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What is going on,
is a secret illegal
cross-country road race.
A man races to save
the woman he loves.
Why would someone take your wife?
And find some help
along the way.
Someone wants you in this race,
someone he works for.
- What about you?
- I can shoot her.
You can't touch her.
She's my partner.
Get down on the ground, now !
The only way
you're gonna save your wife,
is to win the race.
Who are you?
A newlywed hides the truth
from her husband.
Unit's getting shipped back to Bagdad.
Message deleted.
While two long-lost brothers
are reunited on the road.
What were you locked up for?
Would you believe me
if I said I killed a guy?
A mother drives to protect her baby.
- How's Sam?
- I'm putting the phone to his ear.
Hi, baby.
Mommy loves you.
And a woman betrays her friends.
Get me out of that car
and recrut me yours.
- And now
- Get in!
They'll come together in one place
for a chance to win.
This supposed to be
some kind of joke?
Maybe.
Or maybe it's a clue
to the next checkpoint.
I don't mean to be a bother.
I was just wondering if I could
say good night to Sam.
Well, I just put him down,
Mrs.
Patrakas, he's asleep.
It's best not to call here.
If there's a problem,
I promise we'll call you first.
Of course.
I'll try not
to bother you again.
I'm sick of this.
What good are these damn phones
if they don't call out?
- Where are you going?
- I'm gonna find a pay phone.
- Wait
- I gotta make one call
check in with the sarge,
ask him about first cavalry.
What are you gonna find out
that you don't already know?
You saw on TV
that your friend was dead.
That's not gonna change.
I'm gonna find out
why I didn't know sooner.
Okay? I'll be right back.
Rob! Come back!
Something's happening.
Welcome drivers.
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updated in some time.
Dad, wake up.
In any case, congratulations
on making it this far.
Tonight, one of you will be rewarded
with a special advantage
A little something we call
a Jump Start.
The Jump Start Challenge
is an opportunity
to gain a huge lead
over your competition.
We use the word "opportunity"
because winning
is not guaranteed.
You have to earn it;
this involves risk.
However,
if you can meet the challenge,
you will be able to skip
the current checkpoint
and head directly
to the next one.
This could earn you a distance
advantage of up to 700 miles
and get you that much closer
to the final finish line.
Tonight's Jump Start Challenge
will be awarded
to the one among you with the
most improved overall ranking.
To the victors go the spoils,
and the envy of your rivals.
Congratulations, Mr.
Alex Tully.
Check your race phone
for your challenge point.
"455 Broad Street,
Sweetwater, Georgia.
"
Well, I think we can
figure that one out.
As for the rest of you,
drive fast,
drive smart
and good luck.
Wait, what?
We-we-we don't even get
to stop and sleep?
Dad, you've been sleeping
this entire time.
Have I?
What's it say, honey?
"Surrender, America.
"
Maybe it's the name of a town
or something.
What do you think?
Jump Start boy
got a new ride.
Not bad.
Winston.
Hey, yo, homes.
What's the deal, man?
You haven't said one word to me
since I rescued you
from that bounty hunter chick.
- Rescued me?
- Yeah.
You know, if it wasn't for me,
you'd be back in jail right now.
"rescued me.
"
Do you have any idea
what I had to do?
I know exactly
what you did, homes.
Same thing you always do
call up Daddy for help.
What?
Look, man, you may be used to living
under his debt, but not me.
I'd rather die in prison than
owe that achepe a single thing.
Next time,
don't do me any favors.
- Don't do it.
- Do what?
This Jump Start,
let's not do it.
Let's take
the group clue instead.
Are you joking?
After what it took to get
here, you think I'd pass up
- an advantage if it's offered?
- It won't be an advantage.
You think these people
give gifts?
There's gonna be a catch,
there's always a catch.
And if there's a chance it brings me
- I'll risk it.
- We're practicaly in the lead,
let's just concentrate on staying there.
Right.
We wouldn't want to get
too far ahead, would we, Corinna?
You think I'm trying to keep
you from the finish line?
Let's just say, I understand you're not
exactly in this thing to win it.
