Speed Movie Quotes
Howard Payne
Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
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Jack
I have to warn you, I've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work.
Annie
OK. We'll have to base it on sex then.
Jack
Whatever you say, ma'am.
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Annie
What is that smell?
Jack
It's gas.
Annie
We're leaking gas?
Jack
We are now.
Annie
What, you thought you needed another challenge or something?
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Howard Payne
[Payne wrestles with Jack for a deadman-switch detonator on top of a runaway subway train]
I'm smarter than you, Jack! I'm smarter! I'm smarter!
[Jack sees a hanging light approaching and forces Payne into its path. Payne looks up and screams before the light decapitates him]
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Harry Temple
All right, pop quiz. Airport, gunman with one hostage. He's using her for cover; he's almost to a plane. You're a hundred feet away... Jack?
Jack
Shoot the hostage.
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[Traven spots the explosive device (it's huge); Stephens is relaying his observations by cel-phone]
Jack
Fuck me!
Stephens
"Oh, darn."
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Annie
So you're a cop, right?
Jack
That's right.
Annie
Well, I should probably tell you that I'm taking the bus because I had my driver's license revoked.
Jack
What for?
Annie
Speeding.
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[Jack is helped onto the bus after trying to defuse bomb]
Stephens
Did you have any luck with the bomb?
Jack
Yeah, it didn't go off.
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Jack
STOP! L.A.P.D! Get out of the car!
Maurice the Tune Man
Hey man, this is MY car, I OWN this car, it's NOT stolen.
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Jack
You're crazy! You're fuckin' crazy!
Howard Payne
NO! Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm eccentric.
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Jack
Tell me again Harry, why did I take this job?
Harry Temple
Oh come on, thirty more years of this, you get a tiny pension and a cheap gold watch.
Jack
Cool.
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Harry Temple
You shot me, I can't believe it. They're giving you a medal for shooting me, you little prick!
Jack
Harry... you TOLD me to.
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Howard Payne
This day has been rather disappointing, I don't mind saying.
Jack
Why, because you didn't get to kill everyone?
Howard Payne
There's gonna come a time, boy, when you will wish you never met me.
Jack
Mister, I'm already there!
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Howard Payne
See, I'm in charge here! I drop this stick, and they pick your friend here up with a sponge! Are you ready to die, friend?
Harry
Fuck you!
Howard Payne
Oh! In two hundred years we've gone from "I regret but I have one life to give for my country" to "Fuck you!"?
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Jack
It's a game. If he gets the money he wins, if the bus blows up he wins.
Annie
What if you win?
Jack
Then tomorrow we'll play another one.
Annie
But I'm not available to drive tomorrow. Busy.
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Jack
Harry! Tell me good news, man.
Howard Payne
Oh, I'm sorry, Jack. He didn't make it.
Jack
You FUCK!
Howard Payne
It was the watch that led him to me, wasn't it? Huh? It seemed a little hammy to me to build a bomb out of my precious retirement gift, but, you know, I figured a sign that said "Howard Payne" would be pushing it.
Jack
I'm gonna rip your fucking spine out, I swear to God.
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[after surviving the bus explosion]
Annie
You're not going to get mushy on me, are you?
Jack
Maybe. I might.
Annie
I hope not, 'cause you know, relationships that start under intense circumstances, they never last.
Jack
Oh yeah?
Annie
Yeah, I've done extensive study on this.
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Annie
You didn't leave me. I can't believe it... you didn't leave me.
Jack
Didn't have anywhere to be just then.
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Swat Cop
Anything else that'll keep this elevator from falling?
Jack
Yeah. The basement.
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Ortiz
You're not too bright, man, but ya got some big round hairy cajones.
Jack
That's very gross, Ortiz.
Ortiz
Huh, can't even pay him a compliment.
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Harry Temple
What do you think?
Jack
You're the expert, I just work here.
Harry Temple
Looks pretty solid.
Jack
Anyone we know?
Harry Temple
I don't recognize the work, but he's pro.
[checks watch]
Harry Temple
Oh, he's cutting it close.
Jack
I don't like it.
Harry Temple
What's to like? Mac said we hold, so we hold.
[Jack begins looking around; Harry thinks]
Harry Temple
Alright, pop quiz. Airport, gunman with a hostage. He's using her for cover. He's almost to a plane. You're one hundred feet away.
