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* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. Both the Beretta pistol and Colt Python revolver are shown firing a realistic number of rounds, which ends up saving two characters when the guns run dry just as a kill shot is about to be taken.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: The Blind Man is clearly suffering mental illness due to his blindness and grief. Living in total isolation hasn't helped matters.
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-->'''The Blind Man:''' "She should have gone to prison, but rich girls don't go to jail."
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* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. Both the Beretta pistol and Colt Python revolver are shown firing a realistic number of rounds, which ends up saving two characters when the guns run dry just as a kill shot is about to be taken.
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* EmergingFromTheShadows: Inverted. When The Blind Man [[spoiler: kills the lights in the basement, and stalks his now helpless prey, he patiently steps back into what we see as a patch of darkness, waiting for one of them to stumble on him.]]
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->'''Alex:''' It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?\\
'''Money:''' Just 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fuckin' saint, bro.

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->'''Alex:''' It's ->''"It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?\\
'''Money:''' Just 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fuckin' saint, bro.
it?"''
-->-- '''Alex'''



*** Money resembles Creator/JaredLeto's character Junior in more ways than one -- their looks (white guys with cornrows in similar dress), their HotBlooded attitudes, and the fact that [[spoiler:both are the first of their trios to get killed]].

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*** Money resembles Creator/JaredLeto's character Junior in more ways than one -- their looks (white guys with cornrows in similar street dress), their HotBlooded attitudes, and the fact that [[spoiler:both are the first of their trios to get killed]].
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->''"It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?"''

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->''"It's ->'''Alex:''' It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?"''
it?\\
'''Money:''' Just 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fuckin' saint, bro.
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* LooseFloorboardHidingSpot: The Blind Man covers the box containing [[spoiler:Cindy's corpse]] with a piece of flooring.

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->'''Alex:''' It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?\\
'''Money:''' Just 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fuckin' saint, bro.

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->'''Alex:''' It's ->''"It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?\\
'''Money:''' Just 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fuckin' saint, bro.
it?"''



Rocky (Levy), a teenage delinquent living with neglectful parents, promises her younger sister to move away with her. Looking for the right amount of cash to run away with in order to do so, her boyfriend Money (Zovatto) convinces her to break into the home of a blind man (Lang) who supposedly has a safe in the basement with a large fortune. After they enter in the middle of the night, with the help of Rocky's friend Alex (Minnette), they discover the blind man is not as helpless as he seems.



Rocky (Levy), a teenage delinquent living with neglectful parents, promises her younger sister to move away with her. Looking for the right amount of cash to run away with in order to do so, her boyfriend Money (Zovatto) convinces her to break into the home of a blind man (Lang) who supposedly has a safe in the basement with a large fortune. After they enter in the middle of the night, with the help of Rocky's friend Alex (Minnette), they discover the blind man is not as helpless as he seems.

The sequel, ''[[Film/DontBreathe2 Don't Breathe 2]]'', was released on August 13, 2021.

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Rocky (Levy), a teenage delinquent living A sequel was announced several months after the film's release, with neglectful parents, promises her younger sister its title confirmed to move away with her. Looking for the right amount of cash to run away with in order to do so, her boyfriend Money (Zovatto) convinces her to break into the home of a blind man (Lang) who supposedly has a safe in the basement with a large fortune. After they enter in the middle of the night, with the help of Rocky's friend Alex (Minnette), they discover the blind man is not as helpless as he seems.

The sequel,
be ''[[Film/DontBreathe2 Don't Breathe 2]]'', 2]]'' in early 2020. The film was released on August 13, 2021.



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Money]] spends his fleeting screen time being an obnoxious asshole, so that his sudden death doesn't overshadow the audience's sympathy for the remaining characters.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Money]] spends his fleeting screen time being an obnoxious asshole, so that his sudden death doesn't overshadow the audience's sympathy for the remaining characters.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rocky survives and escapes with the money, giving her and her sister a chance at a better life, but Alex and Money are still dead. Worse, the Blind Man survives and, if a news report at the end is any indication, may escape punishment for his crimes, and ensuring Rocky will look over her shoulder for the rest of her life]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Rocky survives and escapes with the money, giving her and her sister a chance at a better life, but Alex and Money are still dead. Worse, the Blind Man survives and, if a news report at the end is any indication, may escape punishment for his crimes, and ensuring Rocky will look over her shoulder for the rest of her life]]. life.]]



** When Alex balks at the idea of robbing a blind man, Money says, "Just because he's blind doesn't mean he's a saint." It turns out that the Blind Man is quite villainous.

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** When Alex balks at the idea of robbing a blind man, Money says, "Just because he's blind doesn't mean he's a saint." It turns out that the Blind Man is quite villainous.villainous, to extents none of them could have predicted.



** Contains several to another popular home invasion thriller, ''Film/PanicRoom'', which Alvarez openly cited as a primary inspiration:

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** Contains several to another popular home invasion thriller, ''Film/PanicRoom'', which Fede Alvarez openly cited as a primary inspiration:



* TemptingFate: When Rocky [[spoiler:escapes the house in the morning]], she taunts the Blind Man with a "You're useless out here!" [[spoiler:The literal second she finishes that sentence, his dog leaps in her direction.]]

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* TemptingFate: When Rocky [[spoiler:escapes the house in the morning]], she taunts the Blind Man with a by shouting, "You're useless out here!" [[spoiler:The literal second she finishes that sentence, his dog leaps in her direction.]]



->''"Just because he's blind don't mean he's a fucking saint, bro."''

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->''"Just because 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fucking saint, bro."''
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-->'''Alex:''' It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?\\

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-->'''Alex:''' ->'''Alex:''' It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?\\



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->''"It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?"''
-->-- '''Alex'''

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->''"It's -->'''Alex:''' It's kind of fucked up to rob a blind guy, isn't it?"''
-->-- '''Alex'''
it?\\
'''Money:''' Just 'cause he's blind don't mean he's a fuckin' saint, bro.

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