To Messala, the Emperor "is God, the only God, he is power, real power on Earth." Ben-Hur responds by pledging his allegiance to his own people, refusing to become part of the Roman world: "You may conquer the land, you may slaughter the people.In the parking area, a Pacific Courier truck opened up with ten other heavily-armed, hi-tech errorists, led by the classic bad-guy villain Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), a well-read ex-member of the radical West GermanVolksfreimovement.BackgroundThe French Connection(1971) is director William Friedkin""s brilliant, fast-paced, brutally-realistic police/crime film - his commercial break-through film ("The time is just right for an out and out thriller like this").As she leaves for a hot date, she advises her friend Thelma with her personal motto:Always remember, honey.