Royal Bloodline (2025) Movie Script

(dramatic music)
(projector clicking)
(siren wailing)
Eyes closed
But I still see your intentions
It always feels like my words
Fall on deaf ears your
lips speak of heaven
(footsteps plodding)
- Good, girl?
- I'm fine.
Grab the fucking car, and I'll meet you.
(footsteps plodding)
(dramatic music)
Till I dump off this garbage
(sirens wailing)
Till I dump off this garbage
It always feels like
Always feel like, like
(footsteps tapping)
Like, like
(dramatic music)
(knee thudding)
(dramatic music)
(sirens wailing)
(latch clicking)
All that running, too.
Get that shit from work.
You know we get paid to work, right?
This shit is illegal.
Probable cause was established
when you decided to run.
Bunch of bullshit in
there anyway, right?
(tense music)
(bag thudding)
There goes your bullshit.
Hmm.
(package thuds)
(train whooshing)
(singer speaking in foreign language)
[Vocalist] Everything was orchestrated.
How I got it out the mud,
shit was orchestrated
We made the deals worth a
mil, shit was orchestrated
Collect the metal off the drip,
that shit was orchestrated
Cancer took 'em bad,
penny left 'em devastated
Drive by with my cousin
T to get hell a faded
You was locked for the funeral
But you know I made it
I made it
Bury my aunties back to back
This shit is crazy
Four baby mamas, five
kids, rapping for my baby
Let's skip the pain, ho, the
pressure getting hell a faded
Pray five times a day,
thank Allah I made it
Section 8, roaches on the floor
Nobody saves us
(broom rasping)
- Hey, Mr. Royal.
- Hey, little man.
Would you like to buy
some candy for my school?
- What your grades look like?
- Straight A's.
Mm-hmm, you know I'm
ask your mama, right?
You can ask her.
(Mr. Royal laughing)
All right, tell you what.
Let me have all of 'em.
Thank you so much, Mr. Royal.
All good, now you just
make sure them grades right,
all right?
- I will.
Hey, I'm, I'm gonna call your mama.
(footsteps plodding)
(pensive music)
(broom rasping)
(traffic whooshing)
(Mr. Royal laughs)
(fingers tapping)
Look at ya always hard at work.
(Talon laughing)
- Hey, Dad.
- Hey, baby.
You ready to wrap it up
for the night, baby girl?
Oh, my God.
(Mr. Royal laughs)
Dad, you know you don't
have to buy the whole box
every time they come around.
Hey, you know, each
one reach one, teach one.
So how we looking?
- The bar business.
- Business.
Our standing account is looking good,
but it's a little too good.
- Hmm.
- All right.
I'm not 100% sure what
he's moving out there,
but he's making it a lot
harder to clean through here
since a bar this size can really
only look so big on paper.
Right.
I had to get a little creative,
but it's a good problem.
Yeah, good problem is
still a problem nonetheless.
I know, but we'll figure it out.
I promise.
- All right.
All right?
I have to run some errands,
and then on the way home
I'm gonna make that pickup.
From Ant and Kenny?
Well, Kenny won't be there,
but another guy I've dealt with will.
So everything should be fine, all right?
And don't you stay out too late.
I'm not.
I mean, I got an errand around myself,
but I'm taking it in after that.
Okay, I mean, you want me
to pick up something for you?
No, no, no, I got it.
Dad, are you sure? I
can do it if you need me.
I'm all right.
Okay, I'm just saying.
I mean, you ain't as
young as you used to be.
You getting up there.
(Mr. Royal laughing)
You getting up there, old man.
All right, if you need me
to do something for you,
you let me know.
I got you.
- In due time.
Okay, well, I'm gonna run
so I can get this out the way.
- Right, you be safe.
- Okay?
- All right?
- I will, Dad.
I love you.
- Love you too, baby.
Be safe out there.
- All right, I will.
You too, I'm gonna see you soon, okay?
- Of course.
- All right, later.
(gentle music)
(Mr. Royal laughs)
My baby girls.
(door clattering and squeaking)
[Reporter] The fire we reported
at the old fire hall is still burning out.
(latch clicking)
Where are you going?
It's way past curfew.
Fa parents are throwing a
party, parents outta town.
I'll just be gone a little while.
Come on, Talon.
Dad comes upstairs and
finds out you're gone,
he's going to kill you
and probably me, too.
Don't worry.
I'll be back before dad even
thinks about coming up here.
Okay?
[Reporter] Joel, there
are no reports of injuries,
but a three-block area has been evacuated.
Hey, I thought you was off tonight.
I had some movies for us to check out.
I closed the bar early and everything.
I know. I'm, I'm sorry, babe.
I got called in for detail.
Well, I guess it's okay,
but next time I'm taking your phone.
(Martine laughing)
I'm sure they'll find me some way.
Seriously?
[Martine] Yep, should
be a pretty quiet night.
I guess that's a fair trade-off.
Yeah.
- I love you, baby.
- Love you, too.
- Be safe out there.
- I will.
Hey, don't be eating none
of them donuts. (laughs)
- You my only donut.
- Damn right.
(both laughing)
(drawer clattering)
(pensive music)
You remember right? I'll
flash once in the window.
If everything looks good, you flash once.
If Dad's up, flash twice.
Yeah, yeah, you better be back.
I will.
(pensive music continues)
(upbeat club music)
(door squeaking)
How's the food?
It's good.
Look, Stanton, what we doing here?
Business, boss.
(Cortez laughs)
Think it's time for us to
find some common ground,
make this whole thing
work for the both of us.
(Cortez laughs)
We've been here before, bro.
Me and my peoples, we eating
good on our territory.
(laughs) You talking expansion.
We good, bro.
Don't want your package.
See, I figured you would say that.
(gunshot blasting)
(utensil clinking)
(gun clanking)
(door clattering)
(pensive music)
Mr. Royal, pleasure to see you.
Likewise.
How's business?
- Booming, as they say.
(laughs) Happy to hear.
We'll be in touch.
- Always.
(customers laughing)
(customers chattering indistinctly)
(Mr. Royal sighs)
(laid-back music)
Just moved into a brownstone building
On Bainbridge Street
on my way to Philly
People could have some
way down the block
Yo, what time shorty
supposed to be coming?
