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* JurisdictionFriction: A fair deal of the conflict comes from the FBI agent and the ATF agent over who has jurisdiction in their investigation of a gun-smuggling operation.[[note]]In RealLife, it's the ATF, unequivocally. The FBI has no jurisdiction in gun-smuggling cases.[[/note]]



* UrbanLegends: The legend of the black dog in this film is that it comes for truckers who have been pushing too hard. Jack says his encounter with the dog caused him to unintentionally crash into a car, causing him to be put in prison for manslaughter.

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* UrbanLegends: The legend of the black dog in this film is that it comes for truckers who have been pushing too hard. Jack says his encounter with the dog caused him to unintentionally crash into a car, causing him to be put in prison for manslaughter.manslaughter.
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* UsefulNotes/NewJersey: One of the places the film takes place.

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* BigBadEnsemble: Cutler and Red form one. Cutler wants to kill Jack's family if he doesn't do what he wants, while Red and his crew try to hijack him.



* ReformedButRejected: Jack has finished his sentenced but can't find a job anywhere in New Jersey due to losing his license as a result of the accident and has to work in a repair shop to make ends meet.

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* ReformedButRejected: Jack has finished his sentenced sentence but can't find a job anywhere in New Jersey due to losing his license as a result of the accident and has to work in a repair shop to make ends meet.
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* PostClimaxConfrontation: After Cutler is dealt with, things seem to be back to normal for the Crewses... [[spoiler:until Red appears]].

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* PostClimaxConfrontation: After Cutler is dealt with, things seem to be back to normal for the Crewses... [[spoiler:until Red appears]].comes back to finish what he started]].
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* PostClimaxConfrontation: After Cutler is dealt with, things seem to be back to normal for the Crewses... [[spoiler:until Red appears]].
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* HardTruckin: Even though his CDL is suspended, Jack gets another chance at a trucking job. Unknown to him, however, is he's hauling illegal weapons.

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* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: The ATF Agents involved in the the opening ChaseScene.

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* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: The ATF Agents involved in the the opening ChaseScene.


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* IronyAsHeIsCast: Country music luminary Randy Travis plays an aspiring singer whose singing voice is terrible.
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* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler:Sonny]] reveals to Crews that he is an FBI agent after he is mortally wounded in a truck-jacking attempt.

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* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler:Sonny]] reveals to Crews that he is an FBI agent after he is mortally wounded in a truck-jacking attempt.attempt.
* UrbanLegends: The legend of the black dog in this film is that it comes for truckers who have been pushing too hard. Jack says his encounter with the dog caused him to unintentionally crash into a car, causing him to be put in prison for manslaughter.

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A 1998 action film directed by Creator/KevinHooks that stars Creator/PatrickSwayze as a trucker who is forced into transporting illegal weapons after being released from prison for vehicular manslaughter.

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''Black Dog'' is a
1998 action film directed by Creator/KevinHooks that stars Creator/PatrickSwayze as a trucker who is forced into transporting illegal weapons after being released from prison for vehicular manslaughter.



The movie was released on May 1, 1998.

!Tropes for the film:

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The movie film was released on May 1, 1998.

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* {{Hellhound}}: The film is about a hellhound that takes everything away from greedy truckers.
* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: The ATF Agents involved in the the opening ChaseScene.



* MagicBrakes: Attention to detail on how trucks work is the film's main virtue. When a bad guy on a bike jumps onto the deckplate in-motion, and pulls off the connectors to the trailer, the protection valve on the dash of the tractor pops immediately, and Jack must get them re-connected before the air tank runs low and the brakes set.



* ReformedButRejected: Jack has finished his sentenced but can't find a job anywhere in New Jersey due to losing his license as a result of the accident and has to work in a repair shop to make ends meet.

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* ReformedButRejected: Jack has finished his sentenced but can't find a job anywhere in New Jersey due to losing his license as a result of the accident and has to work in a repair shop to make ends meet.meet.
* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler:Sonny]] reveals to Crews that he is an FBI agent after he is mortally wounded in a truck-jacking attempt.
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A 1998 action film directed by Creator/KevinHooks that stars Creator/PatrickSwayze as a trucker who is forced into transporting illegal weapons after being released from prison for vehicular manslaughter.

It also stars Music/RandyTravis, Music/MeatLoaf, Creator/StephenTobolowsky, and Creator/CharlesDutton.

The movie was released on May 1, 1998.

!Tropes for the film:
* IHaveYourWife: Jack's wife and daughter are threatened by his boss if he doesn't finish transporting the weapons, they will be killed.
* UsefulNotes/NewJersey: One of the places the film takes place.
* ReformedButRejected: Jack has finished his sentenced but can't find a job anywhere in New Jersey due to losing his license as a result of the accident and has to work in a repair shop to make ends meet.

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