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The Assignment (1997)
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A 1997 spy thriller film directed by Christian Duguay, starring Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley.While on holiday in Jerusalem in 1986, Cuban-American naval officer Annibal Ramirez (Quinn) is detained and roughed up by Israeli intelligence officer Amos (Kingsley). Turns out Annibal is the spitting image of 'Carlos the Jackal' Sanchez, the infamous Venezuelan terrorist who has evaded every attempt to kill or capture him. The mistake is eventually sorted out but, gives Amos an idea. Together with Jack Shaw aka Henry Fields (Sutherland), a CIA operative with his own axe to grind with Carlos, they plan to use Annibal to frame Carlos as a CIA informant, so he will be murdered by his own side.Not to be confused with the 2016 action movie by Walter Hill. | |
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Pull the Thread | |
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Pull the Thread: While in the safehouse in Libya, Annibal notices an unfiltered cigarette in the rubbish bin — Agnieska only smokes filtered cigarettes. On being confronted Agnieska says that she went to the café to buy food and bummed a cigarette off someone there. To her relief 'Carlos' appears to buy this...but he then realises that the nearest café is two blocks away and she would have finished and thrown away the cigarette before then. | |
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Eiffel Tower Effect | |
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Eiffel Tower Effect: The movie opens with two kids urinating on the cobblestones, then a crane shot pulls up to show a view of 1970's Paris including the Eiffel Tower. Apart from this however the trope is avoided, using Scene Shift Caption instead. | |
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Abandoned Area | |
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Abandoned Area: A former prison is used for Annibal's one-man Spy School. As a child Annibal had to visit his father in a Cuban prison, so this is a deliberate Mind Screw from his trainers. Annibal meets Carla in a derelict building in the Dead Sea, where the only furniture is a bed — all that's needed for the training he receives there. | |
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In the Back | |
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A KGB commando raps on the window. As the terrorists inside grab their guns and turn to the window to fire, other commandos hiding by the door shoot them In the Back. | |
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Mutual Kill | |
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Mutual Kill: Amos and the Japanese terrorist shoot each other at the same time. | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death | |
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Cruel and Unusual Death: Annibal shoots a DST agent who falls screaming off a roof onto several power lines and goes up in a blaze of sparks. | |
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Uriah Gambit | |
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Uriah Gambit: The Plan is to frame Carlos as a paid informant for the CIA, so he will be killed by the KGB. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Carlos sends a Japanese terrorist to kill Agnieska, ordering him to exfiltrate via London. While at Heathrow airport, he runs into Annibal who, posing as Carlos, asks the terrorist what he's doing there. As Carlos should already know this, the terrorist does an Impostor-Exposing Test that Annibal fails. When Annibal is blaming himself for not having bluffed the Trust Password, Shaw tells him there's no way he could have guessed it, and relates an incident where he killed a man who didn't know the correct countersign: "But not as sticky as two summers ago." When Shaw finds himself confronted by two Carlos's, he uses this phrase to establish which one is Annibal. | |
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Fire-Forged Friends | |
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Fire-Forged Friends: Annibal with both Amos and Shaw. | |
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Rogue Agent | |
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Rogue Agent: Shaw is reminded that the CIA is not in the assassination business any more, but is willing to kill Carlos in Vienna regardless. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Carlos' father abandoned his family for a playboy lifestyle, and Amos advises Annibal to use his feelings about his own father (see Dark and Troubled Past) to empathise with Carlos and become him. | |
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Sexual Karma | |
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Sexual Karma: Since Annibal will have to sleep with Carlos's girlfriend while pretending to be him, he has to learn to have sex like Carlos did in order not to make the girlfriend suspicious. So he has Carla, an ex-girlfriend of Carlos, instruct him on it, and she makes it clear Carlos is a skilled lover, but also a domineering and aggressive one who's into Erotic Asphyxiation. By contrast, Annibal is Happily Married and has a healthy and vanilla relationship with his wife Maura (and loathes to have to cheat on her for the mission). When he has sex with her using the aggressive sexual technique Carla taught him, she doesn't enjoy it and tells him to stop as he's hurting her, with the implication only "bad" girls enjoys "bad" sex. | |
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Latin Lover | |
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Latin Lover: Carlos is always shown either in bed with a woman, or with an attractive female terrorist among his entourage. | |
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A Darker Me | |
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A Darker Me: The secondary purpose of his training is to bring this out of Annibal, replacing the rules-bound naval officer with someone more like Carlos. | |
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Tuxedo and Martini | |
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Tuxedo and Martini: When turning down the assignment, Annibal suggests to Shaw that James Bond would be a more appropriate recruit. In the next scene, Annibal and his wife go to a Navy ball and run into Shaw wearing a tux. | |
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Training Montage | |
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Training Montage: Though the improvement takes a while. | |
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Spy School | |
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A former prison is used for Annibal's one-man Spy School. As a child Annibal had to visit his father in a Cuban prison, so this is a deliberate Mind Screw from his trainers. | |
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City of Spies | |
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City of Spies: The climax takes place in East Berlin. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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Foregone Conclusion: Carlos will obviously survive as he was caught in 1994 and is currently serving multiple life sentences in a French prison. | |