Soon, bro.
So let me get this straight.
We giving all the money
to this chick, right?
She gonna take it, clean it
up, then bring it back to us?
Something like that minus their cut.
That seem like a lot of extra work.
Money is money.
Nigga, you can't run
around spending drug money
without cleaning that shit.
Yeah, all right, nigga, where I'm from,
that cash gonna get spent
no matter what it look like.
See, that's why you still doing
that little runner bullshit.
You don't see the bigger picture.
You lucky I let your ass come
in tonight to learn something.
(door clattering and squeaking)
What's up, fellas?
And you still down here
taking these dudes' money?
You already know how I do.
Much appreciated.
(door clattering and squeaking)
All right, nigga, play a card.
(gunshot blasting)
(dramatic music)
(door clattering)
(gunshot blasting)
Come on, shorty, you know
I can't let you walk away
with all that bread like that.
Are you fucking serious?
Get that shit out.
(gunshots blasting)
(door clattering)
(door squeaking)
(footsteps plodding)
(crickets chirping)
(switch clicking)
(dramatic music)
Oh, oh, hey, hey, hey,
hey, calm down, baby girl.
Relax, okay?
Give me the gun, okay? Give me the gun.
Breathe, baby.
(Talon panting)
Talon, tell me what happened.
Dad, I'm, I'm so sorry,
but like I, I, I, I messed this up.
What did you mess up?
What happened? What did you do?
Dad, Ant is dead, all right?
He had a new guy, the
new guy tried to rob me,
and I had to, I, I had to kill him.
Are you serious? Did anybody see you?
I mean, no, I got straight out of there.
I, I just, I left.
Did you get a good look
at new guy's face, huh?
Was he moving funny?
If you felt something was off,
you could a got out of there.
This pickup didn't have to happen.
Dad, I almost died.
How is any of this my fault?
I, (sighs) I just don't want any of this
to blow back on you.
Those two men work for
Stanton, and now this?
Jesus Christ. (sighs)
Wait a minute.
Where did this happen?
- In the northeast.
- In your sister's district?
No.
I wasn't thinking about that.
I was thinking survive.
Okay, okay, um, wow.
Oh, geez, uh, okay, okay, okay.
Here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna take your gun.
I need all your clothes,
everything got on down to the shoes, okay?
You just go up to your room. Relax.
I'll take care of it, okay?
(clothes rustling)
Okay, um. (sighs)
Lord have mercy.
Okay, okay, okay.
(clothes rustling)
(energetic music)
(whistle blaring)
(fists thudding)
(ropes thudding)
(energetic music continues)
(fists thudding)
(whistle blaring)
(fists continue thudding)
(Monica groaning)
Everything all right, sis?
Yeah, um, I'm good.
Just had to relieve a
little stress, that's it.
You coming to Dad's for breakfast?
Yeah, I'm just, I'm gonna go home
and shower first, and I'm gonna come by.
I'll see you there, all right?
[Monica] All right.
(whistle blaring)
(lid clanking)
(door clattering)
- Hey.
- Hey.
Mm, how was your workout?
- It was good.
- Yeah?
Yeah.
Looks like it.
You cool with stopping over at my dad's
for breakfast before we go in?
Yeah, cool.
(Monica laughing)
The real question is, is your dad cool?
(Monica laughing)
Nathan, he likes you as
a person, just not as this.
What is this?
Whatever this needs to be.
You know what it is.
(Monica laughing)
(lips smacking)
Mm, mm.
Come on, I'm hungry.
You gonna wind up being
breakfast. You feel me?
(Nathan and Monica laughing)
(traffic whooshing)
- Good morning y'all.
- Hey, good morning.
How y'all doing?
All good, sir, thank
you, and hungry, too.
This came right on time.
There it is.
(Monica laughing)
Hey, guys, so what's new?
Well, I've been working on this case,
and I think I'm finally
starting to make some headway.
Ooh, okay, sis, I, I see you.
Give us the tea.
Um, I don't think
detective work counts as tea,
(Nathan laughing)
But I have been working
on this really big dealer,
Nigel Stanton, yeah.
We busted a re-up, and I
think it's from his crew.
Yeah, Monica chased this
dude down like a lion.
(Monica laughing)
Hey, you need to be careful out there.
You can't be running and chasing people
up and down the beat.
That's dangerous.
- I can handle myself, Dad.
(newspaper rustling)
(Mr. Royal sighs)
(footsteps plodding)
Is everything okay, Dad?
Everything's fine, babe.
Why whenever I talk about work,
you either leave or dismiss it?
You don't have to accept my decision,
but this is my career now.
(pensive music)
I'm well aware, and believe it or not,
I'm actually proud of you for it.
It's just, you know what
this job did to our family.
I just don't want it to ever happen again.
Yeah, I get it. I understand.
Your mother was everything
to me and this family.
And she was a damn good cop, too.
(laughs) Mm-hmm.
You know, one of the biggest reasons
why I became a detective was
just seeing how strong she was
and how much she loved her work.
Yeah.
I'm protecting myself out there, Daddy.
I need you to trust me, okay?
All right.
All right, Daddy, I gotta go.
Bring it in.
So I trust you. You be
safe then, all right?
- Love you.
- I love you, too.
Come back.
(Monica laughs)
(Mr. Royal sighs)
(door squeaking)
Hey, what's up with your dad?
Seemed a little more
pissed off than usual.
I know. He's so afraid of the cop stuff.
He damn near stopped talking to me
once I started the academy.
Really? Why?
(pensive music)
My mom was a cop.
She lost her life in the line of duty,
so one can only assume that's why.
I'm sorry.
Why you didn't tell me that?
Something I don't
really like talking about,
and I don't want you
feeling sorry for me either.
I get it, okay?
But you can trust me,
whether on the job or off.
(door clattering)
(pensive music continues)
(footsteps plodding)
Yo.
Stan, we got a little problem, man.
Before we get there, does
this problem have a solution?
Could you have solved it
before interrupting my tacos?
Maybe, and hell no.
What's the problem?
Cops pulled our young
boy Dre's whip over.
He hopped out and took off.
They ran down on him, and they
found a re-up in his trunk.
You heard about this?
Nah, this the first
I'm hearing about it now.
