Name: Rush
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1992-01-17
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, Gregg Allman

Rush

The Overlooked Identity of Law Enforcement

Taglines Somewhere between the buy, and the high... they forgot they were cops.

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Understanding Consequences of Choices

Larry Dodd You don't have to do this, you know.

Kristen Cates I know.

Larry Dodd It isn't going to be the way you think it is. It gets ugly.

Kristen Cates Yes sir, I know.

Larry Dodd No, you don't know. You get ugly with it. What d'you ever wanna do this for, anyway?

[pause]

Kristen Cates Seems like a chance to make a difference.

Larry Dodd I'll tell you what's gonna be different. You.

Larry Dodd Miss Cates, this is Jim Raynor. He was pretty himself once.

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Casual Conversation About Hair Care

Jim Raynor Gotta do something about your hair.

Kristen Cates What?

Jim Raynor Quit washin it. There are some things we gotta talk over.

Kristen Cates Okay.

Jim Raynor We buy drugs. Larry Dodd gives us the money. And he's the only one we ever talk to in the whole department. To everybody else, we're junkies. What that means is if we get into something, we ain't gonna call in no "Officer assist" to get out. Our "Officer assist" is each other. So, what I'm saying is when you come into this it can't be halfway.

Kristen Cates I didn't think it was.

Jim Raynor You know what you're doin'?

Kristen Cates Yeah.

Jim Raynor Gotta be able to lie better than that.

Kristen Cates I can do what it takes.

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Concerns Over Drug Trafficking in the City

Nettle As you gentlemen and ladies know, I took over the job of Chief of Police six months ago.

[appearing before a public city council meeting]

Mayor Acting Chief of Police.

[correcting him]

Nettle Acting Chief of Police - yes, sir. Now, at that time I had only a cursory knowledge of the volume of drug trafficking within the city.

Nettle This syringe was found two weeks ago on a playground at Lamar Junior High. A high-school teacher took this off a sophomore. This here came off a little colored boy who was selling marijuana joints to his friends.

[Holds up a drug syringe with a Police Department evidence tag on it; holds up another syringe from evidence; holds up a small revolver]

Mayor I believe we've seen enough now to appreciate your point, Acting Chief Nettle.

Nettle With all respect, sir, I think the people of Katterly need to know what their children are facing when they send them off to school in the morning.

[hearty applause from the audience]

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Origins and Motivations in a Changing Landscape

Jim Raynor Broke in Montana. I kept meaning to get it fixed, then I came down here, where it's warm, and I lost my motivation.

[about the heater]

Kristen Cates Is that where you're from, Montana?

Jim Raynor The eastern part. The Big Empty. And now, I'm from Caddo Lake, Texas.

Kristen Cates Were you a narc up there too?

Jim Raynor Ruins you for everything else.

Jim Raynor That's probably not a joke.

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Limits of Ambition and Risk

Taglines How far do they go before they've gone too far?

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Concerns About a New Team Member

Jim Raynor She's got an edge to her, don't she?

[about Kristen]

Larry Dodd Jimmy, the girl ran track somewhere, man. That doesn't mean you want her watching your back. Look it, Nettle ain't going to want to throw her in with you. First thing he'll think is you'll bang her. You know how he is about that. Second thing he thinks is if she gets hurt, how's that make the department look? Throwing a little girl like that into the world. Man, I can just hear what he's going to say.

Jim Raynor She looks stout to me.

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The Complexity of Choosing Sides

Jim Raynor Feels like a long ride to nowhere, doesn't it?

Kristen Cates You know, after I finished with the grand jury, they applauded me. It made me feel sick. I feel sick.

Jim Raynor You pick a side. Because you have to. And it's supposed to be the right one. Difference being, our intentions were good. But...

Kristen Cates Difference is there isn't any difference.

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Struggles with Self-Esteem and Life Choices

Jim Raynor It's a long haul, and you hate yourself most of the way.

Kristen Cates Is that how you live?

Jim Raynor No. It's simpler than that for me. But then I got low self-esteem.

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Strength in Overcoming Addiction

Jim Raynor Listen, I know this is a little hairy.

Kristen Cates I'm not scared.

Jim Raynor It happens. All this shit about addiction is a matter of how strong you are. I've seen agents brought up for air. They've been doin it steady five, six months, plenty strung out. Gotta get strong. You kick the bed covers a week or two, you run a little temperature. You get up on your feet, stand and walk. Cops? That's how it's done. A fuckin dealer won't split down with nobody till he knows he's cool. Business. That's the way it is.

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A Conversation About Quality and Choices

Jim Raynor That's some nice shit, man.

