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A 2003 conspiracy thriller film (similar to ''Film/TheBourneSeries'') directed by Michael Haussman, starring Creator/ValKilmer, Creator/SamShepard, Creator/NeveCampbell, and Creator/FayeDunaway.
A man wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is. Somehow, though, he knows of a conspiracy to assassinate the U.S. President in a small New Mexican town.
A man wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is. Somehow, though, he knows of a conspiracy to assassinate the U.S. President in a small New Mexican town.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed whether Faye Dunaway's character is alone in masterminding the plot, while the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown, though it may be because of the President's views on illegal immigration, changing which possibly being why they tried to call it off by informing the Secret Service.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed whether Faye Dunaway's character is alone in masterminding the plot, while the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown, though it may be because of the President's views on illegal immigration, changing which these possibly being why they tried to call it off by informing the Secret Service.
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* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out that they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state, and he doesn't know what the exact threat is). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
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* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns It turns out that they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state, and he doesn't know what the exact threat is).is. Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed whether Faye Dunaway's character is alone in masterminding the plot, while the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown, though it may be because of the President's views on illegal immigration, changing which possibly being why they tried to call it off by tipping the Secret Service.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed whether Faye Dunaway's character is alone in masterminding the plot, while the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown, though it may be because of the President's views on illegal immigration, changing which possibly being why they tried to call it off by tipping informing the Secret Service.
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:"Frank" (actually Ryan) realizes near the end that he's one of three hitmen sent to kill the President. This unnerves him so much he considers suicide before pulling a HeelFaceTurn, killing the string-puller and his fellow shooter to save the President before getting out of town.]]
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: "Frank" is in fact one of three hitmen hired to kill the President, while "Chloe" is the undercover federal agent that shot him (and then another hitman) to prevent this, posing as his fiancee to find out what he knows]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Who's actually masterminding the plot is never revealed (Faye Dunaway's character is apparently one of them, but the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown). Also unknown is how the US Marshals knew of the plot existed, and sent people to the town (also why them instead of the Secret Service?), while not passing the information on to the President's security detail so that he wouldn't go there.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Who's actually masterminding the plot is never revealed (Faye Dunaway's character is apparently one of them, but the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown). Also unknown is how the US Marshals knew of the plot existed, and sent people to the town (also why them instead of the Secret Service?), while not passing the information on to the President's security detail so that he wouldn't go there.
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: "Frank" is in fact one of three hitmen hired to kill the President, while "Chloe" is the undercover federal agent that shot him (and then another hitman) to prevent this, posing as his fiancee to find out what he knows]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:Who's actually masterminding the plot is It's never revealed (Faye whether Faye Dunaway's character is apparently one of them, but alone in masterminding the plot, while the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown). Also unknown is how the US Marshals knew unknown, though it may be because of the plot existed, and sent people to the town (also why them instead of the Secret Service?), while not passing the information on to the President's security detail so that he wouldn't go there.views on illegal immigration, changing which possibly being why they tried to call it off by tipping the Secret Service.
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* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler: It turns out that "Frank" is one of the three men intending to kill the President whom he's been trying to stop. That's how he knows of the plot. Nonetheless, he ends up stopping it anyway.]]
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* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out that they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
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* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out that they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state).state, and he doesn't know what the exact threat is). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
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* ThePlan: [[spoiler: The film centers on a plot to assassinate the President, one which was actually quite good, and could possibly work. First, they send three hitmen to the town of Blackpoint, New Mexico. Then, a fuel truck is tipped over (made to look like an accident), blocking the highway to force the Presidential motorcade into the town, with the hitmen waiting]].
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* ThePlan: [[spoiler: The film centers on a plot to assassinate the President, one which was actually quite good, and could possibly work. First, they send three hitmen to the town of Blackpoint, New Mexico. Then, a fuel truck is tipped over (made to look like an accident), blocking the highway to force the Presidential motorcade into the town, with the hitmen waiting]].waiting there]].
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* ThePlan: [[spoiler: The plan to assassinate the President was actually quite good, and could possibly work. First, they send three hitmen to the town of Blackpoint, New Mexico. Then, a fuel truck is tipped over (made to look like an accident), blocking the highway to force the Presidential motorcade into the town, with the hitmen waiting]].
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* ThePlan: [[spoiler: The plan film centers on a plot to assassinate the President President, one which was actually quite good, and could possibly work. First, they send three hitmen to the town of Blackpoint, New Mexico. Then, a fuel truck is tipped over (made to look like an accident), blocking the highway to force the Presidential motorcade into the town, with the hitmen waiting]].
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* {{Flashback}}: Recurring and frequent ones for the main character, giving clues to his past.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Three of them are hired to kill the President in a small New Mexican town when he's diverted there. [[spoiler: "Frank" is one of them, though he doesn't know that right away.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Who's actually masterminding the plot is never revealed (Faye Dunaway's character is apparently one of them, but the motive and anyone else involved remain unknown). Also unknown is how the US Marshals knew of the plot existed, and sent people to the town (also why them instead of the Secret Service?), while not passing the information on to the President's security detail so that he wouldn't go there.
