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* Film/PitchBlack: After the eclipse plunges the planet into darkness, [[InnateNightVision Riddick]] leads the group back to the cargo ship for supplies. Laying low and peering over a ridge, he makes the claim of "Looks clear." When Johns advances, one of the Bio-raptors comes shrieking into view, nearly taking his head off as it flies by.
-->'''Johns''' I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS CLEAR!
-->'''Riddick:''' [[ExactWords I said]], it ''looks'' clear!
-->'''Johns:''' Well, what does it look like now?
-->'''Riddick:''' ''(looks again, shrugs, then deadpan)'' [[FalseReassurance Looks clear]].
-->'''Johns''' I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS CLEAR!
-->'''Riddick:''' [[ExactWords I said]], it ''looks'' clear!
-->'''Johns:''' Well, what does it look like now?
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** Even Davey Jones gets in on it in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second film]], after Will wins a game of chance (or rather, someone else [[HeroicSacrifice intentionally loses]]) that gets him out of his debt. "Congratulations, Mister Turner, you're free to leave. The very next time we come in to port!" Cue group EvilLaugh -- for Jones, and therefore the ''Flying Dutchman'', can only make port once every decade. Then again, he promptly breaks his word, when Will tries to swim for it at night and is picked up by a passing ship. Sure, Will is free to leave... until the Kraken comes for him.
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** Even Davey Jones gets in on it in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second film]], after Will wins a game of chance (or rather, someone else [[HeroicSacrifice intentionally loses]]) that gets him out of his debt. "Congratulations, Mister Turner, you're free to leave. The very next time we come in to port!" Cue group EvilLaugh -- for Jones, and therefore the ''Flying Dutchman'', can only make port once every decade. Then again, he promptly breaks his word, when Will tries to swim for it at night and is picked up by a passing ship. Sure, Will is free to leave... until the Kraken comes for him.[[note]]Although that might be not because Will left, but rather because he [[spoiler:stole the key to Davey Jones' locker in the process.]][[/note]]
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* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Johnny makes a DealWithTheDevil so his father doesn't die of cancer. That doesn't stop him from dying right after in an accident.
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* Used in ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', when the nanny knows that the children are faking illness to get out of getting up early, but plays along anyway. The father tells her that when caring for them to give them lots of sweets and whatever they wanted. She assures him that she'll give them "''precisely'' what they need". She then goes and has the cook serve them soup with potato peelings and a turkey neck and gives them a disgusting medicine. Needless to say, they get better very quickly.
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* Used in ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', when the nanny knows that the children are faking illness to get out of getting up early, but stay in bed, and plays along anyway.along, but then uses her magic to bind them to their beds, and make their feigned illness the real deal. The father tells her that when caring for them to give them lots of sweets and whatever they wanted. She assures him that she'll give them "''precisely'' what they need". She then goes and has recommends Cook make a broth for the cook serve them soup with potato peelings and a turkey neck children, given her military experience and gives them a disgusting medicine. medicine, every hour. Needless to say, they get better very quickly.quickly, with the assistance of "best potato gruel with peelings in", and a turkey neck.
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* In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', after Augustus is sucked up a pipe, his mother panics, "He'll be made into marshmallows in five seconds!" Wonka bluntly assures her that he won't - "because that pipe doesn't go to the Marshmallow Room, it goes to the Fudge Room!" In both the book and [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the Tim Burton remake]], Augustus is shown to be fine in the end, but this version [[NothingIsScarier noticeably omits that scene...]]
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** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Harvey Dent holds a gun to Marconi and demands information. When Marconi asks if Dent will let him go if he does, Dent responds "It can't hurt your chances." Unfortunately, Marconi didn't consider the fact that answering the questions wouldn't ''help'' his chances of survival, either.
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** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Harvey Dent holds a gun to Marconi Maroni and demands information. When Marconi Maroni asks if Dent will let him go if he does, Dent responds "It can't hurt your chances." Unfortunately, Marconi Maroni didn't consider the fact that answering the questions wouldn't ''help'' his chances of survival, either.either. True to [[Characters/BatmantwoFace his comic book origins]], [[HeadsOrTails Dent's victims always have a 50-50 chance; the coin doesn't play favorites]].
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* In ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', a witch promises Tristan that she'll deliver him to Wall "in the exact same condition you're in now," and that she'll give him food and lodging along the way. When he accepts, she [[BalefulPolymorph turns him into a mouse]], putting him into a cage with cheese (food and lodging), and turns him back when she gets to the town.
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{{False Reassurance}}s in LiveActionFilms.