There's more.
Two bodies got dropped
last night, Mazi and Ant.
They were supposed to be
handling an exchange last night.
Then some wild shit happened.
Cops is out there right now,
so I couldn't even get close.
So not only am I missing
product, I'm missing cash, too.
Figure out what's going on, Low.
I'll get on it now.
(pensive music continues)
This kid that the cops
got, does he like to talk?
He's solid.
Besides, he don't know
much about nothing anyways.
Then if he's solid,
what's up with that
little caveat right there?
- I mean, I'm just saying.
- Get the fuck outta here.
(pensive music continues)
(sirens wailing)
[Dispatcher] 18, Roger.
(footsteps plodding)
(dispatcher speaking indistinctly)
(footsteps plodding)
(sheet rustling)
(footsteps plodding)
(Monica sighs)
It was a shootout.
Whatever it was, it happened fast.
No one was really around.
A few witnesses said that
they heard a car peel off,
body in the house.
Caliber used to kill him
matches the gun found on him.
It was close range.
So the two of them had beef,
and then someone else finished it.
Possibly, I'm thinking
a robbery going wrong.
I got some people in the area,
and they say some pretty crazy
gambling goes on down here.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
I don't know, local players, hustlers.
Or maybe someone dropped a
dime on him. I don't know.
If I knew about it, I'm
sure everybody else does.
Do you know who's running it?
Some of Stanton's peoples I heard.
Yeah, I'm gonna get somebody
to pull a surveillance,
see what pops up.
Yeah.
Be safe, okay?
Thanks, see you later, Lieutenant.
(footsteps plodding)
(pensive music continues)
(phone ringing)
(hand knocking)
- Hey.
- Hey.
Got some updates for you two.
The kid you two brought in
the other day has offered up
some info on the Stanton crew.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Couple names, couple locations.
I'll get you guys a report
so you can get to work.
Appreciate that, Lieutenant.
These dominoes are
finally starting to fall.
[Lt. Adams] Mm-hmm.
Yeah, where's the kid now?
Oh, he's back in holding.
They'll process him,
get him out tomorrow probably, you know.
By the way, you two are getting a lot
of good feedback from the suits upstairs.
Your hard work isn't going unnoticed.
Let's keep up the good work.
- Thanks, Lieutenant
- Yeah, thanks, Lieutenant.
(Lt. Adams laughs)
(bell ringing)
(door clattering)
(footsteps plodding)
(phone ringing)
He's missing now.
What do we got?
Um, Carlos Myers, aka
Low, number two guy.
Sound familiar?
- Not really.
- Hmm.
- Doesn't ring a bell.
I'll run his name, see
what I can come up with,
connect some dots.
Okay, talk to me.
(Monica laughs)
You coming by tonight?
Yeah, for sure.
Yeah, I'ma just stop by
the house real quick,
grab a few things.
- 'Kay.
Nigga, you had one fucking job to do,
that was to keep me a heads-up
whenever some bullshit was going on.
Check your messages, yo.
(buttons clicking)
(notification chiming)
That's you, right?
Okay, fair enough, but, nigga,
that don't change my situation.
Look, we lost a lot,
but you gonna make that shit right, right?
Plus, you ain't in no fucking
positioning to be negotiating.
Either you pay up,
or you give me something just as valuable.
Call that the price of you know what.
Doing your job too well.
Talk, nigga.
(tense music)
Where you at?
All right, you still owe me, nigga.
(water sloshing)
(pensive music)
(horn blaring)
(footsteps plodding)
Mr. Royal.
Stanton, how's it going, son?
Very well, considering
the circumstances.
Yeah.
Sure by now you've heard
about the unfortunate
accident that occurred.
Accident? More like an incident.
Accident implies that it's
equal fault in the situation.
Your man tried to rob my daughter.
Yeah, that's her side of the story.
I'm not sure if it's true or untrue.
I got two dead bodies on my side
and a hell of a lotta heat.
Look, I know she can get a
little hotheaded at at times,
but this ain't her character.
Now, regardless of who's at
fault, I'm here to make amends.
(pensive music continues)
Mistakes happen.
Some are more consequential than others.
We don't want no bad blood.
I appreciate it.
Attention is bad for both our businesses.
So I agree with you.
We should move on from this.
I'm glad we could find peaceful ground.
And look, uh, I just wanted to
let you know I'm getting out.
All right, your father was a good man.
We did a lot of good business together,
and you, you've continued
on that strong foundation
that we've built.
But for me, it's time.
This comes to a bit of a surprise.
It's time, Stanton.
Well, here's to retirement.
(Mr Royal laughing)
Hope I can follow suit one day.
Hey, man, the way you moving outta here
in these streets, you'll probably
retire long before I did.
Mr. Royal.
(pensive music continues)
(phone ringing)
[Automated Voice]
Please leave a message.
(fingers tapping)
(paper rustling)
(paper rasping)
(fingers tapping)
(crickets chirping)
(switch clicking)
(footsteps plodding)
(latch clicking)
(crickets continue chirping)
(footsteps plodding)
That was way too close.
You know I got this, girl.
(doorbell ringing)
(pensive music)
(footsteps plodding)
Dad, what, what's going on?
(Mr. Royal sniffing)
Your mother, she's gone.
(all sobbing)
(somber music)
(footsteps plodding)
Is everything okay?
Yeah, yeah.
Dad, um, I just wanted to say
that I'm really sorry about
everything that happened.
I messed up.
Yeah, well, like you said,
sometimes it's either you or them.
Oh, God, I can't believe I let you get
so close to all this shit.
Dad, please don't put this on yourself.
(Mr. Royal sighs)
I'm getting out.
We're making more money
than we've ever made.
See, that's that shit right there.
People don't ever know
when enough is enough,
and they end up letting
someone else decide for them.
After what happened, we don't
need to be on anybody's radar.
And your sister is investigating Stanton
and those two bodies
that fell on your hands.
It was self-defense.
Okay, self-defense.
But how does that explain
why you were even there
in the first place?
Dad, I can run this. I can do it.
Baby girl, what part of what I'm saying
you are not hearing?
If I'm out, we're out.
And before you come with that,
I know you can take care of yourself.
That's not it.
