Speed

Security Guard: Hey, this area's restricted. Payne: Oh, hi. Yeah, I know. They called me down here, some of this wiring got screwed up. Security Guard: Nobody called it down to me. I'm going to have to see a work order. Payne: Yeah. Just a second. [Payne reaches into his bag and holds up a piece of paper] There you are. [Payne pulls out a concealed knife and stabs the guard in the ear, killing him] Nothing personal.

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Mac: Alright, gentlemen. What we have here are 13 passengers in an express elevator, below floor 30. Bomb's already taken out cables. Bomber wants $3 million, or he blows the emergency brakes. Harry: What's our clock? Norwood: He gave one hour. [checking his watch] That leaves us 23 minutes exactly. Briggs: Anything else that'll keep this elevator from falling? Jack: Yeah, the basement. Mac: The city would like to avoid that event, Officer Traven. Harry: We can't just unload the passengers? Mac: This is an express elevator, gentlemen. The only way in or out is through access panels. The 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: [scoffs] Yeah, right. Mac: Fine. The two of you check it out. Norwood: The nearest access panel's on the 32nd floor in the lobby. Mac: I want reports only. We're in a holding pattern. Worthy and Briggs, I want you to secure the base area. No on

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Harry: 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] Jack? Jack: Shoot the hostage. Harry: 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: You're deeply nuts, you know that? "Shoot the hostage." [chuckles] Jack: Harry, this is wrong. He's gonna blow it anyway. Harry: Why? Jack: I don't know. Gut feeling. Harry: Well, right now Mac outranks your gut, so we sit. Jack: How much do you think that elevator weighs? Harry: Jack, come on. Jack: Maybe we can do something about those hostages. Harry: We're not gonna shoot 'em, right? Jack: No, we just take them out of the equation.

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Jack: Tell me again, Harry. Why did I take this job? Harry: Aw, come on. Thirty more years of this, you get a tiny pension and a cheap gold watch. Jack: Cool.

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Payne: End of the line. This day has been real disappointing, I don't mind saying. Jack: Why, 'cause you didn't get to kill everyone? Payne: There will come a time, boy, when you'll wish you'd never met me. Jack: Mister, I'm already there.

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Payne: [on the phone, after blowing up an empty commuter bus, killing the bus driver Bob] What do you think, Jack? You think you pick up all the bus driver's teeth, they'll give you another medal? Jack: Jesus... 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 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? Jack: Why didn't you just come after me? Payne: No, this is about me! This is about my money. This is about money due me! Which I will collect! $3.7 million! It's my nest egg, Jack. At my age, you have to think ahead. Jack: [angry] When I find you... 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

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