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Hate-filled redneck convinct Jessie Lee Kane (Creator/WilliamSanderson of ''Film/BladeRunner'' fame), accompanied by Hispanic convict Chino (Daniel Faraldo) and Chinese convict Ling (Peter Yoshida) escape from the prison-truck transporting them, steal a car from a pimp and skip the country on the road to Canada. On the way, they rob a convenience store (shooting the owner in front of his baby daughter, and then threatening said baby daughter herself at gunpoint in a particularly disturbing scene), and then shacking up in the house of an African-American family consisting of preacher and level-headed pacifist father/husband Ted Turner (Robert Judd), his slightly anti-white wife, a stern, [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma]], teenage daughter Corrie and brave-spirited young son Floyd; taking them hostage.

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Hate-filled redneck convinct convict Jessie Lee Kane (Creator/WilliamSanderson of ''Film/BladeRunner'' fame), accompanied by Hispanic convict Chino (Daniel Faraldo) and Chinese convict Ling (Peter Yoshida) escape from the prison-truck transporting them, steal a car from a pimp and skip the country on the road to Canada. On the way, they rob a convenience store (shooting the owner in front of his baby daughter, and then threatening said baby daughter herself at gunpoint in a particularly disturbing scene), and then shacking up in the house of an African-American family consisting of preacher and level-headed pacifist father/husband Ted Turner (Robert Judd), his slightly anti-white wife, a stern, [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma]], teenage daughter Corrie and brave-spirited young son Floyd; taking them hostage.



Better-known films with highly similiar plots, if you want to know what it's like, would include ''Film/FunnyGames'' and ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.

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Better-known films with highly similiar similar plots, if you want to know what it's like, would include ''Film/FunnyGames'' and ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.



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* [[ClusterFBomb Cluster N Bomb]]Bomb]]: Kane hurls racial slurs (he does not limit himself to the N-word either) like confetti.



** {{Blaxploitation}}: To a degree.

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** {{Blaxploitation}}: To a degree. It is all about the degradation the Black family is subjected to by Kane and company, until the tables turn.



* {{Gorn}}: At the end Ling leaps out a window and is impaled through the chest by a large fragment of glass.
* GroinAttack: By the end Ted shoots Chino in the crotch with a pistol. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''...
* LaserGuidedKarma: A heaping helping of it for the villains in the climax.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Turner.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: '''Kane.'''
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* [[VideoNasties Video Nasty]]

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* {{Gorn}}: At the end Ling leaps out a window and is impaled through the chest by a large fragment of glass.
* GroinAttack: By the end Ted shoots Chino in the crotch with a pistol. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}''
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: At the end Ling leaps out a window
and ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''...
is impaled through the chest by a large fragment of glass.
* LaserGuidedKarma: A heaping helping of it for the villains in the climax.
climax.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Turner.
Turner confronts Kane: "Why, you poor white trash! If it wasn't for that gun, you'd be a yellow-streaked bum!" She even grabs a hold of the gun at some point.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: '''Kane.'''
''' He goes out of his way to terrorize the Black family he takes hostage, throwing racial slurs and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping their daughter multiple times]].
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
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* [[VideoNasties Video Nasty]]Nasty]]: The only film to make it to that list on account of the racist language.
* WouldHarmAChild: Floyd's friend Joey gets his head bashed in with a rock by Ling.
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Interesting trivial note: this movie has two trailers; one intended for white audiences focusing mainly on the exploits of the criminals, and one intended for black audiences focusing mainly on the family's revenge. Does that count as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome?

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Interesting trivial note: this movie has two trailers; one intended for white audiences focusing mainly on the exploits of the criminals, and one intended for black audiences focusing mainly on the family's revenge. Does that count as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome?\n
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* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Chino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''...

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* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts shoots Chino in the crotch with a shotgun.pistol. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''...
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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Kane talks a big game with the gun, but once the Turners get the gun away from him, he becomes this.]]
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* BadassGrandma: Granny Turner.
-->'''Grandma Turner''' (holding a gun on Kane): Don't move or I'll blow your [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKING]] BALLS OFF!
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Bizarrely enough, yes. For as much as a racist psychopath as he is, Kane apparently has no problem teaming up with two fellow criminals who are Asian and Latino.
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'''''Fight for Your Life''''' is a controversial 1977 ExploitationFilm directed by Robert A. Endelson. It is often considered one of the most offensive and politically-incorrect films of all time.

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'''''Fight ''Fight for Your Life''''' Life'' is a controversial 1977 ExploitationFilm directed by Robert A. Endelson. It is often considered one of the most offensive and politically-incorrect films of all time.
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* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Chino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''SnakesOnAPlane''...