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* In ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren Cross invites his assistant Hope out to a celebratory dinner prior to a major business triumph. She toasts him with "You're a success story, Darren. You deserve everything coming to you." What he doesn't know is that she's in league with her father, Hank Pym, to ruin him and destroy his research.
* In ''Bad Reputation'', the avenging heroine tells the BigBad who she's pretending to seduce is that "it's just you and me", apparently referring to how the previous time around the villain had his fellow rapist jocks and AlphaBitch girlfriend plus GirlPosse. In truth, she's already killed the rest of them.
* ''Film/Batman1989'': [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] grabs henchman Bob by his shoulders and promises him: "You... are my number-one... guy." [i.e., "You're irreplaceable"]. And that's true. But what Bob doesn't know is that their old boss, Carl Grissom, had said the same words -- and in the exact same rhythm, too -- to Jack Napier (the man who became the Joker) just before setting him up to be nearly assassinated. It's clearly {{Foreshadowing}} that the Joker will scheme to have Bob eliminated the same way Boss Grissom had tried to have ''him'' eliminated... until the subversion toward the end, where the Joker ''does'' execute Bob, but [[KickTheDog merely in a fit of anger when Batman foils his big murder plot]].
* The Penguin does this in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' when he uses a swarm of bats to force the Ice Princess off the edge of a building, resulting in her death:
-->'''Catwoman:''' You said you were just going to scare the Ice Princess.\\
'''The Penguin:''' She looked pretty scared to me!
* ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'':
** [[BigBad Terl]] is informed that he will serve another tour of service as Chief of Security on Earth. Terl protests because he sees this as an inferior assignment and mentions his performance and achievements...
--->'''Zete:''' Home office is well aware of your academic achievements and obvious talents. That's why we decided not to keep you here for another five cycles.\\
'''Terl:''' It's a joke, oh thank you Sir. I don't know if I could have kept my sanity being here another five cycles...\\
'''Zete:''' We've decided to keep you here... another ''fifty'' cycles! '''WITH ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL! [[RepeatCut WITH ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL! WITH ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL!]]'''
** Later on, Terl himself pulls this on Jonnie by promising that he won't kill Jonnie's friend, if Jonnie promises to never ask Terl for anything ever again. Terl then has his NumberTwo Ker do the dirty deed. Strangely, at the end, Jonnie doesn't appear to hold any ill will against Ker.
* ''Film/BerlinSyndrome'': Andi spends awhile telling Clare that she can leave eventually and her family knows where she is. He's lying.
* In ''Film/BladeII'', Blade kills a whole building full of vampires trying to find Whistler. He tells the one survivor, "Tell me where he is and I'll consider you a loose end." The survivor tells him and Blade lets him go. At the very end of the movie, Blade tracks him to a porno theater and says, "You didn't think I forgot about you?" before killing him. (After all, what do you do to loose ends?)
* ''Film/ComePlay'': A promise of never being alone with a new friend might sound sweet, if it weren't talking about a long-limbed monster that quite literally won't leave you alone.
* In ''Film/Conspiracy2001'', about the Wannsee Conference of Nazi Germany in 1942, State Secretary Kritzinger believes that the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Problem' has already been settled by his department and frequently asks why the meeting has been called. When it becomes clear that the "evacuation" of the Jews in Germany involves their complete annihilation, he is outraged because "that possibility has been personally denied to me by the Fuhrer." The response from Reinhardt Heydrich, the chairman of the meeting, is to simply reply "and it will continue to be." Kritzinger finally realizes that Hitler's "denial" of that possibility is literal.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Harvey Dent holds a gun to Marconi and demands information. When Marconi asks if Dent will let him go if he does, Dent responds "It can't hurt your chances." Unfortunately, Marconi didn't consider the fact that answering the questions wouldn't ''help'' his chances of survival, either.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' does this too:
--->'''Bane:''' Calm down, Doctor! Now's not the time for fear. ''({{beat}})'' That comes later.
* False Reassurance in RestrainingBolt form: In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', Raymond Cocteau has Simon Phoenix programmed as a killing machine... but also unable to kill Cocteau. What he forgot to do was do the same to all the old cryo-cons Phoenix freed...
-->'''Simon Phoenix:''' Will ''someone'' kill him, please? He's pissing me off.
* [[IDoNotDrinkWine "I never drink... wine"]], from the 1931 film version of ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}''. Dracula doesn't point out to the poor sap offering him a glass of wine [[OurVampiresAreDifferent what he]] ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent does]]'' [[OurVampiresAreDifferent drink]]. You can quote this line to the bartender in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.
