You got to be kidding me.
I-Is my five million
over there also?
In here, I've got everything
about paranormal abilities
and the people who have them.
Look through it... in my office.
Now, I got some business to do.
Alex...
how did everything go?
Like usual.
Here's your five million.
The guy has enough
problems already?
Oh, yeah.
He's got talent I have to admit.
Anyways, what did he do?
Thank you.
I doubt he'll get out
of this problem now.
- You think?
- Oh, I'm pretty sure.
They say that
a person's problems
are only as big as his
ability to solve them.
This suitcase has
a better quality leather.
It's been a long time since I've
seen a contraption like that.
Half the world's looking for it.
Do you really think you are
the only person interested
in such things?
Well?
Do you agree to teach me?
It's wrong to be
so greedy, Alex.
I opened the world
of scams for you.
Do the same for me.
Show me the world that you know.
We've done a lot
of work together,
and if you don't come back,
who am I going to work with?
Oh, I will be safe
with this, right?
No.
It's not enough.
You need a partner,
and it can't be me.
Has to be somebody
you can rely on,
somebody you can trust,
somebody who loves you.
Do you have a person like that?
I'm working on it.
Are you sure you
want to do this?
[chuckles]
As a child,
I had
a two-volume book by H.G. Wells.
There's one story I have
remembered my entire life
about a door in the wall.
It was the story of a boy,
a lonely dreamer.
One day he wandered out to
a familiar street where he saw
a green wall with a white door.
He went through it and found
himself in a magical place,
in a wonderland.
He was amazed by what he saw.
He loved it there.
Was he able to get back?
Yeah.
I guess...
He goofed up, and, uh,
found himself back at home.
He was very lucky then.
Maybe.
But, uh, when I found out
about your abilities...
I realized there it is,
my magic door.
And what I had dreamed about
as a child,
and I am not bound
to let my chance pass by,
do you understand?
Especially now
that we have this.
That's not enough.
It will help you navigate
through the subconscious
but without a partner, you will
never be able to get back.
Then let's start small.
[chanting]
What the hell are you doing?
I'm doing it for you.
You never know when somebody
might put a spell on you.
Well?
[blows]
Did you find your con man?
[yawning]
No. No.
Just a... Just a bunch
of random freaks.
Leon, are you sure
this is all for real?
You're insulting me right now.
All those creatures were vetted.
I've seen with my own eyes
all these things,
and some of them,
some of these beautiful freaks,
I've seen them
on my own personally.
Next thing you'll tell me
they're regulars in your casino.
- What?
- Right.
I'm such an idiot!
Hey! What are you doing
with my X files?
[laughs] Okay.
Here's what I think.
b*ating the house is doable,
but it requires some time
which I, which I don't have.
I've only got a week.
But what if I can swap the time
for planning with
the abilities this lot has?
For example, it says here
that this guy can make objects
move on their own.
So who's to say he
can't make the dice move?
Or, I don't know...
the roulette ball.
[Michael]
Eric, [chuckles] a rich kid,
the son of a well-known
business man. [scoffs]
Daddy wants him to keep
the family business going,
but Eric is a party boy.
He's not planning on working.
He's taken care of
for the rest of his life.
Ha, so you won't be able
to pull him in with money.
Want to keep the party going?
Who are you?
Well, you can think of me
as your kind fairy godmother
here to rescue you from
the glass tower
and to open up
a world of adventures.
Your talents will
be highly regarded.
My fairy godmother appears
to have a hormonal problem.
Well, you can either listen
to my fairytale...
or live out
your father's bad joke.
[Eric] Okay, that guy,
his name is Tony.
He can control
electronic devices.
So cams don't pick him up, huh?
[Eric]
He's... he's a bit of a coward.
He only messes with
small time stuff,
making the meter run faster,
changing the traffic lights.
[siren blaring]
Where to?
Must be hard for a taxi driver
to support his daughter
through school.
What do you want from me?
What is the name
of your ability?
Is it bilocation?
Cryptesthesia?
You can control electronic
devices from a distance,
can't you?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Are you with the authorities?
- I haven't done anything.
- I'm not from the police.
I have a proposal for you.
She can read people's minds.
Comes in handy
when you play poker, doesn't it?
Do you think she can implant
desires in people's minds?
For example,
the desire to raise the stakes.
Her name is Tamara.
She works for
intelligence agencies
in this part of the world,
but she's like 2000 years old.
