(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Frank Martin.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He wants mine, too?
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(ENGINE STARTING)
Drive.
Charming.
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Stop.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Lovely spot for a holiday.
"Club Mud."
(ARGUING IN ARABIC)
My apologies. Anwar is a bit of a troublemaker.
What kind of trouble is he making?
Everyone in life wants more than they have.
I'm Haroun Talif, the manager.
You've met Kedar, our head of security?
Sort of.
And this is my son, Youssef.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
I imagine you're anxious to take that off your wrist.
This way.
TALIF: How was your trip?
- Uneventful. - Until the sandstorm.
The winds are quite high.
You won't be able to drive back until the evening.
Is there a problem?
We weren't told the contents of the case.
I didn't expect it to be cash.
There are many bandits in the area.
A gold mine is an obvious target.
Mr. Talif, you put us through a lot of trouble to deliver
not a lot of money.
You were well-paid, were you not?
That's not the point.
(SIREN WAILING)
The shift change.
Kedar will take you to your tent.
Saved by the bell.
Maybe he doesn't speak English.
Maybe he's a wanker.
(MOHAMMED COUGHING)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
What were they arguing about? Our host and that miner, Anwar?
From what I could make out, health and safety.
The mine's refusing to make improvements.
Profits don't go into the local housing, obviously.
I'm sure inside the mine's worse.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Why did they make us travel all this way?
Something was in that case.
- Something other than money. - Like what?
(CRASHING)
(ALL CLAMORING)
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Three men are dead and six are trapped in the mine.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
FRANK: What is it?
He's saying why don't they send a rescue team from El-Aai佖?
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
The sandstorm makes it impossible.
The men have only 12 hours of oxygen.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He used to work in a mine up the mountain.
He says that there's still dynamite up there.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He's saying that even if it's still there, it's been sitting for too long,
and even a small bump could make it explode.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Abdullah.
Those are the names of the miners stuck down there.
Anwar.
Mohammed.
Kerrin.
Youssef.
Youssef...
His son is down there, too.
How many off-road trucks do you have?
Three.
Then you need three drivers to get that dynamite,
to be sure at least one makes it back.
You are a professional driver, Mr. Martin.
And I'm giving you my professional advice.
My only son is in there
and you are his only chance.
Please.
You still need two more drivers.
Thank you...
Thank you very much.
Frank?
He's right. I'm the best chance these men have got.
That doesn't mean you have to do it.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
And if I don't? And those men die?
(SULAIMAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC)
(WOMAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC)
(PEOPLE WHISPERING)
That's three.
At least let me go with you.
I don't need a passenger, Cat.
Besides, I need you to find out what else was in that case.
You think it had something to do with the collapse?
Don't you?
We slipped it past customs...
Never saw what we had.
Why kill their own men?
Well, that miner, Anwar,
who was arguing about safety, he's down there.
An accident is a tidy way to solve a labor problem.
Do you really think they would collapse their own mine?
Shit happens.
And I expect it's a lot more cost-effective than meeting Anwar's demands.
Clearly the manager didn't expect his own son to be there.
Clearly.
But this only happened because I took the job.
You're not responsible, Frank.
If that's why you're doing this.
I don't like being lied to.
You speak English?
Yes, I do.
I'm Caterina Boldieu.
He's Frank Martin.
My name is Nassima and this is Sulaiman.
You know how to drive one of these, Nassima?
Well, I used to drive a tractor.
Close enough.
You have radios?
Channel 1 reaches us, if mountains are not in the way.
Channel 2 is to talk to each other.
Cat has access to the radio at all times.
You don't trust us, Mr. Martin?
I don't trust you. And I don't like you.
As you wish, Mr. Martin.
Since Sulaiman knows where the mine is, he'll take the lead.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He's established communication with the miners.
TALIF: Youssef!
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
My son is hurt.
Then we'd better get going.
(COUGHING)
Kedar speaks the Queen's English. I told you he was a wanker.
