Portuguese sailors called it Formosa, or Beautiful Island. Since World War II it has gone by the Republic of China. But most Westerners know it as Taiwan. Formosa Betrayed 2009 starring James van der Beek & Wendy Crewson & John Heard & Will Tiao & Tzi Ma & Leslie Hope & Kenneth Tsang & Chelcie Ross, director Adam Kane, caption
In 1983 the FBI sent me to Taiwan to assist in a murder investigation of a United States citizen. ibid.
Every gang member in Taiwan will be in these books. ibid. detective
This island has been controlled by foreigners for a long time. ibid. Taiwanese bloke
For that stroke [murder] you get the nine-o’clock walk. They Drive By Night 1938 starring Emlyn Williams & Ernest Thesiger & Anna Konstam & Allan Jeayes & Anthony Holles & Ronald Shiner & William Hartnell & Leonard Sharp et al, director Arthur B Woods, released bloke
They’d never give me a break – I got a record see. ibid. released bloke to lorry driver
Tomorrow morning, we’re going to kill Sheriff Brady. Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid 1989 starring Val Kilmer & Duncan Regehr & Wilford Brimley & Julie Carmen & Lew Wallace & Julie Carmen & Albert Salmi & Ned Gaughn & Ric San Nicholas et al, director William A Graham, the Kid
Thirty! I never want to be that old. ibid.
Billy is unique. A golden youth. A demigod. ibid. bloke at bar
My address is New Mexico Territory – all of it. ibid.
When I drink I feel I could do anything. Be anything. Even you. ibid. bloke at bar to Kid
I killed people who needed killing. ibid.
You must try to forgive, not sink in revenge. Adios, Sabata 1971 starring Yul Brynner & Dean Reed & Ignazio Spalla & Gerard Herter & Pedro Sanchez & Sal Borgese & Franco Fantasia et al, director Gianfranco Parolini, priest to boy opening scene
1867 Mexico, under the domination of Maximilian of Austria was seething with revolutionaries. ibid. caption
I’m looking for a certain man for a special job – his name is Sabata. ibid. geezer
This is Wall Street. And today was important. Because tomorrow, July 4th, I intended to make my first million dollars … I was the lawyer for the numbers racket. Force of Evil 1948 starring John Garfield & Thomas Gomez & Marie Windsor & Howland Chamberlain & Roy Roberts & Paul Fix & Stanley Prager & Barry Kelley & Beau Bridges et al, director Abraham Polonsky, opening remarks
A man can spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn’t have said. ibid. Joe
I think torturing and murdering turned him on. And I think these tapes are something of a homemade porn film. The Poughkeepsie Tapes 2007 starring Stacy Chbosky & Ben Messmer & Bobbi Sue Luther & Samantha Robson & Ivar Brogger & Ron Harper & Iris Bahr et al, director John Eric Dowdle, Felton Lewis FBI profiler
There are somewhere 25 and 50 active series killers in America alone. ibid. geezer
They had been raped post-mortem. ibid. mortician
What can I do for you? Everything 2004 starring Ray Winstone & Jan Graveson & Lindy Sellars & Ed Deedigan & Katherine Cusby & et al, director Richard Hawkins, her to him opening scene
I just want to talk for a while. ibid. him to her
The world is divided up between people who like to watch the sunset and those who don’t. After the Sunset 2004 starring Pierce Brosnan & Woody Harrelson & Don Cheadle & Salma Hayek & Naomie Harris & Chris Penn & Mykelti Williamson & Obba Babatunde & Russell Hornsby & Rex Linn et al, director Brett Ratner, Harrelson to Brosnan
Beautiful isn’t it? ... 42 billion spent on the war on pot. Kid Cannabis 2014 starring Amanda Tapping & Jonathan Daniel Brown & Kenny Wormald & Corey Large & Aaron Loo & Ron Perlman & John C McGinley & Marz Lovejoy et al, director John Stockwell
I ran a disciplined sixty-eight million dollar a year business. ibid.
You don’t make up for your sins in Church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it. Mean Streets 1973 starring Harvey Keitel & Robert De Niro & David Proval & Amy Robinson & Richard Romanus & Cesare Danova & Victor Argo & George Memmoli & David Carradine et al, director Martin Scorsese, opening scene
Lord, I’m not worthy to eat your flesh, not worthy to drink your blood. ibid. Charlie in church
Joe Black – I owe money. ibid. De Niro
What’s the matter wid chu? ibid. De Niro
In the years following the passage of the National Prohibition Act of 1920 the nation’s underworld rises to power and battles among itself. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre 1967 starring George Seagal & Jason Robards & Ralph Meeker & Jack Nicholson & Jean Hale & Jan Merlin & Clint Ritchie & David Canary & Harold J Stone et al, director Roger Corman
Use No Slugs. ibid. sign on wall
That’s the trouble with this country. Its morals are all shot. I mean, look at the young people. Girls throwing cigarettes right out into the street, and rocking in the backseat of a car, and wearing skirts so short you can see everything they’ve got. ibid. Capone
We got three vehicles, four bodies, and nothing taken but their watches. Highwaymen 2004 starring Jim Caviezel & Rhona Mitra & Frankie Faison & Gordon Currie & Andrea Roth & Colm Feore & Noam Jenkins & Toby Proctor & James Kee & Joe Pingue & Martin Roach et al, director Robert Harmon, Jimmy
You ran over my wife. ibid. him to her
Mrs Wilberforce, I understand you have rooms to let. The Ladykillers 1955 starring Alec Guinness & Peter Sellers & Cecil Parker & Herbert Lom & Danny Green & Jack Warner & Frankie Howerd & Katie Johnson et al, director Alexander Mackendrick, Professor Marcus
Mrs Wilberforce: I’ve had four.
Professor Marcus: Husbands?
Mrs Wilberforce: No, parrots. ibid.
Sweet little old lady like her. Just doesn’t seem right for her to be working with us on a stick-up caper. ibid. big bloke
Shall I be mother? ibid. Mrs Wilberforce
What can possibly go wrong now? ibid. Guinness
How about suicide? ibid. Peter Sellers
This was the best. Except for the human element. ibid. Guinness
This is my cousin Tia. Victim 2011 starring Ashley Chin & Ashley Madekwe & Jason Maza & Frank Harper & Letitia Wright & David Harewood & Michael Maris & Anna Nightingale et al, director Alex Pillai, bird
I’m quitting the game. I can’t do this any more. ibid. hero to daughter