What made you think you had a fucking choice? Dirty Deeds 2002 starring Bryan Brown & Toni Collette & John Goodman & Sam Neill & Sam Worthington et al, director David Caesar, Barry
I’ve got everything under control. ibid.
You’re a bloody natural. ibid.
We got our own people in the government. Why else d’ya think we’d be fighting this war in the middle of nowhere? We set it up ... They’re all working for us and they don’t even know it. And d’ya know why? Heroin ... We got a ready-made market ... The whole thing’s set up ... We’re making a killing. ibid. Sal
Wife: Where have you been these last three weeks? …
Husband: I woke up with a sore head on some waste ground in Wapping. Pit of Darkness 1961 starring William Franklyn & Nigel Green & Moira Redmond & Leonard Sachs & Bruno Barnabe & Antony Booth & Nanette Newman & Bruce Beeby & Humphrey Lestocq & Jacqueline Jones & & Michael Balfour et al, director Lance Comfort, wife to husband
I know who ‘God’s Hand’ killer is ... my brother. Frailty 2001 starring Bill Paxton & Mathew McConaughey & Powers Boothe & Luke Askew & Jeremy Sumpter & Matt O'Leary & Derk Cheetwood et al, director Bill Paxton, bloke in FBI officers
Demons are taking over the world. I can’t destroy them all. They’re everywhere. ibid. Adam's call to brother
Scotland Yard: Six months ago a crime wave unique in police history swept the London dockside area. This department was ordered to concentrate on the activities of one particular gang. 13 East Street 1952 starring Patrick Holt & Doran Bryan & Michael Balfour & Sandra Dorne & Robert Ayres & Hector MacGregor & Michael Brennan & Alan Judd & Michael Ward & Alan Gordon et al, director Robert Baker
Gosh, you’d better scram; come on! ibid. her to him
If man is made in God’s image, then God is deeply messed up. Syriana 2005 starring George Clooney & Matt Damon & Jeffrey Wright & William Hurt & Christopher Plummer & Amr Waked & Amanda Peet & Chris Cooper & Tim Blake Nelson & Mark Strong et al, director Stephen Gaghan, native bloke
Corruption is our protection. Corruption keeps us safe and warm ... Corruption is why we win. ibid. corporate bloke
October 17 1931: The world’s most notorious gangster is sentenced to prison for income tax evasion. While there, his mental and physical health crumbles from neurosyphilis. A decade later, no longer deemed a threat, he is released to live in exile in Florida under government watch. This is the final year of his life. Capone 2020 starring Tom Hardy & Linda Cardellini & Matt Dillon & Al Sapienza & Kathrine Narducci & Noel Fisher & Gino Cafarelli & Mason Guccione & Jack Lowden & Kyle MacLachlan & Josn Trank & Neal Brennan et al, director Josh Trank, captions
One finger, two shoulders and a brain – that’s all I have, Barry. The Bone Collector 1999 starring Denzel Washington & Angelina Jolie & Queen Latifah & Michael Rooker & Mike McGlone & Luis Guzman & Leland Orser & John Benjamin Hickey & Bobby Cannavale & Ed O'Neill et al, director Phillip Noyce
I work in real estate. I plant rats in buildings, cut off the water and power. Sometimes me and my pals go in with baseball bats and force people out of their homes. The Beat that My Heart Skipped 2005 starring Romain Duris & Niels Arestrup & Jonathan Zaccai & Gilles Cohen & Linh dan Pham & Jian-Zhang & Aure Atika & Emmanuelle Devos & Anton Yakolev et al, director Jacuqes Audiard
People ask me, Carol, how do you and Bruce keep the spice in your marriage? Well, I tell them it’s literary simple. I’m just the ultimate tease. Filth 2013 starring James McAvoy & Jamie Bell & Eddie Marsan & Imogen Poots & Brian McCardie & Emun Elliott & Gary Lewis & John Sessions & Shauna Macdonald & Jim Broadbent & Joanne Froggatt et al, director Jon S Baird
You’re 33. And have already stolen more money than half my staff put together could earn in a lifetime. And already spent it no doubt. He Who Rides a Tiger 1965 starring Tom Bell & Judi Dench & Paul Rogers & Kay Walsh & Ray McAnally & Jeremy Spenser & Peter Madden & Inigo Jackson & Annette Andre & Edina Ronay & Frederick Piper et al, director Charles Crighton, guvnor
Rozzer: I’m not used to champagne. You see, after I’ve fed the kids and paid the mortgage there’s not much money left for champagne.
Rayston: Would £200 help?
Rozzer: £400. ibid.
I’ve been a professional criminal since I was 16. I’ve been a thief since I was 6. ibid.
We’re going to your bank. You and I and my friends. My other friend will stay here with your wife and children to make sure nothing happens to them. Nothing will happen to them and nothing will happen to you if you do what I’ll tell you. The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 starring Robert Mitchum & Peter Boyle & Richard Jordan & Steven Keats & Alex Rocco & Joe Santos & Mitchell Ryan & Kevin O’Morrison & Marvin Licherman & Carolyn Pickman et al, director Peter Yates, home invasion
I got three kids and a wife at home. I just can’t do any more time. ibid.
You are in the presence of the future king of New York. We Own the Night 2007 starring Joaquin Phoenix & Mark Wahlberg & Eva Mendes & Robert Duvall & Alex Veadov & Dominic Colon & Danny Hoch & Oleg Taktarov & Moni Moshonov, director James Gray, Bobby
Talk to them and we go after your mother. ibid. Vadim
Your brother’s been shot. ibid. Bobby’s phone call
You’ve just got to find that stash house. ibid. rozzer to Bobby
He’s a dead man. ibid. Vadim
My work’s night work. Checkmate 1935 starring Maurice Evans & Felix Aylmer & Evelyn Foster & Sally Gray & Donald Wolfit & Wilfrid Caithness & Percy Walsh & Ernest Jay et al, director George Pearson, him to her
Looks as if there was a rival gang at work. ibid. rozzer to rozzer
The boys are restless. They want to get on to something good. ibid.
I’m sending some friends to get you in a few days. El Mariachi 1992 starring Carlos Gallardo & Consuelo Gomez & Peter Marquardt & Reynold Martinez & Jaime de Hoyos & Ramiro Gomez et al, director Robert Rodriguez, Moco to Azul
That morning was just like any other. No luck. No love. No ride. Nothing changes. ibid. El Mariachi
What happened to the days when the guitarists were gods like my ancestors? Technology has crushed us. Robbed us of our culture. Turned us into machines. ibid.
All I wanted to be was a Mariachi. ibid.
In the case of Wennerstrom versus Millennium, Mikael Blomkvist is found guilty on six out of eight counts. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2009 starring Mikael Blomkvist & Lisbeth Salander & Henrik Vanger & Harriet Vanger & Martin Vanger & Gottfried Vanger & Isabella Vanger et al, director Stieg Larsson
Her body was mutilated, possibly as part of a religious ritual. ibid. her to him, news report