[Jack doesn't respond]
Harry Temple
Jack?
Jack
Shoot the hostage.
Harry Temple
What?
Jack
Take her out of the equation. Go for the good wound and he can't get to the plane with her. Clear shot.
Harry Temple
You're deeply nuts, you know that? "Shoot the hostage."
[chuckles]
Jack
Harry, this is wrong. He's gonna blow it anyway.
Harry Temple
Why?
Jack
I don't know, gut feeling.
Harry Temple
Yeah, well, right now Mac outranks your gut. So we sit.
Jack
How much you think that elevator weights?
Harry Temple
Jack, come on!
Jack
Maybe we can do something about those hostages.
Harry Temple
We're not gonna shoot em right?
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[after the elevator falls]
Young Executive
Jesus. Bob, what button did you push?
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[repeated phrase]
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Don't get dead.
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Howard Payne
You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent setting up that elevator job, two years I invested in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment that I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?
Howard Payne
No this is about ME! This is about my money, this is about money DUE ME! Which I WILL collect! 3.7 Million dollars! It's my nest egg, Jack, at my age you have to think ahead.
Howard Payne
[cuts him off]
Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
Jack
I'd want to know what bus it was...
Howard Payne
You think I'm going to tell you that?
Jack
Yes.
Howard Payne
Aha, very good. There are rules, Jack, and I want you to get this right. NO ONE goes off the bus. If you try to take any passengers off the bus, I will detonate it. I want my money by 11AM.
Jack
We can't pull that kind of money in time!
Howard Payne
[shouting]
FOCUS, JACK! Your concern is the bus. And don't try to call. The radio's down. Now, the number of the bus is 2525, it's running downtown from Venice. It's at the corner of Ocean Park & Main.
[Jack takes off for his car as sirens from approaching fire engines can be heard]
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Harry
Guts'll get you so far, then they'll get you killed.
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Robin
[Shows Harry a newspaper clipping]
Howard Payne, Atlanta P.D. Bomb Squad! Retired to Sun Valley in 1989 when a small charge left him with fingers numbering nine!
Harry
That's our SCUMBAG!
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Jack
Was it good for you?
Harry Temple
It was great for me.
Jack
Elevator dropped.
Harry Temple
Oh, that's good to know.
[both sit down]
Jack
Is your watch slow?
Harry Temple
No, no, he jumped the gun. We had three minutes left.
Jack
Why's he do that? He's losing his three million.
Harry Temple
I don't know, maybe he couldn't hold his wad long enough. It's a common problem among middle-aged men. So I'm told.
Harry Temple
He could have blown that thing from Pacoima!
Jack
No, he knew we were up to something. He's close by.
Harry Temple
He's not gonna corner himself in a building. We evacuated anyways.
[Jack looks disappointed]
Harry Temple
Alright. He'd wanna be here but he'd wanna stay mobile. Right?
[Jack nods]
Harry Temple
The elevators.
Jack
The passenger cars were stopped. They checked 'em out.
Harry Temple
What about the freight elevators?
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Howard Payne
Oh, I'm sorry Jack. He didn't make it.
Howard Payne
It was the watch that lead him to me, wasn't it? It seemed a little hammy to me, to build a bomb out of my precious retirement gift. But you know, I figured a sign that said "Howard Payne" would be pushing it.
Jack
I'm gonna rip your fucking spine out, I swear to God.
Howard Payne
You're gonna do exactly as you're told! Jack, we both know he was the brains of your particular operation. You can't beat me, you're gonna pay me every dollar. Otherwise, you, the wildcat, and every innocent person on that bus, are gonna end up just like your friend. You paying attention? Jack, you listening to me? Jack? Jack!
Jack
Yeah...
Howard Payne
Good! Now you tell them that the drop point is Pershing Square. You drop the bags and leave. I don't show until all your people are gone. It's getting on to 11 AM, Jack, and I think it's gonna be a very pretty day.
[laughs nefariously]
Howard Payne
[hangs up; Jack flips out]
Annie
Jack stop it! We're really scared and we need you right now. I can't do this by myself! Jack, please?
Annie
No we're not. We got this far alright?
