The Purge: Election Year (2016)

Betty Gabriel: Laney Rucker

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• Laney Rucker : Pequeña Muerte is back, bitches.

• Laney Rucker : What the hell's going on?

  Joe Dixon : The damn insurance company. They just raised the premium on my Purge coverage. By thousands. The day before the damn Purge. If I don't pay it by tomorrow, I have no Purge coverage for this store.

  Marcos : They can't do that.

  Joe Dixon : Yeah, well, they just did it.

  Laney Rucker : Just lock the place down, Joe.

  Joe Dixon : Yeah, but that's not enough. If I have no insurance, I am screwed. I'll just have to protect this place myself.

  Laney Rucker : Are you crazy?

  Marcos : That's not a good idea, boss.

  Laney Rucker : Look, we love this place, too, Joe. I've been coming here since I was born. But it's just stuff. It can be replaced. You can't be.

  Joe Dixon : Yeah, but what about what you do on Purge Night, Laney? Huh? Is that not the pot calling the kettle brown? No?

  Laney Rucker : That's different, Joe, and you know that. I'm protected, and you won't be.

  Joe Dixon : This is all I got, guys. This is my slice of the pie. Man, I cannot, I can't lose this place. I just... I can't lose this place.

• Joe Dixon : [catching two shoplifters]  All right, girls, give it up. I won't have to call the police.

  Kimmy : Get outta my face, old man!

  Joe Dixon : Let's not do this the hard way, okay? I'm giving you an out. All right, give up the candy or I'll have to take it away from you.

  Kimmy : You touch me and I scream rape, you cocksucking pig. Now walk away.

  Laney Rucker : Give it back.

  Kimmy : Who are you, bitch? Better get out of my way!

  Schoolgirl #2 : [holding her back]  That's Laney Rucker, Kimmy.

  Kimmy : Laney Rucker? Holy shit. OG Queen badass? Yo! They called you Pequeña Muerte. Little Death. Yo, you're my motherfucking hero.

  Laney Rucker : That makes me proud. Now give back whatever you stole. And apologize.

  Kimmy : [obliging, somewhat reluctantly]  Oh, my God. Sorry, mister. I was just playin'. So, Ms. Rucker, what happened to you? You look all whitish now. Later, Ms. Rucker. Wish I met you back in the day.

• Reporter #1 : As she's done many times before, Senator Roan broke security protocol, walking off the stage, stepping into the audience.

  Joe Dixon : [watching on TV]  Tell you this much, she got 'em little titties, but she got some big-ass balls. She ain't got a snowball's chance in a steam bath of winning this thing, but she be taking on them ol' white-haired George Washington wannabe mofos all by herself. And to that, I say bully for her.

  Laney Rucker : Oh, horseshit. She's full of it, too. Nothing'll ever change.

  Joe Dixon : Hey, Laney. Laney, Laney? I think we've offended Marcos with our anti-Senator talk.

  Marcos : The Senator's going to win. She's gonna make real changes, too. You'll see. All she needs is Florida. She gets the 29 electoral votes from Florida, that puts her over 270. She can do it.

  Joe Dixon : Smartass. All that useless shit and can't butter a damn bagel correctly.

  Marcos : I could butter your bagel, boss.

  Joe Dixon : Oh, you'd butter my bagel? Well, you got jokes over there. Yeah, you just be careful, kid, with all that hope, 'cause it can be a bad thing. Hope can lead to a lot of letdown. Tell him, Irish I.

  Irish Ike Jenkins : Excuse me, what? I'm not paying attention. I'm thinking about waffles and pussy. That's all I ever really think about, actually.

  Joe Dixon : Irish I, ladies and gentlemen.

  Irish Ike Jenkins : The fuck you laughing at? I'm dead serious.

  Joe Dixon : [with a laughing sigh]  Ah, fuck!

• Senator Charlie Roan : How the hell did it get to this?

  Leo Barnes : [seeing Rondo]  Who is he? Why is he cuffed?

  Laney Rucker : Rondo. Two bullet holes delivered by a rival gang, but he's a good kid. He's chained up 'cause I didn't want him Purging anymore. So, Senator... NFFA made a move on your ass.

  Senator Charlie Roan : Seems that way.

  Laney Rucker : Goddamn conniving, duplicitous, crooked, cocksucking politicians.

  Senator Charlie Roan : Agreed. We're not all that bad.

