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* AffablyEvil: Gaerity is a sincerely friendly, jocular fellow who just so happens to be a ruthless terrorist.
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* DeathByWomanScorned: Gender-inverted. The first two bombs that Jimmy deals with as an EstablishingCharacterMoment were placed by pissed-off boyfriends (the one who made the PC bomb even [[SpitefulSuicide blew his brains out in front of said girlfriend]] and set it up to [[GoFastOrGoBoom have it explode immediately unless she wrote "I'm sorry" until it ran out of hard drive space]], and ''then'' it would go boom).

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* DeathByWomanScorned: Gender-inverted. The first two bombs that Jimmy deals with as an EstablishingCharacterMoment were placed by pissed-off boyfriends (the one who made the PC bomb even [[SpitefulSuicide blew his brains out in front of said girlfriend]] and set it up to [[GoFastOrGoBoom have it explode immediately unless she wrote "I'm sorry" "Luv U" until it ran out of hard drive space]], and ''then'' it would go boom).
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* DeathByWomanScorned: Gender-inverted. The first two bombs that Jimmy deals with as an EstablishingCharacterMoment were placed by pissed-off boyfriends (the one who made the PC bomb even [[SpitefulSuicide blew his brains out in front of said girlfriend]] and set it up to [[GoFastOrGoBoom have it explode immediately unless she wrote "I'm sorry" until it ran out of hard drive space]], and ''then'' it would go boom).

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* AxCrazy: Ryan Gaerity isn't in the best frame of mind even at the start of the film. He's virtually a maniac by the end.



* GhostShip: Gaerity hideout in Boston is an abandoned gambling ship named ''Dolphin''.

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* GhostShip: Gaerity Gaerity's hideout in Boston is an abandoned gambling ship named ''Dolphin''.



* InUniverseSoundtrack: Gaerity has never heard of Irish band Music/{{U2}} having been in prison for so long, but takes a liking to it after getting some tapes from a woman at a flea market.

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* InUniverseSoundtrack: Gaerity has never heard of Irish band Music/{{U2}} having been in prison for so long, but takes a liking to it after getting some tapes from a woman at a flea market. He even drunkenly dances and sings along to one of the songs near the end.



* IrishExplosivesExpert: Both Gaerity and Jimmy.

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* IrishExplosivesExpert: Both Gaerity and Jimmy.Jimmy, though Jimmy uses his knowledge for good.
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* BoobyTrap: So much so the movie could have been called ''Booby Trap'' instead.
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* InUniverseSoundtrack: Gaerity has never heard of Irish band Music/U2 having been locked up for so long, but takes a liking to it after getting some tapes from a woman at a flea market.

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* InUniverseSoundtrack: Gaerity has never heard of Irish band Music/U2 Music/{{U2}} having been locked up in prison for so long, but takes a liking to it after getting some tapes from a woman at a flea market.
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* InUniverseSoundtrack: Gaerity has never heard of Irish band Music/U2 having been locked up for so long, but takes a liking to it after getting some tapes from a woman at a flea market.
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* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Jimmy accuses Gaerity of being more interested in his bombs than the cause they were supposed to be fighting for, which might explain his ComplexityAddiction in their design, most notably in the climax on the ship when Jimmy and Gaerity fight while the latter's overly complicated RubeGoldbergDevice goes into action around them.
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Nobody, except for his uncle Max O'Bannon (Creator/LloydBridges), knows of Jimmy's past. Originally from Belfast, UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland, Jimmy's actual name is Liam [=McGivney=]. He had been friends and partners with Gaerity, who, unbeknownst to him, was a freelance terrorist at the time of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. After a botched attempt to stop Gaerity led to the bomber's imprisonment and the death of his girlfriend (Gaerity's sister), Liam fled to the USA and started using his knowledge of bomb making to save lives.

