Wishmaster (1997)

Andrew Divoff: The Djinn, Nathaniel Demerest

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• Alexandra Amberson : What happens if I wished you dead?

  The Djinn : Why, how remarkably original of you, Alexandra. I'll tell you what. I'll give you one free wish. A sample. Just to get you in the spirit of the game.

  Alexandra Amberson : All right. I want you to destroy yourself. Blow your brains out. Right now

  The Djinn : Very well.

  [He picks up a gun, presses it under his chin, and pulls the trigger, blowing off the top of his head] 

  The Djinn : [wound heals instantly, surprising Alexandra]  That which is eternal cannot die. But if it's any consolation sweet Alex, THAT HURT LIKE HELL!

• The Djinn : You wish to know what I am? To you, I am this: The cry of the abandoned child. The whimper of the whipped beast. I am the face that stares back at you from the shadows of your mirror. The hollowness at the heart of all your hopes, Alexandra. I AM DESPAIR.

• The Djinn : Listen to their screams, child, listen to the music of their agony.

• The Djinn : Run, insect. Run and tell those you will, what you will. Tell them there is something loose in their city which feeds on wishes. But tell them quickly, while you still have a soul.

• The Djinn : My patience wears thin.

  Alexandra Amberson : What are you going to do, kill me? Where's your third wish then?

  The Djinn : I don't need you dead, Alexandra. I just need you to wish you were.

• Nathaniel Demerest : Step aside, doorman.

  Johnny Valentine : Doorman? The name is Valentine. Johnny Valentine. You'd better remember when they ask you how you lost your eye!

• Alexandra Amberson : If there's no hope, no magic, I'll have to rely on myself.

  The Djinn : [as Wendy]  Match wits with a creature older than time? Match wits with a prince of the dark dominions? Pit your tiny twentieth century mind against one who walked the spaces between the worlds, and trod the wings of angels beneath his conquering feet? Alexandra, you're a delight! Really, you are.

• Raymond Beaumont : M-My God!

  The Djinn : Not yet, human. Soon! Very soon I will be.

• The Djinn : Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to have unlimited power, and only be able to use it when some worm asks you for something?

  Merritt's Guard : No, I can't say that I do. I can't say that I give a shit, either.

• Alexandra Amberson : Where's Wendy?

  The Djinn : Bedroom. But I wouldn't go in there if I were you. Messy. I needed her face.

  Alexandra Amberson : You killed her.

  The Djinn : Actually, I can't kill anyone. Not unless they wish me to. Your research should have told you that.

  Alexandra Amberson : She didn't wish to be dead, you lying sack of shit!

  The Djinn : I showed her my true face. Her reaction wasn't very flattering. As a matter of fact, she got downright hysterical! I merely asked if she wished to be released from her fear. You're a dangerous person to know, Alexandra. Your scientist friend, your boss, the policeman, Wendy. By the by-where is that tasty little sister of yours today?

  [licks upper lip slowly] 

• The Djinn : [referring to the curses the homeless man shouted]  What would you do to have them come true?

  Homeless Man : A cigarette and a handshake's about all I got right now, pal.

  The Djinn : Not quite. You have a soul.

  Homeless Man : That I'd trade for a shower and a jug of jack.

  The Djinn : Then the death of your enemy you would consider a bargain?

  Homeless Man : You really are fucked up, you know that? But I do like the way you think.

  The Djinn : Indulge me, then. What would you have happen? Give it some thought. Enjoy it.

  Homeless Man : He should only get cancer. Should only get cancer and die.

  The Djinn : As you wish.

• The Djinn : Where is Alexandra?

  Nick Merritt : Uh, well I'm sorry, but I don't really feel comfortable telling you.

  The Djinn : What would make you comfortable, Nick? Name it.

  Nick Merritt : What's my limit?

  The Djinn : Your imagination.

• [after the end credits roll] 

  The Djinn : Careful what you wish for.

• The Djinn : Going my way?

• The Djinn : So, how do you like me so far?

• The Djinn : I claim that which is owed.

• Alexandra Amberson : If you harm Shannon, I'll kill you.

  The Djinn : [showing Alexandra his Djinn form]  Spare me child. Behold my true face

  Alexandra Amberson : [scared]  Oh my God.

  The Djinn : Yes. The shit just... hit the fan, didn't it?

• [after encasing Johnny Valentine in a steel-and-glass box filled with water, with Valentine in a straitjacket] 

  Nathaniel Demerest : Houdini did it in two and a half minutes.

  [calmly walks up the steps and into Beaumont's party] 

• Nathaniel Demerest : Ask me for something.

  Merritt's Guard : Okay. I want you to leave.

  Nathaniel Demerest : No. No. I have to get inside.

  Merritt's Guard : Well, now, you'd have to go through me. And that is something I'd love to see.

  [the Djinn merges the guard with the door and walks through it] 

• Nathaniel Demerest : I remember a certain potentate whose last party was talked about for centuries.

  Raymond Beaumont : What do mean? It went down in history?

  Nathaniel Demerest : Oh, yes.

  Raymond Beaumont : God, how I'd love to host a party like that.

• The Djinn : No more doors. No more rules. No more excuses. Make your wish.

  Alexandra Amberson : I will not wish.

  The Djinn : Really? Not even when I show you the latest addition to Beaumont's collection? The final flowering of his wish.

  Alexandra Amberson : What?

  Alexandra Amberson : A little masterpiece of my own. I call it "Sister, why have you forsaken me?"

  [close in on a portrait of Shannon] 

  Alexandra Amberson : Oh, God! Shannon!

  The Djinn : Rather a good likeness, don't you think? I especially relish the trapped animal look in the eyes.

  Alexandra Amberson : You vicious son of a bitch.

  The Djinn : You don't approve? All right then, fuck it! You know what I say: "If you can't beat 'em, burn them, baby."

• Nathaniel Demerest : Is the pain terrible? I can help you with that. I can ease your suffering. All you have to do is ask. Tell me you want the pain to cease.

  Josh Aickman : Yes.

  Nathaniel Demerest : As you wish.

• The Djinn : We have unfinished business.

  Alexandra Amberson : It's gonna stay unfinished!

• Nathaniel Demerest : Why do you keep looking over there?

  Lt. Nathanson : See that guy? Guilty as sin. Walked on seven counts. Walked each time. Made of Teflon. Makes me sick. You know what I'd like?

  Nathaniel Demerest : I'd love to know.

  Lt. Nathanson : Just once I'd like it to be easy. I'd like to nail that prick dead to rights. Murder one. Everybody's an eye witness.