The Dark Knight Rises Quotes
The Dark Knight Rises
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.
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PG-13 | 2h 44min | Action, Thriller | 20 July 2012 (USA)
Selina Kyle: [the Congressman has just been shot in the leg]Keep some pressure on that, darling.
Congressman: Call me.
Congressman: Call me.
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Bane: Why are you here?
Sewer Thug
1: [to Gordon]Answer him!
Bane: [to thug]I was asking you.
Sewer Thug
1: [to Gordon]Answer him!
Bane: [to thug]I was asking you.
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[Bruce arrives at a charity ball, and sits at the bar as he watches Selina dancing with an old man]Miranda Tate: Bruce Wayne at a charity ball? [Bruce turns to see Miranda wearing a small mask]
Bruce Wayne: Miss Tate, isn't it? [Miranda takes off her mask]
Miranda Tate: Even before you became a recluse, you never came to these things.
Bruce Wayne: Proceeds go to the big fat spread. It's not about charity, it's about feeding the ego of whichever society hag laid this on.
Miranda Tate: Actually, this is my party, Mr. Wayne.
Bruce Wayne: Oh.
Miranda Tate: And the proceeds will go where they should, because I paid for the big fat spread myself.
Bruce Wayne: That's very generous of you.
Miranda Tate: You have to invest to restore balance to the world. Take our clean-energy project.
Bruce Wayne: Sometimes the investment doesn't pay off. I'm sorry.
Miranda Tate: You have a practiced apathy, Mr. Wayne. But a man who doesn't care about the world doesn't spend half his fortune on a plan to save it. And isn't so wounded when it fails that he goes into hiding. Have a good evening, Mr. Wayne. [Miranda turns and walks off, and Bruce approaches Selina]
Bruce Wayne: Miss Tate, isn't it? [Miranda takes off her mask]
Miranda Tate: Even before you became a recluse, you never came to these things.
Bruce Wayne: Proceeds go to the big fat spread. It's not about charity, it's about feeding the ego of whichever society hag laid this on.
Miranda Tate: Actually, this is my party, Mr. Wayne.
Bruce Wayne: Oh.
Miranda Tate: And the proceeds will go where they should, because I paid for the big fat spread myself.
Bruce Wayne: That's very generous of you.
Miranda Tate: You have to invest to restore balance to the world. Take our clean-energy project.
Bruce Wayne: Sometimes the investment doesn't pay off. I'm sorry.
Miranda Tate: You have a practiced apathy, Mr. Wayne. But a man who doesn't care about the world doesn't spend half his fortune on a plan to save it. And isn't so wounded when it fails that he goes into hiding. Have a good evening, Mr. Wayne. [Miranda turns and walks off, and Bruce approaches Selina]
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Jim Gordon: Can I change your mind about quitting the force?
John Blake: You were right, about the structures becoming shackles.
John Blake: You were right, about the structures becoming shackles.
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[first lines]Jim Gordon: I knew Harvey Dent. I was his friend. And it will be a very long time before someone... inspires us the way he did. I believed in Harvey Dent.
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[Blake arrives at the Broucek Cement Company plant; as a worker leads him through the yard, Blake spots a worker that he immediately recognizes as the cement truck driver he spoke to during the Gotham Stock Exchange robbery]John Blake: Hey! Hey! [the driver turns]
John Blake: That was you in front of the Stock Exchange, wasn't it?
Cement Truck Driver: When?
John Blake: When? When half the city's cops were trying to pull onto Castle Street and your truck shut them out.
Cement Truck Driver: Oh yeah. You're that cop.
John Blake: Detective, now. And uh... as a detective, we're not allowed to believe in coincidences. [the worker behind Blake promptly swings at him with a knife. Blake smashes his hand, pulls his sidearm out and shoots him. The driver then grabs Blake from behind. As Blake struggles with the driver, he aims his pistol, and fires into the cement mixer. The bullet ricochets and hits the the driver in the back]
John Blake: [furious]What are you doing here? What are you working on? [the driver dies. Blake looks at his pistol, and tosses it away, disgusted. He calls Gordon on his cell phone]
John Blake: Commissioner, it's Blake. I got two dead witnesses and a lot of questions. Call me when... [Blake freezes as he notices some barrels]
John Blake: Wait a minute. There are four barrels of Polyisobutylene. That looks like motor oil right next to it. Jesus! They're not making cement, they're making explosives!
John Blake: That was you in front of the Stock Exchange, wasn't it?
Cement Truck Driver: When?
John Blake: When? When half the city's cops were trying to pull onto Castle Street and your truck shut them out.
Cement Truck Driver: Oh yeah. You're that cop.
