Circuitry Man (1990)

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[HEAVY DRUM MUSIC PLAYS]

[HEAVY DRUM MUSIC ENDS]

[WIND HOWLS]

[DEBORAH HOLLAND'S "YOU DO THIS TO ME" PLAYING]

♪ I don't know why ♪

♪ I'm afraid of you ♪

♪ Why do I shiver ♪

♪ When you're near? ♪

♪ Well, something Is pulling me under ♪

♪ Where there's Lightning and thunder ♪

♪ Do you see it? ♪

♪ Do you feel it? ♪

♪ Do you hear? ♪

♪ You're making me crazy ♪

♪ You're making me mad ♪

♪ I can't decide ♪

♪ If it's good or it's bad ♪

♪ It's easy to see ♪

♪ You do this to me ♪

♪ You're making me babble ♪

♪ I can't even eat ♪

♪ Is it a spell ♪

♪ That you cast While I sleep? ♪

♪ How can it be ♪

♪ You do this to me? ♪

♪ I was a picture ♪

♪ Of total control ♪

♪ Swore to myself ♪

♪ Never, never lose it ♪

♪ But you came along ♪

♪ Feeling so strong ♪

♪ When you've got a problem ♪

♪ And you know ♪

♪ I'm the guilty one ♪

♪ Oh, you ♪

♪ You're making me crazy ♪

♪ Yes, you are ♪

♪ I'm out of my mind ♪

♪ You're more than a man ♪

♪ You are one of a kind ♪

♪ Naturally ♪

♪ You do this to me ♪

♪ Whoa, naturally ♪

♪ You do this ♪

♪ To me ♪♪

[RUMBLING]

[WOMAN MOANS]

[KISSING SOUNDS]

[MOANS]

Jackee?

What, baby?

You love me?

No.

[CLOCK CHIMES]

Later.

No hard feelings, huh, babe?

What?

Hey, Jackee, untie me. This ain't funny.

[DOOR OPENS]

- WOMAN: Hey, Jackee. - Oh, sh*t.

JACKEE: Just tell Juice I don't owe her no more favors.

- Jackee, you b*stard. - WOMAN: Well, well.

Aren't we in a predicament?

- Back off! - [SNICKERING]

It's all right.

Nice place you got here.

Juice said you quit working for her so you could design these rags.

Maybe I did. So what?

I don't know why the f*ck she wants you.

[SIGHS]

But Juice needs a bodyguard.

Yeah, well I don't guard bodies anymore.

Yeah, that's what I told her.

I said "Juice, she don't guard bodies no more.

Especially at the lousy wages you pay."

You'll never guess what she said.

- [BED CREAKS] - [LAUGHS]

"Convince her," she said.

"But first...

see if she's still got what it takes."

- [SIGHS] - Mmm.

[RUMBLING GROWS LOUDER]

[GRUNTS]

[MAN YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

- [g*n c*ck] - [PANTING]

Here's the offer.

Just a taste.

[MEN GROANING]

The other half you get after the job.

[DOOR OPENS]

God, I hate this town.

[MONORAIL RUMBLES]

[ELECTRICAL HUMMING]

You design those threads?

Yeah. You like 'em?

f*ck no. I'm a woman of taste.

You look like sh*t.

Yeah, well I ain't exactly had the good life.

You should have taken my advice and not quit.

Retired. And somehow that pension you promised me never came through.

You won't need a pension after this job.

I'll get you a ticket outta here

and set you up in some nice little place of your own.

Yeah, well this time I'm doing it for me.

You understand, Juice? This is the last time.

You get me out of this hell hole. You owe me that.

Relax. Relax.

You've done it 100 times before.

Oh, you two make me sick.

[UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MAN: Hey man, where's my lousy drink?

I told you 100 times never piss me off when I'm plugged in.

♪ On a corner ♪

♪ Not waiting for much ♪

♪ I was minding My own business ♪

♪ When I felt Some stranger's touch ♪

JUICE: This is going to be a straight exchange.

I got the goods in my sock if they got the green.

We make the deal, leave.

And you get paid enough to get you out of Los Angeles,

and set you up in some cozy chateau.

- What kind of goods? - Just keep your eyes open

and keep me alive. I got the jitters about this one.

