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A 1996 action movie directed by Michael Bay, starring Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery (playing an aging Expy of James Bond), Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, and Tony Todd.The Rock tells the story of USMC Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel (Harris) who, enraged at how his men have been treated by the country that they served, steals 15 rockets of VX nerve gas and holes up on Alcatraz Island (hence the title), threatening to kill most of San Francisco unless the government gives him a buttload of money to help out military widows and orphans.The administration responds by sending in Stanley Goodspeed (Cage), a chemical warfare expert, and John Mason (Connery), a British MI-6 agent turned Alcatraz fugitive turned full-time convict. Oh, and a SEAL team led by Michael Biehn, but they don't last long...A late draft of the script was written by none other than Quentin Tarantino (who wasn't a member of the Writer's Guild at the time, and so was uncredited). Aaron Sorkin also did some work on the script, writing some of the dialogue between Goodspeed and Mason.Has nothing to do with the pro wrestler.
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You: This is part of why Mason never cut a deal with the Feds after being originally captured. He knew withholding the now-hidden microfilm's location was ironically the only thing keeping him alive. Mason knew that the moment the Feds finally got their hands on the microfilm, they'd "suicide" him.
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Villain's Dying Grace
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Villain's Dying Grace: While dying from getting shot by Frye and Darrow, General Hummel reveals the location of the last rocket so Goodspeed can disable it and end their threat.
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Crucified Hero Shot
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Crucified Hero Shot - Several when Goodspeed uses the atropine and later deploys the green flares. He even "comes back from the dead" when Mason pulls him out of the water, and his name is also very appropriate.
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Villain Opening Scene
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Villain Opening Scene: The film's first two scenes center around its main antagonist General Hummel; first as he pays his respects at his wife's grave and apologizes in advance for his crimes, then as he steals VX rockets from a depot.
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Give Geeks a Chance
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Give Geeks a Chance: FBI lab geek Stanley Goodspeed's girlfriend, Carla, is played by model/actress Vanessa Marcil. Lampshaded between Mason and Goodspeed:
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Title Drop
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Title Drop: Since the movie is named after a common nickname for Alcatraz, the term gets mentioned a few times.
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TheHeist
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The Heist at the beginning of the film has Hummel's forces completely manhandle the garrison guarding the VX rockets with a brutal display of Non-Lethal Warfare, only taking casualties because one of them screwed up the sequence to take the rockets.
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Dare to Be Badass
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Said geek isn't portrayed as a whiny loser, but courageous and levelheaded in the face of danger, and he's in a healthy, loving, responsible relationship with a beautiful woman. That line about 'winners going home to fuck the prom queen'? His girlfriend was the prom queen.
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Who Shot JFK?
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Who Shot JFK?: Mason is in jail because he stole microfilm containing, among other secrets, the answer to this question. Which is strange, since he stole it in 1962, perhaps implying the FBI knew about the planned assassination a year in advance.
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Take My Hand!
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Take My Hand!: Inverted, Mason tricks Womack into shaking his hand and nearly sends him off a building when he does.
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Famous for Being First
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Famous for Being First: John Mason (Sean Connery) was a former inmate at Alcatraz Island, having been wrongfully imprisoned for possessing a micro-film exposing the darkest secrets of the U.S. government, and is the first and only inmate, in the prison's history, to successfully escape. This is why he's recruited to infiltrate the prison and stop General Hummel's plans.
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Not What I Signed on For
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Not What I Signed on For: Hummel has no intention of actually going through with his threatened chemical attack if his demands aren't met. He finds out at the end that his associates feel differently. More specifically, they felt that there was no going back — when his bluff is called, he folds but they decide to stay all in.
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Straw Civilian
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Straw Civilian: White House Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair, whose character exists for the sole purpose of establishing that he doesn't know what any of the military men in the room are talking about.
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: The atropine and signal flares. The motion sensor one of the Marines installs. Mason's "special operations gear": kerosene, washers and waterproof matches. The kerosene and matches he uses to set a Marine on fire, and the washer is used to break out of an Alcatraz prison cell. The single sphere of VX-2.
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Everybody's Dead, Dave
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Everybody's Dead, Dave: All the Navy SEALs die pretty quickly, leaving just Mason and Goodspeed.
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Ironic Echo
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Ironic Echo: "Welcome to the Rock."
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Semper Fi
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Semper Fi: Although being the bad guys, the Marines (and a few possible ex-Rangers, and some mercenaries) take out a Navy SEAL team. The Marines had modified their sensor equipment so that the SEAL team's attempts to disable it instead set it off, and the resulting confrontation (superior numbers in hard cover with an elevated position on one side and a smaller group caught in the open on the other) was so one-sided that Hummel flat-out considers their refusing to surrender an act of suicide.
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Hollywood Tone-Deaf
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Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Mason's singing to Scott McKenzie's If You're Going To San Francisco in the shower at the Fairmont Hotel. We see one of his guards shaking his head in exasperation at how utterly off-beat and toneless Mason is. In fact, it's so out of rhythm that nobody notices him calling room service to distract them with a feast.
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It Has Been an Honor
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It Has Been an Honor: One of the last things Major Baxter says to Hummel before they are both killed.
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Guile Hero
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Guile Hero: Stanley Goodspeed is terrible at physical confrontations, relying on Mason for most of the bloodshed. But that does not make him a coward or idiot. He defuses the VX rockets, drives through traffic to recapture Mason, and still manages to take out a few of the Marines with his ingenuity.
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Mauve Shirt
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Mauve Shirt: Lieutenant Commander Anderson gets (relatively) a lot of characterization before getting offed with the rest of the SEALs at the film's halfway mark.
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Sophisticated as Hell
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Sophisticated as Hell: Mason, who can quote philosophy and drop F-bombs in the same breath.
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Ax-Crazy
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While Hummel is trying to convince the SEALs to stand down, Frye impatiently whispers "Let's waste these fuckers" and proceeds to intentionally start the shootout by knocking down some masonry, startling a SEAL into firing. This establishes him as an Ax-Crazy Sociopathic Soldier.
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Psycho for Hire
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Psycho for Hire: Captains Frye and Darrow, while members of Hummel's task force, slip into this trope when they discover that Hummel is cancelling the ransom demand.
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Girlish Pigtails
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Girlish Pigtails: Carla put them on once, since it seems Stanley has a thing for them.
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Scary Black Man
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Scary Black Man: The knife-wielding Captain Darrow (played by Tony Todd which makes him more frightening).
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Even Evil Has Standards: Hummel never shows any regret for what he did, but in the end he makes it clear it was all a bluff, and he's not about to launch neurotoxins on an unsuspecting city full of innocent people. Some of the Marines, notably Sergeant Crisp express their dismay that they will be forced to kill civilians in order to earn their pay. It ultimately does not dissuade them though from seeing the plan through when the other Marines mutiny against Hummel. Even as the FBI Director with his own share of sins and misdeeds, Womack is nonethless genuinely shocked by Hummel's revelation of the Pentagon's slush fund from illegal arms sales.
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Stuff Blowing Up
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Stuff Blowing Up: The Marines throw a couple bombs in the sewers to flush out any more intruders. One of the thermite plasma missiles is launched just before the abort order comes in.
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Apologetic Attacker
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Apologetic Attacker: Baxter says "sorry" to the Marine he locked inside the storage room when a canister of VX ruptures during the armory heist. Sergeant Crisp when he joins the mutiny against Hummel. Hummel himself as he takes the Alcatraz tourists as hostages.
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Redemption Rejection
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Redemption Rejection: After Hummel revealed that he's been bluffing the whole time, Hummel offered his subordinates to escape via helicopter, while he himself takes all the blame, therefore the remaining Marines would escape prosecution. However, Frye and Darrow and the rest of the Marines sans Baxter are not willing to run off as cowards without accomplishing what they're hired to do and still want to prove to the U.S. Government that they mean business in contrast to Hummel's bluff.
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Destination Defenestration
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Destination Defenestration: One of the guards at the Navy depot gets blown out a window of his watchtower by a Force Recon Marine wielding a beanbag-round equipped Grenade Launcher.
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Impromptu Tracheotomy
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Impromptu Tracheotomy: Mason kills Private Scarpetti with a thrown knife to the throat. Hummel kills Sgt. Crisp by shooting him in the throat.
