Skyscraper (2018)

Dwayne Johnson: Will Sawyer

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• Will Sawyer : If you can't fix it with duct tape... you ain't using enough duct tape.

• Zhao Long Ji : So what's the plan?

  Will Sawyer : Got any duct tape?

• Will Sawyer : By the way, I'm behind you.

• Will Sawyer : Let's go home.

• Sarah Sawyer : You really need a shower.

  Will Sawyer : [laughing away]  Yes, I do.

• Will Sawyer : This is stupid.

• [last lines] 

  Inspector Wu : Will Sawyer. Nice to finally meet you. You've got quite a family there.

  Will Sawyer : I'm a lucky man.

• Will Sawyer : [pointing at Henry]  Daddy loves who ?

  Henry Sawyer : *Me*

  Will Sawyer : [pointing at Georgia]  Daddy loves who ?

  Georgia Sawyer : *Me*

• Will Sawyer : I know you're hurtin', brother.

  Ben : I'm NOT your brother

• Sarah Sawyer : What're you going to do?

  Will Sawyer : I'm gonna hold the bridge together!

• Will Sawyer : I love you.

  Sarah Sawyer : You'd better.

• Sarah Sawyer : My phone isn't working.

  Will Sawyer : Oh, so, was all the, uh, "Hey, look at me, you've got this, you're so handsome" just a way of buttering me up to fix your phone again?

  Sarah Sawyer : It's a distinct possibility.

  Will Sawyer : Okay. All right, well, what do I tell you to do any time something's wrong with your phone?

  Sarah Sawyer : Try turning it off and on again.

  Will Sawyer : Try turning if off and on again. 90% of the time, you can fix a problem by turning it off and on again. So, did you, uh, try turning it off and on again?

  Sarah Sawyer : Nope. I like it better when you do it. It gives you a sense of accomplishment.

• Will Sawyer : Hey, look, thanks for putting in a good word. I know my company's small for something this size.

  Ben : Come on. It's nothing. Just doing my job. They're dying to open the upper half. And they needed somebody to check the math on their safety and security systems. Plus, you were cheaper than anyone else. A lot cheaper. Like, half.

• Sarah Sawyer : I can hear your gears turning. What's going on?

  Will Sawyer : I just don't want to screw it up, you know.

  Sarah Sawyer : You're not gonna screw it up.

  Will Sawyer : I don't know. What if I missed something?

  Sarah Sawyer : Baby, there's no way you've missed something. You've been preparing for this meeting for six months. I've never seen you work harder on anything. You're ready for this. You know this place better than the architect. You're gonna do great. They flew you out here for a reason. They want to hear what you have to say.

  Will Sawyer : Yeah, hope so. Ben stuck his neck out for me and then, you know, this could be a real game-changer for us. They give stuff like this to big companies. I work out of our garage.

  Sarah Sawyer : Yeah, it's a good garage. Okay, look, just because you're a smaller company does not mean that you don't belong and, for the record, Ben stuck his neck out for you because he's your friend and that's what friends do.

• Will Sawyer : The Pearl's anti-fire measures employ a one-of-a-kind self-sealing ventilation system and a robust sprinkler and CO2 array which can put out a fire in a fraction of the time. All monitored by a control facility located over a mile away. You hired me to assess your safety and security systems and after a complete analysis, I can say that it's the safest supertall structure in the world. It's Fort Knox, a mile in the sky.

• Will Sawyer : I need you to tell me what happened, okay? All right? I can help you if you tell me what happened.

  Ben : They weren't supposed to go back, Will. They weren't supposed to be there.

  Will Sawyer : Who wasn't supposed to be there?

  Ben : Sarah and the kids.

  Will Sawyer : What did you do?

• Ben : What's up? Where you going?

  Will Sawyer : I got to go. Henry's not feeling well. They went back to the Pearl.

  Ben : They went back to the Pearl?

  Will Sawyer : Yeah. All right. I'll call you tonight. What a day, huh?

  Ben : You're not gonna make it in time.

  Will Sawyer : What?

  Ben : Why'd you take it out of the bag? You should've just left it in the bag.

  Will Sawyer : Ben, what are you talking about?

  Ben : [raising a gun]  Give me the tablet, Will.

  Will Sawyer : Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What's going on?

  Ben : What's going on? You screw up, you get a whole new life. What do I get? Hmm? Medical discharge? Working for thugs? You don't know these people, Will. I don't have a choice, 'cause you messed it up.

• Sarah Sawyer : You okay?

  Will Sawyer : Yeah. Yeah, just some leg stuff, you know.

  Sarah Sawyer : Mmm. Well, you look very handsome.

  Will Sawyer : You think so?

  Sarah Sawyer : Mm-hmm.

  Will Sawyer : Does it look like I'm trying too hard?

  Sarah Sawyer : No, it looks respectful.

  Will Sawyer : Maybe I lose the tie?

  Sarah Sawyer : No, but you should learn to tie one. Come here.

• Will Sawyer : What did you do?

  Ben : I set you up. They need the tablet. Run. They're coming, Will. They're gonna kill you.

