Megaforce (1982)

Barry Bostwick: Ace Hunter

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• [As Eggstrum approaches.] 

  Ace Hunter : Here comes The Egg...

  Dallas : And that's no "yolk."

  Eggstrum : Dallas, when a person doesn't have less on, they have...?

  Dallas : "More on"?

  Eggstrum : Exactly.

• Dallas : Well, I know how you feel, and I've been there myself. Let me see. One time before I made a jump into Da Nang, an old buddy of mine told me something that made me feel a whole lot better.

  Ace Hunter : What, what did he tell you to do?

  Dallas : Well, he said, "You love 'em in blue and you love them in red. But most of all you love them in blue."

  Ace Hunter : That's totally inapplicable to anything that's going on here. And it's dumb! Who told you that?

  Dallas : You did.

  Ace Hunter : But it's very wise. Very wise.

• Ace Hunter : Oh, I just wanted to say good-bye and remind you that the good guys always win, even in the eighties.

• Ace Hunter : It's all on the wheel, it all comes around.

• Ace Hunter : Well, there are reasons for everything we do, Major.

  Major Zara : And do they include leaving your guests to bake in the middle of the desert, greeted by a cowboy, and be attacked by wild creatures?

  Ace Hunter : Well, if it's a comfortable tour you're looking for, I have connections... at DisneyLand!

• Guerera : Come on, compadre, walk me to my chopper.

  Ace Hunter : You know, whenever you call me compadre, it always costs me something.

  [Guerera chuckles] 

  Ace Hunter : Let's get serious. What the hell do you want?

  Guerera : My friend, you're in bad trouble. You have violated the integrity of a sovereign nation. And to tell you the truth, it makes them very angry. Now, on my flight here, I flew all over the entire Gambian army. And they should be here in about an hour, which means you better start moving out of here pronto. But where can you go? Our modern Major General isn't letting you cross the border. And where can your planes come in? At the Capital? There is only one place: the Dry Lake. We both know that. And my tanks are there right now.

  Ace Hunter : Ah...

  Guerera : Ace, it's all over.

  Ace Hunter : Really?

  Guerera : For old-time's sake, I'm gonna make you an offer. You give me your word that your men will lay their weapons down, and I will guarantee your safe passage out of here.

  [Ace looks in the helicopter] 

  Ace Hunter : Not enough seats.

  Guerera : Ace, you are the best commander that ever lived. Maybe you're even better than me. But you have one fatal flaw. You've never understood that they are-- they are just numbers! Numbers! You're an idealist. In the '70s we could be idealists. But today, it's too expensive.

  Ace Hunter : You know, there's one thing you never understood: that there are some things that you can't put a price on.

  Guerera : If you were to say anything else, I would have been disappointed. I love you, but you're hopeless.

  [Guerera boards his helicopter] 

  Guerera : See you, Ace.

• Ace Hunter : Gentlemen, we have a little problem here. As I see it, we've got two choices. One is we split up, and everybody heads for the border on his own.

  Dallas : Oh, now, Ace. You know that ain't gonna work. If I don't have somebody to follow, I'm gonna get lost.

  [all laugh] 

  Ace Hunter : Okay. All right, choice two. The Dry Lake bed is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Now, Guerera has moved his army, so the mountains are at his back. He knows that the only way in is straight down his nose. As we hit those flats, he's gonna shoot us like fish in a barrel. But, sometimes, what was working for you can work against you. Now, Egg has done an infrared topographical scan of these mountains. There is a minor trail that we could conceivably move our equipment across. And as we come up the backside, we'll use our electrics and run in silence. So, therefore they can't hear us. And while they're distracted by the planes, we'll come off the mountain and punch a hole through their armour and meet the aircraft in the middle of the Dry Lake. But the critical factor is getting over fast enough and out of the lake bed before they see us. And that's the way it is.