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* DistractedByTheSexy: An attractive woman is planted in the crowd to get Dunne out of the way for the assassination.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: DistractedByTheSexy / ShowSomeLeg: An attractive woman is planted in the crowd to get Dunne out of the way for the assassination.
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** Subverted in the end. She [[spoiler:She was in on it with Dunne.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Kevin's reason for why he got involved with the assassination of the Secretary of Defense: claiming that the Secretary was putting politics above the safety of American Navy soldiers who once suffered heavy loses without the missile defense technology.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Kevin's reason for why he got involved with the assassination of the Secretary of Defense: claiming that the Secretary was putting politics above the safety of American Navy soldiers Sailors who once suffered heavy loses without the next-generation air defense missile defense technology.technology the Secretary had cancelled.]]
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* LuckySeven: Referenced by Santoro when he sees the {{Pit Girl|s}} holding the sign for the 7th round in the boxing fight. She later unwittingly distracts Santoro when the Secretary of Defense is assassinated at the match, so she's probably not a very good token.
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* HannibalHasAPoint: [[spoiler:kevin]] [[spoiler:Kevin]] tells Nick step-by-step what would happen if he succeeded in playing the hero. How he would be praised at first, until they found out about his corrupt past. He was right.
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:The best friend of Rick Santoro turns out being a WellIntentionedExtremist with blood on his hands.]]
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* PitGirls: Rick Santoro (Nic Cage) flirts with one of these who's holding the card fo round #7 before the big fight. She calls him on his phone during a vital moment, unfortunately distracting him when the Secretary of Defense, who was seated near him, is assassinated by a sniper.
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* ConspiracyThriller: A very [[Creator/BrianDePalma stylized]] one, too.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rick Santoro solves the conspiracy, most of the conspirators - including the mastermind - wind up dead, and he even gets the girl. But the media uncovers his corruption and he's set to do jail time at the end, but only for a couple of years.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Rick Santoro spends the entire movie in a beige colored jacket, but the cover has him wear a purple jacket.
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Rick Santoro (Cage) is a [[DirtyCop corrupt police detective]], serving in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has been bullying people and accepting payoffs for years. One day, Rick attends a heavyweight championship boxing match. Also in attendance is Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), the United States Secretary of Defense. Among those escorting Kirkland is Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), a Navy Commander and close personal friend of Santoro. During the match Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) attempts to approach Kirkland. Sudden gunshots wound Costello and kill Kirkland. Havoc ensues throughout the arena as the fight is stopped and fans stampede toward the exits.
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Rick Santoro (Cage) is a [[DirtyCop corrupt police detective]], serving in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has been bullying people and accepting payoffs for years. One day, Rick attends a heavyweight championship boxing match. Also in attendance is Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), the United States Secretary of Defense. Among those escorting Kirkland is Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), (Creator/GarySinise), a Navy Commander and close personal friend of Santoro. During the match Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) (Creator/CarlaGugino) attempts to approach Kirkland. Sudden gunshots wound Costello and kill Kirkland. Havoc ensues throughout the arena as the fight is stopped and fans stampede toward the exits.
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For the GIJoe character, check the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/GIJoe GI Joe character sheet]].
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For the GIJoe ''Franchise/GIJoe'' character, check the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/GIJoe GI [[Characters/GIJoe G.I. Joe character sheet]].
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Crosswicking.
* RealityEnsues: The film ends with the [[DirtyCop Corrupt Cop hero]] being praised by the media as a hero for stopping the assassination of a political whisleblower. [[spoiler: Only for the extra attention generated by the media to bring his shady past to the forefront, leading to him getting fired, divorced, and facing prison time. Turns out that it doesn't matter if you're considered a hero, the police take allegations of corruption ''very'' seriously.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Nick accepts a five thousand dollar bribe from a low-level reporter who wants to do the exclusive on the scene coverage of the assassination, so he can get his big break. [[spoiler: During the ending, that same reporter is one of many covering Nick's fall from grace, once his corrupt history is made public to the mainstream media.]]