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Kick the Dog
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Kick the Dog: As the Marines are checking the carnage of the shower shootout to see if there is anybody still alive, one of the Marines calls out a SEAL that is still barely alive. Frye pulls out his sidearm to give him a Coup de Grâce, and Hummel pulls him away in response before treating the dying man with more dignity.
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"Die Hard" on an X
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"Die Hard" on an X: This movie could be described as Die Hard at Alcatraz.
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Operation Game of Doom
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Operation Game of Doom: Disarming the nerve gas rockets - the capsules are VERY fragile, one brush can mean one shattering and dropping.
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Cluster F-Bomb
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Cluster F-Bomb: The "There is no fucking money" scene.
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Death Faked for You
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Death Faked for You: Mason in the end, by Goodspeed.
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It Always Rains at Funerals
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It Always Rains at Funerals: Kind of. There's no funeral, but it's pouring when Hummel goes to visit his wife's grave, just prior to his theft of the nerve gas. He's more or less apologizing to her for what he's going to do. However, it's also played straight with the Marine Honor Guard giving a volley of gunfire for...someone.
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Rule of Cool
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Rule of Cool/ Rule of Drama: Michael Bay explicitly acknowledged that Alcatraz's boilers should not be working when the joint's been shut down for years, according to IMDB.
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Real Award, Fictional Character
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Real Award, Fictional Character: In the opening scene, Gen. Hummel leaves his Medal of Honor at his wife's gravesite. In case you didn't caught it, his service record is read later on and it's said that he's a recipient of that, plus four Purple Hearts and two Silver Stars.
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Five-Second Foreshadowing
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Five-Second Foreshadowing: Hummel puts his pistol behind him rather than his holster before Capts. Darrow and Frye confront him about their missile missing its target. When Hummel reveals the entire missile threat was a bluff, Darrow and Frye don't take it well and launch a revolt. When Darrow tells Crisp to remove Hummel's pistol, Crisp thinks the pistol's in his holster before Hummel reveals the pistol, turning the situation into a Mexican Standoff.
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Foreign Cuss Word
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Foreign Cuss Word: The Filipino chef cusses out Sean Connery as he barges through the hotel's kitchens.
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Actor Allusion
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Actor Allusion: John Mason being a former British spy is clearly "James Bond if he was arrested by the Americans". Sean Connery even repeats one of his lines from Diamonds Are Forever (previously used in Rising Sun):
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Face Death with Dignity
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Face Death with Dignity: Major Baxter elects to die with his lifelong comrade rather than desert him when Frye and Darrow mutiny against Hummel.
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Boring, but Practical
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Boring, but Practical: Since they can't give him a weapon, the SEAL team gives Mason a survival kit loaded with washers, matches and a kerosene bottle. Considering his training, this alone is deadly in his hands, which he demonstrates by using the kerosene and matches to light up an enemy Marine.
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Deadly Gas
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Deadly Gas: And they have the decency of using one that actually exists. However, VX is not glowing green, and it's not a blister agent. It's a nerve agent. So no, you don't die with your face melting off and your clothes smoking. Instead, your nerves stop working, resulting in paralysis. It also definitely isn't stored the way it is in the film. The rest is accurate, though.
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Curb-Stomp Battle
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Curb-Stomp Battle: The Heist at the beginning of the film has Hummel's forces completely manhandle the garrison guarding the VX rockets with a brutal display of Non-Lethal Warfare, only taking casualties because one of them screwed up the sequence to take the rockets. The battle between the SEALs and Hummel's forces, popularly known as the Shower Room Massacre.
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Every Car Is a Pinto: Mason crashes into a meter maid's vehicle during the car chase and it is still capable of making a fireball that brings down telephone lines. Also, the cable car that is wrecked later in the chase.
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 The Rock / int_407d3e6d
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Morton's Fork
 The Rock / int_407d3e6d
comment
Morton's Fork: This is part of why Mason changes his mind and comes back to aid Goodspeed in the Third Act (in addition to not wanting Goodspeed's child to grow up without a father like Jade did). Mason knows he and Goodspeed are outnumbered and outgunned by Hummel's surviving men. But Mason also knows that trying to swim the channel to the San Francisco mainland at his old age is pretty much out (and even if he does make it, he'll probably still die if Hummel launches the rockets). As Mason puts it, "...I'm fucked either way."
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Blatant Lies
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comment
Blatant Lies: Goodspeed describing Mason's death. It's pretty obvious at least half of the people he's telling knows he's BSing them, but they couldn't do anything about it without proof. Paxton in particular seems even happy about it. There's also the earlier scene where Goodspeed tells Mason that he's an FBI field agent trained in weapons and combat. Goodspeed is good in many areas, but fighting is not one of them.
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 The Rock / int_40cc0c7e
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Bittersweet Ending
 The Rock / int_40cc0c7e
comment
Bittersweet Ending: It's good that the hostages were rescued, but still sad that the Marines who died in covert ops will never have money sent to their families. Also they lost the entire SEAL team. It was arguably quite a good cause despite the evil methods used to support it.
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Minecart Madness
 The Rock / int_40ffe1af
comment
Minecart Madness: Shortly after the SEAL team is gunned down with Mason and Goodspeed being the only two survivors. The duo tries to elude the pursuing Marines, only to jump into one of the minecarts down.
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Messy Hair
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Messy Hair: Mason grew it while imprisoned. Thus Goodspeed suggests him to cut it, because the look would only work if he was "a 20 year old musician from Seattle. It's a Grunge thing."
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 The Rock / int_44fc28e8
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Honor Before Reason
 The Rock / int_44fc28e8
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Honor Before Reason: The SEAL team refuses to lay down their arms and be taken prisoner, despite being surrounded and clearly having no chance of winning a firefight against the enemy Marines. Stanley courageously continuing the mission to stop Hummel alone in spite of having virtually none of the combat abilities of Mason, who has just abandoned him.
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Stress Vomit
 The Rock / int_47b21ca6
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Stress Vomit: Stanley Goodspeed throws up when he has to be part of the rescue mission (to make sure the missiles are properly disarmed), and then told the full risks of going in.
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 The Rock / int_496569e8
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Race Against the Clock
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Race Against the Clock: Hummel gives the US government 40 hours to deliver the payments, otherwise he'll gas San Francisco.
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Wedding Ring Removal
 The Rock / int_4d30004d
comment
Wedding Ring Removal: At the start of the film, Hummel takes off his wedding ring before going to visit his wife's grave, apologising in advance for the terrorist act he is about to carry out.
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 The Rock / int_4f3c14ca
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Go Mad from the Isolation
 The Rock / int_4f3c14ca
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Go Mad from the Isolation: Notably averted. Though Mason has been in jail for over two decades following his escape, he seems perfectly sane and has no trouble carrying on a conversation (or a car chase for that matter). He explains to Goodspeed that he managed to keep himself sane by holding out hope that he'd be able to see his daughter again, or that the British government would arrange his release.
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Smug Snake
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Smug Snake: Womack, all the way, even when he's protesting that it's a "different bureau" than in Hoover's day.
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 The Rock / int_504a1991
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Body Horror
 The Rock / int_504a1991
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Body Horror: Getting exposed to VX gas causes the skin to boil and melt off your body. And that's before getting into what it does to someone on the inside...
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 The Rock / int_508d91a2
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner
 The Rock / int_508d91a2
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Also, Goodspeed force-feeding Frye with a VX gas ball: "Eat that, you fuck!"
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Crazy-Prepared
 The Rock / int_50f66629
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Crazy-Prepared: Mason defines this.
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 The Rock / int_51640e80
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Bond One-Liner
 The Rock / int_51640e80
comment
Bond One-Liner: Uttered by, appropriately enough, Sean Connery after he throws a knife into a Marine's throat (who watched the knife flying towards him while screaming). Goodspeed gets one too when he uses the rocket to dispatch Darrow.
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 The Rock / int_53407671
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Action Survivor
 The Rock / int_53407671
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Action Survivor: Goodspeed starts like this before becoming a real Action Hero.
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 The Rock / int_537dd8fe
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Affably Evil
 The Rock / int_537dd8fe
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Affably Evil: General Hummel. He's polite, won't take children hostage and isn't actually out to wipe out innocent civilians.
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 The Rock / int_53f5119f
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The Dragon
 The Rock / int_53f5119f
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The Dragon: David Morse's Major Baxter to Ed Harris' General Hummel. He eventually follows Hummel in his Heel–Face Turn and gets killed along with him. Darrow is also Captain Frye's Dragon.
