[music playing]
NARRATOR: In the year 1991, crime in America
was out of control.
Prisons were overloaded.
Police forces were understaffed.
Gun battles in city streets became commonplace.
No one was safe.
The cities had become the battlefields of the future,
and the criminals were winning the war.
The public demanded change, and the government responded.
Police departments across the country were shut down,
and law enforcement was handed over to private enterprise.
Civilian Operated Police Incorporated took over.
And within two years, crime was under control.
The price, however, was a heavy one.
For justice as we once knew it had ceased to exist.
[horn blowing]
Well, well, well.
If it ain't The Katzenjammer Kids, the working stiffs.
What's going on, boys?
Good to see you.
So how's life treating you in there?
All right? - It sucks.
Yeah?
Yeah, what can I do for you guys?
I mean--
You can do the usual as always, man.
Cool, man. Cool, cool.
We're cool.
So, so?
Cincinnati by 7:00 this week.
David Harris?
I'm John Tucker, COPS.
You've committed a crime.
You are presumed guilty until proven innocent.
You have a right to die.
If you choose to relinquish that right,
you will be placed under arrest and imprisoned.
I haven't got all night.
[gunshot]
- So how's it feel, cop? - Yeah, cop.
What's it feel like to know you're gonna die?
[chuckling]
Don't be stupid.
Christ.
I'm gonna blow that asshole right into the fucking ground!
Hey!
Need a hand?
[engine revving]
[electric crackling]
We're not moving.
We're not moving!
What the hell!
You can live or die.
It's your choice.
All right, man.
All right.
I give up.
Sit tight while I run you in the computer.
Got that?
Yeah, yeah, man.
We got it.
He's dead meat!
Try to be a nice guy.
There, cop!
Yahoo!
Damn wall, go!
[laughter]
What's happening, Tuck?
Scratch off David Harris.
He's done.
All right!
Rent money.
Hey, that little toy you built for me saved my butt again.
Oh yeah?
wish I could have seen it.
Did you use a remote?
Nah, that's a little too fancy for me.
Hey, listen.
See what you can get on a Maxwell
Jagger and James Mitchell.
Coming up.
Maxwell Jagger, James Mitchell.
Nothing but a bunch of parking tickets.
Parking tickets?
Looks like they're gonna to get another one.
What's that?
Nah, better get a clean up crew out here.
Pretty messy.
You got it, Tuck.
See you later.
[engine starts]
Hey, man.
Don't do this.
Don't do it.
I'll agree to anything you want.
I'll sign anything you want.
I'll give you everything!
I don't care.
Just don't do this, man.
It's a little late for that, Mr. Johnson.
I made you an offer.
You refused.
And I don't negotiate.
Hey, don't do it, man.
Don't do it!
Please.
Stop your sniveling, Johnson.
Rather die like a man.
Bye.
[chuckling]
I'll give you money.
I'll give you my whole damn company!
I dunno.
Just get me out of here!
We've already got the money, and we
take over the company tomorrow.
But you can keep the car.
[chuckling]
Adams.
Adams!
I've got a bounty out.
Does that mean anything to you?
[inaudible] Don't walk away from me!
I can help you!
[inaudible] I can help!
[screaming]
Don't do this, man!
[praying]
Adams!
Please!
Looks like it's gonna be a beautiful day tomorrow, Becker.
I sure hope so.
So
[chattering]
[beeping]
One scratch, Harris, David E.
That's confirmed?
Uh-huh.
I wish you'd stop using my men for trash collectors.
And bring one in alive for once!
Hey, you wanna come in alive?
It's a real get here, sweetheart.
Yeah, right.
Tucker, when are you gonna save some
of the big money jobs for us?
When you're ready for it.
I'm ready for it.
Is that right?
That's right, Tucker.
Better find yourself a new line of work.
[chuckling]
What are you looking at?
[honking]
WOMAN (ON PHONE): Mr. Adams, Mr. Grimes is here to see you.
Send him in, please.
Mr. Grimes.
Let's cut through the bullshit, Adams.
I'm a busy man.
I understand you have a proposition for me.
Let's hear it.
It's very simple, Mr. Grimes.
You used to run the streets.
Now I do.
And before things get too messy, I thought that perhaps
we could come to a coexistence.
You want a piece of the action.
You could say that.
What do I get out of this?
A helluva lot of protection, Mr. Grimes.
