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* RedBaron: Lee's nicknames are "The Sea Devil" and "The Father From Hell".
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* AbusiveParents: Lee is described as "The Father From Hell" and not without reason. He adopted Ishmael after abducting him, forcing him and a group of children into a well in sweltering heat to cook for days, and then throwing down a water bottle, causing the children to fight to the death for survival.
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* MadeOfIron: The main character spends most of the movie with a bullet in his head, and never lets it slow him down.
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* MadeOfIron: MadeOfIron:
** The main character spends most of the movie with a bullet in his head, and never lets it slow him down.
** The main character spends most of the movie with a bullet in his head, and never lets it slow him down.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Lee is revealed to have [[spoiler: abducted dozens of children who he would force to kill each other so that the survivor could be trained to become fanatic devotees to the gang]]
** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about to invoke this commit this trope on a [[InnocentBystander random kid]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the other gangsters actually has to cover his eyes for this.]] Thankfully we're spared witnessing a child getting [[BoomHeadshot their brains blown out]] when Dr. Ailin offers to help in exchange for the kids life.
** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about to invoke this commit this trope on a [[InnocentBystander random kid]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the other gangsters actually has to cover his eyes for this.]] Thankfully we're spared witnessing a child getting [[BoomHeadshot their brains blown out]] when Dr. Ailin offers to help in exchange for the kids life.
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* WouldHurtAChild: WouldHurtAChild:
** Lee is revealed to have [[spoiler: abducted dozens of children who he would force to kill each other so that the survivor could be trained to become fanatic devotees to thegang]]
gang.]]
** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about toinvoke this commit this trope on a [[InnocentBystander random kid]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the other gangsters actually has to cover his eyes for this.]] Thankfully Thankfully, we're spared witnessing a child getting [[BoomHeadshot their brains blown out]] when Dr. Ailin offers to help in exchange for the kids life.
** Lee is revealed to have [[spoiler: abducted dozens of children who he would force to kill each other so that the survivor could be trained to become fanatic devotees to the
** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about to
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** Besi ("iron") fights with an extendable iron baton.
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* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Rika repeatedly shoots her gun at Ishmael's direction while deliberately missing him, correctly guessing that his ingrained instinct would kick in and make him stab her in self-defense.]]
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* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Rika repeatedly shoots her gun at Ishmael's direction while deliberately missing him, correctly guessing that which triggers his ingrained instinct would kick in and make makes him stab her in self-defense.]]
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* BookEnds: In their first and final scenes, Ailin [[ConverseWithTheUnconscious talks to an unconscious]] Ishmael.
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* MeaningfulName: Ishmael is found unconscious on the beach, while his ''Moby Dick'' namesake is the sole survivor of his ship's crew. [[spoiler:Like the Biblical Ishmael, he is also banished by his father figure.]][[note]]The second meaning might be lost in Muslim-majority Indonesia, since Ishmael's story in Islamic tradition is quite different.[[/note]]
** Subverted with [[spoiler:his former name Abdi, which means "to serve" and was given by Lee to inspire loyalty, as he eventually defeats Lee in the FinalBattle]].
** Subverted with [[spoiler:his former name Abdi, which means "to serve" and was given by Lee to inspire loyalty, as he eventually defeats Lee in the FinalBattle]].
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* MeaningfulName: MeaningfulName:
** Ishmael is found unconscious on the beach, while his ''Moby Dick'' namesake is the sole survivor of his ship's crew. [[spoiler:Like the Biblical Ishmael, he is also banished by his father figure.]][[note]]The second meaning might be lost in Muslim-majority Indonesia, since Ishmael's story in Islamic tradition is quite different.[[/note]]
** *** Subverted with [[spoiler:his former name Abdi, which means "to serve" and was given by Lee to inspire loyalty, as he eventually defeats Lee in the FinalBattle]].FinalBattle]].
** Besi ("iron") fights with an extendable iron baton.
** Ishmael is found unconscious on the beach, while his ''Moby Dick'' namesake is the sole survivor of his ship's crew. [[spoiler:Like the Biblical Ishmael, he is also banished by his father figure.]][[note]]The second meaning might be lost in Muslim-majority Indonesia, since Ishmael's story in Islamic tradition is quite different.[[/note]]
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* PrisonRiot: Lee instigates one of these as part of his escape plan
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* PrisonRiot: Lee instigates one of these as part of his escape planplan.
* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Rika repeatedly shoots her gun at Ishmael's direction while deliberately missing him, correctly guessing that his ingrained instinct would kick in and make him stab her in self-defense.]]
* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Rika repeatedly shoots her gun at Ishmael's direction while deliberately missing him, correctly guessing that his ingrained instinct would kick in and make him stab her in self-defense.]]
