The A-Team (2010)

Liam Neeson: Hannibal

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• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Give me a minute, I'm good. Give me an hour, I'm great. Give me six months, I'm unbeatable.

• Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : [justifying his newly adopted non-violent attitude, he quotes Gandhi]  "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [answers with his own Gandhi quote]  "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I love it when a plan comes together.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [Walking into cargo bay of C-130]  Gentleman!

  C130J Pilot #1 : Holy shit, that's Hannibal Smith.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Are any of you armed and/or wanted federal fugitives?

  C130J Pilot #1 : No.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Well we're both, which means...

  C130J Pilot #1 : You're taking the plane?

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : And that's why I joined the Army. The best and brightest. Appreciate it boys, that'll be all.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Overkill is underrated.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : General Tuco, you are currently engaged in unauthorized warfare on United States Military Personnel.

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : No no no no no no, you engaged me!

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Repeat, you are engaged in unauthorized warfare on United States Military Personnel... over United States airspace.

  General Javier Tuco : What?

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith , Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Alpha. Mike. Foxtrot! In other words, Adios Mother F...!

  General Javier Tuco : Oh, no...

  [Tuco gets shot down by an F-22 Raptor] 

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I see you've all met Mr. Murdock.

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Met him? He lit my arm on fire!

  [Murdock starts laughing] 

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : He stitched a lightning bolt in mine.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Look at me, son. I'm told you're a hell of a chopper pilot.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : The best, sir.

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : I'm not gettin' on a chopper with this nutjob!

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Yea, is this another one of your little 'projects'?

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : I'm a real soldier, I'm a Ranger baby!

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : I'm worried!

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : [to Hannibal]  I'm a Ranger, sir.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : That's good enough for me.

• Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : [the Team is escaping in the C-130]  You let the real pilots go!

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : BA, relax, you're gonna be fine.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : [Hands BA a pill]  Take one of these

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : What is this? Will it knock me out? It better knock me out because if it don't I'm gonna knock you out.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : Bosco all these buttons are confusing me!

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : Shut up Murdock!

• [Hannibal has escaped being cremated] 

  Crematorium Attendant : You... are not permitted... in my...

  [kicks open the crematory door, where Hannibal stands up, and blushes] 

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : So, Satan walks into this bar.

  [the attendant faints] 

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : You Army Ranger, son?

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : Be real careful what you say next, pops. And be ready to empty that burner if you start shit-talking my battalion.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Never shall I fail my comrades. Gallantly will I show the world that I'm a specially selected soldier.

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : And I will fight with all my might. Colonel Hannibal Smith. 75th Ranger Regiment.

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : 4th Battalion. Fort Benning Georgia. I know who you are sir. Corporal B.A. Baracus. I mean, it was till I was dishonorably discharged for some bullshit.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I don't subscribe to coincidence, corporal. I believe that no matter how random things might appear, there's still a plan.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I believe that no matter how random things may appear, there's still a plan.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : There's a plan in everything, kid, and I love it when a plan comes together.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [after being arrested again at the end]  Nice plan, Face.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : Yea, we just trade Lynches and now we're going back to prison.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : We returned the plates, we can hold our heads high. We did the right thing.

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : Yea, and look what it got us. This is bullshit.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : They burned us again, Hannibal. We trusted the system, and it turned on us.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Remember boys, no matter how random things may appear, there's always a plan... kid.

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : I don't mean to steal your line, boss, but

  [shows key to handcuffs in mouth] 

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : I love it when a plan comes together.

• [Murdock and his fellow inmates are watching a 3D movie - The Greater Escape -. During the opening shot of a Humvee, just as it is gettting close to the screen, a real Humvee bursts out of the wall. Sosa is knocked to the ground and the entire audience applauds] 

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : [in a British accent]  Oh Captain! Your chariot awaits!

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : [runs and hops into the vehicle]  Sorry boys, gotta run! Can't finish the movie! Do let me know how it ends!

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Charissa, where you hiding? Hey, stay beautiful baby.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Punch it B.A.!

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : [throws it in reverse]  Let's go, fool!

• Capt. Charisa Sosa : [Murdock is piloting down the runway in take-off mode. Sosa's driver turns right into his path]  Stop! Stop, stop, stop!

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : Face, your girlfriend's back.

  Capt. Charisa Sosa : Reverse now!

  Ravech : Son of a bitch!

  [throws the car in reverse] 

  Capt. Charisa Sosa : Move your ass now!

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : The C-130 versus the Mercedes Benz!

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Lift us off Murdock!

• Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : I was trying to save her.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Save her?

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Yeah.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : SAVE HER?

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Yeah!

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : How? Please do share with us your plan, Face!

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : ...okay, I hadn't thought about that yet.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Exactly! I had to!

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Your Honour, these men were acting under my command. Any judgment should be levied on me and me alone.

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Absolutely not, sir! We were all participating in this operation willingly!

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : I won't be tried separately.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : I refuse to be tried separately.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : How's your day going?

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : This is not going to taste good.

  [pukes] 

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : You bring in Black Forest and it's an international incident, I promise you. They're not soldiers, they're frat boys with trigger fingers! Who's running their ground team?

