The Net (I) (1995)

Jeremy Northam: Jack Devlin

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Quotes 

• Jack : God, we're pathetic, aren't we?

  Angela : Excuse me?

  Jack : Well, we're here. We're sitting on the most perfect beach in the world, and all we can think about is-...

  Angela : "Where I can hook up my modem?"

  Jack : Yeah, exactly.

• Devlin : What were you trying to do? Save the world?

  Angela : No. Not the world, just myself.

• Angela : So, what's this for?

  [showing Jack his gun] 

  Jack : It's uh... it's for shark fishing.

  Angela : Shark fishing... with a silencer?

  Jack : Yeah. You certainly seem to know your ordnance.

  Angela : Colorado. You grow up with guns.

• Jack : The beauty of the Gatekeeper system is that we can get in and out of the FBI like it's the Public Library. It's a beautiful system.

  Ruth Marx : Let's finish the work and get the hell outta here. These people make me nervous.

  Jack : No harm done. Everything you done will be wiped out by just escaping the system.

  Angela Bennett : [dares Devlin to press the "Escape" button]  Really?

  [Devlin presses the "Escape" button, not realizing until too late that the virus disk was in the hard drive, causing the virus to devour the mainframe, the Gatekeeper program, and Gregg's "Prateorians" unit] 

  Ruth Marx : [shocked]  Goddamn it, you're in the mainframe. It's eating through Gregg's entire system. Do something!

  Jack : Shit!

  Ruth Marx : Devlin, It's a virus eating through the Gatekeeper program.

  [Angela slips out from their clutches] 

  Ruth Marx : There's gonna be nothing left. Everything will be destroyed!

• Jack : Computers are your life, aren't they?

  Angela : Yes. The perfect hiding place.

• [discussing the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"] 

  Jack : When I was about thirteen, I had this sort of identity crisis. I used to think I was one of the characters.

  Angela : You thought you were Audrey Hepburn?

  Jack : No. I used to think I was the cat.

• [Angela, who already sent the incriminating info to the FBI at the last second, is approached and caught by Devlin and Marx] 

  Jack : [shoves Angela over]  Get away from the computer. What did think you were trying to do? Save the world?

  Angela Bennett : No. Not the world. Just myself.

  Jack : Ah, I'm afraid it's too late for that. The offer's been withdrawn.

  Angela Bennett : Um, you might wanna look at the screen, because everything on that disk was just sent to the FBI. Everything.

  Jack : So?

  Angela Bennett : So... proof that the Gatekeeper program has a back door.

  Jack : [convinced]  My, my.

  Angela Bennett : Proof that Bergstrom and Dale's murder were orchestrated by Gregg.

  Jack : [to Ruth]  Watch her.

• [Angela's working on her computer] 

  Jack : Is that business or pleasure?

  Angela : Is there a difference?

  Jack : Not a great deal if you're a hacker.

• Jack : I reckon you've got to try a few things in life without a safety net. How else are you gonna know you're alive?

  Angela : Well, I take my share of risks. Uh-huh. Um, I don't always floss. I rip the tags off my pillows.

• Jack : If you'll excuse me, it's, it's time to make the world safe for democracy.