Look, right now, we, we need
to keep everything clean
and above board.
(sighs) And it don't help
that you already put
a target on your back.
I mean, you're not really
leaving much room for argument,
so I guess.
Not on this.
(Talon sighs)
Wait.
(drawer clattering)
(paper rustling)
(pensive music)
I want you to hold on to this for me.
Now leave it just as it is.
Do not open it,
unless some, unless
something happens to me.
What?
- Oh.
- Dad,
what are you talking about?
You're scaring me.
- Now, baby, baby girl,
don't be scared.
Just, just don't open it,
unless something happens to me, okay?
Okay.
All right, I'm trusting you.
Take care of it for me.
(pensive music continues)
(traffic whooshing)
So what's the good word?
Old man says he's out.
Wait, why?
All he doing is cleaning money.
They ain't taking no risk at all.
Like, why would he give that up?
Mercedes, please come in.
Particulars?
Old man, runs the Royal Club Bar.
Location?
Set number of players
should make this efficient.
He's expecting the drop
in the normal spot.
Any deviations or complications
in the plan will result
in an increase in the agreed-upon fee,
half now, half on completion.
(paper rustling)
We'll be in touch.
Goddamn, she's sexy and crazy as shit.
I like.
She kills people for money.
You expect her to be a
well-adjusted member of society?
You right.
Look, it's a lot going on.
People getting busted, partner's quitting.
It's time to take the wheel back, Low.
You understand?
- I'm on it, bro.
I got you.
(hands smacking)
(laid-back music)
All praises due
Appreciate you saying
Walk with me
(train rattling)
I stay sharp within the
creases of my Dickies
Out west, Saks Fifth,
bad bitch in my Bentley
Saint Laurent, Dolce
& Gabbana, and Finley
Capo status, there's
only two, me and Jimmy
Exterminate the rest
I rebuild my whole city
Red carpet, black
tie affair with Diddy
Tokyo drift to hit the gas 150
- What's up, boy?
- What's up with you?
I was tired of that shit in there, bro.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Bad bitch in my Bentley
(gunshot blasting)
Capo status
(body thudding)
There's only two
Me and Jimmy
(door slamming)
Exterminate the rest
I rebuild my whole city
(engine roaring)
Red carpet, black
tie affair with Diddy
Tokyo drift to hit the gas 150
(siren wailing)
(train rumbling)
(door clattering)
(gravel crunching)
(dispatcher speaking indistinctly)
(door clattering)
(dispatcher speaking indistinctly)
(footsteps plodding)
[Monica] Hey.
Hey.
- Everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
Uh, just been a little down.
Something going around, you know.
I'll be all right, though.
What we got?
(sheet rustling)
Damn.
Think someone heard he was talking.
Yeah, you know these,
uh, these dudes get
to the bullpen and start talking.
Probably just said the wrong
shit to the wrong person.
Yeah, but there's shell casings.
There's tire marks here.
Thinking they probably shot him in the car
and then dropped his body here.
Gotta take a look at these cameras,
maybe see if we can get a
pick of, like, make and model
that, or,
hey, are you, are you hearing me?
Yeah, um, I gotta, I
gotta run by the station.
Uh, give me a call when you wrap this up.
(footsteps plodding)
(sirens wailing)
(pen rasping)
(fingers tapping)
(phone ringing)
(hand knocking)
Lieutenant.
- Nathan.
What's going on, man?
- Looking good, brother.
- Ain't seen you forever.
- Yeah.
Why they got you down
here doing bitch duty?
Man, perp's arm got broke during a stop.
He gonna make a complaint,
the bullshit. (scoffs)
So they stuck me down
here for a little while.
- That explain the blues.
- Yeah, you like 'em?
I remember when you used to wear 'em.
- Been a long time.
- Long time, long time.
- Hmm.
- So what's going on?
What you need?
Yeah, yeah, me and Roy made
a bust the other day, man,
uh, (laughs) fucked around, lost my watch.
Think I might have dropped it
in the, uh, evidence we dropped off, yeah.
Yeah, man, yeah, yeah,
you go on back there,
but, um, just to let you know
that the Wi-Fi been down.
We ain't been able to log nothing in
for, like, last two, three days.
- Hmm.
- Yeah, it's crazy, man.
Um, whatever you lost,
I'm sure it's back there.
[Nathan] All right,
cheap-ass department, huh?
Who you telling? Cameras don't work.
I've been using my data this whole time
and can't get on the Wi-Fi, some bullshit.
(pen rasping)
(pensive music)
(door clattering)
(bag rustling)
(dramatic music)
(siren wailing)
(cash rustling)
How you pull this off?
Called in a couple favors.
We good now?
I don't know about good.
That's yet to be seen, bro.
Y'all not gonna keep making
me your little bitch, man.
You must have forgot the shit
I went through because of you, Nate.
You lucky I ain't put your ass in the dirt
when I got out for some
shit you put us in.
(footsteps plodding)
(dramatic music)
Stop.
(gunshots blasting)
(body thudding)
(feet shuffling)
(leaves rustling)
(crickets chirping)
(dramatic music)
(body thudding)
(air whooshing)
Yo, I had to go to gladiator school
while you went to the damn academy
'cause I kept my mouth shut.
Nigga, I own you.
(tense music)
Think about that the next
time you ask if we straight.
(paper rustling)
(phone ringing)
(footsteps plodding)
(hand knocking)
Hey, Royal, I got something for you.
I got the footage of the
double shooting the other night
that you were looking for.
Appreciate it.
Got another one, though.
I'm gonna need you guys to look
into that one tonight as well.
Okay, if you need anything,
I mean anything, let me know.
Thank you.
(employees chattering indistinctly)
(brooding music)
[Mazi] Come on, shorty, you
know I can't let you walk away
with all that bread like that.
- Are you fucking serious?
- Get that shit out.
(gunshots blasting)
No way.
(lid thudding)
(brooding music continues)
(hand knocking)
(footsteps plodding)
(crickets chirping)
(door squeaking)
(bells chiming)
[Talon] Monica, what the hell?
(door clattering)
(pensive music)
Tell me this isn't you.
Where did you get this?
What the hell were you doing there,
and what the hell are you into
that these dudes wanna rob you?