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A man who wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is. Somehow, though, he knows of a conspiracy to assassinate the U.S. President in a small New Mexican town.
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* WhoShotJFK: The plot has allusions to conspiracy theories surrounding it. Frank rendezvouses with the other hitman in a movie theatre, which some theorists believe is why Oswald went to one, as a meeting place; there are three hitmen to provide "triangulation of crossfire" as one theory has it, etc.
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* WhoShotJFK: The plot has allusions to conspiracy theories surrounding it. Frank rendezvouses with the other hitman in a movie theatre, theater, which some theorists believe is why Oswald went to one, as a meeting place; there are three hitmen to provide "triangulation of crossfire" as one theory has it, etc.
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* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
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* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out that they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
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A 2003 film starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Neve Campbell and Faye Dunaway similar to ''Film/TheBourneSeries'', with a man who wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is. Somehow though he knows of a conspiracy to assassinate the US President in a small New Mexican town.
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A 2003 conspiracy thriller film (similar to ''Film/TheBourneSeries'') directed by Michael Haussman, starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Neve Campbell Creator/ValKilmer, Creator/SamShepard, Creator/NeveCampbell, and Faye Dunaway similar to ''Film/TheBourneSeries'', with a Creator/FayeDunaway.
A man who wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is.Somehow though Somehow, though, he knows of a conspiracy to assassinate the US U.S. President in a small New Mexican town. town.
A man who wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is.
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* WhoShotJFK: The plot has allusions to conspiracy theories surrounding it. Frank rendezvouses with the other hitman in a movie theatre, which some theorists believe is why Oswald went to one, as a meeting place; there are three hitmen to provide "triangulation of crossfire" as one theory has it, etc.
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* WhoShotJFK: The plot has allusions to conspiracy theories surrounding it. Frank rendezvouses with the other hitman in a movie theatre, which some theorists believe is why Oswald went to one, as a meeting place; there are three hitmen to provide "triangulation of crossfire" as one theory has it, etc.etc.
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A 2003 film starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Neve Campbell and Faye Dunaway similar to ''Film/TheBourneSeries'', with a man who wakes up in the desert suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and no idea of who he is. Somehow though he knows of a conspiracy to assassinate the US President in a small New Mexican town.
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!!Trope examples from this film include:
* AmnesiacDissonance: "Frank", the main character, tries to warn people about a plot against the President which he knows of [[spoiler: since in fact he was one of three hitmen hired to kill him]].
* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
* {{Flashback}}: Recurring and frequent ones for the main character, giving clues to his past.
* ThePlan: [[spoiler: The plan to assassinate the President was actually quite good, and could possibly work. First, they send three hitmen to the town of Blackpoint, New Mexico. Then, a fuel truck is tipped over (made to look like an accident), blocking the highway to force the Presidential motorcade into the town, with the hitmen waiting]].
* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: "Frank" is in fact one of three hitmen hired to kill the President, while "Chloe" is the undercover federal agent that shot him (and then another hitman) to prevent this, posing as his fiancee to find out what he knows]].
* WhoShotJFK: The plot has allusions to conspiracy theories surrounding it. Frank rendezvouses with the other hitman in a movie theatre, which some theorists believe is why Oswald went to one, as a meeting place; there are three hitmen to provide "triangulation of crossfire" as one theory has it, etc.
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!!Trope examples from this film include:
* AmnesiacDissonance: "Frank", the main character, tries to warn people about a plot against the President which he knows of [[spoiler: since in fact he was one of three hitmen hired to kill him]].
* CassandraTruth: The Secret Service puts a man on hold who is ''reporting a threat to the President?'' (Turns out they were tracing his call, but they still don't believe him, with his addled state). Also, the doctor speculates "Frank" is making it up from something he read or saw, given his amnesia.
* {{Flashback}}: Recurring and frequent ones for the main character, giving clues to his past.
* ThePlan: [[spoiler: The plan to assassinate the President was actually quite good, and could possibly work. First, they send three hitmen to the town of Blackpoint, New Mexico. Then, a fuel truck is tipped over (made to look like an accident), blocking the highway to force the Presidential motorcade into the town, with the hitmen waiting]].
* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: "Frank" is in fact one of three hitmen hired to kill the President, while "Chloe" is the undercover federal agent that shot him (and then another hitman) to prevent this, posing as his fiancee to find out what he knows]].
* WhoShotJFK: The plot has allusions to conspiracy theories surrounding it. Frank rendezvouses with the other hitman in a movie theatre, which some theorists believe is why Oswald went to one, as a meeting place; there are three hitmen to provide "triangulation of crossfire" as one theory has it, etc.