If I refuse?
Well, then, things start to happen.
Bad things.
Give you 10%.
That's a little less than I had in mind, Mr. Grimes.
What do you want, 15, 20%?
What?
I'll take 50.
You can't be serious.
Who the hell do you think you're talking to?
Mr. Becker, show Mr. Grimes just how serious we are.
50%.
Now, you remember one thing, mister.
You're a public company!
You've got to account to them!
And that's gonna eventually bring you down!
And when it does, I'll e out there waiting.
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away.
[chuckling]
SONG: Eyes above.
Could have never happened before Desiree.
You know love was just a word you say, Desiree.
I can't believe the change you've made in me.
I had it planned so carefully.
Love was not a need for me.
But that's the way it used to be.
Marion, where in the world have you been?
You're going on in five minutes.
Alicia, everything has gone wrong today.
Everything.
My sister moved in with me last night because she
had a fight with her husband.
I have a fight with my landlord because my rent
check bounced again.
And to top the day off, I ran out of gas on the freeway.
OK, Marion. OK, just calm down.
Calm down?
I am about to get the biggest break in my whole career,
and I know something else is going to go wrong.
My hair.
Look at my hair.
What am I going to do?
Your hair is fine, Marion.
Come on!
I'm nervous about this, Alicia.
I'm really, really nervous.
There's nothing to be nervous about.
You just go on the air, smile, look pretty, and read the copy,
just like you do every day.
Why are you so confident?
I have to be.
I'm the one who hired you, remember?
It's time to do it.
Are you sure my hair looks OK?
You look great.
Go on.
Knock 'em dead.
OK.
SONG: High school was so terrible.
All my friends have died.
Jimmy was a stunt man.
And now he always lies.
Bleachers full of children play that waiting game.
Likenesses and differences.
They'll all end up the same.
There was innocence in the face.
Eternal, so it seems.
A wellspring of ejaculation.
Still, they consummate their dreams.
You made it worth your while if you liked it like that.
Discard the differences.
Take it where it's at.
[inaudible] You can do whatever you want.
You know what you mean.
Hey.
Beer.
SONG: You think you walk the walk?
Feel it on your face.
The timekeeper is with you still.
It's you who won't replace.
Then the tactics will surround you.
Diversionary schemes.
And love is where it finds you.
Good day.
This is Marion Simms for Channel 3,
bringing you the first exclusive reporting on the transformaiton
on our legal and law enforcement institutions
to private enterprise to the corporation COPS.
Civilian Operated Police Systems.
Is our new system really civilian operated?
Or are these merely buzzwords designed to make us
feel we have more control?
Are we safer now?
Or have we brought a reign of violence
upon ourselves which may destruct our society
and indeed everything we stand for in our democracy?
The real question is, can we continue to condone the rising
tide of unnecessary violence brought to us by our merely
supposed protectors?
"Unnecessary violence?"
We will have a special segment every day this week focusing
on civil law enforcement as opposed
to government-run policing.
Marion Simms, Channel 3 news.
[gunshot]
[cheering]
There ain't no shooting in here, Tucker.
Not ever!
You know better than that.
Yeah.
Worth it.
[laughter]
SONG: And there was innocence in the faces, eternal,
so it seemed.
Hey, Tucker.
Roxanne.
How's about I take you out?
I'd like
Not tonight.
But I'll take a rain check.
Any kind of weather, Tucker.
Any kind of weather at all.
Over the next few nights, my report
will focus on some of the more corrupt aspects
of the COPS organization.
Namely, its chairman and CEO, Jason Adams.
This secretly made surveillance tape
highlighting some of Adams' more controversial activities
might just bring some of this corruption to its knees.
Be with us this week every day at 4:00 and 11:00.
I'm Marion Simms for Channel 3 News.
You're my head of security, Becker.
You tell me how a thing like this could happen.
I run a sweep on this building every 24 hours.
Believe me, it's clean.
What the hell does she have on that tape?
BECKER: I wouldn't know.
Because no one, and I mean no one,
is gonna take down Jason Adams!
Especially that tight little bitch!
Now, I want that tape, Becker! you hear me?
I want that tape in my hand.
I want her dead, in a box six feet in the ground!
And I want it tonight!
Am I making myself clear?
No problem, Jason.
That's it.
All we have to do now is sit back and wait.
No, not this time.
How would you like to oversee this matter personally?
