Knightfall (2026) Movie Script
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Alpha One,
- this is Echo Five, over.
Almost there.
Alpha One, this is Echo Five,
over.
Echo Five?
Echo Five?
Whoa!
-What do you want?--
-Name. Contact.
Location of the CN9 exchange.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
You just sent a morse code,
to evade digital surveillance.
Smart.
The old way is the best way.
I couldn't agree more.
Ah!
Fuck!
All right.
All right, all right.
Desert Viper,
Meadowbrook Marina, okay?
2100 hours.
Tonight?
Yeah.
Shit.
Send the unit to
Meadowbrook Marina.
We're running out of time.
Please.
You don't have to do this.
I've not...
I've not seen your face.
You can let me go.
Check.
Mate.
Queen to H5.
Would have cut off his
king's escape
and forced him
to sacrifice his rook.
You could have
controlled this board.
Damn it.
People forget.
The strongest piece on the board
isn't the knight.
It's the queen.
Night, lads.
Ros Knight.
I'm sorry, Section 14?
That's above my clearance.
Of course, sir.
I'll be there in...
50 minutes.
Okay, bye.
Gimme a minute.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing here?
Ah, Miss Knight. Good.
This way, please.
Come on, everyone.
This is Roslyn Knight.
She knows more than anyone here
about the threat.
This is CN9,
man-made bacteria,
weaponised.
A genetically engineered strain
of Yersinia pestis.
Enhanced through
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.
It secretes a potent cocktail
of proteases,
which targets the
tertiary and quaternary
structures of vital
cellular proteins.
Leading to the rapid
depolymerisation
and solubilisation
-of structural functions.--
-And in English.
It replicates by converting
proteins into liquid.
It disintegrates organic matter
in minutes.
And it can't be stopped.
If you get it on you,
-or you breathe it in...--
-You melt from the inside out.
The one saving grace
is to get the bacteria
to act so fast
they genetically sped
up its metabolism.
It only lasts 10
minutes in air.
The sample was stolen from
a Viridian Dynamics
facility last month.
We tracked the sample,
to this man.
He's been called Desert Viper.
Real name unknown.
No political allegiance,
contracts to the highest bidder
which we believe he's found.
The Domestic Front,
are a radical division
of the people's way.
They have the resources to pay
the Viper's giant fees
and the resolve to use
the biohazard.
We've just learned
within the hour
that the handoff is
happening this evening,
in 30 minutes time.
Except it isn't.
No.
Because we're going to stop it.
Miss Knight is here,
to identify the biohazard.
Where's your stab vest?
She won't need that.
Let's hope not.
It's not about hope.
She waits here.
We bring the case back to her.
She runs whatever
it is she does.
We don't have time for that.
She needs to be,
out there with you.
A tech unit
is in position to move in
on the weapon's
final destination in Uspikar.
But they can't break cover
until we confirm the package.
As soon as we've
apprehended the players here
and Miss Knight identifies the
compound,
we send our lads in.
Any delay,
and we lose the kingpin.
Second's count.
She's coming with us.
-I don't like this.
-Neither do I.
We don't have the
bodies to cover.
I'm weapons trained.
-I'm fully up to date with--
-Who's CPO on Miss Knight?
I'm not babysitting her.
I take names and numbers
not passengers.
Phil, you're covering Miss
Knight.
Window or aisle?
That's enough. You focus on
what you have to do
and let her do her job.
That goes for all of us.
We screw up tonight
and the world gets
a lot more dangerous.
For everyone.
What are you doing here?
I got a call an hour ago,
Be at this address with a 409
Chem Test Kit and tactical gear.
What are you doing here?
My job.
You're in Section 14.
Okay, you're done.
All this time we've been
together.
You've been in Black Ops.
-I thought you were--
-I never lied to you.
We both signed the same
official secrets act.
You won't need that.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Let's go then.
You and me, we are
not done talking.
Not by a long stretch.
Stand by. S-14.
Eagle 6 to S-V-12.
What are you carrying?
Glock-17.
Standard issue.
SIG P,
Chambered 9mm.
Site radius just over 15cm.
Modified mag to 20 rounds.
She could handle,
40 calibers with a Bison.
And .357 SIG.
Light, durable.
Nitrile coated
stainless steel slide.
Very accurate up to 6 metres.
Made some adjustments myself.
Single set trigger.
You blow on it?
She'll fire.
Keep the safety on, please.
vehicle approaching.
Here we go.
Hello, babe.
Can't wait to see you later.
And have I got something
big for you?
IFB. I repeat, IFB, stand down.
What's India Foxtrot Bravo?
Innocent Fucking Bystander.
Oh stop it.
Second vehicle approaching.
From the north, here we go.
Audio intercept is down.
Can you get closer?
Negative.
Obstructed view.
Okay.
I think I'm about to go
Hello?
Negative.
Wait, S-14.
No, no, of course not.
I'm not ringing from home.
He's leaving.
Return to positions.
S-14, Eagle 6, the signals,
Have a new target.
Sending grid now.
Heading back to my position...
Buyer might be on a rig.
No, forget about it.
What are they talking about?
I need to know what
they're saying.
I'm picking up interference.
I need to change position.
He's using some
kind of encryption.
Audio intercept isn't possible.
Use the laser mic.
Team Uzbekah.
Stand by.
London, on my mark.
We gotta go.
Wait till he hands it over.
Cerberus, triggers,
when you open the case.
You've got a
three minute window.
How do you open it?
London,
on my mark.
Go.
Wait.
Stand by.
Ros, what the hell?
It's the Cerberus.
it's a double lock
safety mechanism.
We gotta know which kind.
Set the key. Push down. Twist.
That loads the code
into the case.
Ros, are we good?
Can we go?
I don't know everything
about that lock.
Yes, or no? It's on you.
Ros, are we good?
Can we go?
Yeah, I think so.
Damn it. Go.
I repeat, go.
Stay right behind me.
Down! Down! Down!
Suspect on motorcycle.
Pursuing on foot.
Oh God, he's dead.
Ros, leave them.
Follow the case.
The case is useless
without a key.
Be aware, target has some
unknown device.
What the hell is that?
Overwatch is down, I repeat.
Overwatch is down.
Can you hear me?
Eagle 6 radio check.
Can anyone hear...
Don't!
Step away from it now.
Or that case will release
a very nasty biohazard
and we're both dead.
You won't get away with that
case unless I make it safe.
It will kill you before
you get 50 feet.
I can disarm it.
I'm gonna put the gun down.
Well?
It will take weeks to decode.
And without the case,
we won't even know
if we've got it right.
It's matched to the trigger.
This is the only key that can
open that case.
Bugger.
No, it works in our favour.
How if we can't decode it
without the case?
Well, then they can't
open the case either.
Not safely.
Then destroy it.
It's the only one.
It's like a fingerprint.
We need to keep it.
This is the only key that
can open that case.
She's right.
No way anyone takes
delivery without it
which means they need it back.
Where are you gonna keep it?
Give us a moment.
That biker knew the
exchange was happening.
He knew where it was.
And where we were.
Are you saying there's
a mole in Section 14?
Probably not.
We don't know anything for sure.
We don't know
anything right now.
Even if there is, they're
unlikely to know
that you were here today.
I called you in myself.
What are you saying?
You're a last minute
addition to the mission.
You're not on any rosters
emails, text chains.
You're untraceable.
You're our best hope.
Hope for what?
You've got to keep that key.
He's right.
You're the last person
they'd be looking for.
It's not the looking for
I'm worried about.
It's the finding.
I'm a scientist.
A lab nerd.
I'm not a bloody field agent.
And what if you're wrong?
What if they come for me?
You can't go home.
You're gonna have to
hole up somewhere
until we figure out what's going
on.
There's an apartment
in Docklands.
Deep off the books.
Hasn't been used in a decade.
The mole won't know about it.
If he does, we're in
much deeper trouble than this.
You'll have to get a black cab.
They might be tracking both of
us and all our vehicles.
Julian and I are going
to have to act like
everything is normal.
One whiff that we're onto them
and...
we'll never find them.
They'll be gone.
Correct.
I have a chap.
CIA. Not connected
to Vauxhall Cross.
He owes me.
I'll send him to keep
an eye on you.
I hate everything about this.
Shit.
Hi, Ros.
Can I see some ID, please?
Sure.
So how long have
you been doing this?
