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* CoolGun: The snub-nosed piece the whole movie revolves around.
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* {{Gorn}}: Quite a bit of blood spurts and open wounds following the ''numerous'' shootouts and beatings that occur. Special note to [[spoiler: the Russian Mob boss who takes a shotgun blast tot he chest, and stays alive just long enough to turn to the camera and show off his bloody exposed ribcage before expiring].
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* {{Gorn}}: Quite a bit of blood spurts and open wounds following the ''numerous'' shootouts and beatings that occur. Special note to [[spoiler: the Russian Mob boss who takes a shotgun blast tot he chest, and stays alive just long enough to turn to the camera and show off his bloody exposed ribcage before expiring].expiring]].
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* ApatheticCitizens: Not much urgency is displayed by the neighbors after Anzor's drug lab blows up right in the middle of their neighborhood, where Mila has just died and where Joey has just returned with Oleg, bleeding out from a gunshot wound.
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* ApatheticCitizens: Not much urgency is displayed by the neighbors after [[spoiler: Anzor's drug lab blows up right in the middle of their neighborhood, where Mila has just died and where Joey has just returned with Oleg, bleeding out from a gunshot wound.wound]].
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* RRatedOpening: The opening, where about five people die extremely brutal deaths, is proof positive that the movie you're watching is in no way safe for children.
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* CoolGun: The snub-nosed piece the whole movie revolves around.
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* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: Joey relates to Oleg in telling a story about a young boy who [[BatterUp "Mark [=McGwires=] the fucking living shit"]] out of his abusive father to the point of the father being "neutralized". Putting that and the fact Joey lives an elderly man, Joey was relating to Oleg's life and how bad his family is, and also wanting him to live normally for a good couple of more years rather then suffer to his father.
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* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: Joey relates to Oleg in telling a story about a young boy who [[BatterUp "Mark [=McGwires=] the fucking living shit"]] out of his abusive father to the point of the father being "neutralized". Putting that and with the fact Joey lives with an elderly man, Joey was relating to Oleg's life and how bad his family is, and also wanting him to live normally for a good couple of more years rather then than suffer to under his father.
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* {{Reconstruction}}: The whole film is basically a scary fairy tale about a boy who ran to TheLostWoods and met numerous monsters, including TheBigBadWolf and a witch living in a GingerbreadHouse. Credits make sure you got the reference with animated sequence showing boy's misadventures in that light.
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* {{Reconstruction}}: The whole film is basically a scary fairy tale about a boy who ran to TheLostWoods an EnchantedForest and met numerous monsters, including TheBigBadWolf and a witch living in a GingerbreadHouse. Credits make sure you got the reference with animated sequence showing boy's misadventures in that light.
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The plot follows a [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two plotlines]]: In the first, Oleg (Cameron Bright), the adolescent son of a mid-level Russian mobster, steals a gun from his neighbor's house in an effort to get back at his abusive father, only to take off running into the city. Over the course of the night, he encounters a string of strange characters, some helpful and some malevolent, giving his perilous adventure the air of an updated fairy tale.
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The plot follows a [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two plotlines]]: In the first, Oleg (Cameron Bright), the adolescent son of a mid-level Russian mobster, steals a gun from his neighbor's house in an effort to get back at his abusive father, only to take off running into the city. [[OneCrazyNight Over the course of the night, he encounters a string of strange characters, some helpful and some malevolent, giving his perilous adventure the air of an updated fairy tale.tale]].
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* NightmarishNursery: Oleg is taken in by a kindly couple who show him their brightly-colored playroom loaded with toys and games. He soon becomes suspicious of them and calls Teresa, who is immediately disturbed by increasingly troubling details around the playroom: among other things, the couple have other children but no family photos, the floor is covered in plastic sheeting, and the couple seem insistent on filming the children. [[spoiler: To her horror, she also finds a closet full of torture implements and snuff tapes. Teresa sends Oleg and the other children out, then coldly shoots the couple dead.]]
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* SexForServices: Attempted. When a pharmacist refuses to give Oleg an inhaler for his asthma, Davina offers her body in exchange. When he ''still'' refuses, she finds it much easier to force him at gunpoint.
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* KarmicDeath: Most of the criminals we see qualify; most satisfying however is when Theresa corners the serial killer couple, uncovering their entire killing spree before calling the police and gunning them both down in the same playroom where they had lured in and murdered their many victims.
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* KarmicDeath: Most of the criminals we see qualify; most satisfying however is when Theresa Teresa corners the serial killer couple, uncovering their entire killing spree before calling the police and gunning them both down in the same playroom where they had lured in and murdered their many victims.
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* OhCrap: ''Too many to count''. Perhaps the biggest ones go to Oleg's theft of the gun, the dead mobsters turning out to be dirty cops, and Theresa learning of Oleg's kidnapping by the serial killer couple.
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* OhCrap: ''Too many to count''. Perhaps the biggest ones go to Oleg's theft of the gun, the dead mobsters turning out to be dirty cops, and Theresa Teresa learning of Oleg's kidnapping by the serial killer couple.
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* HappilyMarried: Joe and Teresa, who have their fair share of arguments but obviously love each other dearly.