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 The Rock / int_548bd053
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Guns Akimbo
 The Rock / int_548bd053
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Guns Akimbo: At least two of the Marines during the heist at the beginning of the film are shown wielding a Tranquillizer Dart gun in each hand.
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 The Rock / int_553c2ade
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Sympathetic Villain, Despicable Villain
 The Rock / int_553c2ade
comment
Sympathetic Villain, Despicable Villain: Brigadier General Francis Hummel may very well be THE most sympathetic villain in film; his plot to extort millions from the government by threatening to release a deadly nerve gas is motivated by him being A Father to His Men, aggrieved that too many of his soldiers died for their country without their families being compensated or even given the straight story why they died (because of the black-ops nature of many of Hummel's missions). His plan involves using non-lethal force to steal the bioweapon, he ensures no children are among the civilian hostages he takes, and he ultimately admits that the entire operation is a bluff and refuses to go through with it. By contrast, his underling Capt. Darrow (and his partner Capt Frye) is cruel and cold-hearted, his only motivation being money, and will kill anyone who stands in his way of it, including other soldiers and Hummel himself.
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 The Rock / int_558245a7
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Redshirt Army
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Redshirt Army: The SEAL team. A real SEAL team no less. Dennis Chalker and Harry Humphries were two of half a dozen SEALs who advised and performed some of the scenes in the film, with Snake actually landing a part. They only really end up in this situation because they're outnumbered and pinned down in an inferior tactical situation...
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 The Rock / int_56515a39
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Artistic License – History
 The Rock / int_56515a39
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Artistic License – History: Mason is said to have been imprisoned in Alcatraz in 1962 for stealing a set of microfilm files from the FBI containing (among other things) the truth about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Which is a bit strange, considering Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. (Although this might suggest that certain figures within the US government were already conspiring to have him killed a year before he actually died)
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 The Rock / int_583ec33e
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Snark-to-Snark Combat
 The Rock / int_583ec33e
comment
Snark-to-Snark Combat: Mason and Goodspeed are frequently throwing angry zings at each other.
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 The Rock / int_58962105
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White-and-Grey Morality
 The Rock / int_58962105
comment
White-and-Grey Morality: The story starts out like this. On one side we have Navy SEALs and an FBI chemist who try to save the hostages and prevent a terrorist from killing thousands. Opposing them is a Noble Demon Well-Intentioned Extremist who wants his men to be honored as they deserve and their families supported and tries to avoid casualties as much as possible. Later turns into The Good, the Bad, and the Evil situation when Hummel's group gets divided and some of them want to launch the missiles for real, when Hummel was just bluffing.
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 The Rock / int_5bdcc85a
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Disney Villain Death
 The Rock / int_5bdcc85a
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Disney Villain Death: Many of the evil Marines suffer this.
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 The Rock / int_5bdf025f
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Instant Sedation
 The Rock / int_5bdf025f
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Instant Sedation: The raid on the Naval Weapons Depot has the Marines do this to pretty much the entire base to acquire the VX rockets.
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 The Rock / int_5f611b7e
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Good All Along
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comment
Good All Along: Played With. While Hummel uses extremist methods to get revenge for all the lives that were lost under his command, he was never going to launch the rockets and kill innocent people. Sadly, his men don't think the same and kill him. Mason is often shown and remarked upon as a man who will do anything and everything he can to escape, being justifiably vindictive about his long imprisonment. But with most chances he gets, he never makes a getaway, instead electing to help the SEALs, Goodspeed, and stopping the VX rockets. His first escape attempt was even just to meet up with his daughter.
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 The Rock / int_617f0563
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Heel–Face Turn
 The Rock / int_617f0563
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David Morse's Major Baxter to Ed Harris' General Hummel. He eventually follows Hummel in his Heel–Face Turn and gets killed along with him.
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 The Rock / int_619985d7
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Sacrificial Lion
 The Rock / int_619985d7
comment
Sacrificial Lions: The SEAL team Mason and Goodspeed accompany to Alcatraz.
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 The Rock / int_61fea7c1
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One Dose Fits All
 The Rock / int_61fea7c1
comment
One Dose Fits All: In the opening scene, the mercenaries use tranquillizer darts on the Marines guarding the chemical weapons depot. All of them fall unconscious practically immediately, despite their different sizes.
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Poison Is Corrosive
 The Rock / int_69aa26d1
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Poison Is Corrosive: VX-2 is both a neurotoxin and powerful blister agent.
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 The Rock / int_6b05b601
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Jerkass Has a Point
 The Rock / int_6b05b601
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Jerkass Has a Point: Darrow pointing out that they stopped being marines once they've taken hostages and became mercenaries when Baxter and Hummel try to appeal to his code as a Marine.
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 The Rock / int_6bda9a30
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Meaningful Name
 The Rock / int_6bda9a30
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Meaningful Name: The etymology of Stanley Goodspeed's last name. Francis Hummel's surname. Hummel is the German term for Bumblebee, who are well-known to be by far less aggressive and dangerous compared to other types of bees or wasps, despite being quite big. A Mason is a builder who works with stone or rock. Mason's daughter is named Jade, a kind of mineral or gemstone.
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 The Rock / int_6eb4e408
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Artistic License – Military
 The Rock / int_6eb4e408
comment
Artistic License – Military: One of Hummel's Marines has a topknot haircut, something that would most definitely not be allowed in any military, let alone the U.S. Marine Corps. The men on the island are Marine Force Recon, a Special Forces division, which are given considerably more leeway when it comes to grooming rules, not to mention that the Marine might no longer have been in active service before the operation, but it still seems unlikely he'd choose it (it's a really stupid haircut for anyone in the military to wear - it's a great handhold for an opponent in a fight, not to mention painful). Captain Frye also has a non-regulation haircut, sporting a nineties boyband style open curtains fringe, which is hilariously at odds with his psychotic bulging eyes. Baxter calls Frye a soldier. The president, in his speech down below, calls Hummel the same thing. Hummel and Frye are Marines, and no Marine would be called a soldier in real life. Anderson is first introduced as the Navy SEALs' "ground commander". But there's no such thing: the SEALs are divided into designated "teams" that all have their own commander, and (as their name implies) they're all supposed to be prepared to serve in airborne, maritime, and ground-based engagements depending on the situation. Since he's shown leading a unit in the field, Anderson should technically just be the commander of the SEAL team assigned to the liberation of Alcatraz.
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Camp Gay
 The Rock / int_722b3319
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Camp Gay: The hairstylist.
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 The Rock / int_723be11b
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Villain Has a Point
 The Rock / int_723be11b
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Villain Has a Point: The SEAL team who are sent after Hummel actually agree that the way the government treated his soldiers is inexcusable and Hummel has every right to be pissed off, even though the means he's using to force the government to change their minds is wrong.
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 The Rock / int_7335ffa9
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Grey-and-Gray Morality
 The Rock / int_7335ffa9
comment
Grey-and-Gray Morality: Hummel vs the US Government has shades of this, while General Hummel is a terrorist threatening the lives of thousands, he's ultimately a Well-Intentioned Extremist and a Noble Demon fighting for the lives of the men he lost, and was ultimately bluffing about launching the missiles and had no intention of killing innocent people. Meanwhile the government, while well intentioned enough, never even considers Hummel's proposition and was willing to risk the lives of thousands in the process.
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 The Rock / int_738d1a0f
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Because You Were Nice to Me
 The Rock / int_738d1a0f
comment
Because You Were Nice to Me: Goodspeed was probably the first person in 30 years to treat Mason with respect and without being entirely duplicitous. He later tells Mason's daughter that her father is assisting the FBI (omitting the part where Mason trashed half the city escaping custody). Mason begrudgingly takes Goodspeed under his wing and protects him against the Marines.
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 The Rock / int_73eae19a
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Distract and Disarm
 The Rock / int_73eae19a
comment
Distract and Disarm: Following a massacre of the SEAL team that leaves only elderly convict John Mason and meek FBI specialist Stanley Goodspeed alive, Mason decides Screw This, I'm Outta Here and attempts to leave Alcatraz Island. Goodspeed pulls his sidearm on Mason and orders him to stop; Mason first intimidates him, then remarks "Besides, the safety's on." Half a second after Goodspeed looks down he finds his own gun pointed at his face.