So maybe it's not in your best interest
for it to be over too quick.
Or maybe I want
to see you stay alive.
You're concerned for my safety?
- Yeah.
- Since when?
Roughly, the time
you saved my life.
- Which time?
- The second time.
Carrolton.
Sweetwater should be
just past that.
A hundred miles in the opposite
direction of everyone else.
- It's a shortcut.
- Right.
You think we should
turn around?
Do you care?
Just making conversation.
A hundred miles is nothing.
Especially at this speed.
It's not much of a shortcut
if you get pulled over, though, is it?
You think we're going too fast?
No.
I think you're trying
to lose our tail.
- Recognize the car?
- How could I forget?
You don't seem worried.
Should I be?
You've outrun him before.
I got a better idea this time.
- Hey, nice ride.
- Thanks.
Did you wire it
or just jack it?
Kind of hard to follow
someone out here, isn't it?
Yeah, it's pretty rural.
Not a whole lot
of room to ghost.
Winston, it's over.
Let's just turn back.
Are you driving?
Are you driving?
Look, I wasn't trying
to sneak up on you.
I'm coming to you straight
with a proposal.
- A proposal?
- Yeah.
You cut us in on
your chip right now,
and you get to cash in
later when we get the ups.
Meantime, we join forces,
you turn your biggest threat
into your strongest asset.
Or?
Or we just follow your ***
and take what we need.
Sold.
Damn!
I knew there was a reason
I chose you and not him.
You thought about choosing him?
Well, I saw his file, too,
back in Key West.
Winston Salazar
he just got out of prison.
I don't know who
his partner is, though.
- What was he in for?
- Armed robbery.
So you never really
seriously considered him.
Well, you weren't
driving this before.
Well, I am now.
We made it.
Did I say we'd make it?
Yes, several times.
- And we did, didn't we?
- Yes, we did.
Probably helped that this address
came over the race phone
before we ended up in Tennessee.
Looks like we missed a party.
Let's hope they're in
hotels nursing hangovers.
I don't know, looks to me like
we might have missed something.
Very astute, Miss Barnthouse.
You have missed something.
Yeah, I know we got here last,
we get a penalty.
Boo-hoo.
Do we have to
eliminate someone?
'Cause I'd like to nominate
a certain Ivy Chitty.
Your challenge was to get here
by sunset
yesterday.
You didn't.
You've been eliminated.
What?
We're out of the race?
The finish line has moved ahead,
which means you can't cross it,
which means you can't continue.
I'm afraid you're done.
But you called us
on the phone.
You told us
to come here!
We did.
We need to get our phone back.
- May I have it, please?
- No!
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no.
- I understand your disappointment.
- No, you don't.
You got any idea what we had
to go through to get here?
I'll spare you the details
of the hostage situation,
and the four bullets that found
their way into my tires,
and the tire world
with no tires,
and the Preston's drive-thru,
where they left the meat
out of my double-meat burger.
We got through all of that
and do you know why?
Because God told me
we would.
That's right.
He said,
"You are going to persevere.
"
He said,
"You are going to thrive.
"
He said, "You are going to triumph.
"
God was wrong.
Susan
I heard a voice.
You understand?
A voice that was strong
and clear and true.
It said,
"You are going to win this race.
"
And you expect me
to disregard that
and listen to the little
squeak from a man in a suit?
The phone, please?
It's been a pleasure.
Good travels.
"Surrender, America.
"
God, I hate these things.
These little puzzles.
Clever little puzzles.
Make me want to hit somebody,
you know what I mean?
Hey, mamasan,
I'm talking to you.
Hmm? I'm sorry.
It's just
I keep thinking about Sammy.
You said Sam is fine.
You said Sam's in a safe house.
That's a house that's safe.
See?
Now can we get back
to the business at hand?
We're chasing after
$32 million, missy.
Come home with
a handful of that,
and little Satchel's going
to rember you, believe me.
Right.
Okay.
Um
"Surrender, America.
"
Well, there is a town not
too far from where I live
called Dull, Ohio.
What's your point?
Some towns have funny names,
and maybe Surrender
is one of those.
Yes.
Right.