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Nobody, except for his uncle Max O'Bannon (Creator/LloydBridges), (Lloyd Bridges), knows of Jimmy's past. Originally from Belfast, UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland, Jimmy's actual name is Liam [=McGivney=]. He had been friends and partners with Gaerity, who, unbeknownst to him, was a freelance terrorist at the time of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. After a botched attempt to stop Gaerity led to the bomber's imprisonment and the death of his girlfriend (Gaerity's sister), Liam fled to the USA and started using his knowledge of bomb making to save lives.
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Ryan Gaerity (Jones), an insane Irish terrorist, escapes from his cell in a castle prison in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland. Meanwhile, in faraway UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, Lt. Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) is a veteran bomb disposal technician for the Boston Police Department bomb squad. He irritates his captain, partner and everyone else when he plays hero and disarms explosives.

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Ryan Gaerity (Jones), (Tommy Lee Jones), an insane Irish terrorist, escapes from his cell in a castle prison in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland. Meanwhile, in faraway UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, Lt. Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) is a veteran bomb disposal technician for the Boston Police Department bomb squad. He irritates his captain, partner and everyone else when he plays hero and disarms explosives.
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Ryan Gaerity (Jones), an insane Irish terrorist, escapes from his cell in a castle prison in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland. Meanwhile, in faraway UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, Lt. Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) is a veteran bomb disposal technician for the Boston Police Department bomb squad. [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight He irritates his captain, partner and everyone else when he plays hero and disarms explosives]].

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Ryan Gaerity (Jones), an insane Irish terrorist, escapes from his cell in a castle prison in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland. Meanwhile, in faraway UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, Lt. Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) is a veteran bomb disposal technician for the Boston Police Department bomb squad. [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight He irritates his captain, partner and everyone else when he plays hero and disarms explosives]].
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* DarkCover: The opening is a moody reprise of the Irish song "Though Dark Are Our Sorrow" by a soprano boy with an ethereal choir in the background. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Moore Thomas Moore]] wrote the lyrics, and Music/AlanSilvestri titled it "Prince's Day".

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* DarkCover: DarkReprise: The opening music, "Prince's Day", is a moody reprise of the Irish song "Though Dark Are Our Sorrow" rearranged by Music/AlanSilvestri and sung by a soprano boy with an ethereal choir in the background. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Moore Thomas Moore]] originally wrote the lyrics, and Music/AlanSilvestri titled it "Prince's Day".lyrics.

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Nobody, except for his uncle Max O'Bannon (Creator/LloydBridges), knows of Jimmy's past during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jimmy's actual name is Liam [=McGivney=]. He had been friends and partners with Gaerity, who, unbeknownst to him, was a freelance terrorist. After a botched attempt to stop Gaerity led to the bomber's imprisonment and the death of his girlfriend (Gaerity's sister), Liam fled to the USA.

Coincidentally, Gaerity ends up fleeing to Boston after his escape to hide. By chance, he sees Liam on the news at his favorite pub, which sets in motion his revenge plot.

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Nobody, except for his uncle Max O'Bannon (Creator/LloydBridges), knows of Jimmy's past during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. past. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland, Jimmy's actual name is Liam [=McGivney=]. He had been friends and partners with Gaerity, who, unbeknownst to him, was a freelance terrorist. terrorist at the time of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. After a botched attempt to stop Gaerity led to the bomber's imprisonment and the death of his girlfriend (Gaerity's sister), Liam fled to the USA.

USA and started using his knowledge of bomb making to save lives.

Coincidentally, Gaerity ends up fleeing to Boston after his escape to hide. By chance, he sees Liam on the news at his favorite pub, which sets in motion his revenge plot.plot in motion.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Jimmy's [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles past in Northern Ireland]].
* GhostShip: Gaerity hideout in Boston is an abandoned gambling ship named Dolphin.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Jimmy's [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles past past]] in Northern Ireland]].
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* DarkCover: The opening is a moody reprise of the Irish song "Though Dark Are Our Sorrow" by a soprano boy with an ethereal choir in the background. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Moore Thomas Moore]] wrote the lyrics, and Music/AlanSilvestri titled it "Prince's Day".
* GhostShip: Gaerity hideout in Boston is an abandoned gambling ship named Dolphin.''Dolphin''.

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