The First Power (1990)

Lou Diamond Phillips: Russell Logan

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• Russell Logan : You know what your problem is, Ollie? All this mumbo jumbo occult bullshit has got you spooked. The guy's got you thinking he's the boogeyman or the Ku Klux Klan.

  Detective Oliver Franklin : Fuck you!

  Russell Logan : That's "fuck you, sir!"

• Russell Logan : Is this a stakeout or a fucking parade?

• Russell Logan : [after being stabbed by Patrick, Logan jumps on him and starts smashing his head against the pavement]  You son of a bitch! You motherfucker! How does it feel huh? How does it feel!

• Patrick Channing : [Prior to being sentenced to death]  See you around, buddy boy.

  Russell Logan : I doubt it.

• Russell Logan : Where did he go?

  Gang Member #2 : Who?

  Russell Logan : The guy who just jumped off the roof!

  Gang Member #2 : Jumped off the roof? What you been smokin'?

• Russell Logan : Where's my witness?

  Lieutenant Grimes : Oh, you mean the woman whose house you illegally entered? Who you then abducted, and recklessly endangered the life of during a high-speed auto pursuit? Her lawyer came and got her. You wanna hear the size of the lawsuit he was talking about?

• Russell Logan : Forgive me father, for I have sinned.

  Priest : How long since your last confession, my son?

  Russell Logan : It's been a long time. We had kind of a... parting of the ways.

• Russell Logan : [after hijacking and damaging someone's car to evade Patrick Channing]  Call this number, ask for Inspector Perkins. On second thought, talk to Lieutenant Grimes. He'll take care of your damages personally.

  Driver in Alley : Anytime, officer.

• Russell Logan : Look, Miss Seaton...

  Tess Seaton : Tess.

  Russell Logan : Tess, right. I want to...

  Tess Seaton : You don't have to thank me.

  Russell Logan : Would you quit finishing my sentences for me?

  Tess Seaton : Sorry.

• Russell Logan : It's no wonder your boyfriend split.

  Tess Seaton : Wasn't my boyfriend. We just went out a few times.

  Russell Logan : Amazing it lasted that long!

• Commander Perkins : Are you trying to tell me that Grimes tried to kill you?

  Russell Logan : What do you think, Al? I dragged him up there and dropped him on that spike for nothing?

  Commander Perkins : Yeah, he was a drunk and a total prick, but he was also a lieutenant in the LAPD, and I do not believe that he suddenly went fucking insane or was secretly a member of some fucking cult!

• Russell Logan : Tess, every time you kill the fucker, he bounces into somebody else!

• Russell Logan : [Patrick Channing has possessed Sister Marguerite]  Let her go, Patrick.

  Sister Marguerite : So soon? I just got here.

• Russell Logan : [Patrick Channing has possessed Sister Marguerite]  Come out and face me, you son of a bitch. Don't hide behind her!

  Sister Marguerite : Don't you know that cursing is a sin?

  [Hits Logan] 

• Russell Logan : [Patrick Channing has possessed Sister Marguerite]  Sister...

  Sister Marguerite : Oh, I'm afraid she's not here!

• Russell Logan : You wanna hide out from the rest of the world in this little rat hole, I don't give a damn! But he's taken Tess and I'm not leaving until you tell me how to find her.

  Sister Marguerite : You don't have any idea what you'll be facing.

  Russell Logan : I don't care!

• Russell Logan : How do I stop him?

  Sister Marguerite : It's not just stopping HIM - it's stopping a being who has The First Power.

• Russell Logan : [Opens a box filled with grenades and other explosives]  A buddy on the bomb squad gave me this stuff for a rainy day. Channing can't do anything to us without using somebody else's body. So everyone he sends at us, we're gonna send right back!

  Tess Seaton : That's great. What are we gonna do? Blow up the whole city?

• Russell Logan : [Patrick Channing has possessed Sister Marguerite]  Keep fighting him, Marguerite. You can beat him. Don't give up. He isn't powerful. He's just a scared little boy who used to run and hide in the dark.

  Sister Marguerite : You're pathetic Logan.

  Russell Logan : Tell me something Patrick, it's just a wild guess. But I bet the first one you killed was your grandfather. I should I say, your father?

  Sister Marguerite : [Getting agitated]  Shut up!

  Russell Logan : You didn't know I knew that, did you Patrick? You had to watch him, didn't you? That was it!

  Sister Marguerite : SHUT UP LOGAN!

• Russell Logan : [Russell takes Tess to his apartment and there's a mess in the lounge room]  Maid's day off.

• Russell Logan : [On a stakeout]  He'll show.

  Detective Oliver Franklin : Y'know, that's all you've been saying for three days: "He'll show". You ought to put that to music!

• Detective Oliver Franklin : [Looking at Tess in the interrogation room]  Good looking broad, nice threads. Doesn't look like a nut. Says she knows who did it but will only talk to you, man.

  Russell Logan : Let's give the lady what she wants.

• Tess Seaton : I saw you on TV celebrating a man's execution, like it was a party. Bye bye, Patrick. Adios. Good riddance. Except, he's back. You might have executed his body, but his spirit has been released.

  Russell Logan : Oh, I see. His "spirit"?

  Tess Seaton : Yes, his spirit. And I am frightened. I am VERY frightened.

  Russell Logan : Thank you for coming in, Miss Seaton.

  Tess Seaton : Don't patronize me, I am not some crackpot!

• Detective Oliver Franklin : [after pushing the doorbell to Tess' house, there's no answer so Logan takes out his lockpick]  It wouldn't hurt if we had a warrant.

  Russell Logan : We'll just tell the judge we had a psychic hunch!

• Detective Oliver Franklin : [after being impressed by Tess' large house and swimming pool]  Well, kiss my black ass! Looks like the psychic business pays pretty well.

  Russell Logan : Forget it. You wouldn't look good in a turban.

• Russell Logan : Don't fuck with me! There's a woman dead, a good cop, and you had something to do with it!

• Russell Logan : You're gonna listen to me, and I don't want any more horseshit! No more goblins, no more tooth fairies... you're gonna tell me about your friends!

  Tess Seaton : What are you talking about?

  Russell Logan : This yuppie psychic routine just doesn't cut it!