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* BoyfriendBluff: Played with. Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton) is at a bar. He goes over to a man talking to a woman.
-->'''Jerry:''' Hey, do you mind? It's [[MySisterIsOffLimits my sister]]. ''[man leaves]'' Oh, you're not my sister.

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* BoyfriendBluff: Played with. Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton) is at a bar. He sees a woman dancing with a man, but making eyes at Lambert. He goes over to a man talking to a woman.
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-->'''Jerry:''' Hey, do you mind? It's [[MySisterIsOffLimits my sister]]. ''[man leaves]'' leaves, woman wraps her arms around Lambert]'' Oh, you're not my sister.sister, are you?

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* ArbitraryMaximumRange: [[spoiler:Jerry positions himself at one end of the train, shooting at the Predator to prevent him from going after the passengers. Somehow none of his shots strike neither the retreating passengers nor Leona.]]

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* ArbitraryMaximumRange: [[spoiler:Jerry positions himself at one end of the train, shooting at the Predator to prevent him from going after the passengers. Somehow none of his shots strike neither the retreating passengers nor Leona.Leona despite firing in their direction.]]



* RazorFloss: One of the Predator's weapons. the net, is made of thin wire and it tightens, cubing the person it captures.

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* RazorFloss: One of the Predator's weapons. weapons, the net, is made of thin wire and it tightens, cubing the person it captures.


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* SelfDestructiveCharge: The last thing [[spoiler:Jerry]] is seen doing alive is leaping at the Predator with a machete in hand.
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* ArbitraryMaximumRange: [[spoiler:Jerry positions himself at one end of the train, shooting at the Predator to prevent him from going after the passengers. Somehow none of his shots strike neither the retreating passengers nor Leona.]]
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** The flayed corpse that Danny bumps into has cubed-shaped scarring on his head, indicating he was the gang member who was caught in the NetGun.

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** The flayed corpse that Danny Jerry bumps into has cubed-shaped scarring on his head, indicating he was the gang member who was caught in the NetGun.
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* ChekhovsGun: Harrigan's Benelli 12-gauge shotgun with pistol grip and shortened barrel is seen in the opening shootout where he uses it as a literal HandCannon to take out the Scorpio gang members. Towards the end of the film, he puts it to good use against the Predator.

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* ChekhovsGun: Harrigan's In particular, Harrigan uses a Benelli 12-gauge shotgun with pistol grip and shortened barrel is seen in the opening shootout where he uses shootout, wielding it as a literal HandCannon to take out the Scorpio gang members. Towards the end of the film, he puts it to good use against the Predator.
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* ChekhovsGun: Harrigan's Benelli 12-gauge shotgun with pistol grip and shoretened barrel is seen in the opening shootout where he uses it as a literal HandCannon to take out the Scorpio gang members. Towards the end of the film, he puts it to good use against the Predator.

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* ChekhovsGun: Harrigan's Benelli 12-gauge shotgun with pistol grip and shoretened shortened barrel is seen in the opening shootout where he uses it as a literal HandCannon to take out the Scorpio gang members. Towards the end of the film, he puts it to good use against the Predator.
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* ChekhovsGun: Harrigan's Benelli 12-gauge shotgun with pistol grip and shoretened barrel is seen in the opening shootout where he uses it as a literal HandCannon to take out the Scorpio gang members. Towards the end of the film, he puts it to good use against the Predator.

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* CollateralDamage: The gang member who gets trapped by the NetGun gets shot by his trigger-happy comrades as they spray bullets in all directions.



** Similarly, the music when [[spoiler:Jerry takes on the Predator]] is almost identical to the one heard when Billy did the same in the first film.



* FreezeFrameBonus: If you look closely after Harrigan takes the Predator's mask off, you can see part of its mouth twitching, [[FiveSecondForeshadowing leading up to the reveal that it isn't dead yet]].

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** The flayed corpse that Danny bumps into has cubed-shaped scarring on his head, indicating he was the gang member who was caught in the NetGun.
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If you look closely after Harrigan takes the Predator's mask off, you can see part of its mouth twitching, [[FiveSecondForeshadowing leading up to the reveal that it isn't dead yet]].
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* ImpliedRape: In the novelization, it's implied that Vega's mistress was gangraped by the group King Willie sent to kill Vega before they did their job.


