THE MUMMY RETURNS [2001]

Adventure Is Reborn 

5000 years ago, a fierce warrior known as The Scorpion King 

led a great army on a campaign to conquer the known world.

After a vicious campaign which lasted 7 long years, The Scorpion King and his army were defeated,

and driven deep into the sacred desert of Ahm Shere.

One by one, they slowly perished under the scorching sun 

until only the great warrior himself was left alive.

Near death, The Scorpion King made a pact with the dark god Anubis

that if Anubis would spare his life and let him conquer his enemies, he would give him his soul.

Anubis accepted his offer and spared his life.

Anubis gave The Scorpion King command of his army, and like an evil flood, thay washed away all that lay before them.

When his task was done, Anubis forced The Scorpion King to serve him for all time.

His army was returned to the sands from whence they came, where they wait silently, to be awakaned once again.

~Ardeth Bey

 Lock-Nah: The Book of the Dead gives life.

Meela: And The Book of the Living takes life away.

Rick: What's the catch?

 Evy: Supposedly it's the resting place of Anubis' army.

Rick: See? I knew there's a catch. There's always a catch.

And let me guess, it was commanded by that Scorpion King guy?

Evy: Yes, but he only awakens once every 5000 years.

Rick: Right. And if someone doesn't kill him, he's gonna wipe out the world.

Evy: How did you know?

Rick: I didn't. But that's always the story.

Evy: The last known expedition to actually reach Ahm Shere was sent by Ramses IV over 3000 years ago.

He sent over a thousand men.

Rick: And none of them was ever seen again.

Evy: How did you know?
Rick: I didn't. But that's always the story.

Evy: Did I mention there was a pyramid of gold?

Rick: Twice.

Evy: Alexander The Great sent troops in search of it.

Rick: Hooray for him.

Evy: So did Caesar.

Rick: Yeah, look what happened to his career.

Evy: And Napoleon.

Rick: But we're smarter than him. And taller, too.

Evy: Exactly. That's why we're gonna find it.

Rick: Because we're taller?

Evy: That's why I love you.

Ardeth: I am sorry if I alarmed your son, but you must understand,

now that the bracelet is on his wrist, we have only 7 days before The Scorpion King awakens.

Rick: We? What we?

Ardeth: If he is not killed, he will raise the army of Anubis.

Ardeth: Whomever can kill The Scorpion King can send his army back to the underworld

or use it to destroy mankind and rule the earth.

Rick: That's why they dug up Imhotep.

He's the only guy though enough to take out The Scorpion King.

Ardeth: That is their plan.

Ardeth: If I were to say to you, I'm a stranger traveling from the east, seeking that which is lost...

Rick: Then I would reply that I am a stranger traveling from the west.

It is I whom you seek. How...

Ardeth: Then it is true. You have the sacred mark.

Rick: What, that? [point to his arm's tattoo]

No, that got slapped on me in an orphanage in Cairo. 

Ardeth: That marks means you're a protector of man, a warrior for God, a medjai...

Rick: Sorry, you've got the wrong guy.

Oh, I hate mummies!

~Rick O'Connell

Imhotep: This bracelet is a gift and a curse.

The sands of time have already begun to pour against you.

Alex: Yeah, yeah, I already heard this part.

From the minute I put the bracelet on, 7 days do I have before The Scorpion King wakes up.

Imhotep: Did you also hear that if you do not enter the pyramid

before the sun strikes it on that very morning, 

that the bracelet will suck the life out of you?

Alex: That part I missed.

Hey, wait a minute, that means I've only got 5 days left.

Imhotep: Then I believe it will be best if we do not get lost, don't you?

Alex: My dad is going to kick your ass.

We taught him well.

He's smarter than you and he's tougher than me.

~Rick, about Alex

Ardeth: If a man does not embrace his past, he has no future.

Rick: Look, even if I was some sort of sacred medjai, what good does that do me now?

Ardeth: It is the missing piece of your heart.

If you embrace it, if you accept it, you can do anything.

Ardeth: Now, do you believe, my friend?

Clearly, you were destined to protect this woman.

Rick: Right, she's a reincarnated princess, and I'm a warrior for God.

Ardeth: And your son leads the way to Ahm Shere. 3 sides of the pyramid.

This was all preordained thousands of years ago.

Evy: And how does the story ends?

Ardeth: Only the journey's written, not the destination.

Rick: Convenient.

Ardeth: How else do you explain Evy's visions?

That it is your son who wears the bracelet?

How do you explain your mark?

Rick: Coincidence.

Ardeth: My friend, there is a fine line between coincidence and fate.

Rick: It's not easy being a dad.

Alex: But you do it really good.

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THE GAME PLAN [2007]

He Had The Perfect Game Plan. 

There's Just One Little Problem... 

Never say no.

~Joe Kingman

Joe: Come on, get a life, Sanders.

Sanders, points at the party: Oh, you call this 'life'?

That ain't life, Joe.

Joe: You just can't come walking into stranger's homes like this.

There are a lot of weirdos out there in the world.

Didn't your mom ever teach you that?

Peyton: Yeah.

Joe: Well, where is she?

Peyton: On an airplane.

Joe: On an airplane? Who are you here with?

Peyton: My father.

Joe: You better go get him, because I'm sure he's looking for you.