It's my first time
in one like this.
Wow. Your first time?
Well, this is a nice one.
I've been in some real
dumps, believe me.
You're American.
Why'd you figure that out?
I've not seen you
at the office before.
Yeah, well, I'm not an MI5.
I'm doing your boss a favor.
You see, in our business,
you want to keep the
balance sheet straight.
Never owe, never be owed.
Yeah.
James was never one
to forgive a debt.
Julian.
No, no, he never did.
You know,
Is there some place I could keep
this?
Yes, there is.
Hey, you're smart
to be cautious
but in this situation,
you don't got to worry.
Where are you from?
Cleveland.
No, I mean...
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
I'm here to protect you, honey.
We're on the same side, okay?
I'm sorry, I just...
Don't apologize. I don't
trust anybody either.
Except myself and the guy who's
already taken a bullet for me.
And let's hope it
never comes to that.
Do you want a drink?
That would be nice.
What do you got?
I'll take a look.
"When I got my tags,
It was face to face.
You look a man in the eye,
friend or foe.
Even if you couldn't tell, there
was somebody you could call.
Nowadays,
it's just algorithms, AI, and
Ivy League, poindexter,
bullshit, if you ask me.
Well, some people think those
things are quite helpful.
Yeah.
What do I know, right?
I'm just a thug with a gun.
I'm afraid it's only lemonade.
It's always only lemona...
Something wrong?
Come on, come on.
No, no, no, no!
Where you going?
Where you going, sweetie, huh?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
That's not gonna work.
Bitch!
You bitch!
That's your femoral artery.
You've got about a minute.
Tell me who sent you.
Fuck you!
It's me.
I'm compromised.
I'm coming.
Neighbors.
I don't know what to do.
I'm not trained for any of this.
None of us are, not for this.
Well, no one's breaking in
here trying to kill you.
Yet?
No, no, no. Leave them up.
They already know you're here.
Well, what do I do with that?
You're our best hope.
No matter what happened
in the safe house.
Call Julian.
You must have some emergency,
dark, Section 14 bullshit
channel.
That's not a good idea.
Well, we have to do something
or I'll be dead by morning.
I've been trying
to add it all up.
Who chose the safe house?
Who said it was safe?
Who sent the assassin? I mean...
It's driving me mad.
Well, not Julian.
I've known him my whole life.
Well, that's the close
ones you have to watch.
Well, you're close.
Yeah, but I'm me.
Look, they're not coming in yet.
That's,
That's why they're
still looking.
That's why it could be anybody.
There's only one person
that I'm certain,
isn't a traitor.
Thanks.
Apart from you.
One person
who can keep me
and the key safe.
Charles.
Are you crazy?
Have you even spoken to him
since your mother died
That's insane.
Well, there's no way
he's compromised.
That's not a good idea.
It's insane.
Well, there are three people
in this world that I trust.
And two of them are in this room
and he's the third and
he won't get me killed.
He'll get us all killed.
And I don't just mean
you and me.
Come on.
Is your old car still in the
garages on Robert Street.
I can get over the back fence.
Yeah, but I'm driving.
No. You need to stay here.
And make sure Julian's
gorillas don't follow me.
I'll call you when I get there.
No, I don't like this.
I don't like this at all.
Well, neither do I.
But, I've got to keep moving.
Once they find out the key's
not in the safe house.
Wish me luck.
Can I see your driving license
please?
Sorry, I havn't got it.
There's a woman,
matching your description
of black hair.
I need you to get out
of the vehicle, please.
Right now.
What the fuck are you doing?
Get out of the vehicle now.
Get out!
What the fuck are you doing?
Listen.
Alright.
I'm taking two things today.
The key.
And you.
Give me five minutes.
You'll be calling me daddy.
Get up, bitch.
Get up!
I've had enough daddy issues
to last me a lifetime.
I know you can hear me.
I did everything you taught me.
I was very careful.
For God's sake,
I'm by my bloody self.
Okay.
I'm going to the king's arms.
Come and find me
when you want to talk.
Don't like the king's arms.
I think they water their beer.
Hello, Charles.
Everything in the tray.
What the hell?
No need to track the car
if they can track you.
What's this?
Oh.
No, Dad!
What is it?
It's why I'm here.
Alright, the 1412 will be
passing over in
about three minutes.
Follow me.
Bloody hell are
you going, Charles.
What are we doing
at the cottage?
What's wrong with the house?
I live here now.
Have done for seven years,
ever since your mother died.
So.
You show up on my doorstep
in the middle of the night
after what?
Nearly seven years?
So, not a social call.
For the last dozen years,
I've been working in the labs at
Porton Down.
Which bit?
Weapons.
Then this evening,
-as I'm leaving the office--
-What time?
Around 8.30.
No! What time?
8.33.
I get a call. A code blue.
Report immediately, an address,
a marina on the
other side of town.
We were there to
intercept a handover.
What's your problem?
Problem?
You're the problem.
I've been suspended.
We've all been suspended.
Section 14 has been shut down.
And it's all because of you.
And your stupid girlfriend.
Internal affairs is all over us.
Where's Julian?
Okay.
Now, the weapon in this
package, what is it?
Bacteria or a virus?
--I never said it was-
-It's gotta be one or the other
Otherwise, why send
in a weapons tech?
Bacteria.
But it isn't viable in air for
more than...
Ten minutes? Yeah.
I'm guessing,
accelerated gene editing, right?
Christ.
All right. Now,
what about this eh?
What's this do? Arm it, or turn
it off?
Oh, no, don't tell me.
If it armed it, you
wouldn't be running.
Carmichael.
--You're not internal affairs-
-No, I'm not.
Events have overtaken us,
haven't they, Hugh?
Your girlfriend.
Putting our plan in jeopardy.
My God, the apple didn't fall
too far from the tree
with Rosalind Knight.
She's resourceful,
you've lost control,
and I'm here to
try and get it back.
by any means.
What do you mean?
What do I mean?
The failure of this operation,
could compromise,
everything our
organization has built.
I need, that, key, back,
in the next six hours
and she won't give it.
So.
We've gone private.
I've dispatched contractors.
It isn't a weapon.
So it's a sample?
No, it's more
complicated than that.
Well, go on.
There's something
called a Cerberus.
Oh, of course.
Oh, you don't know what it is.
Yes, I do. I know
what Cerberus is.
It's a three-headed dog,
guards the entrance
to the underworld.
Yeah, but in this case, it's a
It's a timed, triggered,
security shell. Yeah.
You try and open the case,
without this,
Everybody in the
room goes bye-bye.
Well, how do you know
about the Cerberus?
They didn't exist when
you were around.
That stuff's all out there.
You just have to know how to
grab it as it flies past.
It's not out there.
It's top secret.
Yes, that's a comforting
slogan, isn't it?
People died tonight
because of that slogan.
No, look.
What choice did I have?
Matthew.
Completely balls it up
at the safe house.
Collins.
He's a silly, psychotic
little bastard.
So I've had to send in Ivan.
With a kill team,
to her father's house.
You do know who Father is.
Of course I know who he is.
Charles Knight.
Helped thaw out the Cold War
back in the day.
Got a bit big for his boots.
We had to get rid of him.
Now he's just a,
paranoid buffoon rattling round
that big old house
chasing ghosts. Well,
If he gets in our way,
he will become one.
I can't let you do this.
Can't?
Bury your feelings.
This is far too important
for any of that.
I don't want to have to have,
you disappear too.
Right well, I'm done with you
now.
Calm down, go home.
Carmichael?
Screw you.
So that's the switch...
that turns off the cerberus.
You know, the really
interesting part about all this
is why you brought it to me.
I mean, why me?
I have very little to do with
anything these days.
Oh,
Oh dear, oh dear.
Just how deep has your
little mole dug, eh?
We don't know.
Can you believe it?
A mole in MI5?
Course I can believe it.
The history of the
Secret Service
is the history of double agents.
Philby, Burgess,
McLean, dozens of others.
And those are the ones the
public knows about.
Would rather the public didn't
find out about this one.
I bet you would.
Trouble is, there's somebody
out there who doesn't see to
your point of view.
And it'll be coming for
this and for you.
You think I can protect you?
And yet they call me crazy.
You're the only person.
I'm certain isn't compromised.
Don't give it to me. I don't
want it. You keep it.
No, no, not on you. Hide it.