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 The Rock / int_74ee1c2d
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Out-of-Genre Experience
 The Rock / int_74ee1c2d
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Out-of-Genre Experience: Teased when discussing the stolen microfilm that figures in Mason's backstory. We're told explicitly that the cache includes information about the real assassin of JFK and the alien crash-landing at Roswell.
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 The Rock / int_758c3034
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Prison Rape
 The Rock / int_758c3034
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Prison Rape: Not a problem these days. Mason must be losing his sex appeal.
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 The Rock / int_78270847
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Curse Cut Short
 The Rock / int_78270847
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Curse Cut Short: See Killed Mid-Sentence.
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 The Rock / int_794095d7
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Boxed Crook
 The Rock / int_794095d7
comment
Boxed Crook: John Mason.
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 The Rock / int_79f9249
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Horrifying the Horror
 The Rock / int_79f9249
comment
Horrifying the Horror: John Mason is a former spy, professional escape artist, and a maximum security prisoner for over 30 years, so he has seen and probably done some of the worst shit humanity has to offer, but Goodspeed's description of the VX nerve agent manages to rattle even him.
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 The Rock / int_7a2a34ef
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Not With the Safety On, You Won't
 The Rock / int_7a2a34ef
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Not With the Safety On, You Won't
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 The Rock / int_7aa989ea
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Token Evil Teammate
 The Rock / int_7aa989ea
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Token Evil Teammate: While the majority of the named Marines are simply loyal followers of Hummel's example Frye and Darrow are working with Hummel for the first time and are Only in It for the Money. Frye also seems to love being a Blood Knight. They stage a mutiny against Hummel when he won't go through with the attack and convince a reluctant Crisp to follow their heed. It ends in a massacre.
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Armor-Piercing Question
 The Rock / int_7b6e47a5
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Armor-Piercing Question:
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Orbital Shot
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Orbital Shot: When Stanley works to disarm the bomb in his first scene. Stanley getting up from the wrecked Ferrari, after it looks like Mason got away.
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Malevolent Architecture
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comment
Malevolent Architecture: The way John Mason gets in/out of the cistern room (under the furnaces with belching fire and turning gears). Mason: "I memorized the timing. I just hope it hasn't been changed..."
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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comment
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Hummel's reason for taking Alcatraz hostage is to force the government to pay back families of soldiers killed under his command. Although he was bluffing all along and didn't mean to kill anyone.
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 The Rock / int_7ed96790
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Trapped in Containment
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comment
Trapped in Containment: First to showcase the nasty effects of VX on a poor rebel, and the second that introduces us to Goodspeed's skills.
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 The Rock / int_7fbb2a3
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
 The Rock / int_7fbb2a3
comment
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: When General Hummel reveals that he was bluffing, we realize that all the men Mason and Goodspeed have been killing were Hummel's own men who would stand down if ordered, leaving the Axe-Crazy Frye and Darrow unopposed.
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 The Rock / int_7febc23b
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Establishing Character Moment
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comment
Establishing Character Moment: Hummel telling the children to leave Alcatraz before he takes over. Before that, during the opening credits, we see him put on his dress uniform, which is covered in medals. We then see him walking through a cemetery, and when he passes the honour guard of a fallen Marine, he immediately salutes as he walks past. This tells us everything we need to know about him: he's a highly decorated war hero who is utterly loyal to his men and to fallen soldiers. When Hummel formally gets his right-hand men acquainted with each other, we learn Major Baxter has served with Hummel the longest, since the Vietnam War; Sergeant Crisp served with Hummel in Desert Storm; and Captains Frye and Darrow had never served with Hummel before. Frye and Darrow have no loyalty whatsoever to Hummel, and are the first to mutiny against him; Crisp, who had served with Hummel in only one major operation, hesitates before siding with Frye and Darrow; and finally Major Baxter, who is old friends with Hummel, pretends to turn on him at first but then shoots Crisp dead before he himself is killed, proving his Undying Loyalty to Hummel. While Hummel is trying to convince the SEALs to stand down, Frye impatiently whispers "Let's waste these fuckers" and proceeds to intentionally start the shootout by knocking down some masonry, startling a SEAL into firing. This establishes him as an Ax-Crazy Sociopathic Soldier. Goodspeed using a toy gun on his Rube Goldberg device followed by coolly deactivating a bomb under extreme pressure—he's an eccentric badass. Mason mentioning Alcibiades, Sir Walter Raleigh and Solzhenitsyn shows he is a Cultured Badass. Goodspeed recognizing those names also foreshadows their partnership.
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Never Hurt an Innocent
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comment
Never Hurt an Innocent: The general was bluffing. His men aren't.
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Large Ham
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comment
Large Ham: Nic Cage (unsurprisingly), Gregory Sporleder, Ed Harris, and Tony Todd.
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ConservationOfNinjitsu
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comment
Conservation of Ninjutsu: After the SEALs are gunned down, it's up to Goodspeed and Mason to take down the Marines. Doesn't work out so well for the Marines.
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 The Rock / int_831164fe
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Signature Style
 The Rock / int_831164fe
comment
Signature Style: Bay's usual Dutch Angles are in full effect, especially when the F/A-18s make their bombing run. His fondness for montage, slow motion and orbital shots is also obvious.
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 The Rock / int_83f0971b
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Mexican Standoff
 The Rock / int_83f0971b
comment
Right before the Mexican Standoff between Hummell and "his" men.
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 The Rock / int_8424391b
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Clipboard of Authority
 The Rock / int_8424391b
comment
Clipboard of Authority: Used by one of the Mooks during the opening VX heist as part of the inspection being made by Hummel. When he hands the clipboard off to a soldier on duty, the other Mook shoots the guards with a brace of tranquilizer guns.
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 The Rock / int_85ac41e1
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Grappling-Hook Pistol
 The Rock / int_85ac41e1
comment
Grappling-Hook Pistol: During the VX-rocket heist at the beginning of the film, half of Hummel's men use grappling hook-equipped shotguns to rappel into the depot.
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 The Rock / int_86b972fe
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Nerd Hoard
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comment
Nerd Hoard: Stanley Goodspeed is a proud Beatlemaniac, going so far as to spend $600 on the original Meet The Beatles LP to add to his collection.
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 The Rock / int_86bb7d97
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Cultured Badass
 The Rock / int_86bb7d97
comment
Mason mentioning Alcibiades, Sir Walter Raleigh and Solzhenitsyn shows he is a Cultured Badass. Goodspeed recognizing those names also foreshadows their partnership.
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 The Rock / int_86cffd8e
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Action Insurance Gag
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comment
Action Insurance Gag: During the chase sequence through San Francisco, Mason crashes the stolen Humvee into another car, and yells "I hope you're insured!" out the window at the driver.
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Truth in Television
 The Rock / int_875615dd
comment
Truth in Television: An air strike on American soil can only be authorized by POTUS.
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 The Rock / int_87c62ade
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Deadly Dodging
 The Rock / int_87c62ade
comment
Deadly Dodging: The fist fight between Mason and a Mook near the end.
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 The Rock / int_895ec17
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Only in It for the Money
 The Rock / int_895ec17
comment
Only in It for the Money: Once Hummel's true colors are revealed, his underlings Frye and Darrow stage a coup and take over the operation because "The day we took hostages we became mercenaries. And mercenaries get paid! I want my fucking money!"
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Cool Car
 The Rock / int_8a295a46
comment
Cool Car: Ferrari chases Hummer.
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Posthumous Character
 The Rock / int_8b568cb7
comment
Posthumous Character: Hummel's wife Barbara. He's seen visiting her grave at the beginning of the film.
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Shot to the Heart
 The Rock / int_8cbf89af
comment
Shot to the Heart: Stanley does the self-administered version to counter the effects of poison gas.
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 The Rock / int_8d612fe6
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Swapped Roles
 The Rock / int_8d612fe6
comment
Swapped Roles: For most of their adventure, Mason takes charge for the combat and firing snide remarks at Goodspeed's inexperience. However, when they have to defuse the VX rocket, Goodspeed is in his element and even snaps at Mason not to move the deadly gas around.
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Artistic License – Medicine
 The Rock / int_8d6d9535
comment
Artistic License – Medicine: In the film, the SEALs are instructed to inject themselves atropine directly to their hearts if they ever happen to breath VX gas. While atropine is certainly a viable antidote for the effects of the gas, injecting it on the thigh would be just as fine and infinitely safer than the heart. In fact, judging by the size of the injector's spike, it's a miracle that Goodspeed didn't accidentally kill himself by stab wound when he gave himself his shot (especially due to the dramatic, jamming motion he used instead of injecting it in a more controlled way).
