Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Joss Ackland: Arjen Rudd

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• [Rudd fires at Riggs, hitting him several times. Riggs falls, writhing in pain. Arjen's gun clicks empty. Roger aims at him] 

  Roger Murtaugh : [shouting]  DROP IT, ASSHOLE!

  Martin Riggs : [weakly]  Rog...

  Arjen Rudd : [holds up his wallet]  Diplomatic immunity.

  [Roger slowly rolls his head on his neck, takes aim, and fires - his bullet goes through Rudd's wallet, and then his head] 

  Roger Murtaugh : It's *just been revoked*!

• Arjen "Aryan" Rudd : Mr. Getz got away. A missed opportunity and he gets away. He slips right through our fingers, and into the hands of the police.

  [catches Pieter staring at the floor around him] 

  Arjen "Aryan" Rudd : What are you doing?

  Pieter Vorstedt : I was just checking to see if I was standing on plastic.

• [after Riggs threatened Rudd in his office] 

  Arjen "Aryan" Rudd : Just get out of here, Kaffir-lover!

  Martin Riggs : [pointing his gun at each of Rudd's henchman]  Eeny... Meeny... Meinie...

  [points at Vorstedt for a long moment] 

  Martin Riggs : [a la Curly from the Three Stooges]  Hey Moe!

  [Riggs shoots the fish tank, causing water and fishes to spill everywhere] 

  Martin Riggs : [mock saluting]  Big Smile! Big Smile! BIG SMILE!

  [Riggs leaves] 

• [Riggs confronts Rudd and his minions in their office] 

  Martin Riggs : Hey, don't bother calling the police. I'm here already.

  Arjen Rudd : I should have known.

  Martin Riggs : Well, well... it's the master race!

  Arjen Rudd : I hope you realize the trouble you are in right now.

  Martin Riggs : Well, as usual, you people have everything all upside down and turned around and back to front.

• Rudd : Now we DO have a serious diplomatic situation here, which I will be taking up with your state department first thing in the morning.

  Riggs : Whoa, you got me quakin' in my boots, but I'm still gonna bring you down.

  Rudd : My dear officer, you could not even give me a parking ticket!... Who is the dickhead now, eh?

• [In Rudd's office, Hans meets Rudd & Vorstedt after losing the Krugerrands in the chase] 

  Arjen Rudd : Hans, come in.

  [points in front of his desk] 

  Arjen Rudd : Mind the plastic. I'm having some painting done. Well now, the important thing is, are you all right? Any broken bones?

  Hans : I'm fine, thank you, Mr. Rudd.

  Arjen Rudd : Only a few bumps and bruises, eh?

  Hans : Yes, that's all.

  Arjen Rudd : Good, good.

  [pause] 

  Arjen Rudd : However, we did lose over a million dollars in Krugerrand.

  Hans : I know. I'm sorry, Mr. Rudd. It happens.

  Arjen Rudd : Ah, it's not your fault. Sometimes these things do not go as planned. As you say, they just happen... eh, Pieter?

  [Pieter shoots Hans. He falls dead onto the plastic, and Pieter starts wrapping its edges around his body] 

  Pieter Vorstedt : You give a new meaning to the phrase "drop-cloth," Mr. Rudd.

• [explaining to Rika about the altercation with the police] 

  Arjen "Aryan" Rudd : You see, my dear, the policies of our government are not very popular here in America, as you know. And the police force in this city is *overrun* with blacks. They have badges and guns and they *hate* us. Our consulate staff, and *particularly* myself, will always be the victims of their harassment.

• Arjen Rudd : Certain policemen in this city have become an intolerable nuisance. They are obviously onto us again. How do you propose to handle it?

  Pieter Vorstedt : [with cigarette in mouth]  Warn them off. It's my experience that a scared cop is more useful than a dead one.

  Arjen Rudd : A warning? Is that not a bit tame?

  Pieter Vorstedt : Depends on how you do it.

  [about 25 minutes later into film after a very scary warning that still didn't stop the police from bothering them] 

  Arjen Rudd : Things are getting out of hand. We are suffering too many losses. We have to move the cash in one large shipment.

  Pieter Vorstedt : We'll need something bigger than a suitcase.

  Arjen Rudd : I'll worry about that. You worry about the police. The warning did not work.

• [Murtaugh and Riggs are sealed into a cargo container] 

  Arjen Rudd : Load the container. By the time anyone finds their bodies, they'll be in Cape Town.

  [as the container is being lifted, the car inside bursts out and crashes into the bay, spilling bales of money into water] 

  Arjen Rudd : [staring]  Our money... just make sure they're dead.