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Rudy Duncan (Creator/BenAffleck) is a former car thief who gets released from prison after six years so he can come home to his family during the Christmas season. His cellmate and friend, Nick Cassidy (James Frain), is also getting out and while spending time with Rudy, he brags to him about the female pen pal he writes to, Ashley Mercer (Creator/CharlizeTheron). One day, Nick gets stabbed to death during a prison riot and once Rudy was released, he assumes Nick's identity and meets Ashley for the first time. While their relationship heats up, Ashley's criminal brother Gabriel (Creator/GarySinise) and his group of thugs unknowingly drag Rudy down by bringing them to a casino where Nick used to work so they can steal some money. Things, however, are not what they appear to be.
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Rudy Duncan (Creator/BenAffleck) is a former car thief who gets released from prison after six years so he can come home to his family during the Christmas season. His cellmate and friend, Nick Cassidy (James Frain), (Creator/JamesFrain), is also getting out and while spending time with Rudy, he brags to him about the female pen pal he writes to, Ashley Mercer (Creator/CharlizeTheron). One day, Nick gets stabbed to death during a prison riot and once Rudy was released, he assumes Nick's identity and meets Ashley for the first time. While their relationship heats up, Ashley's criminal brother Gabriel (Creator/GarySinise) and his group of thugs unknowingly drag Rudy down by bringing them to a casino where Nick used to work so they can steal some money. Things, however, are not what they appear to be.
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal one. Nick ends up getting a squirt gun that looks like a real pistol, which ends up getting filled with rum. During a struggle for freedom, Nick and Merlin each grab a gun from the floor, and Nick ends up with the water pistol. Too bad Merlin decides to light up a smoke before shooting Rudy - [[BoozeFlamethrower high proof liquor fired through a flame]] quickly causes [[ManOnFire the tables to be turned]].
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal one. Nick Rudy ends up getting a squirt gun that looks like a real pistol, which ends up getting filled with rum. During a struggle for freedom, Nick Rudy and Merlin each grab a gun from the floor, and Nick Rudy ends up with the water pistol. Too bad Merlin decides to light up a smoke before shooting Rudy - [[BoozeFlamethrower high proof liquor fired through a flame]] quickly causes [[ManOnFire the tables to be turned]].
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal one. Nick ends up getting a squirt gun that looks like a real pistol, which ends up getting filled with rum. During a struggle for freedom, Nick and Merlin each grab a gun from the floor, and Nick ends up with the water pistol. Too bad Merlin decides to light up a smoke before shooting Rudy - high proof liquor fired through a flame quickly causes the tables to be turned.
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal one. Nick ends up getting a squirt gun that looks like a real pistol, which ends up getting filled with rum. During a struggle for freedom, Nick and Merlin each grab a gun from the floor, and Nick ends up with the water pistol. Too bad Merlin decides to light up a smoke before shooting Rudy - [[BoozeFlamethrower high proof liquor fired through a flame flame]] quickly causes [[ManOnFire the tables to be turned.turned]].
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* {{Fanservice}}: Charlize Theron goes topless in a scene in a swimming pool.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Charlize Theron goes topless in a scene in a swimming pool.pool and has rough, enjoyable sex with Rudy.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill:[[spoiler:Ashley goes over the cliff on the hood of a car in the climax ... so when she lands, the car's land ''on'' her!]]
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal one. Nick ends up getting a squirt gun that looks like a real pistol, which ends up getting filled with rum. During a struggle for freedom, Nick and one of the gang members each grabs a gun from the floor, and Nick ends up with the water pistol. Too bad the crook with the real gun decides to light up a smoke before shooting him - high proof liquor fired through a flame quickly causes the tables to be turned.
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal one. Nick ends up getting a squirt gun that looks like a real pistol, which ends up getting filled with rum. During a struggle for freedom, Nick and one of the gang members Merlin each grabs grab a gun from the floor, and Nick ends up with the water pistol. Too bad the crook with the real gun Merlin decides to light up a smoke before shooting him Rudy - high proof liquor fired through a flame quickly causes the tables to be turned.
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-->'''Rudy''': Wait...[[spoiler: you said "guy takes a shiv for you". I never said it was a shiv, how'd you know it was a shiv?]]
