Phantom (I) (2013)

Lance Henriksen: Markov

Quotes 

• Markov : Greatness casts a long shadow.

  Demi : Do you think we can be redeemed for the things we've done?

  Markov : I don't know. In our dreams, maybe. If there is such a thing, it surely requires opportunity. And here she is knocking.

• [first lines] 

  Demi : My crew has just returned from 76 days at sea. The Americans are massing naval assets in the Pacific. There must be a dozen boats better rested.

  Markov : Squadron Command is insisting on the most experienced captain and crew available.

  Demi : I'm being retired, remember? You should know that. Your signature is all over the transfer. Even if I wasn't, my boat will be in dry dock for months.

  Markov : You won't be sailing your boat. You'll be sailing the B-67.

• Demi : The irony is a bit excessive, don't you think?

  Markov : Under the circumstances, we were unable to get all of your crew back from holiday. Naturally, they'll be replaced. The 67 is being decommissioned. Considering your history, Command wanted to honor you with her last patrol.

  Demi : Honor me?

  Markov : The Navy's an unforgiving place. We're both proof of that.

  Demi : What'll happen to her after? Will they cut her up in Polyarny or just let her bleed rust in Murmansk?

  Markov : She'll be stripped of her sensitive equipment, refitted for her new life... in the Chinese navy.

  Demi : I'd rather see her on the bottom than sold to our enemies.

  Markov : A nuclear navy has to be subsidized, Demi. What better way to profit than by arming Peking with our museum pieces?