Hide it somewhere
and don't tell me.
Christ, don't they teach
you anything anymore?
What I don't know,
I can't tell them
Whatever they do to me.
It won't come to that.
You were saying?
What's that? What's going on?
Come on, follow me.
Right.
Before anything else,
you hide that bloody key.
Oh, you still have Jemima.
Oh, God.
I remember how cross
you were when I found her.
Not half as cross as when
your mother forced me
to make up some stupid name
just to stop you from crying.
Well, I don't remember
it like that.
Jemima,
the other woman.
I always wondered.
Well,
this one.
This one never let me down.
All right, wait here.
He gets me the next
one's out of your gun.
And don't bloody miss.
Hands up.
I'm a friend.
All right, hands up, friend.
I'm looking for Ros Knight.
Never heard of her.
Hugh?
Oh, Ros.
God, tell him to
put his weapon down.
Charles, put the gun down.
No.
Hugh, it's OK. Put your
hands down. He won't...
She's not in charge here.
Tell him to put his weapon down.
You're not in charge either.
Damn it. He's the only
other person we can trust.
What the bloody hell
are you doing here?
Well, let me in
and I'll tell you.
All right, empty your pockets.
On the bonnet.
Ros, seriously?
Oh, just do what he says.
Oh, and your ankle, weapon.
I don't have an ankle...
OK, all right,
all right, all right.
You shouldn't have come.
I got that memo.
It's not safe, eh?
I'm starting to think
nowhere's safe.
Come on.
No, Hugh, please.
Look, there's something
I need to tell you.
Something I should have
told you a long time ago.
I love you.
I don't know why
I waited to say that.
I really do.
Come inside. Charles is waiting.
Good old Charles.
Well, at least we know
who your mole is.
We do. How do you?
Who's commanding
officer on your grab?
Cos' he's your man.
Oh, you won't believe it.
Julian.
Julian Pollard?
You know him?
He's the reason Charles limps.
Oh, God. Well, maybe there's
still time to convince him.
I've nothing to do with this.
Oh, you two, you've got to go.
You're kicking us out.
Damn right I am.
I'm 70 years old.
What can I do
against Julian Pollard
and a Section 14 Wet God, what have I done?
That's not the alarm.
No, it's not.
What is it?
Ask not for whom
the bell tolls, laddy.
All right, both of you
You do exactly what I say.
MREs, how far are you
planning on taking us?
A mile.
So,
why the field rations?
Blood sugar.
Now,
We've all got our guns.
A six-shooter.
Name's Jemima.
Never let him down.
It's just my gun.
He named his gun.
Nothing else matters.
-We need to get that--
-No.
Leave the key. The key's
what's keeping her alive.
Right.
Let's get out of here.
We'll leave the lights on.
Wait a minute.
Dad. Cigars?
Well, it might be my last one.
This is the Alamo.
We go in the gardeners to give
them a moment of pause,
and we pull back and
head for the main house.
A moment of pause?
Are you mad?
We can't fight them.
There's six of them with machine
guns.
Would you explain it to her?
He's right.
They're trying to come
in hard and fast.
We're going to have
to slow them down.
You are crazy.
This is an insane idea.
That's exactly why
they won't expect it.
He's right.
No activity.
They're in there.
Old man Knight is
the biggest threat.
You get the chance.
You take him off the board.
You give me the chance
to take out Charles Knight.
I won't charge you
for a single bullet.
Let's go.
I just said you two stay here.
I was quite clear.
You're the Anvil.
-I'm the hammer.
-I'm coming with you.
No, you're fucking not.
This is my garden.
Which right now is the
best advantage we've got.
All right.
Anything that comes this way,
Under 60, kill it.
Well, it's one way
to meet the parents.
We're sitting ducks here.
He said to wait.
You wait.
I'm going.
--Okay. I'm coming with you.-
-No.
You wait here.
-I'm going.--
-You're going to what?
Oh you're all right.
A bit out of breath, it's all.
Oh, my God.
Well, I stopped for a
smoke and, you know...
We had a shot.
Oh, yes. Must have missed.
Is there only six of them?
No, five. Where's my bag?
Oh here we go.
Help me.
The fuck are you guys doing?
They're going to
be here in minutes.
If you're not going
to help, piss off.
All right.
Now, my bat.
Where's my bloody bat?
Good.
Now he gets it.
All right. Look.
Here's what we're
gonna to do.
You fucking shot me.
That's why I switched calibers.
You're fine.
You could have
fucking killed me.
But I didn't.
On your feet, soldier.
How's that!
I was just being fucking polite.
MREs, self-cooking meals.
Magnesium, iron,
bit of table salt.
And all you need to spark
the chemical heating
reaction is water.
Oh, you remembered.
Good girl.
Did you get one?
I did, but we have to assume
he's still effective.
What we have to assume
is we just got rid of the
idiots.
It's going to get harder
rom now on in.
This is Charles Knight
we're dealing with.
And he has help.
So,
unless you want to
end up like him,
Bring your fucking A-game.
Right.
We're going to
need a bottleneck.
-Where?
-Well, where would you?
Ahh, the cellars?
Yeah, good.
Right.
But for that, we need comms.
Ros.
Upstairs.
Your old bedroom.
Get your radios.
You have radios there?
I did when I was 12.
What kind of 12-year-old?
Or, or, we could stand
around having these
lovely conversations and wait
for these people to come
crashing through the door.
I wouldn't mind.
I just don't want to be
here when they come.
On it.
How long have
you two been at it?
That's none of your business.
Right answer.
I mean, do you deliberately
try to upset everybody,
or is it that I'm just special?
I'm not deliberately
trying to piss you off,
and you are
definitely not special.
Ow, shit. Ah.
What's with the leg?
Belfast.
We were trying to get
through this door on the
intelligence of this
smart, new team leader.
And he screwed up, didn't he?
Because half the UDF
were on the other side.
Shots were fired, and
I got hit right there.
It's a silly sod.
He knew he was
putting the team at risk,
but he sent us in anyway.
Let me guess, Julian Pollard?
Yeah, this family never had
much luck with Julian Pollard.
Maybe you can get
your revenge tonight.
Don't let anybody
in while I'm gone.
Everything is exactly
where you left it.
Radio check.
They're full strength.
The batteries, they're like new.
Did you change them?
Oh, hello.
Our guests have arrived.
Yep, hang on a tick.
Had a thought.
They're gonna blow the doors.
They're gonna blow the doors!
Up, up, up!
Aim for the flashes.
Halt, your fire.
Okay.
Through the wine cellar,
there's a back door.
Take her and get out of here.
And what about you?
They'll find you.
What the hell are you doing?
Just go with him, Ros, all
right?
Dad, they're gonna kill you!
Ros, go save the world.
Dad!
Ros, just go!
Hang on Knight, the game's up.
Wait, wait. Dad.
We can't leave him.
We're out of ammo.
I've got four.
The cottage. Dead merc.
He's bound to have some.
Oh, and Ros.
-Don't move, sweetheart.
-Okay.
Don't move.
I have no issue with
you personally, Charles.
In fact,
you might count me
among your admirers.
Oh.
But I have a job to do
and you're in my way.
Oh, quite.
-So here's what we're gonna do
-Do tell.
You're...
...daughter.
Oh her.
Oh I thought we were
gonna talk about us.
Oh, well, if you want to talk
about her, that's fine, yeah.
Do you know,
I've not heard from her,
not even a fucking Christmas
card for seven years,
would you believe that?
And then all of a sudden
out of the blue, "Hello, Dad."
We're in both our evenings,
fairly disastrous.
Riveting as this is.
And a mountain of
cleaning out to do as well.
You know the stairs,
the carpet on the stairs?
It was a nice carpet, that.
And your boys
did not wipe their boots.
And, and there's this...
All this blood everywhere.
I understand you'r
playing for time, Charles,
but you have read it wrong.
She's not gone.
She won't leave you.
Yeah, if there's one thing
I do know about my daughter,
she always does the right thing.
Oh, no, she's long gone.
All the way to King and Country.
With your precious key.
They're not here, sir.
There was another way out.
There's a car missing.
Car missing, boss they've gone.
She's not gone, so look again
with your eyes open.
Oh, poo-poo, you lose.
Let's put that to
the test, shall we?
What was it?
Money?
I mean, I know
you're not an idealist.
