Reign of Fire

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
There's nothing magical about it.

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
Envy the country that has heroes, huh? I say pity the country that needs them.

Creedy:
Only one thing worse than a dragon... Americans.

Quinn Abercromby:
What do we do when we are awake?

Quinn Abercromby:
What do we do when we sleep?

Quinn Abercromby:
What do we do when we see them?

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
Ever see a male?

Quinn Abercromby:
When I'm running for my life I generally don't look back at the plumbing.

Quinn Abercromby:
That's a big tank...

Quinn Abercromby:
Well, this town's gone to Hell.

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
Look out that window, Eden isn't burning its burnt.

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
You see they have great vision during the day, and even better vision at night. But in the failing light, they can't focus. Magic hour.

Ajay:
Forget the bird and use the scope you silly wanker.

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
We're going to London.

Quinn Abercromby:
Good luck. It's that way.

Creedy:
I'm sure you have a perfectly good explanation for this, but I'm buggered if I know what it is.

Quinn Abercromby:
He's a Dragon Slayer.

Creedy:
What?

Quinn Abercromby:
A Dragon Slayer.

Creedy:
Oh, he's a Dragon Slayer. So that would make you King Arthur then?

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
What are you doing here, Quinn?

Quinn Abercromby:
You're standing on ground where I've buried hundreds. This my land. I'll ask the questions. What are YOU doing here?

Ajay:
Hey, Barlow, I've got voices.

Barlow:
Ajay, what are you smokin'?

Quinn Abercromby:
Of course I did.

Quinn Abercromby:
Anything happens, you know what to do.

Creedy:
Uh no. I have no idea.

Quinn Abercromby:
Me neither.

Van Zan:
You were the one who wanted to come to London.

Alex:
Yeah, well that was at thirty five thousand feet.

Van Zan:
Yeah. Well life has a way of turnin' that different though don't it?

Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer':
We have paid a terrible price, and now we've got a chance to make a difference. We will.

Creedy:
Marauders. Haven't seen them in years. Well, look at the bright side - at least we're not alone.

Quinn:
Only one thing worse than a Dragon... Americans!

Reign of Fire (2002)

Denton Van Zan:
The name's Van Zan. Kentucky Irregulars.

Quinn Abercromby:
You're a long away from home, Van Zan. You lost?

Denton Van Zan:
Rebuilt a National Guard C-5A. Flew it 8,000 miles on 2 engines and tried to set it down on the old strip outside of Manchester. Lost 122 men and most of my fuel. We need shelter and a place to refit artillery. We'll be out of your hair by 1800 hours tomorrow.

Quinn Abercromby:
That's a good story. Especially the bit about the plane, but there hasn't been anything in the air for 20 years. That's their territory.

Denton Van Zan:
It's my territory. It's *your* territory. Their just rentin' it.

[Van Zan gives Quinn a drink from a hip flask.]

Quinn:
[spitting it out] It's water!

Van Zan:
You're gonna need it.

Quinn Abercromby:
What do we do when we are awake?

The Children:
Keep two eyes on the sky.

Quinn Abercromby:
What do we do when we sleep?

The Children:
Keep one eye on the sky.

Quinn Abercromby:
What do we do when we see them?

The Children:
Dig hard, dig deep, go for shelter, and never look back.

Quinn Abercromby:
I've kept this for years, because someday it will be up to you. I don't want you to be afraid. I want you to understand. Knowledge is the only weapon we've got left. In the beginning, it was ignorance that destroyed us. I saw the first, but soon the world saw millions. No one knew how they spawned so fast, they swarmed like locusts, burning everything in their path, driven by one purpose: to feed. Even then, we couldn't believe they were real. Ancient man had made them into myths, but nature had made something far more terrible. Too late, our scientists discovered their true identity: a species which had burned the dinosaurs to dust, whose ash had brought on ice ages, who in eons past had scorched the world clean of life, then starved and slept, waiting for the Earth to replenish itself, waiting to start their cycle anew. Our weapons shot fire back at them, yet for every one of them killed, a hundred took its place. They seemed invulnerable. We could only look on as our leaders used their greatest arsenal to destroy them. But in the end, we only helped them, till the world burned, and the few of us that were left fled the cities, found shelter where we could. You have to understand our past, because you will decide our future. They're starving now, and they're more dangerous than ever. But we have to go on. We have to outlast them. Only one species is getting out of this alive.

Denton Van Zan:
Envy the country that has heroes, huh?! I say pity the country that needs 'em. What are you celebrating? One dragon down, three men dead? Oh, yeah. At that rate, we might just be getting somewhere in about 320 years. Is that what you want? You want a little accommodation? Nuh-uh. These beasts live on ash. They feed on death. There's no middle ground... not for them, not for us. And sure as hell not for my men who died out there today. But you go ahead. Have your little... soiree. Personally, you disgust me.