Let me put it this way. It’s not anything strange that there are corrupt officers in police departments. The dirt they’re trying to clean up is bound to rub off on some of ’em, but not all of ’em. Maybe one out of a 100. The other 99 are honest men trying to do an honest job. Listen ... [One by one, he flips the switch on police radios behind him that broadcast crime reports] I know you’re police reporters and you hear this all day long, but I want you to listen with your conscience, not just your ears. We send police assistance to every one of those calls ’cause they’re not just code numbers on a radio beam, they’re cries for help. People are being cheated, robbed, murdered, raped. And that goes on 24 hours a day, every day in the year. And that’s not exceptional, that’s usual. It’s the same in every city of the modern world. But suppose we had no police force, good or bad. Suppose we had [he flips off all four radios] – just silence. Nobody to listen, nobody to answer. The battle’s finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over. Think about it. Well gentlemen, three men are in jail, three men dead, one by his own hand. One man’s a fugitive – and we have reason to believe seriously wounded. That’s six out of seven, not bad. And we’ll get the last one too. In some ways, he’s the most dangerous of them all. A hardened killer. A hooligan. A man without human feeling or human mercy. ibid. rozzer commissioner
These guys have connections. They can help us win the contest. Miss Bala 2011 starring Stephanie Sigman & Irene Azuela & Miguel Couturier & Gabriel Heads & Noe Hernandez & James Russo & Jose Yenque et al, director Gerardo Naranjo, Suzu
In a joint effort federal, state and local police fought and defeated the criminal group known as La Estrella. ibid.
Between 2006 and 2011 the Mexican drug war has caused the deaths of over 36,000 people. In Mexico alone, drug trafficking generates $25 billion a year. ibid. caption
Underworld 1927: the first professional film of Josef von Sternberg seemed unusually bold both in subject matter and in treatment at the time it was made. It introduced a fashion for gangster pictures. Underworld 1927 starring Clive Brook & Evelyn Brent & George Bancroft & Fred Kohler & Helen Lynch & Larry Emon & Jerry Mand, director Josef von Sternberg, opening caption
A great city in the dead of night. ibid. caption
I may be a bum, but I am no squealer. ibid. hostage
Police Hunt Bank Bandits. ibid. newspaper headline
We can’t do this – we couldn’t be happy if we betrayed him. ibid. her to him
Extra! Bull Weed escapes! ibid. newspaper boy
I don’t like easy set-ups. Six years ago was easy too. Le Doulos 1962 starring Jean-Paul Belmondo & Serge Reggiani & Philippe Nahon & Monique Hennessy & Jean Desailly & Rene Lefevre & Phillipe March & Michel Piccoli et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville, Maurice
Maybe I’ll find some place where cops and robbers don’t exist. ibid. Maurice
I’ll get even with you some day; you just wait. Angels With Dirty Faces 1938 starring James Cagney & Pat O’Brien & Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan & George Bancroft & Billy Halp & Bobby Jordan & Leo Gorcey & Gabriel Dell & Huntz Hall et al, director Michael Curtiz, Laury
It’s my hundred grand and I’ll take that too the day I get out. ibid. Rocky
You’ve cost me a lot of prayer. ibid. priest
Never bother anybody in your own neighbourhood. ibid. Rocky
Are you guys going to play according to the rules or not? ibid.
All around they see that dishonesty is the better policy. The hoodlum and the gangsta is looked up to with the same respect as the successful businessman or the popular hero. ibid. priest
He’s not bad, not really bad. ibid. Laury to priest
We’re not going to be miserable. We’re getting out of here. Spring Breakers 2012 starring James Franco & Vanessa Hudgens & Selena Gomez & Ashley Benson & Rachel Korine & Gucci Mane & Heather Morris & Ash Lendzion & Jeff Jarett et al, director Harmony Korine, bird to others
This was my dream – I made it come true. This is the American dream. ibid. gangsta
I can see a better world. A greater world. The Sound of Fury 1950 starring Frank Lovejoy & Lloyd Bridges & Kathleen Ryan & Richard Carlson & Katherine Locke & Adale Jergens & Art Smith et al, director Cyril Endfield, opening scene
I bet I know why you couldn’t sleep. You’ve been drinking too much. Don’t you think you ought to take it easy. ibid. her to him
People do things they don’t mean sometimes. They just happen. ibid. him to her
I’m glad it is all over. I want to die. It’s no use to live. ibid. letter to wife
In a democracy there is no place for mob violence. ibid. Sheriff
Violence is a disease caused by moral and social breakdown. That is the real problem. And it must be solved by reason. Not by emotion. With understanding, not hate. ibid. Professor
Your gun please. The Transporter 2002 starring Jason Statham & Shu Qi & Francois Berleand & Matt Schulze & Ric Young et al, directors Cory Yuen & Louis Leterrier, Statham with passengers
Rule two: no names. ibid. Statham
Rule three: never look in the package. ibid.
I promised Jack I wouldn’t let anyone hurt him. Transporter 2 2005 starring Jason Statham & Alessandro Gassman & Amber Valletta & Kate Nauta & Francois Berleand & Keith David & Hunter Clary & Shannon Briggs & Mattew Modine & Jason Flemyng & Robert Baptista et al, director Louis Leterrier, him to her
You won’t believe what happened to me last night, boy. ibid. Taxi driver to other drivers
Am I in Heaven? Transporter 3 2008 starring Jason Statham & Francois Berleand & Natalya Rudakova & Robert Knepper & Jeroen Krabbe & David Atrakchi & Eriq Ebouaney et al, director Olivier Megaton, her on waking to Frank
One condition: I drive my own car. ibid. Frank to Villain
See you at noon tomorrow. Dead Man Running 2009 starring Tamer Hassan & Danny Dyer & Brenda Blethyn & 50 Cent & Monet Mazur & Ashley Walters & Phil Davis & Blake Ritson & Bronson Webb & Alan Ford & Omid Djalil et al, director Alex de Rakoff, Nick
Word on the streets – you is a dead man running. ibid. West Indian dude
Sometimes it helps to spill your guts to a stranger. Shoot the Piano Player 1960 starring Charles Aznavour & Marie Dubois & Nicole Berger & Michele Mercier & Serge Davri & Claude Mansard & Richard Kanayan & Albert Remy & Jean-Jacques Aslanian et al, director Francois Truffaut, opening scene
That’s the trouble with the world: nobody can be bothered. ibid. brother in trouble