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-->'''Rudy''': Wait...[[spoiler: you said "guy takes a shiv for you". I never said it was a shiv, how'd shiv. How'd you know it was a shiv?]]
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Rudy Duncan (Creator/BenAffleck) is a former car thief who gets released from prison after six years so he can come home to his family during the Christmas season. His cellmate and friend, Nick Cassidy (James Frain), is also getting out and while spending time with Rudy, he brags to him about the female penpal he writes to, Ashley Mercer (Creator/CharlizeTheron). One day, Nick gets stabbed to death during a prison riot and once Rudy was released, he assumes Nick's identity and meets Ashley for the first time. While their relationship heats up, Ashley's criminal brother Gabriel (Creator/GarySinise) and his group of thugs unknowingly drag Rudy down by bringing them to a casino where Nick used to work so they can steal some money. Things, however, are not what they appear to be.
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Rudy Duncan (Creator/BenAffleck) is a former car thief who gets released from prison after six years so he can come home to his family during the Christmas season. His cellmate and friend, Nick Cassidy (James Frain), is also getting out and while spending time with Rudy, he brags to him about the female penpal pen pal he writes to, Ashley Mercer (Creator/CharlizeTheron). One day, Nick gets stabbed to death during a prison riot and once Rudy was released, he assumes Nick's identity and meets Ashley for the first time. While their relationship heats up, Ashley's criminal brother Gabriel (Creator/GarySinise) and his group of thugs unknowingly drag Rudy down by bringing them to a casino where Nick used to work so they can steal some money. Things, however, are not what they appear to be.
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* AnAsskickingChristmas: As if the title and premise wasn’t obvious enough.
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* AnAsskickingChristmas: As if the title and premise wasn’t weren’t obvious enough.
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* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Nick's plan depends on all five Santas getting killed. Five men in Santa outfits rob a casino, five men are found dead soon afterwords, the cops assume all five robbers died and stop looking for them, leaving all the loot (assumed to be lost in a burning car crash) in the hands of the hidden sixth criminal. Too bad Rudy was able to kill Nick, leaving the cops to assume that Nick was the fifth man while Rudy got off scot free.]]
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* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Nick's plan depends on all five Santas getting killed. Five men in Santa outfits rob a casino, five men are found dead soon afterwords, afterward, the cops assume all five robbers died and stop looking for them, leaving all the loot (assumed to be lost in a burning car crash) in the hands of the hidden sixth criminal. Too bad Rudy was able to kill Nick, leaving the cops to assume that Nick was the fifth man while Rudy got off scot free.]]
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* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Gabriel thinks that the con is that he and his girlfriend trick an ex-security guard into giving away the secrets to the casino he used to work for in order to "rescue" her from her "brother", after which they kill off the patsy and run off with the money. The ''real'' con is that Nick (who faked his death in prison) trick Gabriel and his gang of gun-running truckers into robbing the casino for him, after which he and his girlfriend dispose of all the surviving patsies and run off with the money. Too bad Rudy wasn't willing to die.]]
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* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Gabriel thinks that the con is that he and his girlfriend trick an ex-security guard into giving away the secrets to the casino he used to work for in order to "rescue" her from her "brother", after which they kill off the patsy and run off with the money. The ''real'' con is that Nick (who faked his death in prison) trick tricks Gabriel and his gang of gun-running truckers into robbing the casino for him, after which he and his girlfriend dispose of all the surviving patsies and run off with the money. Too bad Rudy wasn't willing to die.]]
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* FakeIdentityBaggage: Rudy impersonates his cellmate Nick who was killed in a prison riot two days before they were to be released from prison. Using Nick's identity, Rudy enters into a relationship with Ashley, a woman Nick was exchanging letters with in prison. At first it seems like Rudy has finally caught a break in life, but it turns out that Ashley is league with a gang of thieves who were using her to rope Nick into a plan to rob a casino Nick used to work at. [[spoiler:The climax reveals that Nick faked his death and that the idea to rob the casino was his, with Rudy taking his identity being exactly what Nick counted on]].
