10 Badass Samuel L. Jackson Movie Quotes

5. Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995)

"Yeah, Zeus! As in, father of Apollo? Mount Olympus? Don't f**k with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your a**!"

Tinkering with the original formula that had made the Die Hard franchise a success, Bruce Willis' John McClane was given a sparring partner for the third installment, and Samuel L Jackson's reluctant accomplice Zeus Carver steals the movie. The action scenes are suitably spectacular and Jeremy Irons makes for a cerebral villain, but the real strength of the movie is the odd-couple dynamic between Willis and Jackson. As a civilian store owner thrown into a high-stakes cat and mouse game, Zeus is given plenty of opportunities to vent his frustrations, usually at McClane. Although he has several memorable lines in the movie, the pick of the bunch is his reaction to McClane thinking his name is 'Jesus'. This one line manages to both show his indignation and explain the origin of his unusual name, before finishing with a well-timed insult. You'd be hard-pressed to forget the name after that.
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