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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to John Woo's previous films, notably ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' or ''Film/TheKiller''.
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to John Woo's previous films, notably ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' or ''Film/TheKiller''.''Film/TheKiller1989''.
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Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries [[Series/OnceAThief TV series adaptation]] ([[SelfRemake also directed by Woo]]), starring Creator/MichaelWong and Creator/SandrineHolt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the [[Film/OnceAThief1965 1965 heist film]] starring Creator/AlainDelon and Creator/AnnMargret.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: Joe is assumed to be dead after crashing his car in France, but shows up in Hong Kong later, alive, although crippled in a wheelchair. And taken UpToEleven, when its further revealed that he's faking his crippling injury as well, and can walk fine without his wheelchair!]]
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: Joe is assumed to be dead after crashing his car in France, but shows up in Hong Kong later, alive, although crippled in a wheelchair. And taken UpToEleven, when then its further revealed that he's faking his crippling injury as well, and can walk fine without his wheelchair!]]
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Three orphans, Joe (Chow Yun-fat), James (Leslie Cheung) and Cherie (Cherie Chung), are raised by crime lord and triad leader Boss Chow (Kenneth Tsang), who trained the trio since young to be his lackeys in heist and assassination operations. But after an assignment in France involving recovering an insanely valuable painting of a princess from a castle guarded by the European mafia - goes wrong, with Joe seemingly killed in the process, James realize he have feelings for Cherie upon returning to Hong Kong, but the triads under Boss Chow aren't willing to let them leave so easily.
Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series adaptation]], starring Creator/MichaelWong and Creator/SandrineHolt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the [[Film/OnceAThief1965 1965 heist film]] starring Creator/AlainDelon and Creator/AnnMargret.
Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series adaptation]], starring Creator/MichaelWong and Creator/SandrineHolt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the [[Film/OnceAThief1965 1965 heist film]] starring Creator/AlainDelon and Creator/AnnMargret.
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Three orphans, Joe (Chow Yun-fat), James (Leslie Cheung) and Cherie (Cherie Chung), are raised by crime lord and triad leader Boss Chow (Kenneth Tsang), who trained the trio since young to be his lackeys in heist and assassination operations. But after an assignment in France involving recovering an insanely valuable painting of a princess from a castle guarded by the European mafia - goes wrong, with Joe seemingly killed in the process, James realize realizes he have has feelings for Cherie upon returning to Hong Kong, but the triads under Boss Chow aren't willing to let them leave so easily.
Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV seriesadaptation]], adaptation]] ([[SelfRemake also directed by Woo]]), starring Creator/MichaelWong and Creator/SandrineHolt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the [[Film/OnceAThief1965 1965 heist film]] starring Creator/AlainDelon and Creator/AnnMargret.
Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series
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* BabiesEverAfter: In the end of the movie, James and Cherie are happily married with two children, and Joe gets to become the HonoraryUncle and babysitter.
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* BabiesEverAfter: In At the end of the movie, James and Cherie are happily married with two children, and Joe gets to become the HonoraryUncle and babysitter.
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* BigFancyCastle: The priceless painting where Joe and James have to retrieve is hidden in the center of a huge castle owned by the European mafia, where the duo have to infiltrate to retrieve it.
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* BigFancyCastle: The priceless painting where that Joe and James have to retrieve is hidden in the center of a huge castle owned by the European mafia, where the duo have to infiltrate to retrieve it.
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* BoobyTrap: One scene in the final shootout had James booby-trapping a microwave oven with a basketball in its front, before tricking a few thugs to come at him. The oven's resulting explosion kills off the whole bunch of thug, and the flaming basketball whacks one of them through a nearby window.
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* BoobyTrap: One scene in the final shootout had James booby-trapping a microwave oven with a basketball in its front, before tricking a few thugs to come at him. The oven's resulting explosion kills off the whole bunch of thug, thugs, and the flaming basketball whacks one of them through a nearby window.
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* HandicappedBadass: Subverted with Joe, who appears to lose both functions of his legs after the accident in France and have to spend much of the movie on a wheelchair; [[spoiler: it turns out he's only faking his injury and both his legs are perfectly functional]].
* HumanLadder: In the climax, two of Boss Chow's mooks climbs atop each other to retrieve the priceless painting.
* HumanLadder: In the climax, two of Boss Chow's mooks climbs atop each other to retrieve the priceless painting.
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* HandicappedBadass: Subverted with Joe, who appears to lose both functions of his legs after the accident in France and have has to spend much of the movie on in a wheelchair; [[spoiler: it turns out he's only faking his injury and both his legs are perfectly functional]].
