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* FakeHigh: Subverted. Stan ''pretends'' to be drunk while lamenting to Max about his failed career and relationships so that Max will let his guard down and not realize that Stan is tailing him as he prepares for another heist.


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* PlayingDrunk: Stan pretends to be drunk while lamenting to Max about his failed career and relationships so that Max will let his guard down and not realize that Stan is tailing him as he prepares for another heist.
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You've Seen It A Million Times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]]. The camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those [[UmbrellaDrink colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas]] as the waves crash and the sun sets.

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You've Seen It A Million Times seen it a million times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) Burdett (Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) Cirillo (Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) Lloyd (Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]]. The camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those [[UmbrellaDrink colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas]] as the waves crash and the sun sets.
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You've Seen It A Million Times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those [[UmbrellaDrink colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas]] as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].

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You've Seen It A Million Times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]]. The camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those [[UmbrellaDrink colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas]] as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].
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You've Seen It A Million Times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].

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You've Seen It A Million Times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those [[UmbrellaDrink colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas umbrellas]] as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].
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* ActorAllusion: At the and of the movie, Max gets back at Stan by using a PDA to hijack and remote-control his limo -- much like he did in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.
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You've Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].

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You've Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes Seen It A Million Times ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].
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[[WomenAreWiser Lola is more than ready to settle down]]. However, Max -- though never once faltering in his love for her -- finds himself in ThrillSeeker withdrawal... just as Stantracks them both down, knowing that it will take a ''bit'' more than the beaches, the money and the girl for Max to give up crime. He knows the pair made their fortune stealing two of the three world-famous Napoleon Diamonds, and whaddya know, the third is on tour on a luxury liner that will be docked nearby for the next few days. So begins a new game of cat-and-mouse. Directed by Creator/BrettRatner and shot on-location in UsefulNotes/TheBahamas, this is what happens... After The Sunset.

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[[WomenAreWiser Lola is more than ready to settle down]]. However, Max -- though never once faltering in his love for her -- finds himself in ThrillSeeker withdrawal... just as Stantracks Stanley tracks them both down, knowing that it will take a ''bit'' more than the beaches, the money and the girl for Max to give up crime. He knows the pair made their fortune stealing two of the three world-famous Napoleon Diamonds, and whaddya know, the third is on tour on a luxury liner that will be docked nearby for the next few days. So begins a new game of cat-and-mouse. Directed by Creator/BrettRatner and shot on-location in UsefulNotes/TheBahamas, this is what happens... After The Sunset.
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[[WomenAreWiser Lola is more than ready to settle down]]. However, Max -- though never once faltering in his love for her -- finds himself in ThrillSeeker withdrawal... just as FBI Agent Lloyd tracks them both down, knowing that it will take a ''bit'' more than the beaches, the money and the girl for him to give up crime. He knows the pair made their fortune stealing two of the three world-famous Napoleon Diamonds, and whaddya know, the third is on tour on a luxury liner that will be docked nearby for the next few days. So begins a new game of cat-and-mouse. Directed by Creator/BrettRatner and shot on-location in UsefulNotes/TheBahamas, this is what happens... After The Sunset.

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[[WomenAreWiser Lola is more than ready to settle down]]. However, Max -- though never once faltering in his love for her -- finds himself in ThrillSeeker withdrawal... just as FBI Agent Lloyd tracks Stantracks them both down, knowing that it will take a ''bit'' more than the beaches, the money and the girl for him Max to give up crime. He knows the pair made their fortune stealing two of the three world-famous Napoleon Diamonds, and whaddya know, the third is on tour on a luxury liner that will be docked nearby for the next few days. So begins a new game of cat-and-mouse. Directed by Creator/BrettRatner and shot on-location in UsefulNotes/TheBahamas, this is what happens... After The Sunset.
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You've Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland as he rots in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].

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You've Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland as he rots mainland, rotting in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].

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''After the Sunset'' is a 2004 action comedy film directed by Creator/BrettRatner and starring Creator/PierceBrosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Creator/WoodyHarrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in The Bahamas.

The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that.

After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.

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''After You've Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes ever since studios started showing TheBadGuyWins; the Sunset'' TropicalEpilogue of TheCaper. GentlemanThief Max Burdett(Creator/PierceBrosnan) and his ClassyCatBurglar paramour Lola Cirillo(Creator/SalmaHayek) retire to an island paradise after ''succeeding'' at their OneLastJob, and the camera pans out on them laying on folding chairs on a beach, sipping those colorful nondescript alcoholic drinks with little umbrellas as the waves crash and the sun sets. InspectorJavert Stanley P. Lloyd(Creator/WoodyHarrelson) is left fuming back on the mainland as he rots in [[VastBureaucracy paperwork hell]].

