I’ve been in fucking jail for twenty years. T2: Trainspotting 2017 starring Ewan McGregor & Hamish Haggerty & Ben Skelton & Connor McIndoe & Ewan Bremner & Aiden Haggarty & John Bell & Jonny Lee Miller & Logan Gilles & James McElvar & Robert Carlyle & Daniel Jackson & Daniel Smith & Christopher Mullen & Kelly Macdonald & Shirley Henderson & James Cosmo & Anjela Nedyalkova et al, director Danny Boyle, Begbie
Safe my life? You ruined my fucking life, Mark. ibid. Spud
So what have you been up to for twenty years? ibid. Simon
What’s “Choose Life”? ibid. Veronica
And then sit back and smother the pain with an unknown dose of an unknown drug made in somebody’s fucking kitchen. Choose unfulfilled promise … ibid. Mark
Friends was just one more class of victim. ibid.
Infernal Affairs trilogy: Thanks to the Buddha my life has been spared! Mou Gaan Dou [Infernal Affairs] 2002 starring Tony Leung & Andy Lau & Shawn Yue & Anthony Wong & Eric Tsang & Chapman To & Gordon Lam & Kelly Chen & Sammi Cheng et al, directors Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, Hon Sam to young gangstas
This is a long-term undercover mission. Your records in the cadet school will be erased. Only Superintendent Wong and I will know of your identity. This mission is highly dangerous. ibid. chief rozzer
Our target tonight is a drug trafficking cartel. ibid. chief rozzer to young rozzers
I lost all of my goods. There’s a mole. ibid. Hon Sam
I suspect Sam has a mole in the department. I want you to investigate. ibid. chief rozzer
Yan, of all the brothers I trust you the most. ibid. Hon Sam
If you see someone doing something without paying attention to it but at the same time watching you, then he is a cop. ibid. gangsta crashes car
So you’re the one? ... We can nail Sam by joining force. ibid. Inspector Lau
Evil prevails. Only the good die young. Mou Gaan Dou II [Infernal Affairs II] 2003 starring Anthony Wong & Eric Tsang & Carina Lau & Francis Ng & Edison Chen & Shawn Yeu & Hu Jun & Joe Cheung & Arthur Wong & Teddy Chan et al, directors Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, Inspector Wong
The master often says, Retribution knows its time. ibid. Hon Sam
I don’t want our baby to grow up like you. ibid. Girlfriend to Chan
You’ve been with us for seven years now. You’re a cop. We’re the bad guys. Time to accept our fates. You can’t blame me. Your Inspector Wong killed my dad. ibid. Ngai to mole
We’re now partners. Cocaine straight to Hong Kong from now on. ibid. Thai guy to Hon Sam
Continuous Hell encompasses three components: Uninterrupted Time. Uninterrupted Space. Boundless suffering. ibid.
We found an envelope on the Sarge’s desk. There’s a tape inside. It’s a chat between him and Sam. It turns out he was Sam’s mole too. Besides Chan, several officers also committed suicide or vanished. Mou Gaan Dou III [Infernal Affairs] III 2003 starring Andy Lau & Tony Leung & Leon Lai & Chen Daoming & Kelly Chen & Anthony Wong & Eric Tsang et al, directors Andrew Lau & Alan Mak
By the age of 27 Lenny McLean has become a street fighting legend. He is undefeated as a bare-knuckle boxer. My Name is Lenny 2017 starring Josh Helman & Chanel Cresswell & Michael Bisping & John Hurt & Nick Moran & Charley Palmer Rothwell & Rita Tushingham & Cathal Pendred et al, director Ron Scalpello, caption
I have three gypsy fights lined up with my cousin Bootnose. ibid. Lenny
Every day is a gift. That’s why they call it the present. ibid. Leslie
He’s insane. And he speaks in tongues. ibid.
Go out there and fucking kill him, all right? ibid. Val
I don’t like violence, John, John. I hate it. In fact I detest it. ibid.
Of course I’m all right. I’m daddy cool. ibid.
Be the best fighter. Be the guv’nor. ibid.
You hungry? The Book of Eli 2010 starring Denzel Washington & Gary Oldman & Mila Kunis & Ray Stevenson & Jennifer Beals & Tom Waits et al, directors the Hughes brothers, Eli to mouse
You can smell hijackers a mile off. ibid. Eli to gang
Bird tied to shopping trolley: Where are you going?
Eli: West.
Her: Can I come with you?
Eli: No. ibid.
It’s not a fucking book; it’s a weapon. A weapon aimed right at the hearts and the minds of the weak and the desperate. It will give us control of um ... If we want to rule more than some small fucking town we have to have it. ibid. Carnegie
All we need is that book ... It’s the only one. ibid.
Hello my name is Eli. ibid. message inside rucksack
Her: You know, you say you’ve been walking for thirty years, right?
Him: Right.
Her: Have you ever thought that maybe you were lost?
Him: No.
Her: How do you know you are walking in the right direction?
Him: I walk by faith and not by sight. ibid.
Dear Lord, thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. Thank you for guiding me straight and true. For the many obstacles in my path. And for keeping me resolute when all around me seemed lost. Thank you for your protection and for your many signs along the way. Thank you for any good I may have done. I’m so sorry about the bad. Thank you for the friend I made. Please watch over her as you watched over me. Thank you for finally allowing me to rest. I am so very tired. But I go down to my rest in peace knowing I have done right with my time on this Earth. I fought the good fight. I finished the race. I kept the faith. ibid. Eli’s prayer
It all started back in New York six weeks ago. A truck loaded with stripped gun parts got jacked outside of Queens. The driver didn’t see anybody but someone fucked up. The Usual Suspects 1995 starring Kevin Spacey & Stephen Baldwin & Gabriel Byrne & Chazz Palminteri & Kevin Pollak & Pete Postlethwaite & Suzy Amis et al, director Bryan Singer, introduction
It didn’t make sense that I’d be there. I mean these guys were hardcore hijackers. But there I was. ibid. Verbal
I’m not a rat. ibid.
I believe in God. And the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze. ibid.
Keyser Soze: the devil himself. How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss? ibid.
We’re running low on fucking pills. And the place is falling apart around us. You’ve got to fucking sort it out. Rise of the Footsoldier IV: Marbella 2019 starring Craig Fairbrass & Terry Stone & Roland Manookian & Josh Myers & Andrew Loveday & Emily Wyatt & Nick Nevern & Conor Benn & Byron Gibson et al, director Julian Gilbey, Pat
Van owner: What if I don’t behave myself?
Tony: We’ll turn you upside down and gut you like a fucking pig. ibid.
Fucking diamond geezer. One of your own. ibid. Tony to Pat
Luckily for you two, I’ve got a little plan. Where we can write all this down as a loss. And still come out on top. ibid. Pat
Insider rozzer: The kid’s been taken to hospital. He took one of them pills. One of them new ones from Spain … It’s not looking good … Asking for you by name.
Pat: You flush everything you’ve got. You go through everyone else’s pockets and you do the same. If anyone breathes a fucking word to the old bill, they’re dead. ibid.