Charlie Wax quotes from From Paris with Love (2010)

Played by John Travolta

View Quote This mother****er hates Americans so much, even though we saved his country's ass in not only one world war but two, he still won't let me through with my cans!

View Quote Checkmate, mother****er!

Scenes with Charlie Wax

View Quote Charlie Wax: Shoot the ****er.
James Reece: I'm not gonna shoot him, Wax.
[two men come in and start beating up Reece, Wax shakes his head and continues looking out the window with binoculars. Finally he pulls out a gun and shoots the two men]
Charlie Wax: Next time I tell you to shoot the ****er, shoot the ****er!

View Quote James Reece: I don't know where the **** we're going, or what the **** this is about!
Charlie Wax: What the **** do you think this is about? It's about terrorists! It's about terrorists, man, converting their finances into drugs so they can move it around without being detected.

View Quote James Reece: I'm not your driver. I'm your partner.
Charlie Wax: Yeah, you're the chess player. I read your file.
James Reece: You play?
Charlie Wax: Do I look like I play board games?

View Quote Charlie Wax: Nice work Reece.
James Reece: [splattered in blood] What's so nice about it?
Charlie Wax: How 'bout the fact that he's dead and you're alive.

View Quote James Reece: [Mocking Wax's earlier statement] Wax on, Wax off.
Charlie Wax: What about it?
James Reece: I don't get it. Are you The Karate Kid or something?
Charlie Wax: If you wanna be a secret agent man, you have to roll like a secret agent man. It's code.
James Reece: Code?
Charlie Wax: Yeah. Code. Wax is on, he's gonna take you off. Gives them something to think about, throws them off balance. Got it?
James Reece: Got it.
Charlie Wax: Good.

View Quote Charlie Wax: [after buying 5 grams of cocaine] All right, give me a kilo.
The Thug: A kilo? You think this is Bogota?
Charlie Wax: What the **** am I gonna do with five grams?
The Thug: [pulling out a gun] Maybe you can sniff it off of your homeboy's ass.

View Quote James Reece: [points a gun at a man] Stop! Give me your charger!
Charlie Wax: Yeah! That's the big boss shit I'm looking for
James Reece: [pulls hammer on gun] Give me your charger! [the man gives Reece his charger]
Charlie Wax: What the **** are you doing man?
James Reece: What the **** does it look like I'm doing? I'm charging my **** cell.

Other characters in From Paris with Love (2010): James Reece