Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Danny Glover: Roger Murtaugh

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• Roger Murtaugh : Since I met you, I done some hairy shit, but this is not gonna happen. I'm gonna be a grandfather; you and Lorna are gonna have a baby. He ain't worth dying for, Riggs. He ain't worth it.

  Martin Riggs : Yeah, yeah, you're right. Hey, if he gets away, we can track him down later on with a - you know, with a Howitzer or somethin'. Your son-in-law's over there bleedin', we should get him and get the hell out of here. Anyway, it's rainin'.

  Roger Murtaugh : Yeah, it's rainin'.

  Martin Riggs : I'm too old for this shit, too.

  Roger Murtaugh : Guy's too damned good.

  Martin Riggs : Well, yeah, he's damn good. I mean, how did he do that thing with the gun? How the hell did he do that? I mean, he took my gun apart with one deft move. How did he do that? Huh? How?

  Roger Murtaugh : Yeah... okay. Let's go ask him.

• Martin Riggs : What's goin' on Rog, why you lyin' to me? Where's the money coming from? IA says you're on the take.

  Roger Murtaugh : You ever hear of Ebony Clarke?

  Martin Riggs : Yeah, she writes those cheesy sex novels... why? You boinkin' her?

  Roger Murtaugh : No I'm not boinkin' her, Trish is Ebony Clarke.

  Martin Riggs : You *are* boinkin' her.

  Roger Murtaugh : [big grin]  Yeah, Yeah I'm boinkin' her.

• [Interrogating Uncle Benny in a dentist's office full of nitrous oxide] 

  Uncle Benny : I'm sleeping with my wife's two sisters.

  Roger Murtaugh : You lucky sonofabitch.

  Martin Riggs : Good for you, Uncle Benny.

  Uncle Benny : Not so good when my wife finds out.

• Martin Riggs : It's like...

  Roger Murtaugh : You're getting too old for this shit.

  Martin Riggs : Yeah.

  Roger Murtaugh : How about that? Finally.

  Martin Riggs : No, I can't be. I mean, I'm only... Jesus.

  Roger Murtaugh : Yeah, you're only. You can't beat the clock, Riggs.

• [Looking at a corpse] 

  Butters : Ah, shit. He's dead, man. He's fuckin' dead, man. Yeah, this is how he wanted to come to America, right? Where was he, in The Killing Section? This guy's been shot 4 times. At close range, like he was executed.

  Roger Murtaugh : He WAS executed.

  Martin Riggs : Yeah, by the crew.

  Butters : What the FUCK, man? We got people gettin' killed left, right and center in this town; now we're IMPORTING victims? Hey, gangbangers wanna kill each other? No problem. You or me, one of us gets shot? Hey, occupational hazard. But just a normal guy, THIS fuckin' guy? What the fuck did he ever do to anybody? That ain't right.

• [Leo tries to find his bags on Roger's boat] 

  Leo : Okay, you said "aft," right?

  Roger Murtaugh : A-F-T. Aft.

  Leo : That's a fucking word?

  Roger Murtaugh : In the back of the cabin on the right side, Leo.

  Leo : Well, why didn't you say that in the first place, ROGER? I love these people. Put them around boats and water and all of the sudden everything becomes fucking nautical. "Astern. Avast you landlubbers. Man the bilge pumps." Pump your fucking ass.

• Martin Riggs : What I wouldn't give for a siren right now!

  Roger Murtaugh : [sticking his head out the car window]  Aawwwww!

• Roger Murtaugh : Since I met Riggs, I've had my house destroyed, my car wrecked, and now my BOAT SUNK. What's left?

  Leo Getz : I think that's about it.

• [while the "Human Tank" is bearing down on them] 

  Martin Riggs : Here's what we're gonna do! Take your clothes off!

  Roger Murtaugh : What the hell for?

  Martin Riggs : What for?

  Roger Murtaugh : Yeah!

  Martin Riggs : Okay, you run, Flame-O here turns and sees you in your undies, it distracts him - I know it'd distract me - and that's when I shoot!

  Roger Murtaugh : Shoot what?

  Martin Riggs : The valve on that napalm tank!

  Roger Murtaugh : You're gonna hit that itty-bitty valve before he shoots me?

  Martin Riggs : Maybe.

  Roger Murtaugh : *Maybe*?

• Martin Riggs : I'll draw his fire and you run for cover.

  Roger Murtaugh : No. No, no, no. *I'll* draw his fire and *you* run for cover.

  Martin Riggs : What are you, out of your mind? You got a wife, kids. I got a lot less to lose than you.

  Roger Murtaugh : Riggs, I wasn't supposed to tell you this, but Lorna's pregnant and you're gonna be a father.

  Martin Riggs : No. Get going. Get... what did you say?

  Roger Murtaugh : You're gonna be a father.

• [deleted scene] 

  Gomez : [Gomez calls out Riggs from the boxing ring]  "I'm waiting old man"

  Martin Riggs : [to Roger]  "Did he say old man?"

  Roger Murtaugh : [to Martin]  He said "old man", old man.