[Jack looks at Annie's jacket]
Jack
I'll be damned. You go to the University of Arizona?
Annie
Yeah, so?
Jack
Good football team.
Annie
Yeah? I guess so, I wouldn't know.
Jack
Arizona Wildcats.
Annie
Right...
Jack
He can see you.
Annie
What?
Jack
He can see you. Just keep looking straight ahead.
Jack
[Jack looks around; finds the camera]
He called you a Wildcat before. I didn't even pick up on it. Bastard's got a camera right in your face. He can see the whole bus. He's been playing me from minute one.
Annie
Well, he can see me but can he hear me?
Jack
Doesn't look like it he's just watching you.
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Annie
[Annie has just driven the bus into a woman's baby carriage]
Annie
Oh my God, oh my God.
Jack
It's cans. It's Ok, it's cans.
Annie
What?
Jack
They were just cans.
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Helen
Are they going to help us?
Stephens
Sure they are, they're the police. Hey, your taxes are paying their salaries. We die, they gotta take a pay cut.
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Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
You're fired! Everybody's fuckin' fired!
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[the bus has just entered LAX]
SWAT Driver
He's just entered the airport.
SWAT Officer
The airport? There's thousands of people there.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
All right! That's my boy Jack! We should be able to circle the runways and buy us some time. The choppers can't fly in there; it's restricted air space.
SWAT Driver
He's headed for the end of the field.
SWAT Officer
That must be Bravo Tango, an emergency runway.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Yeah, let's hope it's built. Let's move!
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[after remotely killing a hostage, then promptly hearing about it on the TV news]
Howard Payne
Interactive TV, Jack! Wave of the future - ha ha ha, huh?
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Stephens
First time in LA.
Annie
Oh no, I live here.
Stephens
No, mine. Oh that's just funny, you heard me wrong. Nah, I'm sight-seeing.
Annie
Oh, really?
Stephens
Yeah. I hate to use the word 'tourist,' but it's not like I can hide it...
Annie
Not really.
Stephens
[sigh]
Did you know it took me three hours to get here from the airport? I got so lost. LA's one big place, but I guess you don't notice, seeing as you live here. I'm such a yokel. There, I said it!
Annie
Oh jeez. You know what? I got gum on my seat, GUM!
[sits on a different bus seat nearer the front]
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Ortiz
I'm telling ya, honey, he's somewhere jerking off.
Annie
He didn't have to get ON the bus in the first place, Ortiz. Hey, get your ass behind the yellow line!
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Howard Payne
A bomb is made to explode. That's its meaning. Its purpose. Your life is empty because you spend it trying to stop the bomb from becoming. And for who? For what? You know what a bomb is, Jack, that doesn't explode? It's a cheap gold watch, buddy.
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[Jack is trying to get Sam's attention]
Jack
Hey!
[honks horn repeatingly]
Jack
I'm a cop! LAPD! There's a bomb on your bus! There is a bomb on your bus!
Sam
What?
Maurice the Tune Man
There's a -WHAT? FUCK!
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Norwood
Sir, uh, we have a serious problem.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
What?
Norwood
This freeway isn't finished.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
What are you talking about?
Norwood
The aerial unit caught it about three miles ahead. There's a section missing.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
[taking out his map]
Section missing? But it's on the map. It's finished on the God damn map!
Norwood
I guess they fell behind!
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Jack
Harry, there's enough C-4 on this thing to put a hole in the world!
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Jack
Yeah?
Howard Payne
I think we have trust, but it looks on TV like you're trying to get those passengers off the bus.
Jack
Look, you've got to let me have one.
Howard Payne
We went over the rules.
Jack
As an act of faith. We have an injured man here. The driver's been shot.
Howard Payne
Jack, tell me that you haven't been shooting the passengers. I thought it was customary for a police officer to shoot the bad guys.
Jack
This man has no time.
Howard Payne
No one gets off!
Jack
It'll grease the wheels with the money men if you show some charity. There's still gonna be plenty of us to kill.
Howard Payne
OK, son, you can try and unload the driver. You tell that wildcat behind the wheel not to slow down, though, or he won't even get a chance to bleed to death. And, Jack, don't slip.
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Howard Payne
Jack, nothing tricky now. You know I'm on top of you! DO NOT attempt to grow a brain!