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Camera Sniper | |
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Camera Sniper: As the Libyan police examine the charred remains of the DST car and the taxi abandoned by Annibal, a van passes by and a KGB agent leans out to take a photo. The KGB snap several shots of 'Carlos' meeting a bearded man in an East Berlin pub, and subject them to Facial Recognition Software. | |
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Super-Powered Evil Side | |
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Superpowered Evil Side: Before he goes into Libya, Amos gives Annibal some advice. | |
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NoKillLikeOverKill | |
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No Kill like Overkill Carlos throws a grenade into a Paris café. The explosion breaks a gas line which blows up the entire building. Annibal shoots a French agent who then falls off the roof onto powerlines which go up in a blaze of sparks, making it really clear to Annibal that he killed the guy. Carlos sends the Japanese terrorist to kill his ex-girlfriend for turning informer. Agnieska is shot in the head as she's leaving a building with her DST guards, then a nearby car bomb blows everyone up. Well aware of his reputation, the KGB assemble a unit of their best men outfitted with full commando gear (presumably an Alpha Group) to detain Carlos. It's not enough. | |
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Sherlock Scan | |
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Sherlock Scan: Carlos is able to find anything that doesn't belong simply by looking around a room, and Annibal learns how too (e.g. the leftover ash from another man's cigarette in the garbage). | |
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Woman Scorned | |
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Woman Scorned: Carla is helping the Israelis kill Carlos because her former lover set her up to be killed by carrying a bomb onto an airplane. | |
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Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Shaw turns up at a US Navy ball and proceeds to push Annibal's buttons, looking for a weakness. Does he resent the Gilded Cage of a career Navy officer? Is he attracted by the freedom and power of a spy? His country needed him and he Refused the Call; wouldn't that look bad on his personnel file? None of it works, until Shaw has Annibal brought to the bedside of a boy the same age as his son injured by a bomb that Carlos planted. Annibal later realises the whole thing was just a performance for his benefit. | |
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Becoming the Mask | |
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Becoming the Mask: Annibal is trained to think and act like Carlos, so much so that it starts to affect his normal behaviour. | |
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Record Needle Scratch | |
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There's a Record Needle Scratch on a gramophone player just as the KGB are about to kick down Carlos' door. Everyone freezes until they hear Carlos continue talking inside. | |
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Latex Perfection | |
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Latex Perfection: Annibal skillfully uses this for the risky first meeting with an ex-lover of Carlos. She enters the safehouse in Libya only to be grabbed by a bald-headed man in a mustache who threatens to kill her (and other things) if she doesn't reveal where Carlos is. Agnieska denies knowing anyone of that name, whereupon the man peels off a latex headpiece and removes his fake moustache to reveal a smiling 'Carlos'. As such mind games are entirely in character for him, she's entirely willing to believe it's done to test her loyalty, instead of a trick to make her less able to see one impersonation behind the other. | |
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Big Fancy House | |
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Annibal pretends to leave the Big Fancy House that Carlos has, meets with Shaw where he'll be photographed by the KGB, then returns to the house and hides in the woods outside. Unfortunately, the KGB turn up in force before he has a chance to slip away. | |
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Spy's Suspicious Spouse | |
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Spy's Suspicious Spouse: Justified; her husband really is cheating on her. She assumes his altered behavior is due to stress from working on a submarine (Annibal's cover story for being out of contact for so long). | |
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Roofhopping | |
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Roofhopping: Annibal escapes from the Libyan safehouse by leaping to a balcony on the opposite side of the street and fleeing across the rooftops. When he gets down to the ground however, he finds the DST haven't given up the chase. | |
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Wham Line | |
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"WHO DID YOU MEET WITH?" "The French Secret Service. The DST." | |
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Not What It Looks Like | |
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Not What It Looks Like: Annibal gets snatched off the street in Jerusalem — turns out the Arab men who grabbed him are working for Mossad, and they've mistaken him for Carlos planning his next terrorist act. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: At the start of the movie, Carlos puts out a cigarette on a spider. At the end of the movie Annibal goes to do the same...but stops. When told that Carlos has 70 hostages in Vienna, Shaw snaps, "Fuck the hostages!" When a wounded Annibal tells Shaw to leave him and go after Carlos, he snaps, "Fuck Carlos!" and carries Annibal to safety. | |
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Seven Minute Lull | |
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Seven Minute Lull: Shaw tries to goad the straight-laced Annibal into this trope. There's a Record Needle Scratch on a gramophone player just as the KGB are about to kick down Carlos' door. Everyone freezes until they hear Carlos continue talking inside. | |
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Dodge by Braking | |
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Dodge by Braking: Annibal is in a stolen taxi that's falling apart under the abuse, being pursued by DST gunmen. He drives down a stairway halfway then pulls on the handbrake and ducks — the car behind hits the back of his own, flips over and bursts into flame. | |
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Facial Recognition Software | |
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Annibal and Shaw wear beards and wigs when meeting in an East Berlin café. The KGB use Facial Recognition Software to remove the beards and match their faces with photos of Carlos and known CIA counterterrorism agent Henry Fields. Of course this was the plan all along, and the fake beards only increase the chance that the computer will give a false positive result for Annibal. | |
