Die Hard 2 Movie Quotes
John McClane
Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.
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Grant
You're the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.
John McClane
Story of my life.
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John McClane
Oh man, I can't fucking believe this. Another basement, another elevator. How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?
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John McClane
That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. Dosen't show up on your airport X-ray machines, here, and it cost more than you make in a month.
Carmine Lorenzo
You'd be a surprised what I make in a month.
John McClane
If it's more than a dollar ninety-eight I'd be very surprised.
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Richard Thornburg
No you did not explain anything to me. All you did was shove me back here in this cattle car.
Stewardess
Sir, you were told when you boarded we were overbooked.
Richard Thornburg
Fine. Done. I accept that. But why in hell can't I get the first class meal my network paid for. Do you know who I am?
Stewardess
Yes. We've all seen your program. Your episode "Flying Junkyards" was a very objective look at air traffic safety.
Stewardess
It wasn't nearly as edifying as "Bimbos of the Sky." Was it, Connie?
Richard Thornburg
You think you're funny. You think you're funny. Fine. I've got your number.
Stewardess
And I've got yours. So park it, Sir.
Stewardess
Mr. Thornburg, you cannot monopolize my time.
Richard Thornburg
You cannot put me near that woman.
Stewardess
Excuse me?
Holly McClane
He means he's filed a restraining order against me. I'm not allowed within 50 feet of him.
Richard Thornburg
50 yards. So by keeping me in the section you are violating a court order. I can sue you and this airline. That woman assaulted me and she humiliated me in public.
Stewardess
[walks over to Holly and whispers]
What did you do?
Holly McClane
Knocked out two of his teeth.
Stewardess
Would you like some champagne?
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John McClane
Hey, Carmine, let me ask you something. What sets off the metal detectors first? The lead in your ass or the shit in your brains?
[under his breath]
John McClane
Fat fuck.
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John McClane
[McClane is forced to crawl through yet another ventilation system]
Just once, I'd like a regular, normal Christmas. Eggnog, a fuckin' Christmas tree, a little turkey. But, no. I gotta crawl around in this motherfuckin' tin can.
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John McClane
Guess I was wrong about you. You're not such an asshole after all.
Grant
Oh, you were right. I'm just your kind of asshole.
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Samantha Coleman
You give me this story and I'll have your baby.
John McClane
That's not the kind of ride I'm looking for!
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Samantha Coleman
Colonel Stuart, could we have a few words please?
Col. Stuart
You can have two: "fuck" and "you".
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Al Powell
You're not pissing in somebody's pool, are you?
John McClane
Yeah, and I'm fresh outta chlorine.
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Holly McClane
They told me there were terrorists at the airport.
John McClane
Yeah, I heard that too.
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John McClane
Holly! Here's your fucking landing light. Whoo!
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Marvin
You like it, huh? How 'bout you give me twenty bucks for it?
John McClane
How 'bout I let you live?
Marvin
Man knows how to bargain.
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Chopper Pilot
[McClane is showing his nervousness while riding in a helicopter]
What's the matter, cowboy? Ride too rough?
John McClane
I don't like to fly.
Samantha Coleman
Then what are you doing here?
John McClane
I don't like to lose either.
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Al Powell
What's this about?
John McClane
Oh, just a feeling I have.
Al Powell
Ouch. When you get those feelings, insurance companies start to go bankrupt.
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Holly McClane
Honey, it's the '90s, remember? Microchips, microwaves, faxes, *air phones*.
John McClane
Hey, well, as far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza.
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Trudeau
Alright, we've got a body in the morgue that seems to have died twice. Assuming it's not a computer error, what do we assume?
John McClane
That somebody's about to seriously fuck with this airport.
Trudeau
What the hell is that supposed to mean? I mean, I know we're dummies up here, McClane, so give us a little taste of your brilliant genius! I mean, you talking about a hijacking, a robbery or what?
John McClane
Look, I'm not sure. All I know, is...
Carmine Lorenzo
Oh, he's not sure! Well, I'm stunned! I gotta lie down!
John McClane
The only people that go to this much trouble are professionals, not luggage thieves and not punks!
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
Professional at what?