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Karmic Death
 The Rock / int_90d44f44
comment
Karmic Death: As shown by some of the other entries, the films take on VX gas does horrible things to the human body. So it's perhaps fitting that Captain Frye, the guy who wanted to gas San Francisco for no other reason then "Just 'cause", gets a sphere of it shoved down his mouth by Goodspeed.
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 The Rock / int_921cdca8
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Nothing Personal
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Nothing Personal
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 The Rock / int_928ca2cc
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
 The Rock / int_928ca2cc
comment
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Mason refused to give back the microfilm because he knew the government would "suicide" him.
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 The Rock / int_92d6110b
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Grenade Hot Potato
 The Rock / int_92d6110b
comment
Grenade Hot Potato: The bad guy Marines pitch a grenade at Stanley Goodspeed, who grabs it and tosses it back at them. Later on, Frye does it to Mason, except he cooks the grenades so Mason can't do this.
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 The Rock / int_945c8d7d
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War Hero
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comment
War Hero: General Francis X Hummel is a high decorated Marine officer trying to get justice and recognition for men fall in blacks ops under his command.
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Vomit Indiscretion Shot
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comment
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Stanley runs to a sink and pukes after being told he was to be part of the mission.
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One-Night-Stand Pregnancy
 The Rock / int_95614e0e
comment
One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: Jade was the result of Mason's one night stand after a Led Zeppelin show in the early 1970s.
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 The Rock / int_970c790a
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Big Bad
 The Rock / int_970c790a
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Francis Hummel's surname. Hummel is the German term for Bumblebee, who are well-known to be by far less aggressive and dangerous compared to other types of bees or wasps, despite being quite big.
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 The Rock / int_985e118a
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Odd Couple
 The Rock / int_985e118a
comment
Odd Couple / Unlikely Hero: Once the SEALs are killed, Womack decides not to send reinforcements for the two survivors, saying it would "invite another massacre". Agent Paxton protests, saying "a 70-year-old convict and a lab rat" stand no chance. Of course Mason and Goodspeed end up saving the day (while bickering at each other like any mismatched duo would).
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Been There, Shaped History
 The Rock / int_9a1d239e
comment
Been There, Shaped History: When making his initial demands, Hummel says that his men were responsible for lazing out targets for smart bombs during Operation Desert Storm.
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Took a Level in Badass
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comment
Took a Level in Badass: Goodspeed started as a mild mannered lab rat who never swore. He ends the film by force-feeding Frye VX gas, stabbing himself in the heart with the anti-VX agent, and manages to gather enough strength to avert the firebombing of Alcatraz.
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Kill It with Fire
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comment
Kill It with Fire: The Thermite Plasma, designed specifically to burn hot enough to render VX harmless.
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Blast Out
 The Rock / int_9d02df1b
comment
Blast Out: When Hummel informs Captains Frye and Darrow plus Gunny Crisp that he plans to abort the mission, a Mexican standoff ensues, with Hummel's second-in-command Major Baxter being the only one not participating. When Frye tells him to pick a side, Baxter opens up on the mutinous officers.
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 The Rock / int_9d12bbc1
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Foreshadowing
 The Rock / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: In the shower room scene, Hummel is unwilling to shoot the SEALs while in contrast Frye and Darrow are eager to do it and take enjoyment in doing so. It's established early on that Frye and Darrow aren't from Hummel's unit, suggesting that their motives lean more towards "mercenary" than "patriot." Also, the love scene between Goodspeed and his girlfriend is to the sound of "Rocket Man", which he brings up for the Pre-Mortem One-Liner below. Most every scene Hummel has somehow foreshadows he doesn't actually have it in him to carry out his plan. It's to the point where even Mason can tell after meeting the general once that that's just not the kind of man Hummel is.
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AndZoidberg
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Marine Corps Force Recon faces off against the Navy SEALs and a former member of the British Special Air Service. And a FBI technician. Zig-Zagged—the Recon takes down the SEALs, but are killed by one SAS.
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 The Rock / int_9f970427
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Secret-Keeper
 The Rock / int_9f970427
comment
Secret-Keeper: Stanley at the end. Notably one of the agents realizes that he's lying but since he agrees that what happened to Mason was unjust he goes along with it to help.
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 The Rock / int_9fb11776
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Non-Lethal Warfare
 The Rock / int_9fb11776
comment
Non-Lethal Warfare: The Recon Marines neutralize the naval arsenal without killing any guards, not wanting to kill fellow Marines. Of course they were still brutally effective without bullets. The reinforcements brought to Alcatraz don't have any qualms like that. Justified because the reinforcements are mercenaries brought in to fill up the necessary manpower to occupy and defend Alcatraz than real Marines and supporters of Hummel.
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 The Rock / int_a1b141f4
type
My God, What Have I Done?
 The Rock / int_a1b141f4
comment
My God, What Have I Done?: Hummel actually says this before dying. The general didn't realize until it was too late that some of his men were Only in It for the Money and not the cause. Oops.
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Nerves of Steel
 The Rock / int_a1b76006
comment
Nerves of Steel: Goodspeed displays this in his introduction when his team accidentally activates a bomb. While his team members are shouting and fumbling around, Goodspeed is quietly disarming the bomb. This is nothing compared to the numerous times he has to disable the VX rockets while under enemy fire.
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 The Rock / int_a2022cc9
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Killed Mid-Sentence
 The Rock / int_a2022cc9
comment
Killed Mid-Sentence: Random marine: "I said shut the fu—" (Mason snaps his neck).
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Wouldn't Hurt a Child
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comment
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Before taking the tourists and tour guide hostage, Hummel asks a group of elementary students to inform their class to evacuate Alcatraz.
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Action Duo
 The Rock / int_a3f6dba3
comment
Action Duo: Goodspeed and Mason. The former is the Action Survivor, making it through on sheer luck and esoteric skills (bravery he's got, it just takes him a while to expand it to "being in a gunfight") while Mason is the (elderly) action hero who does the majority of the kills by various means, including thrown knife to the throat and dropping an AC unit on their head.
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Fluffy Fashion Feathers
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comment
Fluffy Fashion Feathers: Carla wearing a feather trimmed robe to cover her bra and panties clad body as she and Stanley are making love.
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Majorly Awesome
 The Rock / int_a5a4c9a2
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Majorly Awesome: Baxter, Hummel's Number Two.
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Due to the Dead
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Due to the Dead: Hummel closes the eyes of a Navy SEAL killed in the shower room.
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General Ripper
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comment
General Ripper: Averted with Hummel. He never intended to kill innocent people and was bluffing when he threatened to launch nerve gas at San Francisco. During the standoff with the SEALs in the shower room, Hummel tries to convince the SEALs to surrender peacefully and is horrified when the situation escalates into a shootout.
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Karma Houdini
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Karma Houdini: The US government, despite all the extremes Hummel went to in order to get them to hand over the money to the families of his fallen soldiers, he dies without accomplishing his mission and the government still never hands over a penny. Womack is also this specifically, he locked Mason away for over three decades without a trial under shady circumstances and most likely he will never answer for his actions.
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Misplaced-Names Poster
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Misplaced-Names Poster: According to the poster, Nicolas Cage is about to shoot you.
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Stanley Goodspeed's firing technique is, to put it charitably, hilariously fucking bad. Also the SEAL team, including Commander Anderson himself, in the end. Justified in their case as they're trying to shoot at the Marines from a disadvantageous position.
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Icy Blue Eyes
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Icy Blue Eyes: Hummel. His eyes are the focus in several of the camera shots of his face.
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Hero Stole My Bike
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Hero Stole My Bike: Stanley: Mason and the Humvee also qualify. When the vehicle's outraged owner calls the Humvee's phone, Mason responds "I'm only borrowing it".
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Dramatic Irony
 The Rock / int_ab5eea65
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Dramatic Irony: Some between Hummel and Mason during their first conversation. Hummel accuses Mason of not knowing what it's like to see your government betray the memory of their soldiers. Mason himself has spent half his life in prison (including Alcatraz) because the British disavowed him.
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Good Cannot Comprehend Evil
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Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Hummel is such a non-malevolent antagonist that he never stops to consider for a moment that some of his men are Only in It for the Money rather than his visionary politics.
