Rico Quotes in Judge Dredd (1995)

Rico: Why did you judge me?

[Dredd stares at him]

Rico: Why did you judge me?

Judge Dredd: You killed innocent people.

Rico: A means to an end.

Judge Dredd: You started a massacre!

Rico: I began a revolution!

Judge Dredd: YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!

Rico: Lawwwwww!

[talking about the cloning project]

Rico: I betrayed this... Your council's experiment which failed, in you. I was your brother, your blood, your friend. Who betrayed who? When are you gonna stop being a goddamn slave and grow up? That's your birthright, that's your family. I'm your family, 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.

Rico: I'm the only one who ever loved you.

Judge Dredd: I'll be the judge of that.

Rico: You want fear? I'm the fear. You want chaos? I'm the chaos. You want a new beginning?

[knocks a bust statue off it's plinth]

Rico: I am the new beginning!

Warden Miller: [after giving Rico a package, which has is Badge and a picture of Hammond in it] So tell me, Rico, what is the meaning of life?

Rico: [the package converts into a gun and Rico points it at the Warden's throat] It ends.

[he shoots the Warden in the throat]

ABC warrior: Status?

Rico: Bodyguard.

ABC warrior: Commander?

Rico: Rico.

ABC warrior: Mission?

Rico: Mission?

[chuckles]

Rico: We're going to war.

ABC warrior: Warrr...

Rico: [after killing the entire council] Now who says politics is boring...

[At the Aspen Penal Colony, Warden Miller visits Rico's cell]

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

[indicates the forcefield surrounding him]

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.

[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]

Rico: You left the DNA in there for over 30 years, sooner or later somebody's gonna clean out the fridge.

Walt: You know, some people say that he talks to the animals. The aborigines call him Jabba-Jahda-Ah-Der-Ahd, which means The Crocodile Who Walks Like a Man.

Rico: [chuckles] If what you say is true, it's lucky we brought the Kryptonite.

Sue: Who do you think you are? You hold me here at gunpoint, threaten to kill people, then you act like you're some sort of rock star? You're a drug dealer. You're a grubby little parasite.

Rico: You should watch your mouth. It is not wise to annoy me. Bob Tanner did and I had his head blown off like that...

[snaps his finger softly]

Sue: You killed Bob?

Rico: And if your Mick screws this up...

[snaps his finger softly]

Rico: Get some sleep. Gonna be a long day tomorrow.

Mick: [hiding and watching their campsite, he whispers] Yeah. And it' ll be a long night, too.

Rico: This Dundee likes to play games, huh, Miguel? Maybe we show him some good games when it gets light.

Frank: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we are the entertainment for this afternoon. Now on the shotgun we've got my man Leroy. And on the cash register, we've got that magic fingers Rico.

Rico: That's me.

Frank: And last but not least, yours truely, Frank, on the stick.

Rico: Hey Ace, pull your skirt down B, dudes get shot everyday.

[last lines]

J.W. Grant: You bastard.

Rico: Yes, Sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, Sir, you're a self-made man.

Rico: So what else is on your mind besides hundred-proof women, 'n' ninety-proof whiskey, 'n' fourteen-carat gold?

Bill Dolworth: Amigo, you just wrote my epitaph!

Bill Dolworth: Do they know who took the woman?

Rico: Raza.

Bill Dolworth: Our Raza? A kidnapper?

Rico: Grant's got the ransom note to prove it.

Bill Dolworth: Well I'll be damned.

Rico: Most of us are.

Hans Ehrengard: Nine more of their horses are still left. You gonna shoot them, too?

Rico: I guess we'll have to. We can't spare the food and water.

Hans Ehrengard: We could cut them loose.

[Dolworth laughs]

Hans Ehrengard: What's so funny?

Bill Dolworth: People. We just killed ten men, nobody bats an eye. But when it comes to one of God's most stupid animals...

Hans Ehrengard: But harmless.

Bill Dolworth: Nothing's harmless in this desert unless it's dead.

Bill Dolworth: $100,000 for a wife? She must be a lot of woman!

Rico: Certain women have a way of changing boys into men and some men back into boys.

J.W. Grant: Your hair was darker then.

Rico: My heart was lighter then.

J.W. Grant: You bastard.

Rico: Yes sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, you're a self-made man.

Rico: It takes getting used to.

Hans Ehrengard: Broiling by day. Freezing by night. Alkali dust choking every hole in your body. How in the name of God does anybody live here long enough to get used to it.

Rico: Men tempered like steel. Tough breed. Men who learn how to endure.

Hans Ehrengard: Like you and Dolworth.

Rico: Oh, no. Men like Raza.

Bill Dolworth: What's the proposition?

Rico: You won't lose your pants. Your life maybe but, what's that?

Bill Dolworth: Hardly anything at all.

Jake Sharp: A cloud o' dust! Could be Mister Raza.

Hans Ehrengard: Could be most anything. Even a whirling dervish.

Rico: That, gentlemen, is the whirlingest dervish of them all.

Bill Dolworth: The cemetery of nameless men. We buried some fine friends there.

Rico: And some fine enemies.

Bill Dolworth: That was one hell of a fine battle. Out-numbered and out-gunned and still we held that pass.

Rico: Yeah, but who cares now... or even remembers?

Bill Dolworth: Rico, buddy. I don't deserve you.

Rico: I agree. I can understand you getting in a crap game and losing $700 you didn't have, but how'd you lose your pants?

Bill Dolworth: In a ladies bedroom, trying to raise the cash. Almost had it made, too. Do you realize that people are the only animals that make love face to face?

Rico: [to a badly sputtering Model T] Yeah, me too, Lizzy.