John McClane
[holding up the fax]
What the fuck do you this is, huh? The safety patrol, here? This is the resume of a professional mercenary! You got the world's biggest drug dealer on his way here, now. What, do you need, a slide rule to figure this out? Or maybe another body in a zipper bag before you start asking questions?
Carmine Lorenzo
Hey, pal, you're the one that gave us that fuckin' body, remember that.
John McClane
Yeah, I remember that.
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Rent-A-Car Girl
I close in about an hour. Maybe we can go get a drink?
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Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
[an air traffic controller has suggested getting portable lights to direct the planes]
And where do we get those big portable lights? Borrow them from Batman?
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Holly McClane
[after the terrorist attack]
Why does this keep happening to us?
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John McClane
All right, just stay here and get ready to call the marines.
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
I thought they were the army.
John McClane
Who gives a fuck, just be ready.
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John McClane
What do you say, Marv?
Marvin
I'll be damned if I'm gonna clean up this mess.
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Holly McClane
Listen Dick. That is your name? Dick. If you're gonna continue to get this close do you think you might consider switching aftershaves?
Richard Thornburg
Anything else?
Holly McClane
Stronger mouthwash would be nice.
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Richard Thornburg
[Thornburg has been grossly distorting and exaggerating the facts about the terrorists to WZDC News over the air-phone]
But at least the truth, is *not* among the hostages because I, Richard Thornburg, just happen to be here. To put his life and talent on the line for humanity and country,
[Holly enters the bathroom]
Richard Thornburg
and if this should be my final broadcast...
Holly McClane
[zaps him with stun-gun]
Amen to that, Dick!
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Grant
Too bad, McClane. I kind of liked you.
John McClane
I got enough friends.
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John McClane
Oh, we are just up to our ass in terrorists again, John?
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John McClane
[draws his gun on Esperanza]
You're supposed to stay in your seat until the plane reaches the terminal. No frequent flier mileage for you.
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
Who are you?
John McClane
A cop.
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
A cop?
John McClane
Yeah. One of the good guys. You see, you're one of the bad guys, and now that I got your sorry ass, I'm gonna trade it for my wife.
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Col. Stuart
Happy landings, asshole.
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Carmine Lorenzo
It's time to kick ass.
Marvin
Just like Iwo Jima!
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Trudeau
[to all the air traffic controllers]
"Alright everyone, let's call all our birds and slow 'em down before we get a parking lot over our heads. The line starts at the Mississippi and they better start taking numbers."
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Carmine Lorenzo
Yeah, yeah, I know who you are. You're the asshole who just broke 7 FAA and 5 District of Columbia regulations running round my airport with a gun, shooting at people. What do you call that shit?
John McClane
Self-defense.
Carmine Lorenzo
[scoffs]
And you think that LA badge is gonna get you a free lunch or something around here?
John McClane
Your boys just walked away from a crime scene, Captain. You can't deal this thing up in 10 minutes, and you know it. You gotta seal the area off, take pictures...
Carmine Lorenzo
[cuts him off]
Hey, don't lecture me, hotshot. I know what I'm doing. We'll dust it down, we'll, uh, sweep for fibers...
John McClane
Just shut down the area and...
Carmine Lorenzo
Oh, it's that simple, huh? Just shut the area down? Yeah, and I got everybody from the Schriner's convention to the goddamn boy scouts tapering through here.
[a woman starts to walk into the office with a handful of papers]
Carmine Lorenzo
I got lost kids, lost dogs-
[notices the woman]
Carmine Lorenzo
Not now! Later!
[to McClane]
Carmine Lorenzo
I got international diplomats. I got a fuckin' reindeer flyin' in here from the fuckin' petting zoo! But, John McClane, he's got a little problem. He'll, let's shut down the whole fuckin' airport! Now, what do you think they're gonna say upstairs when I tell them that?
John McClane
Why don't you pick up the phone and find out?
Carmine Lorenzo
Because I don't need full fuckin' forensics that tell me all this was was some punk stealing luggage!
John McClane
Hey, that guy pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany, it doesn't show up on your. -ray machines, and it costs more than you make in a month!
Carmine Lorenzo
You'd be surprised what I make in a month.
John McClane
If it's more than $1.98, I'd be very surprised.