  Laney Rucker : My experience, Senator? My people are on our own, no matter what you all say or promise.

  Rondo : I'm kind of confused here. Who the hell is this lady?

  Laney Rucker : You big dope! You give people from the neighborhood a bad name.

• Laney Rucker : Hey, guys! I got your message.

  Marcos : Laney!

  Joe Dixon : This is our girl.

  Leo Barnes : Go, go, go!

  Laney Rucker : [as they open the metal shutters, she sees Roan]  Holy shit, it really is you.

  Leo Barnes : Where do we go?

  Joe Dixon : The van!

  Leo Barnes : Go.

  Laney Rucker : Come on, Joe.

  Joe Dixon : I'll be with you in a minute. I'll be there.

  Marcos : Joe, come on.

  Joe Dixon : You get out of here, kid. I'm staying.

  Marcos : They'll kill you.

  Joe Dixon : Go now!

  Marcos : If you stay, I stay.

  Joe Dixon : Just leave.

  Marcos : Joe, listen to me. For some reason, the Senator ended up in our neighborhood, in your deli. Maybe it's our duty to help protect her. We'll rebuild the deli. Whatever it takes, you and me. I promise.

• Leo Barnes : Where are we headed?

  Laney Rucker : Underground triage center service in the community. It's completely secure.

• Joe Dixon : You know, somebody's got to say it out loud. What in the fuck happened tonight?

  Marcos : Nobody's gonna believe it.

  Laney Rucker : Mm-hmm. Irish Ike's gonna be like, "Bullshit. Now where's my waffles..."

  Joe Dixon , Laney Rucker , Marcos : "... and pussy?"

  Joe Dixon : [laughing]  He got that one-track mind. That boy done lost his mind. Shit.

• Leo Barnes : [after Roan is abducted during a traffic collision]  I know where they're taking her. I know why she's still alive.

  Joe Dixon : Where?

  Leo Barnes : You find a safe place to hide and you stay there.

  Laney Rucker : No. No way. Whatever it is you plan on doing, we're coming with you.

  Leo Barnes : Let's go.

• Marcos : Where are we?

  Laney Rucker : You'll see.

  Leo Barnes : [entering a makeshift hospital]  What is this place?

  Dante Bishop : We call this a Safe Zone.

• Senator Charlie Roan : You seem really close. How do you know each other?

  Marcos : Joe gave me a job seven years ago when I first came here from Mexico. I've been working for him ever since.

  Senator Charlie Roan : And you?

  Laney Rucker : Joe's been looking out for me since I was a kid. And he helped me get out of the life.

  Leo Barnes : Sounds like Joe is a saint.

  Joe Dixon : Yeah, well, I ain't no saint. I'm just doing my part.

• Marcos : We did the right thing.

  Joe Dixon : Yeah. But it's time to go. I gotta get back to the deli.

  Laney Rucker : What? No. Are you fucking crazy? We're safe here.

  Joe Dixon : Now, Laney, you know I'll walk back if I have to.

  Laney Rucker : Fine. I'll drive you. But if we run into any problems, we're coming right back here.

  Joe Dixon : Deal.

• Senator Charlie Roan : Riding around in a van, on Purge Night, helping people? It's pretty dangerous.

  Laney Rucker : Unwritten Purge rule is leave the triage units alone. It's true, for the most part.

  Rondo : Seriously, Laney, who the hell are these people?

  Laney Rucker : [laughter]  Do you read?

• [last lines] 

  Reporter #1 : That was Senator Roan this morning, casting the first vote of the day. It's been a great day for the Senator so far, having already won New York, California, and... wait, hold on, I am getting word, right now, that the Senator has also taken Florida, which puts her well over the 270 electoral votes for the win. So that is it. It is now official, the next President of the United States will be Charlie Roan. And President-elect Roan has already stated that her first order of business will be taking executive action to put an end to the Purge.

  Laney Rucker : [entering the deli, where Marcos is rennovating]  Updates?

  Marcos : It's a landslide.

  Laney Rucker : All right, I'll come by tomorrow. We can get started on the ceiling.

  Marcos : Sounds good.

  Laney Rucker : [glancing at a framed picture of Joe]  This place is really coming along, Marcos. Joe would be really happy. I'll catch you later, kid.

  Reporter #1 : We're just now hearing reports about a few scattered incidents around the country where NFFA supporters are reacting violently to this defeat. They are burning cars, breaking windows, looting, attacking police officers...