You part of the deal, sweet meat?

If you want my advice, I'd let her go.

Still the same old Juice.

Giving advice.

JUICE: Lori, Plughead. We go way back.

He used to be my psychotherapist

before he became a legitimate crook.

[FINGERS SNAP]

[BEEPING, MODEM SQUAWKS]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

Ahh.

- Silicone? - Don't insult me.

Sample it.

[CHIP CLICKS]

[BREATHES SHARPLY]

[CHIP CLICKS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- This sh*t is pure. - Of course.

What did you expect? They're seed chips.

Seed chips?

Each one can produce 1,000 more.

They'll bring you a fortune in New York.

sh*t, we'd be able to buy New York.

You get your vehicle from a guy named Jugs.

He's a retired Maze rat.

When you get to New York,

the drop-off is in the old recycling center.

- They're expecting you on the 16th. - MAN: Out of my way.

You never give up, do you, Romeo?

It's all right.

Thank you.

I am a desperate man.

Tell me where she is,

or I shall be forced to take my own life.

[CROWD CHUCKLES]

I'm sorry, pal. You're making a scene.

Yoyo, make sure Romeo finds the door.

There's no need for violence.

I can find my own way out, thank you.

You haven't seen the last of Danner Romerick.

He's, uh, full bio-synthetic, isn't he?

Mmm. One of the last.

He drove a shipment for me once. Best driver we ever had.

And, uh,

- what's his button? - This is good.

I programmed him to think he was in love with some broad.

He ran the chips in exchange for her whereabouts.

- What'd you do, ice her? - What the f*ck is this? 20 Questions?

Now, this is really great.

She don't exist.

She's a program in his mind.

He delivered the chips for nothing.

He's an odd one, though. Real quirky.

I never had the heart to tell him he was chasing a program.

Juice...

you is such a good,

good woman.

JUICE: Yeah.

And I got the chips.

So let's deal.

Ah.

LORI: It's a set up! Let's go, they're badges.

Nobody moves. Nobody dies.

Nobody dies.

Now you buttwipes just won me a promotion.

So drop the heaters and kiss the carpet.

- [g*nf*re] - [SCREAMING]

Everybody moved.

JUICE: Thanks. I owe you.

Just get me my ticket out of here.

I won't forget it.

[GRUNTS]

[ELECTRIC ZAPPING]

[PANTING]

Don't do this, Plughead.

Do what?

Take it. Take it.

Thank you.

[PANTING] Hey!

Watch your back, 'cause I sure as hell will.

Juice...

I was your analyst for what? Five years?

In that time, I...

I grew to love your mind, it...

It had a complexity that I became addicted to.

I hated you for that!

[NECK SNAPS]

- [BODY THUDS] - [PANTING]

For such a big woman, you break so very easily.

- Next! - [GASPS]

Relax, sweet meat.

This will be a snap.

[GROANING]

[GASPING, GRUNTING]

[PLUGHEAD CONTINUES GASPING]

The muscle b*tch...

she k*lled your boss.

[RASPY BREATHING]

And she took the chips.

What now...

boss?

[SEAGULLS CRY]

[WAVES CRASHING]

- LORI: Danner. - Yes.

Hey, Romeo.

Nice hologram.

I'm sorry, but I'm not entertaining guests tonight.

If you don't mind I'd prefer to be alone.

I don't want your Romeo services.

- I never had to pay for it. - Oh, it's you.

Yeah, and I got a proposition for you,

- but I don't have much time. - You may propose.

Oh.

- I told you I'm not for hire. - [SCOFFS]

I need to get to New York. You know how to run the Maze.

One second.

- Get me the police. - [SCOFFS]

I have never struck a woman,

but if you don't leave, I might be tempted.

Look, why don't you take a sub-train?

I'd never get past customs,

and there's no way I'm going Topside.

Well, I'm sorry. You'll just have to find yourself another driver.

I know where she is.

I know where your girlfriend is.

Where is she?

Tell me or I'll slit my own throat.

Jesus, come on. Put it down.

Come on, put it down. Come on, put it down.

- Put it down. - Tell me.

I'll tell you where she is. Put it down.

I'll tell you where she is. Come on. Come on.

Jesus Christ.

