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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Apparently, as psychotically brutal as the regime is, with re-education camps in which torture, castration and rape is the norm and prisoners die often [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to teach the rest to bend the knee]], nobody has escalated yet to [[FinalSolution the complete annihilation of all dissidents]] -- although Minister Mallory seems extremely pleased when Ritter suggests the idea, so it's a good thing [[LaserGuidedKarma he dies]] before things got worse.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Apparently, as psychotically brutal as the regime is, with re-education camps in which torture, castration and rape is the norm and prisoners die often [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to teach the rest to bend the knee]], nobody has escalated yet to [[FinalSolution the complete annihilation of all dissidents]] -- although Minister Secretary Mallory seems extremely pleased when Ritter suggests the idea, so it's a good thing [[LaserGuidedKarma he dies]] before things got worse.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Apparently, as psychotically brutal as the regime is, with re-education camps in which torture, castration and rape is the norm and prisoners die often [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to teach the rest to bend the knee]], nobody has escalated yet to [[FinalSolution the complete annihilation of all dissidents]] -- although Thatcher seems extremely pleased when Ritter suggests the idea, so it's a good thing [[LaserGuidedKarma he dies]] before things got worse.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Apparently, as psychotically brutal as the regime is, with re-education camps in which torture, castration and rape is the norm and prisoners die often [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to teach the rest to bend the knee]], nobody has escalated yet to [[FinalSolution the complete annihilation of all dissidents]] -- although Thatcher Minister Mallory seems extremely pleased when Ritter suggests the idea, so it's a good thing [[LaserGuidedKarma he dies]] before things got worse.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Apparently, as psychotically brutal as the regime is, with re-education camps in which torture, castration and rape is the norm and prisoners die often [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to teach the rest to bend the knee]], nobody has escalated yet to [[FinalSolution the complete annihilation of all dissidents]] -- although Thatcher seems extremely pleased when Ritter suggests the idea, so it's a good thing [[LaserGuidedKarma he dies]] before things got worse.
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* ProductPlacement: The two vehicles used by the hunting party to move around are visibly labeled in some close-up shots as being made by the Austrak company.
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* WhipItGood: Red wields a whip and a has a preference to use it to [[PunctuatedForEmphasis punctuate a lot of his sentences]].

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* WhipItGood: WhipOfDominance: Red wields a whip and a has a preference to use it to [[PunctuatedForEmphasis punctuate a lot of his sentences]].

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* WeaponizedCar: Tito's Austrak RT-45 buggy has a machine gun on top and a razor-sharp bulldozer blade on the front. They both see use (the bulldozer blade [[spoiler:severs BeastMan Alph in half]] and the machine gun kills a lot of guards in the climactic assault on the camp).



* WhipItGood: Red wields a whip and a has a preference to use it to [[PunctuateForEmphasis punctuate a lot of his sentences]].

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* WhipItGood: Red wields a whip and a has a preference to use it to [[PunctuateForEmphasis [[PunctuatedForEmphasis punctuate a lot of his sentences]].
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** In the original film, Mallory uses the term "turkey shoot" in one scene as a DeadlyEuphemism for Thatcher's invitation to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt and kill inmates]]. Apparently, even in a totalitarian regime like theirs there's some things that they want to keep a secret about what they are doing in re-education camps.
** In the 2014 remake, the ImmoralRealityShow is named "Turkey Shoot", leading to it being dropped a lot.

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* VasquezAlwaysDies: Rita Daniels, who is more open to doing anything to survive (including sleeping around the camp) is raped and murdered by Jennifer, while Chris (who remains a NeutralFemale for most of the film to the point that Anders has to yell at her to shoot when he tells her to man a machine gun at the climax) survives.



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* GasolineDousing: The guards force a prisoner into playing a cruel version of football with gasoline jugs. When he loses, he's burned alive.



* KillItWithFire: The guards force a prisoner into playing a cruel version of football with gasoline jugs. When he loses, he's burned alive.
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: There's a mass prison break-out and you can't get the Camp Master on the phone? [[spoiler:Send in the [[DeathFromAbove Royal Australian Air Force]] to KillEmAll ([[WeHaveReserves guards included]]) with a [[KillItWithFire napalm strike]]!]]

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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: There's a mass prison break-out and you can't get the Camp Master on the phone? [[spoiler:Send in the [[DeathFromAbove Royal Australian Air Force]] to KillEmAll kill them all ([[WeHaveReserves guards included]]) with a [[KillItWithFire napalm strike]]!]]

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* YourHeadAsplode: In the 2014 film, the Libyan dictator's head is absolutely ''destroyed'' by the rifle bullet which hits him.