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* [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Film}} What Could Have Been]]: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Gary Sinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
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* DirtyCop: The boisterous protagonist Rick Santoro.Santoro is an arrogant, corrupt detective who sees Atlantic City as his own WretchedHive. He takes bribes, doesn't hesitate to use PoliceBrutality, and sleeps around on his wife. [[spoiler:The conspirators even get him involved because they knew he could be bought if he found out too much. He draws the line at plain murder, though.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. There is a huge ball that has been lying on the ground for most of the movie. Almost inviting you to believe that is plot relevant and will eventually roll over someone. It doesn't. However, this was only because test audiences didn't like the originally-planned ending in which it does roll over the main villain.
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* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. There is a huge ball that has been lying on the ground for most of the movie. Almost inviting you to believe that is plot relevant and will eventually roll over someone. It doesn't. However, this was only [[FocusGroupEnding because test audiences didn't like the originally-planned ending ending]] in which it does roll over the main villain.
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** "You've got nothing kiddo. SnakeEyes. The house wins."
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** And later: "There's no "we", [[spoiler:Kevin]]. You've gotSnakeEyes.Snake Eyes."
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Rick Santoro (Cage) is a [[DirtyCop corrupt police detective]], serving in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has been bullying people and accepting payoffs for years. One day, Rick attends heavyweight championship boxing match. Also in attendance is Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), the United States Secretary of Defense. Among those escorting Kirkland is Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), a Navy Commander and close personal friend of Santoro. During the match Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) attempts to approach Kirkland. Sudden gunshots wound Costello and kill Kirkland. Havoc ensues throughout the arena as the fight is stopped and fans stampede toward the exits.
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Rick Santoro (Cage) is a [[DirtyCop corrupt police detective]], serving in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has been bullying people and accepting payoffs for years. One day, Rick attends a heavyweight championship boxing match. Also in attendance is Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), the United States Secretary of Defense. Among those escorting Kirkland is Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), a Navy Commander and close personal friend of Santoro. During the match Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) attempts to approach Kirkland. Sudden gunshots wound Costello and kill Kirkland. Havoc ensues throughout the arena as the fight is stopped and fans stampede toward the exits.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: An attractive woman is planted in the crowd to get Dunne out of the way for the assassination.
-->'''Dunne''': I was three feet away from a known terrorist, and I had my eyes buried in some broad's tits.
-->'''Santoro''': Well, Kevin, this might not make you feel better, but don't you see? [[MemeticMutation That's what she was there for, that was the plan. To give you a boner. And you got one!]] Congratulations, you're human.
-->'''Dunne''': I was three feet away from a known terrorist, and I had my eyes buried in some broad's tits.
-->'''Santoro''': Well, Kevin, this might not make you feel better, but don't you see? [[MemeticMutation That's what she was there for, that was the plan. To give you a boner. And you got one!]] Congratulations, you're human.
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Directed by ''BrianDePalma'', Snake Eyes is a 1998 conspiracy thriller starring NicolasCage.
Rick Santoro (Cage) is a [[DirtyCop corrupt police detective]], serving in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has been bullying people and accepting payoffs for years. One day, Rick attends heavyweight championship boxing match. Also in attendance is Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), the United States Secretary of Defense. Among those escorting Kirkland is Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), a Navy Commander and close personal friend of Santoro. During the match Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) attempts to approach Kirkland. Sudden gunshots wound Costello and kill Kirkland. Havoc ensues throughout the arena as the fight is stopped and fans stampede toward the exits.
Rick is at first determined to track Julia, considering her a suspect. He soon realizes however that Kirkland was killed due to an unpopular decision of his, canceling a missile defense project. Certain elements of the military forces felt the project was necessary. The corporation hired to create the project wasn't happy either. Rick finds himself facing a conspiracy, with the conspirators being far more ruthless than him.
For the GIJoe character, check the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/GIJoe GI Joe character sheet]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AcousticLicense: Rick somehow not only hears his cellphone ring while sitting in the front row of a crowded sports arena during a boxing match, but then has a conversation on it with no problem.
* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend: The best friend of Rick Santoro turns out being a WellIntentionedExtremist with blood on his hands.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. There is a huge ball that has been lying on the ground for most of the movie. Almost inviting you to believe that is plot relevant and will eventually roll over someone. It doesn't. However, this was only because test audiences didn't like the originally-planned ending in which it does roll over the main villain.
* TheConspiracy: "Five people make a conspiracy, right?".
* DirtyCop: Rick Santoro.
* FieryRedhead: Serena played by Jayne Heitmeyer.
