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Nothing to do with the Music/{{KISS}} [[Music/{{Destroyer}} album]] of the same name.

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Nothing to do with the Music/{{KISS}} [[Music/{{Destroyer}} [[Music/DestroyerAlbum album]] of the same name.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: After being beaten up bu [=DiCarlo=]'s bodyguard, Erin throws up in the corridor (and across the bodyguard's shoes).

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: After being beaten up bu [=DiCarlo=]'s [=DiFranco=]'s bodyguard, Erin throws up in the corridor (and across the bodyguard's shoes).
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* AlliterativeName: Dennis [=DiFalco=].

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* AlliterativeName: Dennis [=DiFalco=].[=DiFranco=].



* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After trying to play nice with AmoralAttorney Dennis [=DiFalco=], Erin loses her patience and starts [[PistolWhipping beating him about the face with her pistol]] till he coughs up the info she wants.

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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After trying to play nice with AmoralAttorney Dennis [=DiFalco=], [=DiFranco=], Erin loses her patience and starts [[PistolWhipping beating him about the face with her pistol]] till he coughs up the info she wants.

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* DownerEnding

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* DownerEndingDownerEnding: [[spoiler:See TheHeroDies.]]



* WorthlessTreasureTwist: Not the final (or even the main) twist of the film, but when [[spoiler:Erin Bell]] goes to collect the remaining bag of cash from the bank robbery, she discovers that a hidden dye pack had gone off and rendered most of the cash unusable.

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* WorthlessTreasureTwist: Not the final (or even the main) twist of the film, but when [[spoiler:Erin Bell]] goes to collect the remaining bag of cash from the bank robbery, she discovers that a hidden dye pack had gone off and rendered most of the cash unusable.unusable.
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* AlliterativeName: Dennis [=DiFalco=].



* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler:The ending of ''Film/{{Destroyer}}'' reveals that Erin arriving at the crime scene was in fact the final scene, not the first. Everything that followed has in fact been a flashback. The body is actually Silas and Erin is the one who shot him. OnceMoreWithClarity allows the viewer to assemble everything in the proper order.]]

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* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler:The The ending of ''Film/{{Destroyer}}'' reveals that Erin [[spoiler:Erin arriving at the crime scene was was]] in fact the final scene, not [[spoiler:not the first. Everything that followed has in fact been a flashback. The body is actually Silas and Erin is the one who shot him. OnceMoreWithClarity allows the viewer to assemble everything in the proper order.]]order]].
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* BeautyInversion: The beautiful and stylish Nicole Kidman plays Erin, a burned-out shell of a woman who long ago stopped caring about her appearance. She wears an unflattering wig and make-up is used to make her skin look weathered.

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* BeautyInversion: BeautyInversion:
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The beautiful and stylish Nicole Kidman plays Erin, a burned-out shell of a woman who long ago stopped caring about her appearance. She wears an unflattering wig and make-up is used to make her skin look weathered.
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* SoHappyTogether: Before the job, Chris makes Erin promise that she's not going to leave him, they declare their love for each other, and then [[spoiler:Chris gets killed]] on that job.


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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Even though Toby gets a clear sign that Erin is an undercover cop after [[spoiler:Chris confessed that he was one]] and she refuses to answer him, he chooses to hold her at gunpoint and give her ample time to [[spoiler:disable him by crashing the car]] rather than shoot her and try to get away.

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* HellbentForLeather: Erin wears a battered leather jacket throughout the whole present section of the film.



* HonorThyAbuser: Erin is an extremely aggressive, violent person who abandoned her daughter Shelby. She still makes a point of saying that she loves Shelby and she was trying to get the money together for her.



* [[spoiler: VigilanteExecution: Silas was never brought to justice for Chris's murder, so Erin takes her own revenge.]]

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* [[spoiler: * VigilanteExecution: Silas [[spoiler:Silas was never brought to justice for Chris's murder, so Erin takes her own revenge.]]

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* BankRobbery: Two are shown: one in the past, and one in the present day.



** In a similar vein, the pretty Tatiana Maslany plays the beaten-down, addicted criminal Petra.
* BankRobbery: Two are shown: one in the past, and one in the present day.

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** In a similar vein, the pretty Tatiana Maslany Creator/TatianaMaslany plays the beaten-down, addicted criminal Petra.
* BankRobbery: Two are shown: one in the past, and one in the present day.
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Nothing to do with the Music/{{KISS}} [[Music/{{Destroyer}} album]] of the same name.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: During the fight in the ice cream parlour, Petra knocks Erin and then kicks her multiple times while she is on the floor before being hauled off by a BadassBystander. Petra is wearing heavy boots and cracks Erin's ribs and inflicts sever bruising. [[spoiler:She also inflicts internal injuries that will ultimately cause Erin's death.]]

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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: During the fight in the ice cream parlour, Petra knocks Erin down and then kicks her multiple times while she is on the floor before being hauled off by a BadassBystander. Petra is wearing heavy boots and cracks Erin's ribs and inflicts sever severe bruising. [[spoiler:She also inflicts internal injuries that will ultimately cause Erin's death.]]
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* MadeOfIron: Averted. Hard. Erin takes a LOT of hits throughout the present-day action, but just keeps going. [[spoiler: It's only after she's done what she had to do that the audience learns she's suffering serious physical consequences, and the movie ends with her being very strongly implied to have died as a result of her injuries.]]

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* MadeOfIron: Averted. Hard. Erin takes a LOT of hits throughout the present-day action, but just keeps going. [[spoiler: It's only after she's done what she had to do that the audience learns she's suffering serious physical consequences, and the movie ends with her being very strongly implied to have died as a result of her injuries.]]
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* DownerEnding
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* AntiHero

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* AntiHeroAntiHero: Erin is a burned-out alcoholic, who has no problem with beating suspects to get information.



* DefectiveDetective: Erin is an alcoholic with anger issues whose colleagues can't stand.

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* DefectiveDetective: Erin is an alcoholic with anger issues whose colleagues can't stand.stand her.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After trying to play nice with AmoralAttorney Dennis [=DiFalco=], Erin loses he patience and starts [[PistolWhipping beating him about the face with her pistol]] till he coughs up the info she wants.

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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After trying to play nice with AmoralAttorney Dennis [=DiFalco=], Erin loses he her patience and starts [[PistolWhipping beating him about the face with her pistol]] till he coughs up the info she wants.
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* TheAtoner: Arturo. He has spent the years since the robbery providing free legal advice to illegal immigrants. When Erin asks him if he thinks this will make up for his misdeeds, Arturo says that he cannot do enough to wash the sins from his soul, but that he will keep doing this until he dies. He may be the only person genuinely repentant for his role in the crime.
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* ConcealmentEqualsCover: Averted. During the bank robbery, a cop gets shot through the couch he was hiding behind.
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* PistolWhipping: Erin uses her pistol to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat information out of [=DiFranco=]], and later uses it to subdue Petra, knocking out several of her teeth in the process.

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* PistolWhipping: Erin uses her pistol to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat information out of [=DiFranco=]], [=DiFranco=]]], and later uses it to subdue Petra, knocking out several of her teeth in the process.

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