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* InsaneTrollLogic: The biker gang that harasses the white Death Machine in one scene very quickly go from "this idiot is not talking to us for some reason" to "he's a cop". Even if he wasn't, well, a death machine, you wonder why the heck they think bullying a cop is a good idea.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The biker gang that harasses the white Death Machine in one scene very quickly go from "this idiot is not talking to us for some reason" to "he's a cop". Even if he wasn't, well, a death machine, you wonder why the heck hell they think bullying a cop is a good idea.
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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: The bomb used to kill Nathan Adams does not go off immediately when the countdown ends, but rather rings a gong for a few seconds and then goes off. Adams, who is handcuffed a few inches away, lets out a nervous guffaw as he apparently thinks he was just being suckered.
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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: The bomb used to kill Nathan Adams does not go off immediately when the countdown ends, but rather rings a gong for a few seconds and then goes off. Adams, who is handcuffed a few inches away, lets out a nervous guffaw as he guffaw, apparently thinks thinking he was just being suckered.
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** The random biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as them ultimately [[BullyingADragon end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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** The random biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as them ultimately [[BullyingADragon end up biting way more than they could can chew]].
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One pits the Death Machines against a biker gang, ending in said gang getting curb-stomped, and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing the bar before leaving.
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One pits the Death Machines against a biker gang, ending in said gang getting curb-stomped, and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing up the bar before leaving.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The biker gang that harasses the white Death Machine in one scene very quickly go from "this idiot is not talking to us for some reason" to "he's a cop". Even if he wasn't… well… a death machine, you wonder why the heck they think bullying a cop is a good idea.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The biker gang that harasses the white Death Machine in one scene very quickly go from "this idiot is not talking to us for some reason" to "he's a cop". Even if he wasn't… well… wasn't, well, a death machine, you wonder why the heck they think bullying a cop is a good idea.
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* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the ever-loving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
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* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the ever-loving crap out of everybody in the station in order to escape.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The biker gang that harasses the white Death Machine in one scene very quickly go from "this idiot is not talking to us for some reason" to "he's a cop". Even if he wasn't… well… a death machine, you wonder why the heck they think bullying a cop is a good idea.
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** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr. Gioletti. He refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter -- and they also [[GratuitousRape sexually assault her for no reason]] along the way.
** The random biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are ultimately [[BullyingADragon end up biting way more than they could chew]].
** The random biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are ultimately [[BullyingADragon end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap step in line with Mr. Gioletti. He refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter -- and they also [[GratuitousRape sexually assault her for no reason]] along the way.
** The random biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant asthey are them ultimately [[BullyingADragon end up biting way more than they could chew]].
** The random biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as
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* PapaWolf: Bizarrely inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office, even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more bizarrely, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as, "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* PapaWolf: Bizarrely inverted. inverted with Nathan Adams Adams, who refuses to play ball with the criminals and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office, even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with to die via a time bomb. Even more bizarrely, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as, "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One pits the Death Machines against a biker gang, ending in said gang gets curb-stomped, and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing the bar before leaving.
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One pits the Death Machines against a biker gang, ending in said gang gets getting curb-stomped, and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing the bar before leaving.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The leader of the NebulousEvilOrganization makes clear at the beginning of the film that the Death Machines have been brainwashed to do his bidding.
* BullyingTheDragon: A random group of bikers harasses the white Death Machine in one scene, mostly because he refuses to talk back to them. When they finally try to get physical with said bullying, a CurbStompBattle ensues.
* BullyingTheDragon: A random group of bikers harasses the white Death Machine in one scene, mostly because he refuses to talk back to them. When they finally try to get physical with said bullying, a CurbStompBattle ensues.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The leader of the NebulousEvilOrganization makes it clear at the beginning of the film that the Death Machines have been brainwashed to do his bidding.
* BullyingTheDragon: A randomgroup of bikers biker gang harasses the white Death Machine in one scene, mostly because he refuses to talk back to them. When they finally try to get physical with said bullying, a CurbStompBattle ensues.
