Best action movie quotes of 1988

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Midnight Run picture

Jack Walsh: Here come two words for you: shut the fuck up.

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Tequila Sunrise picture

Carlos: You son of a bitch! How could you do this? Friendship is the only choice in life you can make that's yours! You can't choose your family, God damn it - I've had to face that! And no man should be judged for whatever direction his dick goes - that's like blaming a compass for pointing north, for Christ's sake! Friendship is all we have! We chose each other. How could you fuck it up? How could you make us look so bad?

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Chucky: We're friends 'til the end, remember?
Andy: This is the end, friend.

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John McClane: Oh, you're in charge. Well, I got news for you, Dwayne. From up here, it doesn't look like you're in charge of jack shit.
Dwayne Robinson: You listen to me, you little asshole.
John McClane: Asshole"? I'm not the one who just got butt-fucked on national TV, *Dwayne*.

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Willow: What are you doing?
Madmartigan: I found some blackroot. She loves it.
Willow: Blackroot? I am the father of two children and you never, ever give a baby blackroot.
Madmartigan: Well my mother raised us on blackroot. It's good for you. Puts hair on your chest. Doesn't it, Sticks?
Willow: Her name is not Sticks. She's Elora Danan, the future empress of Tir Asleen and the last thing she's gonna want is a hairy chest.

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The Naked Gun picture

Jane: How about a rain check?
Frank: Well, let's just stick to dinner.

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Young Guns picture

Richard Brewer: Lord, forgive us for our wrongdoings, for our misguidance by heathen religions. Thank you for keeping us alive. Lord, be with us in doing the right thing. Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallow be thy name.
William H. Bonney: Please, Dick. It's getting cold. (he and Dick both pull guns on each other) I could've killed you, Dick. I could've killed you, but I don't want to kill you. I want to eat.

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Channard Cenobite: And to think... I hesitated.

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Bloodsport picture

Victor: I'm Lin. You Jackson? You look like a Jackson. That must make you Frank Ducks.
Frank Dux: No, it's DUX.
Victor: Oh, right, like put up your dukes.

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License to Drive picture

Dropout #1: Hey, dweebs! Does mommy hold your dicks when you piss?

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka picture

Rib Joint Customer: Ya got any soda?
Hammer: One dollar.
Rib Joint Customer: Aw, c'mon, now! Look out for a brother, man, c'mon, yeah. Check this out: why don't you let me get a sip for fifteen cents?
Hammer: My cups cost more than fifteen cents.
Rib Joint Customer: All right, fuck the cup. Pour it in my hand for a dime.

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Crocodile Dundee II picture

Kid: That's an iguana. It's real big lizard. You can eat it, but it tastes like shit. Right, Mick?

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Akira picture

Kay: Amoebas don't make motorcycles and atomic bombs.

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Iron Eagle II picture

Sinclair: Man, if we get outta this thing, I want you to come to the States. I'll show you some stuff that you'll never believe.
Vodovsky: No way, my friend. I'm told in the States they shoot Communists in the streets.
Sinclair: Hell, man. In Detroit, my hometown, they shoot everybody in the streets.

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Bruce Gardner: Carol Anne! Carol Anne! Carol Anne.
Pat Gardner: Bruce! Bruce! Bruce.

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Bulletproof picture

Sharkey: What the fuck is this?
Frank McBain: Your worst nightmare, Butt-horn.

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Miracle Mile picture

Harry Washello: I know how this sounds, but I answered the phone out there and the guy on the other end he was very, very frantic. He thought I was his dad for a minute, I think he just had the wrong area code.
Fred the Cook: Yeah, so what?
Harry Washello: So he was calling from a missile silo! He said that they were locked in, 50 minutes and counting, to shoot off their nuclear wad. We would be getting it back in an hour and 10. I mean he meant that we're at war! Nuclear war.

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Moonwalker picture

Michael: Let her go.
Mr. Big: Shut up! Don't you talk to me. You shut up.

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