Do you really want
to drag her into a casino?
You'd need a hypnotist.
[Leon] His name is Kevin,
but he's crazy.
He's got autism
or something like that.
His parents put him
in the looney bin.
The doctors
earned money off him.
Whoever he programs
gets cured of depression.
It's a business
for the nut house.
They won't let
Kevin out for anything.
He's 50.
No.
He's about 45.
He just drinks too much.
When he gets drunk,
he beats his wife.
It's not the first time
he's come to see you.
But each time
he comes to see you,
you plant the idea in his head
that he shouldn't drink,
but it doesn't last for
too long, does it?
Can you get him
to play this game?
Gambling is going to make him
channel his energy
in a different way.
He's going to stop drinking.
He's going to stop
b*ating his wife,
and everybody's
going to be happy.
Let's play?
Less than six.
More.
[laughing]
Kevin, come with me.
Kevin, listen. We make a pretty
good team, don't you think?
- Yeah.
- Do you want to get out of here?
I-I'd like that,
but they won't let me out.
I'm supposed to help people.
No one has the right
to keep you here.
You and I, we're going
to travel around the world
and help people play and win.
Kevin?
Kevin?
I need help.
Okay.
Okay, let's go.
Hey! Hey, stop!
I said stop!
- Let's go, let's go!
- Let's get him!
They ought to be giving you
better food and cable TV
and letting you go out
into the city, am I right?
- Say yeah!
- [all] Yeah!
Say yeah!
[chanting]
But I got to go.
Don't give up the fight!
Your cause is a just one!
[chanting]
- [beeps]
- [tires screeching]
Woohoo!
Okay.
Let's get down to business.
The thing we're about to do,
it's not illegal
because no one believes
it's even possible.
The main risk is being found out
as a team.
Casinos don't take kindly
to teams.
So, we have to make it as though
it's every man for himself.
That's easy.
So where do we start?
[Michael] Craps.
Some players take turns rolling
the dice while others...
place bets
on all the possible outcomes.
Throw a seven to start with.
[blows]
All right.
Not bad for a first attempt.
Okay, everybody.
Let's simulate a real casino.
Eric, let's say
you play the dice.
Try not to attract
too much attention.
If you notice something unusual,
raise your hand.
You two,
get behind the poker table.
[chuckles] No way.
I haven't searched cards
for ten years.
Well, excellent. Kevin?
[inaudible]
Uh, if he gets stuck
like this in the casino,
security definitely
would take notice.
That's precisely why
we have Tony.
Tony, see the camera over there?
Can you make it
point away from us?
[thunder]
[electrical sounds]
[thunder]
[electrical sounds]
Okay.
Let's play.
[sighs]
Where are the chips?
Give me a ten, baby.
Okay. Here's the money.
If it looks strange,
I'm calling security.
Okay, Tony, mind the camera.
Kevin, reassure the croupier.
- Try to be more careful.
- Yeah, I will.
I have fours.
Dammit!
Place your bets.
[blows]
Wow.
[laughing] Excellent.
Here's the money, 300.
Leon!
Okay, you're doing great.
Now, trying going on without me.
Okay, let's rock, baby. Woo!
Place your bets.
[Eric] I'm bet on six.
Place your bets.
Kevin, you've broken him.
Give me, give me the chips.
This watch cost me 200 euros.
Give me.
I don't need your watch.
My eyes! I can't see anything!
What have you done?
Let's play for one of,
one of my kidneys, okay?
Dammit, Tony! I can see that!
Turn the camera away!
What did you do to me?
- I'll k*ll you! I promise!
- Put the g*n down!
- Give me the chips!
- What did you do?
Give me the damn chips!
Give it to me!
- I'll k*ll you!
- What are you doing?
- sh*t!
- Here you go. Just put it down.
Give me the chips!
I'll k*ll you!
I don't know.
Under my supervision, they can
more or less manage but...
can we somehow
make them stronger?
Trim them up a bit more.
What if we stick small earpieces
into their ears.
They make them barely
noticeable nowadays.
Can she transmit thoughts?
Tamara?
Where does she live?
[bell rings]
[woman crying]
Veronica, you have to help me.
You have to help me, Veronica.
- Tamara...
- Leave me alone!
- Whatever you want.
- I can pay.
[tires screeching]
Tamara never had time.
Where is she?
Where'd she go?
Go that way.
I think you lost something.
