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Jack's Back

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Jack's Back is a 1988 thriller film (with some mild supernatural elements) directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring James Spader as a pair of Polar Opposite Twins with Twin Telepathy.When a wave of Jack the Ripoff killings occurs in Southern California, a young, idealistic medical intern named John (Spader) begins attempting to play detective, suspecting a doctor... an investigation which ultimately leads to his untimely demise and his angsty, Troubled, but Cute, Darker and Edgier twin brother Rick (also Spader) taking the investigation into his own hands with the help of a criminal psychologist who takes on the role of The Profiler (Robert Picardo), ultimately leading to an abrupt, tense confrontation with the killer.
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 Darker and Edgier: the second half of the movie, in contrast with its Lighter and Softer first half.
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 Byronic Hero: The twin in the second half of the movie.
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 Backup Twin: Rick
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 Break the Cutie: As if the twin in the second half of the movie hadn't been through enough already.
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 Jack the Ripoff: The basic premise. 100 years after the Jack the Ripper murders, someone is replicating his crimes on the respective days of each victim's death.
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 Decoy Antagonist: Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him both killing John and attempting to kill Rick, we are led to believe that he is the copycat killer. He isn't.
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 Hoist by His Own Petard: Rick uses Sydney's own switchblade to kill him.
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 Doomed Protagonist
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 Decoy Protagonist: John, the twin in the first half of the movie appears to be the protagonist until he is murdered by Jack halfway through the movie.
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 Deadly Doctor: Dr. Sidney Tannerson is the real copycat killer.
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