* ''Film/EverythingWillBeOkay'': Divorced dad Michael picks up his little girl Lea for the typical weekend non-custodial visit--only he is planning to use this weekend to kidnap his daughter and steal away to the Philippines. The first use of the TitleDrop comes when Michael and Lea have arrived at the airport and she's twigged to what's going on. The second use of it comes from Lea's mom in the last line of the movie, when the cops have arrived and arrested her father. Both times, it is plainly not true.
* At the start of the movie ''Film/{{Fallen}}'', we hear Creator/DenzelWashington's character John Hobbes narrating that he's going to tell us about the time he almost died. During the course of the movie, Hobbes matches wits with the demon Azazel, who destroys Hobbes' life piece by piece, and worst of all, Hobbes is FightingAShadow because Azazel [[DemonicPossession simply possesses people]] and [[BodySurf jumps from one to another at will]]. Still, Denzel the narrator said at the start that he ''almost'' died, so when he comes up with a plan to actually take down Azazel, it has to work and he has to survive, right? [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding Nope.]] The narrator at the start of the movie was actually Azazel, [[TheBadGuyWins who managed to possess the body of Hobbes himself and then just barely escaped the trap that was meant to kill Azazel]].]]
* The hero of ''Film/FinalJustice'' is released from a Maltese prison on his oath as an American police officer not to interfere with a Maltese case. He starts interfering again as soon as he's out the door, explaining that he's actually a ''Texas'' lawman.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Johnny makes a DealWithTheDevil so his father doesn't die of cancer. That doesn't stop him from dying right after in an accident.
* From ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'': "This will only hurt a little. What comes next... more so."
* An unintentional example occurs in ''Film/TheGodfather''; during a meeting between the bosses of the Five Families, Don Vito Corleone swears upon the souls of his grandchildren that "I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made here today." [[spoiler:When Vito dies and Michael takes over, all bets are off.]]
* In ''Film/TheHeiress'', the unwitting and naive Catherine is happy when her savvy father assures her that he will treat her new lover with due respect.
-->'''Dr. Sloper:''' I shall be as fair and honest with him as [[GoldDigger he is with you]].\\
'''Catherine:''' Thank you, father, that is all we shall need.
* Claudia from ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', presenting Lestat with two victims, says "I promise I'll take care of the bodies!" [[spoiler:Yes, theirs and Lestat's, once she cuts his throat -- she's using the laudanum she already dosed them with to weaken Lestat.]]
* Used in ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', when the nanny knows that the children are faking illness to get out of getting up early, but plays along anyway. The father tells her that when caring for them to give them lots of sweets and whatever they wanted. She assures him that she'll give them "''precisely'' what they need". She then goes and has the cook serve them soup with potato peelings and a turkey neck and gives them a disgusting medicine. Needless to say, they get better very quickly.
* ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}'' ends with Lou talking to his new interns at Video Production News, telling them they're not doing anything wrong. As he puts it, "I won't ask you to do anything I wouldn't do." However, the film begins with Lou mugging a guard for a watch, and his actions become sociopathic as the movie continues, including [[SexualExtortion extorting his boss for sex]], cutting his rival's brake lines and turning the crash into a story, and ultimately [[spoiler:getting his partner killed by a criminal just because he asked for a raise]].
* In ''Film/NoneShallEscape'', Karl tells Wilhelm that he's leaving for Vienna and threatens to reveal Wilhelm's role in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire Reichstag fire]] and the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher Schleicher]] murder" (i.e. the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives Night of the Long Knives]]) unless he leaves the Nazi Party, leading to the following exchange:
-->'''Wilhelm:''' You leave me no choice.\\
'''Karl:''' Then you will come?\\
''[Wilhelm nods]''\\
'''Karl:''' In Vienna we can be free to start some kind of a new life. And whatever little money that I've been able to save, I will share it with you.\\
'''Wilhelm:''' When do you leave?\\
'''Karl:''' Tomorrow morning.\\
'''Wilhelm:''' Expect me tonight.
::Wilhelm does indeed show up at Karl's home that night. He brings other members of the Nazi Party, and Karl is arrested and deported to a concentration camp.
* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'':
-->'''Morton:''' Tell me, was it necessary that you kill all of them? I only told you to scare them.\\
'''Frank:''' People scare better when they're dying.
