I need the code key, because I am interested in the $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds that you have locked in your vault. ibid. Rickman
One big job – that’s all I want. The Split 1968 starring Jim Brown & Diahann & Carroll & Ernest Borgnine & Julie Harris & Gene Hackman & Jack Klugman & Warren Oates & James Whitmore & Donald Sutherland & Joyce Jameson & Jackie Joseph et al, director Gordon Flemyng, him to her
Take a look around, Bill. Welcome to the lifestyles of the rich and aimless. No Man’s Land 1987 starring Charlie Sheen & D B Sweeney & Randy Quaid & Lara Harris & Bill Duke & R D Call & M Emmet Walsh et al, director Peter Werner
Tell him I’m fucking coming. The Limey 1999 starring Terence Stamp & Lesley Ann Warren & Peter Fonda & Barry Newman & Luis Guzman & Joe Dallesandro & Nicky Katt & Amelia Heinle et al, director Steven Soderbergh
In LA nobody touches you. Crash 2004 starring Karina Arroyava & Sandra Bullock & Dato Bakhtadze & Thandie Newton & Terrence Howard & Don Cheadle & Matt Dillon & Jennifer Esposito & Keith David et al, director Paul Haggis
What kind of ammunition do you want? Oh we got a lot of guns. We got long-colts, short-colts, ballheads, flatnose, powerpoints … ibid. gun shop
Gangsta #1: Why aren’t we scared?
Gangsta #2: ’Cause we got guns? ibid.
I don’t like what I do for a living. I shoot, go home. The Big Bang 2010 starring Antonio Banderas & Thomas Kretschmann & William Fichtner & Sienne Guillory & Autumn Reeser & Jimmi Simpson & Bill Duke & James van der Beek & Rebecca Mader & Robert Maillet et al, director Tony Kranzt, private dick
Well, let’s do our morning prayer, OK ... My chief aim in life is to continuously strive to be the best person I can be for the good of the planet and everyone who walks on it. And so it is. Bling Ring 2013 starring Katie Chang & Israel Broussard & Emma Watson & Claire Julien & Taissa Farmiga & Georgia Rock & Leslie Mann & Carlos Miranda & Gavin Rossdale, director Sofia Copola, mother's prayer
Give this to Irina and don’t fuck it up. The Con is On aka The Brits are Coming 2018 starring Uma Thurman & Tim Roth & Maggie Q & Alice Eve & Sofia Vergara & Parker Posey & Stephen Fry & Crispin Glover & Michael Sirow & Carly Steel & Melissa Sue Anderson & Daniel Franzese et al, director James Oakley, nun to Thurman opening scene
Los Angeles is not a holiday, it’s a lobotomy. ibid. Roth
Scourge of grasshoppers and dope-fiends everywhere. LA Confidential 1997 starring Kevin Spacey & Kim Basinger & Guy Pearce & Russell Crowe & Danny DeVito & David Strathairn & Ron Rifkin & Ambert Smith & James Cromwell et al, director Curtis Hanson, DeNiro to Spacey
Mickey Cohen Men Slain Near Sunset. ibid. Los Angeles Times 16th January 1953
In the late twentieth century hostile forces inside the United States grow strong. The city of Los Angeles is ravaged by crime and immorality. Escape from LA 1996 starring Kurt Russell & Steve Buscemi & Stacy Keach & Cliff Robertson & Valeria Golino & Peter Fonda & Pam Grier & Bruce Campbell & Georges Corraface & Michael Forbes et al, director John Carpenter, opening commentary
Los Angeles Island is declared no longer part of the United States and becomes the deportation point for all people found undesirable or unfit to live in the new moral America. ibid.
Prostitutes, Atheists, Runaways – we’re throwing out the trash. ibid. chief screw
Hey, Frank, how’s the cocaine business? Oh that’s right, you’re not a drug dealer, you’re an importer. Murphy’s Law 1986 starring Charles Bronson & Carrie Snodgress & Robert F Lyons & Kathleen Wilhoite & Angel Tompkins & Janet MacLachlan & Lawrence Tierney & Richard Romanus et al, director J Lee Thompson, Bronson to geezer in restaurant
You’re going to jail, Jack. And do you know what happens to a cop in jail? Hum, dead meat, pal, dead meat. ibid.
Not as old as Joe Montana. The Last of the Finest 1990 starring Bill Paxton & Jeff Fahey & Brian Dennehy & Joe Pantoliano & Deborra-Lee Furness & Guy Boyd & Michael C Gwynne & Henry Darrow & Xander Barkeley et al, director John MacKenzie, kid to dad
I’d say you were slipping over the edge. ibid. rozzer to rozzer
Jack Nicholson: You’re better off not knowing.
Mrs Mulwray: I want to know. Chinatown 1974 starring Faye Dunaway & Jack Nicholson & John Huston & Perry Lopez & Roman Polanski & John Hillerman & Darrell Zwerling & Diane Ladd & Roy Jenson & Richard Bakalyan et al, director Roman Polanski
I don’t kick people out of their houses like you people at the bank do. ibid. detective to bankster in barber’s chairs
I do matrimonial work. It is my métier. ibid. him to her
The people who are behind my husband’s death – why are they going to so much trouble? ibid. her to him
You’re a drug dealer and you don’t pay your taxes. Tequila Sunrise 1988 starring Mel Gibson & Kurt Russell & Michelle Pfeiffer & J T Walsh & Raul Julia & Gabriel Damon & Ely Pouget & Arliss Howard et al, director Robert Towne, Russell to Gibson
Street value $27,000,000 – on what street is that? ibid. Gibson
We’re all just having fun. The Informers 2009 starring Kim Basinger & Billy Bob Thornton & Winona Ryder & Rhys Ifans & Mickey Rourke & Jon Foster & Chris Isaak & Austin Nichols, director Gregor Jordan, her to him
I want you to put together a young kick-ass element for me, Dan. You select ’em, you train ’em, you mould ’em. S.W.A.T. 2003 starring Samuel L Jackson & Colin Farrell & Michelle Rodriguez & LL Cool J & Olivier Martinez & Jeremy Renner & Josh Charles & Brain van Holt & Reg E Cathey et al, director Clark Johnson, bozz rozzer to Jackson
You’re living real good; that ain’t right. Coffy 1973 starring Pam Grier & Booker Bradshaw & Robert Doqui & William Elliott & Allan Arbus & Sid Haig & Barry Cahill & Lee de Broux & Lisa Farringer et al, director Jack Hill, big sister
The big money now is in narcotics. ibid. rozzer
I’m a point man. I set up drops and meet the shipments. Bulletproof 1996 starring Damon Wayans & Adam Sandler & James Caan & Kristen Wilson & Jeep Swenson & James Farentino & Bill Nunn & Allen Covert & Larry McCoy et al, director Ernest R Dickerson
This planet has been raped, pillaged and fucked. Assault on Precinct 13 2005 starring Ethan Hawke & Laurence Fishburne & Gabriel Byrne & Maria Bello & Drea de Matteo & John Leguizamo & Brian Dennehy & Ja Rule & Currie Graham & Aisha Hinds & Matt Craven & Fulvio Cecere et al, director Jean-Francois Richet
They’re surrounding the place; it’s a goddamned siege. ibid. Dennegy & Hawke
They can’t allow any of us to leave here alive. ibid. Hawke
They are not Bishop’s people; they are police officers. ibid.