My pleasure, Jase.
[alarm wailing]
All right!
It works.
What's up, Billy?
I'm a genius, a natural born genius.
You call me up to tell me that?
Remember I told you I was working on a program, something
real hot?
Yeah.
It works.
It works like a charm.
I built a scrambler that busted right into the COPS computer.
And guess what I got for you?
The suspense is killing me.
The biggest score ever, Tuck.
Marion Simms, news reporter, found guilty of treason?
The bounty 100,000.
That's 10 times the normal price!
[whistling] Here
And the best part is, we're the only ones that know about it.
I put a lock on the outgoing feed on the main computer.
You gotta move fast.
I can't hold it long.
What will I ever do without you?
BILLY: Do me a favor, Tuck.
What?
Don't do anything without me.
I wouldn't think of it.
Marion Simms?
Who are you?
What do you want?
My name is John Tucker, COPS.
You have committed a crime and been found guilty.
You have the right to die.
If you relinquish that right, you will be placed under arrest
and imprisoned.
Are you gonna kill me?
That's up to you.
If you don't resist, I'll take you in alive
[sigh]
Women!
Time to go.
I didn't do anything.
You're making a mistake.
You're in the computer.
It must be someone else.
It's not me!
Yeah, yeah.
Look, I got some money.
I'll give it to you.
I don't want your money.
Let me go, damn it!
I'm innocent!
Look, I'm taking you in.
It's my job.
You got anything to say, say it to the judge.
Ow!
Don't ever do that again.
I won't.
I won't do it again.
Uh-huh.
-
Tucker!
Looks like you boys got here a little late.
We have orders from the top, Tucker.
She's coming with us for termination.
She surrendered to me.
She's mine till I take her in and collect the bounty.
[chuckling]
I don't think you understand.
We have orders.
They cannot be revoked!
I'm only gonna say this once.
Don't get in my way.
Agh!
[gunshots]
Ugh!
I thought I told you to find yourself another line of work.
I like this job.
Dying ain't much of a job.
You people are worse than animals.
You even kill each other!
Shut up.
Agh!
Can you at least tell me what I'm supposed to have done?
Treason.
Treason?
That's ridiculous!
There's no way Adams is gonna get away with that.
No way.
I wouldn't know.
Well, if he thinks this is gonna scare me out of doing
my news story, he's crazy.
I don't scare that easily.
I guess you think this is all kind of funny, don't you?
Funny?
That guy back there just died.
You know, that could have been you.
No matter what you think, lady, I don't enjoy killing.
It's Just my job.
So is getting you back in there alive.
So far, I haven't laughed once.
[dialing]
[phone ringing]
Becker, I hope you have good news.
I'm afraid not.
It looks like we got a little problem.
What the hell are you talking about?
Well, it seems like an officer that's
not on our personal payroll has picked up the Simms girl.
He claims he's gonna bring her in alive.
He killed one of our officers to prove it.
Who is this joker?
His name is Tucker.
John Tucker.
He's supposed to be the top gun in this precinct.
Hm.
Well, you just take care of the girl.
I'll take care of this Tucker.
[rock music playing]
That's them!
SONG: stops for anyone these days.
If I slow down, there'll be somebody taking my place.
[gunshots]
Who is that?
I don't know.
Stay down.
Damn it!
[screeching tires]
You're gonna lose 'em!
Shut up!
[gunshots]
Yeah!
[gunshots]
[screeching tires]
[gunshots]
Stay with 'em.
Come on!
Yeah!
I can't see a thing.
What's going on?
Shut up!
That was close.
Look!
Don't panic.
Just get out real, real slow.
Oh!
Bad brakes.
[screaming]
Was that really necessary?
Kill 'em now or kill 'em later.
Just like that?
What do you care?
They're just animals.
Guess you should know.
Welcome to the street, honey.
[cheering]
John Tucker.
That woman's wanted for treason, Tucker.
Hand her over.
Don't even think about it.
[gunshot]
Next one of you gorillas that tries something in my place
is gonna get a hole in the back of his head to pack a lunch in!
You all know the rules in the DMZ!
No fights, unless I start it.
Now, sit back down, all of you!
[gunshot]
[inaudible]
I need some information.
There ain't no one here that can help you, Tucker.
Just get the hell out of here before I gotta
pay someone to carry you out.
You should have never turned on your own kind, Tucker.