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* PayEvilUntoEvil: The City Hunters kill the group sent to kill Ramon Vega after the completed their task and captured his girlfriend. In the novel, it's implied ''because'' of the fact that Vega was defenseless at the time and before they killed him, they raped his mistress.

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* CrooksAreBetterArmed: The ActionPrologue sets up the situation regarding the drug gangs on the city. They are so much better-armed (with machine guns and, in the opening shootout, ''even grenade launchers'') that nothing the L.A.P.D. can field, not even S.W.A.T., can take them head-on. When the Predator starts doing its business and slaughtering gang members in droves, the press (but not the cops) is quick to call them a bunch of {{Asshole Victim}}s getting their due. Additionally, a cop on the scene mentions that S.W.A.T. is having ''its''' ass kicked in a similar shootout on the other side of town where the Jamaicans have shot down one of the LAPD's helicopters.
** During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with [=MP5s=] and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged elsewhere. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.

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* CrooksAreBetterArmed: The ActionPrologue sets up the situation regarding the drug gangs on the city. They are so much better-armed (with machine guns and, in the opening shootout, ''even grenade launchers'') that nothing the L.A.P.D. can field, not even S.W.A.T., can take them head-on. When the Predator starts doing its business and slaughtering gang members in droves, the press (but not the cops) is quick to call them a bunch of {{Asshole Victim}}s getting their due. Additionally, a cop on the scene mentions that S.W.A.T. is having ''its''' ass kicked in a similar shootout on the other side of town where the Jamaicans have shot down one of the LAPD's helicopters.
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helicopters. During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with [=MP5s=] and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged elsewhere. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.
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** During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with MP 5s and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged elsewhere. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.

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** During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with MP 5s [=MP5s=] and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged elsewhere. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.
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** During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with MP5s and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged in a different firefight on the other side of town. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.

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** During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with MP5s MP 5s and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged in a different firefight on the other side of town.elsewhere. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.
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** During the opening firefight, the cops are wearing body armour and some are armed with MP5s and G3s. At first glance, this could mean they are S.W.A.T. operatives but then Danny mentions that the actual S.W.A.T. team is engaged in a different firefight on the other side of town. Things have gotten so bad on the streets that body armour and automatic weapons have become standard issue for LAPD patrol officers, and it's ''still'' not enough to keep up.
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** The City Hunter may be too resilient for most people to handle, but suffering multiple shotgun blasts to the torso still leaves him weakened and puts him on the defensive. Add in further injury on top of that, and things get even easier for Harrigan. Additionally, as with many organisms, dealing with an amputation and treating the gaping wound is still extremely painful.

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** The City Hunter may be too resilient for most people to handle, but suffering multiple shotgun blasts to the torso still leaves him weakened incapacitated temporarily and puts him on the defensive. Add in further injury on top of that, and things get even easier for Harrigan. Additionally, as with many organisms, dealing with an amputation and treating the gaping wound is still extremely painful.
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* CrapsackWorld: Much like ''Film/DemolitionMan'' released a few years later, the then future 90's Los Angeles is presented as a polluted, lawless and crowded UrbanHellscape (Much like the real deal but dialed up a notch or two). Gangs are armed to the teeth with military grade weapons and wage brutal war for control of the streets, the LAPD are undermanned and overextended and apparently things have gotten so bad that the local PompousPoliticalPundit is calling for the mayor to declare martial law. And this is all ''before'' the Predator shows up...
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** The City Hunter may be too dangerous for most people to handle, but suffering multiple shotgun blasts to the torso still leaves him weakened and puts him on the defensive. Add in further injury on top of that, and things get even easier for Harrigan. Additionally, as with many organisms, dealing with an amputation and treating the gaping wound is still extremely painful.

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** The City Hunter may be too dangerous resilient for most people to handle, but suffering multiple shotgun blasts to the torso still leaves him weakened and puts him on the defensive. Add in further injury on top of that, and things get even easier for Harrigan. Additionally, as with many organisms, dealing with an amputation and treating the gaping wound is still extremely painful.

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