You better start talking
'cause I'm the only one
who can save your ass.
- Does Dad know about this?
- No, of course not.
Look, I was coming home from the bar.
I made a quick stop to get some food.
They probably thought I had
more money on me or something.
I mean, I don't know. I
didn't have time to ask them.
You feeding me bullshit, Talon.
You've been doing this since we was kids.
That's the fucking story.
Put me in a really bad spot, man,
two open bodies and the tape
clear as day with you on it.
Who else seen it?
Only me up until this point.
So look, lay low, please don't do
or say anything to make this worse.
(sighs) Let me figure this out.
You always got the answers.
For your sake, you
better hope you right.
(bells chiming)
(door squeaking)
(latch clicking)
(footsteps plodding)
What the hell wrong with you?
Your daughter's a bitch.
(determined music)
(guns clanking)
Whoo
(gun clanking)
Whoo, ah
(footsteps plodding)
Whoo
(door clattering)
Let's go
What, what, what, what,
what, what, what, what
What, what, what, what,
what, what, what, what
(window whirring)
Yo, change of plans, I got the drop
on the old man at the bar.
He ain't coming through here no more.
Hey, look, I would a called you,
but you know the no phone thing.
(tense music)
Price increase.
That's fair enough.
(windows whirring)
(engines humming)
Whoo, ah
Ah
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
(brooding music)
(footsteps plodding)
(lock clattering)
(pen rasping)
(latch clicking)
(footsteps plodding)
(engine humming)
(door clattering)
(crickets chirping)
(footsteps plodding)
(item clinking)
(brooding music)
(jacket rustling)
(gun clanking)
(item clanking)
(switch clicking)
(curtains rustling)
(suspenseful music)
(door squeaking)
(gunshot blasting)
(glass shattering)
(door squeaking)
(suspenseful music continues)
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
(bag rustling)
(doors clattering)
(suspenseful music continues)
(gunshots blasting)
(Mercedes groans)
(gun clanking)
(gunshots blasting)
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
(bag rustling)
(door clattering)
(footsteps plodding)
(pensive music)
(train rattling)
(phone buzzing)
(emergency brake clattering)
Hello.
(pensive music)
(gear stick clattering)
(engine roaring)
(footsteps plodding)
(engine humming)
(pensive music continues)
(door clattering)
(footsteps plodding)
The hell is going on?
- I don't know.
- Bullshit,
this is your fault.
It wasn't some random robbery.
You're mixed up in some bullshit,
and now dad is dead because it.
Fuck you, all right? I
had nothing to do with this.
They took a shot at me, too.
Oh, again, huh?
Yeah.
- Ladies, ladies.
I am so sorry for your boss.
We're gonna do everything we
can to find out who did this.
Your father, he was a good man.
And is there anything
that you can think of
that as to why you and him or targeted?
I'm not trying to jump to any conclusions.
Just this all looks targeted.
I mean, I don't know. I don't think so.
I, I, swear, I don't even, I
can't even think right now.
I don't know.
So sorry, I got here as soon as I could.
What's up, Lieutenant?
- Appreciate that.
I just, I don't know what's going on,
and I'm just trying to
process this whole thing.
Well, we gonna figure out
what the fuck's going on.
I got your six, you too, Talon.
Thank you.
I know this is a lot right now,
but whenever you're ready,
we'll go to the station
and put the pieces together.
All right?
Call me if you need me.
- Thanks, Lieutenant.
- Thank you.
(footsteps plodding)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(pensive music)
How we looking?
Just handled that situation we had.
We all good now.
Talk to that sexy bitch?
Not yet.
Figured she'd be by to get
this other half by now.
She might think it's a little too hot.
Maybe, but she ain't the type of bitch
to leave any money on the table.
Shit, who is? (laughs)
Hey, listen, get at that cop.
Let me know what he been hearing.
Any loose ends need
tying up, don't hesitate.
Say no more.
(cash thudding)
[Reporter] Police in
Kennada have smashed
a multimillion dollar drug-smuggling ring.
22 pounds of heroin was seized
along with a small amount of cocaine,
marijuana, and hashish.
25 people have been
arrested and face charges.
[Reporter] We interrupt this program
to bring you a special report.
[Reporter] Breaking news.
(brooding music)
James Royal, the owner
of the Royal Club Bar
and pillar of the community
has been murdered.
More news at 11:00.
(engine humming)
(pensive music)
(emergency brake clattering)
Take me down
(Monica screaming)
(hand thudding)
To the river
Where the peace won't run dry
Gather round at the river
Where my soul comes to lie
(Monica sighs)
And I come alive
(emergency brake clattering)
Freedom
Ooh
Freedom
Freedom for my body, soul tonight
(phone ringing)
(footsteps plodding)
(employees chattering indistinctly)
(jacket rustling)
(footsteps plodding)
(hand thudding)
- Hey.
- Hey, Lieutenant.
Nathan, I'm gonna need you
to hit the street hard tonight, okay?
Need, yeah, no, you can
put that right over there.
(box clattering)
Thanks, Officer Royce.
(latch clicking)
I need you to find out anything you can.
- Lieutenant.
- Hmm?
Do you think from running that bar, like,
maybe he had some enemies?
You know, he probably seen
some shit in his day, you know?
Yeah, they're all possible avenues.
And once Royal and her sister
are a little more stable,
then we'll circle back to them.
But meanwhile, keep working every angle.
You got it, Lieutenant.
You good?
Yeah, I just, uh-
I know, yeah.
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
(box clattering)
(pensive music)
- Oh, shit.
- Here we go, here we go.
Here we go, here we go.
- It hit the wall.
- That hit that.
- That that don't count?
[Player] No, to hell with
all that shit going by.
- Nah, man.
- Ah, man, come on, dawg.
I'll show you guys how
to do this shit right?
I'm gonna show you how you to
take a, that's off the foot.
- Man, man.
- That's a one and a two.
That ain't no snake.
- I'm gonna have
to start taking shit back.
- You gotta show 'em.
- Watch this shit.
Come on, come on, all night.
[Player] Boy, you
even called snake eyes.
It's a one and a two.
I got 100 on that shit.
I'll bet 100 on that.
(door clattering)
- Hey, yo, Dizz.
- Who's got the money the now?
