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* BrokenAesop: Multiple critics have pointed out that the film comes across as hypocritical; its overall message condemns the public's obsession with violent media and the sensationalising of real-world violence, yet the film also indulges heavily in graphic scenes of torture and murder.
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* TooDumbToLive: A couple of examples in this film. Most present one is how Jennifer gets captured. Basically, her electrically run SUV stops, she gets out of the car and walks away. Then when the SUV magically starts again, sits right back down into the driver's seat without a second thought.

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* TooDumbToLive: A couple of examples in this film. Most present one is how Jennifer gets captured. Basically, her electrically run remotely-accessible SUV stops, she gets out of the car and walks away. Then when the SUV magically starts again, sits right back down into the driver's seat without a second thought.clearing the vehicle first.
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* PoeticSerialKiller: While the victims themselves aren't killed in a poetic manner, the whole concept of the website is this. [[spoiler: The killer was helpless to see as his father's suicide became viral when a newscast was posted on the internet. As revenge, he went after the men who reported the incident and broadcast their torture and death to the internet. The kitten belonged to another man who tried to sell the glasses of the victim online, so he took something dear to him and destroyed it in front a live audience]].

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* PoeticSerialKiller: While the victims themselves aren't killed in a poetic manner, the whole concept of the website is this. [[spoiler: The killer was helpless to see as his father's suicide became viral when a newscast was posted on the internet. As revenge, he went after the men who reported the incident and broadcast their torture and death to the internet. The kitten belonged to another man who tried to sell sold the glasses of the victim online, so he took something dear to him and destroyed it in front a live audience]].



** [[spoiler: The kitten turned out to belong to a man named Scotty Hillman, who found the the broken glasses of Owen's father and tried to sell them online]].

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** [[spoiler: The kitten turned out to belong to a man named Scotty Hillman, who found the the broken glasses of Owen's father and tried to sell sold them online]].

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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:The main Motivation of the killer: his father commited suicide after his wife died and a news helicopter captured the whole thing live. The news station was forced to remove it, but then someone filtered the video on the internet and it became viral, causing his son Owen to have a breakdown and having to be hospitalized under suicide watch. All the victims (minus Griffin) were related to the incident:]]

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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:The main Motivation of the killer: his father commited suicide after his wife died and a news helicopter captured the whole thing live. The news station was forced to remove it, but then someone filtered the video was posted on the internet and it became viral, causing his son Owen to have a breakdown and having to be hospitalized under suicide watch. All the victims (minus Griffin) were related to the incident:]]incident:]]
** [[spoiler: Andrew Kilborn, whose accounts were used to spam the Internet to promote the website, was the one who posted the video online and started off the chain of events. He was killed off-screen.]]
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* HumansAreBastards: Every click brings somebody closer to death and the people keep hitting the site due to pure morbid curiosity.

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* HumansAreBastards: Every click brings somebody closer to death and the people keep hitting the site due to pure morbid curiosity. [[spoiler: This is what Owen wanted to prove: that people don't care about others as long as they can see violence and death]].



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%%* PoeticSerialKiller* PoeticSerialKiller: While the victims themselves aren't killed in a poetic manner, the whole concept of the website is this. [[spoiler: The killer was helpless to see as his father's suicide became viral when a newscast was posted on the internet. As revenge, he went after the men who reported the incident and broadcast their torture and death to the internet. The kitten belonged to another man who tried to sell the glasses of the victim online, so he took something dear to him and destroyed it in front a live audience]].
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** [[spoiler: The kitten turned out to belong to a man named Scotty Hillman, who found the man's broken glasses and tried to sell them online]].

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** [[spoiler: The kitten turned out to belong to a man named Scotty Hillman, who found the man's the broken glasses of Owen's father and tried to sell them online]].
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** [[spoiler: the kitten turned out to belong to a man named Scotty Hillman, who found the man's broken glasses and tried to sell them online]].

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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Jeniffer works in the cyber crimes division of the FBI, yet her computer lacks any password, doesn't bat an eye when her daughter downloads a game that she got mailed "from a friend" (turns out it had a backdoor trojan) and when Annie tells her that there's a video of their house in the computer, she tells her from the shower [[NotNowKiddo to just go and watch anything she wishes]].



** [[spoiler: Herbert Miller, the man who bled to death by being injected with anticoagulants, was the helicopter pilot who captured the whole incident on-camera]].
** [[spoiler: David Williams, who had his arms and legs trapped in concrete while heat lamps burned him alive, was the lead reporter for the news station that broadcast the suicide]].
** [[spoiler: the kitten turned out to belong to a man named Scotty Hillman, who found the man's broken glasses and tried to sell them online]].