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* YourHeadAsplode: YourHeadAsplode:
** Thatcher stands up in the middle of the climactic prison escape, letting Anders get a clean head shot with an MG-42. The burst makes Thatcher's head explode.
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In the 2014 film, the Libyan dictator's head is absolutely ''destroyed'' by the rifle bullet which hits him.
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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an unnamed fascist totalitarian state. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Creator/OliviaHussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily-armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an unnamed fascist totalitarian state. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Creator/OliviaHussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), (Creator/SteveRailsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily-armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...
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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an unnamed fascist totalitarian state. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily-armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an unnamed fascist totalitarian state. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), (Creator/OliviaHussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily-armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...
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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an unnamed fascist totalitarian state. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

The film is a [[NarmCharm charmingly cheesy]], campy, over-the-top BMovie, that can be a lot of fun if you acknowledge it for what it is and [[MST3KMantra don't think too hard about it]]. Recommended for anyone interested in Australian cinema, or who enjoyed ''Film/MadMax''. Creator/QuentinTarantino has cited both the film and its director as among his favorites.

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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in an unnamed fascist totalitarian state. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily armed heavily-armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

The film is a [[NarmCharm charmingly cheesy]], cheesy,]] campy, over-the-top BMovie, that can be a lot of fun if you acknowledge it for what it is and [[MST3KMantra don't think too hard about it]]. it.]] Recommended for anyone interested in Australian cinema, or who enjoyed ''Film/MadMax''. Creator/QuentinTarantino has cited both the film and its director as among his favorites.
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* PenalColony: Re-Ed Camp [[The47Society 47]] [[spoiler:turns out to be on an island, so there's no escape.]]

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* PenalColony: Re-Ed Camp [[The47Society 47]] 47 [[spoiler:turns out to be on an island, so there's no escape.]]

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Another film by the same name was made in 2014, but was more like ''Film/TheRunningMan'' and is only loosely inspired from the original. Internationally, it was titled ''Elimination Game''.



* CelebrityParadox: The 2014 film has the original playing in a hotel room at one point. Carmen Duncan and Roger Ward had roles in both films, as completely different characters.



* ClearMyName: Rick in the 2014 film was framed for murder and hunted on a [[ImmoralRealityShow TV program]]. He has to exonerate himself as he outruns numerous assassins.
* CondemnedContestant: In the 2014 film the plot is about a TV show (''Turkey Shoot'', of course) with convicted murderers hunted for sport, with a pardon if they win (none ever has).



* DeadlyGame: Football played with large jugs of gasoline. Which are [[ManOnFire chained to a prisoner]].

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Football played with large jugs of gasoline. Which are [[ManOnFire chained to a prisoner]].
** The 2014 film has the entire story revolve around one, with convicted murderers hunted for sport on a [[ImmoralRealityShow TV show]].



* FrameUp: The 2014 film has Rick Tyler, a Navy SEAL who was framed for murdering woman and children, then [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunted by assassins]] on a [[ImmoralRealityShow TV program]].



* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame

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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGameHuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In the original film, bored government bigwigs hunt down political prisoners. The 2014 version turns it into a [[ImmoralRealityShow TV show]] where convicted killers are hunted instead.


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* ImmoralRealityShow: The 2014 film changes the plot to be this, convicted murderers are legally hunted for entertainment with millions watching.
* InNameOnly: The remake in 2014 basically shared the name (not even that with international releases, where it's titled ''Elimation Game'') and concept of people being hunted for sport, and that's it.


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* YourHeadAsplode: In the 2014 film, the Libyan dictator's head is absolutely ''destroyed'' by the rifle bullet which hits him.

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* ShowerScene: With equal-opportunity {{Fanservice}} as the inmates have a co-ed shower.

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* ShowerScene: With There's one with equal-opportunity {{Fanservice}} {{fanservice}} as the inmates have a co-ed shower.



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* PoliceBrutality: In the opening scene, a pair of police officers chase a running man into Chris' shop, then start kicking him after he falls down. Her protesting it makes them suspect that she's his accomplice and she gets sent off to a reeducation camp.

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* PoliceBrutality: In the opening scene, a pair of police officers chase a running man into Chris' shop, then start kicking him after he falls down. Her protesting it makes them suspect that she's his accomplice and she thus gets sent off to a reeducation camp.
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%%* * ImAHumanitarian: AlphAlph rips off and then eats one of Dodge's toes.



* NaiveNewcomer: Chris enters the camp without a clue what's going or why she's there. She's quickly clued in by the brutal administration and dissident Anders.

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* NaiveNewcomer: Chris enters the camp without a clue what's going or why she's there. She's quickly clued in by the brutal administration and dissident Anders. The audience learns of their workings through this.

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