[after taking a hit]

Willie Red And you know that. Willie Red gets the best. Only the best. Kinda make you feel like floatin on a cloud of titties. So what about you, sister? You wanna taste?

[to Kristen]

Kristen Cates No.

Willie Red No?

Jim Raynor No, she don't fix. The lady, she don't fix.

Willie Red Oh, man. She be missin out on the good things in life. I think she fix. I think she fix, else you don't walk outta here.

[pause]

Kristen Cates Walker told us everything was cool with you, man. He said "Just come on by, everything's fine.

Willie Red Damn straight. Walker cool as the other side of my pillow, honey. But you ain't showed me shit. What the fuck you come down here for? You don't wanna get down, tell me that.

Willie Red There you go, baby. Ain't nothin to it but to do it. Yes, Lord. Pretty soon you'll be feelin all unnecessary.

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Questioning the Evidence Against Will Gaines

Kristen Cates What'd you say if we told you Gaines isn't dealin drugs?

Nettle I'd say, "When are you gonna make the case?

Kristen Cates Will Gaines isn't dealin drugs. At least not to us. We've tried to get next to the man for five months. He won't come across with anything. Nothin'. He won't even talk about it.

Nettle Now, Will Gaines is a dealer in drugs and pornography, and that is a fact. Make the case.

[unperturbed]

Kristen Cates Are you tellin us to plant evidence?

Nettle I'm tellin you that sometimes good work is accomplished in mysterious ways.

[glances at Dodd, then back to Kristen]

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Contemplating a Difficult Decision

Walker What's going on?

Kristen Cates We're doing it this afternoon. Now, what we can do is prearrange your bail, arrest you with everybody else, make it look like you weren't involved.

Walker Nah, I can't do that. That'd make it worse than it already is.

[shakes his head]

Kristen Cates Well, you better get outta town, stay with a relative somewhere.

Walker Well, hey I can't do that either. I mean, my relatives, they all live here, in Catterley. There ain't no place to hide.

Kristen Cates People know where you live, Walker.

Walker Well, I expect they do.

Kristin Cates Well, we can set you up in Houston. I can talk to Dodd.

Walker I got friends who're gonna do 40 years - that's what Jim said, right? 40 years for selling somebody dime bags that I asked them to sell. Y'all just want me to run off now and hide. No.

[shakes head]

Kristin Cates You gonna make me arrest you, Walker?

Walker Look, Kristin. Everything I've done for the past three months was cause I was scared of somethin else. And now there ain't nothing else I'm scared of - it's right here. I'm fuckin ashamed. You understand that?

[laughs]

Kristin Cates Yeah. I understand that.

Walker Well, you ain't got nothing to scare me anymore.

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Fear of Exposure in Court Proceedings

Kristen Cates You know what scares me? The thought of all those people getting up in court, telling what we did.

Jim Raynor Nobody believes them, except other dealers and other cops. That's what makes the whole thing work. You never admit to anything. Someone's holding evidence in your face... nothing.

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The Effects of Dirt on Highs

Kristen Cates Did you smell him?

[about Willie Red]

Jim Raynor Yeah, they don't take many baths. It's a better high if they're dirty.

Kristin Cates Really?

Jim Raynor Yeah. It doesn't leak through the skin.

Kristin Cates So what happens now?

Jim Raynor We go back to sleep.

Kristin Cates No, I mean to him.

Jim Raynor He's already asleep. He's just like anybody else. We don't touch any of them until we get them all. How bad did that scare you last night?

Kristin Cates Some. But I didn't mind. And I liked it.

Jim Raynor What did you like?

Kristin Cates I liked being there with you. And I liked being scared. I liked knowing he was going away for it.

Jim Raynor Don't like it too much.

Kristin Cates D'you like it too much, Jim?

Jim Raynor Yeah, I like it too much.

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Confrontation on Perception of Strength

Jim Raynor Look, I need something you've got.

Will Gaines Somebody told me you're a bad-ass.

Jim Raynor There's no bad-asses. Ain't nobody can't die.

Will Gaines Tell me something, bad-ass: you think I'm stupid?

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Consequences of Partnership in Dangerous Situations

Jim Raynor You wanna try to light that up?

Jim Raynor You do that on the street, I guarantee you're fucked. You're fucked. And I'm fucked with you, cause we're partners.

Kristen Cates It's simulation.

Jim Raynor Simulation's something you say in court. Outside the court we're here to buy dope. You go in thinkin these people are stupid, it'll get you hurt, and me hurt with you. That's what happens when the shit comes down. One of us is fucked, we both are. And that's what this is about. You and me. Cause people find out what we do, I mean either side, the DA or the dealers, it's over. Over. All we got is each other.

Kristen Cates All right.

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