It’s not good for you to make fun of someone’s handicap. Memento 2000 starring Guy Pearce & Carrie-Anne Moss & Joe Pantoliano & Mark Boone Junior & Stephen Tobolowsky & Harriet Sansom Harris & Callum Keith Rennie & Larry Holden & Jorja Fox et al, director Christopher Nolan, opening scene
You know who you are. And you know kind of all about yourself. But just for day to day stuff notes are really useful. ibid.
Even if you get revenge you’re not going to remember it. You’re not even going to know that it happened. ibid. Natalie
The whole goddamned system’s falling apart and you’re busting my ass! Black Rain 1989 starring Michael Douglas & Andy Garcia & Ken Takakura & Kate Capshaw & Yusaku Matsuda & Tomisaburo Wakayama & et al, director Ridley Scott, Douglas
There’s a war going on here and they don’t take prisoners. ibid. blonde bird
I had been in New York for nineteen minutes and eleven seconds and I was already ruined. The Freshman 1990 starring Marlon Brando & Matthew Broderick & Bruno Kirby & Penelope Anne Miller & Frank Whaley & Jon Polito & Paul Benedict & Richard Gant et al, director Andrew Bergman, commentary
What I’m talking about is social order. ibid.
We’d like you to look through our rogues’ gallery now, miss. This way please. Recoil 1953 starring Kieron Moore & Elizabeth Sellars & Edward Underdown & John Horsley & Robert Raglan & Ethel O’Shea & Martin Benson & Tony Pelly & Michael Kelly et al, director John Gilling, rozzer
But once you’re in here – inside – away from those who you pay to protect you, well then you’re just like everyone else. And you are old now; no-one cares about you any more. The world doesn’t give a flying fuck about knowledge. About the old way. About how things used to be. How they should be. The world has moved forward. But you keep hanging on to the good old days when respect meant something. We Still Steal the Old Way 2016 starring Patrick Bergin & Lysette Anthony & Julian Glover & Tanya Franks & Ian Ogilvy & Billy Murray & Nicky Henson & Vas Blackwood & Cristian Solimeno & Deborah Moore & Kieth-Lee Castle et al, director Sacha Bennett, opening scene, her monologue
Do you know anything about shooters? ... No-one likes guns unless you’re holding one. The Heavy 2009 starring Christopher Lee & Vinnie Jones & Gary Stretch & Stephen Rea & Shannyn Sossamon & Lee Ryan & Adrian Paul & Jean Marsh & Sadie Frost et al, director Marcus Warren, sidekick to Boots
I don’t think she could admit to herself that you were really locked away. Answering your letters would have seemed like an acceptance of what you did. ibid. father to son
You came all this way to talk about a man who put me in prison? He was the key witness for the prosecution. And how ironic. The MP so tough on crime – he testified against his own brother. I expected loyalty. ibid. son to father
Your mother wants to see you right after you’ve seen your brother. ibid. father to son
Something very very heavy. ibid. Boots to barmaid
Some things you see when you’re young get burnt into your memory. They mould you into the person you would become. Essex Boys: Retribution 2013 starring Ian Virgo & Ryan Winsley & Alex Esmail & Kyle Summercorn & Kye Loren & Vas Blackwood & Lorraine Stanley & Billy Murray & Paul Marlon & Martin Fisher et al, director Paul Tanter
I’m here because people have died. There’s no leads, there’s no evidence, no-one wants to say anything, everyone’s looking in your direction. ’Cause your son’s one of the missing people assumed dead. ibid.
Four boys have risen from the ashes of what happened twenty years ago. But these boys were a different breed. ibid.
These bombs do not terrify us, they empower us. They empower us to send you something that is truly terrifying – the full weight of the United States’ military. Sicario 2: Soldado 2017 starring Benicio del Toro & Josh Brolin & Isabela Moner & Jeffrey Donovan & Manuel Garcia-Rulfo & Catherine Keener & Matthew Modine & Shea Whigham et al, director Stefano Sollima, secretary of defense press conference message to terrorists