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* DartboardOfHate: Downplayed: In John StalkerShrine, one picture of Jeremiah is affixed to the bulletin board with a single dart to the forehead.
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* FishOutOfWater: After they switch places, John and Jeremiah have a fair amount of trouble adapting to one another's lifestyles. John has a somewhat easier time of it: he has no trouble ''faking'' is able to ''fake'' righteousness, but Jeremiah is deeply unwilling to participate in a crime.
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* JustGotOutOfJail: The film opens with the main John being released from prison. Later in the story, [[spoiler:Jeremiah [[FallGuy takes a fall for him]]]] so he won't be a two-time loser.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Averted}}:
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Averted}}:
-->"If you're a priest, how come you get to have a girlfriend?"\\
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* JustGotOutOfJail: The film opens with the main John being released from prison. Later in the story, [[spoiler:Jeremiah [[FallGuy takes a fall for him]]]] so he won't be a two-time loser.
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The story begins with a small-time ConMan named John (David White) being released from prison, whereupon his mentor, Rome (Eric Roberts), tries to talk him into doing OneLastJob. Instead, John rips off the seed money, hoping to invest it in a legitimate real-estate deal. When Rome discovers the deception, John flees, accidentally loses the money, and desperately seeks out his estranged twin brother, Jeremiah (also played by White).
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The story begins with a small-time ConMan named John (David White) being released from prison, whereupon his mentor, Rome (Eric Roberts), (Creator/EricRoberts), tries to talk him into doing OneLastJob. Instead, John rips off the seed money, hoping to invest it in a legitimate real-estate deal. When Rome discovers the deception, John flees, accidentally loses the money, and desperately seeks out his estranged twin brother, Jeremiah (also played by White).
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* QuickChange: While grooming Jeremiah to replace his brother, Rome tries to teach him how to do this.
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* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Sam's. "Leave me a message... or else."
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As John improvises his way through this unfamiliar milieu, his priorities gradually change: first he's focused on raising money to go through with the land deal; then he's taken with Sam and patches things up with her on Jeremiah's behalf; then his anger at Jeremiah for abandoning him to apparant death when they were teenagers resurfaces, and he seeks revenge by verbally abusing Sam to alienate her and "confessing" to his own murder in an attempt to sabotage Jeremiah's career.
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As John improvises his way through this unfamiliar milieu, his priorities gradually change: first he's focused on raising money to go through with the land deal; then he's taken with Sam and patches things up with her on Jeremiah's behalf; then his anger at Jeremiah for abandoning him to apparant apparent death when they were teenagers resurfaces, and he seeks revenge by verbally abusing Sam to alienate her and "confessing" to his own murder in an attempt to sabotage Jeremiah's career.
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Before the brothers can meet, Rome abducts Jeremiah, believing him to be John -- and John decides to pose as Jeremiah. A few things complicate this: Jeremiah is a preacher, his housemate is a policeman, and his girlfriend, Sam, Sam (Creator/CynthiaWatros), just rejected his marriage proposal.
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* PlethoraOfMistakes: Interesting in that even inconsequential details seen during the MissionBriefing, but never mentioned in the voiceover, go wrong in reality -- the edges of the blank paper turn out to be a slightly different color than those of the bills, and TJ's tattoos are not completely hidden.
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* PlethoraOfMistakes: Interesting in that even inconsequential details seen onscreen during the MissionBriefing, but never mentioned in the voiceover, go wrong in reality -- the edges of the blank paper turn out to be a slightly different color than those of the bills, and TJ's tattoos are not completely hidden.
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The story begins with a small-time ConMan named John (David White) being released from prison, whereupon his mentor, Rome (Eric Roberts), tries to talk him into doing OneLastJob. Instead, John rips off the seed money, hoping to invest it in a legitimate real-estate deal. When Rome discovers the deception, John flees, loses the money, and desperately seeks out his estranged twin brother, Jeremiah (also played by White).
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The story begins with a small-time ConMan named John (David White) being released from prison, whereupon his mentor, Rome (Eric Roberts), tries to talk him into doing OneLastJob. Instead, John rips off the seed money, hoping to invest it in a legitimate real-estate deal. When Rome discovers the deception, John flees, accidentally loses the money, and desperately seeks out his estranged twin brother, Jeremiah (also played by White).