Carmine Lorenzo
McClane, don't start believing your own press, huh?
[snatches the paper from McClane's hand]
Carmine Lorenzo
Yeah, yeah, I know all about you and that Nakatomi thing in LA. Look, you are in my little pond now. And I am the big fish that runs it. So, you cap some low-life. Fine.
[presses a button sending two officers to throw McClane out of the office]
Carmine Lorenzo
I'll send your fuckin' captain in LA a fuckin' commendation. Now, in the meantime, you get the hell out of my office before I throw you out of my goddamn airport!
[2 officers arrive and stare at McClane, waiting for him to leave]
John McClane
[pauses in the doorway]
Come on, let me ask you something. What set off the metal detectors first? The lead in your ass, or the shit in your brains?
[whispers]
John McClane
Fat fuck.
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Carmine Lorenzo
Hey McClane! You get this parking ticket in front of my airport?
John McClane
Yeah.
Carmine Lorenzo
[Lorenzo tears ticket up]
Ah, what the hell; it's Christmas!
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Morgue Worker
[John McClane is taking a dead guy's fingerprints]
Hey. You're supposed to do that at the morgue.
John McClane
Not anymore. Got a new SOP for DOA's from the FAA.
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Trudeau
[after Thornburg has reported that terrorists have taken control of the airport]
That stupid, arrogant son-of-a-bitch! It's all over the airport.
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Rollins, Department of Justice Representative
Rollins, Department of Justice.
Trudeau
Trudeau, Chief of Air Operations.
Carmine Lorenzo
Lorenzo, Terminal Police. You want something, you got it.
John McClane
This is it? One fucking platoon?
Maj. Grant
One crisis, one platoon. Who are you?
John McClane
John McClane.
Maj. Grant
McClane, you showed some balls out there, man.
John McClane
Yeah.
Maj. Grant
Now, show some good sense. Let the pros handle this.
John McClane
Yeah, well, it looks like the pros are on the wrong team tonight. Isn't Colonel Stuart one of your men?
Maj. Grant
No, not anymore he's not. Now we're here to take Colonel Stuart down. And we will take him down. You see, I served with him. I taught him everything he knows.
John McClane
Well, maybe he's learned a few more things since then.
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[Kahn comes down from the choir loft and joins Colonel Stuart and Garber]
Kahn
Sir! We just monitored a call from the chief engineer. Our people took out their SWAT team, *completely*.
Garber
You were right. They went for the antenna array. We're right on schedule.
Colonel Stuart
Losing our own team wasn't part of the plan.
[He goes over to the phone and dials; he is heard in the tower and by McClane over Barnes's phone]
Colonel Stuart
Attention, Dulles Tower. Attention, Dulles Control Tower. Mr. Trudeau, I know you're listening. Unfortunately, you're not obeying.
Trudeau
[to himself] Draw me face to face. We'll see.
Colonel Stuart
You were warned not to try to restore your systems. You've wasted lives and precious time on a futile and obvious target. Now you're gonna pay the penalty.
John McClane
[on the Skywalk, through Barnes's phone] I've got five dead officers down here, Colonel Stuart! Is that penalty enough?
[Lorenzo goes over to the phone]
Carmine Lorenzo
McClane, you keep out of this! You've been enough of a pain...
[He stops midsentence when he notices Trudeau glaring unhappily at him]
Colonel Stuart
Oh, McClane. John McClane. The policeman hero who saved the Nakatomi hostages. I read about you in People Magazine. You seemed a bit out of your league on Nightline, I thought.
John McClane
Hey, Colonel. Blow me! How much drug money is Esperanza paying you to turn traitor?
Colonel Stuart
I think Cardinal Richilieu said it best: "Treason is merely a matter of dates." This country's got to learn that it can't keep cutting the legs off of men like General Esperanza. Men who have the guts to stand up against Communist aggression.
John McClane
And Lesson #1 starts with killing policemen? What's Lesson #2, the neutron bomb?
Colonel Stuart
No. I think we can find something in between. Watch this!
[Hangs up and turns to Thompson]
Colonel Stuart
Give me a flight number - one that's low on fuel.
[Thompson hands him a slip]
Thompson
Windsor 114, transatlantic from London. Fuel tanks dry as a martini.
