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Banning is ex-Special Forces, Ranger battalion. He will move mountains or die trying! I know him!

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Agent Roma: [weakly; into his radio microphone] Olympus has fallen! Olympus has fallen! Olympus has fallen! Agent Roma: FUCK YOU! Command Post Agent: [disbelieving] They've taken the White House...

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Kang: I have no interest in your nuclear launch codes. By now, your Pentagon has changed them, no? Sit. President Asher: You from the North? You sure as hell are not from the South. Kang: I'm working for justice, to give millions of starving men, women, and children a chance at more than just subsistence. To end the civil war your country interrupted so long ago. And yes, for a united, prosperous Korea. Dave Forbes: It's a whole new world, baby. President Asher: What's the going rate for souls these days? Dave Forbes: What do you say to me? President Asher: I never would've taken you for a traitor. Dave Forbes: Me? What about you? You sold this country out long before I ever did. Globalization and fuckin' Wall Street! What's the cost to a presidency nowadays anyway, huh? $500 million? I'm a fuckin' rookie compared to you! President Asher: Gotta keep your gloves up, Forbes. Kang: Enough! [in Korean, to another of his men] Find the boy, his name is Connor. President Asher: [not quite und

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Lynn Jacobs: Mr. Speaker, as both the President and the Vice president of the United States are unable to discharge the duties of their offices, I'm officially placing you under Secret Service protection Lynn Jacobs: You are the Acting President of the United States. Allan Trumbull: Are they alive? Lynn Jacobs: They are. Ray Monroe: Sir, North Korea is denying any involvement in the attack. General Clegg: We've secured the perimeter of the White House and cleared a 10-block radius. Lynn Jacobs: Sir, they've also assassinated the South Korean Prime Minister.

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General Clegg: I am giving you a direct order! Mike Banning: Newsflash, asshole: I don't work for you.

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Kang: [static] Agent Banning. Yes, I know who you are. Welcome to my house. Mike Banning: Hey, asshole. What took you so long? Kang: You are the one who let the First Lady die, no? And soon, the President. Failure seems to be a habit with you. Mike Banning: Yeah, well, maybe I owe you for giving me the chance for making up for that today. Kang: I admire you for acknowledging your failure. But there's no going back. Nothing you try and do here tonight can atone. Mike Banning: Yeah, maybe not. But I reckon fucking your shit up would be a pretty good start. You might wanna take a head count. The bodies are piling up. Kang: I have more than enough men to finish the mission. Mike Banning: Oh, and by the way, if you're looking for Connor, he's on his way to the baseball game. Kang: How's your wife, Michael? Leah. She's a nurse. Saves lives. Too bad she will not save yours. Mike Banning: You know what? How about you and I play a game of Fuck Off. You go first. [hangs up]

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Mike Banning: What's the matter, Kang? You look like you've seen a ghost. I guess you don't know who you can trust, huh? It's over. No more televised executions, no chopper, no more negotiating with you and the United People's Front of Who Gives a Fuck. Kang: I will send the President out... one piece at a time. Mike Banning: It won't matter. Because whatever you think you accomplished, you won't be alive to see it. Kang: Shut him down. Mike Banning: [as Lim tries unsuccessfully to disconnect him] You're not shutting me down, Kang. I'm here to stay. Kang: I underestimated you. It will not happen again. Mike Banning: There is no "again". You're gonna die down there alone, cut off from the rest of the world. My advice? Save the last bullet for yourself. 'Cause if you don't, I'm gonna stick my knife through your brain. But don't worry, I'm gonna leak the photos of your body to the press. You know, 'cause I know you like that kind of shit. [ends the transmission]

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Kang: I read your Bible, Mr. President. It says "the wages of sin is death". President Asher: You better keep that in mind.

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Mike Banning: [walking in front of the heavily damaged White House, and over dead bodies of their colleagues] Sorry about the house, sir. President Asher: It's ok. I believe it's insured.