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Maurice the Tune Man
Take the phone!
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Ortiz
Just keep it steady.
Annie
Oh, thank you for the tip, Ortiz.
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Howard Payne
Be prepared! This is the Boy Scout marching song.
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Howard Payne
What do you think, Jack? You think if you pick up all the bus driver's teeth, they'll give you another medal?
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Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
And here... is to Harry. For his quick thinking... for his grace under pressure, and for his brave and selfless act.
[everyone cheers]
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
And to Jack for shooting Harry. Something we've all wanted to do for a very long time.
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Howard Payne
What do you think, Jack? You think you pick up all the bus driver's teeth they'll give you another medal?
Jack
Jeez...
Howard Payne
You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent, setting up that elevator job. Two years I invested myself in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?
Jack
Why didn't you just come after me?
Howard Payne
Now this is about my money. This is about money due me. Which I collect. $3.7 million. It's my nest egg, Jack - at my age you gotta think ahead.
Jack
When I find you...
Howard Payne
Oh, quiz hot shot. There's a bomb on a bus, once the bus goes 50mp/h, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
Jack
I'd wanna know what bus it was...
Howard Payne
You think I'm gonna tell you that?
Jack
Yes.
Howard Payne
Aha, very good. There are rules, Jack, and I want you to get this right. No one goes off the bus. You try to take any passengers off the bus, I will detonate it. I want my money by 11 A.M.
Jack
We can't pull that kind of money in time!
Howard Payne
Focus, Jack! Your concern is the bus. And don't try to call. The radio's down. Now, the number of the bus is 2525, it's running downtown from Venice. It's at the corner of Ocean Park & Main.
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Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Alright gentlemen, what we have here is 13 passengers in a express elevator. Below floor 30. Bomber's already taken out cables, bomber wants $3 million or he blows the emergency brakes.
Harry Temple
What's our clock?
Norwood
He gave one hour. That leaves us twenty-three minutes exactly.
Swat Cop
Anything else that will keep this elevator from falling?
Jack
Yeah, the basement.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
The city would like to avoid that event, Officer Traven.
Harry Temple
We can't just unload the passengers?
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
This is an express elevator gentlemen. The only way in or out is through access panels. Bomber's also wired the hatch to trigger the bomb, which seats him in the crazy-but-not-stupid section.
Jack
Sir, Harry volunteers to examine the device.
Harry Temple
Yeah, right.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Fine. The two of you check it out.
Norwood
The nearest access panel is on the thirty-second floor in the lobby.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
I want reports only, we're in a holding patern. Worthy, Briggs, I want you to secure base area, no one in or out. Everyone else, I want you to confirm building evac. Move!
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[Jack jumps from Maurice's car onto the bus]
Maurice the Tune Man
[repeatedly]
Whoa, shit!
Maurice the Tune Man
[crashes into the barrels of water]
Whoa, SHIIIITT!
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Jack
I gotta get on that bus.
Maurice the Tune Man
You gotta get... yeah, yeah, you get on the bus.
Maurice the Tune Man
Watch the road.
[speeding forward, Jack opens the door]
Maurice the Tune Man
W-Wait a minute. What are you doing?
Jack
Are you insured?
Maurice the Tune Man
Yeah. Why?
[Jack slams on the brakes, and the passing bus breaks the door off]
Maurice the Tune Man
No! No! AHH! Broke my-my door.
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Annie
We gotta stop this thing!
Jack
No! Don't! Stay above 50!
Annie
But Sam's been shot! We gotta get him off!
Jack
You slow down, and this bus'll explode!
[the passengers all look up, alarmed]
Jack
There is a bomb on this bus. If we slow down, it'll blow. If anyone tries to get off, it'll explode.
Terry
Bullshit! Yeah, there's a bomb. Some funny joke, man.
Jack
Are we gonna have a problem now?
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Jack
Three triggers. One on the axle I can't really see, a cellular remote...
Jack
...and a timer running off a wristwatch.
Harry
A watch? What kind of watch?
Jack
Gold. Gold band, fairly cheesy.
Annie
Officer.
[he gives her the "hold on" gesture]
Annie
Officer!
Jack
What's on your mind, Harry?
Annie
Shit, what do I do?
