Directed : Mark L. Lester
Screenwriter : Steven E. de Souza
Producer : Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon
Cast :
Arnold Schwarzenegger ................ John Matrix
Rae Dawn Chong ............ Cindy
Dan Hedaya ................ Arius
Vernon Wells ............ Bennett
James Olson ............. Major General Franklin Kirby
David Patrick Kelly ....... Sully
Alyssa Milano ... Jenny Matrix
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Story :
Schwarzenegger plays John Matrix, a retired Army special forces Colonel living in mountainous seclusion with his young daughter (Alyssa Milano), a life that is ruined when angry enemies from Matrix's past kidnap her. The conditions for her release: Kill the dictator of a Latin American country, allowing for the reinstatement of the exiled Arius (Dan Hedaya). Don't follow the rules, and she's dead. Matrix boards the plane for his assignment but escapes (in mid-air, of course), setting in motion a vengeful, race-against-the-clock search for his daughter.
Favorite quote :
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Gen. Kirby: Me and your dad have to talk for a minute
Jenny: Yeah Got a warrant?
Gen. Kirby: [sarcastically] Very funny!
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Arius: Your father appears to be cooperating. You will be back with him soon. Won't that be nice?
Jenny: Not as nearly as nice as watching him smash your face in.
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Sully: Here's twenty dollars to get some beers in Val Verde. It'll give us all a little more time with your daughter.
Henriques: Heh.
Matrix: You're a funny man, Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last.
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Matrix: [holds Sully upside-down over a cliff by his leg] Listen, loyalty is very touching. But it is not the most important thing in your life right now! But what IS important is gravity! I have to remind you Sully, this is my weak arm!
Sully: You can't kill me Matrix! You need me to find your daughter!
Matrix: Where is she?
Sully: I don't know. But Cooke knows, I'll take you to where I'm supposed to meet him!
Matrix: But you won't.
Sully: Why not?
Matrix: [holds the hotel key he stole from Sully that Cooke is staying at] Because I already know. Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
Sully: That's right, Matrix! You did!
Matrix: I lied.
[Matrix releases Sully, who falls to his demise]
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Cindy: You steal my car, you rip the seat out, you kidnap me, you ask me to help you find your daughter which I very kindly do, and then you get me involved in a shoot out where people are dying and there's blood spurting all over the place, and then I watch you rip a phone booth out of a wall, swing from the ceiling like Tarzan, and then there's a cop that's going to shoot you and I save you and they start chasing me. Are you going to tell me what's going on or what?
Matrix: No.
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Cindy: Can you tell me what this is all about?
Matrix: Yeah, a guy I trusted for years wants me dead.
Cindy: That's understandable. I've only known you for five minutes and I want you dead, too.
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Cooke: You scared, motherfucker? Well, you should be, because this Green Beret is going to kick your big ass!
Matrix: I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry!
Cindy: [hiding under a table] I can't believe this macho bullshit...
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Bennett: [after he shot Matrix] John! How's your arm John?
Matrix: [hidden behind a wall] Come over and find out!
Bennett: No thanks, I think I'll take a pass. John, stick your head out, one shot, right between the eyes, I'll make it quick, just for old time sake.
Matrix: Bennett, stop screwing around and let the girl go, it's me that you want, I only have one arm, you can beat me!
[Bennett laughs]
Matrix: [Comes out from hidden place] Come on Bennett, throw away the chicken shit gun, you don't just want to pull the trigger, you want to put the knife in me, and look me in the eye, and see what's going on in there when you turn it, that's what you want to do, right?
Bennett: I can kill you John!
Matrix: Come on, let the girl go, just between you and me, don't deprive yourself of some pleasure, come on Bennett, let's party!
Bennett: I can beat you, I don't need the girl hahah, I DON'T NEED THE GIRL!
[throws Jenny away]
Bennett: I don't need the gun John. I can beat you. I DON'T NEED NO GUN!
[Pulls out his knife]
Bennett: AND I'LL KILL YOU NOW!
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Matrix: Don't break radio silence until they see me.
Cindy: How will I know?
Matrix: Because all fucking hell is going to break loose.
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Matrix: [after killing a man in the plane] Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired.
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Soldier: Slitting a little girl's throat is like cutting warm butter.
Bennett: Put the knife away and shut your mouth.
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Gen. Kirby: Keep on the airwaves and let me know if you hear anything unusual.
Soldier: I'll keep at it. What are you expecting?
Gen. Kirby: World War Three.
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Biggs: Attention all units, emergency on theater level, suspect six foot two, brown hair. He is one gigantic motherfucker.
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Cindy: These guys eat too much red meat.
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Bennett: John, I'm not going to shoot you between the eyes. I'm going to shoot you between the balls.
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[Plane will not start]
Matrix: Come on, you piece of shit. Fly or die.
[Plane starts up]
Matrix: Works every time.
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[Cindy uses a rocket launcher]
Matrix: Where did you learn how to do that?
Cindy: I read the instructions.
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Stewardess: Any carry-on luggage?
Matrix: [pointing to Henriques] Just him.
Henriques: [to Matrix] Open your mouth again and I'll nail it shut.
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Matrix: A guy I trusted for years wants me dead.
Cindy: I've only known you five minutes and I want you dead, too.
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Matrix: Come on, Bennett, throw away that chicken-shit gun. You don't just want to pull a trigger. Put the knife in me and look me in the eye and see what's going on in there when you turn it.
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[while talking to a bunch of pretty ladies]
Biggs: Wanna see me kick some ass?
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Lawson: I was afraid you'd miss me!
Cooke: Dont worry, we won't.
[Cooke and his partner execute Lawson]
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Matrix: [reading about Boy George in a pop magazine] Why don't they just call him Girl George? It would cut down on the confusion.
Jenny: Oh, Dad, that is so old.
Matrix: Ha Ha. You know when I was a boy and rock'n'roll came to East Germany, the communists said it was subversive.
[thinks and smiles]
Matrix: Maybe they were right.
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Matrix: What's wrong?
Cindy: This isn't a plane... i t's a canoe with wings.
Matrix: Well, then, get in and start paddling.
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Matrix: Keep an eye out, they'll be coming. You're downwind, the air currents might tip them off
Jackson: Downwind?
[looks at Matrix like he's crazy]
Jackson: You think I could smell them coming?
Matrix: I did.
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Matrix: Bennett! I thought you were...
Bennett: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of your unit, I've waited to pay you back.
Bennett: Do you know what today is Matrix?... Pay day!
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Gen. Kirby: Leave anything for us?
Matrix: Just bodies.
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