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* AwardSnub: Richard Corliss of ''Time'' magazine stated that Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme "deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar".
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Two of them. One is [[spoiler: a very moving monologue involving JCVD taking a moment to speak to God,]] which may or may not have been in his head (though JCVD's chair rising up to the ceiling probably was). The other sees the least likable robber speaking less and less coherently [[spoiler: right after being shot in the forehead.]] While [[TruthInTelevision not completely impossible to happen]] according to some interesting cases in neurology's history, it looks just plain bizarre and adds nothing to the film's course.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the critics who praised the movie found it pretty powerful that ''Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme'', of all people, could pull off AdamWesting PlayedForDrama.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Two of them. One is [[spoiler: a very moving monologue involving JCVD taking a moment to speak to God,]] which may or may not have been in his head (though JCVD's chair rising up to the ceiling probably was). The other sees the least likable robber speaking less and less coherently [[spoiler: right after being shot in the forehead.]] While [[TruthInTelevision not completely impossible to happen]] according to some interesting cases in neurology's history, it looks just plain bizarre and adds nothing to the film's course.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the critics who praised the movie found it pretty powerful that ''Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme'', of all people, could pull off AdamWesting PlayedForDrama.
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* AwardSnub: Richard Corliss of ''Time'' magazine magazine, who rated Van Damme's performance as the second best of the year right after Creator/HeathLedger in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', stated that Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme "deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar".
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** A strange momentto speak to God,]] which may or may not have been in his head (though JCVD's chair rising up to the ceiling probably was). The other sees the least likable robber speaking less and less coherently [[spoiler: right [[spoiler:right after being shot in the forehead.]] While [[TruthInTelevision not completely impossible to happen]] according to some interesting cases in neurology's history, it looks just plain bizarre and adds nothing to the film's course.
** Although it admittedly seems to be the whole point of the film, the [[spoiler:very moving monologue involving JCVD taking a moment to speak to God]], which may or may not have been in his head (though JCVD's chair rising up to the ceiling probably was), is still an inexplicable, out of nowhere instance.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the critics who praised the movie found it pretty powerful that ''Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme'', of all people, could pull off AdamWestingPlayedForDrama.
PlayedForDrama. For fans of the genre, even if it was acknowledged a lot of Van Damme's acting here was fueled by him just channeling his own life experiences, a lot of people did change their opinion about his true talents after watching this film.
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* TearJerker: Again, Jean-Claude's monologue.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the critics who praised the movie found it pretty powerful that ''Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme'', of all people, could pull off AdamWesting
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Two of them. One is [[spoiler: a very moving monologue involving JCVD taking a moment to speak to God,]] which may or may not have been in his head (though JCVD's chair rising up to the ceiling probably was). The other sees the least likable robber speaking less and less coherently [[spoiler: right after being shot in the forehead.]] While [[RealityIsUnrealistic [[TruthInTelevision not completely impossible to happen]] according to some interesting cases in neurology's history, it looks just plain bizarre and adds nothing to the film's course.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Two of them. One is [[spoiler: a very moving monologue involving JCVD taking a moment to speak to God,]] which may or may not have been in his head. (Though head (though JCVD's chair rising up to the ceiling probably was.) was). The other sees the least likable robber speaking less and less coherently [[spoiler: right after being shot in the forehead.]]]] While [[RealityIsUnrealistic not completely impossible to happen]] according to some interesting cases in neurology's history, it looks just plain bizarre and adds nothing to the film's course.
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