Operation Warzone (1988)

Fritz Matthews: Sgt. Holt

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Quotes 

• [after Smitty shoots Adams as he attempts to run away] 

  Sgt. Holt : You're a dead man!

  Lt. Smitty : Not quite yet, Sergeant Holt. Not quite yet.

• Sgt. Holt : How'd you guys get in here?

  Specialist Hawkins : We're rats. Tunnel rats.

  Cpl. Butler : Tunnel rats? Christ, now we're running a fucking zoo around here!

  [enraged, Hawkins punches Butler] 

  Sgt. Holt : That's enough!

  Cpl. Butler : [to Hawkins]  Payback's a bitch, rat man!

  Sgt. Holt : Put a lid on it, Butler!

  Specialist Hawkins : Hey, why don't you guys go jerk off somewhere else? In five minutes, these tunnels are gonna be cramming with gooks and I don't plan on being their main course!

• Sgt. Holt : [after their fistfight]  All right, you gonna level with me and tell me what's going on, or are we gonna dance again?

  Specialist Hawkins : All right! I'll level with you. But first... let me ask you something. How long have you been here in country?

  Sgt. Holt : 18 months.

  Specialist Hawkins : And in those 18 months, how many times have you and your men taken a hill, village, or piece of ground only to return it back to the enemy days later?

  Sgt. Holt : So?

  Specialist Hawkins : Don't you get it? They're not gonna let us win. Because if we win, the war stops and if the war stops, the money stops.

• [last lines] 

  Cpl. Butler : What was that about? What'd he say?

  Sgt. Holt : He gave me the code. The real code.

  Cpl. Butler : Yeah?

  Sgt. Holt : He said we should use it, get the arms shipment... win the war. Can we do it?

  Cpl. Butler : [after a pause]  Why the hell not?

• [first lines] 

  Sgt. Holt : Get ready.

• [during the firefight with the Viet Cong] 

  Cpl. Butler : We're in trouble now! I'm running low on ammo!

  Sgt. Holt : No shit! So am I!

  [Adams stops firing and begins banging his fist against his M-16 rifle] 

  Cpl. Adams : Argh! My fucking gun is jammed again!

  Sgt. Holt : Hit it harder!

  [after a pause, Adams head-butts his M-16, and after testing it by firing a single round in the air, he resumes firing] 

• Sgt. Holt : Look, a tunnel!

  Cpl. Butler : Tunnel? No way, I hate tunnels! Tunnels are death traps!

  [bullets being ricocheting around them] 

  Sgt. Holt : They're all around us! We're going down!

  Cpl. Butler : Oh no no, not me!

  Cpl. Adams : You got a better idea?

  Cpl. Butler : Yeah! Stay alive!

  Sgt. Holt : Good luck!

  [Holt and Adams crawl into the tunnel and, after a pause, Butler follows suit] 

• [points his .45 caliber pistol at Hawkins] 

  Sgt. Holt : Let's get something straight here! I'm the sergeant... which puts me in command. You got a problem with that?

  Spc. Sgt. Hawkins : No.

  Sgt. Holt : [to Jenson]  Do you?

  [Jenson shakes his head meaning 'no'] 

  Sgt. Holt : [lowers his gun]  Now that we have a mutual understanding. We need to get out of here. We need food, we need water, and we need ammunition.

  Spc. Sgt. Hawkins : I know where you can get some.

  Sgt. Holt : How far?

  Spc. Sgt. Hawkins : Three... four miles at the most. But we gotta travel underground. It's too damn hot upstairs.

  Cpl. Butler : Oh, that's great! That's just fucking great!

  Sgt. Holt : [to Hawkins]  Why should I trust you?

  Spc. Sgt. Hawkins : Because you don't have a choice.

  Sgt. Holt : Very well. Lead the way rat man.