* BullyingTheDragon: A random
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** The random group of bikers who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are. [[BullyingADragon They end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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** The random group of bikers biker gang who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are. are ultimately [[BullyingADragon They end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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* PapaWolf: Very oddly inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more oddly, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* PapaWolf: Very oddly Bizarrely inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office office, even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more oddly, bizarrely, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as as, "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* PapaWolf: Very oddly inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals in and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more oddly, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* PapaWolf: Very oddly inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals in and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more oddly, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the ever-loving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
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* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the ever-loving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
* PapaWolf: Very oddly inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals in and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more oddly, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
* PapaWolf: Very oddly inverted. Nathan Adams refuses to play ball with the criminals in and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him with a bomb. Even more oddly, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!"
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* {{Fanservice}}: Mr. Gioletti's lover appears in two early scenes wearing extremely little. There is also an exotic dancer at the bar where Frank works.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The leader of the NebulousEvilOrganization makes clear at the beginning of the film that the Death Machines have been brainwashed to do his bidding.
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One is the Death Machines vs. a biker gang (result: said gang gets curb-stomped) and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing the bar before leaving.
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One is pits the Death Machines vs. against a biker gang (result: gang, ending in said gang gets curb-stomped) curb-stomped, and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing the bar before leaving.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Some random group of bikers harasses the white Death Machine in one scene, mostly because he refuses to talk back to them. When they finally try to get physical with said bullying, a CurbStompBattle ensues.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Some A random group of bikers harasses the white Death Machine in one scene, mostly because he refuses to talk back to them. When they finally try to get physical with said bullying, a CurbStompBattle ensues.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about revolves around him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even massacre, even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), BarBrawl, then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and where Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the Forrester, the cop investigating the massacre) massacre, saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away.away scot-free.
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** Gioletti reacts to the discovery the Death Machines beheaded his limo driver Mike, while he's having dinner with Madame Lee, by blowing away the waiter that presented him with Mike's head (even if he's part of Madame Lee's organization, he has absolutely jack to do with the assassination).
** The massacre of Frank's dojo. The target was the leader of Frank's dojo (who used it as a front for drug peddling) and everybody else in the building [[LeaveNoWitnesses was just a loose end]],
** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr. Gioletti (he refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter)... and they also do some GratuitousRape along the way.
** The massacre of Frank's dojo. The target was the leader of Frank's dojo (who used it as a front for drug peddling) and everybody else in the building [[LeaveNoWitnesses was just a loose end]],
** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr. Gioletti (he refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter)... and they also do some GratuitousRape along the way.
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** Gioletti reacts to the discovery discovering that the Death Machines beheaded his limo driver Mike, while he's having dinner with Madame Lee, by blowing away the waiter that presented him with Mike's head (even head. Even if he's part of Madame Lee's organization, he has had absolutely jack to do with the assassination).
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** The massacre of Frank's dojo. The target was the leader of Frank'sdojo (who dojo, who used it as a front for drug peddling) and peddling, while everybody else in the building [[LeaveNoWitnesses was just a loose end]],
** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr.Gioletti (he Gioletti. He refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter)... daughter -- and they also do some GratuitousRape [[GratuitousRape sexually assault her for no reason]] along the way.
** The massacre of Frank's dojo. The target was the leader of Frank's
** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr.
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* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the everliving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
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* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the everliving ever-loving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: While we only see Madame Lee's boss (and the man who ordered the creation of the Death Machines) in silhouette, Madame Lee very proudly wears the DragonLady trope on her sleeve and most of the film's plot revolves around her using the Death Machines to strong-arm Mr. Gioletti (the city's Mafia don) out of business.
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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: While we only see Madame Lee's boss (and and the man who ordered the creation of the Death Machines) Machines in silhouette, Madame Lee very proudly wears the DragonLady trope on her sleeve and most of the film's plot revolves around her using the Death Machines to strong-arm Mr. Gioletti (the Gioletti, the city's Mafia don) don, out of business.
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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: The bomb used to kill Nathan Adams does not go off immediately when the countdown ends, but rather rings a gong for a few seconds and then goes off. Adams (who is handcuffed a few inches away) lets go of a nervous guffaw as he apparently thinks he was just being suckered.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Death Machines don't half-ass it with their killing methods. Gioletti's hitmen are annihilated via rocket launcher, being tossed off a building, run over with a bulldozer, and hit with a truck then decaptated with a sword. Gioletti himself is also blown up with the same bazooka. The only person Madame Lee tries to strong-arm in the whole film aside from Gioletti gets blown up sky-high when he refuses to play ball.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Death Machines don't half-ass it with their killing methods. Gioletti's hitmen are annihilated via rocket launcher, being tossed off a building, run over with a bulldozer, and hit with a truck then decaptated with a sword. Gioletti himself is also blown up with the same bazooka. The only person Madame Lee tries to strong-arm in the whole film aside from Gioletti gets blown up sky-high when he refuses to play ball.