  Gen. Russell Morrison : Brock Pike.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Pike? He's a thug, he's a cartoon character!

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : What can I do for you, Mr. Lynch?

  Lynch : I need you to help me stop Saddam's former flunkies from stealing over a billion dollars in the next thirty hours. The only mint outside the U.S. capable of printing our money belonged to the Shah of Iran; during the Iraq-Iran war it went missing. Rumor was that Saddam'd stolen it.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : And we got it back in Desert Storm.

  Lynch : Well, we didn't get the engraving plates.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : It didn't matter. They would have had to rebuild the mint just to print those bills.

  Lynch : Well, sir, it's happening as we speak. Fadday's thugs have seized what's left of the Iraqi national mint to run off millions of dollars of unbacked American currency.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : How are they planning to move the plates and a billion dollars out of Baghdad?

  Lynch : Armoured convoy. Men with former Iraqi backups. You know, high-speed shoot-to-kill types. So how do you plan on stopping them?

• Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : I'm guessing you didn't get religion on the inside.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Nope, I got revenge.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [Repeated Line]  I love it when a plan comes together.

• Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Murdock, what did I tell you? You have to

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : You have to

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck , Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : *Catch* him, *after* you inject him.

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : My bad.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [after shooting him]  I know it hurts, but I have to make a point with you.

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : That ain't what's pissin' me off. You shooting my van is what's pissin' me off, man!

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [quoting Gandhi]  It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.

• [Hannibal considers killing Morrison] 

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [to Morrison]  I saw your tomb at Arlington, you died a national hero... Death's too easy. The last thing we need now is another lie.

  Gen. Russell Morrison : Don't do this, Hannibal, please! You owe me that much...

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : YOU OWE ME! You're gonna tell them we're innocent! You owe me...

  [walks away] 

  Gen. Russell Morrison : Hannibal, it's meaningless! What are you fighting for now, you and those boys? Your rank, your reputation? They're shit! You're convicts! Plates, no plates, you are federal fugitives, and when they're done with you, Hannibal, they just burn you!

• Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Who's gonna let him out?

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith , Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : YOU!

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : [inside a trailer that was airlifted to base]  What you don't realize is, now I gonna kill ALL y'all!

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Mike

  Mike 'The Operator' : Boss man. How the hell are you?

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Still chewing the same dirt?

  Mike 'The Operator' : I am, unfortunately, and out here in lovely Mexico.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Good. So, what have you got for me?

  Mike 'The Operator' : I got a fast bird doing pizza runs. Call sign is "Hatchet", and that is wherever you want it to be.

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : Shoot anything that moves, ok? This is worse than Colombia.

  Mike 'The Operator' : I know Tuco, man. Don't worry about it. And you're covered in gas, which I think it's interesting.

• Pike : We make in a week what you guys make in a year.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Cash don't buy guts, kid. Or brains. And you're short on both.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : What is part of a well-oiled plan?

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : To be one step ahead of the enemy, NOT to be running away from him!

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Who says we're running?

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I never caught your name.

  Other Lynch : I'm Agent Lynch.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Of course you are...

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [to Face]  You almost got yourself killed, you almost got me killed, and you almost got him killed!

  [to B.A] 

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Face, you have nothing to worry about.

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : If I was worried, I'd be nailing myself to the container.

  [Camera shot backs out, showing that he is indeed nailing himself to the container] 

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : .

• Lynch : Colonel, my name is Lynch. I'm with Central Intelligence.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I knew a company man named Lynch back in the first Desert Storm.

  Lynch : Yeah, I come from a long line of Lynches.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : You ever stop to consider maybe the reason nobody trusts the CIA is because nobody knows your real names?

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Never shall I fail my comrades, gallantly will I show the world that I'm a especially selected soldier

  Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : Energetically, willl I meet the enemies of my country, I shall defeat them in the field of battle for I'm better trained

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : And I will fight with all my might.

• Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus : [Overlooking Hannibal's mission plan]  Oh hell yeah, Hannibal! This is it right here!

  Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock : This is bat shit insane! It's perfect

  Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : This is beyond nuts, boss.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : [laughs]  It gets better.

• Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I never thought you would betray your oldest living friend.

  Gen. Russell Morrison : I just hit first, Hannibal! I'm a fighter, man!

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : You're a liar, and a traitor!

• Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck : [from trailer]  Where's the plan boss?

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : You actually sound worried.

• Lynch : Hey don't let the scarf fool ya, my Muay Thai's pretty good. My Jiu Jitsu's a little better.

  [after Hannibal beats and disarms Lynch] 

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Your Muay Thai is as bad as your Jiu Jitsu Lynch! Best stick with a gun.

• [a heretofore unidentified agent approaches the team] 

  Other Lynch : Gentlemen. The Central Intelligence Agency believes in and evinces a profound moral ethic, as well as an unshakeable professional standard. As such, we would like to extend our most sincere apologies for what's happened here. Good day and God bless.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Where are you taking him?

  [the agent sees Smith pointing at the newly revealed Vance Burress] 

  Other Lynch : [feigning ignorance]  Who?

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : I never got your name.

  Other Lynch : [beat]  My name is Lynch.

  Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith : Of course it is.