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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The 1997 remake including many references to the Ruby Ridge and Waco sieges (the DJ now being a libertarian shock jock with a Gadsden flag in his studio, Kowalski being confused with a RightWingMilitiaFanatic partly due to said shock jock's support and partly due to being a Gulf War veteran, and the leading FBI agent involved in the case even being implied to wanting some sort of retribution for the agency following those incidents via his pursuit of Kowalski) manages to somehow date this version even more than the original's post-Woodstock early [[TheSeventies '70s]] setting.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The 1997 remake including many references to the Ruby Ridge and Waco sieges (the DJ now being a libertarian shock jock with a Gadsden flag in his studio, Kowalski being confused with a RightWingMilitiaFanatic partly due to said shock jock's support and partly due to being a Gulf War veteran, and the leading FBI agent involved in the case even being implied to wanting some sort of retribution for the agency following those incidents via his pursuit of Kowalski) manages to somehow date this version even more than the original's post-Woodstock early [[TheSeventies '70s]] setting.
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* {{Narm}}: The flashback with Kowalski and the surfer girl.
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* {{Narm}}: The flashback with Kowalski and the surfer girl. It was probably intended to give some more backstory to Kowalski, but it comes off as MoodWhiplash in the middle of a gritty car chase movie.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The 1997 remake including many references to the Ruby Ridge and Waco sieges (the DJ now being a libertarian shock jock with a Gadsden flag in his studio, Kowalski being confused with a RightWingMilitiaFanatic partly due to said shock jock's support and partly due to being a Gulf War veteran, and the leading FBI agent involved in the case even being implied to wanting some sort of retribution for the agency following those incidents via his pursuit of Kowalski) manages to somehow date this version even more than the original's post-Woodstock early [[TheSeventies '70s]] setting.
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* IdiotPlot: Kowalski in the remake could've avoided all the trouble he got into if he hadn't panicked and tried to speed to the hospital at ''100+ MPH on a public road''. Or jumping out of his car and rushing at the police officers who (legally and rightfully) pulled him over. Had he kept calm, he could've gotten to the nearest airport, chartered a flight home and gotten there with plenty of time to spare.
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* IdiotPlot: Kowalski in the remake could've avoided all the trouble he got into if he hadn't panicked and tried to speed to the hospital at ''100+ MPH on a public road''. Or jumping out of his car and rushing at the police officers who (legally and rightfully) pulled him over. Had he kept calm, he could've gotten to the nearest airport, chartered a flight home and gotten there with plenty of time to spare.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Kowalski in the remake could've avoided all the trouble he got into if he hadn't panicked and tried to speed to the hospital at ''100+ MPH on a public road''. Or jumping out of his car and rushing at the police officers who (legally and rightfully) pulled him over. Had he kept calm, he could've gotten to the nearest airport, chartered a flight home and gotten there with plenty of time to spare.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Challenger turns into a 1967 Chevy Camaro at the end. Chrysler required the cars be returned after filming, thus the Camaro.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Challenger turns into a 1967 Chevy Camaro at the end. This is becase Chrysler required the cars be returned after filming, thus the Camaro.filming.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Kowalski in the remake could've avoided all the trouble he got into if he hadn't panicked and tried to speed to the hospital at ''100+ MPH on a public road''. Or jumping out of his car and rushing at the police officers who (legally and rightfully) pulled him over. Had he kept calm, he could've gotten to the nearest airport, chartered a flight home; which he tried home and gotten there with plenty of time to do but was forced to run.spare.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Kowalski in the remake could've avoided all the trouble he got into if he hadn't panicked and tried to speed to the hospital at ''100+ MPH on a public road''. Nor Or jumping out of his car and rushing at the police officers who (legally and rightfully) pulled him over.over. Had he kept calm, he could've gotten to the nearest airport, chartered a flight home; which he tried to do but was forced to run.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Kowalski in the remake could've avoided all the trouble he got into if he hadn't panicked and tried to speed to the hospital at ''100+ MPH on a public road''. Nor jumping out of his car and rushing at the police officers who (legally and rightfully) pulled him over. over.
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* MemeticMutation[=/=]TheRedStapler: {{Vanity license plate}}s reading "OA-5599" (the plate number on Kowalski's Challenger) have become quite a popular item among car enthusiasts. White Challengers weren't available for purchase by the time of the film, either, but this color got a pretty hefty demand as a result.
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* MemeticMutation[=/=]TheRedStapler: MemeticMutation: {{Vanity license plate}}s reading "OA-5599" (the plate number on Kowalski's Challenger) have become quite a popular item among car enthusiasts. White Challengers weren't available for purchase by the time of the film, either, but this color got a pretty hefty demand as a result.
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* CultClassicCultClassic: Many movie car and chase film enthusiasts have this one on their top lists.
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* MemeticMutation[=/=]TheRedStapler: {{Vanity license plate}}s reading "OA-5599" (the plate number on Kowalski's Challenger) have become quite a popular item among car enthusiasts. White Challengers weren't available for purchase by the time of the film, either, but this color got a pretty hefty demand as a result.
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* TheWoobie: The flashbacks show that Kowalski's had kind of a rotten life. Crosses into JerkassWoobie depending on how you feel about him.
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* TheWoobie: The flashbacks show that Kowalski's had kind of a rotten life.life (and the remake adds a "ReturningWarVet" detail as well, especially because it was done pretty shortly after the First Gulf War). Crosses into JerkassWoobie depending on how you feel about him.
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* TheWoobie: The flashbacks show that Kowalski's had kind of a rotten life.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Flopped in the US in its original release, then became a big hit in Europe, which prompted Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox to give it an American re-release.
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* {{Narm}}: The flashback with Kowalski and the surfer girl.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Challenger tunrs into a 1967 Chevy Camaro at the end. Chrysler required the cars be returned after filming, thus the Camaro.
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* SpecialEffectisFailure: The Challenger tunrs into a 1967 Chevy Camaro at the end. Chrysler required the cars be returned after filming, thus the Camaro.
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* MemeticMutation[=/=]TheRedStapler: {{Vanity license plate}}s reading "OA-5599" (the plate number on Kowalski's Challenger) have become quite a popular item among car enthusiasts.
