Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/TheRaid1954'': On the appointed day, Major Benton in town, and the other raiders at the barn, all don Confederate uniforms, take some citizens hostage, rob the bank's strongbox at gunpoint, burn down the town hall, and gallop north just ahead of an arriving Union force.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/DisturbingThePeace'', Diablo and his gang invade Horse Cave and take over the town in order to rob the bank and ambush an armored car set to arrive in the town.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/GodsGun'', Sam Clayton and his gang attack a small Western town and kill a man. The local preacher, Father John, manages to capture one, but Clayton guns him down on the church steps before taking over the town.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
* ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'': This is attempted by the titular creatures. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]
to:
* ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'': ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'': This is attempted by the titular creatures. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 57 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Film/LoneHero'', the Iron Bandits biker gang takes over the town of Profit and holds the inhabitants hostage until John delivers their leader Bart to them. They [[CutthePhoneLines cut the phone lines]] and divert the only road leading to town.
to:
* In ''Film/LoneHero'', the Iron Bandits biker gang takes over the town of Profit and holds the inhabitants hostage until John delivers their leader Bart to them. They [[CutthePhoneLines [[CutPhoneLines cut the phone lines]] and divert the only road leading to town.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/LoneHero'', the Iron Bandits biker gang takes over the town of Profit and holds the inhabitants hostage until John delivers their leader Bart to them. They [[CutthePhoneLines cut the phone lines]] and divert the only road leading to town.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/DayOfTheOutlaw'', the gang holds the town of Bitters hostage while Bruhn, wounded in a recent bank robbery, receives treatment.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' has a variation in its finale; Johan plans to give himself the "perfect suicide" where he and some of his accomplices move to a rural town right before it gets isolated by seasonal bad weather, cut off communications with the outside world, provide guns to some of the civilians and then just watch them go crazy with paranoia and kill each other. [[spoiler: He is stopped before casualties get too high, but there were still plenty of deaths from it.]] While this is a case of KillEmAll rather than trying to take control, the tactics he uses are quite normal for this trope, and in a way, he is taking over the town by infecting them with his own nihilism and hopelessness.
to:
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' has a variation in its finale; Johan plans to give himself the "perfect suicide" where he and some of his accomplices move to a rural town right before it gets isolated by seasonal bad weather, cut off communications with the outside world, provide guns to some of the civilians and then just watch them go crazy with paranoia and kill each other. [[spoiler: He is stopped before casualties get too high, but there were still plenty of deaths from it.]] While this is a case of KillEmAll rather than trying to take control, the The tactics he uses are quite normal for this trope, and in a way, he is taking over the town by infecting them with his own nihilism and hopelessness.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Literature/JudgeDee'': ''The Chinese Maze Murders'' starts with the judge arriving to his new post only to discover it's been in the grip of a crimelord for a while. His first order of business is to take him out, then find out why the actual authorities didn't do anything ([[spoiler:because TheManBehindTheMan had the previous judge murdered by an Uyghur tribesman from across the border, in preparation for the Uyghur tribes taking over the town]]). According to the author, this is a common plot in the historical novels the series is based on.
-->The ‘framework’ of the present novel, viz. a tale of a distant town where a local bully has usurped power, also is a common situation in Chinese novels. Sometimes a clever magistrate outwits and deposes the usurper, sometimes it is the usurper who is the hero of the story. He takes over from a corrupt magistrate, and subsequently is officially confirmed in his position by a grateful government.
-->The ‘framework’ of the present novel, viz. a tale of a distant town where a local bully has usurped power, also is a common situation in Chinese novels. Sometimes a clever magistrate outwits and deposes the usurper, sometimes it is the usurper who is the hero of the story. He takes over from a corrupt magistrate, and subsequently is officially confirmed in his position by a grateful government.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Series/{{Whiplash}}'': In "Episode in Bathurst", a trio of American [[SiblingsInCrime outlaw brothers]] arrive in Bathurst and quickly cow the [[MeekTownsman townsfolk]] with their [[TheGunslinger superior gunplay]]; killing anyone who tries to oppose them. They set up roadblocks on all the roads into town and demand payment from passing traffic.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 77,78 (click to see context) from:
* On ''Series/{{Jericho}}'' this is what the Ravenwood mercenaries do to a town they invade. They take all the supplies and shoot anyone who opposes them. Since the towns are isolated from the outside world, they do not have to worry about anyone coming to help the townpeople. The people of Jericho try to preempt this by blowing the bridge into town themselves before Ravenwood crosses it.
* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "Sleeper", a gang uses a secret weapon to knock out a section of central London, then put in roadblocks and [[CutPhoneLines cut the phone lines]] to allow them to loot a series of banks at will.
* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "Sleeper", a gang uses a secret weapon to knock out a section of central London, then put in roadblocks and [[CutPhoneLines cut the phone lines]] to allow them to loot a series of banks at will.
to:
* On ''Series/{{Jericho}}'' ''Series/Jericho2006'' this is what the Ravenwood mercenaries do to a town they invade. They take all the supplies and shoot anyone who opposes them. Since the towns are isolated from the outside world, they do not have to worry about anyone coming to help the townpeople. The people of Jericho try to preempt this by blowing the bridge into town themselves before Ravenwood crosses it.
* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "Sleeper", a gang uses a secret weapon to knock out a section of centralLondon, UsefulNotes/{{London}}, then put in roadblocks and [[CutPhoneLines cut the phone lines]] to allow them to loot a series of banks at will.
* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "Sleeper", a gang uses a secret weapon to knock out a section of central
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/TheBornLosers'', the title biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town while TheHero Billy jack is locked up in jail for trying to stop them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* Taken to extremes by the Demonlord in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII''. He sealed away nearly every city, country and village in the entire world, subjecting each to a different threat. When the game begins, the only land that hasn't been long consumed by darkness is the Hero's home, and he and his friends must travel through time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and restore the world, piece by piece.
Deleted line(s) 87 (click to see context) :
* Taken to extremes by the Demonlord in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII''. He sealed away nearly every city, country and village in the entire world, subjecting each to a different threat. When the game begins, the only land that hasn't been long consumed by darkness is the Hero's home, and he and his friends must travel through time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and restore the world, piece by piece.
