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Bryan Mills
[talking to Marko on the phone]
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
[hangs up his end of the phone]
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Bryan
A friend gave this to me. It's Albanian. You mind translating it?
Bryan
You don't remember me? We spoke on the phone two days ago. I told you I would find you.
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Bryan
[after electrocuting Marko]
You either give me what I need or this switch will stay on until they turn the power off for lack of payment on the bill.
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Saint Clair
Please understand... it was all business. It wasn't personal.
Bryan Mills
It was all personal to me.
[unloads gun into Saint Clair]
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[Turns the electricity back on and leaves]
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Kim
You don't have to worry.
Bryan Mills
That's like telling water not to be wet, sweetie.
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Sam
The specialty of the groups coming out of this area is trafficking in women.
Bryan Mills
Keep going.
Sam
Okay. Their previous MO was to offer women from the emerging East-European countries like Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria jobs in the west as maids and nannies. Once they smuggled them in, they'd addict them to drugs and turn them into prostitutes. Lately, however, they've decided that it's more economical just to kidnap traveling young women. Saves on transportation costs.
Bryan Mills
What else?
Sam
Based on what they know about the way these groups operate, our analyst says you have a ninety-six hour window from the time she was grabbed.
Bryan Mills
To what?
Sam
To never finding her.
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Jean Claude
Just like the old days.
Bryan
Would you have it any other way?
Jean Claude
Between you and me, no. But now that I sit behind a desk, the world looks different.
Bryan
You mean it looks boring.
Jean Claude
I mean different. Okay, a little boring. But is being retired any more interesting?
Bryan
It wasn't until my daughter disappeared in Paris yesterday. She and her friend were marked by a spotter at the airport. Albanians took her.
Jean Claude
How do you know this?
Bryan
I'm retired, not dead.
Jean Claude
And I assume you don't want to go to the police.
Bryan
I was told I have 96 hours. That was sixteen hours ago.
Jean Claude
Okay, first we should find the spotter.
Bryan
I found him. He's dead.
Jean Claude
You found him that way?
[Bryan stays silent]
Jean Claude
Bryan, you cannot just run around, tearing down Paris.
Bryan
Jean Claude, I will tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to.
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Bryan
You come to this country, take advantage of the system and think because we are tolerant that we are weak and helpless. Your arrogance offends me. And for that the rate just went up 10%.
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Bryan Mills
Now's not the time for dick measuring, Stuart!
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Bryan Mills
[after Jean Claude tries to shoot him]
That is what happens when you sit behind a desk. You forget things, like the weight in the hand of a gun that's loaded and one that's not.
[Bryan pulls his gun and shoots Isabelle in the arm]
Jean Claude
Isabelle!
[Jean-Claude turns and shouts at Bryan in French]
Jean Claude
You asshole!
Bryan Mills
It's a flesh wound. But if you don't get me what I need, the last thing you'll see before I make your children orphans is the bullet I put between her eyes!
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Bryan
I push one button and thirty-eight agents are here before you have time to scratch your worthless balls. Now stop jerking around before I close you down for wasting my time!
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Bryan
[to Marko, while preparing him for torture]
You know, we used to outsource this kind of thing. But what we found was the countries we outsourced to had unreliable power grids. Very Third World. You'd turn on a switch - power wouldn't come on, and then tempers would get short. People would resort to pulling fingernails. Acid drips on bare skin. The whole exercise would become counterproductive. But here, the power's stable. Here, there's a nice even flow. Here, you can flip a switch and the power stays on all day. Where is she?
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Bryan Mills
I have a daughter who wants to be a singer. I was wondering if you have any tips for her.
Sheerah
Yeah, I do. Tell her pick another career.
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[after punching Marko in the face]
Bryan
Wake up! I need you to be focused!
[stabs Marko in the legs with metal rods]
Bryan
Are you focused yet?
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Bryan Mills
I'm not comfortable with this.
Kim
Dad.
Bryan Mills
I know the world, sweetie.
Kim
Dad, please...
Bryan Mills
I don't think a seventeen-year-old should be traveling alone.
Kim
I'm not gonna be alone.
Bryan Mills
Two seventeen-year-olds.
Kim
Amanda's nineteen!
Bryan Mills
How about this? How about if I go along? You won't even know I'm there. I'm very good at being invisible.
Lenore
As you so amply demonstrated for most of her life.
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Kim
Where are we?
Bryan
I told you. It's a surprise.
[Sheerah opens the door]
Sheerah
Hi.
Bryan
Hi.
[Kim stares at Sheerah, stunned to meet her face to face]
Kim
H-Hi.
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Lenore
I don't get you.
Bryan Mills
What?
Lenore
You sacrificed our marriage to the service of the country, you've made a mess of your life in the service of your country, can't you sacrifice a little one time for your own daughter?
Bryan Mills
I would sacrifice anything for her.
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Stuart
Is there something I should be doing?
Bryan Mills
You have a lease agreement with NetJet through one of your shell companies.
Stuart
I do.
Bryan Mills
Get me a plane to Paris.
Stuart
For when?
Bryan Mills
An hour ago.
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[last lines]
Sheerah
So I heard you want to be a singer?
Kim
I do.
Bryan
She does.
Sheerah
Well, come on in. Let's see what you got.
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[first lines]
Singh
Mr. Mills, how are you?
Bryan
I'm fine. How are you?
Singh
Very fine. I suppose you want to see it again?
Bryan
If you don't mind.
Singh
You know where it is.
Bryan
Oh yeah.
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Sam
Am I on speaker or are you by yourself?
Bryan Mills
Lenore is here.
Sam
Hey, Lennie.
Lenore
Hello, Sam.
Bryan Mills
She needs to hear it, Sam.
Sam
The specialty of the groups coming out of this area is trafficking in women. Their previous m.o. was to offer women from emerging East European countries, like Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, jobs in the West as maids and nannies. Once smuggled in, they'd addict them to drugs and turn them into prostitutes. Lately, however, they've decided that it's more economical just to kidnap traveling young women, saves on transportation costs.
Lenore
Not my little baby.
Sam
Based on the way these groups operate, our analyst says you have a 96-hour window from the time she was grabbed.
Bryan Mills
To what?
Sam
To never finding her.
Lenore
No, no, no!
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Jean Claude
Bryan, try not to make a mess!
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Peter
These taxis are so damn expensive! Want to share?
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Saint Clair
I wish I could, honestly. I'm, I'm a father, myself. I have two sons and daughter but let me tell you something mister.. whoever you are. This is a business. This is a very unique business with a very unique clientèle.
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2026, Japan / USA, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Adaptation, Horror
