Great. A nut with an army, a battleship and a vendetta.
Under Siege (1992)
ADMIRAL BATES
A screenplay character in Under Siege (1992).
- lines
- 9
- words
- 197
- scenes
- 4
- dialogue
- 2.4%
- avg words / line
- 22
- shortest / longest
- 9 / 48
source review flagged 2 dialogue lines
Sample dialogue
Unfortunate+Y, the Missouri's radar will detect an attack in advance. The ship's defense systems and armor can withstand an assault for hours. There's nothing to prevent Strannix from carrying out his threat to retaliate. It's quite likely we would lose several aircraft and possibly a ship or two.
scene 115, source scene 108 — INT. CRISIS ACTION CENTER - NIGHTWe go back to a full out air assault.
scene 115, source scene 108 — INT. CRISIS ACTION CENTER - NIGHTOnly by the originating ship's computers. It has the codes.
scene 115, source scene 108 — INT. CRISIS ACTION CENTER - NIGHTWe have no choice now but a full air assault from the Nimitz. They'll have to blast it out of the water. It's a no win situation. We lose men and ships either way. The alternative is losing Honolulu or maybe even California.
scene 178, source scene 179 — ,ADMIRAL BATES AND TRENTON.The 16 inch guns can punch holes right through the Nimitz flight deck. Not to mention the fall out if he fires the Tomahawks.
scene 115, source scene 108 — INT. CRISIS ACTION CENTER - NIGHT
Bookends
We have no choice now but a full air assault from the Nimitz. They'll have to blast it out of the water. It's a no win situation. We lose men and ships either way. The alternative is losing Honolulu or maybe even California.