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Suddenly Shouting | |
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Suddenly Shouting | |
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| The Assignment (1997) / int_5ce2c9c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_5ce2c9c6 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_5f146203 | type |
Dissonant Serenity | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_5f146203 | comment |
As the commandos are climbing the walls, their boss turns up at the gate as if for a routine visit. As he leaves his car and goes over to the gatehouse, a commando shoots the guard with a silenced pistol and the KGB boss continues inside without breaking stride. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_5f146203 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_5f146203 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_5f146203 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_605cf3f | type |
Something Only They Would Say | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_605cf3f | comment |
Something Only They Would Say: Annibal proves his identity to Shaw when he says "awfully warm for this time of year", to which Annibal replies "but not as sticky as two summers ago". These are the two halves of a code phrase that was part of an assignment from long ago that his handler mentioned in conversation. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_605cf3f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_605cf3f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_605cf3f | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_66bee5ea | type |
Shooting Gallery | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_66bee5ea | comment |
Shooting Gallery: Annibal takes part in an exercise that tests both his memory and shooting skills. He walks through a graveyard and when his trainer calls out a name, he turns towards the gravestone engraved with that name, behind which is hiding another man armed with a paintball gun shooting back at him. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_66bee5ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_66bee5ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_66bee5ea | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a0f3c49 | type |
Beardness Protection Program | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a0f3c49 | comment |
The KGB snap several shots of 'Carlos' meeting a bearded man in an East Berlin pub, and subject them to Facial Recognition Software. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a0f3c49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a0f3c49 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_6a0f3c49 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a3bedce | type |
Modesty Bedsheet | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a3bedce | comment |
Modesty Bedsheet: Gender-inverted; the women are shown fully naked while Carlos or Annibal is the one whose groin is always hidden by the sheet. The Fanservice Extra with Carlos does however cover herself with the sheet in a hurry when one of his goons walks into the bedroom. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a3bedce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a3bedce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_6a3bedce | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a61050e | type |
The Only One | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a61050e | comment |
The Only One: Justified as a Doppelgänger to a famous terrorist, who also happens to be an officer of your own country, is not exactly common. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a61050e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a61050e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_6a61050e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a6e2a10 | type |
Don't Call Me "Sir" | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a6e2a10 | comment |
Don't Call Me "Sir": At the start of his training, Shaw tells Annibal to stop calling him sir because it gives away the fact that he's military. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a6e2a10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6a6e2a10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_6a6e2a10 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6fdd991c | type |
Overt Operative | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6fdd991c | comment |
Overt Operative: Shaw is recognised by Carlos in Paris; unfortunately Carlos is disguised so Shaw doesn't recognise him until it's too late. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6fdd991c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_6fdd991c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_6fdd991c | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_76a08cd6 | type |
Friend or Foe? | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_76a08cd6 | comment |
Friend or Foe? Annibal kills four French agents escaping the DST trap in Libya. In the climax, Shaw mistakes Annibal for Carlos and gleefully puts several shots into him. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_76a08cd6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_76a08cd6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_76a08cd6 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_775a1af6 | type |
Married to the Job | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_775a1af6 | comment |
Married to the Job: | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_775a1af6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_775a1af6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_775a1af6 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7870735b | type |
From Bad to Worse | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7870735b | comment |
Annibal after shooting a French agent in the face. It quickly goes From Bad to Worse as the DST keep attacking and he has to kill several more to survive. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7870735b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7870735b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_7870735b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7969f21e | type |
No One Gets Left Behind | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7969f21e | comment |
No One Gets Left Behind: Annibal has to abandon Amos to die in an airport restroom, rather than compromise the operation. When Annibal is shot in the climax he urges Shaw to leave him and go after Carlos, but Shaw carries him to safety instead, saying Carlos is as good as dead anyway. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7969f21e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7969f21e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_7969f21e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7cc1924a | type |
Handshake Refusal | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7cc1924a | comment |
Handshake Refusal: Annibal is introduced to their Mossad liaison, who turns out to be Amos. Annibal refuses to shake his hand because he's still pissed about what happened in Israel. Played for drama during the Vienna airport scene (see Nothing Up My Sleeve). | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7cc1924a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7cc1924a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_7cc1924a | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7d78995d | type |
