Special Agent Paul Budiansky Quotes in Punisher: War Zone (2008)

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: I'm calling this in. Put your hands behind your back.

[Budiansky starts to cuff Pittsy, but Frank blows Pittsy's head off]

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Goddammit, Castle!

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: You have the right to shut the fuck up!

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: So, what's the plan?

Frank Castle: I'm going in to get them.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: ...You call that a plan?

Frank Castle: That's all I need.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Would you mind explaining to me, how a handcuffed criminal in custody escapes from your locked car?

Martin Soap: [embarrassed] Castle's a slippery one.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: I'm looking for Tiberiu. Cristu's father.

Tiberiu: Indeed? Why?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Because if I were Tiberiu, I'd want to punish the man who was responsible for sending my son to jail for the rest of his life.

Tiberiu: And how would you do that?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: I'd tell him where he's going to be and when.

Tiberiu: And what do you get from this?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: [shows his badge] I don't like him. I want him taken care of.

Tiberiu: [smiles wolfishly] No worries, my friend.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: [Budiansky meets Castle at a church] Interesting choice for a meeting place, I didn't take you for a religious man, Castle.

Frank Castle: Yeah, well, an eye for an eye.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: If I remember right, they're not called the Ten Suggestions.

Frank Castle: Russoti's got Angela and Grace.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: How?

Frank Castle: Doesn't matter.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Well, maybe if you put them in protective custody like you should have, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Frank Castle: They'd be dead.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: The law can't touch him, Castle, total immunity. Unless you've got a video tape of Russoti taking them, we can't even give him a parking ticket.

Frank Castle: It's a fucked up system you're sworn to protect.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Never said it was perfect.

Frank Castle: He wants me in exchange for them, I need you to secure the trade.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Okay, but I'm doing this by the book.

Frank Castle: And what book do you think they're going by, huh?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: I took an oath, Castle. There are laws.

Frank Castle: No official police procedure. You wanna come along? Leave your badge at home.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: I have to think about it.

Frank Castle: Clock's ticking.

Police radio: Suspects are armed and dangerous, I repeat suspects are armed and dangerous.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Let's do this.

Martin Soap: [nervously] Really?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Just drive the car.

Martin Soap: So when did Donatelli go undercover?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: We were partners in narcotics. Unfortunately, most of the blow we confiscated ended up in my nose. Internal Affairs tried to get Nicky to rat me out. He wouldn't, so they sent him undercover. He's dead because of me.

Martin Soap: So you still "skiin' the old alps"?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: No. That's in the past.

[Budiansky reveals he knows Soap and Castle have been working together]

Martin Soap: How'd you figure it out?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: Unless you've arrested Houdini, a handcuffed suspect doesn't usually escape from custody that easily.

Martin Soap: Wow. You know, you're not as stupid as you...

[off Budiansky's glare]

Martin Soap: I didn't say that.

Frank Castle: Who's the old man?

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: That's Cristu's father. Old-country genocidal maniac. Figured he'd stir up a shit storm for us.

Frank Castle: Cops will be all over this place once the firework starts.

Special Agent Paul Budiansky: I wouldn't worry about that. I called in an explosives permit. Construction crew. Said we'll be blasting dynamite all night.