  [laughs] 

• [while the "Human Tank" is bearing down on them] 

  Roger Murtaugh : Is he black?

  Martin Riggs : Too much armor on, I can't tell!

  Roger Murtaugh : No, not him! The father of the baby!

  Martin Riggs : ...Okay!

  Roger Murtaugh : Oh, please let him be black!

• Roger Murtaugh : Assault gun... who's this joker?

  Martin Riggs : I don't know, spokesman for the NRA, maybe.

  Roger Murtaugh : Regular asshole. What do we do now?

  Martin Riggs : Run him over.

  Roger Murtaugh : What if he turns around and shoots us with that assault rifle?

  Martin Riggs : Well he hasn't yet. Have you thought about that?

  Roger Murtaugh : Well, what if he does?

  Martin Riggs : Don't be a don't-be, be a do-be. Come on, Rodge, be positive.

  Roger Murtaugh : Positive?

  Martin Riggs : Yeah!

  Roger Murtaugh : Well, let's run him over!

  Martin Riggs : Good, I'm glad you see things my way.

  Roger Murtaugh : Yeah, yeah, I hope he doesn't turn around!

  Martin Riggs : He won't turn around. We'll creep up on him, nice and slow, so he won't notice.

  Roger Murtaugh : Okay...

  Martin Riggs : Will him not to turn.

  [starts the car forward] 

  Roger Murtaugh : Will him?

  Martin Riggs : The power of positive thinking. Don't turn around... don't turn around... Come on, I need you, man!

  Roger Murtaugh : Don't turn around!

  Martin Riggs : Believe it! We're better than him! We're better than him!

  Roger Murtaugh : Don't turn!

  Martin Riggs : That's it. Don't turn...

  [the human tank turns] 

  Martin Riggs : He's turning.

  Roger Murtaugh : AH, SHIT!

  [Riggs swerves the car to the side and they both duck as the tank opens fire] 

• Roger Murtaugh : You okay, Riggs?

  Martin Riggs : No, I'm NOT okay. I just had my ass kicked again.

• Capt. Ed Murphy : We're dinosaurs headed for extinction.

  Martin Riggs : Speak for yourself...

  Capt. Ed Murphy : Gotta make way for the NEW-IMPROVED police department; guys with guns and psychology degrees, like Butters, out there.

  Martin Riggs : Biter has a psychology degree?

  Roger Murtaugh : More like a PSYCHO degree.

  Capt. Ed Murphy : Ah, hell, I got nothin' against it; times have gotta change. Hey, I almost got shot by a hot-rodder with a zip gun; that's how far back *I* go.

• Roger Murtaugh : Hey Riggs, why did you call him my son-in-law?

  Lee Butters : 'Cause I aaaam.

• [interrogating Uncle Benny at a private dentist's office after accidentally filling the room with nitrous oxide] 

  Roger Murtaugh : [laughing and pointing to the gas mask that Butters is holding]  Hey... Hey, what's that you got there?

  Butters : [laughing]  Uh... A nut cup? I got some big nuts.

  [Roger takes the mask from Butters and inhales deeply] 

  Roger Murtaugh : That's nitro... oxide?

  Butters : [laughing harder]  It's laughing gas.

  Roger Murtaugh : [hysterical]  We... W-W-We're stoned.

• Martin Riggs : Uh, there's something I'm not supposed to tell you, too.

  Roger Murtaugh : What?

  Martin Riggs : Rianne's pregnant, you're going to be a grandfather.

  Roger Murtaugh : Rianne's *what*?

• Martin Riggs : [while meeting with Uncle Benny, Riggs notices Wah Sing Ku]  Hey, who's this guy? He doesn't look too happy. What's his name? He appreciating your furniture or what?

  Uncle Benny : He doesn't speak English.

  Martin Riggs : Really? I bet he doesn't understand words like "scumbag", "eat shit"...

  Roger Murtaugh : [Wah Sing Ku stares menacingly at Riggs]  Oh, he understands real good.

• Roger Murtaugh : [after seeing Hong's dead body]  Dads and their kids. I'll take care of yours buddy.

• Martin Riggs : Are you out of your mind? This is illegal. As in, "against the law." You have any idea the shit storm you'll bring down on yourself.

  Roger Murtaugh : Just hold on! Riggs, Just wait a frigging minute! The way l see it, those are slave ships out there. And l'm freeing slaves, I'm freeing slaves...... like no one did for my ancestors. Okay? Riggs, it's my chance to do something and do it right.

  Martin Riggs : Why didn't you say so? This is not gonna be boring. Need any help?

• Roger Murtaugh : No, sit down, really. It's fine. Sit. Want something to drink? Tequila?

  Hong : Thank you so much.

  Roger Murtaugh : From Mexico. This can't be the first time you had tequila, Hong.

  Hong : Yes, yes. Bread.

  Roger Murtaugh : Hum?

  Hong : Bread.

  Roger Murtaugh : Toast, toast!

  Hong : Oh Yeah, yeah, toast.

  Roger Murtaugh : Toast. Bread! Bread! Bread!