Peyton: He's not looking for me.

Joe: How do you know?

 Peyton: Because he's looking at me.

Joe: What?

Peyton: Hi, we've never met before.

You were married to my mom, Sara. Sara Kelly?

My name is Peyton.

I'm your daughter.

Joe: What did you put in those cookies?

Peyton: Milk, flour, eggs and cinnamon...

Joe: Cinnamon! I'm allergic to cinnamon.

Peyton: Oh, I'm sorry.

Joe: All you got to say is, "I'm sorry"?

I sound like this, "I'm sorry"?

Cinnamon!

Peyton: I'm allergic to nuts.

Joe: The X's mean 'stay out of these areas of the house'.

The O's mean 'open access'.

For example, you want to go to the kitchen, straight buttonhook.

But now you go to the kitchen, big X.

Off limits. No access. Can't go there.

Because you made a mess in the kitchen.

Do you understand?

No trick plays, no flea-flickers. Got it?

Peyton: Got it. No flea-flickers.

Joe: This is your game plan.

Learn it, live it, love it.

Peyton: My mom says that Fanny's makes kid fat and gives them gas.

Stella: Well, your daddy's agent says Fanny's makes him fat... with cash.

I'm the janitor, Joe's the mop, and Peyton's the mess.

~Stella Peck

Peyton: Hi everybody, I'm Peyton, the one who'll be going to bed early from now on.

My dad didn't have much of a heads-up on this whole father thing

and he is still getting the hang of things.

But it's like everything else in his life, he never says 'no'.

I mean, he's teaching me that you can do anything if you've got motivation and determination.

And the place where that starts is right here, in the heart.

You're the world's greatest father.

[hug him]

Joe, whispering: That was really good.

Peyton: It's going to cost you.

Monique: I just knew you were one of those parents.

Joe: One of what parents?

Monique: The kind who thinks that his life is more important than anybody else's.

Joe: Look, lady, I don't know what kind of parent I am.

All I know is I have an entire team.

Scratch that, an entire city depending on me.

Monique: Yeah, you also have a daughter depending on you.

Not to only take care of her, but to care about her, okay?

Joe: Listen, I care about Peyton.

Monique: Then prove it!

Ballerinas can leap as high as you can, but when they go down, they go down in plie.

And they hold and hold.

And then they go en pointe for hours and hours.

So, if ballet were easy, they'd call it football.

~Monique Vasquez

Your daughter has all the makings to be a professional dancer.

She has passion, talent, discipline.

I guess she inherited more than just your charm.

~Monique Vasquez

Joe: All the talking, and the arguing, and the complaining.

And you know what? You're just like her!

You think you're right about everything, just like her!

Peyton, scrunching her nose: What else?

Joe: You scrunch your nose when you get angry, just like her!

Peyton: Keep it coming.

Joe: You're always working on me with those big brown eyes... well, I actually like that, it's really cute.

But it doesn't matter, because it's just like her!

Peyton: Is that all you got?

Joe: And then you get inside people's minds, and you drive them crazy, just like her!

Peyton: Well, at least I got a mind, because if I didn't, I'd be just like you!

Joe: Well, I'm lucky, because as far as I'm concerned, you are nothing like me!

I would do anything to keep that beautiful smile on your face.

~Joe Kingman

 

Peyton: I'm supposed to be studying at a special ballet program this month

but instead, I snuck away to come meet you.

Joe: You ran away?

YOU RAN AWAY?

Is your mom even in Africa?

Peyton: About that...

Joe: What have you done?

Monique: Okay, I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation and everybody...

Joe: The press is going to eat me alive.

Karen: Are you saying you want Peyton to live here with you?

Joe: Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Karen: You haven't even been in her life.

Joe: That's not my fault.

I didn't even know she existed.

And we've come such a long way in a short time.

Karen: What, youu mean since  a month ago when you left her in a bar?

Joe: I'm not the same man that I was.

Karen: Or an hour ago when she almost died on your watch?

This is not about you.

This is about Peyton, what's best for her.

And she needs to be in a stable home with someone who's known her her whole life.

Joe: Peyton needs her father. She needs me. 

Karen: That's not your decision to make.

Sara appointed me her guardian. 

Joe: I missed 8 years of Peyton's life.

And I'm not going to miss any more.

I will fight for this.

Karen: Oh, that would be a great thing to put her through, don't you think?

Do you have any idea how to take care of a child?

Joe: I've been doing it for a month now!

Karen: And look where we're standing, Joe.

Joe: Tell me what I'm supposed to do.

Sanders: The only thing you can do is make sure that she knows you love her

and that nothing's gonna change that.

And then when she's ready, she'll find you again.

Joe: I owe you a big thank you.

Sanders: Oh yeah? For what?

Joe: Just for catching everything I've thrown at you all these years.

Sanders: That's what friends are for.

She's not a distraction. She's my daughter.

I'd want her here with me even if it meant I'd never play another football game again.

There's nothing that I love more than my daughter.

Nothing.

~Joe Kingman

I called an audible.

See, I thought you'd be better off without me.

But judging by the butt-whupping you got out there, I guess I was wrong.

~Peyton Kingman

 

Peyton: Daddy, you won the championship.

Joe: Oh, Peyton, I've won much more than that.

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