* HumanLadder: In the climax, two of Boss Chow's mooksclimbs climb atop each other to retrieve the priceless painting.
* HumanLadder: In the climax, two of Boss Chow's mooks
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* ManOnFire: The DeathDealer MookLieutenant goes out in this way, after Joe spills an entire bottle of paint thinner on him just as he's trying to intimidate Joe with his flash-fire gadget.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler: The penultimate confrontation ends with Joe setting fire to the priceless mafia painting right in front of a incapacitated Boss Chow, leaving Boss Chow a cripple with the painting ultimately belonging to nobody]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Joe is not crippled at all, and is faking his necessity of moving around on a wheelchair]].
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler: The penultimate confrontation ends with Joe setting fire to the priceless mafia painting right in front of a incapacitated Boss Chow, leaving Boss Chow a cripple with the painting ultimately belonging to nobody]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Joe is not crippled at all, and is faking his necessity of moving around on a wheelchair]].
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* ManOnFire: The DeathDealer MookLieutenant goes out in this way, way after Joe spills an entire bottle of paint thinner on him just as he's trying to intimidate Joe with his flash-fire gadget.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler: The penultimate confrontation ends with Joe setting fire to the priceless mafia painting right in front ofa an incapacitated Boss Chow, leaving Boss Chow a cripple with the painting ultimately belonging to nobody]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Joe is not crippled at all, and is faking his necessity of moving aroundon in a wheelchair]].
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler: The penultimate confrontation ends with Joe setting fire to the priceless mafia painting right in front of
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Joe is not crippled at all, and is faking his necessity of moving around
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* PlayingWithFire: The MookLieutenant, besides being a devil with throwing cards, can also create instant flash-fires through a hidden gadget under his sleeves, which he use to menace Joe in their confrontation. Ultimately this leads to him being HoistByHisOwnPetard, when Joe throws up a bottle of paint thinner back into him, causing him to roast himself alive.
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* PlayingWithFire: The MookLieutenant, besides being a devil with throwing cards, can also create instant flash-fires through a hidden gadget under his sleeves, which he use uses to menace Joe in their confrontation. Ultimately this leads to him being HoistByHisOwnPetard, when Joe throws up a bottle of paint thinner back into him, causing him to roast himself alive.
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Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series adaptation]], starring Michael Wong and Creator/SandrineHolt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the [[Film/OnceAThief1965 1965 heist film]] starring Creator/AlainDelon and Creator/AnnMargret.
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Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series adaptation]], starring Michael Wong and Sandrine Holt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the 1965 heist film starring Creator/AlainDelon, Creator/AnnMargret and Creator/JackPalance.
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Got a 1996–98 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series adaptation]], starring Michael Wong and Sandrine Holt. Not to be confused with the 1950 {{film noir}} starring Creator/CesarRomero and June Havoc, or the [[Film/OnceAThief1965 1965 heist film film]] starring Creator/AlainDelon, Creator/AnnMargret Creator/AlainDelon and Creator/JackPalance.
Creator/AnnMargret.
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''Once A Thief'' is a 1991 action comedy film directed by Creator/JohnWoo, starring Creator/ChowYunFat and Creator/LeslieCheung, and is one of the softer, more light-hearted output from Chow Yun-fat's and John Woo's various collaborations.
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''Once A a Thief'' is a 1991 action comedy film directed by Creator/JohnWoo, starring Creator/ChowYunFat and Creator/LeslieCheung, and is one of the softer, more light-hearted output from Chow Yun-fat's and John Woo's various collaborations.
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* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Joe is not crippled at all, and is faking his necessity of moving around on a wheelchair]].
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Three orphans, Joe (Chow Yun-fat), James (Leslie Cheung) and Cherie (Cherie Chung), are raised by crime lord and triad leader Boss Chow (Kenneth Tsang), who trained the trio since young to be his lackeys in heist and assassination operations. But after a heist assignment in France involving recovering an insanely valuable painting of a princess from a castle guarded by the European mafia - goes wrong, with Joe seemingly killed in the process, James realize he have feelings for Cherie upon returning to Hong Kong, but the triads under Boss Chow aren't willing to let them leave so easily.
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Three orphans, Joe (Chow Yun-fat), James (Leslie Cheung) and Cherie (Cherie Chung), are raised by crime lord and triad leader Boss Chow (Kenneth Tsang), who trained the trio since young to be his lackeys in heist and assassination operations. But after a heist an assignment in France involving recovering an insanely valuable painting of a princess from a castle guarded by the European mafia - goes wrong, with Joe seemingly killed in the process, James realize he have feelings for Cherie upon returning to Hong Kong, but the triads under Boss Chow aren't willing to let them leave so easily.