Colonel Stuart
Activate the ILS landing system. Recalibrate sea level - *minus* 200 feet.
[Thompson rotates a dial and taps his pen on a computer screen to recalibrate the system]
Controller in tower
Oh Jesus! They've reset ground level minus 200 feet!
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John McClane
Excuse me, officers. This may sound like a wild goose chase, but, I think I just saw...
Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
Saw what?
John McClane
Elvis. Elvis Presley.
Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
[after McClane leaves, Sgt Lorenzo turns to his partner]
Fucking tourists. Oughta be a law.
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John McClane
You needed a computer to figure that one out?
Al Powell
No, no, no - you don't follow me. According to the Department of Defense he's been dead for two years.
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Holly McClane
Holly McClane: John, why does this always happen to us on Christmas Eve?
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John McClane
Hi... I need to borrow
[grabs a stamp ink pad and paper]
John McClane
this and this... I'll bring it right back
Rent-A-Car Girl
HEY!
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Grant
[McClane has just returned from a brutal fight with a terrorist]
McClane! You alright? You want a medic?
Carmine Lorenzo
McClane, what the hell do you think you're doing out there, huh? Playing John Wayne? How'd ya like to spend the rest of the night in a cell?
Grant
Lorenzo, shut the fuck up and do something useful!
Carmine Lorenzo
Hey! You can't talk to me like that!
Grant
Oh no, Carmine? Sergeant, get this bureaucrat out of Mr. McClane's face! Now!
Sgt. Oswald Cochrane
With pleasure, Sir.
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Carmine Lorenzo
Yeah, yeah! I know all about you and that Nakatomi thing in L.A.! But just cuz the TV thinks you're hot shit, that don't make it so.
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[Stuart has had Thompson recalibrate the ILS landing system]
Col. Stuart
[adapting a slight disguise to his voice]
Windsor Flight 1-1-4, this is Dulles Approach. Do you copy?
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Dulles Approach, this is Windsor 1-1-4. Where the devil have you been?
Col. Stuart
Roger, 1-1-4, Dulles Approach. We've been right here all along, old man. Our systems only came back online just this very second. Windsor 1-1-4, you are cleared for ILS approach to Runway Two-Niner. Contact Dulles Tower frequency at the outer marker.
[On the Skywalk, McClane runs over to the windows]
John McClane
Jesus Christ, he's gonna crash the fucking plane!
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Roger, Approach, it's about time. I've got 230 people up here flying on petrol fumes.
Col. Stuart
Roger, 1-1-4, understand. Calibrate Dulles Altimeter setting Two-Niner-Niner-Two.
John McClane
Why are they listening to him?
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
It's our frequency! Why shouldn't they?
[On the plane, the captain speaks into the intercom]
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Ladies and gentlemen, as you've probably noticed, we've started our descent. We're sorry for the inconvenience but we'll all be on the ground in a few minutes.
[the passengers applaud and stewardesses start moving through the cabin doing a seatbelt check]
Stewardess (Windsor Flight 114)
[to one passenger]
Oh not to worry, we've made arrangements for your next flight so you won't miss it.
[to a straggler]
Stewardess (Windsor Flight 114)
In your seat, please. Come on, in your seat.
[kneels next to an anxious old woman]
Stewardess (Windsor Flight 114)
Oh, hey. We're just like British Rail, luv: we may be late but we get you there.
[On the Skywalk, Barnes uses a painter's uniform to lower McClane down to the tarmac]
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
Good luck, McClane!
[McClane grabs two pipes and a lighter and heads for the runway. When he gets over there, he puts small pieces of fabric from the uniform onto the ends of the pipes and lights them. On the plane, the outer marker light comes on]
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Dulles, this is Windsor 1-1-4 inside the outer marker.
[Stuart begins communicating with them again, this time using his own voice]
Col. Stuart
Roger one-fourteen. This is Dulles Tower. We have radar contact and show you on ILS. You're in the glide path and looking good.
[McClane starts waving his improvised torches, as the pilots start landing procedures]
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Approach flaps.
[the co-pilot presses the button to deploy the flaps]
Co-Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Approach flaps.
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Approach speed 130.
[the co-pilot copies him]
Co-Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Approach speed 130. Altitude 1,000 feet.