* Played for laughs in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', where Marc-Ange wants Bond to marry his rebellious daughter Tracy because he [[DeliberateValuesDissonance thinks she needs a strong man to tame her]]. At their wedding he reminds her to "obey her husband in all things", and she promises she will, as she always obeyed him - in other words, when she wanted to do it anyway. He picks up on her meaning, and wishes Bond luck.
* In the opening of ''{{Film/Outbreak}}'', US Army doctors [=McClintock=] and Ford arrive at a mercenary camp in Africa to take a look at a strange new virus. Upon seeing the horrific effects of the disease, [=McClintock=] tells the head doctor that he'll arrange for an airdrop of penicillin and plasma. He also tells one of the mercenaries that he'll be brought home and will see his girl again. A few hours later, a plane does come by and drop a large container... it's just that the container is actually a fuel-air bomb which vaporizes the camp.
* ''[[Film/Pinocchio2022Disney Pinocchio]]'': While riding on the coach bound for Pleasure Island, Pinocchio asks the Coachman if he'll become a real boy there. He [[ForcedTransformation knowingly]] responds, "You won't be a puppet anymore, that's for sure."
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** Captain Barbossa does this repeatedly in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first film]]. He promises Elizabeth that he will leave Port Royal if she turns over the medallion. She does, and he promptly leaves with her on board the ''Pearl'' because she never bargained to be returned to shore. Later on, he promised that he would release Elizabeth if Will took her place as his prisoner. He then makes Elizabeth walk the plank because Will never specified when or where she would be released. Just about any time a pirate agrees to adhere by "The Code", it's a false reassurance since it only applies among pirates, and it's more "guidelines" than actual rules.
*** A similar scenario plays out in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII the Kingdom Hearts adaptation]] of the film. Will asks Barbossa to let Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Elizabeth go and to leave their ship. Barbossa ties the party up in the hold while a group of Heartless stays behind to detonate the ship with gunpowder barrels, because Will only demanded that the ''pirates'' leave.
** Even Davey Jones gets in on it in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second film]], after Will wins a game of chance (or rather, someone else [[HeroicSacrifice intentionally loses]]) that gets him out of his debt. "Congratulations, Mister Turner, you're free to leave. The very next time we come in to port!" Cue group EvilLaugh -- for Jones, and therefore the ''Flying Dutchman'', can only make port once every decade. Then again, he promptly breaks his word, when Will tries to swim for it at night and is picked up by a passing ship. Sure, Will is free to leave... until the Kraken comes for him.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968:'' Zaius says that if there's any evidence of human civilization in the cave, then he'll acquit Cornelius and Zira. When he finds such evidence, he proceeds to completely ignore or dismiss it.
* In ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'', sharpshooter Quigley informs the BigBad (a potential employer at that point) that he doesn't have much use for pistols. Doesn't mean he can't ''use'' one, mind you. This same BadBoss had pulled a similar stunt when he enticed Quigley to come to his ranch to scare off some "wild animals" -- failing to mention that the "animals" are the native Aboriginal tribesmen.
* ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'': After exposing and incapacitating TheMole, Alice states that she isn't going to kill them... then steps aside to reveal a pissed off Claire, who does the job instead.
* From ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'':
-->'''Maid Marian:''' Robin, promise you won't go.\\
'''Robin Hood:''' All right, I promise you won't go.\\
'''Maid Marian:''' Thank you.\\
'''Ahchoo:''' But wait a minute, Robin, didn't you just...\\
'''Robin Hood:''' Cool it...\\
'''Ahchoo:''' Chilled.
* ''Film/RoboCop2'', when Cain slices a guy open:
-->'''Angie:''' You said you were just gonna scare him!\\
'''Cain:''' Doesn't he look scared?
* ''Film/SafetyPatrol:'' When Scout's teachers tell Principal Tromp that his least favorite student, Scout Bozell, deserves to be on the safety patrol and that the rules say that they have to give him a turn, Tromp smiles and agrees that Scout does deserve to be on the safety patrol [[ExactWords as long as he's a student at their school]]. He then proceeds to transfer Scout to a different school.
* In ''Film/SexAndDeath101'', Roderick (who has a list that accurately predicts every person he'll ever have sex with) is in a club with his friend Trixie when they spot Bambi Kidd and Thumper Wint, a celebrity LipstickLesbian power-couple. He takes a quick look at his list and finds that they're both on it.
-->'''Trixie:''' Don't tell me one of em's on that fucking list. That list of fucking--\\
'''Roderick:''' No, one of them is not on the list.
* In ''Film/{{Sinister}}'', true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt reassures his wife that they did not move into a house "down the street" from a notorious crime scene.
