The Running Man (1987)
Maria Conchita Alonso: Amber Mendez
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Quotes
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Amber Mendez : [1:11:48] Me and my big mouth. We should have taken the trip to Hawaii.
Ben Richards : I had the shirt for it, but you fucked it up.
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Amber Mendez : I'm warning you, I get sick. Air sick, car sick. I'm gonna throw up all over you.
Richards : Go ahead. Won't show on this shirt.
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Amber Mendez : [after Richards cut Buzzsaw in half with a chain saw] What happened to Buzzsaw?
Ben Richards : Aw, he had to split.
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Dynamo : Thought it was pretty funny out there in the zone. What's the matter now, bitch? Why aren't you laughing?
Amber Mendez : Because there's nothing funny about a dickless moron with a battery up his ass.
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Ben Richards : Now I'm gonna untie you, and then you're gonna get dressed, and then you're gonna come with me.
Amber Mendez : Oh yeah? Why should I?
Ben Richards : Because I'm gonna say "please"...
[Arnold tears up the bench Amber is tied to from the floor it was bolted to]
Amber Mendez : Well, why didn't you say so?
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Amber Mendez : They think I'm your girlfriend.
Ben Richards : I can straighten that out. See that camera up there? I'll strangle you in front of the whole audience.
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Amber Mendez : [seeing Fireball enter the game] Jesus Christ!
Ben Richards : [seeing Fireball discharge a burst from his flamethrower] Guess again!
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[Referring to dead bodies]
Amber Mendez : They're running men. Last season's winners.
Fireball : No. Last season's losers.
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[Amber is being introduced to the audience as a special guest 'runner']
Phil Hiton : ...Later, she cheated on college exams. Had sexual relationships with two, sometimes three different men in a year. And then she met Mad Dog Ben Richards, her *Confederate*, her LOVER!
Amber Mendez : That was a lie!
Damon Killian : Dear, dear, dear. Let's reunite these little lovebirds! GO!
[audience cheers]
Damon Killian : [Amber is sent down to the game zone]
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Damon Killian : [after the introduction of Dynamo] Oh, thank you. You're beautiful. Well, it's been an exciting show so far, right? We've had shocks. We've had surprises. And we thought, why not one more surprise?
[Killian laughs]
Damon Killian : Will you please help me welcome our mystery contestant: Miss Amber Mendez!
[Amber is dragged onstage by Sven and his other two guards; audience applauds]
Amber Mendez : Let me go!
Damon Killian : Amber. Amber! Now I understand that you're single, Amber, and that you live on the West Side. And not surprisingly, she's flaunted the law and traditional morality all of her life.
Amber Mendez : Go ahead. Tell some lies about me now.
Damon Killian : We don't lie. Phil, tell us all about her.
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Mic : What is it?
Amber Mendez : It's the original video from the Bakersfield massacre, before they edited for broadcasting.
Ben Richards : Where did you hide that?
Amber Mendez : It's none of your business.
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Amber Mendez : [Fireball arrives in the game zone by jetpack] Jesus Christ!
Ben Richards : Guess again.