* StalkerWithoutACrush: The killer about halfway through the movie starts showing a live stream of Jennifer's house, mostly to intimidate her.
* StreisandEffect: InUniverse. After initially discovering [=KillWithMe.com=], the police department issues a public service announcement warning people to stay away from it. As Jennifer predicted and feared, this only serves to increase the website's popularity.

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* StalkerWithoutACrush: The killer about halfway through the movie starts showing a live stream of Jennifer's house, mostly to intimidate her.
her. He makes clear he's not going to hurt his daughter.
* StreisandEffect: InUniverse. After initially discovering [=KillWithMe.com=], the police department issues a public service announcement warning people to stay away from it. it, despite Jenniffer's advice to not do so. As Jennifer she predicted and feared, this only serves to increase the website's popularity.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The first victim of the killer is a kitten that he coaxes into stepping on a glue rat trap. He livestreams as the poor animal gets more stuck and slowly dies.



%% * DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:What the whole thing turns out to be.]]



%% * HumansAreBastards: Every click brings somebody closer to death and the people keep hitting the site.

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%% * {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:The main Motivation of the Killer.]]killer: his father commited suicide after his wife died and a news helicopter captured the whole thing live. The news station was forced to remove it, but then someone filtered the video on the internet and it became viral, causing his son Owen to have a breakdown and having to be hospitalized under suicide watch. All the victims (minus Griffin) were related to the incident:]]



%% * StalkerWithoutACrush: the killer starting about halfway through the movie.

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* BrokenAesop: Multiple critics have pointed out that the film comes across as hypocritical; its overall message condemns the public's obsession with violent media and the sensationalising of real-world violence, yet the film also indulges heavily in graphic scenes of torture and murder.



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* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:What the whole thing turns out to be.]]

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* ForcedToWatch: With the whole Internet joining in.
* HumansAreBastards: Every click brings somebody closer to death and the people keep hitting the site.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor Griffin gets dissolved in battery acid.]]

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%% * ForcedToWatch: With the whole Internet joining in.
%% * HumansAreBastards: Every click brings somebody closer to death and the people keep hitting the site.
%% * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor Griffin gets dissolved in battery acid.]]



* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:The main Motivation of the Killer.]]
* ShoutOut: The weedwhacker is from Film/{{Braindead}}.

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%% * ShoutOut: The weedwhacker is from Film/{{Braindead}}.



* StalkerWithoutACrush: the killer starting about halfway through the movie.

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* TruthInTelevision: Sadly, people like some of the posters online in the movie praising the killer actually exist in real life. One example is a [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/james-holmes-facebook-fan-page_n_1720195.html?1343677920 Facebook fan page for the 'alleged' shooter of the Aurora Colorado theater shooting sprung up only to quickly disappear.]] A [[http://www.11alive.com/news/article/184850/3/Facebook-fan-page-for-Jamie-Hood-pops-up similar page]] was also put up for cop killer Jamie Hood.
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* RealIsBrown: A lot of blues and greys, very few vibrant colors.

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* RealIsBrown: A lot of blues and greys, grays, with very few vibrant colors.colors. Then again, the movie is set in Portland, Oregon, where it's perpetually overcast.

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%%* TortureCellar* TortureCellar: Victims are killed in the basement of Owen's family home.
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* TruthInTelevision: Sadly, people like some of the posters online in the movie praising the killer actually exist in real life. A recent example is a [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/james-holmes-facebook-fan-page_n_1720195.html?1343677920 Facebook fanpage for the 'alleged' shooter of the Aurora Colorado theater shooting sprung up only to quickly disappear.]] A [[http://www.11alive.com/news/article/184850/3/Facebook-fan-page-for-Jamie-Hood-pops-up similar page]] was also put up for cop killer Jamie Hood. And these are just the recent examples.

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* TruthInTelevision: Sadly, people like some of the posters online in the movie praising the killer actually exist in real life. A recent One example is a [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/james-holmes-facebook-fan-page_n_1720195.html?1343677920 Facebook fanpage fan page for the 'alleged' shooter of the Aurora Colorado theater shooting sprung up only to quickly disappear.]] A [[http://www.11alive.com/news/article/184850/3/Facebook-fan-page-for-Jamie-Hood-pops-up similar page]] was also put up for cop killer Jamie Hood. And these are just the recent examples.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Every male victim suffers through a slow and agonising death that even if someone managed to rescue them in time would leave lasting and obvious scarring. [[spoiler: Jennifer]] is put in a death trap that will either kill her instantly or allow her to escape untouched.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Every male victim suffers through a slow and agonising death that even if someone managed to rescue them in time would leave lasting and obvious scarring. [[spoiler: Jennifer]] [[spoiler:Jennifer]] is put in a death trap that will either kill her instantly or allow her to escape untouched.