* In ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'', the hero, Martin, is captured by the villain, who is revealed to be his once-upon-a-time best friend Cosmo:
-->'''Cosmo:''' I cannot kill my friend. (Turns to shotgun-carrying minion.) Kill my friend.
* In ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', a witch promises Tristan that she'll deliver him to Wall "in the exact same condition you're in now," and that she'll give him food and lodging along the way. When he accepts, she [[BalefulPolymorph turns him into a mouse]], putting him into a cage with cheese (food and lodging), and turns him back when she gets to the town.
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the military recruitment officer who turns war wounds into BlackComedy:
-->'''Officer''': What about you, son?\\
'''Rico''': Infantry, sir.\\
'''Officer''': Good for you! ''(offers a prosthetic hand to shake Rico's)'' Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today! ''(wheels his chair back to reveal both his legs are missing at the knee)''
** It should be noted however that in the book this scene plays out, and then the recruitment officer goes on a break and puts on prosthetics that allow him to walk perfectly; he explains that his disability is deliberately played up to let potential recruits know exactly what they might be getting into and scare off the squeamish ones.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Emperor Palpatine pulls one of these in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': "I am sending you my apprentice, Darth Vader. He will... take care of you."
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Lando Calrissian tells Han Solo and Princess Leia "I've just made a deal that'll keep the Empire out of [Cloud City] forever.". Unfortunately, Han and Leia discover mere seconds later that deal entails surrendering them to Darth Vader, who surrenders Han to the bounty hunter Boba Fett.
* In ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', the titular barber promises the "closest shave you will ever know." Then he [[SlashedThroat slits their throats]].
* In the 1960s version of ''Film/ThatDarnCat'', Patti promises she won't go to the police. So she goes to the FBI instead.
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok:'' In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, the Grandmaster reassures a captured criminal that he’s being pardoned. He then clarifies that the criminal is being pardoned ''from life'', and melts the poor guy into a puddle of steaming goo.
* The ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' films, being the classic "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Monkey's Paw]]" style stories, do this continuously.
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. Wolverine nearly throttles Colonel Stryker when he thinks he's lying. Styker swears that he's telling the truth "on the life of my son!" Of course, as we saw in ''Film/{{X2|XMenUnited}}'', Stryker doesn't value his son's life very highly.
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* In ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren Cross invites his assistant Hope out to a celebratory dinner prior to a major business triumph. She toasts him with "You're a success story, Darren. You deserve everything coming to you." What he doesn't know is that she's in league with her father, Hank Pym, to ruin him and destroy his research.
* In ''Bad Reputation'', the avenging heroine tells the BigBad who she's pretending to seduce is that "it's just you and me", apparently referring to how the previous time around the villain had his fellow rapist jocks and AlphaBitch girlfriend plus GirlPosse. In truth, she's already killed the rest of them.
* ''Film/Batman1989'': [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] grabs henchman Bob by his shoulders and promises him: "You... are my number-one... guy." [i.e., "You're irreplaceable"]. And that's true. But what Bob doesn't know is that their old boss, Carl Grissom, had said the same words -- and in the exact same rhythm, too -- to Jack Napier (the man who became the Joker) just before setting him up to be nearly assassinated. It's clearly {{Foreshadowing}} that the Joker will scheme to have Bob eliminated the same way Boss Grissom had tried to have ''him'' eliminated... until the subversion toward the end, where the Joker ''does'' execute Bob, but [[KickTheDog merely in a fit of anger when Batman foils his big murder plot]].
* The Penguin does this in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' when he uses a swarm of bats to force the Ice Princess off the edge of a building, resulting in her death:
-->'''Catwoman:''' You said you were just going to scare the Ice Princess.\\
'''The Penguin:''' She looked pretty scared to me!
* ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'':
** [[BigBad Terl]] is informed that he will serve another tour of service as Chief of Security on Earth. Terl protests because he sees this as an inferior assignment and mentions his performance and achievements...
--->'''Zete:''' Home office is well aware of your academic achievements and obvious talents. That's why we decided not to keep you here for another five cycles.\\
'''Terl:''' It's a joke, oh thank you Sir. I don't know if I could have kept my sanity being here another five cycles...\\
'''Zete:''' We've decided to keep you here... another ''fifty'' cycles! '''WITH ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL! [[RepeatCut WITH ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL! WITH ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL!]]'''
** Later on, Terl himself pulls this on Jonnie by promising that he won't kill Jonnie's friend, if Jonnie promises to never ask Terl for anything ever again. Terl then has his NumberTwo Ker do the dirty deed. Strangely, at the end, Jonnie doesn't appear to hold any ill will against Ker.
