Escape from L.A. Quotes
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
Snake Plissken: By the way, who gives me the antidote?
Malloy: A medical team will be standing by.
Snake Plissken: Neither one of you?
Malloy: No.
Snake Plissken: Good!
[Snake opens fire on Malloy and Brazen with his assault rifle, but to no effect. Malloy and Brazen do not flinch or even blink]
Malloy: Ha! We thought you might try that, hotshot. That's why the first clip is loaded with blanks. Bye bye, Snake. Good luck!
Malloy: A medical team will be standing by.
Snake Plissken: Neither one of you?
Malloy: No.
Snake Plissken: Good!
[Snake opens fire on Malloy and Brazen with his assault rifle, but to no effect. Malloy and Brazen do not flinch or even blink]
Malloy: Ha! We thought you might try that, hotshot. That's why the first clip is loaded with blanks. Bye bye, Snake. Good luck!
President: All right, I've heard enough. Would you explain to this foot soldier why he's going to do what we tell him to do.
Snake Plissken: What's he talking about?
Malloy: The Plutoxin Seven virus.
Brazen: Genetically engineered. 100% pure death.
Malloy: It starts with a slight headache, then turns into a fever that gets worse. After a short time, you crash. You bleed out like a stuck pig. Not a pretty sight.
Snake Plissken: I get it. You figure that you inject that shit into me, and under the threat of death, I'll do whatever you say... just like in New York.
Malloy: You got it... Snake!
Snake Plissken: One question: which one of you assholes gets to die trying to stick me?
Malloy: You don't understand. It's already in you.
[Snake looks down at his hand, where it was scratched earlier]
Brazen: Catches on quick, doesn't he?
Snake Plissken: What's he talking about?
Malloy: The Plutoxin Seven virus.
Brazen: Genetically engineered. 100% pure death.
Malloy: It starts with a slight headache, then turns into a fever that gets worse. After a short time, you crash. You bleed out like a stuck pig. Not a pretty sight.
Snake Plissken: I get it. You figure that you inject that shit into me, and under the threat of death, I'll do whatever you say... just like in New York.
Malloy: You got it... Snake!
Snake Plissken: One question: which one of you assholes gets to die trying to stick me?
Malloy: You don't understand. It's already in you.
[Snake looks down at his hand, where it was scratched earlier]
Brazen: Catches on quick, doesn't he?
[facing four gunmen at once]
Snake Plissken: I'm gonna give you assholes a chance. What do you say we play a little Bangkok Rules?
[picks up a tin can. The four gunmen back up and get ready]
Snake Plissken: Nobody draws until this hits the ground.
[throws the can high into the air, then pulls his revolvers and kills all four gunmen before the can lands. Can hits the ground]
Snake Plissken: Draw.
Snake Plissken: I'm gonna give you assholes a chance. What do you say we play a little Bangkok Rules?
[picks up a tin can. The four gunmen back up and get ready]
Snake Plissken: Nobody draws until this hits the ground.
[throws the can high into the air, then pulls his revolvers and kills all four gunmen before the can lands. Can hits the ground]
Snake Plissken: Draw.
Brazen: Mr. President, Commander Malloy, we are receiving reports from Miami. An armada of warships have just departed Cuba. ETA to Florida coast in 45 minutes.
Malloy: Starting the invasion.
President: Gotta go to my quarters. Got to pray!
[exits]
Malloy: [to Brazen] Go with him. Make sure he doesn't do anything crazy.
Malloy: Starting the invasion.
President: Gotta go to my quarters. Got to pray!
[exits]
Malloy: [to Brazen] Go with him. Make sure he doesn't do anything crazy.
Cuervo Jones: That looks like Snake Plissken!
Utopia: Who?
Cuervo Jones: He used to be a gunfighter. He kind of faded out of the scene a few years ago. I hear he slowed down some.
Utopia: He don't look that slow Cuervo!
Cuervo Jones: Nobody rolls into town and direspects me! Not Snake Plissken, not nobody! Bolas!
Utopia: Who?