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Besi and Rika were close to Abdi when they were all still in Lee's group. They choose to fight against him to the end.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Ishmael is found unconscious on the beach, while his ''Moby Dick'' namesake is the sole survivor of his ship's crew. [[spoiler:Like the Biblical Ishmael, he is also banished by his father figure.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Ishmael is found unconscious on the beach, while his ''Moby Dick'' namesake is the sole survivor of his ship's crew. [[spoiler:Like the Biblical Ishmael, he is also banished by his father figure.]]]][[note]]The second meaning might be lost in Muslim-majority Indonesia, since Ishmael's story in Islamic tradition is quite different.[[/note]]
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* CharacterNameAlias: Ailin gives the unidentified person in her care the temporary name Ishmael, after the character in the ''Literature/MobyDick'' novel she's reading. [[spoiler:He takes it as his new name in the end.]]
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* LineOfSightName: Ishmael gets his name from a copy of ''Literature/MobyDick'' that Ailin is reading.
* MacheteMayhem: In the fight at the police station, the first thug that attacks Ishmael wields a machete.
* MacheteMayhem: In the fight at the police station, the first thug that attacks Ishmael wields a machete.
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* LineOfSightName: Variant; when he wakes up, Ishmael gets his name from a copy of ''Literature/MobyDick'' that identifies himself to Ailin with the temporary name she wrote on his bed tag, which she of course already knows is reading.
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* MacheteMayhem: In the fight at the police station, the first thug that attacks Ishmael wields a machete.
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* MeaningfulName: Ishmael is found unconscious on the beach, while his ''Moby Dick'' namesake is the sole survivor of his ship's crew. [[spoiler:Like the Biblical Ishmael, he is also banished by his father figure.]]
** Subverted with [[spoiler:his former name Abdi, which means "to serve" and was given by Lee to inspire loyalty, as he eventually defeats Lee in the FinalBattle]].
** Subverted with [[spoiler:his former name Abdi, which means "to serve" and was given by Lee to inspire loyalty, as he eventually defeats Lee in the FinalBattle]].
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* LineOfSightName: Ishmael gets his name from a copy of ''Literature/MobyDick'' that Ailin is reading.
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** Downplayed for the 2 gaurds and mook who frees Sunny Pang in the opening, they all die but not before each tanking multiple point blank shots to the chest
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Subverted, as getting shot in the head leaves the main character with total amnesia.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Lee is revealed to have [[spoiler: abducted dozens of children who he would force to kill eachother so that the survivor could be trained to become fanatic devotees to the gang]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Lee is revealed to have [[spoiler: abducted dozens of children who he would force to kill eachother each other so that the survivor could be trained to become fanatic devotees to the gang]]
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** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about to invoke this commit this trope on a [[InnocentBystander random kid]],[[EvenEvilHasStandards kid]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the other gangsters actually has to cover his eyes for this.]] Thankfully we're spared witnessing a child getting [[BoomHeadshot their brains blown out]] when Dr. Ailin offers to help in exchange for the kids life.
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** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about to invoke this commit this trope on a [[InnocentBystander random kid]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the other gangsters actually has to cover his eyes for this.]]
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** One of the gangsters who just shot up a bus is about to invoke this commit this trope on a [[InnocentBystander random kid]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards kid]],[[EvenEvilHasStandards one of the other gangsters actually has to cover his eyes for this.]]]] Thankfully we're spared witnessing a child getting [[BoomHeadshot their brains blown out]] when Dr. Ailin offers to help in exchange for the kids life.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: After being impaled against a jagged tree branch, Lee attempts to pull Ishmael onto it as well. He might have succeeded if it weren't for Ailin coming to the rescue.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: After being impaled against a jagged tree branch, Lee attempts to pull Ishmael onto into it as well. He might have succeeded if it weren't for Ailin coming to the rescue.]]
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* FemmeFatal: Rika.
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* FemmeFatal: FemmeFatale: Rika.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[Spoiler: After being impaled against a jagged tree branch, Lee attempts to pull Ishmael onto it as well. He might have succeeded if it weren't for Ailin coming to the rescue.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: After being impaled against a jagged tree branch, Lee attempts to pull Ishmael onto it as well. He might have succeeded if it weren't for Ailin coming to the rescue.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How [[spoiler: the big bad of the movie]] is defeated [[TakingYouWithMe He tries to return the favor]].
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How [[Spoiler: The big bad of the movie, lee]] is defeated [[TakingYouWithMe He tries to return the favor]].
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How [[Spoiler: The big bad of the movie, lee]] movie]] is defeated [[TakingYouWithMe He tries to return the favor]].