The Price of Protection
from Angel Has Fallen
Written by Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook, Ric Roman Waugh
Director McKinney reprimands Mike Banning for his aggressive tactics during a recent security breach, highlighting a clash between bureaucratic diplomacy and field-tested pragmatism. Banning defends his lethal response to a threat, while McKinney asserts his authority and demands a more restrained approach to protection.
MCKINNEY: So now this shitstorm’s on my head.
BANNING: It’s all politically correct bullshit, sir. And you know it.
MCKINNEY: That may be, but it’s my reality.
BANNING: A reality of photo ops and swan paperweights?
MCKINNEY: You weren’t even supposed to be there, goddammit!
BANNING: Well thank God I
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