What, are you programmed for suicide or what?

I'll tell you where she is after you drive me to New York.

Your boss made the same proposition and betrayed me.

- Ex-boss. - Why should I trust you?

Hey, take it or leave it.

MAN [coughs]: All right, who are you and what are you selling?

Hey, what is this? A pleasure droid?

Oh, no. Oh, yeah!

Oh, boy, if Roma could see this.

Yeah. I ain't seen any of you guys in a long time.

OK, come on in, pal. The door is open.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING, AIR HISSING]

Yo, I'm Jugs.

Remember me? I used to work for Juice.

I remember. What happened to you?

Oh, this? I was hoping you wouldn't notice.

What do you need, kid?

I need something to get us through the Maze.

Well, ain't much to run in all those old parking garages,

if your driver knows what he's doing.

DANNER: My God.

A 1964 Ford Galaxy 500 XL.

425 horsepower.

Four-speed console shifter with cruise-omatic transmission.

She'll do better than a 120 miles an hour.

Ain't she a beautiful lady?

And she's the last of the line, I think.

What do you want for her?

Come on, Danner. You can't even plug into it.

I don't interface like some mechanical half-breed.

No offense. I'll take her.

LORI: What do you mean you don't plug?

How are we supposed to get through?

- I shall drive. - Without plugging?

- [MACHINE BEEPING] - And without credit.

This card is maxed out, pal.

Great.

JUGS: You know something?

As much as I love her, I got no use for her no more.

Now there's a full tank of water and this hydro-converter

will get you 800 miles to the gallon.

You see, I got a taste for fine machines.

They should never have stopped making guys like you.

You guys are the closest things to the real thing.

According to my ex-wife.

Hey, sugar pants, do me a favor.

Tell Juice not to make herself such a stranger, huh?

- I'll do that. - Shall we?

Where are we?

We are in the Maze.

Somewhere under old Sunset.

This particular garage stretches all the way from Los Angeles to Denver.

We'll take the sewers from there to New York.

How can you even tell where we are?

- What, you distrust me already? - Just drive.

You know, you really should learn to curb that temper.

Yeah, I'll do that.

You know, when I was a kid

I used to dream about you Romeos.

Champagne, walks on the beach.

White horses trotting by. The works.

All the romance money can buy.

Say, what's your going rate now, anyway? Hmm?

Oh, what? Not for sale?

Already got your sights set on some woman you'll never find?

What makes you think I won't find her?

I mean, when you do find her, what, you're just gonna

go off and get married, live happily ever after like that? Yeah.

- Something like that. - Yeah, well, it ain't that simple, babe.

It ain't just a program.

Hey, slow down.

You wanted a driver, I'm driving.

Slow down, g*dd*mn it!

Listen, Danner.

You wanna die every time you think about your lost love, that's your business.

But if you ask me, that kind of stuff belongs on romance disks.

Just get me to New York, will ya? Alive?

♪ Did you ever See a one-eyed woman cry? ♪

♪ Yeah Tweet-tweet-twee-dee-do ♪

♪ Did, did ya ever sit in... ♪

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] - Didn't you ever hear of knockin'?

Knock, knock. Anybody home?

Hey.

You, uh, must have a lot of fun with this thing.

What do you want, what do you want? A car or somethin'?

I understand

that the muscle b*tch and the Romeo came through here.

Who, who told you that? What?

Where did they go?

I don't know what you're talkin'...

What's this?

That, that's, uh, scrap.

Hey, I don't know what you're talkin' about, pal.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, I'll be plugged.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[ENGINE REVVING]

I love the power.

It even has armaments.

Now, which route did they take?

All right, look. They didn't tell me.

I see.

I never go anywhere without my...

- ...six-to-one. - Look.

You know, Jugs,

the human mind is such a wonderful thing.

When information is inputted, it's never lost.

You've just gotta know the right...

- ...place... - [JUGS MOANS]

- ...to look for it! - [GASPS]

[LORI GROANS]

What is that smell? It's like rotten eggs.

DANNER: We must be nearing a Topside outlet.

Wait a minute.

[TURNS OFF ENGINE]

- Terrific. Now what? - [SNIFFING]

Well?

Something's wrong here.