[a few seconds later]
Co-Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Ref speed +20. 600 feet.
Col. Stuart
Looking good Windsor. Now watch it - 30 knot crosswinds and the runway is icy. Attaboy, we've got ya. We've got ya...
[McClane waves his torches more aggressively as the plane flies over his head]
John McClane
Pull up!
[the pilots come out of the fog and suddenly see the runway right underneath them]
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114)
Pilot (Windsor Flight 114), Co-Pilot (Windsor Flight 114): Jesus!
[the plane hits the ground with a slight bank to the right, causing the landing gear to collapse. As the belly of the plane skids down the runway, sparks ignite the ruptured fuel tanks, which explode. McClane dives to the ground. The pilots' screams are audible on Stuart's systems]
Col. Stuart
We've got ya.
[a fireball engulfs the plane as burning debris hurtles down the runway. As the debris settles, McClane gets to his feet]
John McClane
Motherfucker!
[Dead silence in the church; Stuart picks up the phone]
Col. Stuart
That concludes our object lesson for this evening. If the 747 we requested is ready on time and General Esperanza's plane arrives unmolested, further lessons can be avoided. Out.
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Marvin
I'm Marv. I thought you was trying to steal my records, that's all.
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John McClane
If Esperanza gets on that plane and makes it to a country that has no extradition treaties, we're fucked.
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Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
[dryly, while looking at a radio McClane retrieves from one of the Annex Skywalk soldiers]
Next time you kill one of these guys, get 'em to enter the code first.
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Trudeau
[after McClane has failed to prevent the Windsor plane crash triggered by Col. Stuart]
McClane, I know what you must feel.
John McClane
I wanted to help those people tonight. I was pretty goddamn useless.
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John McClane
Just shut down that area and send your people in.
Carmine Lorenzo
Oh, just shut the area down - it's that simple is it? Just shut the area down? Yeah - and I got everybody from the Shriners Convention to the goddamn Boy Scouts traipsing through here. I got lost kids, lost dogs - I got international diplomats - I got a fuckin' reindeer flying in here from the fuckin' petting zoo.
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Richard Thornburg
That's my gift, Mrs. McClane. I notice things - things other people wouldn't see. It's how I make people curious.
Holly McClane
Don't you mean nauseous?
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[the SWAT team escorting Barnes reaches the moving sidewalk on the Annex Skywalk]
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
[on the phone with Trudeau]
We're in the Annex Skywalk. I can see the array. I'll give you a call for protocol tests as soon as it's hot. That's all for now.
[hangs up; we hear Barnes give an instruction to the SWAT team's sergeant. At the other end of the sidewalk, we see Sheldon set down his roller and start to reach for his gun]
Sergeant
Right, sir. You've got it.
[At the end of the sidewalk, O'Reilly presses the stop button that shuts down the walkway. All six of the men nearly lose their balance; he then turns his back to them]
Sergeant
What the hell's going on?
[to the worker at the end of the sidewalk]
Sergeant
Hey! Put that back on!
[as they continue along the walkway, Mulkey and Shockley start to reach for their weapons]
Sergeant
Hey, asshole! Whadda I look like to you?
[O'Reilly turns around, holding a Glock 17 in his left hand]
O'Reilly
A sitting duck!
[He shoots the Sergeant in the head, killing him instantly; he then dives for cover as the other officers return fire; McClane hears the gunfire from inside the ventilation shaft]
John McClane
Shit!
[He draws his Beretta 92FS and checks the slide]
John McClane
Damnit! I hate it when I'm right!
[He continues crawling along at a much faster speed]
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John McClane
I'll make you a deal, Marvin. You show me a shortcut out to those runways and I'll get you a liner for that coat.
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[McClane leaves the payphones, and nearly collides with Colonel Stuart]
Col. Stuart
Excuse me.
[Stuart stares coldly at McClane]
John McClane
Oh you look very familiar to me.
John McClane
Yeah. You, too.
[They head on their separate ways, though Stuart takes a second look at McClane as he disappears into the crowd]
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Col. Stuart
[after triggering an airplane crash; into the radio]
That concludes our object lesson for this evening. If the 747 we requested is ready on time and General Esperanza's plane arrives unmolested, further lessons can be avoided. Out.
