A Better Way to Die
2001 · 96 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 1,806 VOTES · DIR. Scott Wiper
Overview
Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos, his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his resignation to the Chicago Police Department and return to his home town of Joliet, where his fiancé, Kelly, awaits. While en route back to Joliet, however, Boomer makes a grievous error in judgment when he stops for, and assists, an unfortunate motorist whose vehicle appears to have broken down; the naive ex-cop is swiftly attacked and rendered unconscious. Boomer awakes to find that his car and wallet have been stolen, and that he has become involved in a dangerous game of mistaken identity.
Dialogue Timeline — 678 lines
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00:00:53 - Is he nervous? - Yeah, he might be a little nervous.
00:03:02 "That guy looks nervous." Maybe: "He's a slob."
00:05:11 Oh yeah, that's right. He said you guys are cops.
00:11:43 You said you'd forgive me when I was ready.
00:15:34 Yes. Supposedly the head of an internal spy ring.
00:17:38 Any problems ... deal with them.
00:20:55 - your partner here gets it between the eyes -
00:23:25 - Affirmative. - What?
00:25:34 Hello?
00:28:13 That's the shit that's floating in your bowl, so live with it, Cleveland.
00:31:44 - No slowing down. - I'm serious. I want out.
00:34:17 - How are you doing, Harry? - Who are you?
00:39:09 He should have been dead yesterday.
00:41:29 Yeah, but he's going to stink up my van.
00:47:23 I wish I could wake up every morning like this.
00:49:36 I told you, I bumped my head.
00:53:02 - How are we doing this morning? - I hate this fucking job.
01:00:42 On many occasions I've been the cat to make the shit come around.
01:05:11 Deputy Ray Warner, please.
01:10:16 What do you know about Harry Jim, you little fat fuck?
01:13:28 - but ifyou and your boys tag along, he's never going to show his face.
01:18:16 Now you can keep screaming or start talking. The choice is yours.
01:24:07 - Put your gun down. - You first.
01:30:11 I could raise my hand right now, snap my fingers, and you'd drop dead.