Yeah, you took us the wrong way, that's what's wrong.

No, I took us the right way. I just didn't expect this.

- Expect what? - It's the end of the line.

- The route is blocked. - What?

- We'll have to go back. - Go back?

What do you mean, go back? I can't go back.

What, to cops, chip dealers?

There's nothing back there for me, Romeo. No.

I'm getting to New York, with or without you.

Just tell me where she is.

Tell me where she is and I'll stand by you all the way to New York.

I've been years searching for her,

and I'm no closer than when I started.

[SQUEALING]

[GASPS]

Sewer leeches!

[RUMBLING]

- [expl*si*n] - LORI: Oh!

LORI: What is this? g*dd*mn it. What is this?

You gonna burn us or what?

Danner, get the car.

Danner!

Oh, my God!

- MAN: Don't touch him! - [LEECHES SQUEALING]

There's nothing you can do for him now. He's full of toxins.

Peekaboo.

Oh, it looks like you gave him some pretty nasty love bites, huh?

[GROANS]

There you go.

So what's in the case?

Nothing that concerns you.

Everything concerns me down here, sweetheart.

I'm a very concerned person.

- Hey, what are you doing? - Hmm.

Foraging.

Your lucky your boyfriend's a synthetic,

or I would've had a hard time saving him.

Thanks.

You look like you had a rough day.

How 'bout a little R&R?

- So you got a vehicle? - So what?

So I wanna ride outta here.

No room for passengers.

- Where you headed? - None of your business.

- What are you smuggling? - Don't push it.

Oh, wha...? You and your boyfriend were cruising around

looking for Lover's Lane? What?

Do I look like I was born in this hole?

Top dollar means Topside.

And if we're gonna make a move, we're gonna need these babies.

You know, what is this "we" crap?

What makes you think I'm going Topside. Nobody goes Topside.

There's only one market in this sewer, sweetheart, and that's New York.

You could forget about running the Maze.

The only way out is Topside.

And I got the oxy.

Unless you wanna go home.

[CACKLING]

What's up there for you?

Ooh, you see this little guy?

If I pluck him off the wall

and eat him without cooking him first,

I'd be puking my guts out for days.

In fact, this bugger, he might even k*ll me.

But, if I put him in a pot, bring him to a slow boil

and simmer him for about an hour, hour and a half,

I could live off him for a long time.

You follow my meaning?

Not exactly.

Let me put it this way.

I'm sick of eatin' leeches.

Medic, is he alive?

Yeah. Yeah, but, uh,

his mind's been blown completely to hell.

It's like somebody stuck an eggbeater in his skull and switched it on to high.

Any chance of getting some answers?

Uh, yeah, yeah, with a vacuum, maybe.

No, no, man. I, I don't think so.

There's not much left to vacuum.

Just do it.

[BEEPS]

[BEEPING]

[SUCTIONING]

- Hey, Beany. - What?

Isn't this, isn't this your sister, Jodie?

I'll be damned. March.

Thanks for the coat. It saved my life.

Where are you?

Where are you?

[PLAYS TUNES]

[ENGINE RACING]

- PLUGHEAD: Yoyo, quick. Quick! - [MAN MOANS]

YOYO: Damn leeches. Get off me. Damn.

[GRUNTING, SCREAMING]

[LEECHES SQUEALING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Hey, boss.

Boss, Fish is dead.

They're near.

Very near.

I can feel them.

Whoo-hoo!

Nice wheels, man.

Freed you up, huh?

Now, come on, you guys. Topside ain't that bad.

All you gotta do is keep your eyes on the oxy gauges

and don't get too excited.

You get too excited, you lose all your oxygen.

You're lucky you're traveling with me.

I never get excited.

Damn, it'll be good to get out of this hole.

First thing I am gonna get, biggest plate of lettuce

you ever saw, piled high with bean sprouts, carrots,

broccoli, the whole thing. Mmm. And a great, big tofu shake.

- Can't believe it. He found me. - Who?

Look, Ma. No hands.

They were here all right.

Not too long ago.

Soup's still warm.

Squaid.

- [SQUEAKING] - [SQUAID GROANS]

Eww!

There's that smell again.

Probably the oxy-fluro-chlorozine. Get used to it.