You seem on edge.
Driving explosives on an unpaved road will do that to you.
There's something else.
(SIGHS)
I don't like driving slow.
You what?
I like driving fast, obviously, but slow, I'm...
I'm crap at it.
You wouldn't do this, if you didn't think you'd make it.
If I don't come back, kill that guy, will ya?
Be careful up there.
Yep.
Ser Saenz-Diaz?
(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)
Si. Muchas gracias.
(SIGHS)
What's this?
A map of the mine.
If Mr. Martin brings the explosives back in time,
we can place a charge here.
There's some risk of further collapse,
but it's our best chance of getting them out.
Can I have a word?
Of course.
You brought us here under false pretenses, Mr. Talif.
False pretenses?
I found the hidden compartment
and the residue.
Residue?
The plastic explosives.
You were ordered to kill those men and make it look like an accident.
You were paid to do a job. Not to make accusations.
Three men are dead. Six others could still die.
You think I don't want to rescue those men?
I think you want to rescue your son.
But even if Frank makes it with those explosives...
Is that what he wants?
What are you asking from me?
For your help.
To make sure those men survive.
And we do, too.
Nassima?
Ask Sulaiman how much further.
Sulaiman?
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Not far now, Inshallah.
Right.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He wants to know why you're doing this.
Fancied a mountain drive.
What about him?
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
When he was young, he was trapped in a mine.
A man risked his life to save his.
He is repaying his debt to god.
And you?
One of the miners down there,
he's called Anwar.
Yeah, I saw him when I arrived.
He's my husband.
Where's the dynamite?
(SULAIMAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(GROANS)
No.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He says it's sat too long.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
NASSIMA: The nitroglycerine, it's seeped to the bottom of the crate.
- Is that good enough? - It better be.
Come on.
Thank you.
How did you get that?
It's a funny story.
Funny "ha-ha", or funny odd?
Anwar and I, we had a farm.
Yeah, where you drove a tractor.
The bandits steal our things.
They burn our crops.
We tried to fight back.
Anwar got a rifle to scare them.
And then one night, they set the house on fire.
It burned and I got this.
So Anwar works at the mine?
14 hours a day,
seven days a week.
Rotten food. Poison air.
The men who own the mine,
they don't steal your things,
they steal your life.
I saw your husband argue with the manager, Talif.
Anwar called a strike to start tomorrow.
But now with the accident...
That's a fairly nifty coincidence.
I thought you were a bad man,
until you said you would drive.
You said this was a funny story.
I like this scar.
You know why?
It tells me never be a victim.
Fight,
so my children have a better life.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Youssef?
(NOISE FROM RADIO)
Youssef?
(MAN GASPING)
(YOUSSEF SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(TALIF SPEAKING)
(WHIMPERING)
Mohammed.
Mohammed, Mohammed...
Mohammed...
What's wrong with him?
He's not well.
Problems with his lungs.
You said those men had 12 hours.
That's right.
And that man's struggling to breathe after four?
(MAN SPEAKS OVER RADIO)
(GASPING)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(CREAKING)
(SIGHING HEAVILY)
(SIGHS)
CAT: Frank, you there?
- I'm here. - You okay?
Swell. We've just loaded the trucks.
How long till you get back?
It took us two hours to drive up here, but this stuff is so unstable,
I'd say it'll take six to get back.
That's not going to be soon enough.
They said those men had 12 hours.
That's what they said.
How long have they got?
I don't know. But one of the men just died.
Mohammed.
We have to go now.
We're not gonna help your husband by blowing ourselves up.
We go as fast as we can, and no faster.
We're on our way.
You follow my path exactly.
You understand?
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Good.
Let's do this.
Nassima?
Slow down.
There's a bump on the left.
You crawl over it. You understand? You crawl.
NASSIMA: Understood.
(CREAKING)
Sulaiman?
(SULAIMAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Is he all right?