Blofeld Ploy | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7d78995d | comment |
Blofeld Ploy: Carlos wonders out loud who revealed his safehouse in Libya, then cheerfully assures an underling that it couldn't be him, because: "We go way back." (shoots him through back of chair) | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7d78995d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7d78995d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_7d78995d | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Shaw misses Carlos when he's right in front of him in Paris. The protagonists trigger a trap to catch the real Carlos, causing the death of several agents of an allied country. Annibal tries to pose as Carlos when he encounters a terrorist at Heathrow airport. He's quickly exposed and Amos gets killed saving him. Annibal is drowning Carlos in the river when Shaw turns up and shoots Annibal, mistaking him for Carlos despite knowing that Annibal is in the area. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_7fbb2a3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8631da9a | type |
Institutional Allegiance Concealment | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8631da9a | comment |
Institutional Allegiance Concealment: Annibal is travelling in mufti while on leave in Israel, and ditches his dogtags and ID while being chased by men he assumes are Arab terrorists. Amos doesn't believe that he's a US Navy officer until one of his men finds Annibal's bag, and even then the Israelis hold him for three days until they're absolutely sure he's not Carlos. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8631da9a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8631da9a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_8631da9a | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8767b1f3 | type |
Black-and-Gray Morality | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8767b1f3 | comment |
Black-and-Gray Morality: Carlos is a thrill-seeking sociopathic terrorist, but Amos has Annibal snatched off the street and held for days without charge, and Shaw is a cynical manipulator so obsessed with catching Carlos he's prepared to destroy Annibal's life and let hostages die in Vienna just for revenge. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8767b1f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8767b1f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_8767b1f3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: After seeing Carlos in action in Paris 1974 and Vienna 1975, we cut to 1986 with Carlos apparently planning a terror attack in Jerusalem. This turns out to be our protagonist, Annibal Ramirez, playing tourist while his ship is docked in Haifa. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8797239c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_8797239c | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_885d11e3 | type |
Not Right in the Bed | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_885d11e3 | comment |
Not Right in the Bed: Since Annibal will have to interact and likely sleep with Agnieska, the CIA has to actually work to avert this trope. So Carla, an ex-girlfriend of Carlos who is now under Israeli protection, instructs Annibal in Carlos' domineering sexual technique. However Annibal's wife Maura becomes suspicious when he starts using what he's learnt in their lovemaking. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_885d11e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_885d11e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_885d11e3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8b9e6d7a | type |
Confronting Your Imposter | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8b9e6d7a | comment |
Confronting Your Imposter: Annibal is still on the grounds of Carlos' safehouse when the KGB launch their assault, so he lays low. But seeing that Carlos is about to escape, he pursues and ends up fighting Carlos hand-to-hand. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8b9e6d7a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8b9e6d7a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_8b9e6d7a | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8e3980c7 | type |
Mistaken Nationality | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8e3980c7 | comment |
Mistaken Nationality: An admiral goes on about how good it is that Mexican-American officers are coming up through the ranks, until Maura politely informs him that they are, in fact, Cuban-American. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8e3980c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8e3980c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_8e3980c7 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Annibal sees a man slapping his own son during baseball practice. When the man gets in his face Annibal beats him up, then realizes his own son has witnessed this. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_92d6110b | type |
Grenade Hot Potato | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_92d6110b | comment |
Grenade Hot Potato: In the Paris bombing, Carlos can be heard counting down after pulling the pin on his grenade before throwing it into the café. After taking hostages in Vienna, he trolls one of them by fiddling with a hand grenade as if he doesn't know how to use it, pulling the pin, then tossing the grenade to the terrorist guarding the door, who throws it outside at the police who've just shown up. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_92d6110b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_92d6110b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_92d6110b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_969c0ac2 | type |
Fresh Clue | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_969c0ac2 | comment |
Fresh Clue: In the Sherlock Scan exercise, the milk in the fridge is only slightly off, indicating that it's been replaced recently and hasn't been sitting there a week. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_969c0ac2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_969c0ac2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_969c0ac2 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_97d97c28 | type |
Revenge Before Reason | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_97d97c28 | comment |
Revenge Before Reason: Shaw is obsessed with catching Carlos after his humiliation in Paris. However after accidentally shooting Annibal he comes to his senses and helps him to safety instead of pursuing Carlos when urged to. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_97d97c28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_97d97c28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_97d97c28 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_984ef9ef | type |
"Not So Different" Remark | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_984ef9ef | comment |
"Not So Different" Remark: | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_984ef9ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_984ef9ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_984ef9ef | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ae8eea9 | type |
