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Bandits is a 2001 romantic crime comedy caper directed by Barry Levinson and starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett.Tough guy with hidden depths Joe Blake (Willis) one day decides to escape from prison on a whim and takes with him super intelligent but highly neurotic Terry Collins (Thornton). Joe robs a bank to fund their life on the run, which turns out to be surprisingly easy and the two cohorts then hatch a master plan to rob banks across the country to amass enough money to flee south to Mexico, buy a bar and live out the rest of their days in comfort. Their modus operandi is to show up at the Bank Manager's home the night before the heist in a various array of disguises, spend the night and then force their captive to open the vault in the morning before the bank opens (effectively avoiding a hold-up situation), earning them the moniker, The Sleepover Bandits.The plan runs smoothly until Terry runs into a woman—or rather, she literally runs into him—named Kate Wheeler (Blanchett), an ignored and depressed trophy wife who is desperate for some adventure and romance in her sterile, suburban life. Joe, instantly attracted to her, decides to take Kate on as their hostage (she actually stays with them of her own free will and is, in fact, an accomplice), much to Terry's initial displeasure. Things take a turn for the worse when both men inevitably end up falling head over heels in love with their 'hostage' and she seems unable to choose between them, causing a serious fracture in their criminal partnership at a time when they're planning their biggest heist to date, one that will end their legendary crime spree in style...For the 1997 German film, see: Bandits (1997). | |
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The Caper | |
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The Caper: The Sleepover Bandits' final heist is on a much larger scale than their previous robberies, and ingenious and multi-layered in nature. | |
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The Heart | |
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The Heart: Kate, being the emotional core and the only woman in the gang. Well, up until Claire ('Pink Boots') helps them out with their final heist, that is. | |
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Mutual Kill | |
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Mutual Kill: Joe and Terry end up shooting each other when the final bank heist goes awry. Averted as it was All According to Plan. | |
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Cock Fight | |
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Cock Fight: The latter half of the film is this trope, with Joe and Terry constantly bickering and trying to trick and one-up each other to win Kate's affection, culminating in a prolonged physical fight involving guns and plate glass windows. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: "We never stole a penny from anybody who earned it, lady. The money's federally ensured by the government. The government steals money from people, and we just take it back from them." | |
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Batman Gambit | |
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Batman Gambit: The final heist, which uses Harvey's special effects and good acting from both Terry and Joe. Kate's phone call to the police alerting them to the final heist was also part of the plan as part of the Mutual Kill aspect with the added bonus of getting the reward money. | |
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The Smart Guy | |
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The Smart Guy: Terry. He's the guy that came up with their modus operandi in the first place, and does all of the strategic planning. | |
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Sensitive Guy and Manly Man | |
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Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Again, Terry and Joe. | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Kate, oh so much. Let's see... Stunningly attractive? Check. High on life? Check, once she gets away from her uncaring husband, that is. Full of wacky quirks and idiosyncrasies? Check. Tendency towards petty crime? Check... well, if you can call bank robberies petty crime... She especially embodies the trope towards Terry as her off-beat and talkative nature ends up bringing him out of his neurotic, hypochondriac shell considerably. | |
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Flashback | |
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Flash Back / Flash Forward: The film is framed around their final heist and a true crime documentary about them, which takes us back through the whole story. | |
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Genius Ditz | |
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Genius Ditz: Harvey. He's a genius when it comes to elaborate special effects and stunts, but a complete ditz in every other area. In one scene, he's wearing a hilariously garish cowboy-style outfit and the following dialogue occurs: | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Terry, despite his numerous quirks and neuroticisms, is actually a pretty damn competent (and inventive) criminal. | |
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Brandishment Bluff | |
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Brandishment Bluff: Joe uses a marker pressed against the guard's neck to convince him he has a gun. The guard then hands over his gun and the two use it to rob the bank. | |
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Better Partner Assertion | |
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Better Partner Assertion: Part of the ongoing feud between Joe and Terry involves Terry arguing that he is better than Joe because he is smart, sensitive, and "a lot of other things". Surprisignly, Kate ends up choosing them both. | |
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Gasshole | |
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Gasshole: The daughter of the first bank manager the Bandits spend the night with rips a huge belch at the dinner table after offering to show the Bandits "something cool". Also applies to the actress, who is Bruce Willis's daughter, and according to him, no special effects were used in that scene. | |
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How We Got Here | |
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How We Got Here: The film opens with news coverage of Joe and Terry having a Mexican Standoff with each other in the middle of what appears to be a bank robbery gone wrong. | |
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Bank Robbery | |
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Bank Robbery: Lots of them, being the the main characters' crime of choice. | |
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Odd Couple | |
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Odd Couple: Joe and Terry. Terry being a neurotic hypochondriac and Joe being... Bruce Willis. | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
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Chekhov's Skill: Harvey is learning how to use special effects to simulate gunshot wounds and set himself on fire when Joe and Terry first meet him. His skills come in essential as the 'special effects guy' during the gang's big final heist. | |
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Flashed-Badge Hijack | |
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Flashed-Badge Hijack: At their first robbery that goes wrong, Joe and Kate flee in the cop car. The cop then does this to Harvey, having no idea he's one of the gang. | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: Kate falls in love with both Joe and Terry and they fall for her as well. It starts to cause serious problems in their bank robbing schemes when they begin to fight over her attention. | |
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Anti-Hero | |
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Anti-Hero: All the main characters fall under this trope, being criminals but also protagonists who the audience are expected to root for. Joe and Terry differ from most bank robbers, fictional or otherwise, being famous for their lack of the use of violence and the general 'courtesy' they show towards their captives. | |
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There Is Only One Bed | |
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There Is Only One Bed: Done twice. The first time Kate splits a bed with Joe by hanging a blanket between them. The second time Terry takes the floor. Neither arrangements last long. | |
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Threesome Subtext | |
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Threesome Subtext: Kate refuses to choose between Joe and Terry and in the end it's made pretty clear that they're in some kind of three way relationship as she is standing with both of them at Harvey's wedding and she kisses each of them passionately in turn. It's also fairly easy to miss, but if you look closely there Kate is clearly pregnant, raising the question, who's the daddy? | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
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Chekhov's Gunman: Claire. Initially her appearance is more of a distraction for Harvey until we find that she is also part of the final heist. | |
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Waking Non Sequitur | |
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Waking Non Sequitur: Terry wakes up shouting "Beavers and ducks!" | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Harvey. Driving in the opposite lane just to wave at Joe and Terry, then, when faced with an oncoming truck (which he would have seen if he weren't preoccupied with looking to the side), he panics and accidentally forces Joe's car off the road in a PIT maneuver, causing the car to be hit by the truck and everyone to be filmed by a man on the side of the road. It's more blind luck that no one was hurt, that Harvey and Kate's vehicle wasn't hit and they weren't all caught then and there. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: Joe hangs a blanket to split the bed, claiming he saw it in a movie. When Kate asks him how the movie ends, he says "with a wedding." The film ends at Harvey's wedding. note The movie Joe is taking about is It Happened One Night. | |
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Heroes Want Redheads: Both the 'heroes' are in love with red-headed Kate. | |
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