Judge Dredd (1995)
Armand Assante: Rico
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Quotes
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Judge Dredd : [icily] I should've put you down myself... personally
Rico : [puzzled]
[looks to the others]
Rico : You Know I never under stood that
[demanding]
Rico : Why did you judge me? Why did you judge me?
Judge Dredd : You killed innocent people.
Rico : [abrupt] A means to an end!
Judge Dredd : You started a massacre!
Rico : I caused a revolution!
Judge Dredd : YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
Rico : [mockingly] LAWWWWWW!
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Rico : Why are you here? Have you come for another chat?
Warden Miller : Just a short one, I'm afraid. Duty calls.
Rico : Ah, duty. Keeping these parasites here, at the public's expense.
Warden Miller : Yeah. You especially.
Rico : I don't cost anything. I'm a ghost. And we're both prisoners here. You're behind your desk and I'm behind this.
[he indicates the forcefield surrounding his prison cell]
Rico : What a clever reward from Fargo. I mean, considering the services.
Warden Miller : When you start killing innocent people, Rico, you went beyond service.
Rico : The innocent exist only until they inevitably become perpetrators. Guilt and innocence is a matter of timing.
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Rico : I'm the only one who ever loved you.
Judge Dredd : I'll be the judge of that.
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Warden Miller : [after giving Rico his package - a small box] What is it?
Rico : It's an ancient puzzle that contains the meaning of life.
Warden Miller : [laughs] So tell me, Rico, what is the meaning of life?
[Rico converts the box into a gun and points it at the Warden's throat]
Rico : It ends.
[he shoots the Warden in the throat]
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Rico : [after blowing away the council with a Lawgiver gun] Now who says politics is boring?
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[Geiger gives Rico the package he ordered. The case slides open to reveal a Lawgiver gun. Rico reaches to pick it up]
Geiger : No, wait a second! Don't touch it.
Rico : Why not?
Geiger : Well, that's a Lawgiver. That's programed to only recognise a Judge's hand. You touch that, it'll take your arm off!
[Rico grabs the gun and points it in Geiger's face. The gun has accepted his grip]
Rico : Gee, how do you like that? I must be a Judge.
[he shoots Geiger]
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Ilsa : He looks a lot like you.
Rico : He is a lot like me.
Judge Dredd : I am nothing like you.
Rico : The only difference between us, Joseph, is you destroyed your life to embrace the law. And l destroyed the law to embrace life.
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Rico : You left the DNA in there for over 30 years, sooner or later somebody's gonna clean out the fridge.
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Rico : [points all around him]
[exclaims]
Rico : I BETRAYED THIS? Your Councils Experiment... WHICH FAILED... In You! I was your brother, your blood, your friend. Who betrayed who? When are you going to stop being a goddamn slave and grow up?
[snorts]
Rico : That's your birthright, that's your family. I'm your family,
[close to tears]
Rico : I'm the only family you ever had. Now choose!
Judge Dredd : The best thing you can do is kill me.
Rico : Why?
Judge Dredd : Because it's your only chance... brother.
[looks close to breaking down but instead becomes enraged]
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Rico : Send in the clones.
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[Griffin enters his office to find the ABC Warrior robot and Rico waiting for him]
Rico : Chief Justice Griffin.
[giggles]
Rico : It's got a nice ring to it.
Judge Griffin : [grimly] We had to get rid of Vartis... he found out about Janus... we could've used Dredd
Rico : [leaps to his feet]
[yelling]
Rico : FORGET DREDD...
[quiets down]
Rico : There Is No Dredd... Let Me Tell You About Dredd... He Worships The Law... He Would've Gone Your Way... And Then He Would Found Out... YOUR PISSING ON IT
[grumbles]
Rico : Let's See How He Likes Freezing His Ass Off In Aspen? Let's See How He Likes... TO BE ME?
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[the ABC Warrior robot blows away a group of Judges and then looks to Rico for approval]
Rico : [smoking a cigar] M'boy.
