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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Delmar describes Kynette as a "black bastard." (Delmar also makes the mistake of addressing Kynette as "boy," which results in Kynette swiftly grabbing him by the back of the hair and holding a large knife to the corner of Delmar's mouth: ''"Maybe this 'boy' should make this big mouth a little bigger!"'')

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Delmar describes Kynette as a "black bastard." (Delmar also makes the mistake of addressing Kynette as "boy," which results in Kynette swiftly grabbing him by the back of the hair and holding a large knife to the corner of Delmar's mouth: ''"Maybe this 'boy' should make this big mouth [[GlasgowGrin a little bigger!"'')bigger]]!"'')
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* IdiotBall: It is not a good idea to fire guns on a snowy mountain, it causes an avalanche when Quinlan and his goons shoot at Gabe and surprisingly only one of the robbers, Heldon is killed by it.

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* IdiotBall: It is not a good idea to fire guns a grenade launcher on a snowy mountain, it causes an avalanche when Quinlan and his goons shoot at Gabe and surprisingly only one of the robbers, grenade launcher-wielder Heldon is killed by it.it albeit explained by the fact he kept firing away and standing exposed while everyone else took cover.

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* ForWantOfANail: Had Travers properly disposed of Matheson, Qualen's plan would have succeeded and the movie would be very short.



* InsideJob: The bad guys rob a US government plane transporting $100 million in uncirculated $1,000 bills while it is flying over the Rockies. This daring and extremely dangerous heist is only possible because [[spoiler: one of the federal agents guarding the money is actually working for the bad guys and kills the other guards. ]]

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* IncitingIncident: Had Travers properly disposed of Matheson, Qualen's plan would have succeeded and the movie would be very short.
* InsideJob: The bad guys rob a US government plane transporting $100 million in uncirculated $1,000 bills while it is flying over the Rockies. This daring and extremely dangerous heist is only possible because [[spoiler: one of the federal agents guarding the money is actually working for the bad guys and kills the other guards. ]]guards]].
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...only to find the distress signal to be a ruse of Eric Qualen (Creator/JohnLithgow), a maniacal terrorist leader leading a CardCarryingVillain band of PsychoForHire mercenaries (which includes a [[RetroactiveRecognition pre]]-''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''-and-''Series/OnePiece'' Craig Fairbrass) who have just lost $100 million worth of $1,000 bills they hijacked during the crash. Gabe and Tucker are captured and forced to help the terrorists get their ill-gotten money...

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...only to find the distress signal to be a ruse of Eric Qualen (Creator/JohnLithgow), a maniacal terrorist leader leading a CardCarryingVillain band of PsychoForHire mercenaries (which includes a [[RetroactiveRecognition pre]]-''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''-and-''Series/OnePiece'' pre]]-''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''-and-''Series/{{One Piece|2023}}'' Craig Fairbrass) who have just lost $100 million worth of $1,000 bills they hijacked during the crash. Gabe and Tucker are captured and forced to help the terrorists get their ill-gotten money...

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