That is why we're
gonna win this race.
That's why all
those other teams
better just watch out.
Teamwork.
That's what's gonna
give us edge.
- "Surrender, America.
"
- Stop saying that.
It's the clue, baby.
We have to think about it.
I'll think about it after
I check in with the base.
Look for a landline.
Rob, we made such good time
to the last checkpoint.
Let's at least try
to figure it out,
know we're going in the right
direction before we start.
Gas station.
"Broad Street.
"
Oddly, not that broad.
Says here that Sweetwater
hosts the annual
Sorghum Festival.
What the hell's sorghum?
Third most popular
cereal grain in the country.
How did you know that?
I'm a gardener, I know crops.
What's the address again?
No, no way.
No what? You don't even know
what this says.
It says we have to rob the bank.
How do you know that?
I wasn't always a gardener.
People buy pretty much every
service a big city bank does
home loans,
small business loans,
family planning.
You folks moving here
to Sweetwater?
Oh, we're just here
for the sorghum.
- Oh, the festival.
- Here you go.
Well, my daughter is a clogger
in the yeast parade.
Oh! That's
We love the parade.
You know, we're
down here so often,
we thought maybe
it'd be a good idea
to get a safe deposit
box to keep our
Bulk buy receipts,
D of A tax records.
Absolutely.
Don't want to leave those
in the glove box at the trade fair.
The vault is brand new,
installed two months ago.
It is the safest room
in the county.
So, how long
y'all in town for?
Okay, we got
Surprise, Arizona;
Bummerville, California;
Roachtown, Illinois;
- Ballstown, Indiana
- Oh, I've been there.
It's nice.
Mm.
Boring, Big Bone Lick, Humpy Creek,
Buttzville, North Dakota;
and Buttzville, New Jersey;
and
no
no Surrender.
Any other bright ideas?
At least I tried.
There's no need
to get snippy.
- Hello.
- Mrs.
Patrakas.
Yes.
Hello, hi.
What's wrong?
Did something happen to Sam?
Someone came asking
about him, Wendy.
Oh, my God.
Richard?
I don't know who it was,
but he was very insistent.
I think he'll be back.
And some of the residents think
they've seen people
watching the house.
Oh, God.
I'm afraid you're gonna
have to come and
pick Sam up, for his safety
and for the safety
of the other children.
A situation like this
can get very ugly.
I'm so sorry, Mrs.
Patrakas.
Please come soon.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
What the hell are you doing?!
I'm going to Ohio.
Is Surrender, America
in Ohio?
No, my son is.
And he's in trouble.
I'll drop you off
wherever you like.
I'm sure someone else
will pick you up.
- You're a nice person.
- Whoa!
Hold on a second!
You can't do this.
You'd understand, okay,
if you had a child yourself.
Some things are more
important than money.
No, they're not.
You ain't going nowhere
but that finish line.
Specialist Robert Laird, sir.
Nice of you to check in, Laird.
I saw the news, sir.
The casualties from the 100th
Brigade Support Battalion in Anbar.
I haven't heard anything
from anybody in my unit.
Well, not many guys are making
personal calls from Fallujah.
- Sir?
- You heard me right.
Your unit shipped out
two weeks ago.
Th-That can't, um
I don't understand, sir.
Well, it's simple, son.
Your unit got deployment orders.
All personnel, save yourself,
reported for duty at the base.
This is the first I've heard
about that, sir.
Well, that's just kind of
hard to believe.
We've made multiple attempts trying
to reach you by phone and by mail.
Fact, two MPs went out
to your house the other day.
Apparently,
the neighbors told them
you and your wife left
in a hurry a few days before.
Hell of a coincidence,
wouldn't you say?
Yeah, I admit that's, uh
it's hard to explain.
Look, I'm just a few hours
from Fort Benning, sir.
- I'll report for duty immediately.
- Report for duty?
Specialist Laird,
are you a complete idiot?
You're AWOL.
You will immediately report
to Fort Benning
to transfer to Fort Monroe to
stand trial at a court-martial.
Am I making myself
perfectly clear?
Yes, sir.