* TruthInTelevision: Sadly people like some of the posters online in the movie praising the killer actually exist in real life. A recent example is a [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/james-holmes-facebook-fan-page_n_1720195.html?1343677920 Facebook fanpage for the 'alleged' shooter of the Aurora Colorado theater shooting sprung up only to quickly disappear.]] A [[http://www.11alive.com/news/article/184850/3/Facebook-fan-page-for-Jamie-Hood-pops-up similar page]] was also put up for cop killer Jamie Hood. And these are just the recent examples.


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* TruthInTelevision: Sadly, people like some of the posters online in the movie praising the killer actually exist in real life. A recent example is a [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/james-holmes-facebook-fan-page_n_1720195.html?1343677920 Facebook fanpage for the 'alleged' shooter of the Aurora Colorado theater shooting sprung up only to quickly disappear.]] A [[http://www.11alive.com/news/article/184850/3/Facebook-fan-page-for-Jamie-Hood-pops-up similar page]] was also put up for cop killer Jamie Hood. And these are just the recent examples.
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* {{Western Terrorist|s}}: what the head of the field agent first makes him out to be. Including comparison to the Unabomber and Timothy [=McVeigh=]

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* {{Western Terrorist|s}}: what What the head of the field agent first makes him [[spoiler:Owen]] out to be. Including comparison be--including comparisons to the Unabomber and Timothy [=McVeigh=][=McVeigh=].
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* {{Bookends}}: the movie starts with a car ride through Portland while it rains and the radio switches from the national to the local news. The same happens in the scene before the showdown.

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* {{Bookends}}: the The movie starts with a car ride through Portland while it rains and the radio switches from the national to the local news. The same happens in the scene before the showdown.
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[[ActionGirl Jennifer Marsh]] (Creator/DianeLane) is a single mother and an agent for the FBI's cyber crime unit with her partner [[LovableNerd Griffin Dowd]] (Creator/ColinHanks). Their new case is tracking down and trying to bring down a new Web site, [[MurderDotCom KillWithMe.com]], which consists of streaming video of a cat put in a ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''-esque death trap, a chatroom for comments and a viewing counter which, as it rises, makes the death trap more and more dangerous for the victim inside. As the webmaster, Owen Reilly (Joseph Cross), moves up to human victims, the site's popularity grows, making the deaths on screen happen faster and faster.

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[[ActionGirl Jennifer Marsh]] (Creator/DianeLane) is a single mother and an agent for the FBI's cyber crime unit with her partner [[LovableNerd Griffin Dowd]] (Creator/ColinHanks). Their new case is tracking down and trying to bring down a new Web site, [[MurderDotCom KillWithMe.com]], which consists of streaming video of a cat put in a ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''-esque death trap, a chatroom for comments and a viewing counter which, as it rises, makes the death trap more and more dangerous for the victim inside. As the webmaster, Owen Reilly (Joseph Cross), (Creator/JosephCross), moves up to human victims, the site's popularity grows, making the deaths on screen happen faster and faster.
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[[ActionGirl Jennifer Marsh]] (Creator/DianeLane) is a single mother and an agent for the FBI's cyber crime unit with her partner [[LovableNerd Griffin Dowd]] (Colin Hanks). Their new case is tracking down and trying to bring down a new Web site, [[MurderDotCom KillWithMe.com]], which consists of streaming video of a cat put in a ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''-esque death trap, a chatroom for comments and a viewing counter which, as it rises, makes the death trap more and more dangerous for the victim inside. As the webmaster, Owen Reilly (Joseph Cross), moves up to human victims, the site's popularity grows, making the deaths on screen happen faster and faster.

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[[ActionGirl Jennifer Marsh]] (Creator/DianeLane) is a single mother and an agent for the FBI's cyber crime unit with her partner [[LovableNerd Griffin Dowd]] (Colin Hanks).(Creator/ColinHanks). Their new case is tracking down and trying to bring down a new Web site, [[MurderDotCom KillWithMe.com]], which consists of streaming video of a cat put in a ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''-esque death trap, a chatroom for comments and a viewing counter which, as it rises, makes the death trap more and more dangerous for the victim inside. As the webmaster, Owen Reilly (Joseph Cross), moves up to human victims, the site's popularity grows, making the deaths on screen happen faster and faster.
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