* ''Film/BerlinSyndrome'': Andi spends awhile telling Clare that she can leave eventually and her family knows where she is. He's lying.
* In ''Film/BladeII'', Blade kills a whole building full of vampires trying to find Whistler. He tells the one survivor, "Tell me where he is and I'll consider you a loose end." The survivor tells him and Blade lets him go. At the very end of the movie, Blade tracks him to a porno theater and says, "You didn't think I forgot about you?" before killing him. (After all, what do you do to loose ends?)
* ''Film/ComePlay'': A promise of never being alone with a new friend might sound sweet, if it weren't talking about a long-limbed monster that quite literally won't leave you alone.
* In ''Film/Conspiracy2001'', about the Wannsee Conference of Nazi Germany in 1942, State Secretary Kritzinger believes that the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Problem' has already been settled by his department and frequently asks why the meeting has been called. When it becomes clear that the "evacuation" of the Jews in Germany involves their complete annihilation, he is outraged because "that possibility has been personally denied to me by the Fuhrer." The response from Reinhardt Heydrich, the chairman of the meeting, is to simply reply "and it will continue to be." Kritzinger finally realizes that Hitler's "denial" of that possibility is literal.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Harvey Dent holds a gun to Marconi and demands information. When Marconi asks if Dent will let him go if he does, Dent responds "It can't hurt your chances." Unfortunately, Marconi didn't consider the fact that answering the questions wouldn't ''help'' his chances of survival, either.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' does this too:
--->'''Bane:''' Calm down, Doctor! Now's not the time for fear. ''({{beat}})'' That comes later.
* False Reassurance in RestrainingBolt form: In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', Raymond Cocteau has Simon Phoenix programmed as a killing machine... but also unable to kill Cocteau. What he forgot to do was do the same to all the old cryo-cons Phoenix freed...
-->'''Simon Phoenix:''' Will ''someone'' kill him, please? He's pissing me off.
* [[IDoNotDrinkWine "I never drink... wine"]], from the 1931 film version of ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}''. Dracula doesn't point out to the poor sap offering him a glass of wine [[OurVampiresAreDifferent what he]] ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent does]]'' [[OurVampiresAreDifferent drink]]. You can quote this line to the bartender in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.
* ''Film/EverythingWillBeOkay'': Divorced dad Michael picks up his little girl Lea for the typical weekend non-custodial visit--only he is planning to use this weekend to kidnap his daughter and steal away to the Philippines. The first use of the TitleDrop comes when Michael and Lea have arrived at the airport and she's twigged to what's going on. The second use of it comes from Lea's mom in the last line of the movie, when the cops have arrived and arrested her father. Both times, it is plainly not true.
* At the start of the movie ''Film/{{Fallen}}'', we hear Creator/DenzelWashington's character John Hobbes narrating that he's going to tell us about the time he almost died. During the course of the movie, Hobbes matches wits with the demon Azazel, who destroys Hobbes' life piece by piece, and worst of all, Hobbes is FightingAShadow because Azazel [[DemonicPossession simply possesses people]] and [[BodySurf jumps from one to another at will]]. Still, Denzel the narrator said at the start that he ''almost'' died, so when he comes up with a plan to actually take down Azazel, it has to work and he has to survive, right? [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding Nope.]] The narrator at the start of the movie was actually Azazel, [[TheBadGuyWins who managed to possess the body of Hobbes himself and then just barely escaped the trap that was meant to kill Azazel]].]]
* The hero of ''Film/FinalJustice'' is released from a Maltese prison on his oath as an American police officer not to interfere with a Maltese case. He starts interfering again as soon as he's out the door, explaining that he's actually a ''Texas'' lawman.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Johnny makes a DealWithTheDevil so his father doesn't die of cancer. That doesn't stop him from dying right after in an accident.
* From ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'': "This will only hurt a little. What comes next... more so."
* An unintentional example occurs in ''Film/TheGodfather''; during a meeting between the bosses of the Five Families, Don Vito Corleone swears upon the souls of his grandchildren that "I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made here today." [[spoiler:When Vito dies and Michael takes over, all bets are off.]]
* In ''Film/TheHeiress'', the unwitting and naive Catherine is happy when her savvy father assures her that he will treat her new lover with due respect.
-->'''Dr. Sloper:''' I shall be as fair and honest with him as [[GoldDigger he is with you]].\\
'''Catherine:''' Thank you, father, that is all we shall need.