Character Tics | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ae8eea9 | comment |
Character Tics: Carlos likes to lower his sunglasses to look at people, a habit that Annibal copies. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ae8eea9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ae8eea9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_9ae8eea9 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9c6da41b | type |
Spot the Imposter | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9c6da41b | comment |
Spot the Imposter: While passing through Heathrow Airport, Annibal is approached by a Japanese terrorist who knows Carlos. Annibal makes the mistake of posing as Carlos instead of himself, but realizes too late he's been given a codephrase to which he doesn't know the countersign. Afterwards Shaw mentions a similar incident where he killed a contact who didn't have the countersign, and later uses this story to tell the difference between Annibal and Carlos in the climax. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9c6da41b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9c6da41b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_9c6da41b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ec60b8b | type |
White Shirt of Death | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ec60b8b | comment |
White Shirt of Death: Annibal spends most of the Chase Scene in a blood-splattered white shirt after he Boom Headshots a man at point-blank range. Carlos later shoots a minion he believes is an informer, with the exit wound appearing on a white undershirt. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ec60b8b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_9ec60b8b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_9ec60b8b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a0db7803 | type |
It's Personal | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a0db7803 | comment |
It's Personal: In 1974 while Shaw was sitting outside a Paris café, he was recognised by Carlos who borrowed a light off him, then proceeded to the balcony above and threw a hand grenade into the crowd. Shaw survived the attack, but was humiliated by having missed one of Europe's most wanted men when he was literally right under his nose. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a0db7803 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a0db7803 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a0db7803 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
Annibal shoots a French agent who then falls off the roof onto powerlines which go up in a blaze of sparks, making it really clear to Annibal that he killed the guy. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a1b141f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a1b141f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a1b141f4 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a3912d0e | type |
Sexy Discretion Shot | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a3912d0e | comment |
Sexy Discretion Shot: Annibal's and Carla's "sex training" cuts away just as he starts going down on her. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a3912d0e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a3912d0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a3912d0e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a4878b81 | type |
It's Not You, It's My Enemies | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a4878b81 | comment |
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Even though he wants to sort out the mess he's made of his home life, Annibal must leave to continue the mission because his family will never be safe as long as Carlos is alive. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a4878b81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a4878b81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a4878b81 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a536f3a3 | type |
Gender-Blender Name | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a536f3a3 | comment |
Gender-Blender Name: Annibal has this problem as his name sounds like "Annabelle". When the Baseball Dad makes a snide comment about it, Annibal has him Talk to the Fist. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a536f3a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a536f3a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a536f3a3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Averted in the long run; Carlos escapes both the CIA and KGB, but is now persona non grata in both East and West. Without a sanctuary, he's eventually captured in 1994. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a70223 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a70223 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7defafd | type |
Code Name | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7defafd | comment |
Code Name: On starting Spy School Annibal is given the codename 'Miguel', so he asks if 'Jack Shaw' is also a codename. Shaw claims it's his real name, but he is referred to as 'Henry Fields' by his colleagues and the KGB. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7defafd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7defafd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a7defafd | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7e47a11 | type |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7e47a11 | comment |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7e47a11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a7e47a11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a7e47a11 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a90fff3 | type |
Based on a True Story | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a90fff3 | comment |
Based on a True Story: Various points of the real Carlos' history are worked into the movie; his bombing of a Paris cafe, the 1975 OPEC siege in Vienna, and Carlos taking sanctuary behind the Iron Curtain. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a90fff3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_a90fff3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_a90fff3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ab1659d5 | type |
Hero Stole My Bike | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ab1659d5 | comment |
Hero Stole My Bike: While escaping from the DST, Annibal carjacks a taxi, throwing the driver out onto the street where he barely avoids getting hit by another vehicle. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ab1659d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ab1659d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_ab1659d5 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acb01a17 | type |
Nothing Up My Sleeve | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acb01a17 | comment |
Nothing Up My Sleeve: Shaw plans to kill Carlos during the hostage exchange at Vienna airport, using a mechanical device that launches a derringer into his hand. But as Shaw reaches out to Carlos, the CIA station chief shouts for him to stop—Carlos instinctively levels his submachine gun at Shaw, so he doesn't dare move. The station chief, unaware of Shaw's intentions, says, "You don't want to have your picture taken shaking his hand." | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acb01a17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acb01a17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_acb01a17 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acecb17d | type |