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[a TV broadcast on the extradition is shown in Stuart's hotel room]
Newscaster
Security was tight today at Escalon Airport in the Republic of Val Verde, where government authorities report that deposed general Ramon Esperanza will be delivered for immediate extradition to the United States. Only two years ago, General Esperanza led his country's army in a campaign against Communist insurgents - a campaign fought with American money and advisors. Esperanza's fall from power caused ripples not only in his country's recent election, but closer to home as well, when high-ranking Pentagon officials were charged with supplying him with weapons despite the Congressional ban. But mounting evidence that Esperanza's forces violated the neutrality of neighboring made Congress withhold funds - funds which Esperanza is accused of replacing by going into the lucrative business of cocaine smuggling. Although Esperanza was removed as Commander-in-Chief earlier this year, the agreement to extradite him was not reached until yesterday, and Washington insiders say it was a phone call that made it happen - a phone call from an angry American President.
[Stuart snaps off the TV after the newscaster says "from an"]
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[the SWAT team is serving as Barnes's escort to the Skywalk]
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
This kind of thing wasn't in my job description.
Sergeant
Don't worry, Mr. Barnes. We'll watch your back.
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
Yeah? Who watches yours?
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[Deleted scene; a painter's van pulls up to a service area; the two painters climb out]
Painter
...busting our ass Christmas week like they're gonna land some extra planes if we finish on time.
[as the painters start to pull equipment out of the back of the van, O'Reilly and Sheldon come up. O'Reilly has a suppressed Glock 17 in his hand]
Painter
What? Need something?
O'Reilly
Yeah.
[He shoots the first painter in the head. His partner turns and is immediately shot as well. O'Reilly and Sheldon shove the bodies further into the back and slam the doors shut, then climb in; O'Reilly punches the code into his radio]
O'Reilly
This is Alice. We're down the rabbit hole.
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Older Woman (Northeast Plane)
Asshole!
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Garber
How's the security around this place?
Colonel Stuart
Like we figured - a joke.
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John McClane
Holly!... There's your fricken landing-light!
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Carmine Lorenzo
You are in my little pond now, and I am the big fish that runs it.
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[Esperanza's plane has appeared; Stuart impersonates the control tower to talk to the plane]
Col. Stuart
Dulles Tower, Foxtrot Michael One. Dulles Tower, Foxtrot Michael One.
Pilot (Foreign Military Plane)
This is Foxtrot Michael One, Dulles. We read you, over.
Col. Stuart
Foxtrot Michael One, you are to come in on Runway 1-5. I repeat: 1-5.
[In the back of the plane, Esperanza strangles and kills his guard; cuts to McClane and Marvin in the basement]
Marvin
[about the radio he lifted from one of Stuart's henchmen]
I found it on the floor next to the luggage belt. What the hell are you so excited about?
John McClane
The code's still punched into this one.
Marvin
You like it, huh? How 'bout you give me twenty bucks for it.
John McClane
How 'bout I let you live?
Marvin
Man knows how to barter.
[Cuts back to the pilots of Esperanza's plane]
Pilot (Foreign Military Plane)
This is contrary to our instructions. We are to land at Runway 1-0, where we are to be met by representatives of your Justice Dep...
[He is interrupted by the sound of someone cocking a pistol, and turns around to see Esperanza pointing a gun at his head]
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
Captain, please tell the tower you will proceed as ordered.
[the pilot looks at his co-pilot, then back at Esperanza, then finally speaks into his headset]
Pilot (Foreign Military Plane)
Roger, Dulles. Proceeding to Runway 1-5.
[the co-pilot immediately grabs for the gun. As he struggles with Esperanza, he is shot in the chest, while another errant shot goes through the cockpit window; the resulting noise startles Stuart in the church and Trudeau in the control tower]
Col. Stuart
Foxtrot Michael One, come in please.
[In the plane, Esperanza trains his gun on the pilot again]
Pilot (Foreign Military Plane)
What are you gonna do now? You gonna shoot me? Then who would fly the plane?
[He shoots and kills the pilot, then takes the pilot's seat. He pulls out a radio transceiver and presses the descrambler code]
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
Eagle Nest, this is Falcon, Mayday. Eagle Nest, this is Falcon, mayday.