John Blake: Detective, now. And uh... as a detective, we're not allowed to believe in coincidences. [the worker behind Blake promptly swings at him with a knife. Blake smashes his hand, pulls his sidearm out and shoots him. The driver then grabs Blake from behind. As Blake struggles with the driver, he aims his pistol, and fires into the cement mixer. The bullet ricochets and hits the the driver in the back]
John Blake: [furious]What are you doing here? What are you working on? [the driver dies. Blake looks at his pistol, and tosses it away, disgusted. He calls Gordon on his cell phone]
John Blake: Commissioner, it's Blake. I got two dead witnesses and a lot of questions. Call me when... [Blake freezes as he notices some barrels]
John Blake: Wait a minute. There are four barrels of Polyisobutylene. That looks like motor oil right next to it. Jesus! They're not making cement, they're making explosives!
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[Stryver is dragged to his kangaroo court trial]Phillip Stryver: There's been a mistake! Take... take me to Bane! I wanna see Bane! [He is brought before the makeshift court and forced to sit in a chair]
Phillip Stryver: Where is Bane?
Dr. Jonathan Crane: There's been no mistake, Mr. Stryver. [Stryver looks up at Dr. Crane]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: You are Philip Stryver, executive vice-president of Daggett Industries? Who for years has been living off the blood and sweat of people less powerful than him?
Phillip Stryver: Call Bane. I'm... I am one of you! [Bane is watching from the background]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: Bane has no authority here. This is merely a sentencing hearing. Now, the choice is yours. Exile or death! [the crowd starts chanting DEATH!]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: [smashes his gavel]Quiet!
Phillip Stryver: Ex... exile.
Dr. Jonathan Crane: Sold! [smashes gavel]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: To the man in the cold sweat! [Stryver is dragged away and taken to the frozen shores beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, where mercenaries force him at gunpoint onto the ice]
Huge Inmate: Follow the thick ice. Try to swim - you're dead in minutes.
Phillip Stryver: Has anyone made it? [the inmate turns away. Stryver walks over the ice. Partway across, the ice cracks under his weight, he falls into the freezing water, and drowns]
Phillip Stryver: Where is Bane?
Dr. Jonathan Crane: There's been no mistake, Mr. Stryver. [Stryver looks up at Dr. Crane]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: You are Philip Stryver, executive vice-president of Daggett Industries? Who for years has been living off the blood and sweat of people less powerful than him?
Phillip Stryver: Call Bane. I'm... I am one of you! [Bane is watching from the background]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: Bane has no authority here. This is merely a sentencing hearing. Now, the choice is yours. Exile or death! [the crowd starts chanting DEATH!]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: [smashes his gavel]Quiet!
Phillip Stryver: Ex... exile.
Dr. Jonathan Crane: Sold! [smashes gavel]
Dr. Jonathan Crane: To the man in the cold sweat! [Stryver is dragged away and taken to the frozen shores beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, where mercenaries force him at gunpoint onto the ice]
Huge Inmate: Follow the thick ice. Try to swim - you're dead in minutes.
Phillip Stryver: Has anyone made it? [the inmate turns away. Stryver walks over the ice. Partway across, the ice cracks under his weight, he falls into the freezing water, and drowns]
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Selina Kyle: Look, you wouldn't beat up a woman any more than I would beat up a cripple. [she kicks Bruce's cane and he falls]
Selina Kyle: Of course, sometimes exceptions have to be made.
Selina Kyle: Of course, sometimes exceptions have to be made.
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Veteran Cop: [to his partner, upon witnessing Batman's return]Oh, boy, you are in for a show tonight, son.
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Selina Kyle: [She enters the Congressman's car]Can I have a ride?
Congressman: You read my mind.
Congressman: You read my mind.
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[Two traders are getting their shoes shined]Trader
2: You can't short the stock because Bruce Wayne goes to a party.
Trader
1: Wayne coming back is change. Change is either good or bad. I pick bad.
Trader
2: On what basis?
Trader
1: I flipped a coin. [They leave, at which point the man shining their shoes reaches into his gym bag and pulls out a submachine gun]
2: You can't short the stock because Bruce Wayne goes to a party.
Trader
1: Wayne coming back is change. Change is either good or bad. I pick bad.
Trader
2: On what basis?
Trader
1: I flipped a coin. [They leave, at which point the man shining their shoes reaches into his gym bag and pulls out a submachine gun]
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[Fox and Miranda come off the elevator at Wayne Enterprises, heading for a board meeting]Lucius Fox: I still don't see the need for a board meeting for the energy project.
