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* GutturalGrowler: Col. Horne speaks in a raspy, growling voice.
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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Creator/RichardLynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Creator/EriqLaSalle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Creator/LisaBlount, Leonard Mann, Creator/RichardLynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Creator/EriqLaSalle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).
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* ForcedIntoEvil: The cartel has forced Ana and Tommy to help them by holding them captive, and tend to use them as punching bags.

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* ForcedIntoEvil: The cartel has forced Ana and Tommy to help them by holding them captive, and tend tends to use them as punching bags.



* GutturalGrowler: Col. Horne speaks in a raspy, growl voice.

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* GutturalGrowler: Col. Horne speaks in a raspy, growl growling voice.



* ImpromptuTracheotomy: The cannibals have a tendency to shoot people in the the throat with blow darts.

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* ImpromptuTracheotomy: The cannibals have a tendency to shoot people in the the throat with blow darts.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After Tommy and a RedShirt make a failed escape attempt that ends with Vlado shooting the RedShirt, he declares the only reason he doesn’t kill Tommy is because he is white.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After Tommy and a RedShirt make a failed escape attempt that ends with Vlado shooting the RedShirt, he declares the only reason he doesn’t kill Tommy is because that he is white.



* SociopathicSoldier: Col. Horne, a former Green Beret who was dishonorably discharged and went on to serve as the right hand man of UsefulNotes/JimJones, and is heavily implied to have been the one to have caused the Jonestown massacre. Now, he’s formed a cannibal cult in the jungle and is trying to take over the cocaine trade to purge the world of the weak.

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* SociopathicSoldier: Col. Horne, a former Green Beret who was dishonorably discharged and went on to serve as the right hand right-hand man of UsefulNotes/JimJones, and is heavily implied to have been the one to have caused the Jonestown massacre. Now, he’s formed a cannibal cult in the jungle and is trying to take over the cocaine trade to purge the world of the weak.
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* StockholmSyndrome: Ana has been held captive by the cartel for so long that she’s given up on trying to escape, and accepted her position.
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* MacheteMayhem: Quecho's {{weapon of choice}} is one of these.

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* MacheteMayhem: Quecho's {{weapon weapon of choice}} choice is one of these.
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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Creator/EriqLaSalle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, Creator/RichardLynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Creator/EriqLaSalle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

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* {{Jerkass}}: Vlado, a racist, sexist and murderous asshole who constantly demeans those lower on the food chain than him.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After Tommy and a RedShirt make a failed escape attempt that ends with Vlado shooting the RedShirt, he declares the only reason he doesn’t kill Tommy is because he is white.




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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Vlado speaks in an accent that sounds like a cross between Scottish and Spanish accents.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Manuel acts pleasant and polite, but he’s a scummy, murderous rapist.
* ForcedIntoEvil: The cartel has forced Ana and Tommy to help them by holding them captive, and tend to use them as punching bags.



%% IntrepidReporter: Fran Hudson.

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%% * IntrepidReporter: Fran Hudson.Hudson, who sees no problem with rushing headfirst into dangerous situations for the sake of a good story.



* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Shortly after arriving at the base, Manuel rapes Ana, who is too traumatized and used to it to care.

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Shortly after arriving at the cartel base, Manuel rapes Ana, who is too traumatized and used to it to care.


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* StockholmSyndrome: Ana has been held captive by the cartel for so long that she’s given up on trying to escape, and accepted her position.

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* BeardOfEvil: Vladimir sports a bushy beard, and is an evil bastard all around.



** How Vlado kills [[spoiler:Manuel]].

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** How Vlado kills [[spoiler:Manuel]].[[spoiler:Manuel]] is killed.


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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Shortly after arriving at the base, Manuel rapes Ana, who is too traumatized and used to it to care.
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* TheInformant: Fargas, a pimp who gives Fran information for a price. That said, when the information is too dangerous, he’ll just give her enough clues to piece things together without putting his life on the line,
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%% SociopathicSoldier: Col. Horne.

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%% * SociopathicSoldier: Col. Horne.Horne, a former Green Beret who was dishonorably discharged and went on to serve as the right hand man of UsefulNotes/JimJones, and is heavily implied to have been the one to have caused the Jonestown massacre. Now, he’s formed a cannibal cult in the jungle and is trying to take over the cocaine trade to purge the world of the weak.
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* GutturalGrowler: Col. Horne speaks in a raspy, growl voice.

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* BaldOfEvil: Col. Horne's enforcer Quecho. His actor is afflicted with a rare skin disorder that prevents the formation of hair, nails, or sweat glands.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Rapist and drug cartel enforcer Manuel is such a loathsome monster that his gruesome death comes off as gratifying and cathartic rather than horrifying.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Col. Horne's enforcer Quecho. His actor Creator/MichaelBerryman is afflicted with a rare skin disorder that prevents the formation of hair, nails, or sweat glands.



%% TheDragon: Quecho.
%% HalfTheManHeUsedToBe

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%% HalfTheManHeUsedToBe
Quecho is this to Horne.
* {{Gorn}}: It’s by the same guy who made ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', after all.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: One poor bastard gets drawn and quartered, tearing him in half vertically.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: The cannibals have a tendency to shoot people in the the throat with blow darts.


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* OffWithHisHead:
** How Vlado kills [[spoiler:Manuel]].
** [[spoiler:Col. Horne, who has been fatally wounded in a firefight, has his men decapitate him on live television.]]
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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Eriq La Salle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Eriq La Salle, Creator/EriqLaSalle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).
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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Eric La Salle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Eric Eriq La Salle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).
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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, and Richard Lynch. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, and Richard Lynch.Lynch, John Steiner, Creator/MichaelBerryman, Eric La Salle, and Creator/KarenBlack. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).
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* MacheteMayhem: Quecho's weapon of choice is one of these.

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* MacheteMayhem: Quecho's weapon {{weapon of choice choice}} is one of these.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The film was shot in two different versions - a "softer" cut for the American market and a "harder" cut with [[BloodierAndGorier gorier death scenes]] for the international market.
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%% HalfTheManHeUsedToBe


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''Cut and Run'', originally titled ''Inferno in diretta'' ("Living Hell"), is a 1985 Italian {{exploitation|Film}} thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (''Film/CannibalHolocaust'', ''Film/TheBarbarians'') and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, and Richard Lynch. The film follows reporter Fran Hudson (Blount) and her cameraman investigating a war in the jungles of South America between drug cartels and the cult-like cannibal army of Colonel Brian Horne (Lynch).

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/CutAndRun series of novels]] by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban.

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!! Contains examples of the following tropes:

* BaldOfEvil: Col. Horne's enforcer Quecho. His actor is afflicted with a rare skin disorder that prevents the formation of hair, nails, or sweat glands.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Col. Horne formerly served as right-hand man to UsefulNotes/JimJones, and it's implied that he was the one who convinced Jones to order his followers to commit their act of "revolutionary suicide".
* BigBad: Col. Brian Horne, the disgraced former soldier turned cult leader.
%% TheDragon: Quecho.
%% IntrepidReporter: Fran Hudson.
* MacheteMayhem: Quecho's weapon of choice is one of these.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Col. Horne's stated motive is to seize control of the cocaine trade and in the process purge the world of the weak through his wave of terror and dominance.
%% SociopathicSoldier: Col. Horne.
%% ReligionOfEvil: Col. Horne's cult.

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