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Nick's plan depends on all five Santas getting killed. Five men in Santa outfits rob a casino, five men are found dead soon afterwords, the cops assume all five robbers died and stop looking for them, leaving all the loot (assumed to be lost in a burning car crash) in the hands of the hidden sixth criminal. Too bad Rudy was able to kill Nick, leaving the cops to assume that Nick was the fifth man while Rudy got off scot free.]]
** Rudy openly lampshades how "a thousand things could have gone wrong with this" but [[spoiler: Nick waves it off as he was confident Ashley would find a way to roll with the punches and keep the plan moving.]]
** Rudy openly lampshades how "a thousand things could have gone wrong with this" but [[spoiler: Nick waves it off as he was confident Ashley would find a way to roll with the punches and keep the plan moving.]]
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* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Nick's plan depends on all five Santas getting killed. Five men in Santa outfits rob a casino, five men are found dead soon afterwords, the cops assume all five robbers died and stop looking for them, leaving all the loot (assumed to be lost in a burning car crash) in the hands of the hidden sixth criminal. Too bad Rudy was able to kill Nick, leaving the cops to assume that Nick was the fifth man while Rudy got off scot free.]]
** Rudy openly lampshades how "a thousand things could have gone wrong with this" but [[spoiler: Nick waves it off as he was confident Ashley would find a way to roll with the punches and keep the plan moving.]]
** Rudy openly lampshades how "a thousand things could have gone wrong with this" but [[spoiler: Nick waves it off as he was confident Ashley would find a way to roll with the punches and keep the plan moving.]]
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* AnAsskickingChristmas: As if the title and premise wasn’t obvious enough.
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WhamLine: The big turn.
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* WhamLine: The big turn.
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* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Gabriel thinks that the con is that he and his girlfriend trick an ex-security guard into giving away the secrets to the casino he used to work for in order to "rescue" her from her "brother", after which they kill off the patsy and run off with the money. The ''real'' con is that Nick (who faked his death in prison) trick Gabriel and his gang of gun-running truckers into robbing the casino for him, after which he and his girlfriend dispose of all the surviving patsies and run off with the money. Too bad Nick wasn't willing to die.]]
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* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Gabriel thinks that the con is that he and his girlfriend trick an ex-security guard into giving away the secrets to the casino he used to work for in order to "rescue" her from her "brother", after which they kill off the patsy and run off with the money. The ''real'' con is that Nick (who faked his death in prison) trick Gabriel and his gang of gun-running truckers into robbing the casino for him, after which he and his girlfriend dispose of all the surviving patsies and run off with the money. Too bad Nick Rudy wasn't willing to die.]]
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Rudy Duncan (Creator/BenAffleck) is a former car thief who gets released from prison after six years so he can come home to his family during the Christmas season. His cellmate and friend, Nick Cassidy (James Frain), is also getting out and while spending time with Rudy, he brags to him about the female penpal he writes to, Ashley Mercer (Creator/CharlizeTheron). One day, Nick gets stabbed to death during a prison riot and once Rudy was released, he assumes Nick's identity and meets Ashley for the first time. While their relationship heats up, Ashley's criminal brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise) and his group of thugs unknowingly drag Rudy down by bringing them to a casino where Nick used to work so they can steal some money. Things, however, are not what they appear to be.
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Rudy Duncan (Creator/BenAffleck) is a former car thief who gets released from prison after six years so he can come home to his family during the Christmas season. His cellmate and friend, Nick Cassidy (James Frain), is also getting out and while spending time with Rudy, he brags to him about the female penpal he writes to, Ashley Mercer (Creator/CharlizeTheron). One day, Nick gets stabbed to death during a prison riot and once Rudy was released, he assumes Nick's identity and meets Ashley for the first time. While their relationship heats up, Ashley's criminal brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise) (Creator/GarySinise) and his group of thugs unknowingly drag Rudy down by bringing them to a casino where Nick used to work so they can steal some money. Things, however, are not what they appear to be.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Ashley and Nick put Rudy inside of a car with the intent of making it look like he lost control and fell down a cliff. Instead Rudy (a car thief) manages to hotwire it in a hurry and use it to run them both over. Lampshaded by Rudy as a PreAsskickingOneLiner.]]