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* MamaBear: Teresa, upon discovering that the nice and cheerful Dez and Edelle [[spoiler: are actually monstrous pedophiles, she immediately calls the police to report gunshots being fired and then brutally shoots them both in the chest.]]
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* MamaBear: Teresa, upon discovering that the nice and cheerful Dez and Edelle [[spoiler: are actually monstrous pedophiles, she immediately calls the police to report gunshots being fired and then brutally shoots them both in the chest.]]
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A 2006 crime film starring Creator/PaulWalker, Cameron Bright, and Creator/VeraFarmiga. It was written and directed by Wayne Kramer (''Film/TheCooler, Film/CrossingOver'')
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A 2006 crime film starring Creator/PaulWalker, Cameron Bright, and Creator/VeraFarmiga. It was written and directed by Wayne Kramer (''Film/TheCooler, Film/CrossingOver'')
Film/CrossingOver'').
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* {{Fanservice}}: Vera Farmiga is in a thong at one point, and at another, Paul Walker goes down on her and you get a brief glimpse of her pubic hair.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Vera Farmiga is shows ''a lot'' of skin in a thong at one point, and at another, Paul Walker goes down on her and you get a brief glimpse of her pubic hair.this movie. And she's -- well, she's ''Vera Farmiga''.
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* GenreThrowback: To the gritty, but stylish urban crime thrillers of the 1970s and 80s.
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* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The couple who briefly "rescue" Oleg live in an extremely bright apartment, all in vivid primary colors that matches the kids' games and toys they have. Because they are murderous pedophiles, and they use it to lure kids and [[{{Squick}} for their own fantasies]] when they abuse and murder them.
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* TheMole: Sal betrayed the Perellos to the cops in exchange for a pardon for his involvement in their crimes.
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** Sal betrayed the Perellos to the cops in exchange for a pardon for his involvement in theircrimes. crimes.
** [[spoiler: Joey, who is actually an undercover FBI agent.]]
** Sal betrayed the Perellos to the cops in exchange for a pardon for his involvement in their
** [[spoiler: Joey, who is actually an undercover FBI agent.]]
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* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Joey, who is actually an undercover FBI agent.]]
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* RapeByProxy: The wealthy paedophile serial killer couple are implied to also engage in this, asking two of their prospective victims (two siblings) if they "like" each other.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Several instances of such, particularly in the first shootout between the mobsters and the dirty cops. After easily dispatching the Jamaican drug dealers, they fail to land a single shot against the Perello gang despite the fight being isolated to a small room and being armed with ''shotguns''.
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** Numerous nods to Mark Rydell's TheCowboys.
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** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]; [[spoiler: Nicky]] asks what was in the coffin, and [[spoiler: Joey]] replies that it must have been a few of their rival hockey team's players.
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* GoshDarnItToHeck: TV version. Curious, because all profanity was removed but none of the gore was.
** Anzor is obsessed with Creator/JohnWayne and is particularly distraught by a specific movie where Wayne's character dies.
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** There's a particularly depraved example in a husband and wife who kidnap children, then molest them, videotape it, and kill them. However, it's ambiguous whether they love each other or if they bonded over their shared proclivity.
** There's a particularly depraved example in a husband and wife who kidnap children, then molest them, videotape it, and kill them. However, it's ambiguous whether they love each other or if they bonded over their shared proclivity.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Practically every gangster and criminal we see; Anzor most notably has left his stepson horribly scarred from multiple beatings. Ultimately subverted though as he can't pull the trigger when Yugorsky orders Oleg to be murdered.
** Dez and Edele take this UpToEleven, having kidnapped, molested, and murdered countless children for their own vile pleasures.
** Dez and Edele take this UpToEleven, having kidnapped, molested, and murdered countless children for their own vile pleasures.
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** Practically every gangster and criminal we see; Anzor most notably has left his stepson horribly scarred from multiple beatings. Ultimately subverted though as he can't pull the trigger when Yugorsky orders Oleg to be murdered.
** Dez and Edeletake this UpToEleven, having kidnapped, molested, and murdered countless specifically prey on children for with their own vile pleasures.
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** Practically every gangster and criminal we see; Anzor most notably has left his stepson horribly scarred from multiple beatings. Ultimately subverted though as he can't pull the trigger when Yugorsky orders Oleg to be murdered.
** Dez and Edele
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* BatmanGambit: On the brink of being murdered, Joey turns the mobsters against each other by saying Tommy ordered the hit on Anzor to send a message to the Russians and that he and Joey sent Oleg to carry out the deed. Queue epic BlastOut.
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* BatmanGambit: On the brink of being murdered, Joey turns the mobsters against each other by saying Tommy ordered the hit on Anzor to send a message to the Russians and that he and Joey sent Oleg to carry out the deed. Queue Cue epic BlastOut.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Tommy's gun in the opening shootout; seriously, how did the dirty cops not notice that second holster on his leg?
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* FreezeFrameBonus: As Joey recounts his own abusive childhood, his younger self is clearly being played by Oleg's actor.
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The plot follows a [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two plotlines]]: In the first, Oleg (Cameron Bright), the adolescent son of a mid-level Russian mobster, steals a gun from his neighbor's house in an effort to get back as at his abuse abusive father, only to take off running into the city. Over the course of the night, he encounters a string of strange characters, some helpful and some malevolent, giving his perilous adventure the air of an updated fairy tale.