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The Jackal (1997) More at IMDbPro »

[after splitting an associate's head with an axe]
Terek Murad: I loved this man like a brother. He was a dear friend and partner to me. So I took no joy in that. But if I can do this to someone I love, imagine what I can do with someone I hate! The American FBI declares war on us. Then WAR IT IS!

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Declan Mulqueen: Ms. Koslova, is it?
Valentina Koslova: Mm-hmm.
Declan Mulqueen: And what would your first name be?
Valentina Koslova: Major. Major Koslova.

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Declan Mulqueen: A man like this doesn't make mistakes.
Valentina Koslova: No? They always make one somewhere. Isn't that how you were caught?
Carter Preston: Ouch.

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Carter Preston: Major Koslova ends the debate about women in combat as far as I'm concerned.
Declan Mulqueen: How's that?
Carter Preston: She saved my life and took out Terek's brother. She did it knowing she'd be drawing a death sentence down on her neck. But when we offered to set her up some place else when this is over, you know what she said? The good guys don't hide.
Declan Mulqueen: Fierce woman.
Carter Preston: In that country, under that system: staggering.

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Valentina Koslova: She's Basque, isn't she?
Declan Mulqueen: Aye.
Valentina Koslova: They say Basques live by the vendetta. If they hate someone it's to the death. It's the same when they love.

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McMurphy: How did you know whose phone to tap?
Carter Preston: I didn't. So I tapped everybody's.
Ambassador Koldin: But I have Diplomatic Immunity! Who authorized you to tap my telephone?
Valentina Koslova: I did, Ambassador.

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Carter Preston: Witherspoon, you by-the-book asshole.

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Carter Preston: I wonder if we'll ever know who the hell he was.
Declan Mulqueen: We know all we need to. He was evil, he is dead. And he's gone. Nothing more matters.

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[the Jackal shoots and blows Lamont's arm off]
The Jackal: I told you it was off!

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Ian Lamont: [after the Jackal's cannon is ready for firing] Oh, yeah. Bring on the spall, baby. Hey, I wonder when we're gonna...
The Jackal: Lamont!
[quietly but menacingly]
The Jackal: Close your mouth!

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Douglas: [Douglas is skeptical about giving his business card out] You're not gonna call.
The Jackal: [flirtatiously] Douglas. You just have to have a little faith in people, that's all. Like I do.
[kisses him passionately]

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Declan Mulqueen: Preston, how about letting me have a gun.
Carter Preston: Are you crazy! If the right people knew I was letting you walk around without cuffs, I'd get forced retirement!

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[the Jackal has shot Koslova]
The Jackal: Ooh, that's bad. The blood's almost black, that means the bullet's in your liver. You have about 20 minutes to live. If the pain gets to be too much, you can take your hand away. Then you'll be dead in 5 minutes.
Valentina Koslova: When Declan kills you, you think of me, OK.
The Jackal: OK. I'll make a note of that.
[grabs her head]
The Jackal: If you see Declan before you die, you tell him that he can't protect his women.

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[to FBI Director Brown, about the Jackal]
Declan Mulqueen: This man is no clown. He knows all your moves, back to front. Right now, you've got a name; that's all you've got. The Jackal has got a target: you. He's got a timetable. And as to making mistakes, he's spent twenty years in a trade that doesn't forgive error. And he's prevailed. You think he's the one who's up against it? It's the other way around.

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