Miranda Tate: Bruce got a lot of things right. Keeping the board in the dark wasn't one of them. [They enter the boardroom, and find Bane and several of his henchmen standing at the head of the table, holding the board members hostage with assault rifles. Bane turns to the newcomers]
Bane: How good of you to join us, Chair, President. All I need now is one more one ordinary member. Mr. Fox, would you like to nominate? [Fox starts to speak, but Fredericks interrupts and stands]
Fredericks: No. I will volunteer.
Lucius Fox: Where are you taking us? [Bane doesn't reply and he starts walking off]
Miranda Tate: Bruce got a lot of things right. Keeping the board in the dark wasn't one of them. [They enter the boardroom, and find Bane and several of his henchmen standing at the head of the table, holding the board members hostage with assault rifles. Bane turns to the newcomers]
Bane: How good of you to join us, Chair, President. All I need now is one more one ordinary member. Mr. Fox, would you like to nominate? [Fox starts to speak, but Fredericks interrupts and stands]
Fredericks: No. I will volunteer.
Lucius Fox: Where are you taking us? [Bane doesn't reply and he starts walking off]
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Lucius Fox: [as Batman flies The Bat]Nothing like a little air superiority, isn't it?
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Foley: [preparing to charge Bane's army with the Gotham Police Department]There's only one police in this town.
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[Talia's bomb has failed to detonate]Batman: Maybee your knife... was too slow.
Barsad: [entering]The truck is under attack.
Talia al Ghul: Gordon. You gave him a way to block my signal. No matter. [she viciously pulls the knife out of Batman, making him groan in pain]
Talia al Ghul: He's bought Gotham eleven minutes.
Barsad: [entering]The truck is under attack.
Talia al Ghul: Gordon. You gave him a way to block my signal. No matter. [she viciously pulls the knife out of Batman, making him groan in pain]
Talia al Ghul: He's bought Gotham eleven minutes.
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Selina Kyle: I don't know what you're planning to do with Mr. Wayne's prints, but I'm guessing you'll need his thumb. You don't count so good, huh?
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[Bane, dressed as a motorcycle courier, walks into the stock exchange and sets off the metal detector. A female security guard stops him]Female Security Guard: Rookie! Lose the helmet. We need faces for cameras. Come on. [Bane takes off his helmet, then smacks her with it and expertly disarms the other guards]
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[Blake finds Gordon on the police station roof next to the broken Bat-signal]John Blake: Sir, Congressman Gilly's wife has been calling in. Apparently the Congressman never made it home after the Wayne Foundation event.
Jim Gordon: That's a job for the police.
John Blake: When you and Dent cleaned up the streets, you cleaned them good. Pretty soon we'll be chasing down uh... overdue library books. And yet, here you are, like we're still at war.
Jim Gordon: What's your name, son?
John Blake: Blake, sir.
Jim Gordon: You got something you wanna ask me, Officer Blake?
John Blake: It's about that night, this night, eight years ago. The night Dent died, the last confirmed sighting of the Batman. He murders those people, takes down two SWAT teams, breaks Dent's neck and then just... vanishes?
Jim Gordon: I'm not hearing a question, son.
John Blake: Don't you wanna know who he was? [Gordon looks at the broken Bat -Signal for a moment]
Jim Gordon: I know exactly who he was. He was the Batman. [starts walking]
Jim Gordon: Let's go see about the Congressman's wife.
Jim Gordon: That's a job for the police.
John Blake: When you and Dent cleaned up the streets, you cleaned them good. Pretty soon we'll be chasing down uh... overdue library books. And yet, here you are, like we're still at war.
Jim Gordon: What's your name, son?
John Blake: Blake, sir.
Jim Gordon: You got something you wanna ask me, Officer Blake?
John Blake: It's about that night, this night, eight years ago. The night Dent died, the last confirmed sighting of the Batman. He murders those people, takes down two SWAT teams, breaks Dent's neck and then just... vanishes?
Jim Gordon: I'm not hearing a question, son.
John Blake: Don't you wanna know who he was? [Gordon looks at the broken Bat -Signal for a moment]
Jim Gordon: I know exactly who he was. He was the Batman. [starts walking]
Jim Gordon: Let's go see about the Congressman's wife.
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Phillip Stryver: Bane says the Batman interfered, but the task was accomplished.
John Daggett: And what about the men they arrested?
Phillip Stryver: He said, and I quote; they would die before talking.
John Daggett: Where does he find these guys?
John Daggett: And what about the men they arrested?
Phillip Stryver: He said, and I quote; they would die before talking.
John Daggett: Where does he find these guys?
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Trader
1: This is a stock exchange. There's no money you can steal.
Bane: Really? Then why are you people here?
1: This is a stock exchange. There's no money you can steal.