You're too clever for that, so
what could it have been, eh?
Oh.
Oh, ha.
Was it perhaps one too many of
creepy Uncle Frank's
special sardines games?
And now you want to
watch the world burn, eh?
Owwww, shit!
Good as he looks for his age,
Ros,
he's an old man and
there's not much more of this
that he can take.
So, here is the gig.
You bring me the key
and this will stop.
If you don't, it won't.
We heard vehicles.
I've sent Bailey to investigate.
Gotta give it to you, Charles.
Your daughter is
very well trained.
I would have put money on that.
Oh, is that it?
How disappointing.
I thought it'd be black.
Well, its thoughts are black
and all I have to do,
is flip these latches.
Err,
before we finish with all this
do me a huge favour.
In my pocket,
one of my Cohibas, please.
Why not?
Ah,
terribly kind.
I'd smoke it quickly
if I was you.
When I open that case,
you have three minutes,
unless your daughter comes
crashing through
that door last minute.
Pardon me, dear Rosalind.
The case is open.
Your dad is smoking.
And time waits for nobody.
Do tell me what...
What happened to you, eh?
Once upon a time,
you were one of us.
That much is obvious.
Nothing happened to me, Charles.
I'm exactly what they made me.
A killer.
Like you.
But all the flags and medals and
codes of honour, bullshit.
At the end of the day,
I mean, you and I
We're just pawns for cash.
The only difference is
I get to name my price.
There was a time I
would have agreed with you,
been on your side.
You?
Ah, of course.
Why do you think
they kicked me out?
Ah, you've taken
most of my men down.
The money is good.
There's plenty to go round.
Oh, that's
terribly generous of you.
But I said I would have done.
Up until three
o'clock this morning.
At which point?
You tried to kill my daughter.
Big no-no, huh?
As a man sows,
so shall he reap.
Two minutes.
She's not coming, you know.
Just... Just one more question.
It's been bugging me all night.
Those men you brought,
Six of them, right?
Funny number. Why six?
I mean, you know me.
You know who I am.
Why'd you bring only six?
Pawn takes, Knight. Charles.
Drop it.
Oh, no, I had this.
This is a SIG Sauer,
P226, nine millimetre Luger.
Light, durable,
nitrile-coated
stainless steel slide.
Only this one,
has a single set hair trigger.
You shoot me, I'll get one off.
He goes down. You get nothing.
I had this completely under
control.
I said drop it!
How long?
Maybe a minute.
The key.
Not here.
Then we're at stalemate and
we're all going to die.
Well, if it was a stalemate,
I think I should resign.
Resign?
Resign!
I'm out!
Remember who you work for?
No one goes back
down there tonight.
Not if they want
to come out again.
Wait.
I didn't make it back to the
college.
What?
He's here.
Finally goung to get your
revenge.
-Revenge?
-Yeah,
he told me what happened
between him an
Julian in Belfast.
What?
Time to settle
the balance sheet.
What are you talking about?
Julian took three
bullets that night,
all meant for my father.
He'd be dead without that man.
Wait a minute.
You said... you've
been toying with me.
-He told me he got shot.
-Yeah, he was.
Julian dived on top of him
and took the rest of the rounds.
I don't want to kill him.
I want to talk to him.
Well, none of that matters now.
All that matters is
he doesn't get the key.
Look, I get,
you're trying to protect us,
but you've got to tell us
where you stashed it.
If anything should
happen to you,
God forbid,
one of us needs to find
the key before he does.
He's right, you know.
What happened to "what I
don't know I can't reveal?"
Go on, tell him.
No!
We're way past that.
It's back at the cottage.
I saw you in the ship's mirror.
I saw you hiding it
in the kitchen drawer.
You really think I bet you
keep a secret like that?
Thank you.
Hands up!
It's over Hugh.
Back.
-Drop it.
-You drop it.
-Get down, put it down.
-Drop your weapon.
Let me do this.
Drop your weapon.
Down, down, down.
What are you doing
and what was that all
--about the key.-
-Oh, do shut up.
We have only seconds
before he shoots that
traitor's head off.
Julian.
Julian, no, not Julian.
Hugh?
Impossible.
I've been with him.
We've been together.
No, forget that.
He's been with us all night.
When that psycho had me
dressed up like a turkey,
he didn't once ask after Hugh.
He only asked about you.
This doesn't prove anything.
His mission was the key.
The primary threat was Hugh.
He would have mentioned
Hugh and he didn't.
You're wrong.
Freeze!
Ros, what are you doing?
He's a traitor. He's gotta die.
Not by your hand.
What are you doing?
Don't!
I'm on your side.
Tell me it's not true.
What isn't true?
I don't understand.
Tell me what isn't true.
Decision time, kiddo.
That Merc.
Why didn't he care
where you were?
I have no idea. Look,
I'm putting my weapon down.
Nice and easy.
I'm putting it down.
Now you.
Please, I'm on your side.
-Don't trust him, Ros.
-Shut up.
Put it down, sweetheart.
Please, I'm on your side.
Put it down.
Put it down.
You didn't want me
to come here.
All night you've been
asking for the key.
And when I told you where it was
you lifted your gun.
-At him.
-It was at me!
There's a particular feeling
you get looking back at a gun
aiming right back at you.
I won't forget it!
You're imagining things.
After all you've been through,
after all we've been through.
Phil getting shot,
that bastard Matthew in the safe
house.
Matthew.
The killer in the safe house.
Yeah, I wish I'd
been there for you.
I never told you his name.
Time to take the
Knights off the board.
I'm sorry.
My weapon.
It's loaded.
Go.
Don't let him.
You can shut up an all.
Leave me. You've
got to go with her.
No. She's got this.
I'll see you after.
Don't let him die.
-Go!
-Go!
You should have gone with her.
Not necessary.
-So how long have you known?
-About a year.
You could have called me
you know? Asked for help.
Would you have said yes?
You used my daughter.
You would have done the same.
Well, if anything happens to her
I'll shoot you myself.
If anything happens to her,
I'll load your gun.
Gonna take forever to clean this
off.
You looking for this?
Why you?
Of all the people
they could have called,
why did it have to be you?
It's my job.
This was all for you,
you know, all of it.
Here comes the "I never
wanted to hurt you", speech.
Of course I never
wanted to hurt you.
Why would I shoot you?
Think of the money
I could have made.
Think of the money
we could have made.
We could still make.
You and me.
Forever.
Money.
Is that what this is about?
Well, partly, but
mostly it's about having to
something to show in your life,
opposed to a,
limp and some,
trumped up sense of duty.
There's nothing trumped up
about Dad's sense of duty.
Your integrity,
is naivety,
in a different balldress.
Maybe.
But it's got one
thing over money.
Enthrall me.
No one can take
integrity away from you.
Only you can give it up.
Give me that key,
Ros.
We could still do it.
We could still run away.
Not a care in the world.
Sorry Hugh.
I'm not ready to give it up.
Well,
I'm sorrier than you are.
The strongest peace on the board
isn't the Knight.
It's the Queen.
Thank you.
Julian's out of surgery.
They say he's going
to be all right.
Of course he is.
Fuck's sake,
he only got shot once.
Speaking of which,
I thought you said
Jemima never misfires.
No. What I said was it.
It,
has never let me down.
Look.
Jeez, Dad!
I thought you
switched the firing pin
or put some duds in.
God, you really are crazy.
You know, sometimes
the best weapon
is the one that doesn't fire.
I don't even know
what that means.
No, neither do I.
Did you know all
along about Hugh?
Oh, God.
Well...
Not 100%.
Oh, not 100.
Well,
maybe 50-50.
Oh, well, to be
perfectly honest,
maybe more like a lucky guess.
Are you always right
even when you're guessing?
I think it's more
like a knack, you know.
Mind you, at the last minute,
you made the right
call, didn't you? So,
Maybe you've
got the knack too?
I got it from my Dad.
Yes, you got that from
your mother, didn't you?
Well, now, don't be a stranger.
I mean,
I'm around
this weekend, if you like.
I've got plans this weekend.
You?
You don't have plans.
I do now.
Well at least we don't have to
pay the contractors.
I managed to convince Whitehall
that Operation
Desert Viper was a,
was a crazy strawman idea
run by Charles Knight.
and he's just bloody bonkers
enough that they bought it.
But we need to finish this game.
Put these Knights in checkmate
and get them off the table.
