The Ruins (2008)

Shawn Ashmore: Eric

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• [after seeing the vines nearly choke Mathias to death - which was planned by the vines to happen regardless of the group's help] 

  Eric : [sarcastic / deadpan]  Well, thank God we cut his legs off.

• Jeff : How about you? Are you here by yourself?

  Mathias : Mm-mm, no, with my brother, but he, uh, left with some girl, ja.

  Jeff : Left... here? Mexico, or...

  Mathias : Ah, no, no. She's an archaeologist. He went with her to a dig site.

  Amy : And what are they digging?

  Jeff : Like an excavation?

  Mathias : Yeah, some ruins, I think. A Mayan temple.

  Jeff : Kind of like the ones that nobody here wanted to go to, the entire time that we've been here.

  Mathias : Apparently, it is not even in the guide books. VIP only.

  Eric : Yeah, see, Jeff, that's something I would do.

• [upon seeing a drunken Amy dancing with Mathias] 

  Eric : How much you want to bet she kisses him?

  Stacy : She's freaking out that Jeff's med school is like two thousand miles away, okay?

  Eric : Okay, how much?

  Stacy : She's not going to kiss him.

  Eric : Alright, you know what? Oral sex, the winner receives.

  Stacy : [shaking his hand]  Oral sex? Okay.

• Eric : We could be walking through an ancient graveyard right now, like a bone depository or something.

  Stacy : I doubt that.

  [Eric mimics Stacy to himself] 

  Stacy : Did you just mimic me?

  Eric : No, no I was just agreeing with you.

• Amy : Do you think they're going to find us?

  Eric : Honestly, I think making a run for it is our only chance.

• Jeff : Eric, get your phone out.

  Eric : There's no signal.

  Jeff : Really? Because if there was a signal on the road, you should...

  Eric : No, I didn't get one.

  Amy : What do you mean?

  Eric : No, I mean I never said...

  Amy : Can you hear me now? What the fuck was that, Eric?

• Jeff : [grabbing a water bottle from Stacy]  We should save this.

  Eric : Hey, she's thirsty.

  Jeff : I know, it's just that we don't have that much.

  Eric : Well why do you get to decide Jeff?

  Jeff : Okay, well we can all decide. But just keep in mind that each of us needs a half a gallon of water every day just to survive. And right now, we don't even have a day's worth.

• Jeff : He won't last much longer like this. We have to cut 'em off.

  Amy : Cut what off?

  Jeff : His legs.

  Eric : Tell me you're joking.

  Jeff : He'll die if we don't.

  Eric : Please tell me you're joking.

  Jeff : He'll get infected, if he isn't already. Septicemia.

  Eric : Well, what the hell is septicemia, Jeff?

  Jeff : An infection, usually in the bones when it's exposed to bacteria.

  Eric : You're fucking crazy.

  Jeff : I'm telling you he won't last through the day like this.

  Amy : Without anesthesia?

  Jeff : He has no feeling beneath his waist. The tourniquets are already in place. We gotta cut below them.

  Amy : With what?

  [Jeff pulls out a knife] 

  Amy : A knife?

  Jeff : We have to break the bones first, and then cut.

  Eric : We're not cutting his legs off with a fucking hunting knife, Jeff!

  Jeff : There's no flesh covering his bones, Eric. He is going to die.

• Amy : [after the taxi leaves]  Wait, how are we going to get back?

  Jeff : [holding business card]  Well, we're going to call him when we get out.

  Amy : With what? We're not going to get a signal out here.

  Mathias : Yeah, my phone should work. It's a world phone.

  Eric : [holding his cell phone]  Hello, can you hear me now?

• Eric : So, there was this girl who got really really drunk one night...

  Stacy : ...but she sobered up really really quickly...

  Mathias : Who is this?

  Amy : Just a stupid game they were playing last night.

  Eric : ...but not before she stuck her tongue down some guy's throat.

  [Amy knocks Eric's hat off] 

• Stacy : [hurrying to catch the bus]  Jeff is going to be pissed if we miss it.

  Eric : Oh, the terrible wrath of Jeff, followed by I'm sure the more frightening whining of Amy.

  Stacy : She's not that bad.

  Eric : No, but I bet she's feeling pretty awkward right now, wouldn't you?

• Eric : [smiling after collecting on his bet]  Ready?

  Amy : What are you so happy about?

• Jeff : [seeing the Mayans on the ground]  They keep coming. They're setting up camps.

  Stacy : Why are they doing this?

  Eric : Maybe they're preparing for something, like a sacrifice?

  Jeff : It has something to do with the ruins. They won't come up here, and now that we're here they won't let us leave.

  Eric : So what do we do? Just wait for someone to find us?

  Stacy : Who?

  Mathias : The Greeks?

  Jeff : Dimitri left them a copy of the map before we left.

  Eric : Yeah, what if they decide not to come Jeff?

  Jeff : Then somebody else will. We're supposed to check out of the hotel tomorrow; the hotel's going to call the police.

  Eric : When?

  Jeff : Tomorrow, or the day after.

  Amy : Our flight leaves tomorrow, Jeff.

  Jeff : I know Amy, but we know what happens if we leave.