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The Paragon Always Rebels
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The Paragon Always Rebels: Hummel, who was a highly decorated War Hero before going terrorist.
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 The Rock / int_ac09dc0f
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Alas, Poor Villain
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Alas, Poor Villain: General Hummel. His downfall and Redemption Equals Death are treated sympathetically.
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 The Rock / int_ac33492
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Destroy the Product Placement
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Destroy the Product Placement: The car chase sees Mason crash through a delivery truck for the now defunct Yosemite Waters. Goodspeed's "borrowed" Ferrari is also turned into scrap metal by the end of the scene.
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Four-Star Badass
 The Rock / int_ac928039
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Four-Star Badass: Hummel, just a One-Star Badass, but the medals and commendations read about him show that he's a legend in the military.
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 The Rock / int_acf33d00
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
 The Rock / int_acf33d00
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Mason was perfectly content to escape Alcatraz after the SEALs get wiped out and abandon Goodspeed. But after Hummel's men try to kill him with explosives, he reluctantly agrees to help Goodspeed in stopping them.
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Elevator Snare
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Elevator Snare: Mason takes a lift down six or seven stories and Stanley takes the stairs. The resulting increase in lead = 0.
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Deadpan Snarker
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Deadpan Snarker: Mason and Goodspeed.
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There Is No Try
 The Rock / int_aedf9091
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There Is No Try
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 The Rock / int_afd112fe
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Hired Guns
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Hired Guns: Darrow points out to Hummel that the moment they took hostages that the Marines became mercenaries and that mercenaries are supposed to get paid.
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Sickly Green Glow
 The Rock / int_b33d17a0
comment
Sickly Green Glow: The VX in the missiles is depicted as green glass balls (whether the green is from the balls or the gas - which in real life is colorless - is unclear). A small possible case of Truth in Television, some stockpiles tend to use an easily filtered out colouring agent in some dangerous gasses while in storage, in order to ensure they can tell if there is a potential leak.
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No OSHA Compliance
 The Rock / int_b47d95be
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As was noted by the film's screenwriter, real-life chemical weapons are never stored in the same way as the ones here. It should probably be evident as to why just by watching the film, as the long strings of glass beads are incredibly unwieldy and fragile and cause a lot of deaths and near-deaths as a result. Real VX gas when weaponized typically has its components divided into multiple cells that are only dangerous when mixed.
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Tragic Villain
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Tragic Villain: Hummel's not even a real villain, he's just seeking reparations for the men betrayed by their government after trying every official channel.
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Too Dumb to Live
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Too Dumb to Live: The Marine who gets killed by the VX gas during the depot heist. Note that most of the Marines are using hoists on the ceiling to move the rockets or are in pairs, stationed at either end of the rocket to keep it level. Instead, he tries to pick up a rocket by himself and at the middle, causing the rocket to fall out of his hands and jettison its contents all over the floor.
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My Country, Right or Wrong
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My Country, Right or Wrong:
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Lost in Translation
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Lost in Translation: Czech translation was among most hilarious. "Aye aye, sir," was translated in to "Oko za oko" (eye for eye). "Attorney General" was not only completely reversed in to "General Attorney", but translation was in sense "generál Attorney" as military commander with name Attorney. Last gem "He´s trained british intelligence" was translated in to "Má vycvi�enou britskou inteligenci", which mean "He have trained british intellect".
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Flashed-Badge Hijack
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Flashed-Badge Hijack: Stanley does it to hijack a Ferrari during the car chase. Which gets destroyed, of course.
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Chest of Medals
 The Rock / int_b806516f
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Chest of Medals: General Hummel's dress uniform. It's used to establish his credentials: during the opening credits, we see him put it on, and even when we know nothing else about him, the sheer amount of medals on his chest shows that this man is a war hero who is very good at what he does.
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The Alcatraz
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The Alcatraz: The original, naturally. ("The Rock" being its nickname among the prisoners).
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Morality Chain
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Morality Chain: Hummel goes ahead with his plan after his wife died.
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Knight Templar
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Knight Templar: Averted as Hummel, although a very sympathetic villain, had never intended to launch the missiles.
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 The Rock / int_bc00493f
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Precision F-Strike
 The Rock / int_bc00493f
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Precision F-Strike: Goodspeed, who rarely curses in the movie ("Cut me some friggin' slack!") throws one out as he force-feeds a deadly poison capsule to Captain Frye. Right before the Mexican Standoff between Hummell and "his" men.
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You Just Told Me
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You Just Told Me: While meeting Goodspeed, Mason says the Latin phrase "Timeo danaos et dona ferentis" ("I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts."). When Goodspeed translates it, Mason immediately figures out that Goodspeed isn't an ordinary FBI agent.
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Battle in the Rain
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Battle in the Rain: The Heist where Hummel's Marines steal the XV rockets takes place during a rainstorm at night.
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Outrun the Fireball
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Outrun the Fireball: When the Marines fireflush the drains.
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Good Cop/Bad Cop
 The Rock / int_c19bdbe1
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Good Cop/Bad Cop: An unusual example. Womack initially gets Paxton to offer the terms of the deal to Mason, and Paxton is aggressive and intimidating, an approach that has little effect upon him. In desperation, Womack urges Goodspeed to talk to him, and as Goodspeed has no interrogation experience he nervously adopts his usual friendly demeanour. Mason seems more amused than anything else.
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Neck Snap
 The Rock / int_c2fc1ae
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Neck Snap: Done by Mason to save Goodspeed, after Mason seemingly ditches him.
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Badass Bookworm
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There's also the earlier scene where Goodspeed tells Mason that he's an FBI field agent trained in weapons and combat. Goodspeed is good in many areas, but fighting is not one of them.
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America Saves the Day
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The day is saved not by a bunch of American SEALs (they are instead gunned down before they can do any good), but an old former British SAS officer and an eccentric FBI geek who is hilariously bad at fighting.
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Horrible Judge of Character
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Horrible Judge of Character: Hummel didn't realize that Frye and Darrow were amoral mercenaries until it was too late.
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Cringe Comedy
 The Rock / int_c5ef2d50
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Cringe Comedy: The scene in which Womack urges Goodspeed to persuade Mason to help the FBI. Goodspeed has no interrogation experience he nervously adopts his usual friendly demeanour. Mason is clearly amused by Goodspeed's awkward bumbling.
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Fallen Hero
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Fallen Hero: Hummel is a highly decorated former USMC General.
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Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You
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Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You: Trope Namer by way of a Something Awful edit◊.
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Darrow falls on a sharp fence post after he has been propelled through the window by the rocket fired by Goodspeed..
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Artistic License – Chemistry
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Artistic License – Chemistry: The VX gas description is fairly accurate, but it is portrayed in the film as bright green (it's actually colorless) and melting a person's skin (it attacks the nervous system only). As was noted by the film's screenwriter, real-life chemical weapons are never stored in the same way as the ones here. It should probably be evident as to why just by watching the film, as the long strings of glass beads are incredibly unwieldy and fragile and cause a lot of deaths and near-deaths as a result. Real VX gas when weaponized typically has its components divided into multiple cells that are only dangerous when mixed.
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Supporting Protagonist
 The Rock / int_c960826
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Supporting Protagonist: Despite the billing on the poster, Goodspeed is the main hero of the movie, and Mason is the one assisting him.
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The Chains of Commanding
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comment
The Chains of Commanding: It's pretty clear the President is torn up by the whole situation. He's disgusted by how Hummel and his men have been treated, but can't acquiesce to their blackmail. He also values the lives of the hostages, but has to do the unpleasant math of several dozen hostages versus several hundred thousand potential casualties and reluctantly authorizes the air strike.
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Non-Action Guy
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Non-Action Guy: Stanley Goodspeed's forte isn't in gunfights or hand-to-hand combat. Every time he tries it's almost embarrassing (though he gets better throughout the film).
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Just Plane Wrong
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Just Plane Wrong: The Air Force is sent to bomb Alcatraz to neutralize the nerve gas but they're flying F/A-18 Hornets, which are exclusively Navy (and Marine) fighter/ground attack jets. The Air Force would've been flying F-15E Strike Eagles for this role. The cockpit mock-up was originally made for the F/A-18s in Independence Day and then repainted for The Rock. The rest of the F/A-18 footage is mostly Stock Footage that matches up with the set they used.