Chekhov's Skill | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: As part of his spy training, Annibal must enter a mock-up apartment and work out from clues if the woman living there has been cheating on her husband. Later Annibal uses the same technique to establish that Agnieska met someone in the Libyan safehouse before he got there. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acecb17d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_acecb17d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_acecb17d | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap! Amos when he's handed Annibal's dogtags and US Navy ID card. Annibal when told he's going to Libya. This is just a few years after the first Gulf of Sidra incident, so for a US naval officer in The '80s it would be like walking into Mordor. "WHO DID YOU MEET WITH?" "The French Secret Service. The DST." Annibal in Heathrow when he's asked for a countersign that he doesn't know. Annibal pretends to leave the Big Fancy House that Carlos has, meets with Shaw where he'll be photographed by the KGB, then returns to the house and hides in the woods outside. Unfortunately, the KGB turn up in force before he has a chance to slip away. Shaw empties his gun into the man he thinks is Carlos…and then a second Carlos appears and he realises he might have made a terrible mistake. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_ad1db87c | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_b06bbf4b | type |
Be Careful What You Wish For | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: After the Libyan disaster Annibal wants to go home and see his family. Then Amos is killed and Annibal is sent home just when he's motivated to go ahead to make Amos's death mean something. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_b06bbf4b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_b3de4c5b | type |
Sex God | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_b3de4c5b | comment |
Sex God: Played With. Carla comments that Carlos was very skilled in bed, but he's an egomaniac who only pleasures women for his own ego. He was also physically and emotionally manipulative even during sex, and she basically describes his "appeal" as a Fetishized Abuser. She clearly resents having enjoyed sex with him as much as she did. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_b3de4c5b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_bd4264a3 | type |
Slasher Smile | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_bd4264a3 | comment |
Slasher Smile: Carlos grins at Shaw from the café balcony before throwing a grenade into the crowd below. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_bd4264a3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_be6f7ae7 | type |
Brief Accent Imitation | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_be6f7ae7 | comment |
Brief Accent Imitation: Annibal eventually confesses everything to his wife, including his infidelity, then walks out on her to finish the mission, saying in his Carlos voice: "I'm late for work." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_be6f7ae7 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c0b6ded | type |
Lie Back and Think of England | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c0b6ded | comment |
Lie Back and Think of England: Being Happily Married, Annibal isn't as glad as he should be that the next stage of his training involves having sex with a beautiful French ex-lover of Carlos. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_c0b6ded | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c10da874 | type |
The '80s | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c10da874 | comment |
Annibal when told he's going to Libya. This is just a few years after the first Gulf of Sidra incident, so for a US naval officer in The '80s it would be like walking into Mordor. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_c10da874 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c16b3149 | type |
Going by the Matchbook | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c16b3149 | comment |
Going by the Matchbook: During the Sherlock Scan exercise, a matchbook in the rubbish bin tips off Annibal that his fictional wife met someone in a bar. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_c16b3149 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c3585f4a | type |
Boom, Headshot! | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c3585f4a | comment |
Boom, Headshot!: The first DST agent shot by Annibal; the other is a Cruel and Unusual Death, and another blows up with his car, making it obvious that Annibal has definitely killed them. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_c3585f4a | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c5c79ad3 | type |
And Your Little Dog, Too! | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c5c79ad3 | comment |
And Your Little Dog, Too!: When Annibal talks of leaving the operation, Shaw says he has no problem using Annibal and his family as The Bait to lure out Carlos. Having already attracted the attention of a terrorist he bumped into by coincidence, Annibal can't afford to ignore the threat. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_c5c79ad3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: Annibal points out the idiocy of training in snowy Canada to catch someone who's in the Middle East. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_c5f0119c | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c93ae7fc | type |
High-Dive Escape | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_c93ae7fc | comment |
High-Dive Escape: Carlos dives from a balcony into the Spree River to escape the KGB. Annibal dives right after him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_c93ae7fc | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_cafdaf4e | type |
Trust Password | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_cafdaf4e | comment |
Trust Password: "But not as sticky as two summers ago." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_cafdaf4e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ce6a1069 | type |
Wax On, Wax Off | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ce6a1069 | comment |
Wax On, Wax Off: Played with; Annibal is given exercises to improve his memory, driving, situational analysis and shooting skills, but the plan itself is only explained to him once he's reached a certain level of proficiency. Meanwhile he's fed porridge (and nothing else) until he's sick of it and losing weight. He has Amos blowing cigar smoke in his face, and Shaw trying to run him over with remote-controlled snowmobiles. Turns out the purpose is to Teach Him Anger; not only his own but that of his target — Carlos grew up eating the same porridge and tells everyone he meets how much he hated it and the smell of his father's cigars. He was also underfed as a child and clumsy at sports, feelings that Annibal can now empathise with. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_ce6a1069 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d13e0db3 | type |
