Starring: Benicio del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Pitt, Ato Essandoh, Domenick Lombardozzi, Frances Fisher, Eric Bogosian, Karl Glusman, Matilda Lutz
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
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Netflix crime thriller directed and co-written and by Grant Singer. Reptile (2023) centers on Nichols (Benicio del Toro), a hardened New England detective, who after following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so, dismantles the illusions in his own life.
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Summer Elswick: I’m in the middle of a dark tunnel, and my car dies on me. So, I’m sitting there alone and looking for a flashlight. But then I hear a train coming towards me, but I can’t see it. So, I started feeling for the keys to turn the battery on and flash the lights, but they were gone. And I could hear the train speeding towards me, and I went to get out, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t move. I just froze.
Renee: And then what?
Summer Elswick: That’s it. What do you think it means?
Renee: Maybe you’re afraid of getting caught.
Wally: Now, look at Allen’s face. That’s the face of a man who’s about to spend more money on one dinner for four guys he doesn’t even like, than he has on Deena, his kids, birthdays, Christmas, vacations. Did I miss anything else?
Captain Robert Allen: Cleary, what do we got?
Dan Cleary: We got a dead realtor.
Will Grady: [referring to Summer] I was going to marry her. I told my mom. The day I met her. I said, “I’m going to marry her.”
Tom Nichols: Why didn’t you?
Will Grady: Well, she’s technically still married. I know that sounds weird, but they were separated.
Medical Examiner: Heard of knives getting stuck before. First time I’ve ever seen it. We had to cut into the bone and pull it out. That’s how hard it hit.
Sam Gifford: Am I a suspect?
Tom Nichols: Well, Mr. Gifford, right now everyone is a suspect. You understand.
We’re just trying to do our job.
Sam Gifford: Yeah, I understand. If you guys aren’t going to read me my rights, we’re done here. And if you are, I want a lawyer. Thank you.
Dan Cleary: By the way, why does Wally call you Oklahoma?
Tom Nichols: Because I can cut a rug, baby.
Judy Nichols: Multiple stab wounds? I mean, that’s a crime of passion. And if the husband’s a drug user, you can bump that up to ninety percent.
Tom Nichols: What’s up with the bulldog?
Wally: Because when we bite, we never let go.
Victor: Come on, Wally. Be honest, man. This ain’t your logo. This is definitely your mugshot.
Wally: Did you hear that? At least they got my good side.
Captain Robert Allen: Do you have to be walked twice a day?
Tom Nichols: Coming up to that big five-oh. You don’t want to end up old and alone. That’s a real b**ch.
Dan Cleary: I came into this world alone. I’ll go through it alone. And I’m going to die alone. So f*** it.
Tom Nichols: Okay, tough guy.
Dan Cleary: [referring to Summer] Seventy grand. She never got a divorce. That’s a motive for the ex.
Tom Nichols: Maybe.
Wally: So how’s Mr. Detective Cleary doing?
Tom Nichols: Well, aside from never wearing a tie, he’s doing pretty good.
Wally: Good. Because I taught him everything he knows. Not everything I know. Everything he knows.
Eli Phillips: You don’t remember me?
Will Grady: No, I’m sorry.
Eli Phillips: Well, I guess, I wouldn’t remember me either. You know, if I were you. Is your mother home? Your mother would remember me. I just wanted to give you my condolences. That’s it.
Will Grady: Move your f***ing foot!
Eli Phillips: No problem.
Tom Nichols: [referring to the truck] It’s nice, huh?
Dan Cleary: Yeah. Fifty K. You can afford that?
Tom Nichols: Hell, yeah.
Dan Cleary: Really?
Tom Nichols: You’re forgetting one thing.
Dan Cleary: What’s that?
Tom Nichols: The overtime, baby. Milk it.
Eli Phillips: Hey, you know what? We have the same birthday, me and you.
Tom Nichols: No s**t.
Eli Phillips: Yep. Geminis, right? Gemini? May 26? We’re like twins.
Eli Phillips: I can tell you who did it, if you guys want me to.
Tom Nichols: Okay. Who’s that?
Eli Phillips: Will Grady.
Tom Nichols: Why were you really at Whitcomb the night she was killed?
Eli Phillips: Because I wanted to see Will Grady in in handcuffs.
Tom Nichols: Why?
Eli Phillips: Because he’s the devil. That’s why. He’s a crook. They’re all crooks. Like your partner.
Dan Cleary: Who do we like for the DNA?
Chief Marty Graeber: Oh, come on.
Tom Nichols: Jesus.
Dan Cleary: I got the boyfriend for twenty. Come on, Nichols. Who do you got?
Tom Nichols: Look at Allen. A steady rolling man. Alright. Well, I’ll go with Will Grady, the boyfriend.
Dan Cleary: Ah. Okay. Safe bet. What about you, Vic? Who do you got?
Victor: Let me ask you guys a question. When you interviewed the Eli guy, did he have a blond wig on by any chance? No. I’ll take Eli. Nichols twin.
Captain Robert Allen: I’m going with the fisherman. The ex-husband.
Tom Nichols: I got an arrest warrant for you.
Sam Gifford: For what?
Dan Cleary: I think you know.
'I came into this world alone. I'll go through it alone. And I'm going to die alone. So f*** it.' - Dan Cleary (Reptile) Share on X
Tom Nichols: [after Tom shoots Gifford] Cuff him.
Police Officer: He’s dead.
Tom Nichols: What are you, a doctor? Cuff him.
