Gang Related (1997)

Tupac Shakur: Det. Rodriguez

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• Divinci : Alright. Let's think about this.

  Detective Rodriguez : Yeah. Let's.

  Divinci : What's the worse case scenario?

  Detective Rodriguez : What? Are you kidding me?

  Divinci : No.

  Detective Rodriguez : You're not joking with me? You mean, what's WORSE than what we've done that can still happen? You mean, what's worse than if this shit doesn't work out and blows up in our face! THEN we go to jail! THEN we get sent to the electric chair! THEN we die! THEN we go to Hell! You mean, what's worse than THAT?

• Vic : ...So what can you do to assure me of your good intentions?

  Detective Rodriguez : I can make your life miserable, that's what I can do.

  Vic : Look at me. Am I married to a supermodel? Do I look strikingly handsome? Have I got a job at IBM and a swanky bachelor pad? *No, no, and no!* I loan big money to people like you who can't control their urge to blow it all gambling. Then I stay awake half the night convincing them that I have needs, too... The point of which is, *I already have a miserable life!* So don't threaten me, you lousy bag of cat-shit!

• Detective Rodriguez : [in Divinci's office, shortly after Dunner is found Not Guilty]  ...Bad news.

  Divinci : Don't tell me: Clyde walked. I heard all about it.

  Detective Rodriguez : Worse: Joe's going to stand trial. Judge Pine found him mentally unfit to plead one way or the other.

  Divinci : [glaring at him in shock]  You're joking with me! ...Right?

  Detective Rodriguez : Oh, yeah, I *love* to make people laugh; that's my life's work! Did you hear the one about the two cops who wasted a Drug Enforcement Agent?

• Divinci : [DELETED SCENE: Divinci and Rodriguez are going through binders filled with criminal portraits, mug shots in plastic pages, searching for somebody on whom to pin the murder of Lionel Hudd]  ... How about Montrose LaJolla?

  Detective Rodriguez : The guy we booked last year, for knifing that dealer on 32nd Street?

  Divinci : Yeah, he'd be good.

  [to Gardner, who's sitting nearby] 

  Divinci : Ed? What's Montrose LaJolla been up to for the past year?

  Sgt. Gardner : His life partner gunned him down in a Domestic Dispute, about a month ago. Why do you ask?

  [Divinci shrugs; Rodriguez slams the book shut, cursing under his breath] 

  Detective Rodriguez : This ain't gonna work!

  Divinci : Take it easy; I never promised you a cakewalk. But let's not advertise ourselves, capisce?