Permanently.
Alpha One,
- this is Echo Five, over.
Almost there.
Alpha One, this is Echo Five,
over.
Echo Five?
Echo Five?
Whoa!
-What do you want?--
-Name. Contact.
Location of the CN9 exchange.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
You just sent a morse code,
to evade digital surveillance.
Smart.
The old way is the best way.
I couldn't agree more.
Ah!
Fuck!
All right.
All right, all right.
Desert Viper,
Meadowbrook Marina, okay?
2100 hours.
Tonight?
Yeah.
Shit.
Send the unit to
Meadowbrook Marina.
We're running out of time.
Please.
You don't have to do this.
I've not...
I've not seen your face.
You can let me go.
Check.
Mate.
Queen to H5.
Would have cut off his
king's escape
and forced him
to sacrifice his rook.
You could have
controlled this board.
Damn it.
People forget.
The strongest piece on the board
isn't the knight.
It's the queen.
Night, lads.
Ros Knight.
I'm sorry, Section 14?
That's above my clearance.
Of course, sir.
I'll be there in...
50 minutes.
Okay, bye.
Gimme a minute.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing here?
Ah, Miss Knight. Good.
This way, please.
Come on, everyone.
This is Roslyn Knight.
She knows more than anyone here
about the threat.
This is CN9,
man-made bacteria,
weaponised.
A genetically engineered strain
of Yersinia pestis.
Enhanced through
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.
It secretes a potent cocktail
of proteases,
which targets the
tertiary and quaternary
structures of vital
cellular proteins.
Leading to the rapid
depolymerisation
and solubilisation
-of structural functions.--
-And in English.
It replicates by converting
proteins into liquid.
It disintegrates organic matter
in minutes.
And it can't be stopped.
If you get it on you,
-or you breathe it in...--
-You melt from the inside out.
The one saving grace
is to get the bacteria
to act so fast
they genetically sped
up its metabolism.
It only lasts 10
minutes in air.
The sample was stolen from
a Viridian Dynamics
facility last month.
We tracked the sample,
to this man.
He's been called Desert Viper.
Real name unknown.
No political allegiance,
contracts to the highest bidder
which we believe he's found.
The Domestic Front,
are a radical division
of the people's way.
They have the resources to pay
the Viper's giant fees
and the resolve to use
the biohazard.
We've just learned
within the hour
that the handoff is
happening this evening,
in 30 minutes time.
Except it isn't.
No.
Because we're going to stop it.
Miss Knight is here,
to identify the biohazard.
Where's your stab vest?
She won't need that.
Let's hope not.
It's not about hope.
She waits here.
We bring the case back to her.
She runs whatever
it is she does.
We don't have time for that.
She needs to be,
out there with you.
A tech unit
is in position to move in
on the weapon's
final destination in Uspikar.
But they can't break cover
until we confirm the package.
As soon as we've
apprehended the players here
and Miss Knight identifies the
compound,
we send our lads in.
Any delay,
and we lose the kingpin.
Second's count.
She's coming with us.
-I don't like this.
-Neither do I.
We don't have the
bodies to cover.
I'm weapons trained.
-I'm fully up to date with--
-Who's CPO on Miss Knight?
I'm not babysitting her.
I take names and numbers
not passengers.
Phil, you're covering Miss
Knight.
Window or aisle?
That's enough. You focus on
what you have to do
and let her do her job.
That goes for all of us.
We screw up tonight
and the world gets
a lot more dangerous.
For everyone.
What are you doing here?
I got a call an hour ago,
Be at this address with a 409
Chem Test Kit and tactical gear.
What are you doing here?
My job.
You're in Section 14.
Okay, you're done.
All this time we've been
together.
You've been in Black Ops.
-I thought you were--
-I never lied to you.
We both signed the same
official secrets act.
You won't need that.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Let's go then.
You and me, we are
not done talking.
Not by a long stretch.
Stand by. S-14.
Eagle 6 to S-V-12.
What are you carrying?
Glock-17.
Standard issue.
SIG P,
Chambered 9mm.
Site radius just over 15cm.
Modified mag to 20 rounds.
She could handle,
40 calibers with a Bison.
And .357 SIG.
Light, durable.
Nitrile coated
stainless steel slide.
Very accurate up to 6 metres.
Made some adjustments myself.
Single set trigger.
You blow on it?
She'll fire.
Keep the safety on, please.
vehicle approaching.
Here we go.
Hello, babe.
Can't wait to see you later.
And have I got something
big for you?
IFB. I repeat, IFB, stand down.
What's India Foxtrot Bravo?
Innocent Fucking Bystander.
Oh stop it.
Second vehicle approaching.
From the north, here we go.
Audio intercept is down.
Can you get closer?
Negative.
Obstructed view.
Okay.
I think I'm about to go
Hello?
Negative.
Wait, S-14.
No, no, of course not.
I'm not ringing from home.
He's leaving.
Return to positions.
S-14, Eagle 6, the signals,
Have a new target.
Sending grid now.
Heading back to my position...
Buyer might be on a rig.
No, forget about it.
What are they talking about?
I need to know what
they're saying.
I'm picking up interference.
I need to change position.
He's using some
kind of encryption.
Audio intercept isn't possible.
Use the laser mic.
Team Uzbekah.
Stand by.
London, on my mark.
We gotta go.
Wait till he hands it over.
Cerberus, triggers,
when you open the case.
You've got a
three minute window.
How do you open it?
London,
on my mark.
Go.
Wait.
Stand by.
Ros, what the hell?
It's the Cerberus.
it's a double lock
safety mechanism.
We gotta know which kind.
Set the key. Push down. Twist.
That loads the code
into the case.
Ros, are we good?
Can we go?
I don't know everything
about that lock.
Yes, or no? It's on you.
Ros, are we good?
Can we go?
Yeah, I think so.
Damn it. Go.
I repeat, go.
Stay right behind me.
Down! Down! Down!
Suspect on motorcycle.
Pursuing on foot.
Oh God, he's dead.
Ros, leave them.
Follow the case.
The case is useless
without a key.
Be aware, target has some
unknown device.
What the hell is that?
Overwatch is down, I repeat.
Overwatch is down.
Can you hear me?
Eagle 6 radio check.
Can anyone hear...
Don't!
Step away from it now.
Or that case will release
a very nasty biohazard
and we're both dead.
You won't get away with that
case unless I make it safe.
It will kill you before
you get 50 feet.
I can disarm it.
I'm gonna put the gun down.
Well?
It will take weeks to decode.
And without the case,
we won't even know
if we've got it right.
It's matched to the trigger.
This is the only key that can
open that case.
Bugger.
No, it works in our favour.
How if we can't decode it
without the case?
Well, then they can't
open the case either.
Not safely.
Then destroy it.
It's the only one.
It's like a fingerprint.
We need to keep it.
This is the only key that
can open that case.
She's right.
No way anyone takes
delivery without it
which means they need it back.
Where are you gonna keep it?
Give us a moment.
That biker knew the
exchange was happening.
He knew where it was.
And where we were.
Are you saying there's
a mole in Section 14?
Probably not.
We don't know anything for sure.
We don't know
anything right now.
Even if there is, they're
unlikely to know
that you were here today.
I called you in myself.
What are you saying?
You're a last minute
addition to the mission.
You're not on any rosters
emails, text chains.
You're untraceable.
You're our best hope.
Hope for what?
You've got to keep that key.
He's right.
You're the last person
they'd be looking for.
It's not the looking for
I'm worried about.
It's the finding.
I'm a scientist.
A lab nerd.
I'm not a bloody field agent.
And what if you're wrong?
What if they come for me?
You can't go home.
You're gonna have to
hole up somewhere
until we figure out what's going
on.
There's an apartment
in Docklands.
Deep off the books.
Hasn't been used in a decade.
The mole won't know about it.
If he does, we're in
much deeper trouble than this.
You'll have to get a black cab.
They might be tracking both of
us and all our vehicles.
Julian and I are going
to have to act like
everything is normal.
One whiff that we're onto them
and...
we'll never find them.
They'll be gone.
Correct.
I have a chap.
CIA. Not connected
to Vauxhall Cross.
He owes me.
I'll send him to keep
an eye on you.
I hate everything about this.
Shit.
Hi, Ros.
Can I see some ID, please?
Sure.
So how long have
you been doing this?