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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: The bomb used to kill Nathan Adams does not go off immediately when the countdown ends, but rather rings a gong for a few seconds and then goes off. Adams (who Adams, who is handcuffed a few inches away) away, lets go of out a nervous guffaw as he apparently thinks he was just being suckered.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Death Machines certainly don't half-ass it with their killing methods. Gioletti's hitmen are annihilated via rocket launcher, being tossed off a building, run over with a bulldozer, and hit with a truckthen decaptated before being decapitated with a sword. Gioletti himself is also blown up with the same bazooka. The only person Madame Lee tries to strong-arm in the whole film aside from Gioletti gets blown up sky-high when he refuses to play ball.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Death Machines certainly don't half-ass it with their killing methods. Gioletti's hitmen are annihilated via rocket launcher, being tossed off a building, run over with a bulldozer, and hit with a truck
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Since it's established that the Death Machines are wearing body armor, it never seems to occur to anyone during the police station shootout to try shooting them in the head. The only time a Death Machine gets shot in the head, it was a random security guard and the bullet did little to no damage (it gets a Band-Aid and that's it).
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Since it's established that the Death Machines are wearing body armor, it never seems to occur to anyone during the police station shootout to try shooting them in the head. The only time a Death Machine gets does get shot in the head, it was by a random security guard and the bullet did little to no damage (it -- it gets a Band-Aid and that's it).
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]].
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away. And a random drunkard kicks his ass in a BarBrawl.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away. And a random drunkard kicks his ass in a BarBrawl.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away. And a random drunkard kicks his ass in a BarBrawl.
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* BarBrawl: Two of them. One is the Death Machines vs. a biker gang (result: said gang gets curb-stomped) and the second is a pair of antsy drunkards [[FailureHero kicking the ass of Frank and his boss]] and smashing the bar before leaving.
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* FailureHero: Frank Thomas is not exactly Creator/CharlesBronson. His whole sub-plot is about him angsting about being the SoleSurvivor of his dojo's massacre (even getting his ass kicked by a random drunkard in a BarBrawl), then seeing the Death Machines driving by and following them to Madame Lee's house, and Madame Lee almost kills him [[BigDamnHeroes before Lt. Forrester (the cop investigating the massacre) saves him]]. And the Death Machines get away.
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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: The bomb used to kill Nathan Adams does not go off immediately when the countdown ends, but rather rings a gong for a few seconds and then goes off. Adams (who is handcuffed a few inches away) lets go of a nervous guffaw as he apparently thinks he was just being suckered.
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* CallingCard: Two of the Death Machines' targets find Buddha figurines shortly before the Death Machines kill them.
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* CallingCard: Two Three of the Death Machines' targets find red Buddha figurines shortly before the Death Machines kill them.
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** The random group of bikers who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are. [[BullyingTheDragon They end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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** The random group of bikers who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are. [[BullyingTheDragon [[BullyingADragon They end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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** The random group of bikers who bully the white Death Machine just for being in the same gas station/restaurant as they are. [[BullyingTheDragon They end up biting way more than they could chew]].
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* CarFu: The titular trio ram a Chevy truck into a local Italian eatery where Mr. Gioletti's limo driver Mike is enjoying a meal. They then proceed to corner him and slash him to death with a machete.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Some random group of bikers harasses the white Death Machine in one scene, mostly because he refuses to talk back to them. When they finally try to get physical with said bullying, a CurbStompBattle ensues.
* CallingCard: Two of the Death Machines' targets find Buddha figurines shortly before the Death Machines kill them.
* CarFu: The titular trio ram a Chevy truck into a local Italian eatery where Mr. Gioletti's limo driver Mike is enjoying a meal. They then proceed to corner him and slash him to death with amachete.sword.
