The Dark Horse (2014)

Cliff Curtis: Genesis

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• Genesis : Burn the school down!

• Genesis : How many times have you been pissed on? How many times before you stop crying?

• Ariki : I don't think I can help you.

  Genesis : There ain't no-one else.

• Genesis : I don't wanna take him from you. I just wanna give him a chance to see something out there in the world.

  Ariki : There ain't nothing out there for him! World don't want him. Didn't want me and sure as fuck didn't want you, did it? He lives in my world. The real fuckin world. Remember my hand on your shoulder, do you? Telling you things'll be alright? Well nobody hand their fuckin hand on mine bro. No-one told me shit'd be alright. I been all alone with nothing. But I stayed standing. While you fell all apart, I stayed fuckin standing and so will he. And I ain't gonna let you fuck that up.

  Genesis : I don't wanna fuck anything up bro. But he is being pissed on. Pissed on and beat up by Mutt. And you're his father, you should be protecti...

  Ariki : Damn right I'm his father. You think I don't know? You think I didn't go through the same fuckin shit? That's the real world. That's the shit the rest of us have to deal with while you just take your fuckin pills.

• Noble : Gen, What are you doing?

  Genesis : Positivity.

  [Noble tries to interrupt] 

  Genesis : Wait, wait! I'm trying to give them some positivity.

  Noble : They've already got something positive.

  Genesis : No, that's not...

  Noble : They don't even have decent chess sets, cuz. Gen, listen to me.

  Genesis : I have thought about this and I know it will work.

  Noble : You thought about it?

  Genesis : Yes

  Noble : Thought about them?

  Genesis : Yes, yes.

  Noble : Who you just met tonight? Who you don't even know whether they can even play?

  Genesis : Yeah.

  Noble : Gen!

  Genesis : I can help them. They'll have a purpose. They need a purpose, a focus. Who knows what'll happen?

  Noble : I know what will happen. You'll rev them up with some new and exciting idea, then you're gonna go off the rails, and we're not gonna see you again. They don't need some big, delusional tournament. They don't even have parents. Just fuckin' gangs and jails. They're not even around. They need people who are gonna show up, Gen. Stability!

• Genesis : From the dark into the light.

• Genesis : I'm gonna lead you all to the National Chess Championships up in Auckland. In six weeks.

• Genesis : [to the Eastern Knights]  You all belong to a very special whanau.

• Genesis : Mana. You are not what they're making you think you are.

• Genesis : You're the king. Give him your energy.

• Genesis : [to Ariki]  It's gonna be alright.

• Genesis : [to Mana]  Don't look back.