Phantom (I) (2013)
Jason Beghe: Dr. Semak
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Quotes
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Pavlov : I suppose you think it's sporting to embarrass me in front of the KGB.
Demi : It wasn't personal, Greg.
Pavlov : Why did you feel the need to say so?
Demi : You give me a direct answer, and I won't have to guess at what you mean.
Pavlov : What was the question?
Demi : If you agree we should report to Fleet.
Pavlov : What are you worried about? This is an historic moment.
Demi : Well, nonetheless, as officers of a ship that could trigger the end of the world, I think we should consider all scenarios.
Pavlov : What scenarios?
Alex : If the Americans can't track us with all their money and technology... then our boats can't track us, either. It means it wouldn't be hard to alter the purpose of this ship.
Pavlov : So you're saying they're some rogue Spetsnaz force?
Demi : I'm saying a message from Fleet would answer a lot of questions.
Pavlov : Well, as political officer on this boat and as your friend, it's my duty to tell you that if you even imply treasonous intent of elite KGB officers without proper evidence or cause, you will be put up for charges of misconduct of the Code of Military Justice.
Demi : Sometimes a man has to pick a side, Greg.
Pavlov : Well, then you should pick wisely. Because if you're wrong... this will haunt you and your families... for the rest of your lives. And it won't matter who your father is.
Alex : [Pavlov leaves] Well, that was uncalled for.
Demi : It's not his fault. He was trained to fear everything.
Dr. Semak : Yeah, still, I think we should take him at his word.
Demi : How so?
Dr. Semak : OSNAZ don't work for the military or the central government. Their orders come from the most zealous elements of the KGB. They can destroy you, Demi. They can destroy all of us.
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Demi : "To defeat an adversary... you must always drive the fight, be willing to do that which is never expected."
Dr. Semak : We've all read his book.
Demi : My father had ambitions for me. So did the Party. I was in a hunter-killer exercise with Markov. Command was sizing us up for bigger things, and I had so much to prove. I knew Markov would never expect me to fight in the blind, so I pulled into his wake. But I never expected him to reverse his engines, either. During the collision, I smashed my head into the gyro. When I came around, there was a fire in the forward torpedo. The men fighting it wouldn't... they wouldn't come out. They refused. So I was, um... I was forced to seal them inside. Eventually, they just let the tubes open and let the sea rush in. Better to drown than burn, I guess.
[starting to weep]
Demi : That should've been the end of our careers, but, uh... Command would not allow my father to be shamed by me. We never faced the families, we never faced ourselves. We were just quietly passed over, exiled out here so we wouldn't embarrass anybody. Command would never put something as important as the Phantom in the hands of someone like me.
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Yanis : So, we have a saltwater-activated battery. Now, this here will broadcast our location. This will tell them that we've been overtaken.
Dr. Semak : Demi, if the Americans think we're rogue, they're gonna try and sink us. And if we are rogue, our fleet'll do it for them.
Demi : That should tell us everything we need to know.
Dr. Semak : But why would Bruni do this? If we launch a nuclear missile, the Americans are gonna have to respond.
Demi : It's a false flag. He'll cloak us as one of the subs we already sold to Peking. Americans'll think it was the Chinese who fired on them.
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Bruni : Open the safe!
Demi : What good is that gonna do?
Bruni : There's an encrypted watermark on the ship's orders with an alternate launch code. Do not test me!
Pavlov : Demi... don't open it.
[Bruni shoots him]
Dr. Semak : No!
Pavlov : [weakly, as he's lowered to the ground] Sometimes you gotta pick a side.
Dr. Semak : [Bruni grabs him] For God's sake, Demi, do not open that...
[Bruni shoots him, too]
Demi : No!
Bruni : I have a bullet for every man on this ship, Captain, including you. Now open the god damn safe.
Demi : You son of a bitch!
Sonar Operator : [calling on the radio] Contact, bearing 0-6-0, 1,500 meters. It's the November, sir.
Bruni : That's why you left them alive.
Demi : Contingencies.