[grabbing the bus's internal PA microphone]
Annie
OFFICER!
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Harry
We're not gonna shoot them, right?
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[after five minutes worth of screaming from the armed elevator]
Norwood
Usually they fall down now.
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Harry
The watch is a shitty timer. Why use it? What's he sayin'?
Robin
Lots of people have watches, Harry.
Harry
This guy has no M.O. A bomber falls in love with one kind of bomb, and they're very monogamous. This guy uses C4, dynamite, different trigger every time, and now he throws in this watch.
Robin
He's an encyclopedia of bombs. He knows every kind.
Harry
Yeah, and everything we do to dismantle it.
[a thought strikes him]
Harry
Wait a minute. I wanna look at the files for the last ten years.
Robin
We did the mug shots already. That's not gonna help.
Harry
No. I wanna look at cops.
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[Payne points a shotgun at Jack's face]
Howard Payne
I don't suppose anybody'll give me three million just for you?
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Harry
Forget the files. I want you to start going through the pension fund. This guy's drawin' disability. He may not be LAPD, but he's livin' here now. I want pictures!
[muttering to himself]
Harry
I've seen this asshole.
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Annie
So, why is all this happening? I mean, what did we do, bomb the guy's country or something?
Jack
No, it's just a guy who wants money.
Annie
I don't buy that. It's not a very good way to make money. So, um, what is this guy's deal?
Jack
A while back, he held some people for ransom. It went sour, and now he's a little pissed at me.
Annie
Well, what does that have to do with us?
Jack
Nothing.
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Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Let's get these passengers off the bus!
Jack
We can't do it, sir.
Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
There's no time for any stunts, Traven. We gotta get these people out of harm's way!
Jack
I got orders!
[indicating the news helicopters following above]
Jack
We move these people, he'll see. Remember: crazy, not stupid.
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Howard Payne
I hate talking to negotiators, Jack. They talk to you like they're your best friend and they don't even know you.
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Jack
[a secondary bomb detonated when a passenger tried to get off]
How are you doing? You all right?
Annie
Mm-mm.
Jack
What can I do?
Annie
When that bomb went off...
Jack
I know.
Annie
I thought that was it. I thought that was the bomb and I was dead. And then when I saw her body fall under the bus, it was like...
Jack
You were glad you were still alive.
Annie
Mm-hmm. I'm so sorry.
Jack
Don't be. You should be glad. We all are. It doesn't mean you don't care.
Annie
I know, but she was so scared.
Jack
She was scared. She was a nice lady who didn't deserve to get killed. But, Annie, if she'd gotten off, it would've killed us all.
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Jack
I need to know, can you handle this bus?
Annie
I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine. Just tell me what the plan is. Is there a plan?
Jack
Just for you to drive. We're okay for now. Just keep us above 50.
Annie
Good plan.
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Howard Payne
Do not fuck with daddy!
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Annie
There's gum on my seat... GUM!
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Stephens
It's okay. If you need to, you go right ahead and vomit.
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Jack
Will the mystery guest please sign in?
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Stephens
I can't be here. I can't, you know. This is the wrong bus. I mean, for me to... ... I can't die here.
Ortiz
Hey, shut up, man. I've got a wife!
Stephens
Oh, you do?
Terry
Hey! So if you have a wife, and I don't, does that mean I'm expendable?
Ortiz
Hey, what are you talking about, man? The guy's just talking crazy. It gets on my nerves. It gets on everybody's nerves.
Stephens
Oh yeah? Well, I think I have the right to be a little bit upset, after all that we've been through!
Ortiz
Why don't we just let everybody die in peace, if that's what's gonna happen, huh?
[Everyone starts arguing over each other, Jack turns around]
Jack
Hey!
[Jack puts his hand on Ortiz' shoulder, calming everyone down]
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Annie
Hey! Get your ass behind the yellow line.
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Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Ok, Jack, this is it. Don't get dead.
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Jack
You've gotta let me off.
Howard Payne
Oh, no! That's not good!
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[after five minutes worth of screaming from the armed elevator]
Mr. Bagwell
Usually they fall down now.
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Howard Payne
[to Annie, who is crying and hysterical with fear]
Hey, buckaroo! It's not because you're a woman.