We don't have to worry about this one. He's leech bait.

Eww.

Now what?

- Through the wall. - What?

Through the wall? That's crazy!

Sometimes you have to trust people.

Trust!

g*dd*mn sh*t! g*dd*mn piss!

Yee-haw!

[HACKING]

Nothing like the great outdoors.

It was a wallogram.

- Give me a hand. - Sure.

Eww.

PLUGHEAD: What do you think about all this?

Take a look out there.

I mean, pollution's so thick, you can't even breathe it.

- It's all right. - It's all right?

It's all right?

God. It's an ecological disaster.

A crying shame.

It's not my problem.

And where are your morals?

God. You know,

if everybody thought like you do,

won't be long before this planet wouldn't be worth living on.

Yoyo, you, uh,

do you like bald-headed guys?

[SNORING]

You've been driving for 24 hours straight.

I find the drive quite exhilarating.

What's it like?

What's what like?

Being a synthetic.

Well...

Have you ever been happy?

I mean, truly happy?

[SCOFFS THEN SIGHS]

No.

That's what it's like.

♪ I don't know why ♪

♪ I'm afraid of you ♪

♪ Why do I shiver ♪

♪ When you're near? ♪

♪ Well, something Is pulling me under ♪

♪ Around where there's Lightning and thunder ♪

♪ Do you see it? ♪

♪ Do you feel it? ♪

♪ Do you hear? ♪

♪ You're making me crazy ♪

♪ You're making me mad ♪

♪ I can't decide ♪

♪ If it's good or it's bad ♪

♪ It's easy to see ♪

♪ You do this to me ♪

♪ You're making me babble ♪

♪ I can't even eat ♪

♪ Is it a spell ♪

♪ That you cast While I sleep? ♪

♪ How can it be ... ♪

- [BRAKES SCREECH] - [BOTH GRUNTING]

- [SNORING] - [SCOFFS]

Stop sign.

DANNER: Shall we put the top down?

LEECH: If you do, you better stick these oxy-tubes up your nose.

LORI: I have never seen anything like this.

DANNER: No matter how we defile our planet,

this will always be here.

Lovely visions and well-aged brandy bring out the toast in me.

To beauty.

[ENGINE STARTING]

I thought you said there was enough oxygen to get us to New York.

Oh. Did I say that?

Relax, Bionic Rep.

There should be an oxy station coming up any time now.

DANNER: Well, there had better.

Or you'll be holding your breath for the next 2,000 miles.

Give me that. Hey!

LEECH: There it is! I told you.

The Last Gasp Café.

OK food, but great oxy.

[DEBORAH HOLLAND AND RICHARD GOLDMAN'S "I CAN'T STOP CRYIN'" PLAYING]

[AIR HISSING]

Have a feeling oxygen ain't cheap in these parts. Got any cash?

'Fraid not. Just credit.

Great.

Look, why don't you bargain with some of those chips?

Because if anyone finds out what we got in this case, we'll never get out of here.

You know what, I...?

Why don't you just keep your mouth shut, Romeo.

[WHIRRING]

♪ I can't believe The aching in my heart ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ You're the first thing On my mind when I wake up ♪

♪ And the last before I close my eyes to sleep ♪

MAN 1: Yeah, I want a beer right here.

MAN 2: Nice shot.

MAN 1: A beer right here.

MAN 3: Yeah, yeah, they're coming out.

Why don't you sit tight. I don't wanna attract attention.

Thank you, I'm sure.

- I get off at eight. - Very good.

[MEN ARGUING INDISTINCTLY]

Throw him out! Throw him out!

[SHOUTING]

- Get him out! - b*stards!

- No! - [ALARM SOUNDS]

[GASPING]

He ain't worth it.

♪ Well , now I guess That fact ♪

- [WHIRRING] - [MAN GASPING]

- [COUGHING] - A drink for my friend here.

- [OBJECT THUDS] - [MUSIC STOPS]

Rumor has it that you're a man.

Prefer a game of billiards?

It depends on the stakes.

- Oxygen. - Oxygen? [CHUCKLES]

[MUTTERS] Oxygen. Oxygen?

What do I need... Look, I have a truck full of it.

What do I need more oxygen for?