Who's holding the money, me or her?
- Hey, yo, Dizz.
- You think my, whoa.
[Dizz] Oh, shit, oh,
Goddammit, yo, what the fuck?
What do you know about that old man
who was shot up last night?
Man, what old man?
(knee thudding)
Ah, shit.
What's the talk going around?
Look, all right, talk, man.
Fuck, look, all I know is
he had a bunch of bread,
all right, and some niggas ran up on him.
Who? Who?
Nigga, I don't fucking know, man.
(Dizz speaking indistinctly)
Shit, man, what the fuck?
- Royal, Royal, Royal.
- Jesus, shit.
Take it easy.
- Get the fuck outta here.
- Fuck.
- Hey, hey,
what are you doing?
I was about to get some
intel before you rushed me.
Oh, oh, you a hard hitter now?
Come on, Monica. This ain't you.
You supposed to be home
taking some time off.
Now what if one of these clowns decide
that they wanna file a report?
Let 'em.
(Nathan sighs)
Listen, we got this.
I'm out here looking for
answers just like you are.
You wouldn't let me crash out like this,
and I can't let you.
I appreciate you, Nathan.
I'm just, I'm just so
frustrated right now.
You think this has something to do
with what happened at the bar?
I don't know.
Like, he treated everyone
like they were family.
I understand.
You think your dad had any
enemies or something like that?
Nathan, I'm just as lost as you are.
You don't think I've
thought about a million ways
about why this had happened?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
I'm just trying to rule
out everything that I can.
(pensive music)
Hey, go home. Get some rest.
When I get info, you get info.
(footsteps plodding)
(pensive music continues)
Hey, hold tight for a moment.
Let me speak to her in private.
(footsteps plodding)
Ms. Royal, hope I'm not disturbing you.
I wanted to come by and
express my condolences
for your father.
(plastic rustling)
Your father and I done a lot of business.
No shit.
It's a big loss for the
community and personally.
Cut the shit. What the fuck do you want?
I know these are difficult times,
but I would like to discuss business.
Did you have anything to
do with my father's murder?
(tense music)
Absolutely not.
In fact, we spoke and made amends
for the mistake that you made.
Mistake?
Your people tried to fucking rob me.
I would never condone
that. Let's make that clear.
Way I chop it up, say for
the cost of doing business.
Look, please get to the
fucking point, all right?
I ain't in the mood for none of this shit.
What do you want?
I wanna continue the
business relationship.
I know these are difficult times.
This is when the best
rise up to the occasion.
So under the same terms?
I don't know if that's possible
under the current circumstances,
increased police scrutiny,
your experience or lack thereof.
There's greater risk on my part
that I have to account for.
Mm, so you wanna short me?
I mean, that's not the
way I would describe it.
This could be a temporary adjustment
until things become more stable.
Look at it that way.
Sounds like bullshit,
and you wanna get over.
I'll play the game, a little
less of a fee on my end,
but temporarily.
(Stanton laughs)
A good businessman,
excuse me, businesswoman,
recognizes opportunity
even in bleakest time.
You got the instinct, Ms. Royal.
We'll be in touch very soon.
Uh, by the way, have you made
arrangements for the funeral?
Wanted to send something
at the very least.
Yeah. well, you know how my dad was.
He was very low key.
Didn't want much attention,
so it'll probably be a
private little thing.
Of course, he wouldn't
have it any other way.
Right.
Ah
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
So how you wanna play this?
We'll keep track on her movements.
Wait till the best time.
All right, say no more.
(window whirring)
(engine humming)
(somber music)
(birds chirping)
(door squeaking)
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
(somber music continues)
Hey, you all right?
It's kinda hitting me now, you know?
It's like we're finally
putting him to rest.
Yeah.
Seemed like everybody had nothing
but good things to say about him.
(laughs) Your daddy was
a good dude, for sure.
You knew everybody in town.
Everyone. (laughs)
Talon and I still aren't talking,
so I had no say in any of this matter,
but I think he would a wanted
it low key, so it's cool.
Y'all still at it, huh?
It is what it is at this point.
I think she has to know
more about what's going on.
Uh, think so?
Man, I can't get nothing on it.
I, I been up on it all night,
CIs, doughboys.
I can't get nothing but a robbery.
You know, maybe somebody just thought
he had a bunch of cash.
But what would be so different
about that night versus any other night?
Robbery just does not
move the needle for me.
(gentle choral music)
(bell tolling)
(gentle choral music continues)
(gentle choral music continues)
(brooding music)
(gun clanking)
(vocalists singing in foreign language)
(gun clanking)
(birds chirping)
So gonna act like
your a sister not here?
We're fucking here 'cause of her.
Hey, hey.
(footsteps plodding)
How you doing, T?
I've seen better days. That's for sure.
You need anything, just let me know.
Thank you Nathan, I
appreciate that, thank you.
(engine humming)
(brooding music)
Talon.
(gunshots blasting)
(woman screaming)
(gunshots blasting)
Are you okay?
- No, I'm good, I'm good.
Did you hit them?
I don't know, but I damn sure tried.
(gravel crunching)
(brooding music)
(crickets chirping)
Yo, you hit her?
I had to, bro. I had to.
I tore that shit up.
Go take a piss real quick, man.
[Associate] All right.
(door clattering)
(car beeping)
(dramatic music)
(gunshots blasting)
(phone buzzing)
Yo, we good?
Yo.
I told you any deviations
or complications in the plan
would result in an increase of the fee.
The increase will be paid in blood.
(determined music)
Fuck, man.
(door clattering)
(crickets chirping)
(traffic whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(footsteps plodding)
(bag rustling)
I think now is a good
time for you to tell me
what the hell is going on, T.
Someone just tried to kill you
at our father's fucking funeral.
(sighs) Look, Dad was cleaning money
for some big-time dudes in the city,
drug dealers, hustlers.
You know that body in the
alley a couple days ago?
It was me.
Dude tried to rob me, and
not did what I had to do.
Dad tried to fix it with Stanton.
He didn't even want
you to know about this,
and for obvious reasons.
He didn't wanna put you at risk.
So all this bullshit, you
and him brought on yourselves?
Please get off that
high horse, all right?
We all have secrets,
things we are not proud of.