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Lt. Herb "Mac" McMahon
Temple, we just got a ransom demand from your dead terrorist. Says he's rigged a city bus. Where's Jack?
Harry
Where do you think?
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Jack
Where do we start?
Harry Temple
All right, check the speedometer. If it's been fucked with, or loosened, or any wires? Do you see any wires or anything?
Jack
Excuse me, ma'am. No, it's clean.
Harry Temple
All right, then it's going to be under the bus. Probably rigged to one of the axles.
Jack
I can't get under the bus right now, Harry. It's kind of in motion.
Helen
Excuse me! Excuse me!
Jack
Hold on.
Sam
Access panel... ..in the floor... ..underneath you!
Jack
All right, Harry. We're in. Passenger relay. Sir! I want you to take this. I want you to tell them what I see.
Jack
Okay! We've got a wad! Pretty big!
Stephens
There's a pretty big wad.
Jack
Brass fittings...
Stephens
Brass fittings...
Jack
I think I can reach the circuit wire!
Stephens
He can reach the circuit wire.
Harry Temple
No, no, no! Don't! That's a decoy, classic!
Stephens
That's a classic decoy!
Harry Temple
What else?
Stephens
What else?
Jack
Hold on!
Stephens
Hold on.
Jack
Fuck me!
Stephens
Oh, darn.
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Sam
This ain't no bus stop!
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[first lines]
Workman
Hey, this area's restricted.
Howard Payne
Oh, hi. Yeah, I know. They called me down here. Some of this wiring got screwed up.
Workman
Nobody called it down to me. I'm going to have to see a work order.
Howard Payne
Yeah, just a second. There you are.
[stabs workman in the ear with a screwdriver]
Howard Payne
Nothing personal.
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Young Executive
[Bob pushes elevator button that has already been pushed]
Thanks for pushing that, Bob. The light's on but you never know, it really might be broken.
Young Executive's Friend
Shut up.
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[the bus is caught in a gridlock]
Annie
Hey, Sam?
Sam
[whispers under his breath]
Shit!
Annie
SAM!
Sam
What?
Annie
Why don't you just drive around these people?
Sam
Don't spit on my bus, Annie.
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Ray
Stop the bus!
Jack
He can't.
Ray
Sit down!
Jack
Listen...
Ray
Stop the bus! Stop it!
Jack
Look, look! Listen! Look, I'm putting my gun away, okay? Okay?
[doing so]
Jack
Now, listen. I don't care about your crime. Whatever you did, I'm sure that you're sorry. So it's cool now. It's over. And I'm not a cop right now.
[putting his badge down]
Jack
See? We're just too cool guys hangin' out...
[Ortiz tries to restrain Ray, and in the melee, Sam the bus driver is shot]
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Jack
Everybody, I'm Jack Traven, LAPD. We have a slight situation on the bus here. Ma'am, if you'll please sit down...
Annie
No, I won't sit down. You're scaring the shit out of these people.
Jack
Ma'am, please!
[she sits down]
Jack
If everybody will stay in your seats and remain calm, we should be able to diffuse the situation. So sit tight and...
Ray
[standing and drawing a gun]
Get away from me!
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Harry
[Howard Payne has Harry as a hostage whilst holding a detonator stick]
Go ahead, drop the stick, do it!
Jack
Shut up, Harry!
Howard Payne
Oh, we got all the balls in the world right here man!
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[Jack is on the roof of the Metro's Red Line Subway train; he rolls around, avoiding a railway signal]
[Jack crawls; to a handcuffed Annie]
Howard Payne
He's so persistent. He always gets his man.
[to Jack]
Howard Payne
Wouldn't be able to interest you in a bribe, would I? I've got, uh... plenty to go around!
[Payne opens the bag filled with the $3.7 Million ransom money, but when he does, a purple dye pack explodes, splattering some in his face and rendering the now-marked money worthless; Payne's actions were all for naught]
[Payne becomes crazed and enraged]
Howard Payne
[screams as he fires a machine gun]
YOU BASTARD! How does that feel? You like that, huh? You like it, you bastard?
[Payne keeps firing at the ceiling of the train; Jack loses his gun]
Howard Payne
Shit!
[growls]
Howard Payne
YOU! I'm coming for you, Jack!
[screams]
Howard Payne
AAH!
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