They say the Twins were cursed from birth. When they were babies they contracted diphtheria. Rise of the Krays 2015 starring Simon Cotton & Kevin Leslie & Olivia Moyles & Phil Dunster & Dan Parr & Kris Sommerville & Danny Midwinter & Maurice Lane & Alexa Morden et al, director Zackary Adler
We grew up in a world where men on both sides of the law were measured by a single store of value: and violence was the currency of choice. ibid. twins
That’s Jack Spot. He controls London. ibid. gang member
And then there were the twins. Taking a cut at every turn like a pair of toffee-nosed stockbrokers. ibid.
He was transferred to a mental asylum and certified insane. ibid.
The Twins emerged from the fight with the Whitney Streeters as the undisputed kings of London. ibid.
His were the scars of a boxer who had used his fists to climb the social ladder of the Mob ... He wanted to own this town. His name was Mickey Cohen. Gangster Squad 2013 starring Josh Brolin & Ryan Gosling & Sean Penn & Nick Nolte & Emma Stone & Robert Patrick & Anthony Mackie et al, director Ruben Fleischer
This isn’t Chicago! This is the wild fucking west! ... This is my destiny! Los Angeles is my fucking destiny! ibid. Mickey
I’m dying. I’ve been poisoned with some Chinese synthetic shit. Crank 2006 starring Jason Statham & Amy Smart & Jose Pablo Cantillo & Efren Ramirez & Dwight Toakam & Carlos Sanz & Reno Wilson et al, directors Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, Chev to Quack
Your whole crew is history. ibid. Chev to Ricky
A white male apparently fell from the sky. Crank: High Voltage 2009 starring Jason Statham & Amy Smart & Efren Ramirez & Dwight Yoakam & Reno Wilson & Clifton Collins & David Carradine et al, directors Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, news
Just juice me. ibid. Chev
I think it’s made out of that Jurillium stuff. The Hot Potato 2011 starring Ray Winstone & Colm Meaney & Jack Huston & Dave Harewood & John Lynch & Derren Nesbitt & Lois Winstone et al, director Tim Lewiston, Winstone
Do I give a fuck? I shit on ’em all. Baise Moi 2000 starring Karen Lancaume & Raffaela Anderson & Celine Beugnot & Adama Niame & Christophe Claudy Landry & Delphine McCarty et al, directors Virginie Despentes & Coralie Trinh Thi, Manu
Bastards like you always have to hit someone to feel alive. ibid.
We’ll follow our star and let rip the motherfucker side of our soul. ibid. Manu
People are dying; the monologue has to be up to it. ibid.
The fucking condom dickhead killers. ibid.
It’s a big-man ting innit. Anuvahood 2011 starring Adam Deacon & Femi Oyeniran & Ollie Barbieri & Jazzie Zonzolo & Michael Vu & Richie Campbell & Jaime Winstone & Wil Johnson et al, directors Adam Deacon & Daniel Toland & Najama Dahir, Kay
Just ’cause I’m a crackhead don’t take me for a fool you know. ibid. tramp
Fruitellas .... It’s a bad man sweet, you get me. ibid.
That’s what I do. I kill motherfuckers. Get Rich or Die Tryin’ 2005 starring Curtis 50 Cent Jackson & Marc John Jefferies & Terrence Howard & Joy Bryant & Omar Benson Miller & Bill Duke & Viola Davis et al, director Jim Sheridan, opening scene
Everyone was in love with my mom. So anyone could be my dad. ibid. commentary
After Tupac everybody wanted to be a gangsta/rapper. ibid.
I’m a gangsta, grandpa, and I’m proud of it. ibid. hero moves out
After three hours I gave up my career as a rapper and went back to selling Coke … it was like minimum wage. ibid.
Crack made money, money made power and power made war. We shot the Colombians and they shot us. ibid.
You’re just floating through your entire existence. The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman 2013 starring Shia LaBeouf & Evan Rachel Wood & Mads Mikkelsen & Til Schweiger & Rupert Grint & Aubrey Plaza & James Buckley & Ion Caramitru & Vincent D'Onofrio & Melissa Leon et al, director Fredrik Bond, mother to son
I die for love. Pretty fucking cool way to go. ibid. son to mother
Fish been looking for your arse. Luv 2012 starring Danny Glover & Common & Michael Rainey junior & Dennis Haybert & Lonette McKee & Charles S Dutton & Meagan S Dutton & Meagan Good et al, director Sheldon Candi, bloke at market
I did eight years for us. ibid. at basketball court
America ain’t a country, it’s a company. We move knocked-off prescription drugs now. Lower profit, but it brings less attention. ibid. coach
And then there were the black-outs. Mysterious Skin 2004 starring Brady Corbet & Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Michelle Trachtenberg & Jeff Licon & Bill Sage & Mary Lynn Rajskub & Elisabeth Shue & Richard Riehle & Kelly Kruger et al, director Gregg Araki, commentary
You better do what I say or I’ll kill you, I swear. ibid. boy to boy
I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past but there wasn’t. There’s nothing we can do. ibid.
We’ve just got word there’s some sort of bomb on the bus. The Siege 1998 starring Denzel Washington & Bruce Willis & Annette Bening & Tony Shalhoub & Aasif Mandvi & Sami Bouajila & Mark Valley & David Proval et al, director Edward Zwick, telephonist to hero
New York City has been brought to its knees by the events of the past week. Retail sales are down 72%. Hate crimes are sky-rocketing. And the FBI seems, at least for the moment, incapable of stopping the terror. ibid. news report
What if what they really want – what if they don’t want the Sheik – have you considered that? Hah? What if what they really want is for us to hurt our children in stadiums like we’re doing and put soldiers on the street and having Americans looking over their shoulders, bin the law, shred the constitution a little bit. Because if we torture him, General, we do that and everything we have bled and fought and died for is over. And they’ve won. They’ve already won. ibid. hero
Ordinarily, Americans don’t think much about the existence of organized crime; they know vaguely that it is there, and they let it go at that … Unless Prodded By Some Unusual Circumstances. The Captive City 1952 starring John Forsythe & Victor Sutherland & Joan Camden & Harold J Kennedy & Marjorie Crossland & Ray Teal & Martin Milner & Ian Wolfe et al, director Robert Wise, opening caption
Kennington wasn’t just a town, it was our town. ibid. commentary
How would you like to bust this town wide open? ibid. bloke in library
You don’t know this town; not the way I do. ibid. widow to hero
I’d hardly call being beaten up by gangsters much of a future. ibid. apprentice’s mum to hero
Absolute rulers of a state within a state. ibid. hero