Tom Nichols: [referring to the drugs found at Gifford’s house] That’s why he shot at us.
Tom Nichols: [referring to the other cops] They’re washing their hands.
Judy Nichols: You don’t have to wash yours. But I don’t want you being upset over a guy who tried to kill you.
Chief Marty Graeber: Oh. And hey, Tom? Next time, shoot him in the front. Makes this s**t go a whole lot easier.
Tom Nichols: For years I’ve had this dream. It’s a recurring dream where I’m in someone’s house and there’s people there. It’s like a party or something. And then these bad guys come in, and they start shooting at everyone. And every time I get my gun out, I can’t pull the trigger. It’s a real nightmare.
Dr. Boone: That’s a very common dream among law enforcement.
Tom Nichols: Really? Well, you know what’s happened? Since the shooting, I’ve had that same dream. But now I get to pull the trigger. Interesting, huh?
Victor: Hey, Wally, how long you been a dope dog?
Wally: Twenty-four years. Why?
Victor: And you still can’t tell when someone’s bluffing? Bam!
Wally: Except when it’s your wife. I always know when she’s bluffing.
Paul: Vic, tell me what a dope dog is.
Victor: An old-a** narc like him.
Wally: [to Tom] S**t happens. You got to think about your future. You can’t be a cop forever.
Captain Robert Allen: Look, I had a long talk with Graeber, and we’re going to recommend you for the Medal of Valor.
Tom Nichols: I don’t want a medal for killing someone.
Captain Robert Allen: You’re not getting it for killing Gifford. You’re getting it for saving Cleary’s life.
Dan Cleary: My future mother-in-law’s already up my a** about getting my sperm tested, make sure I’m still potent.
Tom Nichols: I hate when that happens.
Tom Nichols: [referring to Summer’s hand] That’s a bite.
Judy Nichols: It was the dentals that got Ted Bundy.
Tom Nichols: We don’t want someone else to get killed because we didn’t do our job, huh?
Captain Robert Allen: I won’t stop you.
Tom Nichols: It’s inconclusive.
Captain Robert Allen: What did he say?
Tom Nichols: The bite is not deep enough.
Captain Robert Allen: Okay. So do you have any objections to us closing the case?
Tom Nichols: No.
Judy Nichols: You tried, babe.
Tom Nichols: We tried.
Eli Phillips: [to Tom] I got something I want to show you. Something that will prove the Gradys are f***ing crooks.
Eli Phillips: This is your chance to redeem yourself.
Tom Nichols: I don’t have to be redeemed. You understand?
Dan Cleary: The f*** did your Gemini twin want?
Tom Nichols: F*** if I know. Maybe he wanted to go swimming.
Dan Cleary: Judy should’ve put a f***ing bullet in his head.
Tom Nichols: Instead, she put a bullet in the pool.
Tom Nichols: How far would you go?
Peter: Excuse me?
Tom Nichols: No. Are you willing to die for it?
Peter: I don’t know what we’re talking about here, Tom.
Tom Nichols: You don’t know what the f*** I’m talking about?
Peter: No. Absolutely no idea.
Tom Nichols: Holy s**t. You’re f***ing cute. I’m warning you, man. Don’t let me f***ing catch you.
Will Grady: I don’t want any trouble. I just want what you took from me.
Eli Phillips: What I took from you?
Wally: What’s the difference between me and you? You talk a good one, but you don’t do what you’re supposed to do.
Tom Nichols: And what’s that?
Judy Nichols: Oh, my God. Look who’s here.
Tom Nichols: Who?
Judy Nichols: Will Grady. Is that his girlfriend? That was fast. Guess people grieve differently.
Will Grady: Oh. It’s the first time I’ve ever shown a house at gunpoint.
Tom Nichols: You’re not afraid of guns, are you?
Will Grady: Not if they’re in the right hands.
Captain Robert Allen: Tommy’s getting the Medal of Valor. Congratulations.
Wally: Good for you.
Captain Robert Allen: It’s the second-highest honor. Only one higher is the Medal of Honor. That one you got to die for.
Judy Nichols: [referring to Wally and Will] So they killed that girl over money?
Tom Nichols: No. She was going to talk.
Judy Nichols: You got to tell Allen. What are you telling me right now?
Tom Nichols: He’s in on it.
Judy Nichols: What?
Tom Nichols: He’s either one of them, or he’s helping them.
Tom Nichols: [to Judy] There’s only one thing I love almost as much as I love you. And that’s being a cop. And you know what? This thing does not love me.
Judy Nichols: [referring to Allen] Does he know that you know?
Tom Nichols: Yeah. I’m going to need you to pack a bag. We’re not sleeping here tonight.
Captain Robert Allen: [to Wally, referring to Tom] It’s going to be fine. He’s kept his mouth shut before. He’ll do it again.
Captain Robert Allen: [to Tom] Get out of here. You gave them the drive. They know everything. Go. Get out of here.
Captain Robert Allen: [as he walks up the stairs] He knows. It’s over.
[he suddenly gets shot in the head by Wally]
Chief Marty Graeber: Tom. It’s me. Put the gun down.
Tom Nichols: Sir, don’t do it.
Chief Marty Graeber: Tom, put it down.
Tom Nichols: No.
[as Marty goes to pull his gun, Tom shoots him]
Wally: [after Tom shoots him several times] I can’t feel my legs. Oklahoma. Hey. Oklahoma. Finish it.
[Tom then calls 911]