I'm not one of them.
Why are they after you?
Come on!
I'm just trying to help...
and I've got
a proposition for you.
You can't even help yourself.
That casino, your debt,
go to hell.
Now I know why
they're after you.
While your
grandmother was alive,
she did their dirty work,
didn't she?
And now you have no
one to protect you.
I promise you,
it's going to be very exciting.
Just listen to me.
By the way, you can earn
some money and start a new life
far, far away from here.
Excuse me, sir.
I lost my passport.
Can you please help me?
I need your help. [grunts]
It's you again.
Well, this must be destiny.
Did you think about my offer?
Come on. Believe me, will you?
No.
Think up a con for yourself.
I guess everything is over.
Yes, we're so sorry, sir.
We're closed.
I know I am late,
I'm coming from far away,
and my plane was delayed.
Sorry.
[Michael]
A hypnotist will come up to you.
He'll send you into the world
of the subconscious,
find the rooms of the
subconscious for the people
that you need and now
they're in your power.
Number one...
number two.
But remember, all you
have is as few minutes.
Can you stand, sir?
- Are you okay to stand?
- Yeah.
- Everything's...
- How are you?
Don't arrest me.
Everything's fine.
Hey! Why'd you go over there?
I'm sorry.
Yeah, sure. I'm sorry.
Brilliant, almost an exact copy.
I don't know how I did it.
It's like something
took over me.
Well, this is your accident,
a masterpiece.
Amazing. Yeah.
You know what? I'll give you
500 euros for this work.
Deal?
Deal.
You're such fun company.
Could you shut up for a second?
Can we talk?
There are too many people here.
Oops. I got to go. Sorry.
Okay, everybody.
This is Veronica.
I don't know how to put this,
but she can read
and transmit thoughts.
She's going to pass on my
instructions to you as we play.
Before we go to a casino,
we must make sure that we can
all dance to the same tune.
Veronica, did you say there
were too many people here?
I think I got an idea.
Let's dance.
[indistinct voices]
[water sounds]
[indistinct voices]
[Michael] [echoing]
Make Eric ring the bell.
Eric, the bell.
- [bell ringing]
- Tell Kevin to make two people
run screaming for help.
Kevin, make two people
run screaming for help.
[bell ringing]
[screaming]
Help me!
- [screaming]
- [bell ringing]
[Michael] Tell Tony
we need a short circuit.
Tony, short circuit.
[bell ringing]
[screaming]
[Michael] Veronica, we need
an earthquake now.
Tell the people in the square.
Earthquake,
earthquake, earthquake.
- [bell ringing]
- Earthquake.
[Veronica] Earthquake.
Earthquake, earthquake.
Earthquake,
earthquake, earthquake.
Earthquake.
[bell ringing]
[bell ringing fades]
Well, not bad at all.
Let me buy you a drink.
So, this is the plan.
If we start with
winning small amounts,
that's going to
take too much time.
We could easily get blacklisted,
which is no good.
That's why we're going to the
biggest and richest casino.
There, they don't have limits
on how much you can bet,
which means one night...
one big score.
We all go in separately.
We don't want them
to think of us as a team.
Tony, you're going to be
a transportation manager
and a security consultant.
Kevin, you look refined enough
to be a trust fund kid.
Eric, you can just be yourself.
- Spend papa's money.
- That's easy.
And you...
you'll be my fiancée.
Hug me, kiss me
as hard as it may seem.
You support me even when I lose.
Is that what dumb brides do,
huh?
That's what not so
dumb ones do, too.
Are you all in?
[Michael] Tell Tony to turn
the camera away.
Tony, camera.
[Michael] Okay, we need a ten,
tell Eric.
Eric, throw a ten.
All right.
Must be my lucky day.
[Veronica] Eric, you're up.
[Michael] We were made to be
together, don't you think?
[Veronica]
What are you talking about?
[Michael] You and me.
We're made for each other.
Don't you think?
[Veronica]
You're forgetting something.
I hear all your thoughts.
[Michael] Look, we're like
the ideal couple.
We understand each other
without saying anything.
Yeah, that won't be easy.
But we'll figure it out.
Aw, uh, sorry guys. I mean,
if you're lucky in gambling,
you're probably
unlucky with love.
That's for you.
- Eric, stay here.
- [Michael] Eric, stay here.
[Michael] Don't win yet.
Good luck, gentlemen.