Heartbeat Soundtrack | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d13e0db3 | comment |
Heartbeat Soundtrack: When Annibal is being questioned by a Libyan customs officer on his first mission. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_d13e0db3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d1cedb73 | type |
Slap-Slap-Kiss | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d1cedb73 | comment |
Slap-Slap-Kiss: An Invoked Trope. Carla tells Annibal to take off his clothes so she can teach him how Carlos makes love. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_d1cedb73 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d2cf1dce | type |
Hyper-Awareness | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d2cf1dce | comment |
Hyper-Awareness: Carlos has this ability, picking up even the smallest out of place details in a location, which Annibal is taught to double him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_d2cf1dce | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d498390f | type |
Fruit Cart | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d498390f | comment |
Fruit Cart Annibal deliberately knocks over various objects while fleeing through a Jeruselum marketplace to slow his pursuers down. The DST do a drive-by shooting of the contents of a Libyan market stall. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_d498390f | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d66cd0e6 | type |
Training from Hell | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_d66cd0e6 | comment |
Training from Hell: The training is designed to push Annibal to his limit both physically and psychologically — not only to teach Annibal how to survive when he doesn't have the massive support structure of the US Navy behind him, but to force him out of his comfort zone and into the mindset of a wanted terrorist. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_d66cd0e6 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dab2f3ee | type |
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dab2f3ee | comment |
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Carlos smokes, so Annibal has to as well. His wife is not happy. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_dab2f3ee | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_db1ab4b1 | type |
Just a Stupid Accent | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_db1ab4b1 | comment |
Just a Stupid Accent: When he's snatched off the street by the Israelis, Annibal thinks he's been kidnapped by terrorists so exaggerates his Cuban accent so they won't realise he's an American officer. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_db1ab4b1 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_db2f3581 | type |
All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_db2f3581 | comment |
All Girls Want Bad Boys: In her very first words, Carla spells out what Carlos' appeal to women is. | |
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1.0 | |
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| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_db2f3581 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Annibal just happens to be identical with one of the most notorious terrorists in the world, arrested after being mistaken for him then recruited by the CIA. On top of that, he's also Latin American and even has the same last name, Ramirez. Since he's a US citizen and Navy officer, this makes his recruitment far easier. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_dc579c91 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: Agnieska is introduced bringing Carlos the hand grenade he uses to blow up the café. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_dcbe8a6e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dd234c2f | type |
Hallucinations | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_dd234c2f | comment |
Hallucinations: For his final test, Amos and Shaw spike Annibal's food with LSD. The subsequent trip includes Talking to Themself (as naval officer, resentful spy trainee, and Annibal-Carlos), Dark and Troubled Past (visiting his father in a Cuban prison as a child) and parental fears (Carlos playing baseball with Annibal's son...using a grenade). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Assignment (1997) / int_dd234c2f | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_de9047ac | type |
Gambit Pileup | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_de9047ac | comment |
Gambit Pileup: Annibal gets caught in a trap set by the French DST to catch the real Carlos. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_de9047ac | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e1f9753e | type |
The Handler | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e1f9753e | comment |
The Handler: Shaw for Annibal. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e1f9753e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e1f9753e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e35ab565 | type |
Indy Ploy | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e35ab565 | comment |
Indy Ploy: Subverted; Annibal is able to fool an ex-girlfriend of Carlos because he's had months to prepare. When he tries to wing it at Heathrow Airport, it doesn't work. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e35ab565 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e3cee2e7 | type |
Empathic Environment | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e3cee2e7 | comment |
Empathic Environment: Annibal goes home to his family on a bright sunny day. That night it's raining and he gets into a shouting match with his wife. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e3cee2e7 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e43130c1 | type |
Interrupted Intimacy | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e43130c1 | comment |
On being confronted by the KGB who order him to get dressed and come with them for interrogation, Carlos does so while contemptuously throwing ladies underwear in their faces...then grabbing a submachine gun hidden under the clothes. | |
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1.0 | |
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| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e43130c1 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e43b42ea | type |
We Need a Distraction | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e43b42ea | comment |
We Need a Distraction: Seen when the KGB Alpha Group is assaulting Carlos' lair. As the commandos are climbing the walls, their boss turns up at the gate as if for a routine visit. As he leaves his car and goes over to the gatehouse, a commando shoots the guard with a silenced pistol and the KGB boss continues inside without breaking stride. A KGB commando raps on the window. As the terrorists inside grab their guns and turn to the window to fire, other commandos hiding by the door shoot them In the Back. On being confronted by the KGB who order him to get dressed and come with them for interrogation, Carlos does so while contemptuously throwing ladies underwear in their faces...then grabbing a submachine gun hidden under the clothes. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e43b42ea | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e4d4633a | type |
