Food of the Gods II (1989)

Paul Coufos: Neil Hamilton

Quotes 

• [finding Delhurst, who was turned into dog cancer] 

  Neil Hamilton : Edmund? God, you look awful.

• Neil Hamilton : [Neil's pet rat accidentally knocks over and shatters a flask, then runs away. Neil plays "Three Blind Mice" on a wooden flute, and the rat faithfully returns to him, climbing onto his arm and resting on his shoulder]  ... Well ol' girl... I'd better put you to bed before you bankrupt the department.

• Alex Reed : My friend was killed here last night.

  Neil Hamilton : No one asked him to break in here.

  Alex Reed : And who asked you to play God with these animals?

• Neil Hamilton : Dean, you can't ignore this.

  Dean White : This is, uh, just a car accident.

  Neil Hamilton : Since when do cars eat your liver?

• Neil Hamilton : [looking at burnt rodent]  This isn't the rat!

  Dean White : Of course it is.

  Neil Hamilton : There is no yellow spot! The rat I injected had a yellow spot on it!

  Lt. Wetzel : Hey, You're looking at a barbecue buddy. This rat could have been a goddamn dalmatian for all we know.

• Neil Hamilton : A lot more people are gonna get hurt while you guys are sittin' around waitin' for autopsies to tell you somethin' that's starin' you right in the face!

  Dean White : What does it cost to pay for your lab, Hamilton? To pay for your salaries, research, the roof over your head?

  Neil Hamilton : Come on, Dean, we don't have time...

  Dean White : [interrupting him]  Any idea what it costs to run an entire university? I know. And I know how to keep it running 'cause that's my job. I also know that if this university is shut down because of giant rats, no one is gonna send their kids here and no one is gonna donate one red cent. Tonight is the grand opening of that building. There are going to be a lot of wealthy alumni with checkbooks in hand. You understand me?

• Joshua : How did you come up with this?

  Neil Hamilton : It's an accidental hormone concoction. It's like tryin' to make a martini and endin' up with LSD.

• Edmund Delhurst : A sequence analyzer. Where did this come from?

  Neil Hamilton : It's for a private project.

  Edmund Delhurst : Moonlighting, Neil?

  Neil Hamilton : Well, judging from this morning's paper, you don't exactly restrict your research to cancer, do you?

• Edmund Delhurst : Neil, I'm a colleague in need.

  Neil Hamilton : I'm under a deadline, Edmund. I'm sorry.

  Edmund Delhurst : [becoming angry]  Deadline? You've been working for years to produce... produce that only Lilliputians would appreciate!

  [he calms down] 

  Edmund Delhurst : I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. The flowers are lovely.

• Joshua : [answers the telephone]  Hello?... Yeah he's here, sort of

  [laughs, then whispers to Neil] 

  Joshua : It's Dr. Travis!

  Neil Hamilton : Hello, Kate? Look, if it's about the job, I'm still not interested, I...?

  [hesitates and listens, looking concerned] 

  Neil Hamilton : ... I'll be on the next flight.

  [hangs up the phone] 

  Neil Hamilton : Joshua...

  Joshua : [annoyed but jokingly]  Yes Neil, I will find someone to cover your lecture. I'll feed your little girlfriend...

  [holds up Neil's beloved pet white rat with a smile] 

  Joshua : ... and I won't ask any questions.

  [Joshua strokes the rat while Neil leaves the lab] 

• Zeke : A little early for huntin' season, ain't it, Doc?

  Neil Hamilton : ...Zeke, you know you can't be down here? It's not safe!

  Zeke : Tell that to the kids freezing their asses off. Heat's off. Besides, I been comin' down here for twenty years. Ain't nothin' gonna sneak up on me.

  Neil Hamilton : You just keep your eyes open! Holler if you see anything!

  Zeke : Like giant rats, Doc?

  [breaks into a wide smile and laughs, shaking his head before riding away on his floor polisher] 

• Neil Hamilton : [Joshua has just found a disemboweled corpse, and he is leaning over the railing in shock. Neil rushes over to him and notices the sewer with running water]  It's a sewer system... could be where the nest is.

  Joshua : You're going to need more than just tracking dogs...

  Neil Hamilton : [confused]  Why?

  Joshua : Water...

  [coughs violently] 

  Joshua : dogs that can follow a scent in water...

  [continues coughing] 

  Neil Hamilton : [worried]  ... You alright?

  [Joshua nods his head, on the verge of crying. The scene changes and Zeke is heard screaming in terror] 

• Alex Reed : [to Neil's rat:]  Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me...

  Neil Hamilton : [glances up from the telephone]  I wouldn't say that!

  Alex Reed : She's never liked me.

  Neil Hamilton : Well, she's jealous!

  [both of them laugh] 

• Neil Hamilton : [Neil and Alex rush through the tunnels to find Joshua bleeding to death on the ground. Neil kneels down beside him in concern]  Josh!

  [Joshua moans in pain] 

  Neil Hamilton : Oh, don't worry... listen up buddy, we're gonna get you to a med center, don't worry about it.

  [Neil puts his hand over the rat bite to stop the bleeding] 

  Joshua : [softly]  You son of a bitch... I see you're smoking again... I smell it on your breath...

  [both of them laugh sadly] 

  Joshua : ... give me one.

  Neil Hamilton : Hang on, bud.

  [with tears running down his face, Neil takes a cigarette from his pocket, lights it and gives it to Joshua] 

  Joshua : It works...

  [Joshua weakly holds up the radio-transmitter device but then bleeds to death. Neil starts crying, in grief over the loss of his best friend] 

  Alex Reed : [livid and in tears herself, Alex walks up to the police]  NOW will you admit that there's a problem?

  Lt. Wetzel : [nonchalant]  She's right, we gotta do somethin'...

  Dean White : Of course we've got to do something... I'll, uh, call some exterminators and Lieutenant, you get together your best men and... find them and kill them, kill them all.

  Alex Reed : We have got a plan! And we can...

  Dean White : I think that the exterminators can take care of this! I want extra security around the sports complex, the official opening is in two hours, and I see no reason to do anything but. Get on it!

  [the Dean walks off, leaving Alex looking disgusted] 

• [Neil is running after Alex] 

  Neil Hamilton : Alex, wait a minute, will ya? Hey! Will you slow down a second?

  Alex Reed : Why should I?

  Neil Hamilton : Because I can't explain a thing to you if you're runnin' away.