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* TheChessmaster: Reese's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment opening-scene game]] with his boss [[PastimesProvePersonality defines his character]] from the get-go. It's implied that this is the characteristic that lands Reese his big break. [[spoiler:Wax is also a speed chessmaster, boardering on ClockKing.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Reese's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment opening-scene game]] with his boss [[PastimesProvePersonality defines his character]] from the get-go. It's implied that this is the characteristic that lands Reese his big break. [[spoiler:Wax is also a speed chessmaster, boardering bordering on ClockKing.]]
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The leader of the muslim terrorist cell receives no characterization beyond being an imminent threat for Reese and Wax to take out. He only appears for a few moments, doesn't have any dialogue, or even a ''name''. [[spoiler:Caroline]] just describes him as "a man who opened my eyes to his faith".
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The leader of the muslim Muslim terrorist cell receives no characterization beyond being an imminent threat for Reese and Wax to take out. He only appears for a few moments, doesn't have any dialogue, or even a ''name''. [[spoiler:Caroline]] just describes him as "a man who opened my eyes to his faith".
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* ItWasAGift: The ring Reese receives from his girlfriend and wears in subsequent scenes [[spoiler:is later revealed to contain a transmitter, outing her as his LoveInterestTraitor]].
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** Mrs. Jones is a reference to the song "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul. Wax even sings the opening chorus while introducing the gun.
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Up To Eleven is being dewicked.
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* LargeHam: Wax is hammy ''[[UpToEleven even by Travolta's standards.]]''
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* LargeHam: Wax is hammy ''[[UpToEleven even ''even by Travolta's standards.]]''''
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* ItsSnowingCocaine: Wax shoots up a Chinese restaurant which is a front for a Triad drug smuggling operation, then has Reese carry a huge ming vase full of cocaine they collected around Paris with them. They later visit a local drug dealer who is only willing to sell them a quantity that would be reasonable for personal use, pointing out that they're not in Bogota. Wax then destroys the vase to cause every gangbanger in the area to flee, since all of them [[OhCrap know what kind of criminal charges would befall them]] for being found in possession of 5 kilos of cocaine.
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** After beating the snot out of a group of tongs, Wax comments to Reese if that isn't some "impressive Creator/ShawBrothers shit" he just saw.
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* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler: Was Caroline reaching for the trigger on the suicide bomb, or was she trying to deactivate it?]]
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* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:Caroline]] says it wasn't, even if her feelings aren't enough to stop her trying to push the trigger on her bomb. Possibly -- as we see a few seconds later when Wax disconnects it, the cord to deactivate the bomb was right above the trigger. It's never made clear which she was reaching for- the trigger, or the cord. Which would turn it into SuicideByCop - Caroline must've known she'd get shot if she moved her hand anywhere close to the trigger.
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* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:Caroline]] says it wasn't, even if her feelings aren't enough to stop her trying to push the trigger on her bomb. Possibly -- as we see a few seconds later when Wax disconnects it, the cord to deactivate the bomb was right above the trigger. It's never made clear which she was reaching for- the trigger, or the cord. Which would turn it into SuicideByCop - Caroline she must've known she'd get shot if she moved her hand anywhere close to the trigger.
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Badass Mustache and Badass Beard were merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed. Having facial hair is not enough to qualify. To qualify for Manly Facial Hair, the facial hair must be associated with masculinity/manliness in some way. Please read the trope description before readding to make sure the example qualifies.
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* BadassBeard: Adorns Travolta as Wax. To emphasize the point, comes with...
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The leader of the muslim terrorist cell receives no characterization beyond being an imminent threat for Reese and Wax to take out. He only appears for a few moments, doesn't have any dialogue, or even a ''name''. [[spoiler:Caroline]] just describes him as "a man who opened my eyes to his faith".
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Downplayed. Reese has to get agent Charlie Wax past French customs, but Wax refuses to do so without several cans of energy drinks he's trying to smuggle into France (which actually contain the disassembled pieces of his favorite handgun). Charlie suggests bribing the customs officer, but Reese compromises by simply slapping a "diplomatic mail" sticker on the bag.
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Downplayed. Reese has to get agent Charlie Wax past French customs, but Wax refuses to do so without several cans of energy drinks he's trying to smuggle into France (which actually contain the disassembled pieces of his favorite handgun). Charlie suggests bribing the customs officer, but Reese compromises by simply slapping a "diplomatic mail" sticker on the bag.
* FamilyValuesVillain: Wax and Reese pull a gun on a triad boss while he's attending a children's play and try to blackmail him to give up the location of his cocaine suppliers. When he proves to be recalcitrant, Reese adds "think of the children" to get him to comply with their demands.
* FamilyValuesVillain: Wax and Reese pull a gun on a triad boss while he's attending a children's play and try to blackmail him to give up the location of his cocaine suppliers. When he proves to be recalcitrant, Reese adds "think of the children" to get him to comply with their demands.
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* FamilyValuesVillain: Wax and Reese pull a gun on a triad boss while he's attending a children's play and try to blackmail him to give up the location of his cocaine suppliers. When he proves to be recalcitrant, Reese adds "think of the children" to get him to comply with their demands.
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Downplayed. Reese has to get agent Charlie Wax past French customs, but Wax refuses to do so without several cans of energy drinks he's trying to smuggle into France (which actually contain the disassembled pieces of his favorite handgun). Charlie suggests bribing the customs officer, but Reese compromises by simply slapping a "diplomatic mail" sticker on the bag.
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* Conversation Casualty: Dinner scene
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* Conversation Casualty: ConversationCasualty: Dinner scene
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* ScaramangaSpecial: Wax smuggles his pistol "Mrs. Jones" into France via concealing the pieces inside of energy drink cans.
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* ScaramangaSpecial: Wax smuggles his pistol "Mrs. Jones" into France via concealing the pieces inside of energy drink cans. Reese points out that they could have easily arranged firearms for him without having to bother with customs; Wax is just very attached to the weapon.
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* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: John Travolta in the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Paris_with_Love_(film) theatrical poster]].
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer make it seem the movie was a [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] comedy like ''Film/RushHour''.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer make it seem the movie was a [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] comedy like ''Film/RushHour''. The actual movie have more in common with Creator/JohnWoo than with Chris Tucker.
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* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: John Travolta in the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Paris_with_Love_(film) theatrical poster]].
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* YouAreAlreadyCheckedIn: The assistant to the American representative at the conference gets stopped at the checkpoint for being already checked in, even though he's the real guy. The person who used his ID before was [[spoiler:his fiancée, the terrorist who tries to blow the conference up]].
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* BittersweetEnding: All of the terrorists are dead [[spoiler:but Caroline --who had been one of the terrorists all along-- is killed by her own boyfriend, turning Reese into a HeartbrokenBadass.]].
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* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Played with, but ultimately averted. Caroline really loves Reese, but she still reaches for the bomb trigger at the climax, forcing Reese to kill her. The way the bomb is designed, she ''may'' have been reaching to disarm it, but Reese just couldn't take that chance.]]
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* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou John Travolta Is About to Shoot You]]You]]: Wax on the poster. With a ''rocket launcher''.
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* GuileHero: Wax manipulates everyone around him and loves to keep his partner James in the dark about his plans or intentions, but ultimately he's clearly on the side of good and trying to stop a terrorist attack.