So why kill him if he was
trying to make it right?
Dad wanted out.
He wanted to retire the business.
He didn't even want me to
move forward with this.
My guess is Stanton thought
he was trying to set him up,
might turn him in.
I'm not sure.
But I do know I'm the
last piece of the puzzle.
(Monica sighs)
We gotta get you outta here.
You can stay in my apartment.
We can go to the station and
just figure all this out.
Wait.
There is no way we can tell
the cops of any of this.
I'm not going to court fighting shit.
I will not let them drag
Dad's name through the mud.
I'll die first.
He was washing money
for the biggest drug dealer in the city.
He chose that.
He's gone now, and you was
this close to being buried
with him three times.
I'm not letting that happen.
Let's go.
Look, I know we've had our differences,
but one thing for sure
is Dad would have died
for us and with us.
He knew this day would come,
just like he knew everything else.
(paper rustling)
He left this for us
and said, if we ever got
into trouble, to open it up.
(paper rustling)
(pensive music)
(keys jangling)
(pensive music continues)
(paper rustling)
[Mr. Royal] If you're reading this,
you're probably in some deep shit.
It means that I'm dead,
and the shit is about to hit the fan.
And knowing you two the way that I do,
you're probably at each
other's throats trying
to place blame and figure
out who's at fault.
Neither of you.
You two are the most competitive,
motivated women I know,
and it's time to take that anger
and point it in another direction.
Monica, I know you're pissed,
but don't hold it against your sister.
Because of your station,
some things I felt you were
better off not knowing.
Blame me for that.
Everything I've done was to
put this family in a position
to not miss a beat if shit went left.
Just know I did everything I could
to not bring harm close to home.
I bought this place for
your mother and I to retire
and get away from the city.
How long has he had this place?
Uh.
[Mr. Royal] Your
mother and I always hoped
that you two would find common ground,
and now with me gone, you
really need to put aside
your petty differences
and act like what you are,
sisters.
It's my blood running through your veins
and your mother's heart leading your way.
I'm proud of you both,
everything you've both became
and will continue to be.
I know this is a lot to take in,
but I pray now that it's my
time that you remember me
for the best of who I was
and not the worst choices that I made.
When she passed,
that was a promise I made
to her and to myself.
I didn't know what to do with the place,
but I always knew no
matter what happened to me,
I'd always do my best to protect you both.
All of this is yours, including the house.
I love you both. Be safe.
(cash thudding)
(lid creaking and thudding)
I can't, well, all
this, I feel like all this
is a federal indictment waiting to happen.
Girl, relax. No one
knows about this place.
If they did, they would've
ran through already.
This is too much. I gotta take a nap.
We gotta figure this out later.
(pensive music continues)
(pensive music continues)
There has to be something.
There has to be something.
(Talon sighs)
(footsteps plodding)
(crickets chirping)
(pensive music continues)
(dramatic music)
(crickets continue chirping)
(lid thudding)
(guns clanking)
(dramatic music continues)
Remember how we used the
signal when we were kids,
one flash clear, two flash not clear?
All right.
(footsteps plodding)
(engine humming)
(crickets chirping)
(emergency brake clattering)
(doors clattering)
(suspenseful music)
[Nathan] Couple entrances,
one here and here.
We're taking both.
Anybody's in there,
they got the advantage.
Watch each other's six.
We're looking for money.
(paper rustling)
(gun clanking)
Let's go.
(suspenseful music continues)
(footsteps plodding)
(gun clanking)
(suspenseful music continues)
(buttons clicking)
(notifications chiming)
(window creaking)
(footsteps plodding)
(suspenseful music continues)
Turn that fucking light off.
On me, let's go.
(gunshot blasting)
(body thudding)
- How many?
- I got one.
Not sure how many others,
but I heard a couple
voices when he dropped.
Okay, I think that bought
a little bit of time.
(footsteps plodding)
(suspenseful music continues)
(gun clanking)
[Nathan] On me, I'll run point.
Gonna breach. Stack up.
Kill everything that moves.
Move.
(footsteps plodding)
(suspenseful music continues)
(door clattering and squeaking)
(footsteps plodding)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
(footsteps plodding)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
(floor creaking)
(latch clicking)
(door squeaking)
(suspenseful music continues)
(footsteps plodding)
(gunshots blasting)
(assailant groaning)
[Assailant] Hey.
(gunshots blasting)
(gun clanking)
(footsteps plodding)
(assailant groaning)
[Nathan] Shit.
(door clattering)
(suspenseful music continues)
[Assailant] We gotta
get the fuck outta here.
[Nathan] No, we ain't going nowhere
till you get this money.
(suspenseful music continues)
(door clattering)
(hand thudding)
(feet shuffling)
(footsteps plodding)
(curtain rustling)
(gunshot blasting)
(dramatic music)
You should have checked the corners.
(assailant gasping and groaning)
[Nathan] When I throw this,
I need you to start fucking shooting.
You hear me?
(assailant groaning)
(suspenseful music continues)
(grenade clattering)
(gunshots blasting)
(explosion blasting)
(high-pitched tone blaring)
(footsteps plodding)
(dramatic music)
(gunshots blasting)
(high-pitched tone blaring)
(Monica whimpering)
(footsteps plodding)
(glass crunching)
(gunshots blasting)
(body thudding)
(footsteps plodding)
(switch clicking)
(gun clanking)
(pensive music)
(Nathan groaning)
(switch clicking)
(Nathan coughing)
(dramatic music)
Nathan, what the fuck?
Sorry, it's just business.
(grunts) Your dad was in the gang.
There's a fortune in this house.
Fuck you.
It's your sister and your dad.
You killed my father?
It wasn't personal.
(door clattering)
(bag rustling)
(door clattering)
(footsteps plodding)
(clothes rustling)
Whoo, fucking rich, whoo.
(tense music)
Neither is this.
(gunshot blasting)
(body rasping)
(footsteps plodding)
(gunshots blasting)
(footsteps plodding)
(switch clicking)
(footsteps plodding)
I never liked him anyway.
He mentioned the family business
and a, a whole lotta
money being stashed here.
Like, I wonder how he knew about that.
[Talon] Hmm, you know Dad
wanted to protect you, right?