You should've never done that!
Just doing my job.
Hey, take you, her, and your job out of her!
Thanks.
Billy, where are you?
Tuck, man, am I glad to see you.
You won't believe what just came across the wire.
At this point, I'll believe just about anything.
BILLY: I don't know about that.
You alone?
No, I got the newscaster broad with me.
Maybe you should be alone for this.
She's all right.
Thank you.
Take a look at this.
I don't believe it.
It's for real, Tuck.
It says you capped one of Adams' goons.
They don't have it yet.
I intercepted the feed.
But you better get as far away as you can.
As soon as they get this news, every COPS officer in this city
is gonna wanna be the one that drops the great John Tucker.
- That'll be the day. - Get moving, Tuck.
You don't have much time.
I'll be in touch.
And Tuck, don't forget about the remote control for the arm.
It'll work.
I know it will.
Yeah, sure, Billy.
So they're after you now.
Why?
Maybe that's just Adams' way of saying that you're
more trouble than you're worth.
So why don't you just kill me and get yourself off the hook?
Nah.
Not my style.
So what is your style, Tucker?
Try to make it through the night,
walk you into a judge in the morning.
Look, there is no way we are gonna get through Adams' men.
You're gonna get us both killed!
There's always a way.
Maybe we'll get us both killed.
Yeah, well I don't think that's very funny.
I never said it was.
Damn.
Get out of town, Tuck.
Get out of town.
What am I saying?
He's not even gonna to get out of town.
Son of a bitch Tucker.
[music playing]
[knocking on door]
Hi.
Hello, Miss Alicia Williams?
In the flesh.
- Officer Michaels from COPS. - Oh My God.
What's wrong?
Nothing to get upset about.
There's been a slight incident in the area,
and I'd like to ask you a few questions.
- That's all? - That's all.
Nothing serious.
May I come in?
Sure.
Sure, why not?
Listen, can I get you a cup of coffee or some tea maybe?
- Coffee will be fine. - Great.
I'll be right back.
Would you like anything in it?
No, thanks.
I'll fix my own.
[chuckling]
Billy.
Hey, Billy boy.
Are you there?
Why do you want, Roxanne? Busy.
Where's Tucker?
How should I know?
Oh, Billy.
Tucker's in trouble.
I just wanna help, if that's OK with you.
Why?
Just gonna have to trust me this time, OK, Billy?
Come on.
Tell me where he is, please?
It doesn't seem like much of a hiding place.
It'll have to do for now.
Good Evening, Tucker, Miss Simms.
And I thought you'd never call.
Tucker, let's you and I work this thing out like gentlemen.
TUCKER (ON PHONE): I'm waiting.
It's very simple.
There's a reason for you and I to be fighting one another.
I'm a cop.
You're a cop.
I'm still waiting.
Just turn the girl in to me.
I'll drop the charges against you.
It's all I ask.
It's too easy.
That's all you have to do.
I'll think about it.
What is it?
He must have tracked us from the computer.
What?
Get down on the floor.
Stay there.
Looking for me?
Agh!
I don't think you wanna do that.
I got questions.
I want answers.
What's so important about that girl?
Nobody gives a shit about the girl.
The man that gets you gets the big money
scratches the rest of his life. That's all I know.
Well, I'm not dead yet.
Oh yes, you are!
Drop it.
Man, I don't believe it!
We got him.
We got the one and only John Tucker!
Wrong.
I've got him.
Say goodbye, Tucker.
Well, easy come, easy go.
[gunshot]
100,000 is a lot of money, baby.
But you know, I've always been kind of sweet on you.
Go ahead, take a walk.
Tucker, next time, it'll have to be different.
Is it over?
No.
[screeching tires]
Hello, Roxanne.
What the fuck do you want?
You let a known criminal escape.
Becker, you can just kiss this officer's ass.
Kiss this.
Agh!
Dumb bitch.
You You married, Tucker?
Got a family?
No.
What about that guy on the monitor?
Billy, I think it was. Who's he?
A friend.
He's in a wheelchair.
What happened to him?
I'm sorry.
I guess it's just the reporter in me.
It was almost 20 years ago.
I was with the LAPD then.
One night, my partner and I responded to a breaking
and entering.
He got shot down on the front lawn.
I went into the house alone.
It was dark, and I was scared.
Something moved in the shadows, and I fired.