And if you cannot
arrange transportation,
we sure as hell
will arrange it for you.
There's no need, sir.
Well, we tried.
Made a pretty good
effort, I think.
And, you know, I believe
we would've won this thing
if Ivy wouldn't have
been so, you know, evil.
And you were something
back there.
That whole
"God's talking to me" thing?
That was good.
I half believed it myself.
It's true.
Meant what I said, Leigh.
God has been talking to me.
Since Katrina.
You mean metaphorically, right?
You felt a presence comforting
you in moments of need.
No, I mean I've heard a voice.
Clear as a bell.
It's God
speaking to me.
I'm sure of it.
You think I'm crazy.
No.
A little.
It started in the storm.
I had 15 sick people
in my care,
levee waters halfway up the stairs,
I didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, there was this
beautiful voice
in my head.
It said, "They will help you.
"
Then I met you and Ivy.
And when we got
the phone, it said,
"You are going to win this race.
"
We can't quit.
We're leaving.
- What?
- We still have time to catch up.
We drive straight
through, no stopping.
Straight through to where?
It's too late for that.
We don't know where
the next checkpoint is.
I am not robbing this bank.
It's not like we have
to take any money.
Alex, that metal box
holds the answer
that can jump us ahead
of hundreds of other--
You were right back
at the drive-in
when you said
we shouldn't take this challenge.
You were right,
and I was wrong.
But that's when I thought they were
gonna have us do something crazy.
- This is nothing.
- Nothing?
This is nothing?
What'd you think they
were going to ask us to do?
Something hard.
Look, you need to winthis thing
to get your wife back.
You know that, they know that,
and I know that, too.
Now we can do this.
You have experience
with this kind of thing.
I have experience
sitting in a car
outside the bank
watching the street
waiting for everything
to go wrong.
All right? I was the
wheelman, that's all.
Fine, then you be the wheelman,
and I'll be the bank robber.
- Don't laugh.
We can do this.
- It's not you
You can't rob a bank
with two people.
- It's amateur hour.
- What about three?
Three, at least.
- Preferably four.
- So you're saying
if we find two more people
who, say,
did have experience
in armed robbery,
we could pulled this off.
We're never gonna
catch up now.
Stop your *** and start
working out that clue.
You work it out.
Not doing you
any more favors.
Aw, what's wrong?
Little Sean-ito upset, huh?
You want to call Daddy and
make it all better for you?
You know what?
Why don't you call him?
Sounds like you're
the one with Daddy issues.
I ain't got issues, homes.
Do I look white to you?
Oh, you don't
owe him anything.
You owe me, bro.
If not gratitude,
then a little respect.
And if we're gonna
be partners in this,
then you owe me a listen
when I say things like
trying to chase a 426-horsepower
V-8 is a waste of time.
Man, he just got lucky, fool.
Thing's all show and no go.
If the shoe was on the
other foot, forget it, man.
He would've never been
able to catch this beast.
What was that thing you said
about cashing in your chips again?
You in the mood
for a little bank robbery?
God is not gonna
get us back into a secret,
illegal road race.
He's got better things to do.
Just one sign.
How about the sign
that says "vacancy"?
Susan, please, I haven't slept
in I don't know how long.
I haven't changed my clothes.
I have moss growing
on my teeth.
Let's just stop, okay?
Hang on.
Oh, my God, where
did they come from?
Arkansas, honey, but where
they come from is not the point.
We know
where they're going.
You can't just quit.
Now, turn around.
Sam's in danger.
If you make me turn around,
you might as well shoot me.
I'm not gonna be any
good at this now.
You weren't any good
at it before.
Yes.
Exactly.
You could do much better.
What do you want me for?
Uh, look whose car we're in.
What am I supposed
to do, Wendy?
Hitch to the finish line?
Y- you need cash?
You can have my wallet.
Credit cards, too.
- I won't report it.
- Turn it around.
We're going to
"Surrender, America.
"
I don't know where that is!
You can have the car.
- What?
- I'll give it to you.
You can drop me off.
I'll get to him some other way.
Shut up and quit slowing down.
Instead of $16 million, you
get the whole $32 million.