* CarMeetsHouse: The assassination of one of Mr. Gioletti's men involves smashing a truck right into the restaurant where he's eating.
* CallingCard: Two of the Death Machines' targets find Buddha figurines shortly before the Death Machines kill them.
* CarFu: The titular trio ram a Chevy truck into a local Italian eatery where Mr. Gioletti's limo driver Mike is enjoying a meal. They then proceed to corner him and slash him to death with a
* CarMeetsHouse: The assassination of one of Mr. Gioletti's men involves smashing a truck right into the restaurant where he's eating.
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* NebulousEvilOrganization: The group who created the Death Machines, and whom Madame Lee works for. The whole plot of the film seemingly happens because they wish to monopolize crime in the unidentified city where the film takes place (and eventually the world), but then there's the massacre of Frank's dojo, which was apparently done [[KickTheDog just for the hell of it]].
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future when it's actually a martial arts thriller set in the present day..
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future when it's actually a martial arts thriller set in the present day..
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* KickTheDog:
** Gioletti reacts to the discovery the Death Machines beheaded his limo driver Mike, while he's having dinner with Madame Lee, by blowing away the waiter that presented him with Mike's head (even if he's part of Madame Lee's organization, he has absolutely jack to do with the assassination).
** The massacre of Frank's dojo. The target was the leader of Frank's dojo (who used it as a front for drug peddling) and everybody else in the building [[LeaveNoWitnesses was just a loose end]],
** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr. Gioletti (he refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter)... and they also do some GratuitousRape along the way.
* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the everliving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The group who created the Death Machines, and whom Madame Lee works for. The whole plot of the film seemingly happens because they wish to monopolize crime in the unidentified city where the film takes place (and eventually theworld), but then there's the massacre of Frank's dojo, which was apparently done [[KickTheDog just for the hell of it]].
world).
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future when it's actually a martial arts thriller set in the presentday..day.
** Gioletti reacts to the discovery the Death Machines beheaded his limo driver Mike, while he's having dinner with Madame Lee, by blowing away the waiter that presented him with Mike's head (even if he's part of Madame Lee's organization, he has absolutely jack to do with the assassination).
** The massacre of Frank's dojo. The target was the leader of Frank's dojo (who used it as a front for drug peddling) and everybody else in the building [[LeaveNoWitnesses was just a loose end]],
** The Death Machines kidnap the daughter of banker Nathan Adams and hold her hostage so Adams will stap in line with Mr. Gioletti (he refuses, so they kill Adams and his daughter)... and they also do some GratuitousRape along the way.
* OneManArmy: The white Death Machine, after being captured by the police, proceeds to beat the everliving crap out of everybody in the station to escape.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The group who created the Death Machines, and whom Madame Lee works for. The whole plot of the film seemingly happens because they wish to monopolize crime in the unidentified city where the film takes place (and eventually the
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future when it's actually a martial arts thriller set in the present
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: While we only see Madame Lee's boss (and the man who ordered the creation of the Death Machines) in silhouette, Madame Lee very proudly wears the DragonLady trope on her sleeve and most of the film's plot revolves around her using the Death Machines to strong-arm Mr. Gioletti (the city's Mafia don) out of business.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Death Machines don't half-ass it with their killing methods. Gioletti's hitmen are annihilated via rocket launcher, being tossed off a building, run over with a bulldozer, and hit with a truck then decaptated with a sword. Gioletti himself is also blown up with the same bazooka. The only person Madame Lee tries to strong-arm in the whole film aside from Gioletti gets blown up sky-high when he refuses to play ball.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Since it's established that the Death Machines are wearing body armor, it never seems to occur to anyone during the police station shootout to try shooting them in the head.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Since it's established that the Death Machines are wearing body armor, it never seems to occur to anyone during the police station shootout to try shooting them in the head.
head. The only time a Death Machine gets shot in the head, it was a random security guard and the bullet did little to no damage (it gets a Band-Aid and that's it).
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* NebulousEvilOrganization: The group who created the Death Machines, and Madame Lee works for. The whole plot of the film happens because they seem to wish to monopolize crime in the city the film takes place in (and eventually the world), but then there is the massacre of Frank's dojo, which apparently was done [[KickTheDog for the hell of it]].