It's my first time
in one like this.
Wow. Your first time?
Well, this is a nice one.
I've been in some real
dumps, believe me.
You're American.
Why'd you figure that out?
I've not seen you
at the office before.
Yeah, well, I'm not an MI5.
I'm doing your boss a favor.
You see, in our business,
you want to keep the
balance sheet straight.
Never owe, never be owed.
Yeah.
James was never one
to forgive a debt.
Julian.
No, no, he never did.
You know,
Is there some place I could keep
this?
Yes, there is.
Hey, you're smart
to be cautious
but in this situation,
you don't got to worry.
Where are you from?
Cleveland.
No, I mean...
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
I'm here to protect you, honey.
We're on the same side, okay?
I'm sorry, I just...
Don't apologize. I don't
trust anybody either.
Except myself and the guy who's
already taken a bullet for me.
And let's hope it
never comes to that.
Do you want a drink?
That would be nice.
What do you got?
I'll take a look.
"When I got my tags,
It was face to face.
You look a man in the eye,
friend or foe.
Even if you couldn't tell, there
was somebody you could call.
Nowadays,
it's just algorithms, AI, and
Ivy League, poindexter,
bullshit, if you ask me.
Well, some people think those
things are quite helpful.
Yeah.
What do I know, right?
I'm just a thug with a gun.
I'm afraid it's only lemonade.
It's always only lemona...
Something wrong?
Come on, come on.
No, no, no, no!
Where you going?
Where you going, sweetie, huh?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
That's not gonna work.
Bitch!
You bitch!
That's your femoral artery.
You've got about a minute.
Tell me who sent you.
Fuck you!
It's me.
I'm compromised.
I'm coming.
Neighbors.
I don't know what to do.
I'm not trained for any of this.
None of us are, not for this.
Well, no one's breaking in
here trying to kill you.
Yet?
No, no, no. Leave them up.
They already know you're here.
Well, what do I do with that?
You're our best hope.
No matter what happened
in the safe house.
Call Julian.
You must have some emergency,
dark, Section 14 bullshit
channel.
That's not a good idea.
Well, we have to do something
or I'll be dead by morning.
I've been trying
to add it all up.
Who chose the safe house?
Who said it was safe?
Who sent the assassin? I mean...
It's driving me mad.
Well, not Julian.
I've known him my whole life.
Well, that's the close
ones you have to watch.
Well, you're close.
Yeah, but I'm me.
Look, they're not coming in yet.
That's,
That's why they're
still looking.
That's why it could be anybody.
There's only one person
that I'm certain,
isn't a traitor.
Thanks.
Apart from you.
One person
who can keep me
and the key safe.
Charles.
Are you crazy?
Have you even spoken to him
since your mother died
That's insane.
Well, there's no way
he's compromised.
That's not a good idea.
It's insane.
Well, there are three people
in this world that I trust.
And two of them are in this room
and he's the third and
he won't get me killed.
He'll get us all killed.
And I don't just mean
you and me.
Come on.
Is your old car still in the
garages on Robert Street.
I can get over the back fence.
Yeah, but I'm driving.
No. You need to stay here.
And make sure Julian's
gorillas don't follow me.
I'll call you when I get there.
No, I don't like this.
I don't like this at all.
Well, neither do I.
But, I've got to keep moving.
Once they find out the key's
not in the safe house.
Wish me luck.
Can I see your driving license
please?
Sorry, I havn't got it.
There's a woman,
matching your description
of black hair.
I need you to get out
of the vehicle, please.
Right now.
What the fuck are you doing?
Get out of the vehicle now.
Get out!
What the fuck are you doing?
Listen.
Alright.
I'm taking two things today.
The key.
And you.
Give me five minutes.
You'll be calling me daddy.
Get up, bitch.
Get up!
I've had enough daddy issues
to last me a lifetime.
I know you can hear me.
I did everything you taught me.
I was very careful.
For God's sake,
I'm by my bloody self.
Okay.
I'm going to the king's arms.
Come and find me
when you want to talk.
Don't like the king's arms.
I think they water their beer.
Hello, Charles.
Everything in the tray.
What the hell?
No need to track the car
if they can track you.
What's this?
Oh.
No, Dad!
What is it?
It's why I'm here.
Alright, the 1412 will be
passing over in
about three minutes.
Follow me.
Bloody hell are
you going, Charles.
What are we doing
at the cottage?
What's wrong with the house?
I live here now.
Have done for seven years,
ever since your mother died.
So.
You show up on my doorstep
in the middle of the night
after what?
Nearly seven years?
So, not a social call.
For the last dozen years,
I've been working in the labs at
Porton Down.
Which bit?
Weapons.
Then this evening,
-as I'm leaving the office--
-What time?
Around 8.30.
No! What time?
8.33.
I get a call. A code blue.
Report immediately, an address,
a marina on the
other side of town.
We were there to
intercept a handover.
What's your problem?
Problem?
You're the problem.
I've been suspended.
We've all been suspended.
Section 14 has been shut down.
And it's all because of you.
And your stupid girlfriend.
Internal affairs is all over us.
Where's Julian?
Okay.
Now, the weapon in this
package, what is it?
Bacteria or a virus?
--I never said it was-
-It's gotta be one or the other
Otherwise, why send
in a weapons tech?
Bacteria.
But it isn't viable in air for
more than...
Ten minutes? Yeah.
I'm guessing,
accelerated gene editing, right?
Christ.
All right. Now,
what about this eh?
What's this do? Arm it, or turn
it off?
Oh, no, don't tell me.
If it armed it, you
wouldn't be running.
Carmichael.
--You're not internal affairs-
-No, I'm not.
Events have overtaken us,
haven't they, Hugh?
Your girlfriend.
Putting our plan in jeopardy.
My God, the apple didn't fall
too far from the tree
with Rosalind Knight.
She's resourceful,
you've lost control,
and I'm here to
try and get it back.
by any means.
What do you mean?
What do I mean?
The failure of this operation,
could compromise,
everything our
organization has built.
I need, that, key, back,
in the next six hours
and she won't give it.
So.
We've gone private.
I've dispatched contractors.
It isn't a weapon.
So it's a sample?
No, it's more
complicated than that.
Well, go on.
There's something
called a Cerberus.
Oh, of course.
Oh, you don't know what it is.
Yes, I do. I know
what Cerberus is.
It's a three-headed dog,
guards the entrance
to the underworld.
Yeah, but in this case, it's a
It's a timed, triggered,
security shell. Yeah.
You try and open the case,
without this,
Everybody in the
room goes bye-bye.
Well, how do you know
about the Cerberus?
They didn't exist when
you were around.
That stuff's all out there.
You just have to know how to
grab it as it flies past.
It's not out there.
It's top secret.
Yes, that's a comforting
slogan, isn't it?
People died tonight
because of that slogan.
No, look.
What choice did I have?
Matthew.
Completely balls it up
at the safe house.
Collins.
He's a silly, psychotic
little bastard.
So I've had to send in Ivan.
With a kill team,
to her father's house.
You do know who Father is.
Of course I know who he is.
Charles Knight.
Helped thaw out the Cold War
back in the day.
Got a bit big for his boots.
We had to get rid of him.
Now he's just a,
paranoid buffoon rattling round
that big old house
chasing ghosts. Well,
If he gets in our way,
he will become one.
I can't let you do this.
Can't?
Bury your feelings.
This is far too important
for any of that.
I don't want to have to have,
you disappear too.
Right well, I'm done with you
now.
Calm down, go home.
Carmichael?
Screw you.
So that's the switch...
that turns off the cerberus.
You know, the really
interesting part about all this
is why you brought it to me.
I mean, why me?
I have very little to do with
anything these days.
Oh,
Oh dear, oh dear.
Just how deep has your
little mole dug, eh?
We don't know.
Can you believe it?
A mole in MI5?
Course I can believe it.
The history of the
Secret Service
is the history of double agents.
Philby, Burgess,
McLean, dozens of others.
And those are the ones the
public knows about.
Would rather the public didn't
find out about this one.
I bet you would.
Trouble is, there's somebody
out there who doesn't see to
your point of view.
And it'll be coming for
this and for you.
You think I can protect you?
And yet they call me crazy.
You're the only person.
I'm certain isn't compromised.
Don't give it to me. I don't
want it. You keep it.
No, no, not on you. Hide it.