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* BoobyTrap: One scene in the final shootout had James booby-trapping a microwave oven with a basketball in its front, before tricking a few thugs to come at him. The oven's resulting explosion kills off the whole bunch of thug, and the flaming basketball whacks one of them through a nearby window.
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* DestinationDefenestrationDestinationDefenestration: More than one henchman in the finale ends up being kicked or flung out of windows, balconies, or into furniture in Boss Chow's mansion.
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* HumanShield
* ImprovisedWeapon
* LighterAndSofter
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* LighterAndSofter
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* HumanShield
HumanShield: James briefly used a thug to absorb Uzi fire directed at him in the climax.
*ImprovisedWeapon
ImprovisedWeapon: Joe uses a fishing rod in the finale to knock pistols out of some goon's hands, and beats up the whole bunch of goons using the rod single-handedly. Including toying with the last goon until he passed out.
*LighterAndSofterLighterAndSofter: Compared to John Woo's previous films, notably ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' or ''Film/TheKiller''.
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* OhCrap: One thug during the night heist scene, who dodges a projectile Joe hurled at him by leaping into the nearby vault.... which is filled with C4. Said thug lands his foot on a trigger by the way, resulting in this look on his face before blowing himself up into dust.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* ShotInTheAss
* StickyBomb
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndersideRide
* ShotInTheAss
* StickyBomb
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndersideRide
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: Joe is assumed to be dead after crashing his car in France, but shows up in Hong Kong later, alive, although crippled in a wheelchair. And taken UpToEleven, when its further revealed that he's faking his crippling injury as well, and can walk fine without his wheelchair!]]
*ShotInTheAss
ShotInTheAss: One unfortunate mook gets his anus pumped full of lead by James' shotgun in the ending shootout.
*StickyBomb
StickyBomb: Joe uses one of these in the vault scene, throwing an explosive device at a thug coming at him. Said thug quickly headbutts the explosive aside, only for the explosive to get stuck on his forehead. '''BOOM'''.
*TakingYouWithMe
TakingYouWithMe: Subverted, [[spoiler: Joe appears to, in a last-ditch move, crash his car into a boat containing enemy thugs, blowing up both vehicles in a massive explosion, but it turns out Joe actually survives the aftermath]].
*UndersideRide
UndersideRide: James clings to the bottom of the mafia's transportation truck during a heist scene, with Joe and Cherie tailing in a vehicle behind him.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Cool as the plot twist is, it's still completely handwaved how [[spoiler: Joe actually survived a vehicle explosion... one he's explicitly in the middle of. Without a scratch]].
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Cool as the plot twist is, it's still completely handwaved how [[spoiler: Joe actually survived a vehicle explosion... one he's explicitly in the middle of. Without a scratch]].
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* BadBossBadBoss: Boss Chow, besides treating the trio like crap, also demands complete loyalty from his mooks, using his Uzi to force two thugs to retrieve the priceless painting which had an electrical booby-trap installed on it.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands
* BulletproofVest
* DeathDealer
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands
BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Boss Chow, before the final shootout, gunning James' pistol out of his hand.
*BulletproofVest
BulletproofVest: Joe had one of these on during the climax, [[spoiler: which allows him to survive]] when Boss Chow tries to eliminate him in a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness moment.
*DeathDealerDeathDealer: During the finale, one of Boss Chow's MookLieutenant which Joe ends up facing is an expert magician which can throw poker cards with deadly accuracy, using cards to slice apart objects with ease.
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* HandicappedBadass
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* GunsAkimbo
EveryCarIsAPinto: During the chase sequence in the French countryside, every car involved in the chase tends to explode upon overturning.
*HandicappedBadass
GunsAkimbo: This may be one of John Woo's lightest and least violent output, but it's still a John Woo film, so that's a given.
*HumanLadderHandicappedBadass: Subverted with Joe, who appears to lose both functions of his legs after the accident in France and have to spend much of the movie on a wheelchair; [[spoiler: it turns out he's only faking his injury and both his legs are perfectly functional]].
* HumanLadder: In the climax, two of Boss Chow's mooks climbs atop each other to retrieve the priceless painting.
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* HumanLadder: In the climax, two of Boss Chow's mooks climbs atop each other to retrieve the priceless painting.
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner
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* ManOnFire
ManOnFire: The DeathDealer MookLieutenant goes out in this way, after Joe spills an entire bottle of paint thinner on him just as he's trying to intimidate Joe with his flash-fire gadget.
*NoMacGuffinNoWinner
NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler: The penultimate confrontation ends with Joe setting fire to the priceless mafia painting right in front of a incapacitated Boss Chow, leaving Boss Chow a cripple with the painting ultimately belonging to nobody]].
