Escaped convict Jack Hammond takes a woman hostage and sets off for the Mexican border with the police hot on his tail.

Dale: Time to be heroes!
[Swerves the truck and attempts to knock Jack and Natalee into the guard rail]
Jack Hammond: That's the question on the minds of all your viewers? Whether I run out of gas or not? Tell you what, Jer. You let your viewers know that I hope Miss Voss' fear and my desperation are entertainment enough for them. After all, that is what this is all about, isn't it? The story. As it breaks. Live. Coming to you from the bad guy himself. I mean we wouldn't want your viewers to change the fucking channel, now, would we?
Uncredited Clown: [after ending credits] You smell that? Do you smell that? Nothing else in the world smells like that, son. I love the smell of napalm in the morning! You know, one day we had a hell bomb. And when I walked out, we didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. But that smell, that gasoline smell... the whole hill, it smelled like... victory.
Jack Hammond: There's no rule that says that when you're kidnapping, you can't be cordial and nice.
Jack Hammond: [after Jack and Natalie agree to run away together to Mexico] We'll be fugitives.
Natalie Voss: Sounds exciting!
Jack Hammond: You won't be Natalie Voss anymore.
Natalie Voss: Who the hell is she anyway?
Natalie Voss: You kidnapped me with a candy bar?
Jackson Davis Hammond: It makes a handy weapon in a pinch.
Jack Hammond: Chew some gum! Your breath smells like my grandmother's feet.
Natalie Voss: You are a gun-wielding, cop-shooting, maniac kidnapper; now that is violent.
Jack Hammond: There's a difference between being violent and being driven to violence. I am NOT a violent man!
Jack Hammond: I said kick it over to me, Pelé!
Officer Dobbs: For me, it's the respect and power that the position commands. I don't know whether to be busting bad guys or signing autographs. It's kinda like being a star.
Officer Figus: You're confused! He's confused you! It's very confusing!