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As John improvises his way through this unfamiliar milieu, his priorities gradually change: first he's focused on raising money to go through with the land deal; then he's taken with Sam and patches things up with her on Jeremiah's behalf; then his anger at Jeremiah [[spoiler:for abandoning him to apparant death when they were teenagers]] resurfaces, and he seeks revenge by [[spoiler:verbally abusing Sam to alienate her and "confessing" to his own murder in an attempt to sabotage Jeremiah's career]].
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As John improvises his way through this unfamiliar milieu, his priorities gradually change: first he's focused on raising money to go through with the land deal; then he's taken with Sam and patches things up with her on Jeremiah's behalf; then his anger at Jeremiah [[spoiler:for for abandoning him to apparant death when they were teenagers]] teenagers resurfaces, and he seeks revenge by [[spoiler:verbally verbally abusing Sam to alienate her and "confessing" to his own murder in an attempt to sabotage Jeremiah's career]].
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The criminals smoke (John cigarettes, Rome cigars); the good guys don't. And [[spoiler:in the last scene the reformed John [[OralFixation chews on a toothpick]], toothpick, implying that he's quit]].
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The criminals smoke (John cigarettes, Rome cigars); the good guys don't. And [[spoiler:in the last scene the reformed John [[OralFixationFixation [[OralFixation chews on a toothpick]], implying that he's quit]].
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TheMoralSubstitute for gritty '90s gangster films, directed by Jon Gunn, released in 2000.
The story begins with a small-time ConMan named John (David White) being released from prison, whereupon his mentor, Rome (Eric Roberts), tries to talk him into doing OneLastJob. Instead, John rips off the seed money, hoping to invest it in a legitimate real-estate deal. When Rome discovers the deception, John flees, loses the money, and desperately seeks out his estranged twin brother, Jeremiah (also played by White).
Before the brothers can meet, Rome abducts Jeremiah, believing him to be John -- and John decides to pose as Jeremiah. A few things complicate this: Jeremiah is a preacher, his housemate is a policeman, and his girlfriend, Sam, just rejected his marriage proposal.
As John improvises his way through this unfamiliar milieu, his priorities gradually change: first he's focused on raising money to go through with the land deal; then he's taken with Sam and patches things up with her on Jeremiah's behalf; then his anger at Jeremiah [[spoiler:for abandoning him to apparant death when they were teenagers]] resurfaces, and he seeks revenge by [[spoiler:verbally abusing Sam to alienate her and "confessing" to his own murder in an attempt to sabotage Jeremiah's career]].
In the mean time, Rome, unwilling to lose his million-dollar scam, presses Jeremiah into service as John's replacement. John will be framed for a murder otherwise, and Jeremiah, racked with guilt, is unwilling to abandon his brother again.
''Mercy Streets'' teeters on the edge between {{Troperiffic}} and ClicheStorm, particularly in its unironic use of TwinTropes.
!!This film provides examples of:
* ActingForTwo
* AngstySurvivingTwin: A slight variant in the backstory; [[spoiler:Jeremiah felt guilty because he ''believed'' John to be dead]].
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Father Dan.
* BadHabits
* BloodFromTheMouth
* {{Bookends}}
* ChristianRock: Features prominently in the soundtrack.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Averted}}:
-->"If you're a priest, how come you get to have a girlfriend?"\\
"I'm Episcopal, not Catholic."
* TheCon
* ContrivedCoincidence: Near the end, [[spoiler:John and Jeremiah run into each other completely by chance -- ''and'' they are wearing identical shirts]], with predictable results.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The VHS box blurb, as well as at least one version of the tagline, refers to Jeremiah as a priest. Actually, he hasn't been ordained a priest yet. He's a deacon.
* DartboardOfHate: Almost. One of John's pictures of Jeremiah is affixed to the bulletin board with a single dart to the forehead.
* DoubleVision
* FishOutOfWater
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: "Leave me a message . . . or else."
* GenderBlenderName: Sam.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The criminals smoke (John cigarettes, Rome cigars); the good guys don't. And [[spoiler:in the last scene the reformed John [[OralFixationFixation chews on a toothpick]], implying that he's quit]].
* GunsAkimbo
* TheMafiya: Used as an off-screen menace.
* TheMoralSubstitute
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: TJ's beloved El Camino. John mars it to needle TJ, and later Rome secures his compliance by seizing it.
