Ambush
2001 · 8 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 4,787 VOTES · DIR. John Frankenheimer
Overview
While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve them. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallowed the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver then leaves.
Dialogue Timeline — 40 lines
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00:00:47 Who are they?
00:00:48 I don't know.
00:01:08 Listen carefully.
00:01:12 If you deviate from my instructions
00:01:14 we will open fire.
00:01:22 - True? - Go ahead, ask him.
00:01:26 Now, I will count backwards from ten, and then you will slow your vehicle
00:01:30 - Is it true? - ...and we will escort you to the side of the road.
00:01:35 - I'm not getting killed for your merchandise. - Listen to me.
00:01:38 Ten...
00:01:39 You don't go through customs with two million in diamonds...
00:01:43 ...in your suitcase!
00:01:45 I swallowed them!
00:01:47 The diamonds are inside of me.
00:01:49 Six...
00:01:53 Five...
00:01:57 Three...
00:01:58 If you stop, you might as well kill me yourself!
00:02:03 Slow down.
00:02:08 Buckle up.
00:03:21 Are you still alive?
00:05:04 We'll call it in to Highway Patrol from the next town.
00:05:40 Thank you.
00:05:48 was it true?