- Isn't that nice?
- I can't drive!
I don't know how.
You lie to me one more time,
I swear to God,
I'm gonna get out of this car,
and you're never
gonna see me again.
The letters from the army
the calls.
You ripped them up
and you erased them.
Why, Ellie?!
- I was scared.
- Of what?
That you were gonna die,
of what I was gonna go through
waiting to hear if you died.
Couldn't do it, Rob.
I just couldn't.
- I don't believe it.
- I'm sorry.
Do you have any idea what
kind of trouble I'm in right now?
Just tell them it was me.
I'll take the blame.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's good.
"I'm sorry I'm
AWOL, Captain.
My wife ripped up the letters!"
You think they'd believe that?
- Why not?
- Do you know what the punishment is
for deserting in wartime?
Execution!
Death!
Yeah, that's right, Ellie.
Thanks to you,
I could die a lot sooner
than I would have in Iraq.
- It doesn't have to be that way, Rob.
- What's that supposed to mean?
There are things we can do.
- We can stay in the race.
- No.
$32 million buys us
a lot of options.
We can get new identities.
- Did you hear me? I said no.
- Move out of the country.
Set up some place the army's
never gonna find you.
Ellie, how could you say that?
If I d If I do that,
that makes me a-a coward.
And I'm a deserter.
Would you want to be
with a man like that?
If he's alive,
you bet your *** I would.
I would rather be with that man
than the widow of some fake hero
dead in the desert.
Rob, let go.
Give me the phone.
Here's your damn race.
We're going to win this race.
Listen up.
All right, here's how we roll.
We hit hard and fast, dominate
from the door, no warning.
Grab the manager, pop the vault,
in and out, six minutes.
Someone even looks like
they want to play hero,
I'll personally *** slap that
twinkle right out of their eye.
Wintergreen chai latte,
no foam.
That's me.
*** slap?
Let's just
hear him out.
I think I've heard enough.
There's no way in hell
we're taking this bank
in broad daylight.
Wasn't my idea.
Shut up.
What wasn't his idea?
We're thinking
this whole
"stick 'em up" approach
probably not
- the best way to go.
- Unless you want a federal manhunt
*** us all the way
to the finish line.
- Too many witnesses.
- What, you think I'm stupid?
We're gonna wear masks.
Oh.
Masks.
Well, why didn't you say so
in the first place?
You got some in
your trunk, right?
Or do you mean we
should buy some?
They gotta sell ski masks
in Sweetwater, right?
Whatever, man.
- We can just go right in
- Look, we do this at night
or we don't do this at all.
Well, I got news for you, bro.
The bank's locked at night
and there's an alarm.
The door alarm's old.
It's
cheap.
It's an easy bypass.
Right, but the vault's
supposed to be new,
- and it's gonna be locked, too.
- It's locked right now.
So we get the manager
to unlock it.
If you put a gun to his head.
If he thinks we put a gun
to his head.
Nobody's gonna get hurt, bro.
Yeah, I've heard
that line before.
It usually precedes
a couple of dead bodies.
Oh, would you try
to keep it down.
Appomattox.
What?
Checkpoint.
It's where everyone else
is going.
The courthouse in Appomattox
where General Lee
turned over the
Confederate army to Grant.
He surrendered America.
That's really
great, Sean.
It's a couple hundred miles
too late, but thanks.
Right now we're trying to
jump past everyone else
so we need to crack this vault,
not the Kentucky clue.
- Virginia.
- Whatever.
And you don't have
to crack the vault.
You say the manager opened it
- with a six-digit code on a keypad?
- That's right.
That means all you
need is the password,
which is probably sitting
on the manager's computer.
Maybe he changes it every week
or every other week,
but it's always six numbers.
So the only thing you have
to crack are his files
and then run a match-case auditor
search for a six-digit alphanumeric.
What?
We gonna do this or not?
You can't just say that's
all a big coincidence.
I can and I do.
Seeing the Firebird.
Finding the phone.
Luck.
It could've
happened to anybody.
Just because we can't see a pattern,
Leigh, doesn't mean one doesn't exist.