I haven't the faintest idea.

But I need it.

I'll wager that fine automobile out there,

with our without the creature in it,

for enough oxygen to get us to New York.

I have a more interesting idea.

If I win, you will replace your friend here in the air lock.

- What's the game? - Eight ball.

Very well. I shall take the solids.

And I shall place the eight ball in the left corner pocket.

[BOTH SNICKER]

[ba*ls RATTLING]

DANNER: I'll take the oxygen in small tanks, please.

[SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]

- So? - So you're cheating.

Why, that's preposterous.

I don't play against machines. It's unethical. Throw him out!

- Out! - DANNER: Stop it.

Looks to me like he won fair and square. Let him go.

- DANNER: Unhand me. - You heard her.

Let him go.

Outside.

[ALARM BLARES]

[SONG CONTINUES]

♪ I used to count the months We'd been together ♪

- [ALARM BLARES] - [AIR HISSING]

♪ But I know I count The weeks we've been apart ♪

- [SONG CONTINUES] - [WHIRRING]

- [GLASS BREAKING] - [MAN GRUNTS]

[ALARM, WHIRRING AND SONG CONTINUES]

♪ And the last before I close my eyes to sleep ♪

So what's he to you?

- A friend. - You fight for your friend.

Very honorable.

[CLAPS HANDS]

[GASPS]

- Mahi! - Ah, put it on my tab.

Hey. Your buddy's trying to tell you something.

Where you headed?

MAN: One, two. One, two, three, four.

♪ I can't stop crying ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

♪ I think I'm trying ♪

♪ But I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

[AIR HISSING]

[MUFFLED] ♪ No matter what they say ♪

♪ I can't stop crying ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

That's lovely.

Thanks.

You must have made it yourself.

What makes you say that?

Because I've never seen anything like it. It's beautiful.

Hey, you can drop the Romeo services. I'm not paying.

- Pardon? - You heard me.

Save it for women who can afford sweet talk.

Sometimes the sweetest things are unaffordable.

Like what?

Like that gown.

I imagine you look quite stunning in it.

I wouldn't know. I've never tried it on.

Why don't you?

Someday you'll learn to trust your friends.

- Who said we're friends? - You did.

Yeah, well, the only things I trust are my hands and my feet and that's it.

How did you learn to fight like that?

Well, you get beat up enough, you start taking notes.

And these chips, I take it, are going to buy you a new life.

Something like that.

It ain't that simple, babe.

It ain't just a program.

Your girlfriend, what's she like?

I mean, what does she look like?

It's a bit strange, but I don't really remember what she does look like.

I remember what it was like to be with her.

Her touch. Her laughter.

Her... Her kindness.

But then it gets, it gets faded like a...

like an old photo.

You look...

beautiful beyond expression.

- You really like it? - I really do.

And, uh, how's your memory?

Bandits.

Oy. Oy!

How much oxygen you got?

I got a shitload of oxy.

I got more oxy than you'll ever use

in three lifetimes.

[LAUGHS]

Hey. He's got a fancy head.

I'm gonna fill your plugs with slugs!

k*ll him, Fatch. Take his O2.

I don't gotta k*ll nobody unless I want to.

But I want to.

Put it back.

I said,

put... it... back.

I find it

very difficult to breathe without it.

Very soon I will find it very difficult

to ask you nicely.

Put. It. Back.

Come on, Fatch!

With. Your. Lips.

Now.

I have something I need you to do for me.

["I CAN'T STOP CRYIN'" CONTINUES]

- [THUDDING] - [BRAKES SCREECHING]

Give me your lighter. Now!

Uh-oh.

[FATCH SCREAMS]

Oy! They went that way!

Get them!

Get them!

Go! Go!

Go! Now!

I never should have dragged you into this.

I'm giving back the chips.

He'll k*ll you anyway. Run. I'll distract him.

What about you?

It's you they want, not me. I'll be fine.

Danner, I hope you find her.

Perhaps I already have.

Don't forget me.

I told you, he had nothing to do with us. He merely gave us a ride.

Shut up!

[GROANING]

Don't touch me you piece of sh*t!

- [MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS] - [GRUNTS]

- Make a wish. - [GROANS LOUDLY]

I need...

to feel...

the pain!