Hide it somewhere
and don't tell me.
Christ, don't they teach
you anything anymore?
What I don't know,
I can't tell them
Whatever they do to me.
It won't come to that.
You were saying?
What's that? What's going on?
Come on, follow me.
Right.
Before anything else,
you hide that bloody key.
Oh, you still have Jemima.
Oh, God.
I remember how cross
you were when I found her.
Not half as cross as when
your mother forced me
to make up some stupid name
just to stop you from crying.
Well, I don't remember
it like that.
Jemima,
the other woman.
I always wondered.
Well,
this one.
This one never let me down.
All right, wait here.
He gets me the next
one's out of your gun.
And don't bloody miss.
Hands up.
I'm a friend.
All right, hands up, friend.
I'm looking for Ros Knight.
Never heard of her.
Hugh?
Oh, Ros.
God, tell him to
put his weapon down.
Charles, put the gun down.
No.
Hugh, it's OK. Put your
hands down. He won't...
She's not in charge here.
Tell him to put his weapon down.
You're not in charge either.
Damn it. He's the only
other person we can trust.
What the bloody hell
are you doing here?
Well, let me in
and I'll tell you.
All right, empty your pockets.
On the bonnet.
Ros, seriously?
Oh, just do what he says.
Oh, and your ankle, weapon.
I don't have an ankle...
OK, all right,
all right, all right.
You shouldn't have come.
I got that memo.
It's not safe, eh?
I'm starting to think
nowhere's safe.
Come on.
No, Hugh, please.
Look, there's something
I need to tell you.
Something I should have
told you a long time ago.
I love you.
I don't know why
I waited to say that.
I really do.
Come inside. Charles is waiting.
Good old Charles.
Well, at least we know
who your mole is.
We do. How do you?
Who's commanding
officer on your grab?
Cos' he's your man.
Oh, you won't believe it.
Julian.
Julian Pollard?
You know him?
He's the reason Charles limps.
Oh, God. Well, maybe there's
still time to convince him.
I've nothing to do with this.
Oh, you two, you've got to go.
You're kicking us out.
Damn right I am.
I'm 70 years old.
What can I do
against Julian Pollard
and a Section 14 Wet God, what have I done?
That's not the alarm.
No, it's not.
What is it?
Ask not for whom
the bell tolls, laddy.
All right, both of you
You do exactly what I say.
MREs, how far are you
planning on taking us?
A mile.
So,
why the field rations?
Blood sugar.
Now,
We've all got our guns.
A six-shooter.
Name's Jemima.
Never let him down.
It's just my gun.
He named his gun.
Nothing else matters.
-We need to get that--
-No.
Leave the key. The key's
what's keeping her alive.
Right.
Let's get out of here.
We'll leave the lights on.
Wait a minute.
Dad. Cigars?
Well, it might be my last one.
This is the Alamo.
We go in the gardeners to give
them a moment of pause,
and we pull back and
head for the main house.
A moment of pause?
Are you mad?
We can't fight them.
There's six of them with machine
guns.
Would you explain it to her?
He's right.
They're trying to come
in hard and fast.
We're going to have
to slow them down.
You are crazy.
This is an insane idea.
That's exactly why
they won't expect it.
He's right.
No activity.
They're in there.
Old man Knight is
the biggest threat.
You get the chance.
You take him off the board.
You give me the chance
to take out Charles Knight.
I won't charge you
for a single bullet.
Let's go.
I just said you two stay here.
I was quite clear.
You're the Anvil.
-I'm the hammer.
-I'm coming with you.
No, you're fucking not.
This is my garden.
Which right now is the
best advantage we've got.
All right.
Anything that comes this way,
Under 60, kill it.
Well, it's one way
to meet the parents.
We're sitting ducks here.
He said to wait.
You wait.
I'm going.
--Okay. I'm coming with you.-
-No.
You wait here.
-I'm going.--
-You're going to what?
Oh you're all right.
A bit out of breath, it's all.
Oh, my God.
Well, I stopped for a
smoke and, you know...
We had a shot.
Oh, yes. Must have missed.
Is there only six of them?
No, five. Where's my bag?
Oh here we go.
Help me.
The fuck are you guys doing?
They're going to
be here in minutes.
If you're not going
to help, piss off.
All right.
Now, my bat.
Where's my bloody bat?
Good.
Now he gets it.
All right. Look.
Here's what we're
gonna to do.
You fucking shot me.
That's why I switched calibers.
You're fine.
You could have
fucking killed me.
But I didn't.
On your feet, soldier.
How's that!
I was just being fucking polite.
MREs, self-cooking meals.
Magnesium, iron,
bit of table salt.
And all you need to spark
the chemical heating
reaction is water.
Oh, you remembered.
Good girl.
Did you get one?
I did, but we have to assume
he's still effective.
What we have to assume
is we just got rid of the
idiots.
It's going to get harder
rom now on in.
This is Charles Knight
we're dealing with.
And he has help.
So,
unless you want to
end up like him,
Bring your fucking A-game.
Right.
We're going to
need a bottleneck.
-Where?
-Well, where would you?
Ahh, the cellars?
Yeah, good.
Right.
But for that, we need comms.
Ros.
Upstairs.
Your old bedroom.
Get your radios.
You have radios there?
I did when I was 12.
What kind of 12-year-old?
Or, or, we could stand
around having these
lovely conversations and wait
for these people to come
crashing through the door.
I wouldn't mind.
I just don't want to be
here when they come.
On it.
How long have
you two been at it?
That's none of your business.
Right answer.
I mean, do you deliberately
try to upset everybody,
or is it that I'm just special?
I'm not deliberately
trying to piss you off,
and you are
definitely not special.
Ow, shit. Ah.
What's with the leg?
Belfast.
We were trying to get
through this door on the
intelligence of this
smart, new team leader.
And he screwed up, didn't he?
Because half the UDF
were on the other side.
Shots were fired, and
I got hit right there.
It's a silly sod.
He knew he was
putting the team at risk,
but he sent us in anyway.
Let me guess, Julian Pollard?
Yeah, this family never had
much luck with Julian Pollard.
Maybe you can get
your revenge tonight.
Don't let anybody
in while I'm gone.
Everything is exactly
where you left it.
Radio check.
They're full strength.
The batteries, they're like new.
Did you change them?
Oh, hello.
Our guests have arrived.
Yep, hang on a tick.
Had a thought.
They're gonna blow the doors.
They're gonna blow the doors!
Up, up, up!
Aim for the flashes.
Halt, your fire.
Okay.
Through the wine cellar,
there's a back door.
Take her and get out of here.
And what about you?
They'll find you.
What the hell are you doing?
Just go with him, Ros, all
right?
Dad, they're gonna kill you!
Ros, go save the world.
Dad!
Ros, just go!
Hang on Knight, the game's up.
Wait, wait. Dad.
We can't leave him.
We're out of ammo.
I've got four.
The cottage. Dead merc.
He's bound to have some.
Oh, and Ros.
-Don't move, sweetheart.
-Okay.
Don't move.
I have no issue with
you personally, Charles.
In fact,
you might count me
among your admirers.
Oh.
But I have a job to do
and you're in my way.
Oh, quite.
-So here's what we're gonna do
-Do tell.
You're...
...daughter.
Oh her.
Oh I thought we were
gonna talk about us.
Oh, well, if you want to talk
about her, that's fine, yeah.
Do you know,
I've not heard from her,
not even a fucking Christmas
card for seven years,
would you believe that?
And then all of a sudden
out of the blue, "Hello, Dad."
We're in both our evenings,
fairly disastrous.
Riveting as this is.
And a mountain of
cleaning out to do as well.
You know the stairs,
the carpet on the stairs?
It was a nice carpet, that.
And your boys
did not wipe their boots.
And, and there's this...
All this blood everywhere.
I understand you'r
playing for time, Charles,
but you have read it wrong.
She's not gone.
She won't leave you.
Yeah, if there's one thing
I do know about my daughter,
she always does the right thing.
Oh, no, she's long gone.
All the way to King and Country.
With your precious key.
They're not here, sir.
There was another way out.
There's a car missing.
Car missing, boss they've gone.
She's not gone, so look again
with your eyes open.
Oh, poo-poo, you lose.
Let's put that to
the test, shall we?
What was it?
Money?
I mean, I know
you're not an idealist.
You're too clever for that, so
what could it have been, eh?