Maybe it's too big
for us to see.
And meeting Ivy?
Was that a part of God's plan?
Hey, even the Garden of Eden
had a snake.
Come on, now.
"Surrender, America.
"
Does that mean
anything to you?
No.
Why don't you ask your friend,
you know, the big guy upstairs?
Don't mock.
He gave us a phone.
We had a phone before, Susan.
They took it away.
They're gonna take
this one away, too.
You are going to
win this, Leigh.
That's what the voice said.
Come on.
Race or not,
it's a beautiful day.
We got the sun and
the open road and
a Civil War historical marker
every ten miles.
These people do love
their Confederacy.
Which is another reason why
we need to turn around and
surrender.
Surrender.
Appomattox.
- What?
- Where Lee surrendered to Grant.
That's the finish line.
All right, partner.
See, now was that
a coincidence?
I don't think so.
Oh, everything
has meaning.
There are no accidents.
Oh, God.
- Are you okay?
- I'm okay.
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
We're okay.
Oh, thank God.
There.
Manager's desk this way.
Panic switch kill switch.
Is this going to take long?
Most of the time it's going to
be accessing my remote desktop
and downloading
the search utility over FTP.
You have to access
your home computer?
What I need
is to concentrate.
Oh, putting the smackdown, huh?
That means you, too.
Come on, come on, come on
You're doing this
for me, remember?
I left this behind for you.
I know.
You saved me from it.
And now you're returning
the favor.
It's not good for me to talk to myself
while the job's in play, Kat.
I love you, Alex.
Come on, come on
So how do you guys
know each other?
How do you guys
know each other?
I saw him in Key West,
he didn't have no partner.
Neither did you.
If you want to switch
rides, I don't blame you.
Come on, let's move!
Howdy.
Looks like this might not be
such a slow night after all.
Look, bro, we can
work something out.
You feel me?
Hey, you say something,
Carlos?
No hablo espa�ol.
Man, come on and
chill with that, all right?
You're not even a cop.
What's that supposed to mean?
I think he means that
maybe you should
call this one in.
Oh, I will, honey.
Don't you worry about that.
I'm just deciding what kind
of call it's going to be.
See, situation like this
could end up a lot
of different ways.
Who knows,
you might just find you have
the power to change what happens.
All right, man, come on,
you got us, all right?
You don't have to scare her.
I don't need to do anything,
hombre.
Like you said,
I'm not a cop.
Makes me feel a little
better about doing this.
- Where did you get that?
- Are you okay?
Is that Fernando's gun?
Did you take it with you
from the house?
I didn't know
if I could trust you.
We got to go now.
Come on, come on.
- He freaked out, man.
- It's okay.
You did the right thing.
Yes, you did, man.
He would have killed us.
I think maybe he did.
He shot me.
I think I'm dead, bro.
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Hang on, I'm coming.
Oh, my God, Susan!
Okay, come on.
Just, I don't know,
just hang in there, okay?
I'm going to try to get you out.
Just try to move your arm, okay?
You're going to be okay.
Just
just hang in there
a few more seconds, okay?
We were meant to win
this, remember?
God said
you are going to win
this race.
We will.
We will.
It's okay,
just take it easy.
No, Leigh, listen.
He told me
you are going
to win this race,
not me.
You.
Oh, my God.
- Are you all right?
- I'm fine.
I just need a ride.
Sure, yeah, get in.
So where you going?
Appomattox.
Where Lee surrendered.
Not this time.
I think he's dying.
- Did you hear me?
- Yeah, I heard you.
I've barely got this bleeding
under control.
Winston oh, what happened?
What happened?
Alex, he's passed out.
We need to get him some help.
I am aware of that.
- That'll work.
- What? What'll work?
- Get out.
- What?!
- Get out.
Take this with you.
- Where you going?
- Just trust me.
Go.
- Alex, he needs to go to the hospital.
Get out of the car.
How's he doing?
- Hey, Sean, can you hear me, man?
- What are we doing here?
"We" aren't doing anything.
Park your car, get a room,
pay with cash,
don't open this box
till we get back.
Get back from where, man?
Your brother's last chance.