Then I saw Billy laying there, my bullet lodged in his back.
He was six years old.
Ever since then, I've sort of looked after him.
Tucker, I'm sorry.
[helicopter hovering]
Go again.
MARION: Now what.
[gunshots]
MARION: Oh my God, they're shooting!
[gunshots]
I can't take this.
[gunshots]
Turn left, do something!
[gunshots]
[click]
[gunshots]
No!
[gunshots]
What are we gonna do now?
I'm open to suggestions.
[gunshots]
Give me that thing.
[click]
[chuckling]
[gunshots]
Let's see Adams get out of this one.
What the hell happened?
I don't know.
Sure glad it did.
Alicia?
Everybody's getting killed because of that stupid tape!
What?
A video tape I was supposed to show this week.
That's what Adams is after.
What's on it?
I don't know.
I just read the copy.
That's all.
That's what he's gonna kill me for too.
Hey.
Nobody's gonna kill you.
I promise.
Nobody.
And I'm gonna kick some fucking ass.
Billy.
Billy, where are you?
Right here, Tuck.
Glad to see you're still in peace.
TUCKER: Billy, can you get into the main computer?
That's a tough one.
Can you do it?
It might take me some time.
I don't have much.
I'll tell you what I want you to do.
Tucker?
Tucker.
Damn him.
Glad you called me, Tucker.
I knew in the end you'd be sensible about this thing.
Where's the girl?
You did bring her with you, didn't you?
Nope.
No problem.
Just tell us where she is, and we'll take it from there.
Think you must be a-- a little confused.
What?
I came here to take you in.
[chuckling]
Take me in?
You crazy, Tucker?
Maybe.
You know, I gave you a chance, Tucker.
I gave you a chance.
Drop him.
[gunshots]
You're gonna die, Tucker!
You're gonna die, you son of a bitch, you hear me?
[gunshots]
You're all through.
Wrong, Tucker!
[gunshots]
Agh!
Just me and you now, asshole!
Come on.
Come on, Tucker. Get up.
I want some more of your ass.
They told me you were the best.
Well, I've killed women tougher than you.
What are you gonna do with that thing?
Change channels on me?
[chuckling]
[beep]
[electric crackling]
[beep]
[beeping]
[beep]
[electric crackling]
[beep]
[chuckling]
[horn blowing]
[car starts up]
Billy?
Billy, where are you?
Jesus, Tuck, what happened to you?
I'll tell you about it later.
Did you do it?
I'm still working on it, man.
You've got minutes.
Captain!
[screeching tires]
All right!
[beeping]
What is it now?
[gunshots]
Wanted for murder.
Kill him.
I'm surrendering.
I have the right to due process.
It's the law.
I'm the law in this city, mister.
What you are is a garbage man.
I decide who lives or dies.
All you do is clean up the mess.
Now, there's $100,000 for the man that shoots this bum.
Wait.
Come on, do your stuff. - Now, I'm the law!
I'm the law!
Somebody shoot this son of a bitch right now!
That's an order!
Do you hear me?
Do it!
Wait.
If somebody doesn't shoot this son of a bitch right now,
I'm gonna put every one of you up on charges.
Sorry, Tucker.
[beep]
Look.
That's not right.
That's a mistake.
No, no, no, no.
That's a mistake.
Don't do it.
It's a mistake!
No, it's a mistake.
I's a mistake!
[click]
All yours, guys.
It's a mistake, I'm telling you!
[gunshots]
Tucker, good luck.
[chuckling]
What now, Tucker?
Start over and make it right.
Tucker.
God, you're hurt.
Aw, that ain't nearly as bad as it looks.
Where's Adams?
Finished.
Let's go.
Where?
Anywhere you wanna take me.
[gunshots]
[car engine starts]
[music playing]
SONG: Here in this life the days run away.
The nights disappear one by one.
And sometimes I stop and I can't recall
half of whatever I've done.
But here i your eyes, it's always so clear.
Whatever I do will be right.
As long as you're here forever I turn.
As long as you're here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life the days can be gray.
The nights can be empty and cold.
Sometimes I wonder what I would do
if I didn't have you to hold.
But here in your arms it's always so warm,
and the fire will always burn bright.
As long as you're here wherever I turn, as long as
you're here in this life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life
It's a circus, continuing carnival too.
[inaudible] to have someone love me like you.
This life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life.
This life.
Here in this life.