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* NebulousEvilOrganization: The group who created the Death Machines, and whom Madame Lee works for. The whole plot of the film seemingly happens because they seem to wish to monopolize crime in the unidentified city where the film takes place in (and eventually the world), but then there is there's the massacre of Frank's dojo, which was apparently was done [[KickTheDog just for the hell of it]].
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* CombatPragmatism: The white Death Machine wins his first duel by simply pulling out a gun and shooting his opponent rather than using martial arts as per the trio's normal ''modus operandi''.
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* CombatPragmatism: CombatPragmatist: The white Death Machine wins his first duel by simply pulling out a gun and shooting his opponent rather than using martial arts as per the trio's normal ''modus operandi''.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future.future when it's actually a martial arts thriller set in the present day..
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* HospitalHottie: Frank's love interest Florence is a nurse at the local hospital, whom he first meets there while in recovery from the loss of his hand.
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* HospitalHottie: Frank's love interest Florence is a an attractive nurse at the local hospital, whom he first meets there while in recovery recovering from the loss of his hand.
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* GratuitousRape: For no apparent reason, the Death Machine's sexually assault the banker's daughter while in the process of kidnapping her.
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* GratuitousRape: For no apparent reason, the Death Machine's Machines sexually assault the banker's daughter while in the process of kidnapping her.
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''Death Machines'' is a 1976 American {{martial arts|Movie}} {{action|Genre}} {{thriller}} directed by Paul Kyriazi, starring Ron Marchini, Michael Chong, Joshua Johnson, Mari Honjo, and Ron Ackerman. The film focuses on a trio of assassins, the titular Death Machines, who are hired by crime boss Madame Lee (Honjo) to take out her competitors. First, they are sent to assassinate the local Mafia boss Mr. Gioletti, and then they attack a rival gang leader's dojo, but leave behind a single survivor, Frank Thomas, who now has a score to settle with Madame Lee and her Death Machines.
Absolutely no relation to ''Film/DeathMachine''.
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!! Provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnArmAndALeg: During the attack on the dojo, the Death Machines brutally lop off Frank's right hand.
* BloodFromTheMouth: When the three assassins toss one of their opponents off the roof of a building and onto his illegally parked car, blood spouts from the opponent's mouth as the old meter maid screams in horror.
* BloodlessCarnage: Several scenes that one would expect to be very bloody are rather lacking in the gore department, such as when the Asian Death Machine slashes his opponent with a machete and the titular trio's massacre at the dojo.
* CarFu: The titular trio ram a Chevy truck into a local Italian eatery where Mr. Gioletti's limo driver Mike is enjoying a meal. They then proceed to corner him and slash him to death with a machete.
* CombatPragmatism: The white Death Machine wins his first duel by simply pulling out a gun and shooting his opponent rather than using martial arts as per the trio's normal ''modus operandi''.
* ConstructionVehicleRampage: Mr. Gioletti's henchman George is killed when the white Death Machine plows into the phone booth he's using with a bulldozer.
* DecapitationPresentation: Madame Lee invites Mr. Gioletti to dinner, where she presents him with the severed head of his limo driver Mike.
* DisconnectedByDeath: George is busy talking to his boss on the phone about the trio's killings when he's run over by the white Death Machine's bulldozer.
* DragonLady: Madame Lee is a combination of this and TheQueenpin, a ruthless Asian female crime boss who hires the titular trio to kill her competitors in crime.
* GratuitousRape: For no apparent reason, the Death Machine's sexually assault the banker's daughter while in the process of kidnapping her.
* HospitalHottie: Frank's love interest Florence is a nurse at the local hospital, whom he first meets there while in recovery from the loss of his hand.
* ImmuneToBullets: The titular trio all wear bulletproof armor underneath their jackets, turning them into examples of this trope. This is most prominently demonstrated during the shootout at the police station, where the officers attempt several times to shoot the white Death Machine, but to no avail.
* InformedAttribute: The titular Death Machines are supposed to be highly professional assassins, yet their methods are extremely un-stealthy and they regularly commit rookie mistakes that would most likely get them quickly nabbed by law enforcement.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future.
* NoNameGiven: The Death Machines are never properly named at any point in the film, being identified only by their skin color.
* PsychoSerum: The titular assassins are injected with a drug that turns them into obedient, superpowered killing machines.