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* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Chino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''SnakesOnAPlane''...''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''...
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Better-known films with highly similiar plots, if you want to know what it's like, would include ''FunnyGames'' and ''TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.

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Better-known films with highly similiar plots, if you want to know what it's like, would include ''FunnyGames'' ''Film/FunnyGames'' and ''TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.
''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.
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Hate-filled redneck convinct Jessie Lee Kane (William Sanderson of ''Film/BladeRunner'' fame), accompanied by Hispanic convict Chino (Daniel Faraldo) and Chinese convict Ling (Peter Yoshida) escape from the prison-truck transporting them, steal a car from a pimp and skip the country on the road to Canada. On the way, they rob a convenience store (shooting the owner in front of his baby daughter, and then threatening said baby daughter herself at gunpoint in a particularly disturbing scene), and then shacking up in the house of an African-American family consisting of preacher and level-headed pacifist father/husband Ted Turner (Robert Judd), his slightly anti-white wife, a stern, [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma]], teenage daughter Corrie and brave-spirited young son Floyd; taking them hostage.

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Hate-filled redneck convinct Jessie Lee Kane (William Sanderson (Creator/WilliamSanderson of ''Film/BladeRunner'' fame), accompanied by Hispanic convict Chino (Daniel Faraldo) and Chinese convict Ling (Peter Yoshida) escape from the prison-truck transporting them, steal a car from a pimp and skip the country on the road to Canada. On the way, they rob a convenience store (shooting the owner in front of his baby daughter, and then threatening said baby daughter herself at gunpoint in a particularly disturbing scene), and then shacking up in the house of an African-American family consisting of preacher and level-headed pacifist father/husband Ted Turner (Robert Judd), his slightly anti-white wife, a stern, [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma]], teenage daughter Corrie and brave-spirited young son Floyd; taking them hostage.
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* BadassGrandma: Granny Turner.

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* BadassGrandma: *BadassGrandma: Granny Turner.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: '''Kane.'''j

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: '''Kane.'''j'''

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*BadassGrandma: Granny Turner.
-->'''Grandma Turner''' (holding a gun on Kane): Don't move or I'll blow your [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKING]] BALLS OFF!



* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Gino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''SnakesOnAPlane''...

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* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Gino Chino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''SnakesOnAPlane''...''SnakesOnAPlane''...
* LaserGuidedKarma: A heaping helping of it for the villains in the climax.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: '''Kane.'''j
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Hate-filled redneck convinct Jessie Lee Kane (William Sanderson of ''BladeRunner'' fame), accompanied by Hispanic convict Chino (Daniel Faraldo) and Chinese convict Ling (Peter Yoshida) escape from the prison-truck transporting them, steal a car from a pimp and skip the country on the road to Canada. On the way, they rob a convenience store (shooting the owner in front of his baby daughter, and then threatening said baby daughter herself at gunpoint in a particularly disturbing scene), and then shacking up in the house of an African-American family consisting of preacher and level-headed pacifist father/husband Ted Turner (Robert Judd), his slightly anti-white wife, a stern, [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma]], teenage daughter Corrie and brave-spirited young son Floyd; taking them hostage.

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Hate-filled redneck convinct Jessie Lee Kane (William Sanderson of ''BladeRunner'' ''Film/BladeRunner'' fame), accompanied by Hispanic convict Chino (Daniel Faraldo) and Chinese convict Ling (Peter Yoshida) escape from the prison-truck transporting them, steal a car from a pimp and skip the country on the road to Canada. On the way, they rob a convenience store (shooting the owner in front of his baby daughter, and then threatening said baby daughter herself at gunpoint in a particularly disturbing scene), and then shacking up in the house of an African-American family consisting of preacher and level-headed pacifist father/husband Ted Turner (Robert Judd), his slightly anti-white wife, a stern, [[SassyBlackWoman sassy]] [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma]], teenage daughter Corrie and brave-spirited young son Floyd; taking them hostage.



* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Gino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' and ''SnakesOnAPlane''...

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* GroinAttack: By the end Ted blasts Gino in the crotch with a shotgun. Ouch... Move over ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' and ''SnakesOnAPlane''...

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'''''Fight for your Life''''' is a controversial 1977 ExploitationFilm directed by Robert A. Endelson. It is often considered one of the most offensive and politically-incorrect films of all time.

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'''''Fight for your Your Life''''' is a controversial 1977 ExploitationFilm directed by Robert A. Endelson. It is often considered one of the most offensive and politically-incorrect films of all time.



* CompleteMonster: Kane.



* HighOctaneNightmareFuel / NauseaFuel: "''Are you hungry?''" "''Yes.''" (aims gun at Ted's wife) "''Nah-uh; you's supposed to say'' "Yes, master, all of us black-ass coons is hungry." ''Say it, or I'll shoot her!''"

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