From Paris with Love (2010)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers: James Reese
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Quotes
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James Reece : [points a gun at a man] Stop! Give me your charger!
FBI agent Charlie Wax : Yeah! That's the big boss shit I'm looking for
James Reece : [pulls hammer on gun] Give me your charger!
[the man gives Reece his charger]
FBI agent Charlie Wax : What the fuck are you doing man?
James Reece : What the fuck does it look like I'm doing? I'm charging my fucking cell.
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FBI agent Charlie Wax : Shoot the fucker.
James Reece : I'm not gonna shoot him, Wax.
[two men come in and start beating up Reece, Wax shakes his head and continues looking out the window with binoculars. Finally he pulls out a gun and shoots the two men]
James Reece : [Walks over to Reece and hands him a big vase] Next time I tell you to shoot the fucker, shoot the fucker!
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James Reece : I'm not your driver. I'm your partner.
FBI agent Charlie Wax : Yeah, you're the chess player. I read your file.
James Reece : You play?
FBI agent Charlie Wax : Do I look like I play board games?
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FBI agent Charlie Wax : Nice work Reece.
James Reece : [splattered in blood] What's so nice about it?
FBI agent Charlie Wax : How 'bout the fact that he's dead and you're alive.
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[first lines]
James Reece : [accepts printout] Thank you, Cindy.
Secretary : Welcome...
James Reece : [reading] African Aid Summit prep meeting with the Foreign Minister tomorrow at noon, Summit Conference on Wednesday, G8 Undersecretary conference dinner on Thursday, and a reception for the Secretary of State Friday, sir.
Ambassador Bennington : Can't you see we have more urgent matters to consider, Reece?
[moves his queen]
James Reece : Of course, sir.
[counter moves his queen]
James Reece : Check.
Ambassador Bennington : Must you always be so methodical?
James Reece : Well that's what you pay me for, sir.
Ambassador Bennington : And you're worth every penny. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to sit here and watch you copy Fischer's ambush on Spassky back in '72.
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James Reece : How many more of them do you think there are?
FBI agent Charlie Wax : Last census, about a billion.
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[Reece is beating the crap out of Rashid]
James Reece : GIVE ME BACK MY FUCKIN' RING!
FBI agent Charlie Wax : That's what I'm talkin' about! Get him back!
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Caroline : [from trailer] Did you save the world again, baby?
James Reece : If only you knew, Caroline.
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James Reece : [after Wax admitted fabricating the story about the Secretary of Defense's niece] I don't know where the fuck we're going, or what the fuck this is about!
FBI agent Charlie Wax : What the fuck do you think this is about? It's about terrorists! It's about terrorists, man, converting their finances into drugs so they can move it around without being detected.
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James Reece : [Mocking Wax's earlier statement] Wax on, Wax off.
FBI agent Charlie Wax : What about it?
James Reece : I don't get it. Are you The Karate Kid or something?
FBI agent Charlie Wax : If you wanna be a secret agent man, you have to roll like a secret agent man. It's code.
James Reece : Code?
FBI agent Charlie Wax : Yeah. Code. Wax is on, he's gonna take you off. Gives them something to think about, throws them off balance. Got it?
James Reece : Got it.
FBI agent Charlie Wax : Good.
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Caroline : [putting her arms around Reese] So, what are we eating for dinner?
James Reece : Whoa whoa, Wait a second. Isn't it part of French tradition that the woman cooks while the guy watches TV?
Caroline : Well, things have changed since the Middle Ages, you know. Now it's exactly the contrary.
James Reece : Why don't we skip dinner altogether and go straight to dessert?
Caroline : Is that all you can think about?
James Reece : Every second of the day.
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Caroline : [as Reese is about to drive off] Wait, one more kiss?
James Reece : [kisses Caroline] Don't get me started, my partner's waiting.
Caroline : [sweetly] Just remember who your partner really is.
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James Reece : I'm not your driver, I'm your partner.
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James Reece : Sir, you do realize that I am not Special Ops certified, right?
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James Reece : Yes, Sir, and I appreciate the confidence, but don't you think Wax's methods aren't exactly, uh... ..
CIA superior on phone : What?
James Reece : He's got me walking around with a vase full of coke, Sir.
CIA superior on phone : I'll admit his playbook is a bit unorthodox, but Was always gets it done.
James Reece : I understand, but dont you think...
CIA superior on phone : Stop thinking, Reese. Just do exactly what Wax says.
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James Reece : He's got me walking around with a vase full of coke, sir.