[MAHI SCREAMING]

I love the pain!

Whoa-h*-h*-h*.

Head rush.

[CLEARS THROAT] Ah.

[GRUNTS] Next?

You know, Romeo? All I ever wanted was the chips.

And the broad. If you hadn't been such a sappy fool,

you would have been sitting in your expensive chateau

sipping your French champagne and listening to Chopin.

And me, I would've been counting my cash

at the Drop-off Zone.

- Shall we get on with it? - Sure.

[SIGHS] You synthetics.

You think you're better than us humans.

Only better than some.

Who the hell are you, Romeo?

- Let's say I'm not you. - You're right.

You're not me. But you could be,

with a little push or...

maybe a pull.

[SCOFFS] Only one? How boring.

Too proud to plug?

You're just a machine.

You're a machine.

Oh, God. Damn.

Damn, my poor innocent friend.

It's not often I find a mind that is so open, so giving.

There's something I wish you to see,

courtesy of some new hardware I recently had installed.

[BEEPING]

[TAPE REWINDING]

There's no need for violence. I can see my own way out, thank you.

You haven't seen the last of Danner Romerick.

I programmed him to think he's in love with some broad.

He ran the chips in exchange for her whereabouts.

OFFICER: What'd you do, ice her?

What the f*ck is this? Twenty questions?

That's the beauty of it.

She don't exist. She's a program in his mind.

He delivered the chips for no ...

She's a program in his mind.

He delivered the chips for nothing.

[LAUGHING]

PLUGHEAD: She's a ghost.

She's nothing but a ghost, Circuitry Man.

Nothing but a ghost.

You poor, pathetic machine.

Cut him loose.

Remember when you tried to k*ll yourself with a corkscrew?

Next time, my friend, use this.

It may be quicker.

Mount up! We go to New York.

We go to New York!

[ENGINES REVVING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS, PANTING]

[GROANING]

[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]

Leech.

We gotta find Danner.

Look, they're yours. Just help me find Danner.

Who? Your boyfriend?

He's history.

- What? - He's dead!

The socket freak?

You know, he got off playing wishbone with him. I...

Hello, caesar salad.

Who's your fence in New York? Who's your contact?

All right. Leech, all right, all right, come back.

Look, you get me outta here,

I'll split them with you 50-50. I'll sell 'em for you.

- Ninety-ten. - Sixty-forty.

Seventy-thirty?

What did you ever see in that love machine, anyway?

I mean, gah.

It's not like the Romeo was a real man, you know.

I mean, take me for example.

Hey, how far are we from New York?

A little way from New York now, all right?

- We almost made it. - What?

What about badges? We have this whole case of ill*gal chips.

Are we just gonna walk in there and...

They don't give a sh*t about that in New York, you know?

- How do you know? - Hey, I'm from Jersey.

[HUMMING]

Christ.

Squaid, take a look at this.

Our Romeo. Looks like he got what he wanted.

Craziest thing.

Why would a droid with his programming get involved in crap like this?

Love.

I would drop that g*n.

He's bluffing. sh**t the b*stard.

- I don't know, Beany. - I said, sh**t him! He's bluffing!

That's what he said.

- Squaid? Do what he says. - I don't know.

- Drop the g*n. - But you said he might be bluffing.

I said drop the g*dd*mn g*n!

[POP, AIR HISSING]

g*dd*mn piss.

Squaid, call in some backup.

OK. Backup!

PLUGHEAD: She's a ghost.

She's nothing but a ghost, Circuitry Man.

Nothing but a ghost.

Too proud to plug?

Hold it. Turn it off.

- Yeah, right. - [g*nshots]

All right, it's off. It's off!

- You got the chips? - Yeah. And I brought some dip!

You got the cash?

- LORI: Jackee. - What? You know this guy?

- If you want my advice... - Juice.

You'll hand the chips over to Jackee.

Oh, look at that.

Mister, I ain't got nothin' to do with this, see?

Hey. Shut up.

Why, this is just like old times, isn't it, Lori?

[KISSING NOISES]

- The chips! - Hold on.

[JINGLES IN POCKET]

I got the keys here somewhere. It's just, just, I...

Let me get these handcuffs off a minute and everything will be just...