[Hearing Esperanza communicating over the radio instead of over the tower frequency, Garber hands Stuart a radio]
Col. Stuart
Go ahead, Falcon.
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
I've lost cabin pressure. Near zero visibility. I must get out of the storm, and land now, on the first accessible runway.
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[One of the flight attendants reaches Holly's row]
Connie, Stewardess #1
Can I get you another?
Holly McClane
[looks at Thornburg across the aisle]
No thank you. I only have to look at his face for another fifteen to twenty minutes.
[the intercom comes on]
Pilot (Northeast Airlines plane)
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. I've just been informed by Dulles Traffic Control that there's a weather front moving in ahead of us.
[flips a switch]
Pilot (Northeast Airlines plane)
We may be up here a little while longer.
Holly McClane
On second thought.
[Holly holds out her glass]
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Kahn
[he went inside the airplane]
Where'd he go?
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
In there.
[Stuart's men arrive in their car to pick up Esperanza; Kahn has barricaded McClane in the cockpit]
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
[suspicious]
I don't believe this. Two months of planning, and you can't anticipate one pendejo nfa cop.
Kahn
Come on, General.
[He helps Esperanza out of the airplane; Stuart runs over to him]
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
Where the hell is Colonel Stuart?
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
[shoving Stuart's arm away]
I'm all right! He said he was a policeman! I thought you had this place secured!
Kahn
He went in the cockpit.
Colonel Stuart
He's going to hell!
[raises his voice]
Colonel Stuart
McClane! I assume it's you, McClane! You're quite a little soldier! You can consider this a military funeral!
[McClane tries to open the cockpit door, which jams against the rescue axe used to secure it. At this point, Stuart, Esperanza, Garber and Kahn open fire on the plane, spraying up the nose of the aircraft with bullets]
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Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
And he could just be out for a walk.
John McClane
Then why is he going over his own footsteps?
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Soldier
Hey Telford! What was *your* chicken-shit outfit doing while we were taking Grenada?
[He and his comrades burst out laughing]
Maj. Grant
Grenada. Five minutes of firefights, five weeks of surfing!
Cpl. Telford
I wish I was with you guys for that!
Maj. Grant
Yeah. Me too, kid.
Cpl. Telford
Really, sir?
Maj. Grant
Sure. Or we wouldn't have to do this.
[Grant promptly pulls out a knife and slits Telford's throat. Telford gasps and then falls over, dead. Grant pulls out a radio and punches in the three digit descrambler code]
Maj. Grant
Eagle Nest, this is Hatchling. We're on schedule, and in position.
[cuts to Colonel Stuart on the other end]
Col. Stuart
Roger, Hatchling. We are secure here. You have a green light, I repeat, a *green* light.
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John McClane
I'm here alone in D.C. with my in-laws...
Al Powell
Ahh, the old in-laws huh? Man they do love their policeman son-in-laws don't they?
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[Miller reaches the church after escaping from McClane; he passes Baker at the door]
Baker
Where's Cochrane?
Miller
He didn't make it.
Baker
Aw, man.
[He brushes some snow off of Miller's jacket. Inside the church, we see Colonel Stuart marking measurements on a map of the airport. He looks up at Miller's arrival]
Colonel Stuart
You're late.
Colonel Stuart
Did you accomplish your mission?
Miller
Yes, sir. But... Cochrane.
Colonel Stuart
Well then the damage is minimal.
[turns]
Colonel Stuart
The *penalty* could be severe.
[He puts a Glock 17 to Miller's head. Miller tenses up as Stuart pulls the trigger. The gun clicks on an empty chamber]
Colonel Stuart
You fail me again, and the chamber won't be empty. Dismissed.
[He puts his gun away and Miller leaves]
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[after finishing a communication with Stuart from a payphone, Garber heads to the bar to meet Cochrane and Miller]
Garber
That was the Colonel. Everyone's in position.
[to Cochrane, who is listening in on a weather report]
Garber
How's the weather?
Sgt. Oswald Cochrane
We've got flurries all along the Virginia coast. New storm front coming in out of the Northeast.
[Garber and Miller grin]
Garber
God loves the Infantry.
