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Ned looks at a glass tank containing a gecko and realizes something he tells the villains that he knows where Niels stored the diamonds. Frizer admits his crimes, for which the other detectives scold him. Ned proves that Frizer killed all the people who could have known about the diamonds. Ned accuses the trio of following him and killing the people he met, also stating that Skinny was killed for diamonds, which his killer never recovered. Julie is kept bound and gagged with duct tape. The story cuts back to the present day, where it is revealed that Niels and Anton killed each other while the detectives, who had followed Ned to Simon's house, held Ned and Julie hostage. In a shootout, Ned is injured and passes out. Ned realizes that Niels had written the letters to Anton, who becomes angered when Niels tries to convince Anton to accept him. A box containing cosmetics has the phrase "Lex Parsimoniae"-a Latin phrase meaning "When all things are equal, the simplest solution is the best"-printed on it. When the duo head toward the basement, Ned is astonished to find Niels dressed like a woman, and in a blonde wig. Realizing that he and Anton have both mistaken Julie for Lexie, Ned tries to save her. Ned and Julie hear gunshots, causing Ned to suspect that Anton is at the house. Ned confronts Julie with his suspicions about Lexie's true identity, but Julie has no idea what he is talking about. Meanwhile, Anton tracks down Ned to Simon's bungalow. Ned suspects that Julie might really be Lexie and decides to tell her what is happening. Simon is interested only in finding the "God particle" and feels indifferent when Julie tries to warm up to Ned.

Ned meets Simon ( Sam Elliott), his wife Julie ( Sienna Guillory), and Niels Geck ( Jimmi Simpson), a physicist who is conducting an experiment for Simon. Ned then meets a waitress named Fay Neman ( Autumn Reeser)-a particle physics buff-who helps him. He finds a clue that leads him to believe that Lexie might be in San Celeritas, New Mexico.

Ned also notices that a black Lincoln is following him, which he assumes is the Russian Mafia. As he starts investigating the various clues, people start dying mysteriously. Ned is skeptical about his job, since he doesn't have a photo of Lexie. While Anton was in prison, he received over 200 letters from a woman named Lexie Persimmon.Īnton gives Ned the job of finding Lexie. When Skinny was found dead, Anton was sentenced to life in prison.

However, during the fight, Anton unintentionally killed the nephew. The character Fay Neman's name is a reference to physicist Richard Feynman.ĭetectives Poley ( William Fichtner), Frizer ( Thomas Kretschmann), and Skeres ( Delroy Lindo) are interrogating Ned Cruz ( Antonio Banderas), a Los Angeles private investigator, who tells them that five years earlier, Russian mobster Skinny Faddeev gave $30 million in blood diamonds as an advance to Anton ( Robert Maillet), a boxer, to intentionally lose a fight against his nephew. The film makes many references to particle physics and famous scientists. As the mystery unravels, Ned becomes unsure about whether Lexie actually exists. The reclusive and eccentric billionaire Simon Kestral ( Sam Elliott) is obsessed with finding " the god particle" by recreating the exact situation in which the universe may have formed. Ned Cruz ( Antonio Banderas) is a Los Angeles private investigator trying to find Lexie Persimmon ( Sienna Guillory).