Max Lawson Not a satellite, all of them.
Played by Jim Sturgess 
Geostorm (2017) · 24 quotes
Geostorm (2017) · 24 quotes
Most-quoted character in Geostorm (2017): in 8 of its 24 quotes
A line from Max LawsonI don't need to remind you how many people died from catastrophic climate conditions.
More lines from Max Lawson
6 quotes Max Lawson Max Lawson We have to shut the system down!
Max Lawson Jake, if you can't stop it, no one can.
Max Lawson It's worse than we thought.
Max Lawson Having me and my brother lead the investigation was a setup from the start. I mean, think about it. He hired us to fail.
Max Lawson Look, I know you think I'm a weasal, someone who moves pieces around a chessboard for a living. And you know what? You're right. I am. But that is how you get 17 countries to agree to build a space station. Now, you build things, right? Well, there is something wrong with the thing that you built, and people are dying. And if you think you're the best, which I know you do, then how can you stand there and say no?
Scenes with Max Lawson
1 scene Max Lawson My access has been blocked.
Dana So a satellite has a bad comm, that happens.
Max Lawson Not a satellite, all of them.
Cheng There’s potential for catastrophic weather events on a global scale. A geostorm.
Dana [after Max solves Jake's coded message]
Who came up with that encryption, a 12-year-old?
Max Lawson No, I was 13.
Seriously? We're kidnapping the president in a self-driving cab?
You are implicating the Secretary of State in this. Do you realize you’re committing–
Max Lawson Treason? Oh, yeah. I've kidnapped the president, I’ve stolen state secrets. (to Sarah) Yeah, anything I’m forgetting honey?
Honey?
Max Lawson Guilty.
[Sarah manages to swerve the car away from the collapsing bridge.]
Marry her.
How the hell did you–
How? Because I'm the goddamn President of the United States of America. You're done, Leonard.
[they are immediately surrounded by Florida State Trooper cars and an Orlando Police helicopter.]
He's all yours. [Releases Dekkom to two officers]
I've given you an opportunity, Mr. President, you should take it.
An opportunity? Let him go! [The officers release Dekkom] It's GENOCIDE, Leonard!
You say "genocide", I say "pre-emptive strike".
You've lost your mind!
Tomorrow, the sun will rise, all our enemies will be gone. Wiped away as if by the Hand of God.
Why would you do this?
Because no-one else would. I'm turning the clock back to 1945, when America was a shining city on a hill, not just a bank disguised as a country.
By playing God?
What the hell is Dutch Boy if not playing God? Ask Max, he knows. Science is all about playing God. Sometimes God doesn't play so nice.
Max Lawson Yeah, well, you know what my brother would say?
What?
[Max punches Dekkom.]
