Shaolin AbbottI see your talents have gone beyond the mere physical level. Your skills are now at the point of spiritual insight. I have several questions. What is the highest technique you hope to achieve ?
LeeA good fight should be like a small play, but played seriously. A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself.
Shaolin AbbottNow, you must remember: the enemy has only images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy. The "it" that you refer to is a powerful weapon easily misused by the martial artist who deserts his vows. For centuries now, the code of the Shaolin Temple has been preserved. Remember, the honor of our brotherhood has been held true. Tell me now the Shaolin Commandment number 13.
LeeA martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.
Shaolin Abbott[sighs]I'm ashamed to tell you now. Among all the Shaolin men I have taught, there is one who has turned the ways of knowledge and strength to his own base ends. He had perverted all we hold sacred. His name is Han. In defiance of all our beliefs... he has brought disgrace to the Shaolin Temple. So... it is now for you to reclaim our lost honor.
LeeThat island, on the beach. We can take this boat.
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Han[petting a white, longhaired pussy cat]This is my museum. It is difficult to associate these horrors with the proud civilizations that created them: Sparta, Rome, The Knights of Europe, the Samurai. They worshipped strength, because it is strength that makes all other values possible. Nothing survives without it. Who knows - what delicate wonders have died out of the world, for want of the strength to survive.
WilliamsThey don't live so big over there. Ghettoes are the same all over the world. They stink.
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LeeYou have offended my family, and you have offended the Shaolin temple.
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HanGentlemen, welcome. You honor our island. I look forward to a tournament of truly epic proportions. We are unique, gentlemen, in that we create ourselves... through long years of rigorous training, sacrifice, denial, pain. We forge our bodies in the fire of our will. But tonight, let us celebrate. Gentlemen, you have our gratitude.
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[Lee is at his mother's gravesite]
LeeYou will not agree with what I'm going to do. It is contrary to all that you have taught me, and all that Su Lin believed. I must leave. Please try to find a way to forgive me.
HanWe are investing in corruption, Mr Roper. The business of corruption is like any other.
RoperOh yeah! Provide your customers with products they need and, uh, charge a little bit to stimulate your market and before you know it customers come to depend on you, I mean really need you. It's the law of economics.
BraithwaiteWe believe he selects attractive girls, methodically builds their dependence on drugs, then sells them to an elite clientele around the world.
Lee[referring to a stewardess found at the harbor]What did the autopsy reveal as the cause of death?
BraithwaiteMr. Lee, I've come to talk to you about a tournament of martial arts. A tournament to which you've already received an invitation. Specifically, the tournament organized by Mr. Han.
HanGentlemen, it seems that one of you was not content last night with the hospitality of the palace and sought diversion elsewhere on the island. Who it was is not important at this time. What is important is that my guards performed their duties incompetently. And now they must prove themselves worthy to remain among us.
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Roper[looking into a mirror, wearing an open robe, drink in hand]Another fine mess you got me into.
OharraYou must attend the morning ritual in uniform.
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BraithwaiteWe know everything. We can prove nothing.
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BraithwaiteThis was a stewardess, Mary King, found floating in the harbor. Nothing unusual about a body in the harbor. But this girl was last seen at a party aboard Han's private junk.
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L.A. Cop[harassing Williams]Going on a trip, are you? Hey, this jig's got a passport.
L.A. CopWhere you going, jig? Where's the plane ticket for?
L.A. CopHong Kong, via Hawaii.
L.A. CopHe's not going to Hawaii.
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BraithwaiteHan would never allow guns on the island anyway. He had a bad experience with them once and he's fearful of assassination. You can't really blame him. Any bloody fool can pull a trigger.