This film was made because Eddie Murphy always wanted to direct and act in a period piece.
The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said 133 times.
Sugar Ray:
I'm gonna take this boy home to his mother.
Young Quick:
My mama's dead.
Sugar Ray:
Well, your daddy?
Young Quick:
My father's dead, too.
Sugar Ray:
Did you kill 'em?
Young Quick:
No, they just dead.
Bennie Wilson:
Excuse me, I got somethin' in my eye.
Gambler:
Well, get it the fuck out yer eye you blind muther fucker!
Quick:
C'mon now, Vera, put that razor away!
[pulls gun]
Quick:
I'm warnin' ya, put that razor away, or I'm gonna shoot your pinky toe off!
Vera:
Oh! Now your gonna shoot me in my pinky toe.
Quick:
Bitch, I'm not playin'. You gonna be the nine-toe havingest, limpin'est bitch in Harlem, you don't put that razor away!
Vera:
Benny, you put this orange juice back in here, ain't nothin' left but a swallow!
Bennie Wilson:
Then swallow it and shut the fuck up!
Sugar Ray:
We all bet on you champ!
The Champ:
W-w-w-well... y-y-y-you's about to b-b-b-be a rich nigga... cuz c-c-come F-f-f-friday... I'm knockin'... someone... the fuck out!
Quick:
Last asswhoopin' I got was... what, 27 years ago?
Sugar Ray:
Yeah, when the doctor slapped your ass.
Quick:
Yeah, and I'm still lookin' for him!
Quick:
Oh, how cute, she sleeps with her gun under her pillow too.
Quick:
Yo, Tommy... Tommy?
[Sees Tommy dead in his chair]
Quick:
Whoa, I'm just gonna leave, and let you think about whoever you pissed off.
Vera:
Kiss my ENTIRE ass!
Vera:
YOU shut the fuck up, Bennie! I would tell you to kiss my ass, but knowing you, you probably can't find it, you blind motherfucker!
Bennie Wilson:
Vera, he ain't accusing you of anything. Now sit down, and shut the fuck up!
Sugar Ray:
Ok, the same fella who made the drop last year is gonna do it again. I want somebody on him. Vera, do you have a girl?
Vera:
I've got a girl who's pussy is so good, if you threw it up in the air it would turn into sunshine.
[after quick leaves to fight Vera]
Bennie Wilson:
Bettah watch it, Quick! You fuckin' witha heavyweight!
Sugar Ray:
The candy business is good.
Phil Cantone:
I'll say. There must not be a nigger on the streets with a healthy tooth in his mouth.
Quick:
It's not how many you shoot. It's who you shoot.
Sugar Ray:
How'd it go?
Quick:
I killed her.
Sugar Ray:
Tore the pussy up, huh!
Quick:
No, I shot her.
Sugar Ray:
Damn, pussy that bad!
Phil Cantone:
I'll see you around.
Sugar Ray:
I bet you will... Shit.
Crying Man:
Oh. Quick is mine.
Bugsy Calhoune:
It's a set-up... It's a fucking set-up!
Sugar Ray:
You have got to stop over-reacting.
Quick:
[shouts] Over-reacting?
Sugar Ray:
You're not a gangster. we're not. We're club owners. We run a dance hall. What are they going to put on your tombstone? "Here lies a man 27 years old, he died but he ain't no punk?" He man that's bullshit okay. You know when you die, when you're 89 got you're children and grandchildren around you're bed... that's cool. It an't cool to die at 27.
Referenced in
Life (1999/I)
- In the scene where Rayford (Eddie Murphy) is getting beat up in a fight with Goldmouth, Rayford says to Goldmouth: "I know a bitch named Della who hits harder than you." This is a reference to Harlem Nights, in which Murphy's character is beat up in a fight with a madame played by Della Reese.
Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002) (VG)
Featured in
"E! True Hollywood Story: Redd Foxx" (????)
État des lieux (1995)