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Sociopathic Soldier
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Sociopathic Soldier: Frye and Darrow. Also one Marine laments having to capture Goodspeed alive. Frye's crazy eyes◊ only enhances it.
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Anti-Villain
 The Rock / int_d001c42c
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Anti-Villain: Hummel (Type III -> Type I, with some Type II thrown in). He just wants compensation for the families of dead soldiers, and though he is using extreme methods, he specifically demands money from a source that will not harm anyone (a Pentagon slush fund for arms sales), he sends the children away before taking over Alcatraz, he very much regrets his men killing the SEALs, and in the end he was bluffing the entire time. Pity his men weren't.
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Hoist by His Own Petard
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Hoist by His Own Petard: Frye and Darrow, who were most eager to launch the missiles, are exposed to the lethal substance and launched on one of the rockets respectively.
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Western Terrorists
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Western Terrorists: All-American heroes, no less.
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Expert Consultant
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Expert Consultant: After terrorists armed with VX poison gas take over Alcatraz Island, the government enlists FBI agent Stanley Goodspeed (a chemical weapons specialist) and former British Intelligence agent John Mason (the only prisoner who ever escaped Alcatraz) to breach the prison and neutralize the rockets. When their Navy SEAL escorts are wiped out they have to work together to stop the terrorists.
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Inter-Service Rivalry
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Interservice Rivalry: Done subtly. Hummel's Marines end up doing battle with Anderson's Navy SEALs. Understandably, they don't get along. Mason himself is from the British Army.
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Un-person
 The Rock / int_d558b013
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Unperson: Mason. Even Goodspeed's FBI buddy has a hard time locating him in the Bureau of Prisons database. At the end of the movie Goodspeed claims Mason is dead, putting him beyond the reach of just about everybody.
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Elites Are More Glamorous
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Elites Are More Glamorous: Marine Corps Force Recon faces off against the Navy SEALs and a former member of the British Special Air Service. And a FBI technician. Zig-Zagged—the Recon takes down the SEALs, but are killed by one SAS. Also, it's the untrained in combat, inexperienced in the field Goodspeed who ends up defusing the situation (and the bombs.)
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: But Mason comes back.
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Worst Aid: Done twice. While the movie gets it half-right that atropine is a counter-agent to many nerve agents, the delivery method is wholly incorrect. In a hospital setting, a cardiac injection is the most effective means of saving an exposed patient, getting the heart back in proper shape quickly. In the field, however, autoinjectors (basically military Epi-Pens) are used, which are jammed into the thigh (when treating yourself) or the buttocks (when treating another) - you do not stab yourself in the heart with a cardiac needle. The odds that you could actually hit your heart, not kill yourself doing it, and administer a medication while suffering the onset effects of a nerve agent are so close to zero as to not matter.
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Casual Danger Dialogue
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Casual Danger Dialogue: Goodspeed, when he's working: Note also his explanation of VX nerve gas to Mason while disarming the rocket.
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Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: Possibly the king of all examples, given that one person on there has just beaten a bunch of people senseless and escaped from prison. The other? "Okay, I don't want to know nothing. I never saw you throw that gentleman off the balcony. All I care about is: are you happy with your haircut?"
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Historical In-Joke: One of the Marines starts beating up Mason, calls him an "English prick". (The character's from Glasgow, but ID'd himself as SAS earlier). He takes a few more pokes at Mason, then goes "I tell you my old man was Irish?" The Joint Chiefs also reference Hummel's Vietnam-era missions into China, a long-term conspiracy theory about the latter days of that war. Also, what Goodspeed reads on the microfilm at the end. Who Shot JFK?...?
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Start of Darkness
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Start of Darkness: Hummel's men being refused evacuation after Desert Storm.
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Television Geography: One of the nerve gas missiles is fired towards "a football game", apparently heading for the Oakland Coliseum. When the camera shows the missile seconds away from its target, the stadium shown is actually Candlestick Park in San Francisco. (which makes the football game line right, but is still a flub on the radar that precedes it) The car chase is all over the place geographically. For example, at one point, a police report says they are heading west on California Street... But in the very next shot, not only is it obvious that they are not on California Street, but they are also headed east on Filbert Street towards Coit Tower. If you've been to that part of San Francisco, it's especially obvious that they didn't drive away from the Fairmont Hotel; not only is the exterior completely different (it's actually the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles), but they drive away in the opposite direction of where they're supposedly headed. Those narrow alley sections early in the chase were filmed in downtown Los Angeles; if you stop and look carefully, they zoom past the historic King Edward Hotel via Werdin Place and pass Indian Alley. Mason hits the water truck at the 3700 block of Carolina Street in San Francisco, which is all the way in Potrero Hill, nearly halfway across the city to the southeast. The multi-car explosion and Goodspeed's window shortcut were in San Pedro on West 7th Street, near the La Salle Hotel. They somehow make it all the way back to San Francisco, going south at the corner of Hyde and Clay next to the 1st Chinese Southern Baptist Church. Then they awkwardly double back half a mile north and blow up a cable car at the corner of Jones & Pacific Avenues on Russian Hill. The only thing that does make sense is that Mason was able to drive from there to the Palace of Fine Arts in only a few minutes. At no point were they actually on California Street. Stenson Drive doesn't exist in San Francisco. Jade's house is on West 37th Street in San Pedro. The FBI mobile command center is shown to be situated at a warehouse on Pier 39. In reality, Pier 39 is a heavily developed shopping center and tourist trap in Fisherman's Wharf. Judging by the camera perspective and the layout of San Francisco's piers, those establishing shots were taken on Pier 23, looking southeast (as in, opposite direction from Alcatraz) towards the Bay Bridge. You can see Piers 19, 17, 15, and 9, with the distinctive Pier 7 walkway jutting out a little further than the others in the distance. Given that Pier 19 was converted from a warehouse to a parking garage, it's most likely the place where the command center scenes were really filmed. Also, Pier 17 was recently made the location of the Swiss consulate, and the Exploratorium was relocated to the renovated Pier 15 in 2013.
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Changed My Mind, Kid: Mason decides to escape from Alcatraz near the end after deducing that Hummel won't have the heart to launch the missiles, but because the Goodspeed refuses to leave the mission incomplete (and is a lousy fighter), Mason comes back in time to save the good doctor.
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The Hero
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Averted with Mason, who survives because of his combat abilities and knowledge of Alcatraz, although his status as The Hero also helps.
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Expy
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Expy: John Mason, a character who is basically an old James Bond in all but name. Even shares his background and is played by Sean Connery. Hummel, on the other hand, is basically Big Boss.
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Insistent Terminology: It's stylist, not barber.
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Hate Sink: FBI director James Womack is an obnoxious Obstructive Bureaucrat responsible for imprisoning John Mason for the latter stealing microfilms with state secrets. Recruiting Mason to stop General Hummel from firing a missile on San Francisco, Womack promises Mason freedom with no intent to keep his word, even tearing up a document to demonstrate his intent. Even after being told Mason is dead, Womack attempts to pry the location of his body out of bitterness.
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Borrowed Without Permission: Mason escapes from FBI custody and hijacks a Humvee, leading to an extended Chase Scene through the streets of San Francisco. During the chase, the Humvee's owner calls Mason on the carphone and berates him for stealing his car, to which Mason retorts "I'm only borrowing your Humvee!"
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Britain Is Only England: Sean Connery's character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter of Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.
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Helpless Window Death: During the rocket theft scene, VX gas is accidentally released from containment, forcing the marines to evacuate the area as quickly as possible; one of them doesn't make it to the door before it's sealed shut, and the marines can only watch through a window as the poor bastard dies from exposure to VX.
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Disco Dan
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Disco Dan: Stanley when it comes to music. He prefers vinyl to CDs.
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The Starscream
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The Starscream: Captains Frye and Darrow who become the real Big Bad Duumvirate after they kill Hummel and his longtime friend Baxter.
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Locked Out of the Loop: Downplayed, but even as the FBI Director Womacak knew nothing of the Penatgon's Red Sea Trading Company slush fund. He's genuinely shocked when Hummel casually reveals it when he makes his demands.