Sgt. Oswald Cochrane
Amen.
[Garber's grin fades]
Garber
Carry out your assignments.
[He pulls back his sleeve to check his watch]
Garber
15:51. Mark.
[They synchronize watches]
Sgt. Oswald Cochrane
Check.
Miller
Later.
[He gets up and leaves]
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[Trudeau and Barnes are conversing]
Trudeau
Great, National just shut down! Totally iced. They're gonna be sending us THEIR planes!
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
Happy, happy holidays.
[Lorenzo follows Trudeau up the stairs to the control tower]
Carmine Lorenzo
...the worst part, Mr. Trudeau, is the press. Oh they were here anyways - crawling all over the Esperanza story - so they got it right on the fucking news, you know, bloodstains and all. Now personally, I'd like to lock every damn reporter out of the airport. But then they'd just pull that "freedom of speech" crap on us and the ACLU would be all over us.
Trudeau
[goes over to the window and looks out over the airfield]
Murder on television. Helluva start to Christmas week.
Chief Engineer Leslie Barnes
What is it? A gang thing like last time?
[McClane comes in]
John McClane
Only if your gangs get their training at Fort Bragg.
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Carmine Lorenzo
I don't need full fuckin' forensics to tell me all this was was some punks stealing luggage.
John McClane
Luggage... that "punk" pulled a Glock 7 on me.
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[McClane takes the dead henchman's fingerprints]
Morgue Worker
Hey, you're supposed to do that at the morgue.
John McClane
Not any more. We've got a new S.O.P. for DOAs from the FAA!
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[McClane shows his badge]
Carmine Lorenzo
L.A., Mr. Trudeau - don't mean shit.
Trudeau
Yeah... that's what I said about my last cholesterol test.
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John McClane
I'm the cop, that was the bad guy...
Airport Cop
Where's your I.D.?
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[a van pulls up in front of the church. Baker and Thompson climb out, wearing maintenance workers' uniforms]
Baker
Grab the tools, will ya?
Thompson
Got it.
[Inside the church, the custodian is eating some soup and watching a TV broadcast on Esperanza's extradition]
Newcaster on TV
This is Aimee Nicole reporting live from Escalon Airport, where deposed general Ramon Esperanza has just arrived under heavy guard. Strangely, the deposed dictator's mood seems jubilant.
[Baker knocks on the door]
Newcaster on TV
He is smiling and waving to the crowd like a man running for political office.
[Baker knocks on the door more urgently; the custodian gets up to answer the door]
Newcaster on TV
...thousands of political prisoners in the past decade, including the new president, and there's no doubt that he still has some ardent supporters, both here and abroad. Rumors abound on Capitol Hill that there were others...
[the custodian opens the door]
Custodian
Yes?
Baker
Sorry to bother you, sir. We're checking our equipment. Got problems with conduit lines in your backyard.
Custodian
Gee, I don't know anything about that.
Thompson
Would you mind if we take a look?
Custodian
Help yourself.
[He shows them into the church as an MD-82 takes off from Dulles on the adjacent runway; the three men walk down the aisle as the broadcast continues in the background]
Custodian
Don't seem right, somehow, closing down this church! Oh I know the parish is gonna keep on using it, but it won't be the same. Been here a lot of years and I've been right here with it. Yeah, I kinda feel like a piece of me is dying along with this church.
Baker
Uh, you're right about that.
[Baker promptly pulls out a suppressed Glock 17 from his jacket and empties three rounds into the custodian, knocking his body backwards into a row of pews that overturn. Baker reholsters his weapon while Thompson watches as the custodian dies]
Newcaster on TV
...cocaine smuggling, racketeering and bribery of government officials, which he considerably doesn't show. But no matter how high his spirits, they can't hide the fact that America's war on drugs has finally taken its first prisoner.
[Annoyed, Thompson turns off the television and punches the three-digit descrambler code into his walkie-talkie]
Thompson
This is Buckwheat. The clubhouse is open.
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Richard Thornburg
The people have a right to everything about everyone. You got in the way of that.
Holly McClane
Listen, buster, you endangered my children. And you didn't do it for anything as noble as The People. The only time you even see The People is when you look down to see what it is you're stepping on.
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