Bane: Really? Then why are you people here?
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[Fox takes Miranda to a recycling plant]Miranda Tate: You brought me out here to show me this, Mr. Fox?
Lucius Fox: Bear with me, Miss Tate. [leads her inside a portakabin]
Lucius Fox: Please keep hands and feet inside the car at all times. [presses a button. The office floor descends like an elevator down a shaft]
Miranda Tate: This is it, isn't it?
Lucius Fox: The reactor is beneath the river so it could be instantly flooded in the event of a security breach.
Miranda Tate: Is Bruce Wayne really that paranoid?
Lucius Fox: I'm gonna plead the fifth on that one. [When the elevator office stops, they find Bruce waiting in the reactor chamber]
Bruce Wayne: I thought you might like to see what your investment built.
Miranda Tate: No fossil fuels. Free, clean energy for an entire city. Three years ago, a Russian scientist published a paper on weaponized fusion reactions. One week later your reactor started developing problems. I think this machine works.
Bruce Wayne: Miranda, if it were operational, the danger to Gotham would be too great.
Miranda Tate: Would it make you feel better to know that the Russian scientist died in a plane crash six months ago?
Bruce Wayne: Someone will work out what Dr. Pavel did. Someone will figure out a way to make this power source into a nuclear weapon. I need you to take control of Wayne Enterprises and this reactor.
Miranda Tate: To do what with it?
Bruce Wayne: Nothing. Until we can guarantee its safety.
Miranda Tate: And if we can't?
Bruce Wayne: Decommission it and flood it.
Miranda Tate: Destroy the world's best chance for a sustainable future?
Bruce Wayne: If the world's not ready, yes.
Miranda Tate: Bruce, if you want to save the world you have to start trusting it.
Bruce Wayne: I'm trusting you.
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Lucius Fox: Bear with me, Miss Tate. [leads her inside a portakabin]
Lucius Fox: Please keep hands and feet inside the car at all times. [presses a button. The office floor descends like an elevator down a shaft]
Miranda Tate: This is it, isn't it?
Lucius Fox: The reactor is beneath the river so it could be instantly flooded in the event of a security breach.
Miranda Tate: Is Bruce Wayne really that paranoid?
Lucius Fox: I'm gonna plead the fifth on that one. [When the elevator office stops, they find Bruce waiting in the reactor chamber]
Bruce Wayne: I thought you might like to see what your investment built.
Miranda Tate: No fossil fuels. Free, clean energy for an entire city. Three years ago, a Russian scientist published a paper on weaponized fusion reactions. One week later your reactor started developing problems. I think this machine works.
Bruce Wayne: Miranda, if it were operational, the danger to Gotham would be too great.
Miranda Tate: Would it make you feel better to know that the Russian scientist died in a plane crash six months ago?
Bruce Wayne: Someone will work out what Dr. Pavel did. Someone will figure out a way to make this power source into a nuclear weapon. I need you to take control of Wayne Enterprises and this reactor.
Miranda Tate: To do what with it?
Bruce Wayne: Nothing. Until we can guarantee its safety.
Miranda Tate: And if we can't?
Bruce Wayne: Decommission it and flood it.
Miranda Tate: Destroy the world's best chance for a sustainable future?
Bruce Wayne: If the world's not ready, yes.
Miranda Tate: Bruce, if you want to save the world you have to start trusting it.
Bruce Wayne: I'm trusting you.
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Army Captain at Bridge: Now, why the hell would I try to help you keep your hostages?
Barsad: If one person crosses this bridge... Gotham gets blown to hell.
Barsad: If one person crosses this bridge... Gotham gets blown to hell.
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[Uzbekistani Army soldiers carrying Dr. Pavel greet a CIA agent and several Special Ops soldiers]CIA Agent: Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA. [shakes hands with Dr. Pavel]
Barsad: He wasn't alone. [motions to three hooded prisoners he has brought alone]
CIA Agent: Uh... you don't get to bring friends.
Dr. Pavel: They are not my friends.
Barsad: Don't worry, no charge for them.
CIA Agent: And why would I want them?
Barsad: They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man...
CIA Agent: Bane? [the driver nods]
CIA Agent: Get him on board, I'll call it in.
Barsad: He wasn't alone. [motions to three hooded prisoners he has brought alone]
CIA Agent: Uh... you don't get to bring friends.
Dr. Pavel: They are not my friends.
Barsad: Don't worry, no charge for them.
CIA Agent: And why would I want them?
Barsad: They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man...
CIA Agent: Bane? [the driver nods]
CIA Agent: Get him on board, I'll call it in.
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[watching video of Bane taking out the stock exchange security]Alfred: That is a man who fights with the power of belief.
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