Oh.
Oh, ha.
Was it perhaps one too many of
creepy Uncle Frank's
special sardines games?
And now you want to
watch the world burn, eh?
Owwww, shit!
Good as he looks for his age,
Ros,
he's an old man and
there's not much more of this
that he can take.
So, here is the gig.
You bring me the key
and this will stop.
If you don't, it won't.
We heard vehicles.
I've sent Bailey to investigate.
Gotta give it to you, Charles.
Your daughter is
very well trained.
I would have put money on that.
Oh, is that it?
How disappointing.
I thought it'd be black.
Well, its thoughts are black
and all I have to do,
is flip these latches.
Err,
before we finish with all this
do me a huge favour.
In my pocket,
one of my Cohibas, please.
Why not?
Ah,
terribly kind.
I'd smoke it quickly
if I was you.
When I open that case,
you have three minutes,
unless your daughter comes
crashing through
that door last minute.
Pardon me, dear Rosalind.
The case is open.
Your dad is smoking.
And time waits for nobody.
Do tell me what...
What happened to you, eh?
Once upon a time,
you were one of us.
That much is obvious.
Nothing happened to me, Charles.
I'm exactly what they made me.
A killer.
Like you.
But all the flags and medals and
codes of honour, bullshit.
At the end of the day,
I mean, you and I
We're just pawns for cash.
The only difference is
I get to name my price.
There was a time I
would have agreed with you,
been on your side.
You?
Ah, of course.
Why do you think
they kicked me out?
Ah, you've taken
most of my men down.
The money is good.
There's plenty to go round.
Oh, that's
terribly generous of you.
But I said I would have done.
Up until three
o'clock this morning.
At which point?
You tried to kill my daughter.
Big no-no, huh?
As a man sows,
so shall he reap.
Two minutes.
She's not coming, you know.
Just... Just one more question.
It's been bugging me all night.
Those men you brought,
Six of them, right?
Funny number. Why six?
I mean, you know me.
You know who I am.
Why'd you bring only six?
Pawn takes, Knight. Charles.
Drop it.
Oh, no, I had this.
This is a SIG Sauer,
P226, nine millimetre Luger.
Light, durable,
nitrile-coated
stainless steel slide.
Only this one,
has a single set hair trigger.
You shoot me, I'll get one off.
He goes down. You get nothing.
I had this completely under
control.
I said drop it!
How long?
Maybe a minute.
The key.
Not here.
Then we're at stalemate and
we're all going to die.
Well, if it was a stalemate,
I think I should resign.
Resign?
Resign!
I'm out!
Remember who you work for?
No one goes back
down there tonight.
Not if they want
to come out again.
Wait.
I didn't make it back to the
college.
What?
He's here.
Finally goung to get your
revenge.
-Revenge?
-Yeah,
he told me what happened
between him an
Julian in Belfast.
What?
Time to settle
the balance sheet.
What are you talking about?
Julian took three
bullets that night,
all meant for my father.
He'd be dead without that man.
Wait a minute.
You said... you've
been toying with me.
-He told me he got shot.
-Yeah, he was.
Julian dived on top of him
and took the rest of the rounds.
I don't want to kill him.
I want to talk to him.
Well, none of that matters now.
All that matters is
he doesn't get the key.
Look, I get,
you're trying to protect us,
but you've got to tell us
where you stashed it.
If anything should
happen to you,
God forbid,
one of us needs to find
the key before he does.
He's right, you know.
What happened to "what I
don't know I can't reveal?"
Go on, tell him.
No!
We're way past that.
It's back at the cottage.
I saw you in the ship's mirror.
I saw you hiding it
in the kitchen drawer.
You really think I bet you
keep a secret like that?
Thank you.
Hands up!
It's over Hugh.
Back.
-Drop it.
-You drop it.
-Get down, put it down.
-Drop your weapon.
Let me do this.
Drop your weapon.
Down, down, down.
What are you doing
and what was that all
--about the key.-
-Oh, do shut up.
We have only seconds
before he shoots that
traitor's head off.
Julian.
Julian, no, not Julian.
Hugh?
Impossible.
I've been with him.
We've been together.
No, forget that.
He's been with us all night.
When that psycho had me
dressed up like a turkey,
he didn't once ask after Hugh.
He only asked about you.
This doesn't prove anything.
His mission was the key.
The primary threat was Hugh.
He would have mentioned
Hugh and he didn't.
You're wrong.
Freeze!
Ros, what are you doing?
He's a traitor. He's gotta die.
Not by your hand.
What are you doing?
Don't!
I'm on your side.
Tell me it's not true.
What isn't true?
I don't understand.
Tell me what isn't true.
Decision time, kiddo.
That Merc.
Why didn't he care
where you were?
I have no idea. Look,
I'm putting my weapon down.
Nice and easy.
I'm putting it down.
Now you.
Please, I'm on your side.
-Don't trust him, Ros.
-Shut up.
Put it down, sweetheart.
Please, I'm on your side.
Put it down.
Put it down.
You didn't want me
to come here.
All night you've been
asking for the key.
And when I told you where it was
you lifted your gun.
-At him.
-It was at me!
There's a particular feeling
you get looking back at a gun
aiming right back at you.
I won't forget it!
You're imagining things.
After all you've been through,
after all we've been through.
Phil getting shot,
that bastard Matthew in the safe
house.
Matthew.
The killer in the safe house.
Yeah, I wish I'd
been there for you.
I never told you his name.
Time to take the
Knights off the board.
I'm sorry.
My weapon.
It's loaded.
Go.
Don't let him.
You can shut up an all.
Leave me. You've
got to go with her.
No. She's got this.
I'll see you after.
Don't let him die.
-Go!
-Go!
You should have gone with her.
Not necessary.
-So how long have you known?
-About a year.
You could have called me
you know? Asked for help.
Would you have said yes?
You used my daughter.
You would have done the same.
Well, if anything happens to her
I'll shoot you myself.
If anything happens to her,
I'll load your gun.
Gonna take forever to clean this
off.
You looking for this?
Why you?
Of all the people
they could have called,
why did it have to be you?
It's my job.
This was all for you,
you know, all of it.
Here comes the "I never
wanted to hurt you", speech.
Of course I never
wanted to hurt you.
Why would I shoot you?
Think of the money
I could have made.
Think of the money
we could have made.
We could still make.
You and me.
Forever.
Money.
Is that what this is about?
Well, partly, but
mostly it's about having to
something to show in your life,
opposed to a,
limp and some,
trumped up sense of duty.
There's nothing trumped up
about Dad's sense of duty.
Your integrity,
is naivety,
in a different balldress.
Maybe.
But it's got one
thing over money.
Enthrall me.
No one can take
integrity away from you.
Only you can give it up.
Give me that key,
Ros.
We could still do it.
We could still run away.
Not a care in the world.
Sorry Hugh.
I'm not ready to give it up.
Well,
I'm sorrier than you are.
The strongest peace on the board
isn't the Knight.
It's the Queen.
Thank you.
Julian's out of surgery.
They say he's going
to be all right.
Of course he is.
Fuck's sake,
he only got shot once.
Speaking of which,
I thought you said
Jemima never misfires.
No. What I said was it.
It,
has never let me down.
Look.
Jeez, Dad!
I thought you
switched the firing pin
or put some duds in.
God, you really are crazy.
You know, sometimes
the best weapon
is the one that doesn't fire.
I don't even know
what that means.
No, neither do I.
Did you know all
along about Hugh?
Oh, God.
Well...
Not 100%.
Oh, not 100.
Well,
maybe 50-50.
Oh, well, to be
perfectly honest,
maybe more like a lucky guess.
Are you always right
even when you're guessing?
I think it's more
like a knack, you know.
Mind you, at the last minute,
you made the right
call, didn't you? So,
Maybe you've
got the knack too?
I got it from my Dad.
Yes, you got that from
your mother, didn't you?
Well, now, don't be a stranger.
I mean,
I'm around
this weekend, if you like.
I've got plans this weekend.
You?
You don't have plans.
I do now.
Well at least we don't have to
pay the contractors.
I managed to convince Whitehall
that Operation
Desert Viper was a,
was a crazy strawman idea
run by Charles Knight.
and he's just bloody bonkers
enough that they bought it.
But we need to finish this game.
Put these Knights in checkmate
and get them off the table.
Permanently.