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Unbuilt Trope: This is the movie that established Michael Bay as a major power in Hollywood, and (though his second movie overall) his first large-scale military thriller. It also comes off as a deconstruction of many of the stereotypes in his future films The main antagonists aren't some foreign invader, but American terrorists with a largely sympathetic cause, with the movie often criticizing America's treatment of its soldiers, and making it clear that the secret-obsessed Corrupt Bureaucrats who motivated them are the true villains. The day is saved not by a bunch of American SEALs (they are instead gunned down before they can do any good), but an old former British SAS officer and an eccentric FBI geek who is hilariously bad at fighting. Said geek isn't portrayed as a whiny loser, but courageous and levelheaded in the face of danger, and he's in a healthy, loving, responsible relationship with a beautiful woman. That line about 'winners going home to fuck the prom queen'? His girlfriend was the prom queen. The movie actually spends a considerable amount of its running time with intellectual and talky scenes that factor heavily into the plot as it does on flashy action scenes, with all three of its' leads being well-respected and intelligent men of action.
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Redemption Equals Death
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Redemption Equals Death: Hummel and his former friend Baxter get killed by the ruthless Marines, once they decided to not fire the rockets on civilians..
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Undying Loyalty
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Undying Loyalty: Major Baxter is Hummel's most loyal soldier and the only person who didn't side against him during the climax.
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Right Man in the Wrong Place: Stanley Goodspeed.
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Quote-to-Quote Combat: Mason to Hummel:
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Desperate Object Catch: Played with when one of the green spheres of V-X drops off the end of the set Goodspeed is disarming. With the rest of the fragile spheres taking up both hands, he can't spare one to catch the runaway, but he uses the springy laces on top of his boot to give it a soft landing, then puts the others down very carefully and intercepts the fallen one before it can roll off a ledge and break.
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Never Found the Body
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Never Found the Body: Of course they didn't. Mason wasn't anywhere near the explosion that allegedly vaporized him. Goodspeed just reported that so that Mason could escape.
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Enemy Civil War
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Enemy Civil War: Occurs briefly near the end of the film when Frye and Darrow mount a mutiny against Hummel after he reveals the whole plan was just a bluff and never intended to use the VX against a civilian population. Only Baxter sides with Hummel and both of them are killed in an ensuing stand-off. It only happens after Hummel loses most of his loyalists like Captain Hendrix and his men to Mason and Goodspeed, leaving Frye and Darrow and their loyalists in charge.
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A Real Man Is a Killer
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A Real Man Is a Killer: Goodspeed is one of the few people in the entire cast who has never been involved with violence, and is clearly in shock when he takes his first life.
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Insult Backfire: Goodspeed gets in a zinger at Mason's expense when Mason mocks him for his Give Geeks a Chance attitude.
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Last Stand
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Last Stand: We hear the radio chatter of Hummel's Marines fighting one over the opening credits. Help doesn't arrive.
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The World's Expert (on Getting Killed)
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The World's Expert (on Getting Killed): The SEAL team, who for all their training and expertise, are quickly dispatched during the rescue mission while Goodspeed — despite having zero combat training — survives. Averted with Mason, who survives because of his combat abilities and knowledge of Alcatraz, although his status as The Hero also helps.
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You Have No Chance to Survive
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You Have No Chance to Survive: Hummel tells Anderson and his SEAL team that he should surrender using this trope.
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Tranquillizer Dart: In the opening scene, the mercenaries use tranq darts on the Marines guarding the chemical weapons depot. All of them fall unconscious immediately.
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"Well Done, Dad!" Guy: Mason wants to reconcile with Jade, telling her "You're the only evidence that I exist.".
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Well-Intentioned Extremist
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: Hummel, driven to extremes to get compensation for the families of soldiers killed on secret missions. By virtue of his rank and the gravity of the threat posed by his scheme to San Francisco (even if he didn't mean to carry it out, his men certainly did), Hummel is also arguably a Ripper. Even his opponents admit that if they've alienated a great man like Hummel, they've done something wrong.
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Skyward Scream
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Skyward Scream: Goodspeed, when the pilots accidentally launches one of their missiles after Goodspeed launches the flares.
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Brick Joke
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Brick Joke: A morbidly hilarious one: Goodspeed is listening to the Elton John song "Rocket Man" early in the film with his girlfriend. This leads to his Pre-Mortem One-Liner.
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You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious
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You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: Mason and Goodspeed only call each other "John" and "Stanley" once in the film: at the end, when Goodspeed lies to the FBI to allow Mason to escape, giving him a chance to live freely.
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Pet the Dog
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Pet the Dog: Before the attack, Hummel convinces a school tour group to get back on the ferryboats to San Francisco. When the police catch up to Mason to bring him back in in front of his own daughter, Goodspeed appears and tells her that Mason is helping the FBI with a big case, leaving Mason surprised and the first hint of respect he shows towards Stanley.
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Concussion Frags / int_bacb3abc
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Corridor Cubbyhole Run / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Deadly Gas / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Death Course / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Death Faked for You / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Defensive Failure / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Definite Article Title / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Delayed Safety Feature / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Delicious Distraction / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Desperate Object Catch / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Destroy the Product Placement / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
"Die Hard" on an X / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Distract and Disarm / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Dive Under the Explosion / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Dramatic Gun Cock / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Dramatic High Perching / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Elevator Snare / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Elites Are More Glamorous / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Enemy Civil War / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Epic Hail / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Every Car Is a Pinto / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Excellent Judge of Character / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Expert Consultant / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
FBI Agent / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Face Realization / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Famous for Being First / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Fanon Welding / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Fanon Welding YMMV / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Fighter-Launching Sequence / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Films of 1995–1999 / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Flashed-Badge Hijack / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Four-Star Badass / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Fruit Cart / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Geo Effects / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Girlish Pigtails / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Good All Along / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Good Guns, Bad Guns / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Grappling-Hook Pistol / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Gratuitous Latin / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Grave-Marking Scene / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Great Escape / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Grenade Hot Potato / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Happy Fun Ball / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Hazmat Suit / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Helpless Window Death / int_bacb3abc
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Hero Stole My Bike / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Hollywood Acid / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Hollywood Action Hero / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
I Don't Like You and You Don't Like Me / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
I Resemble That Remark! / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Inertial Impalement / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Inopportune Voice Cracking / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Insignia Rip-Off Ritual / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Instant Sedation / int_bacb3abc
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It Has Been an Honor / int_bacb3abc
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It's Not Supposed to Win Oscars / int_bacb3abc
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Just Like Robin Hood / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Kill It with Fire / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Kitchen Chase / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Last Chance to Quit / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Malevolent Architecture / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Mexican Standoff / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Military Salute / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Misplaced-Names Poster / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Mission Briefing / int_bacb3abc
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Monumental Battle / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
More Despicable Minion / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Nerd Hoard / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Never Found the Body / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Never Hurt an Innocent / int_bacb3abc
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Non-Action Guy / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Non-Lethal Warfare / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Not Enough to Bury / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Not With the Safety On, You Won't / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Odd Couple / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
One Dose Fits All / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
One-Night-Stand Pregnancy / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Only in It for the Money / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Operation Game of Doom / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Patriotic Fervor / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Poison Is Corrosive / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Prison Escape Artist / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Prison Films / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Prison Rape / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Psycho for Hire / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Quote-to-Quote Combat / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Real Award, Fictional Character / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Redshirt Army / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Rogue Soldier / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Roswell That Ends Well / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Rube Goldberg Device / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Rudely Hanging Up / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Semper Fi / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Shot to the Heart / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Skyward Scream / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Soft Glass / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Stress Vomit / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Superweapon Suspense Subversion / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Supporting Protagonist / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Sympathetic Villain, Despicable Villain / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Talking to the Dead / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Tear Up the Contract / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Technicolor Science / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
The Alcatraz / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
The Precious, Precious Car / int_bacb3abc
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seeAlso
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hasFeature
The Starscream / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
The War Room / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
The Worm Guy / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
To the Pain / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Tranquillizer Dart / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Treachery Cover-Up / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
21-Gun Salute / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Unlikely Hero / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
[Verb] This! / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Verbal Business Card / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Villain of Another Story / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Vomit Indiscretion Shot / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Wedding Ring Removal / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Western Terrorists / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
While You Were in Diapers / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
White-and-Grey Morality / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Who Shot JFK? / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Win Your Freedom / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Wire Dilemma / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
With Catlike Tread / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
With Us or Against Us / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Worst Aid / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Wouldn't Hurt a Child / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
You Just Told Me / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Good News, Bad News / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
It Always Rains at Funerals / int_bacb3abc
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hasFeature
Not the Fall That Kills You / int_bacb3abc