![]() Michael and Beck tumble out the back of the van and dash into the bushes admist gunfire. He uses this opportunity to fake an attack on Beck and work their hands free. It’s a little hard to try and pretend nothing’s wrong when you’re sneaking out with a gun and a bullet proof vest.īack with our kidnapees, Michael’s captors are starting to nod off. See you in five.’As Sam tries to leave Madeline’s house, she bars the door and demands information. Fiona wins the quote of the night handily: ‘I’m wearing my teeth-kicking heels. Sam, over the phone, recommends going to Strickler with what little information they have. She tracks down his sunglasses and cellphone in a potted plant, and finds the picture Michael took. She notes the scene and realizes Michael was taken by a group of professionals. ‘If you have nothing, you’re pretty much disposable.’Beck elaborates on how disposable he is, to Michael’s chagrin.įiona wanders into the restaurant where the startled and traumatized patrons are being questioned by the police. If you have information, you live until you talk.’Beck, who apparently can’t hear the voiceover, won’t stop talking to save himself. ‘If you have money, you live until you pay. The very things that keep you alive are also the things that get you killed. ![]() ![]() The voiceover gives us some advice on hostage situations. In the back of a van, Michael and Beck sit, hands tied, with the Ukranians. He loses the fight quickly though, and is carried off, along with Beck. Take pictures not war! Michael takes a quick picture of the gangsters entering the room, calls Fiona quickly on his phone, and tries to defend himself against a group of thugs. Since flashbangs make it nearly impossible to hear or see afterwards, Michaels’s voiceover recommends it’s better to shoot with a camera, not a gun. I’m not even going to comment on that one. They toss a flash grenade into the room, while Michael recommends Beck get under the table. As Michael contemplates this, he notices an entire posse of Ukranian commandos storming the restaurant. Michael, who has no shame, offers to help Beck avoid further P90 shipments being ‘diverted.’Beck doesn’t take kindly to threats. Shockingly enough, Michael plays this one totally straight and introduces himself to ‘John Beck: Guy with Connections.’Beck, who’s making me nervous by eating steak and reading a newspaper while dressed in entirely white, blows Michael off entirely. Michael’s voiceover seems plenty nervous about approaching Fiona’s Russian-linked contact cold. Sam is tasked with checking out Strickler in the meantime. Michael needs to catch up with his nemesis soon and nip it in the bud. Michael catches Sam up on the situation with the Ukranian. Sam’s at Madeline’s house, with a card from Strickler, who is one tenacious spy agent. Fiona can’t introduce them, though, since she may have ‘intercepted’some of his shipments. What the hell? From what I was able to ascertain from my husband, who was not as distracted by the yogurt, Fiona has some info on a local gangster that might be able to point Michael in the direction of his Ukrainian enemy. Now, Fiona hands her partially eaten yogurt to Michael for him to eat, and opens a new one for herself. When did I get so old? I’m seriously yelling at the screen: ‘Fiona! No! Put them in the fridge! They go bad quickly and Michael has nothing else to eat!’Ok, I have no idea what’s going on in this scene because the yogurt is driving me nuts. When he returns, Fiona is sitting with the full basket of yogurts and eating one of them. Strickler leaves Michael with his card, an unsettling threat, and the image of that pink shirt burned into his brain. Michael seems less than thrilled at the prospect of being a killer for hire. Strickler has details on a job involving an old enemy of Michael’s, a Ukranian. The enemy of your enemy is a financial opportunity.’The Agent collects 10%. Like any good agent, Strickler has a business proposal Michael helps out the enemies of his enemies. I wonder if there’s a tour map somewhere with all the spy safe houses marked. You arrive early, prepare an escape, and be prepared for an ‘ugly surprise.’Seated behind Michael, in a very ugly surprise of a pink shirt, is his new friend Tom Strickler ‘Agent to the Spies.’Awesome. It’s apparently a lot like going on a blind date. His voiceover gives us some tips on meeting a new operative. Michael wanders onto the balcony of that courtyard shopping mall/restaurant/hotel space they’re sometimes meeting people at.
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