  Will Sawyer : Who's coming? Who?

  Ben : Run.

• Will Sawyer : Hey. How are the pandas?

  Sarah Sawyer : Well, we didn't really get to see them because Henry ate a weird candy and started throwing up, so we came back.

  Will Sawyer : Is he okay? Did he have an attack?

  Sarah Sawyer : No, he's breathing fine. Just, you know, no pandas, which sucks.

  Henry Sawyer : It sucks.

  Sarah Sawyer : Don't say "sucks," honey.

• Ben : You ever miss it? The team?

  Will Sawyer : Yeah, sure. Yeah, but things are a lot different now. I... I got a wife and kids, and I haven't touched a gun in ten years.

  Ben : You're kidding.

  Will Sawyer : No.

  Ben : What's that about?

  Will Sawyer : Well, after what happened... I just kind of put my sword down, you know? I laid it down, and I'm just never gonna pick it up again.

  Ben : Come on. He was unarmed. You know, he was wearing a vest. There's no way you could have known that. Just bad luck, that's all.

  Will Sawyer : Maybe. You know, the funny thing is, without that bad luck, I, uh... I never would've met Sarah. I never would've had my kids. I don't know who I'd be without my family. I'd be... I'd be lost, and I'd be...

  Ben : Me.

  Will Sawyer : Come on, man, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that.

  Ben : Relax. I'm kidding.

• Will Sawyer : All right, these elevators operate on electromagnetic induction. When there's a fire, they're held in place by a fail-safe brake. When I cut this cable, you're gonna fall.

  Sarah Sawyer : What? Will.

  Will Sawyer : It's all right. Just listen to me. You're gonna fall through the fire. The magnets are gonna kick back on once you pass the fire line.

  [opening a panel on the wall] 

  Will Sawyer : But I need you to pull this handle in order to engage the braking system. It's about 500 feet from here until the fire line. I want you to count to five and pull the handle.

  Sarah Sawyer : This is crazy.

  Will Sawyer : Trust me.

  Sarah Sawyer : Okay.

  Will Sawyer : How you doing, buddy?

  Henry Sawyer : I'm scared.

  Will Sawyer : It's okay to be scared. In order to be brave, we got to be a little scared. All right? Now I need you to be brave right now. Can you do that for me?

  Henry Sawyer : Yeah.

  Will Sawyer : I want you to hold onto your mom. Daddy loves who?

  Henry Sawyer : Me.

  Will Sawyer : That's right.

• Will Sawyer : All right, if we're gonna get out of here, you're gonna have to tell me the truth. How does a man like that call you his business partner?

  Zhao Long Ji : His name is Kores Botha. He handles extortion for three powerful crime syndicates. And when I began construction on the Pearl, Botha came to me. He said that if I didn't pay him, he'll cripple my labor force and keep me from ever completing this place.

  Will Sawyer : You paid him.

  Zhao Long Ji : Yes. But what he didn't know was that I hid tracking software inside my wire transfer. As Botha laundered my payments through their offshore accounts, I was able to trace every transaction, giving me their bank accounts, their names, their identities. This was my insurance policy. Botha would never be able to extort money from me again. But when the syndicates found out that they were compromised, they threatened to destroy Botha if he didn't clean up his mess. If he kills me, the copies I've made will be sent to the authorities. But if he gets his hands on this, the original, he can reverse-engineer my tracking software and hide the identities before anyone's the wiser.

  Will Sawyer : So he lit this entire building on fire knowing that you would take the most valuable thing in this world to you and run.

  Zhao Long Ji : And his plan worked.

  Will Sawyer : Not yet it hasn't. We're gonna give Botha what he came here for.

  Zhao Long Ji : As soon as he has the drive, he'll kill us both.

  Will Sawyer : Maybe. But he has my daughter. And her life is what matters to me, not mine.

• Will Sawyer : [searching for Sarah and the kids]  All right, you were on the 98th floor, east side stairwell. Means you would've had to go through the park. I'll find you. Hang on. I'll find you.

• Zhao Long Ji : [holding a gun on Will]  Don't move.

  Will Sawyer : You're too close.

  Zhao Long Ji : What?

  Will Sawyer : [using his military skills to disarm him]  We need to talk.

• Will Sawyer : [trying to figure out how to open a locked panic room]  Okay, there's got to be a way to open these doors. Where did you put the subroutine panels that controls them? Where did you hide it, Zhao? Behind the turbines? Oh, come on, man.

• Kores Botha : All I care about is what my business partner is holding behind those doors. And you're going to get it for me.

  Will Sawyer : Listen to me. The only way those doors open is from the inside, or the fire alarm on this floor triggers it, but that can't happen because you took the entire system offline.

  Kores Botha : Is that so? Well, let me tell you something. Every man has a weakness. It's easy to find. Once you know what he loves, you have it. Zhao, he loves this building. And you, your weakness is your family. So now we're going to find out how much you love your family, Will.

  Will Sawyer : Listen to me. Opening those doors from this floor can't be done.

  Kores Botha : Anything can be done with the proper motivation.