[beeping]
[Veronica] Kevin, croupier.
Tony, camera.
Yes.
Good job.
Congrats to you man.
I'm back in the game.
Last call.
Woo! Let's rock, baby.
Yeah, baby!
[Michael]
What the hell is he doing?
He needs to stop drinking.
Don't worry, Michael.
It's all going to be all right.
Just enjoy yourself.
All bets down, no more bets.
I am Michael.
Tony, stop!
You'll get us caught.
Yeah!
[Tony] I'm going to hit
the jackpot!
- [Michael] Tony, no jackpots.
- Aha!
- Eighty-four.
- Woo! Yeah, baby!
- Sir, come with me.
- What's wrong?
- Come with me.
- Hey, what's wrong?
Hey! What's wrong?
Hey, let me get my money! Hey!
- Sir, please.
- Just a second.
Come with me.
I said come with me.
[elevator bell]
What the hell is going on?
[elevator bell]
Are you out of your mind?
If you want your bodies to be
found in a basement by following
the trail of your teeth,
then just keep doing
what you're doing and pretty
soon you're going to end up
dancing tango
with their head of security.
But if you want to
get out of here alive, rich...
[elevator bell]
[elevator bell]
[elevator bell]
Alive in one piece and rich,
then do exactly as I say.
You understand?
Meet me at the craps table
in five minutes.
[chattering]
May I?
[Michael] Kevin, croupier.
[Michael] Tony, camera.
[cheering]
That's for you.
[inaudible]
[ocean water crashing]
What?
So that's it?
You know, I've been thinking
maybe we can do one more job.
I don't know, something easy.
It seemed like you liked it.
And then we can split up.
There are plenty of easy jobs
just waiting to be done.
Come on. What do you say?
We can make a pretty good team.
It will never be
over for you, will it?
Besides, I don't need money.
Don't need money, huh?
That's interesting.
Nobody needs money,
but everybody wants it.
Why are you still here?
You could have left
whenever you wanted to.
From the very beginning,
if you don't need money.
Because unlike you...
Oh.
...you think you're some great
professional hustler
who knows where to take risks.
You're just a selfish gambler
who's trapped in their own vice.
You see yourself in a dark pit,
playing the role
of your own savior.
So no, no thank you.
You're probably right.
We should leave it be as it is.
And you just stay
in your cocoon...
where there's nothing,
just you, your fears,
your music and nothing else.
Not even hope.
I want to congratulate you.
You learned a lot.
But this is where
our lessons have to stop.
[laughing]
Are you saying that I, I will
have a prom dance at the office?
I can't let you go any further.
Remember what I told you
- about not having a partner?
- Yes, yes.
I'm working on it.
It's just taking
a little longer than I thought.
By the way,
how's that guy doing?
He's making progress, a lot.
And besides,
he's not alone anymore.
Oh, he's not for long.
He's never stayed with
anyone for long.
Who's there with him.
Professional grifters?
No. These guys are involved in
the same thing we're doing.
I may send you suggestions,
of course.
I was hoping he'd come to me
of his own will.
But we'll have
to play it a lethal way.
If the mountain
doesn't come to Mohammed,
Mohammed will go
to the mountain.
[car horn]
What do you want?
[car horn]
Come on.
[tires screeching]
Try to lose them.
Step on it!
I'm sorry, Michael.
You guys really are masters.
You surprise me.
Victor, I have your money,
take it.
Oh, I have already taken it.
But these guys are
worth more to me.
I will never work for you.
What can you do?
Might can turn that g*n
into a banana.
Wow, really?
[chuckles] Really?
Hmm?
[laughs]
It doesn't work every time.
Come on.
Michael, I would let you go,
mm, but I'm afraid
they aren't taking
this situation seriously enough.
Sorry.
- No, wait.
- No.
- Wait.
- No.
[shouting]
Michael, no!
No!
[g*nsh*t]
[inaudible]
[thunder]
[speaking Italian]
Come, quickly... You bastard.
What?
You?
What the hell!
Oh, I got it.
Oh, it all makes sense now.
It was you from
the very beginning!
- I can't believe it was all you!
- Hey.
Goddamit! I haven't seen
you for ten years,
and you show up, and you ruin...
ruin one of my best operations!
Well, I was hoping
you'd come and see me.
For your information,
normal children do that.
They go to their parents
with their problems.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
And they don't gather a team
of psychics to rob a casino.
After all you did, Dad?