* StuffBlowingUp:
** The trio use a bazooka to take out a rival hitman, and later to shoot down Mr. Gioletti's Cessna 172.
** The banker Nathan Adams is killed by a time bomb set by the trio that obliterates his bank, showering the nearby street with debris and broken glass.
* WithCatlikeTread: The Death Machines' methods aren't exactly stealthy, including but are not limited to throwing bombs at opponents, throwing them from the sides of buildings, and [[CarFu hitting them with vehicles]].
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Since it's established that the Death Machines are wearing body armor, it never seems to occur to anyone during the police station shootout to try shooting them in the head.
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''Death Machines'' is a 1976 American {{martial arts|Movie}} {{action|Genre}} {{thriller}} directed by Paul Kyriazi, starring Ron Marchini, Michael Chong, Joshua Johnson, Mari Honjo, and Ron Ackerman. The film focuses on a trio of assassins, the titular Death Machines, who are hired by crime boss Madame Lee (Honjo) to take out her competitors. First, they are sent to assassinate the local Mafia boss Mr. Gioletti, and then they attack a rival gang leader's dojo, but leave behind a single survivor, Frank Thomas, who now has a score to settle with Madame Lee and her Death Machines.
Absolutely no relation to ''Film/DeathMachine''.
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!! Provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnArmAndALeg: During the attack on the dojo, the Death Machines brutally lop off Frank's right hand.
* BloodFromTheMouth: When the three assassins toss one of their opponents off the roof of a building and onto his illegally parked car, blood spouts from the opponent's mouth as the old meter maid screams in horror.
* BloodlessCarnage: Several scenes that one would expect to be very bloody are rather lacking in the gore department, such as when the Asian Death Machine slashes his opponent with a machete and the titular trio's massacre at the dojo.
* CarFu: The titular trio ram a Chevy truck into a local Italian eatery where Mr. Gioletti's limo driver Mike is enjoying a meal. They then proceed to corner him and slash him to death with a machete.
* CombatPragmatism: The white Death Machine wins his first duel by simply pulling out a gun and shooting his opponent rather than using martial arts as per the trio's normal ''modus operandi''.
* ConstructionVehicleRampage: Mr. Gioletti's henchman George is killed when the white Death Machine plows into the phone booth he's using with a bulldozer.
* DecapitationPresentation: Madame Lee invites Mr. Gioletti to dinner, where she presents him with the severed head of his limo driver Mike.
* DisconnectedByDeath: George is busy talking to his boss on the phone about the trio's killings when he's run over by the white Death Machine's bulldozer.
* DragonLady: Madame Lee is a combination of this and TheQueenpin, a ruthless Asian female crime boss who hires the titular trio to kill her competitors in crime.
* GratuitousRape: For no apparent reason, the Death Machine's sexually assault the banker's daughter while in the process of kidnapping her.
* HospitalHottie: Frank's love interest Florence is a nurse at the local hospital, whom he first meets there while in recovery from the loss of his hand.
* ImmuneToBullets: The titular trio all wear bulletproof armor underneath their jackets, turning them into examples of this trope. This is most prominently demonstrated during the shootout at the police station, where the officers attempt several times to shoot the white Death Machine, but to no avail.
* InformedAttribute: The titular Death Machines are supposed to be highly professional assassins, yet their methods are extremely un-stealthy and they regularly commit rookie mistakes that would most likely get them quickly nabbed by law enforcement.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer has a vaguely sci-fi feel, making the film look almost like a kind of proto-''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' set in a dystopian future.
* NoNameGiven: The Death Machines are never properly named at any point in the film, being identified only by their skin color.
* PsychoSerum: The titular assassins are injected with a drug that turns them into obedient, superpowered killing machines.
* StuffBlowingUp:
** The trio use a bazooka to take out a rival hitman, and later to shoot down Mr. Gioletti's Cessna 172.
** The banker Nathan Adams is killed by a time bomb set by the trio that obliterates his bank, showering the nearby street with debris and broken glass.
* WithCatlikeTread: The Death Machines' methods aren't exactly stealthy, including but are not limited to throwing bombs at opponents, throwing them from the sides of buildings, and [[CarFu hitting them with vehicles]].
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Since it's established that the Death Machines are wearing body armor, it never seems to occur to anyone during the police station shootout to try shooting them in the head.
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