NASSIMA: He's fine.
Crankcase blew. This thing's not going anywhere.
You can roll it downhill.
Where to? There's no shoulder on this road for at least a mile.
We need to get past.
Come with me.
(SULAIMAN AND NASSIMA ARGUE IN ARABIC)
What? What is it?
He says it's god's will and the men can't be rescued.
You tell him god helps those who help themselves.
- Is that from the Bible? - The Koran.
What are you doing?
You're both getting back in your trucks.
- What for? - You're gonna back them up.
What good will that do?
Just do it.
(COUGHING)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(SIGHS)
(SNIFFLES)
She has found something.
A way to help the men.
A tunnel,
adjacent to the collapse.
If you breach the wall here, even just a crack,
you could get them more air.
It's worth a try.
She's not even an engineer.
Does it matter?
Now go do it!
As you wish.
Do you have any weapons?
Why?
You'll need them. We both will.
Kedar has them all locked up.
Can you get the key?
I might.
Then get it.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Wait here.
What are you going to do?
God's will.
(GROANS)
Can we go now?
FRANK: Cat?
How's it going?
We hit a little bump in the road.
How little?
FRANK: (ON RADIO) We're down to two trucks.
Nassima and Sulaiman?
Fine. We're all fine.
Your pal, Kedar, he won't be happy about that.
What's he gonna do about it?
CAT: (ON RADIO) That's the question, isn't it?
- Be careful, Frank. - Yeah. You, too.
They are okay?
They're down to two trucks.
What is it?
Where'd you get the key?
I stole it from Kedar's tent.
I need to return it before he notices.
KEDAR: Too late.
Where are the guns?
I moved them.
For safekeeping.
I am the manager of this mine.
And I'm the head of security.
My key, please.
What can we do?
He still has to make this look like an accident,
like there's no way to rescue those people.
There won't be if your friend doesn't return with that dynamite.
Well, then, we just have to make sure he does.
I think you are a good man, but a strange man.
Thank you. I think.
I think you like it, the danger.
Most of us want to live a long time.
I intend to live long enough.
You have no wife? No children?
No.
Those things give life meaning.
I'm glad you think so.
I hope you live long enough to find I'm right.
Listen, Nassima...
You should know I was hired to drive a case from Madrid.
They wanted me to think it was cash,
but I think it was something they used to trigger the accident.
The collapse.
To make it look like an accident.
Then this happened because of you?
That's why you're here, driving this truck?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
(MEN YELLING IN ARABIC)
Now, I'm not so sure.
They don't look too friendly, do they?
(MEN SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(YELLING IN ARABIC)
(GUN COCKS)
What do they want?
Gold! Gold!
They say they know we're from the mine.
Tell them to be careful.
(GROANS)
Or not.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
I'll show him the gold.
Tell him, tell him!
Say I'll climb inside the truck, tell him it's hidden under the sand.
No, no, no, stop!
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
He says he'll get it. He wants you to tell him where it is.
When I say run, you run...
- Okay? - Okay.
Tell him it's by the cab, he has to dig under the sand to find it.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Run!
(PRAYING)
(TALIF SPEAKING ARABIC ON RADIO)
(SIGHS)
Cat?
CAT: (ON RADIO) Here.
We're getting close. Have them open the gate.
We'll do that.
You hear that, Kedar?
Right away.
- We need guns. - He took them.
He didn't take all of them.
(SNORING)
(GUN COCKS)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(TALIF SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(KEDAR SCOFFS)
CAT: Not him...
Me.
On your feet!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Tell him he's going to need a pulley to move it.
We are ready.
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
Where's laughing boy?
Not laughing anymore.
You killed him?
He did.
What about the men?
We haven't been able to reach them for an hour.
(HISSING)
(SPEAKING IN ARABIC)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
There will be justice for my son.
I will make sure there is justice.
(COUGHING)
You okay?
Let's get the hell out of here.
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