I never killed anyone who didn’t deserve it. St George’s Day 2012 starring Craig Fairbrass & Frank Harper & Charles Dance & Vincent Regan & Dexter Fletcher & Nick Moran & Keeley Hazell & Jamie Foreman & Sean Pertwee & Luke Treadaway & Ashley Walters et al, director Frank Harper, opening commentary
You can’t beat a bit of wet. ibid. gangsta to gangsta
This ain’t a fucking game show, you cunt. ibid.
This is what I call the Paranoia Time – being grassed up, an occupational hazard. ibid. commentary
Ray wanted out but he was back in it deeper than ever. ibid.
Prison or death to us was an occupational hazard. ibid. gangsta
Well well well if it’s not Donny Brasco. ibid. rozzer
Now I’m going to do his teeth and cut off his fingers. Eastern Promises 2007 starring Viggo Mortensen & Naomi Watts & Vincent Cassel & Armin Mueller-Stahl & Jerzy Skolimowski & Sinead Cusack & Josef altin & Donald Sumpter & Raza Jaffrey et al, director David Cronenberg, Russian bloke
We think he might be Russian Mafia. ibid. rozzer
Manouche: Gu’s escaped.
Alban: We’ve got to find him and hide him. Le Deuxieme Souffle 1966 starring Lino Ventura & Paul Meurisse & Raymond Pellegrin & Christine Fabrega & Marcel Bozzuffi & Denis Manuel & Michel Constantin & Pierre Zimmer & Pierre Grasset & Paul Frankeur et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville
He [Jacques] got a bellyful of slugs. ibid. rozzer
I have inside information … Two motorcycle cops escorting a van with 1,100 pounds of platinum. A five-way split, 200 million each, including my inside source. ibid. Paul
We’ve been crooks since we were kids. ibid. Manouche to Gu
We need just one tiny lead and we’ll work it to the very end. ibid. rozzer
In the ’80s everything was a boom, a transaction. Or a big takeover. Money was God. Money is God. TwentyFourSeven 1997 starring Bob Hoskins & Danny Nussbaum & Justin Brady & James Hooton & Darren O Campbell & Karl Collins & Johann Myers & Jimmy Hynd & Mat Hand & James Corden & Frank Harper et al, director Shane Meadows
The problem is, he thinks there’s nothing he can do about it. The lads and the people in this town have been living in the same day their whole lives … That’s why nothing ever changes. ibid.
Lads, we are going to – Wales. Well don’t get too excited, will ya? ibid. Hoskins to boxing club
Give some water to the three punks. Dragnet Girl 1933 starring Kinuyo Tanaka & Joji Oka & Sumiko Mizukubo & Koji Mitsui & Yumeko Aizome & Yoshio Takayama & Koji Naga & Yasuo Nanjo et al, director Yasujiro Ozu
Just relax. In the future I’ll make at least 20 Yen per fight. I’ll get 15 Yen even if I lose. ibid. brother to sister
Then we’ll go somewhere where nobody knows us. ibid. sister to brother
Pusher Trilogy: Frank: I’ll pick it up here tomorrow. I do the deal then come back here with the money.
Milo: Oh, Frankie. You owe me 50,000. Pusher I 2012 starring Kim Bodnia & Zlatko Buric & Laura Drasbaek & Peter Andersson & Jesper Salomonsen & Lief Sylvestor et al, director Nicolas Winding Refn
So I did a few Fred Astaire moves on him. ibid. Frankie
I think a lot about doing something else. Just leaving all this behind. ibid. Radovan
See ya and I wouldn’t wanna be ya. New Jack City 1991 starring Wesley Snipes & Ice-T & Judd Nelson & Allen Paynes & Chris Rock & Bill Nunn & Russell Wong & Bill Cobbs & Christopher Williams et al, director Mario van Peebles, Nino to body hanging over bridge
The City 1986: The number of addicted born in Manhattan area hospitals has risen steadily over the past few years. ibid. news commentary
You sounding like this shit is the wheel of something, like it’s gonna change the world. ibid. Nino
You gotta rob to get rich in the Reagan era. ibid. Nino to gang
We taking over the Carter. We gonna bum-rush the whole damned thing. ibid.
The Cash Money Brothers are a self-contained unit now. ibid. Nino to messenger
I have a crack baby; he was born blind. ibid. mother’s confession
You’re beaming up to Scottie, man ... That’s why they call it the Enterprise. ibid. Pookie to rozzers
You an ignorant bastard. You committing genocide on your own people. ibid. grandad to Nino
Whatever happened to, Am I my brother’s keeper, huh? ibid. Nino to Gee
This ain’t business, bitch. This is personal. ibid. Scottie to Nino
This is big business. This is the American way. ibid. Nino in court
Your soul is required in hell. ibid. grandad shoots Nino
I gotta go. I got my face on a cereal box. Heist 2001 starring Gene Hackman & Danny DeVito & Delroy Lindo & Rebecca Pidgeon & Sam Rockwell & Ricky Jay & Patti LuPone & Alan Bilzerian & Richard Friedman & Robert Lussier et al, director David Mamet
I’m gonna be as quiet as an ant pissing on cotton. ibid. Jimmy
Never liked the Swiss. They make them little clocks. These two cocksuckers come out of them. These little hammers. Hit each other on the head. What kind of sick mentality is that? ibid. Pinky
Joe: Nobody lives for ever.
Fran: Frank Sinatra gave it a shot. ibid.
For all its inconveniences, Laing was satisfied with life in the high-rise. Now that so many of the residents were out of the way he felt able to relax. High-Rise 2015 starring Tom Hiddleston & Jeremy Irons & Sienna Miller & Luke Evans & Elisabeth Moss & James Purefoy & Keeley Hawes & Augustus Prew & Peter Ferdinando & Reece Shearsmith & Sienna Guillory & Den Renton et al, director Ben Wheatley, opening commentary
I put all my energies into this tower. I’m its midwife so to speak. ibid. Irons the architect
There’s a rigid social hierarchy here. ibid. bird
We’re all bio-robots now. ibid. bloke
We’ve got to show the lower floors we can throw a better party than them. ibid.