* HollywoodSilencer
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Santoro is a [[DirtyCop sleazy corrupt cop]] who suddenly finds his conscience when he uncovers and subsequently tries to prevent a plot to assassinate a political whistleblower. [[spoiler:He succeeds, and in the epilogue he is initially hailed as a hero, but winds up going to jail after the extra publicity shines a light on his shady past.]]
* TheOner: De Palma loves this trope and Snake Eyes is primarily known for this.
* OnceMoreWithClarity The movie shows flashbacks from the perspective different people about the same scenes [[UnreliableNarrator (or not)]] adding a little more context each time.
* SplitScreen
* TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame: Charles Kirkland is assassinated in a high-profile Atlantic City boxing match.
* ThrowingTheFight: Footage of the boxing fight does not only reveal details of the assassination but that one guy faked a knockout.
* TitleDrop: Twice.
** "You've got nothing kiddo. SnakeEyes. The house wins."
** And later: "There's no "we", [[spoiler:Kevin]]. You've got SnakeEyes."
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil
* UnreliableNarrator: Out of the many flashbacks narrated in continuous first-person point of view shots, one is a pure invention by the narrator.
* [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Film}} What Could Have Been]]: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Gary Sinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
* WigDressAccent: Julia appears at the fight in a blonde wig and white dress when she attempts to talk to Kirkland.
Directed by ''BrianDePalma'', Snake Eyes is a 1998 conspiracy thriller starring NicolasCage.
Rick Santoro (Cage) is a [[DirtyCop corrupt police detective]], serving in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has been bullying people and accepting payoffs for years. One day, Rick attends heavyweight championship boxing match. Also in attendance is Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), the United States Secretary of Defense. Among those escorting Kirkland is Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), a Navy Commander and close personal friend of Santoro. During the match Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) attempts to approach Kirkland. Sudden gunshots wound Costello and kill Kirkland. Havoc ensues throughout the arena as the fight is stopped and fans stampede toward the exits.
Rick is at first determined to track Julia, considering her a suspect. He soon realizes however that Kirkland was killed due to an unpopular decision of his, canceling a missile defense project. Certain elements of the military forces felt the project was necessary. The corporation hired to create the project wasn't happy either. Rick finds himself facing a conspiracy, with the conspirators being far more ruthless than him.
For the GIJoe character, check the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/GIJoe GI Joe character sheet]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AcousticLicense: Rick somehow not only hears his cellphone ring while sitting in the front row of a crowded sports arena during a boxing match, but then has a conversation on it with no problem.
* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend: The best friend of Rick Santoro turns out being a WellIntentionedExtremist with blood on his hands.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. There is a huge ball that has been lying on the ground for most of the movie. Almost inviting you to believe that is plot relevant and will eventually roll over someone. It doesn't. However, this was only because test audiences didn't like the originally-planned ending in which it does roll over the main villain.
* TheConspiracy: "Five people make a conspiracy, right?".
* DirtyCop: Rick Santoro.
* FieryRedhead: Serena played by Jayne Heitmeyer.
* HollywoodSilencer
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Santoro is a [[DirtyCop sleazy corrupt cop]] who suddenly finds his conscience when he uncovers and subsequently tries to prevent a plot to assassinate a political whistleblower. [[spoiler:He succeeds, and in the epilogue he is initially hailed as a hero, but winds up going to jail after the extra publicity shines a light on his shady past.]]
* TheOner: De Palma loves this trope and Snake Eyes is primarily known for this.
* OnceMoreWithClarity The movie shows flashbacks from the perspective different people about the same scenes [[UnreliableNarrator (or not)]] adding a little more context each time.
* SplitScreen
* TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame: Charles Kirkland is assassinated in a high-profile Atlantic City boxing match.
* ThrowingTheFight: Footage of the boxing fight does not only reveal details of the assassination but that one guy faked a knockout.
* TitleDrop: Twice.
** "You've got nothing kiddo. SnakeEyes. The house wins."
** And later: "There's no "we", [[spoiler:Kevin]]. You've got SnakeEyes."
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil
* UnreliableNarrator: Out of the many flashbacks narrated in continuous first-person point of view shots, one is a pure invention by the narrator.
* [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Film}} What Could Have Been]]: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Gary Sinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
* WigDressAccent: Julia appears at the fight in a blonde wig and white dress when she attempts to talk to Kirkland.