You should have realized that
I'd never ask for your help.
Bambino, Bonjourno,
take me back.
Hey, Michael.
You haven't spoken
to me in ten years.
I didn't know what to do.
All right.
Maybe it wasn't the best idea,
but what else could I have done?
I don't know.
You could have just called.
Well, somehow I...
...didn't think of that.
But I saved your life, didn't I?
No, you set me up.
Just like you did
many times before!
What are you talking about?
It was your education.
Do you remember
what happened in Belgrade?
[scoffs]
You take everything
so negatively.
Do I?
All right.
Perhaps I went
a little too far then.
- Yeah,
- Too far.
Michael. Michael!
Michael...
do you remember how we dreamed
of one day finding
the door in the wall?
Favorite story.
Do you remember that?
Why are you telling me this?
Because I know where to find it.
[man] You got 30 minutes
for lunch.
sh*t.
He needs to eat something.
He was probably given some
medication in the hospital.
He's getting worse.
We shouldn't have
taken him from the clinic.
We should have done
lots of things differently.
[clanging sounds]
Tony?
Hello?
Hey, what's the matter?
Well, the toilet was clogged.
How the hell?
- Oh my... Oh my God, Michael!
- Quiet. I don't have nine lives.
- What the...?
- Michael!
- We were going crazy.
- But how did you...
It's a long story. Later, later.
I'm going to get you out of here
and the money, too.
Where's Veronica?
She, uh... [clears throat]
refused to work for Victor.
She's been in a coma
for several days now.
She went into the subconscious.
Screw it. I quit.
Me, too.
Do whatever you want.
Take them downstairs.
I'll come down in a moment
and deal with them myself.
Hands off!
Keep an eye on the door.
Come on.
Open the door, please.
Awesome. So what now?
Now, you open the safe.
You have five minutes.
Where is she?
Upstairs in the hotel, room 209.
Good luck!
I can't turn them all off.
But I can turn off a couple.
What?
Are you kidding me?
Are you scared?
I hate Twister.
Let's rock, baby.
[alarm siren]
Come on, man. Come on.
How much longer do you have?
- Just tell me where you are.
- Faster.
Hurry up, will you?
- Tell me how much.
- Would you stop talking?
Let me work!
What the hell, Jack? It's us!
[g*nshots]
- Oh, sh*t.
- Go on, work!
Come on. Please, come on.
I love you, baby!
[beeping]
[exhales]
Excellent. So, what's next?
Well... that's it.
What?
What?
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean that's it?
We're locked in a steel tomb
with a bunch of
armed guards outside,
and you're telling us that this
is where your plan ends?
This is the safest place
in the whole casino.
They can't get to us here.
And now I need to
get to Veronica.
Dammit! He set us up, guys!
Game over.
I need you to help me get
to her wherever she is.
You're normal.
You're not like us.
So what?
We all have rooms.
That's how I can
get to her, right?
Even if you
managed to get there,
it's not certain that
you'll get abilities.
I don't need them.
You're not ready for this.
You will die.
Nobody knows that for sure,
but it's the only chance I have,
that you have...
that we all have.
I need you to
help me get to her.
I don't know how.
Kevin, listen to me!
Make me into my subconscious.
Let him try.
Okay.
The moment they
come out of there,
k*ll them all.
[boy] Mama, why do you
always have to leave?
When are you coming back?
[man] There is nothing.
Just you, your fears,
your music and nothing else.
Not even hope.
[man 2] Freeze!
You're under arrest.
Keep your hands
where I can see them.
[woman]
You're just a selfish gambler
who's trapped in their own vice.
[man 3] Guilty!
You're sentenced to six months
in juvenile detention!
Veronica...
where could you be?
[crackling]
[exhales]
Veronica.
Veronica, we need to go.
What did you do?
Veronica, can you hear me?
What did you do, Veronica?
We need to go. Hear me out!
We don't have any more time.
We need to go.
[inaudible]
Veronica!
Dammit!
You can't hear me.
I know how you hear me.
Veronica.
Veronica.
Veronica, we need to go.
We need to go now.
Can you feel that?
What are you talking about?
I didn't know it was possible
to feel the world like this.
Veronica, listen to me.
Those feelings are not real.
You have to come with me!
Michael, you're dead.
I'm real, and I'm alive.
Calm down.
Be with me.
Veronica, listen to me!
You have to trust me!
I don't have much time.
