you know, this movie of yours, i don't think it would have worked.
audiences love happy endings.
what are you doing?
i've seen what this man is capable of --
stop them --
okay.  guys, why don't you give me a few minutes here?
it's okay. just a couple of minutes.
and michaels.
hamlet was a dane.
forget it.
why would the number one cracker in the world risk life imprisonment to enter the continental u.s.?
you need another cup of coffee --
until a year ago i was head of the largest task force on cyber- criminals in the entire world. but, i burned out. it happens. i snapped. i shot a suspect in the fucking hand. accident. do you know how hard it is to work a keyboard with one hand?
i tell you what, you tell me what i want to know and i guarantee you'll be on the next flight to finland. first class. courtesy of the u.s. government.
who is he?
that's a real nice story. but you haven't given me shit.
so, take a message.
at least it's not my wife. you need to think about what else you know. watch him.
shut up.
this is roberts, i have a call from a.d. joy.
roberts. you needed me.
you didn't call me?
shit!
tell me you have some good news for me.
stanley jobson.
i know who jobson is. i busted him. why are you in l.a.?
who's the chick?
i want to know who that girl is. pronto.
and stake out his daughter.
cut him off at the bottom.
fuck this.
go get him.
what are you doing in l.a., stan?
why were you running? we just wanted to talk.
for violating your parole by leaving texas without permission or for evading a federal agent and almost getting me killed in the process?
no, i'm not.
didn't know the court lifted the sanction preventing you from seeing your daughter.
you just want to cut through the pleasantries and get down to business? fine. i can help you with your daughter, stan. help me, i'll help you.
whether i agreed with what you did or not, you broke the law, stanley.
so, why was it you are in l.a. again?
-- vacationing. that's right. ya know it's funny. axl torvalds was just here for a vacation, too. isn't it odd that the two best hackers in the world are here at the same time.
if you're not careful you can tell him yourself. he's dead.
give him a card.
in case you think of anything else you want to tell me.
hey, stan.
you know, you're in way over your head here.
it's a long walk back up the hill, stanley. you want us to give you a lift?
follow him.
who is he?
i'm working on it. send what you have up-lines, maybe we'll have one by the end of the week.
who the hell is that?
you just gonna let them drive the fuck on outta here?
well why the fuck not.
i'm f.b.i.
it sure looks like gabriel shear. what the hell was he doing in that bank?
keep looking. bodies just don't fucking disappear.
cheer up, stan, we got him. you're a hero.
i was wrong about you, stanley. i wanted you to know that. you know, you should take your daughter on vacation. relax a little, you're lucky to be alive.