And I came here to tell you, I never want to see you again.
[whilst in prison]Squeeb: You got a girl, right?Spenser: I got a girl.
You’re going to die. Spenser: I mean, Henry, this guy doesn’t even know how to throw a f**king punch.Henry: You hear him? ‘Spenser Confidential’ Review: Good Guy P.I. We moved around a lot. [as Hawk picks up a gun]Spenser: No, no, no.
So we done now?
I love you so f**king much! [he puts down his reading glasses]Spenser: They like me, right?
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[as the cops surround Spenser in the bar bathroom]Macklin: Did you apologize for beating down your own captain?Spenser: I never got the chance.Macklin: Jesus Christ.
No fighting in the house, and if there’s going to be any drinking, I instigate it. Huh?Wayne Cosgrove: Yeah!
I’ll give you that one. Captain Boylan dies the same night that you get out, and you’re on the top of the suspect list.Henry: He was right here. Thanks for having my back out there.Hawk: What was I supposed to do? You hit me in the eye. You made it. [Macklin punches Spenser, after which Spenser fights all the cops before being thrown out of the bar], [as Spenser goes to get the surveillance footage from a Minimart], [as they are watching Spenser being thrown out of the bar by the cops earlier], [as they are watching the surveillance footage], [after they’ve had sex at the diner bathroom], [after Spenser gets attacked by a dog when he goes chasing after the Corvette], [at the DMV, where Spenser is getting the Corvette license plate checked out], [after Spenser finds out the Corvette belongs to], [after Spenser his story about how Boylan was a crooked cop; referring to Bentwood], [Spenser goes to visit investigative reporter, Cosgrove]. [after finding out that Boylan has been murdered]Spenser: Well, this is a surprise.Driscoll: Yeah. [Cissy turns to leave]Spenser: You got a little stain on your dress there. I’m trying to better my life. [he looks over his shoulder to another inmate sat behind him]Prison Inmate #2: F**k them up, Spenser. With the proceeds funneled up, Driscoll and his associates utilize it to bribe officials in order to get permits and fund the construction of the casino - thus ensuring a stake in the endeavor and a seat at the table of an even larger criminal enterprise. Spenser: If I gave you a photograph of them smiling and holding it, you’d say it wasn’t authenticated.Wayne Cosgrove: No, that’d be good.Spenser: Them holding it? The venue has remained dormant ever since, despite a failed attempt to redevelop the area into a casino. The movie may be an easily forgettable action comedy, but as a Mark Wahlberg vehicle it is also easily watchable.
I love you! Despite time having passed, the reporter revealed that a suspect in what had become an arson case was currently being arrested. This isn’t a Motel Six.Spenser: Hey, we’re here two days, four days max.
My dream is to die in my bed, right here. Spenser: She understands everything I say. [after Letitia’s husband, Terrence, is accused of Boyle’s murder, Spenser offer his help]Letitia: Is this revenge for you?Spenser: No.
The movie bears almost no resemblance to the Ace Atkins novel “Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland” (a continuation of the Spenser series created by Parker in 1973) that is its nominal inspiration, aside from the Boston location, the main characters’ names and something or other about an abandoned dog-racing track. You want to take me for lunch? You couldn’t have yelled that to me and prevented me from getting mauled by a wolf?Hawk: Yeah, well, you’re a dog lover. You thought you could help the victims? So, what was it?
The perfunctory plot matters less than the scenes depicting Spenser’s relationships with his old buddy Henry (Alan Arkin); his new buddy Hawk (Winston Duke); his former girlfriend Cissy (the comedian Iliza Shlesinger); and his dog, Pearl. Henry: [to Driscoll] You know, I’d really love to understand the process of why you took me as a hostage. Because, honestly, this is the kind of conversation where a little red sniper dot pops up on my forehead.
Berg continues with his Wahlberg streak by doing this kind of buddy movie where the ex cop is trying to figure out the killing of 2 police officers. The brief bit of dog therapy was Duke's idea, he explains when we speak on the phone. Yeah, I’m going to eat it.