Was that it, or was he
trying to protect all of this?
I mean, he wasn't perfect,
but obviously neither was I.
Yeah, he always trusted you more.
No, he trusted you more
to do the right thing.
That's why he never brought you in.
I was a hothead. He had to keep me close.
No one can find out the truth.
He was a good man.
Right, so then we have a
lot of loose ends to tie up.
Nathan is dead.
The asshole who sent him isn't.
We do this, we do it by the book.
All right, copy that.
All right, well, I guess we should start
by getting all this money outta here
before I call it in
because there's no way
we can explain this.
All right.
All right, so I'm gonna grab
a few bags from the car, okay?
I'll be back.
- All right.
(footsteps plodding)
(door clattering)
(crickets chirping)
(gunshot blasting)
(dramatic music)
Talon.
(gun clanking)
(gunshots blasting)
You don't hunt on unfamiliar territory.
(engine humming)
(latch clicking)
(brooding music)
I got all night.
But your sister in there, she
hasn't expired yet, doesn't.
Make yourself known.
Come on, get your sister some help.
(suspenseful music)
There's only one way
outta here, baby girl.
(gunshot blasting)
(body thudding)
(footsteps plodding)
(pensive music)
(Talon gasping)
(footsteps plodding)
Come on, Talon.
(Talon continues gasping)
Come on.
You got, Talon, you just
got the wind out outta you.
Nothing went through.
Oh, did, did you fuck that bitch up?
I fucked her up.
We ended this tonight. Come on.
(footsteps plodding)
(pensive music)
(notification chiming)
(footsteps plodding)
(notification chiming)
(clothes rustling)
(air whooshing)
(pensive music continues)
(paper rasping)
(gun clanking)
(buttons clicking)
(notifications chiming)
(footsteps plodding)
All right, that's everything.
We need a spot to keep this.
We'll get to that. There's
one more thing we gotta do.
(suspenseful music continues)
(engine humming)
(door clattering)
Don't, don't do it. Don't do it.
Bring your ass back.
[Monica] Get over here now.
(gravel crunching)
What happened to your boy?
You looking at us, right?
I'm pretty sure you can
figure that part out.
How long you been dirty?
We ain't been working
together for that long,
so I can't tell y'all that.
Why kill my father?
Look, Nate owed us a lotta bread.
Your pop was in the game. The
opportunity presented itself.
All that extra shit, the
house, it was all y'all boy.
How did he even know that?
Shit if I know, looked up
some files, some paperwork.
I don't know. You know
that shit y'all cops do.
Found the envelope with the address on it.
Jamal name, I don't, I don't know.
Damn, you roll over that easily?
Come, come on now. Look.
I'm just trying to be the first
one to the table for deal,
immunity, the whole nine.
That shit with y'all
dad, it wasn't personal.
It was business.
(gravel crunching)
Just take me downtown, yo.
(gravel crunching)
(pensive music)
(door clattering)
Look like I missed a lot.
Yeah, and I'm guessing you didn't think
we would survive that, huh?
What's going on, Low?
A fucked up night.
Tell your boss how you undercut him.
You caught a deal with a dirty cop
that got my father
killed to keep the money.
Go ahead, tell him.
I don't know what
she's talking about, bro.
(gunshot blasting)
(body thudding)
That was for your father, not for me.
Your father was a good man.
He had my father killed
before you could do it.
Keep that noble bullshit for someone else.
So where do we go from here?
You gonna take me in for murdering
a piece of shit dope dealer?
I go in, and I start telling what I know,
everything, and I know a lot.
Go in, do a little bit of time,
and get right out at the worst.
You think really highly of yourself.
Your father thought
highly of me as well.
And for what it's worth,
I wish we could a continued
to do business together.
Shit, I offered your
sister here an opportunity.
Bullshit, you was lining me up.
That's how they fucking tracked me.
This is business.
I don't like people that know too much.
Never have.
I trusted your father,
and he probably would've never said a word
about our business.
How could I take that chance?
You're right.
(gunshot blasting)
(body thudding)
What happened to doing it by the books?
Fuck that, I'm protecting our bloodline.
(gunshots blasting)
(dramatic music)
(body thudding)
We don't need scars
just to know we're human
We can let the world just tear us up
Light ourselves up
when we're out of luck
(upbeat music)
(bell chiming)
[Talon] Here you ladies
go, you're welcome.
If you need me, let me
know, okay? (laughs)
Yo, I'm excited, sis,
this place is jumping.
Mom and Dad would be so
proud of you right now.
Just trying to keep it going, you know,
straight legit, that's it.
So, um, I was wondering.
Um, do you think anything
that happened might fall back on us?
Sis, look, I'm doing
everything in my power
to make sure none of this falls on you
or shows any association with Dad, okay?
Good.
Ladies, how are you
ladies doing tonight?
How you doing, Lieutenant?
(both laughing)
Doing good, what are you drinking?
Uh, something good,
(laughs) whatever you suggest.
Looking like this time
off is doing you well.
If you say so. I'm ready
to get back out there.
In due time.
Look, I am,
I wanna apologize for
not being up on Nathan.
Coulda cost you both your lives.
Just never thought he would be dirty.
You know, that bastard
looked me right in my face
when I asked him to
work your father's case.
Thought I could trust him, too.
But it's not your fault.
It is my job to know.
It's a hell of a mess to clean up,
being a stain on the department.
But one good thing is it looks
like the biggest dealer
in the city, Stanton,
went down in the midst of it,
and it looks like it was
his second in command
who did it to him.
Then someone else must have
been plotting to kill two birds
with one stone and got 'em,
tried to rob 'em.
Oh, my God, wow.
That's crazy.
- Yeah.
Notice that I said looks like.
Listen, I know what it's like to have
to protect your family and legacy.
Don't worry, you both
will be in the clear.
Mm, that's a damn good drink.
(upbeat music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(dramatic music)
(window whirring)
(engine churning)
Do you see now
What we could be right now
(engine roaring)
Together, ah, together, ah
We could be the stars of our show
We could be the ones on the road
Put our names up
Watch them fall, fall
Light up a match, watch it blow
Take my hand through it all
Together we could face fire and smoke
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke, fire and smoke
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke, fire and
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke
Fire and smoke