Payback (I) (1999)
Mel Gibson: Porter
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Quotes
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Porter : [voiceover] Crooked cops. Do they come in any other way? If I'd been just a little dumber, I could have joined the force myself.
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[after Porter shoots Val in the leg and puts a cigarette in his mouth]
Porter : You got a light?
Val Resnick : What?
Porter : You got a light?
Val Resnick : No.
Porter : Then what good are you?
[Porter shoots Resnick in the face]
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Homeless Man : [begging for change] Help a cripple! Help a homeless! Help a Vietnam vet walk again! Help a cripple! Thank you, sir! Help a Veitnam vet walk again! Help a cripple! Thank you, sir!
[Poter grabs all of the money out of the homeless man's hat. Homeless man stands and yells at Porter]
Homeless Man : Hey, what the fuck you doin!
Porter : [chokes the homeless man] Shut up, I cured ya'!
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Porter : [voiceover] Nobody likes a monkey on his back: I had three, and they were cramping my style. I was gonna' have to lighten the load.
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Porter : [voiceover] Not many people know what their life's worth is. I do. Seventy grand. That's what they took from me. And that's what I was going to get back.
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Porter : [voiceover] You'd think after five months of lying on my back, I would have given up any idea of getting even, just be a nice guy and call it a day. Nice guys are fine: you have to have somebody to take advantage of... but they always finish last.
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[Porter is asking Rosie about Resnick's whereabouts]
Rosie : How strong are you, Porter? Personally, I think you are the strongest man I have ever met. But I wonder if it's enough.
Porter : For what?
Rosie : If I know you, you want this Resnick guy for something he won't like.
Porter : Yeah, I'm gonna kill him.
Rosie : That's something he won't like.
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Bronson : I'll get you your money, but you're never gonna' live to enjoy it.
Porter : You let me worry about that. Here's the deal: I want you to deliver the money yourself.
Bronson : You're one hell of an optimist. What in the world makes you think I'm gonna' deliver the money myself?
Porter : Well if you don't you'll never see little Johnny again... Didn't come home from the fight last night, did he? He's a good lookin' kid, but I think you indulge him too much. I told him so.
Bronson : Bullshit. You haven't got him. You wouldn't be that stupid.
Porter : My Dad never bought me a Ferrari. I had to steal my first one. Nice inscription on the keychain. A little sappy. Want me to read it?
Bronson : You're dead Porter. Nobody fucks with my family. You hear me? You're a dead man.
Porter : That's Johnny, Mr Bronson, unless you turn up with the money... Is that a yes?... What's a matter? Cat got your crotch? Hmmm? Some decisions are hard, Mr. Bronson.
Bronson : Where?
Porter : I'll let you know. I'll be in touch.
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Val Resnick : Beauty of the Chows is that they won't go to the cops. They keep everything in house... and, they don't feel pain the way we do.
Porter : You notice anything about those guys, Val?
Val Resnick : They look nasty... probably all Kung Fu-motherfuckers. Why, did I miss something?
Porter : They weren't wearing their seatbelts.
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[first lines]
Porter : [voiceover] GSW: that's what the hospitals call it: gunshot wound. Doctor has to report it to the police. That makes it hard for guys in my line to get what I call, quality health care.
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Carter : There's something you want from me.
Porter : Val Resnick gave you a hundred and thirty thousand dollars...
Carter : He paid us. It was a debt.
Porter : Seventy thousand dollars of it is mine, and I want it back.
Carter : I'm sorry. Resnick told me, but I seem to have misplaced your name.
Porter : Porter.
Carter : Porter, right. I won't forget it again.
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Porter : [narrating, after watching his wife stumble home in a drugged state] Old habits die hard, I guess... if you don't kick 'em, they kick you. Ain't marriage grand?
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[Porter's stolen card has been cancelled while he is dining in]
Waiter : Sir, your credit card has been rejected.
Porter : Impossible.
Waiter : Well, I tried it three times. Do you have any other form of payment?
Porter : Try it again.
[the waiter walks away, Porter grabs all his cash and leaves the restuarant]
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Pawnbroker : [after inspecting pile of valuable watches] I'll give you 900 for this.
Porter : [indicating gun hanging on wall rack] Let me see that Magnum.
[Pawnbroker takes watches, points to gun as if to ask "This one?"]
Porter : That's it.
[Pawnbroker hands him the gun, Porter proceeds to test it out with finesse]
Porter : 500 and the gun.
Pawnbroker : [pause] Uh... I'll need to see some ID.
Porter : Of course.