How about this?
I'm not leaving.
I have nothing there.
Then I'm not leaving
without you.
Besides you,
I have nothing there.
Believe me, will you?
Yes.
Why did you do it?
What?
You risked your life for me.
You know, in every man's life,
there's certain limits
that you cannot cross,
[chuckles]
whether it's out of fear
or just because he doesn't
even believe it's even possible.
Then I met you.
[chuckles] And here I am,
crossing all the limits of
my mind,
and the only thing I can believe
and think of
is being here with you forever,
but that's not possible.
This is it.
Let's go.
I've been told it
doesn't work that way.
What? Why?
I have to find my
own way out of this.
- I'll go with you.
- No.
If you don't leave now,
all of this will be in vain.
When you wake up, I'll already
be there waiting for you.
You said you were
going to believe me, didn't you?
Didn't you?
[gasps]
Michael.
Michael.
[Gordon] You see these doors?
Each one of them is the entrance
to someone's home,
someone's apartment.
There are all kinds of people
living there.
Some of them very nice,
others not so.
You go in, and you give them
a suitcase and some money.
Their lives will change.
You go in,
and you take their savings,
you will change, too,
but in a different way.
I know. These doors...
I mean, they're closed to us,
ordinary people.
Each apartment has a back door.
And every person has
limitless opportunities.
Michael, that world contains
all the knowledge and secrets
of humanity,
everything that ever was
in every person's mind
dead or alive.
Now can you imagine
the possibilities?
We can learn whatever we want.
We can get whatever we want.
Just...
just please don't tell me you,
you thought of a new business.
The biggest business
of our lives.
God damn.
Aren't you too old for this?
Uh, maybe...
[chuckles]
and there is one problem.
Even special people who go there
have failed to return.
Eight minutes...
is how long
you can survive there alone.
Then you begin to forget
about your own systems.
In the end, the mind dissolves,
merges with
billions of other minds.
You will never...
...get back to your senses
if someone doesn't remind you
of who you are.
So, I need a partner.
So you brought me here just
because you needed me again?
[laughs]
You always wanted to know
what was behind
the white door, right?
I thought about it,
and I realized
the only person I can trust
is you.
You don't get it, do you?
Because of you, I brought
some good people into trouble.
I still feel uncomfortable
about the problems
I brought to you.
I want to help you...
as your father.
Now, there is one man.
You know him, but this time
he will be on your side,
and you will have
to share with him.
Take it.
This will be your compass.
I think this is something you
have needed your whole life.
All of my life I needed a...
father, but, yeah, sure,
this is also nice. Thank you.
By the way, uh,
don't forget about my share.
This doesn't mean that
I'll be your partner.
[laughing]I was just kidding.
No, I wasn't.
[laughing] Just kidding.
Good boy.
[Eric] Wait. Wait, wait, wait!
[Veronica] No! No!
Now you know who you are
and what you can do.
[Alex] We're in your memories.
I pulled you out.
Now finish it yourself.
How can I save them?
Look inside of them
and try to capture its essence.
Sometimes there's more truth
in illusion than in reality.
The key to any problems
in a person's mind.
Now step to the right and fall.
No! No!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
[screams]
[breathing heavily]
Sorry, I got held up.
Michael?
Grab the money. We're leaving.
- Woo!
- Yeah!
[Eric] Yes!
You lied to me again.
[Tony]
Let's do this.
Trust me only when I lie.
Tony.
Michael, are you crazy?
They're going to k*ll us.
Will you trust me?
[beeping]
[Michael]
Hustles are a game too.
And the better you
know your opponents,
the more money you can win.
But let me tell you.
This...
this was only part of my plan.
But the greatest art
is to control your enemy...
and the key to your victory,
it's in his head.
Now what is the main weakness of
a person whose subconscious
is like a bulletproof safe?
That's right.
He's afraid of
losing everything.
And this...
this is the final part of
my plan.
They got out on the other side.
Everyone outside now!
They're getting away!
All of you!
This is yours.
Great job, guys.
I think your talents
should be put to better use
than taking on a casino.
I have a proposition
for all of you.
Give me that thing,
paid five million for it.
Oh, wait.
It was my five million.
- Let's not argue.
- Let's not.
Ah, you ready for the greatest
scam in the history of mankind?
Just this one job, and then
we go our separate ways.
That's exactly what your
mother said to me once.
Beyond the Edge (2018)
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