- [GASPS] - [WATER SPLASHES]

[CHUCKLES] Um...

- Oh, my gosh. - On your knees.

[PANTING] Oh, God.

Hey, I can pick the lock on that thing.

- Yeah. No time! - Oh, my God, no!

No. Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Anybody got a knife?

Oh, my God! No!

[SOBBING]

[GASPING]

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God.

You.

You know, Juice,

for such a little woman,

you sure are hard to k*ll.

[GULPS, GASPING]

Sweet meat.

How good to see you again.

You don't know how I've longed for this meeting.

[GRUNTS]

Fatch. The chips.

Hey, boss. Where you goin'?

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

[MAN SHOUTING]

Half of you, split. Move it out on the left.

- OK. - [c*ck g*n]

Nobody moves, nobody dies.

- [g*n c*ck] - DANNER: Nobody cares.

[g*nf*re]

[GRUNTS]

You've got the chips. Just take 'em.

You don't understand, do you?

It's not the chips that I want.

It's always been you.

As I always say:

"Why jack off when you can jack in?"

[g*n c*ck]

[GRUNTS]

DANNER: I'd like to thank you for something.

And what's that, Circuitry Man?

Giving me something to live for.

[ELECTRIC ZAPPING]

- Surprised, Romeo? - A trifle, Circuitry Man.

[g*nsh*t]

[g*nsh*t]

[SCREAMING]

You pathetic, little machine!

[VOICE ECHOING] Welcome.

To my mind.

Look at me!

[SCREAMING]

You're a machine.

[SCREAMING]

- Say it! - [BREATHING HEAVILY]

- You're insane! - Think so?

Look at yourself, Romeo. You're just a machine.

I am you, you are me.

No, I'm different.

Ah, suicide?

Do it, Romeo.

Do it. You're just like me.

Yeah, maybe a little.

[SCREAMING]

[POWERING DOWN]

[GASPS]

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

[REVS ENGINE]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

[g*nshots]

[g*n CLICKING]

[LAUGHS]

How the hell did you get the chips?

Where to...

boss?

I know a great little salad bar in Jersey.

I was hoping for something a little more romantic.

[DEBORAH HOLLAND: "YOU DO THIS TO ME" PLAYING]

♪ You're making me crazy ♪

♪ You're making me mad ♪

♪ I can't decide ♪

♪ If it's good or it's bad ♪

♪ It's easy to see ♪

♪ You do this to me ♪

[HORSES NEIGHING]

♪ You're making me babble ♪

♪ I can't even eat ♪

♪ Is it a spell ♪

♪ That you cast While I sleep? ♪

♪ How can it be ♪

♪ You do this to me? ♪

♪ I was a picture ♪

♪ Of total control ♪

♪ Swore to myself ♪

♪ I would never lose it ♪

♪ But you came along ♪ Now I've got ♪

♪ Feeling so strong ♪

♪ When you've got a problem ♪

♪ And you know ♪

♪ I'm the guilty one ♪

♪ Oh, you ♪

♪ You're making me crazy ♪

♪ Yes, you are ♪

♪ I'm out of my mind ♪

♪ You're more than a man ♪

♪ You are one of a kind ♪

♪ Naturally ♪

♪ You do this to me ♪

♪ Whoa, naturally ♪

♪ You do this ♪

♪ To me ♪♪

[DEBORAH HOLLAND AND RICHARD GOLDMAN'S "I CAN'T STOP CRYIN'" PLAYING]

MAN: One, two. One, two, three, four.

♪ I can't stop crying ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

♪ I think I'm trying ♪

♪ But I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

♪ Wherever I go, Whatever I do ♪

♪ Whatever the time of day ♪

♪ No matter how much My friends all comfort me ♪

♪ No matter what they say ♪

♪ I can't stop crying ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

♪ I think I'm trying ♪

♪ But I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

♪ There's too many places Too many songs ♪

♪ That remind me of you ♪

♪ Your memory's burning A hole in my heart ♪

♪ I don't know what to do ♪

♪ I can't stop crying ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't Stop thinking of you ♪

♪ I think I'm trying ♪

♪ But I can't stop Thinking of you ♪

♪ No, I can't, I can't Stop thinking of you ♪♪