Once a Gangster
2010 · 95 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 574 VOTES · DIR. Felix Chong Man-Keung
Overview
Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his trusted right hand man to the top of the organization as a way to take on his financial debts, it's understandable why Roast Pork would want to refuse. Roast Pork comes up with an intricate scheme with his men that would take himself out of the running, but Kerosene's intervention causes it to fail. When all hopes appears to be lost, lifelong gangster Sparrow is released from jail after serving a 20-year sentence for committing a gang-related murder that earned him a guarantee for the leader spot. However, Sparrow has made his own plans to stay out of the gang, setting off a battle of wits between the two men.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,217 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:10 When a brother entrusts his family to you
00:07:14 I wanted to open my own restaurant.
00:13:26 I saved the last table for Feng Xiaogang.
00:15:58 4 payments behind on your trust fund and 3 accumulators have matured.
00:17:40 a small bank in Pennsylvania went bankrupt
00:20:05 Boss.
00:23:36 Go.
00:26:30 Honey.
00:29:23 Well...
00:31:52 have poor civic awareness.
00:34:07 Convenient location.
00:38:59 No.
00:46:00 The wind is unabated
00:51:00 add up to half of the Gang.
00:54:13 It's cool to give out orders.
00:56:45 I figured it out when I was in jail.
00:59:27 The Dragon Tail Baton...?
01:02:19 Watch where you're going, asshole.
01:06:16 Then our kids can go to an elite school?
01:09:23 will close down. You hear me?
01:12:58 I'm practicing.
01:21:23 Run.
01:25:46 No it's not, look in the rear view mirror.
01:30:01 If you don't want the job, just tell me.