- [from trailer]
- Punk Leader: Who are you?
- Paul Kersey: Your last customer.
- [Paul shoots the punk leader]
- Ben: People rely on the police to keep them safe. That's the problem. The police only arrive after the crime has taken place. That's like. Trapping the fox as he's comin' out of the hen house. If a man really wants to protect what's his. He has to do it for himself.
- Paul Kersey: So there's nothing that I can do. Is that what you're saying?
- Detective Kevin Raines: You can have faith.
- [Paul looks at the bulletin board of unsolved murder cases]
- Paul Kersey: How did faith work out for those people?
- Detective Leonore Jackson: Are you satisfied?
- Detective Kevin Raines: No.
- [Raines grabs a slice of pizza]
- Detective Kevin Raines: Now I'm satisfied.
- Joe: You're not gonna kill me.
- Paul Kersey: No, Jack is.
- [Paul yanks the chain pulling the jack out from under the car, falling on Joe's head]
- Joe: You're that doctor?
- Paul Kersey: I am that doctor.
- [Smiles]
- Paul Kersey: But right now, I'm *your* doctor.
- Frank Kersey: So what do think this was? It was a robbery gone bad?
- Detective Leonore Jackson: Well, there have been a string of break-ins along the North Shore. So we're looking at the possibility.
- Frank Kersey: You said String? How many in this String?
- Detective Leonore Jackson: Uh, six in the last nine months.
- Frank Kersey: Six? Six Robberies.
- [Looks at Paul]
- Frank Kersey: Did you know about this?
- Paul Kersey: No, I didn't know about it.
- Frank Kersey: What, you don't think it's important enough to tell the residents?
- Detective Kevin Raines: We post all the crimes on the neighborhood watch. If it's big enough, the media picks it up and reports about it. If not, these are just burglaries.
- Frank Kersey: Just Burglaries.
- Paul Kersey: Frank, that's not what he meant.
- Frank Kersey: No, I'm just wondering, if it's important enough NOW! To go on their radar...
- Paul Kersey: [Looks at Frank] You're not helping.