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Next of Kin (1989)

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Next of Kin is a 1989 film starring a veritable Who's Who of actors. It stars Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Ben Stiller, Helen Hunt, Andreas Katsulas, Bill Paxton, and Ted Levine.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The story centers around Truman Gates (Patrick Swayze), a Chicago police officer from Kentucky. When his brother Gerald (Bill Paxton) is killed by the Chicago mafia, his brother Briar (Liam Neeson) comes to town seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Adam Baldwin plays Joey Rosselini, an enforcer for the Isabella crime family who finds his position in jeopardy due to the don's son (Ben Stiller) trying to play a more active role in the family business.
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Noodle Incident: There's some history that Truman and Briar have between them that makes them reluctant to shake hands when Truman brings Gerald's brother home.
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Someone to Remember Him By
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Someone to Remember Him By: Truman mentions that one of his uncles was murdered, and his pregnant wife told the police that her son would avenge the murder, which he did at the age of sixteen. We never find out which of Truman's cousins this was, assuming he wasn't just making up the story to scare the Isabellas, but the fact that Briar saw Hollis as being the best choice of backup if he got in trouble implies it was him.
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Wham Shot
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Wham Shot: While it was easy to anticipate coming, the shots revealing the arrival of the Gates family, readying their weapons, as Truman is being cornered during the graveyard fight, accompanied by some ominous music.
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Affably Evil
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Affably Evil: Isabella and his son Lawrence are some of the nicest mobsters you'll ever meet.
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Bar Brawl
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Bar Brawl: Truman fights his brother Briar in a bar when he decides to take him in. The bartender tries to call the cops, but the one of the customers stop him and other remarks how the fight is "better than television".
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Didn't Think This Through
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Didn't Think This Through: Sure, Joey, go ahead and brag about how you tortured and murdered your boss's son, in front of other members of his crime family. There's no way that could possibly end badly.
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Children Are Innocent
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Children Are Innocent: Downplayed when Truman arrives back in the hills with Jessie. Some of his younger relatives are just happy to meet him and Jessie, with Jessie teaching playing her violin for one in a nice scene, but another is seen practicing with the bow and arrow, and declaring that he's imaging his target to be Gerald's killer.
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"Not So Different" Remark
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"Not So Different" Remark: During an exchange between Joey and Don Isabella, Joey refers to the Gates as stupid poor farmers. Don Isabella responds that that's how other Italians thought about Sicilians.
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The Kindness of Strangers
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The Kindness of Strangers: Briar asks Harold, the owner of the motel he's staying at, to call his Cousin Hollis if anything happens to him. After Briar is killed, although the man could have easily ignored this request especially given the new report that tells him what happened mentions Briar was killed attacking the Isabella's headquarters, and then goes a step forward by providing some direct aide to the family once they arrive in town.
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Despite being armed with machine guns and in an open graveyard, the mob goons pretty much fail to hit crap.
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Men of Sherwood
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Men of Sherwood: Numerous Gates uncles, cousins, and friends show up in the final act to help fight the mobsters. They help Truman take out a mob of thugs who outnumber him, and all survive the movie.
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Honorary Uncle
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Honorary Uncle: Isabella appears to be one to Joey, given that Joey calls him Uncle Johnny right before being shot by him. but everywhere else in the movie makes it sound like he's just a subordinate and not a relative.
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An Axe to Grind
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An Axe to Grind: One of the Gates uncles is seen throwing an axe to split logs when Truman arrives in the hills.
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