* PrinceAndPauper
* OneLastJob
* PlethoraOfMistakes: Interesting in that even inconsequential details seen during the MissionBriefing, but never mentioned in the voiceover, go wrong in reality -- the edges of the blank paper turn out to be a slightly different color than those of the bills, and TJ's tattoos are not completely hidden.
* PolarOppositeTwins: John and Jeremiah
* QuickChange
* ScaryBlackMan: Tex.
* StalkerShrine: A mild case; John keeps several newspaper clippings about Jeremiah, including a very old one, on his bulletin board.
* TattooedCrook: TJ.
* WhatIsEvil
* WickedCultured: Rome seems to be ''trying'' for this, particularly in his obession with cooking.
The story begins with a small-time ConMan named John (David White) being released from prison, whereupon his mentor, Rome (Eric Roberts), tries to talk him into doing OneLastJob. Instead, John rips off the seed money, hoping to invest it in a legitimate real-estate deal. When Rome discovers the deception, John flees, loses the money, and desperately seeks out his estranged twin brother, Jeremiah (also played by White).
Before the brothers can meet, Rome abducts Jeremiah, believing him to be John -- and John decides to pose as Jeremiah. A few things complicate this: Jeremiah is a preacher, his housemate is a policeman, and his girlfriend, Sam, just rejected his marriage proposal.
As John improvises his way through this unfamiliar milieu, his priorities gradually change: first he's focused on raising money to go through with the land deal; then he's taken with Sam and patches things up with her on Jeremiah's behalf; then his anger at Jeremiah [[spoiler:for abandoning him to apparant death when they were teenagers]] resurfaces, and he seeks revenge by [[spoiler:verbally abusing Sam to alienate her and "confessing" to his own murder in an attempt to sabotage Jeremiah's career]].
In the mean time, Rome, unwilling to lose his million-dollar scam, presses Jeremiah into service as John's replacement. John will be framed for a murder otherwise, and Jeremiah, racked with guilt, is unwilling to abandon his brother again.
''Mercy Streets'' teeters on the edge between {{Troperiffic}} and ClicheStorm, particularly in its unironic use of TwinTropes.
!!This film provides examples of:
* ActingForTwo
* AngstySurvivingTwin: A slight variant in the backstory; [[spoiler:Jeremiah felt guilty because he ''believed'' John to be dead]].
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Father Dan.
* BadHabits
* BloodFromTheMouth
* {{Bookends}}
* ChristianRock: Features prominently in the soundtrack.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Averted}}:
-->"If you're a priest, how come you get to have a girlfriend?"\\
"I'm Episcopal, not Catholic."
* TheCon
* ContrivedCoincidence: Near the end, [[spoiler:John and Jeremiah run into each other completely by chance -- ''and'' they are wearing identical shirts]], with predictable results.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The VHS box blurb, as well as at least one version of the tagline, refers to Jeremiah as a priest. Actually, he hasn't been ordained a priest yet. He's a deacon.
* DartboardOfHate: Almost. One of John's pictures of Jeremiah is affixed to the bulletin board with a single dart to the forehead.
* DoubleVision
* FishOutOfWater
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: "Leave me a message . . . or else."
* GenderBlenderName: Sam.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The criminals smoke (John cigarettes, Rome cigars); the good guys don't. And [[spoiler:in the last scene the reformed John [[OralFixationFixation chews on a toothpick]], implying that he's quit]].
* GunsAkimbo
* TheMafiya: Used as an off-screen menace.
* TheMoralSubstitute
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: TJ's beloved El Camino. John mars it to needle TJ, and later Rome secures his compliance by seizing it.
* PrinceAndPauper
* OneLastJob
* PlethoraOfMistakes: Interesting in that even inconsequential details seen during the MissionBriefing, but never mentioned in the voiceover, go wrong in reality -- the edges of the blank paper turn out to be a slightly different color than those of the bills, and TJ's tattoos are not completely hidden.
* PolarOppositeTwins: John and Jeremiah
* QuickChange
* ScaryBlackMan: Tex.
* StalkerShrine: A mild case; John keeps several newspaper clippings about Jeremiah, including a very old one, on his bulletin board.
* TattooedCrook: TJ.
* WhatIsEvil
* WickedCultured: Rome seems to be ''trying'' for this, particularly in his obession with cooking.