* Claudia from ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', presenting Lestat with two victims, says "I promise I'll take care of the bodies!" [[spoiler:Yes, theirs and Lestat's, once she cuts his throat -- she's using the laudanum she already dosed them with to weaken Lestat.]]
* Used in ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', when the nanny knows that the children are faking illness to get out of getting up early, but plays along anyway. The father tells her that when caring for them to give them lots of sweets and whatever they wanted. She assures him that she'll give them "''precisely'' what they need". She then goes and has the cook serve them soup with potato peelings and a turkey neck and gives them a disgusting medicine. Needless to say, they get better very quickly.
* ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}'' ends with Lou talking to his new interns at Video Production News, telling them they're not doing anything wrong. As he puts it, "I won't ask you to do anything I wouldn't do." However, the film begins with Lou mugging a guard for a watch, and his actions become sociopathic as the movie continues, including [[SexualExtortion extorting his boss for sex]], cutting his rival's brake lines and turning the crash into a story, and ultimately [[spoiler:getting his partner killed by a criminal just because he asked for a raise]].
* In ''Film/NoneShallEscape'', Karl tells Wilhelm that he's leaving for Vienna and threatens to reveal Wilhelm's role in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire Reichstag fire]] and the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher Schleicher]] murder" (i.e. the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives Night of the Long Knives]]) unless he leaves the Nazi Party, leading to the following exchange:
-->'''Wilhelm:''' You leave me no choice.\\
'''Karl:''' Then you will come?\\
''[Wilhelm nods]''\\
'''Karl:''' In Vienna we can be free to start some kind of a new life. And whatever little money that I've been able to save, I will share it with you.\\
'''Wilhelm:''' When do you leave?\\
'''Karl:''' Tomorrow morning.\\
'''Wilhelm:''' Expect me tonight.
::Wilhelm does indeed show up at Karl's home that night. He brings other members of the Nazi Party, and Karl is arrested and deported to a concentration camp.
* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'':
-->'''Morton:''' Tell me, was it necessary that you kill all of them? I only told you to scare them.\\
'''Frank:''' People scare better when they're dying.
* Played for laughs in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', where Marc-Ange wants Bond to marry his rebellious daughter Tracy because he [[DeliberateValuesDissonance thinks she needs a strong man to tame her]]. At their wedding he reminds her to "obey her husband in all things", and she promises she will, as she always obeyed him - in other words, when she wanted to do it anyway. He picks up on her meaning, and wishes Bond luck.
* In the opening of ''{{Film/Outbreak}}'', US Army doctors [=McClintock=] and Ford arrive at a mercenary camp in Africa to take a look at a strange new virus. Upon seeing the horrific effects of the disease, [=McClintock=] tells the head doctor that he'll arrange for an airdrop of penicillin and plasma. He also tells one of the mercenaries that he'll be brought home and will see his girl again. A few hours later, a plane does come by and drop a large container... it's just that the container is actually a fuel-air bomb which vaporizes the camp.
* ''[[Film/Pinocchio2022Disney Pinocchio]]'': While riding on the coach bound for Pleasure Island, Pinocchio asks the Coachman if he'll become a real boy there. He [[ForcedTransformation knowingly]] responds, "You won't be a puppet anymore, that's for sure."
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** Captain Barbossa does this repeatedly in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first film]]. He promises Elizabeth that he will leave Port Royal if she turns over the medallion. She does, and he promptly leaves with her on board the ''Pearl'' because she never bargained to be returned to shore. Later on, he promised that he would release Elizabeth if Will took her place as his prisoner. He then makes Elizabeth walk the plank because Will never specified when or where she would be released. Just about any time a pirate agrees to adhere by "The Code", it's a false reassurance since it only applies among pirates, and it's more "guidelines" than actual rules.
*** A similar scenario plays out in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII the Kingdom Hearts adaptation]] of the film. Will asks Barbossa to let Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Elizabeth go and to leave their ship. Barbossa ties the party up in the hold while a group of Heartless stays behind to detonate the ship with gunpowder barrels, because Will only demanded that the ''pirates'' leave.
** Even Davey Jones gets in on it in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second film]], after Will wins a game of chance (or rather, someone else [[HeroicSacrifice intentionally loses]]) that gets him out of his debt. "Congratulations, Mister Turner, you're free to leave. The very next time we come in to port!" Cue group EvilLaugh -- for Jones, and therefore the ''Flying Dutchman'', can only make port once every decade. Then again, he promptly breaks his word, when Will tries to swim for it at night and is picked up by a passing ship. Sure, Will is free to leave... until the Kraken comes for him.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968:'' Zaius says that if there's any evidence of human civilization in the cave, then he'll acquit Cornelius and Zira. When he finds such evidence, he proceeds to completely ignore or dismiss it.