*PlayingWithFireOddballInTheSeries: A John Woo and Chow Yun-fat joint output... which is an action-romance film. You don't see that all the time do you?
* PlayingWithFire: The MookLieutenant, besides being a devil with throwing cards, can also create instant flash-fires through a hidden gadget under his sleeves, which he use to menace Joe in their confrontation. Ultimately this leads to him being HoistByHisOwnPetard, when Joe throws up a bottle of paint thinner back into him, causing him to roast himself alive.
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* PlayingWithFire: The MookLieutenant, besides being a devil with throwing cards, can also create instant flash-fires through a hidden gadget under his sleeves, which he use to menace Joe in their confrontation. Ultimately this leads to him being HoistByHisOwnPetard, when Joe throws up a bottle of paint thinner back into him, causing him to roast himself alive.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Once A Thief, But Always A Badass]]
''Once A Thief'' is a 1991 action comedy film directed by Creator/JohnWoo, starring Creator/ChowYunFat and Creator/LeslieCheung, and is one of the softer, more light-hearted output from Chow Yun-fat's and John Woo's various collaborations.
Three orphans, Joe (Chow Yun-fat), James (Leslie Cheung) and Cherie (Cherie Chung), are raised by crime lord and triad leader Boss Chow (Kenneth Tsang), who trained the trio since young to be his lackeys in heist and assassination operations. But after a heist assignment in France involving recovering an insanely valuable painting of a princess from a castle guarded by the European mafia - goes wrong, with Joe seemingly killed in the process, James realize he have feelings for Cherie upon returning to Hong Kong, but the triads under Boss Chow aren't willing to let them leave so easily.
Have a 1996 TV-series adaptation, starring Michael Wong and Sandrine Holt.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Well, abusive step-parent. Boss Chow may have taken the trio of main characters as children and raised them since young, but he frequently abuses them and berates them for failing him, besides demanding for them to go on dangerous assignments for him.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the end of the movie, James and Cherie are happily married with two children, and Joe gets to become the HonoraryUncle and babysitter.
* BadassBiker: James, who cruises around on a motorcycle and kicks plenty of ass while riding.
* BadBoss
* BigFancyCastle: The priceless painting where Joe and James have to retrieve is hidden in the center of a huge castle owned by the European mafia, where the duo have to infiltrate to retrieve it.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands
* BulletproofVest
* DeathDealer
* DestinationDefenestration
* GunsAkimbo
* HandicappedBadass
* HumanLadder
* HumanShield
* ImprovisedWeapon
* LighterAndSofter
* ManOnFire
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner
* PlayingWithFire
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* ShotInTheAss
* StickyBomb
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndersideRide
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[[caption-width-right:350:Once A Thief, But Always A Badass]]
''Once A Thief'' is a 1991 action comedy film directed by Creator/JohnWoo, starring Creator/ChowYunFat and Creator/LeslieCheung, and is one of the softer, more light-hearted output from Chow Yun-fat's and John Woo's various collaborations.
Three orphans, Joe (Chow Yun-fat), James (Leslie Cheung) and Cherie (Cherie Chung), are raised by crime lord and triad leader Boss Chow (Kenneth Tsang), who trained the trio since young to be his lackeys in heist and assassination operations. But after a heist assignment in France involving recovering an insanely valuable painting of a princess from a castle guarded by the European mafia - goes wrong, with Joe seemingly killed in the process, James realize he have feelings for Cherie upon returning to Hong Kong, but the triads under Boss Chow aren't willing to let them leave so easily.
Have a 1996 TV-series adaptation, starring Michael Wong and Sandrine Holt.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Well, abusive step-parent. Boss Chow may have taken the trio of main characters as children and raised them since young, but he frequently abuses them and berates them for failing him, besides demanding for them to go on dangerous assignments for him.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the end of the movie, James and Cherie are happily married with two children, and Joe gets to become the HonoraryUncle and babysitter.
* BadassBiker: James, who cruises around on a motorcycle and kicks plenty of ass while riding.
* BadBoss
* BigFancyCastle: The priceless painting where Joe and James have to retrieve is hidden in the center of a huge castle owned by the European mafia, where the duo have to infiltrate to retrieve it.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands
* BulletproofVest
* DeathDealer
* DestinationDefenestration
* GunsAkimbo
* HandicappedBadass
* HumanLadder
* HumanShield
* ImprovisedWeapon
* LighterAndSofter
* ManOnFire
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner
* PlayingWithFire
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* ShotInTheAss
* StickyBomb
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndersideRide
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