The Rock

Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair: Three tours in Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm, three Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars and the Congressional Medal of– Jesus. This man is a hero. General Al Kramer: Well, I think "legend" might be a better description, Mr. Sinclair. Sinclair: Yeah, well, now we can add kidnapping and extortion to his list of accolades. Gen. Kramer: [mildly indignant] Mr. Sinclair, General Hummel is a man of honor.

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General Al Kramer: Frank, it's Al Kramer. BG Francis Hummel: [chomps a cigar] Hi, Al, how you doin'? Kramer: I don't know, Frank. Ah, why don't you tell me. Got a lot of very, very worried people here, Frank. Hummel: I'll come straight to the point. Eighty-three Force Reconnaissance Marines have died under my various commands. Forty-seven in northern Laos and southern China. White House Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair: Southern China? We never admitted we sent troops into China. Hummel: Who is this? Identify yourself. Sinclair: White House Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair, General. Hummel: [stands up] How old are you, Chief of Staff Sinclair? Sinclair: I'm 33- Hummel: Well, Mr. Sinclair, you've probably got no fucking idea what I'm talking about. By your ninth birthday, I was running black ops into China. My men were responsible for over 200 enemy kills. Now put some rigging tape over Mr. Sinclair's mouth, he's wasting my time! Kramer: Ah you want to continue, Frank? Hummel: Remember Oper

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Carla: You didn't really mean what you said about bringing a child into this world... being an act of cruelty, did you? Goodspeed: I meant it at the time. Carla: Stanley, "at the time"? You said it seven-and-a-half seconds ago! Goodspeed: Well... gosh. Kind of a lot's happened since then.

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John Mason: So what do you have in store for me, Womack, when this is over? FBI Director James Womack: You'll get your life back, Mason. Mason: But you could have given my life back years ago. [walks away, but turns back to Womack] Why should I trust you now? Womack: You've got my word. Mason: Will you shake on it? [Womack nods. Both men shake hands but Mason attaches a rope on Womack's hand and throws him off the balcony.]

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Commander Anderson: Have you ever been in a combat situation? Goodspeed: Define combat, sir. Anderson: Shep? LT Shepherd: An incursion underwater to re-take an impregnable fortress held by an elite team of US Marines in possession of 81 hostages and 15 guided rockets armed with VX poison gas. Goodspeed: Oh. In that case, no, sir. Excuse me a moment. [runs to the bathroom and throws up]

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Goodspeed: You enjoying this? Mason: Well, it's certainly more enjoyable than my average day: Reading philosophy, avoiding gang rape in the washroom. Though it's less of a problem these days. Maybe I'm losing my sex appeal.

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