* In ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'', sharpshooter Quigley informs the BigBad (a potential employer at that point) that he doesn't have much use for pistols. Doesn't mean he can't ''use'' one, mind you. This same BadBoss had pulled a similar stunt when he enticed Quigley to come to his ranch to scare off some "wild animals" -- failing to mention that the "animals" are the native Aboriginal tribesmen.
* ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'': After exposing and incapacitating TheMole, Alice states that she isn't going to kill them... then steps aside to reveal a pissed off Claire, who does the job instead.
* From ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'':
-->'''Maid Marian:''' Robin, promise you won't go.\\
'''Robin Hood:''' All right, I promise you won't go.\\
'''Maid Marian:''' Thank you.\\
'''Ahchoo:''' But wait a minute, Robin, didn't you just...\\
'''Robin Hood:''' Cool it...\\
'''Ahchoo:''' Chilled.
* ''Film/RoboCop2'', when Cain slices a guy open:
-->'''Angie:''' You said you were just gonna scare him!\\
'''Cain:''' Doesn't he look scared?
* ''Film/SafetyPatrol:'' When Scout's teachers tell Principal Tromp that his least favorite student, Scout Bozell, deserves to be on the safety patrol and that the rules say that they have to give him a turn, Tromp smiles and agrees that Scout does deserve to be on the safety patrol [[ExactWords as long as he's a student at their school]]. He then proceeds to transfer Scout to a different school.
* In ''Film/SexAndDeath101'', Roderick (who has a list that accurately predicts every person he'll ever have sex with) is in a club with his friend Trixie when they spot Bambi Kidd and Thumper Wint, a celebrity LipstickLesbian power-couple. He takes a quick look at his list and finds that they're both on it.
-->'''Trixie:''' Don't tell me one of em's on that fucking list. That list of fucking--\\
'''Roderick:''' No, one of them is not on the list.
* In ''Film/{{Sinister}}'', true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt reassures his wife that they did not move into a house "down the street" from a notorious crime scene.
* In ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'', the hero, Martin, is captured by the villain, who is revealed to be his once-upon-a-time best friend Cosmo:
-->'''Cosmo:''' I cannot kill my friend. (Turns to shotgun-carrying minion.) Kill my friend.
* In ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', a witch promises Tristan that she'll deliver him to Wall "in the exact same condition you're in now," and that she'll give him food and lodging along the way. When he accepts, she [[BalefulPolymorph turns him into a mouse]], putting him into a cage with cheese (food and lodging), and turns him back when she gets to the town.
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the military recruitment officer who turns war wounds into BlackComedy:
-->'''Officer''': What about you, son?\\
'''Rico''': Infantry, sir.\\
'''Officer''': Good for you! ''(offers a prosthetic hand to shake Rico's)'' Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today! ''(wheels his chair back to reveal both his legs are missing at the knee)''
** It should be noted however that in the book this scene plays out, and then the recruitment officer goes on a break and puts on prosthetics that allow him to walk perfectly; he explains that his disability is deliberately played up to let potential recruits know exactly what they might be getting into and scare off the squeamish ones.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Emperor Palpatine pulls one of these in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': "I am sending you my apprentice, Darth Vader. He will... take care of you."
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Lando Calrissian tells Han Solo and Princess Leia "I've just made a deal that'll keep the Empire out of [Cloud City] forever.". Unfortunately, Han and Leia discover mere seconds later that deal entails surrendering them to Darth Vader, who surrenders Han to the bounty hunter Boba Fett.
* In ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', the titular barber promises the "closest shave you will ever know." Then he [[SlashedThroat slits their throats]].
* In the 1960s version of ''Film/ThatDarnCat'', Patti promises she won't go to the police. So she goes to the FBI instead.
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok:'' In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, the Grandmaster reassures a captured criminal that he’s being pardoned. He then clarifies that the criminal is being pardoned ''from life'', and melts the poor guy into a puddle of steaming goo.
* The ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' films, being the classic "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Monkey's Paw]]" style stories, do this continuously.
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. Wolverine nearly throttles Colonel Stryker when he thinks he's lying. Styker swears that he's telling the truth "on the life of my son!" Of course, as we saw in ''Film/{{X2|XMenUnited}}'', Stryker doesn't value his son's life very highly.
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