Bill Dolworth: What's the proposition?

Rico: You won't lose your pants. Your life maybe... but what's that?

Rico: You're gonna have to get over this nasty habit of always losing your pants. It's not dignified.

Bill Dolworth: It's drafty, too.

Rico: Interesting pass.

Bill Dolworth: It's a beaut. You should see it from upside down.

Rico: Before you blow a gasket, think you can blow the water tower?

Bill Dolworth: How do you want it?

Rico: Like it was hit by a French 75. Blow it to hell and gone.

Rico: What's that supposed to mean?

Bill Dolworth: Rico, buddy. This will come as a shock to both of us. I'm a born sucker for love.

Rico: That bullet must've knocked some of your brains out.

Bill Dolworth: Or let some in.

Rico: Well what happened back there? What changed your mind?

Bill Dolworth: I found out what makes a woman worth a hundred thousand dollars.

Rico: Win or lose, here and now. Final neck like this, one of us might be able to hold 'em off long enough.

Bill Dolworth: Yeah, one of us.

Rico: If he plays it cool. Hit and run, 'n' stall and retreat.

[as Rico explains the Chinese death procedure]

Dodge: You're Chinese?

Rico: I'm Cuban. But I have an affinity for all cultures. Part of my mongrel upbringing on the streets of New York.

Dodge: New York. That explains the hostility.

Dave: The only thing that has kept me going all these years is my BURNING thirst for revenge...

[Skipper and Kowalski are confused]

Dave: ...and my precious souvenir snow globe collection.

[sees Rico swallowing all of his snow globes]

Dave: [groans] What is WRONG with you?

Rico: [mumbles] I dunno.

Skipper: [Dave drops from the ceiling in human disguise] Who are you?

Dave: The humans know me as Doctor Octavius Brine, renowned geneticist, cheese enthusiast, and frequent donor to NPR pledge drives... but you know me by a different, much older name. A name perhaps you hoped you'd never hear again. A PHANTOM! A shadow of a former life! I... AM...

[rips off disguise, but wig remains on his head]

Dave: Dave!

Skipper: [Whispers] Kowalski?

Kowalski: [Whispers back] Sorry, sir, no clue.

Dave: [Looks up, sees the wig on his head, and pulls it off] Dave!

Skipper: Dave?

Kowalski: Dave...?

Dave: Dave!

Private: [Smiles] Dave!

Dave: [Annoyed] DA-VUH!

Rico: [Rolls his eyes] Bleh.

Rico: Lord of mercy. Is this the end of Rico?

Rod Kimble: Hey, everybody! I got some awesome news. We have a new crew member today, Denise. So I thought it would be fun if we all went around and said our name and a little something about ourselves. I'll start. My name is Rod, and I like to party. All right, Dave, you're up.

Dave: Uh, hi. Uh, my name is Dave, and uh... I like to party.

Rod Kimble: Uh, no, Dave. I just said that I party, so maybe you could do something different from me.

Dave: My name is Dave, and I... am the stuntman.

Rod Kimble: You know what? Let's move on. Rico, you're up.

Rico: Uh, hello! I'm Rico, and I like to party.

Rod Kimble: Yeah, uh, Rico, what did I just say to Dave?

Rico: Who?

Rod Kimble: Dave!

Kevin Powell: I like to party. I'm Rod.

Rod Kimble: No! You're Kevin!

Kevin Powell: Right, Kevin. I party.

Rod Kimble: No, no, you don't. Okay, nobody parties but me.

Dave: Yes, and we party.

Rod Kimble: No!

Rico: Yeah, just Rod...

Rod Kimble: Yes!

Rico: ...and me!

Rod Kimble: No! I'm the only one who parties!

Kevin Powell: I'm pretty sure I've partied before.

Rod Kimble: No, Kevin, I know for a fact you don't party. Okay? You do not party!

Kevin Powell: You're right. Dave's the party guy.

Dave: Haha, sweet!

Rod Kimble: Oh, my God, shut up! Okay? I'm just gonna do it for you.

Rico: I'm freakin pumped! I've been drinking green tea all goddamn day!

Rico: I'm kinda grumpy today, dude. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. I was having those dreams again. Ya know, how it's just me in a castle and I gotta fight, like, a thousand wizards and the only way to beat them is to punch them as hard as I can in their faces. Then, when I'm done, all their little wizard wives came out and wanted me to have sex with them - which is kinda weird.

Rico: [while beating up a man] God I go to church every goddamn Sunday! You gonna bring the demons out of me!

Rico: [putting on stolen hat] This is my hat now! This is totally my hat!

Rico: Yoo-hoo, shit heads, I found this bag of fireworks in the men's restroom. Would you guys like to light them off?

Rod Kimble: Did you reinforce the take-off ramp?

Rico: No, we didn't have time.

Rod Kimble: [unsure] Cool.

Dave: Whatever happened to "Live as a team. Die as a team"?

Rod Kimble: It's a sham, okay? There's no such thing as a team. You live and die alone.

Rico: [to Rod] Do you see what you're doing to him? You're making him upset. How important is this to you, huh? I don't even cry, and look at me. You're about to make tears come out of my face.

[screaming]

Rico: Who am I supposed to build ramps for? Who am I supposed to build ramps for now?

Rico: Don't do anything stupid and nothing stupid will happen.

Rico: Show me the law on bringing a head out of the country, ah? It ain't a fruit, it ain't a vegetable, it ain't even a plant, goddamm it!

Rico: Might have to drop 'em. Might have to drop a dime on them niggas

Rico: I don't like that shit. Don't like that shit one bit.