Cuervo Jones: He used to be a gunfighter. He kind of faded out of the scene a few years ago. I hear he slowed down some.
Utopia: He don't look that slow Cuervo!
Cuervo Jones: Nobody rolls into town and direspects me! Not Snake Plissken, not nobody! Bolas!
Utopia: To the American people! now it's the time to rise up and demand the surrender of the President and his corrupt theocracry! of lies and terror!
Brazen: at 11:40 hours se hijacked Air Force 3. We scan this onto the VR. Check it out
Utopia: Today is day one of a brand new world. The days of Empire are finished; to the President... my father... you know what's in here... unless you open your borders, allow all the wrognfully accused, to return to their country... I will use this, on you and on the United States...
Brazen: at 11:40 hours se hijacked Air Force 3. We scan this onto the VR. Check it out
Utopia: Today is day one of a brand new world. The days of Empire are finished; to the President... my father... you know what's in here... unless you open your borders, allow all the wrognfully accused, to return to their country... I will use this, on you and on the United States...
[first lines]
Female Narrator: In the late 20th century, hostile forces inside the United States grow strong. The city of Los Angeles is ravaged by crime and immorality. To protect and defend its citizens, the United States Police Force is formed. A presidential candidate predicts a millennium earthquake will destroy L.A. in divine retribution.
President: Like the mighty fist of God, Armageddon will descend upon the city of Los Angeles - the city of sin, the city of Gomorrah, the city of Sodom - and waters will rise and separate this sinful, sinful city from our country.
Female Narrator: The earthquake measuring 9.6 on the Richter scale hits at 12:59 P.M. August 23rd in the year 2000. After the devastation, the Constitution is amended, and the newly elected president accepts a lifetime term of office. The country's capitol is moved from Washington, D.C., to the president's hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia. Los Angeles Island is declared no longer part of the United States and becomes the deportation point for all people found undesirable or unfit to live in the new, moral America. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped among the shorelines, making any escape from L.A. impossible. From the southeastern hills of Orange County to the northwestern shore of Malibu, the great wall excludes L.A. from the mainland. The president's first act as permanent Commander in Chief is Directive 17: once an American loses his or her citizenship, they are deported to this island of the damned, and they never come back.
Female Narrator: In the late 20th century, hostile forces inside the United States grow strong. The city of Los Angeles is ravaged by crime and immorality. To protect and defend its citizens, the United States Police Force is formed. A presidential candidate predicts a millennium earthquake will destroy L.A. in divine retribution.
President: Like the mighty fist of God, Armageddon will descend upon the city of Los Angeles - the city of sin, the city of Gomorrah, the city of Sodom - and waters will rise and separate this sinful, sinful city from our country.
Female Narrator: The earthquake measuring 9.6 on the Richter scale hits at 12:59 P.M. August 23rd in the year 2000. After the devastation, the Constitution is amended, and the newly elected president accepts a lifetime term of office. The country's capitol is moved from Washington, D.C., to the president's hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia. Los Angeles Island is declared no longer part of the United States and becomes the deportation point for all people found undesirable or unfit to live in the new, moral America. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped among the shorelines, making any escape from L.A. impossible. From the southeastern hills of Orange County to the northwestern shore of Malibu, the great wall excludes L.A. from the mainland. The president's first act as permanent Commander in Chief is Directive 17: once an American loses his or her citizenship, they are deported to this island of the damned, and they never come back.
[explaining the basketball rules to Snake]
Cuervo Jones: Two hoops, full court. Ten-second shot clock. Miss a shot, you get shot. Shot clock buzzer goes off before you shoot, you get shot. Two points for a basket, no three-point bullshit. All you gotta do is get ten points. That's it.
[pause]
Cuervo Jones: By the way, nobody's ever walked off that court alive. Nobody.
Cuervo Jones: Two hoops, full court. Ten-second shot clock. Miss a shot, you get shot. Shot clock buzzer goes off before you shoot, you get shot. Two points for a basket, no three-point bullshit. All you gotta do is get ten points. That's it.
[pause]
Cuervo Jones: By the way, nobody's ever walked off that court alive. Nobody.
