From Paris with Love (2010)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers: James Reese

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• James Reece : [points a gun at a man]  Stop! Give me your charger!

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : Yeah! That's the big boss shit I'm looking for

  James Reece : [pulls hammer on gun]  Give me your charger!

  [the man gives Reece his charger] 

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : What the fuck are you doing man?

  James Reece : What the fuck does it look like I'm doing? I'm charging my fucking cell.

• FBI agent Charlie Wax : Shoot the fucker.

  James Reece : I'm not gonna shoot him, Wax.

  [two men come in and start beating up Reece, Wax shakes his head and continues looking out the window with binoculars. Finally he pulls out a gun and shoots the two men] 

  James Reece : [Walks over to Reece and hands him a big vase]  Next time I tell you to shoot the fucker, shoot the fucker!

• James Reece : I'm not your driver. I'm your partner.

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : Yeah, you're the chess player. I read your file.

  James Reece : You play?

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : Do I look like I play board games?

• FBI agent Charlie Wax : Nice work Reece.

  James Reece : [splattered in blood]  What's so nice about it?

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : How 'bout the fact that he's dead and you're alive.

• [first lines] 

  James Reece : [accepts printout]  Thank you, Cindy.

  Secretary : Welcome...

  James Reece : [reading]  African Aid Summit prep meeting with the Foreign Minister tomorrow at noon, Summit Conference on Wednesday, G8 Undersecretary conference dinner on Thursday, and a reception for the Secretary of State Friday, sir.

  Ambassador Bennington : Can't you see we have more urgent matters to consider, Reece?

  [moves his queen] 

  James Reece : Of course, sir.

  [counter moves his queen] 

  James Reece : Check.

  Ambassador Bennington : Must you always be so methodical?

  James Reece : Well that's what you pay me for, sir.

  Ambassador Bennington : And you're worth every penny. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to sit here and watch you copy Fischer's ambush on Spassky back in '72.

• James Reece : How many more of them do you think there are?

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : Last census, about a billion.

• [Reece is beating the crap out of Rashid] 

  James Reece : GIVE ME BACK MY FUCKIN' RING!

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : That's what I'm talkin' about! Get him back!

• Caroline : [from trailer]  Did you save the world again, baby?

  James Reece : If only you knew, Caroline.

• James Reece : [after Wax admitted fabricating the story about the Secretary of Defense's niece]  I don't know where the fuck we're going, or what the fuck this is about!

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : What the fuck do you think this is about? It's about terrorists! It's about terrorists, man, converting their finances into drugs so they can move it around without being detected.

• James Reece : [Mocking Wax's earlier statement]  Wax on, Wax off.

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : What about it?

  James Reece : I don't get it. Are you The Karate Kid or something?

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : If you wanna be a secret agent man, you have to roll like a secret agent man. It's code.

  James Reece : Code?

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : Yeah. Code. Wax is on, he's gonna take you off. Gives them something to think about, throws them off balance. Got it?

  James Reece : Got it.

  FBI agent Charlie Wax : Good.

• Caroline : [putting her arms around Reese]  So, what are we eating for dinner?

  James Reece : Whoa whoa, Wait a second. Isn't it part of French tradition that the woman cooks while the guy watches TV?

  Caroline : Well, things have changed since the Middle Ages, you know. Now it's exactly the contrary.

  James Reece : Why don't we skip dinner altogether and go straight to dessert?

  Caroline : Is that all you can think about?

  James Reece : Every second of the day.

• Caroline : [as Reese is about to drive off]  Wait, one more kiss?

  James Reece : [kisses Caroline]  Don't get me started, my partner's waiting.

  Caroline : [sweetly]  Just remember who your partner really is.

• James Reece : I'm not your driver, I'm your partner.

• James Reece : Sir, you do realize that I am not Special Ops certified, right?

• James Reece : Yes, Sir, and I appreciate the confidence, but don't you think Wax's methods aren't exactly, uh... ..

  CIA superior on phone : What?

  James Reece : He's got me walking around with a vase full of coke, Sir.

  CIA superior on phone : I'll admit his playbook is a bit unorthodox, but Was always gets it done.

  James Reece : I understand, but dont you think...

  CIA superior on phone : Stop thinking, Reese. Just do exactly what Wax says.

• James Reece : He's got me walking around with a vase full of coke, sir.