Shoulders-Up Nudity | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e4d4633a | comment |
Shoulders-Up Nudity: When Annibal strips down at Carla's request, the camera stays just above his waistline. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e4d4633a | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e83f211c | type |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e83f211c | comment |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Annibal shouts down his wife when she accuses him of infidelity, and beats up another father at baseball practise. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_e83f211c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_e83f211c | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ef3e4b4b | type |
Throw Down the Bomblet | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ef3e4b4b | comment |
Throw Down the Bomblet: While being chased on foot by DST agents driving a car, Annibal drops a live grenade onto the pavement and lets them drive over it. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ef3e4b4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_ef3e4b4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_ef3e4b4b | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f2667f5f | type |
Impostor-Exposing Test | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f2667f5f | comment |
Impostor-Exposing Test: While buying duty free cigarettes at Heathrow Airport, Annibal is approached by a Japanese terrorist that Carlos sent to kill Agnieska. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f2667f5f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f2667f5f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f2667f5f | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f27ec906 | type |
Identical Stranger | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f27ec906 | comment |
Identical Stranger: Annibal and Carlos aren't related at all; they're from completely different countries. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f27ec906 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f27ec906 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f27ec906 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f31d181 | type |
YouCanNeverLeave | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f31d181 | comment |
You Can Never Leave: Having put so much work into Annibal, Shaw is not going to let him walk away from the mission. He's even willing to use Annibal's family as The Bait to lure Carlos if that's what it takes. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f31d181 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f31d181 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f31d181 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f5c3983a | type |
Camping a Crapper | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f5c3983a | comment |
Camping a Crapper: A terrorist takes Annibal into a Heathrow airport restroom to be interrogated by having his head shoved in a toilet bowl. Fortunately Amos sees him being led off and follows, leading to a Mutual Kill. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f5c3983a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f5c3983a | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f70bcdc3 | type |
External Combustion | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f70bcdc3 | comment |
External Combustion: We hear a car start before it explodes in a ball of fire. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f70bcdc3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f70bcdc3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f70bcdc3 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f91d1d4f | type |
Darkest Hour | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f91d1d4f | comment |
Darkest Hour: Annibal is feeling guilty because he killed four agents from his own side. Then Amos gets killed after a terrorist spots Annibal at Heathrow so the operation is suspended by the CIA Director pending review, making it look like it's been All for Nothing. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f91d1d4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f91d1d4f | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9876f7e | type |
Faking the Dead | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9876f7e | comment |
Faking the Dead: The Ramirez family get into their car which explodes into a ball of fire and an Empathy Doll Shot. Carlos gets a newspaper clipping announcing their deaths. After a funeral that Shaw attends, we see Annibal watching his family playing on the beach. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9876f7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9876f7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f9876f7e | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9b5dabc | type |
Spies In a Van | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9b5dabc | comment |
Spies In a Van: DST and KGB surveillance teams are shown operating from vans, though the KGB men outside the East Berlin safehouse are crammed into a Lada. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9b5dabc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_f9b5dabc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_f9b5dabc | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fcd9b657 | type |
Gallows Humor | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fcd9b657 | comment |
Gallows Humor: As Amos is dying, Annibal jokes that he can't die yet as he never got around to suing him. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fcd9b657 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fcd9b657 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_fcd9b657 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fdb3b2b5 | type |
Lady Drunk | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fdb3b2b5 | comment |
Lady Drunk: Carla is introduced swigging directly from the bottle, which she then rolls across the floor to Annibal so he can take a drink too. Given that she was betrayed by the man she idolized, is now working for her former enemies, and is about to have sex with a man who is the spitting image of her ex-lover so he can kill Carlos, one imagines she has a lot to drink about. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fdb3b2b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fdb3b2b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_fdb3b2b5 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fed93e1b | type |
Dark and Troubled Past | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fed93e1b | comment |
Dark and Troubled Past: Annibal's father was imprisoned in Cuba. | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fed93e1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_fed93e1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Assignment (1997) | hasFeature |
The Assignment (1997) / int_fed93e1b | |
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ItemName | |
| The Assignment (1997) / int_name | comment |
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The Assignment (1997) |
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