[[WomenAreWiser Lola is more than ready to settle down]]. However, Max -- though never once faltering in his love for her -- finds himself in ThrillSeeker withdrawal... just as FBI Agent Lloyd tracks them both down, knowing that it will take
a 2004 action comedy film directed ''bit'' more than the beaches, the money and the girl for him to give up crime. He knows the pair made their fortune stealing two of the three world-famous Napoleon Diamonds, and whaddya know, the third is on tour on a luxury liner that will be docked nearby for the next few days. So begins a new game of cat-and-mouse. Directed by Creator/BrettRatner and starring Creator/PierceBrosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Creator/WoodyHarrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot on-location in The Bahamas.

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happens... After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.
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* CheckPlease Has Pierce Brosnan's character saying "Check!" after he and his fiancé are having dinner with a couple who casually admit that they like to swap partners.

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* CheckPlease CheckPlease: Has Pierce Brosnan's character saying "Check!" after he and his fiancé are having dinner with a couple who casually admit that they like to swap partners.
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''After the Sunset'' is a 2004 action comedy film starring Creator/PierceBrosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Creator/WoodyHarrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in The Bahamas.

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''After the Sunset'' is a 2004 action comedy film directed by Creator/BrettRatner and starring Creator/PierceBrosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Creator/WoodyHarrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in The Bahamas.
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* ArtisticLicenseCars: In the opening, Max hijacks Agent Lloyd's FBI-issued truck and pilots it remotely, locking out all the controls. This is not physically possible as the controls are all mechanical, not electronic.[[note]]Specifically, a cable-driven throttle, a mechanical cable linkage between the transmission and gear selector, and the steering column.[[/note]]
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''After the Sunset'' is a 2004 action comedy film starring Pierce Brosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Woody Harrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in The Bahamas.

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''After the Sunset'' is a 2004 action comedy film starring Pierce Brosnan Creator/PierceBrosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Woody Harrelson.Creator/WoodyHarrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in The Bahamas.


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* ActorAllusion: At the and of the movie, Max gets back at Stan by using a PDA to hijack and remote-control his limo - much [[Film/JamesBond like he did in]] ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.



* FakeNationality: Half-Jamaican, half-Trinidadian, London-born Naomi Harris as Bahamian Sophie. And American Obba Babatunde as Bahamian Zacharias.
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* SpeedSex: Stan and Sophie are getting it on when her beeper goes off. Stan begs her to stay, saying, "Just give me five minutes!" She tells him he should be embarrassed, but realizing that she's in a hurry, acquiesces.
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* DirtyCop: Implied with Sophie's ex-husband Zacharias. While it doesn't seem that he's on the take from Moret, he does seem willing to turn a blind eye to his misdeeds.


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* FakeNationality: Half-Jamaican, half-Trinidadian, London-born Naomi Harris as Bahamian Sophie. And American Obba Babatunde as Bahamian Zacharias.


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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Moret admits to Max that he's an American, but adopted a French pronunciation of his name, as well as an accent mark over the "e", to make himself seem more mysterious and dangerous.
* MayDecemberRomance: Was Sophie and Zacharias (she's 25 years his junior). A slighter version with Lola and Max, who is 14 years her senior.

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* BreakInThreat[=/=]TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Local gangster Moret comments on the view of the water from Max's house. When Max corrects him, saying you mean "the view of my house from the water", Moret assures him that the first statement was correct. (not that the second is any better, as both reveal that he knows where Max lives)

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* BreakInThreat[=/=]TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Local gangster Moret comments on the view of the water from Max's house. When Max corrects him, saying you mean "the view of my house from the water", Moret assures him that the first statement was correct. (not that the second is any better, as both reveal correct--reaffirming that he knows where Max lives)lives and will presumably harm him and his fiancee should he tangle with him.



* FakeHigh: Subverted. Stan ''pretends'' to be drunk while lamenting to Max about his failed career and relationships so that Max will let his guard down and not realize that Stan is tailing him as he prepares for another heist.



* FriendlyEnemy: Despite the obvious animosity, Stan and Max clearly have a grudging, genuine, respect and admiration for each other, to the point where Stan saves Max's life when local gangster Moret comes after him.

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* FriendlyEnemy: Despite the obvious animosity, Stan and Max clearly have a grudging, genuine, genuine respect and admiration for each other, to the point where Stan saves Max's life when local gangster Moret comes after him.
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* BreakInThreat: Local gangster Moret comments on the view of the water from Max's house. When Max corrects him, saying you mean "the view of my house from the water", Moret assures him that the first statement was correct. (not that the second is any better, as both reveal that he knows where Max lives)

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* BreakInThreat: BreakInThreat[=/=]TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Local gangster Moret comments on the view of the water from Max's house. When Max corrects him, saying you mean "the view of my house from the water", Moret assures him that the first statement was correct. (not that the second is any better, as both reveal that he knows where Max lives)
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* FriendlyEnemy: Despite the obvious animosity, Stan and Max clearly have a grudging, genuine, respect and admiration for each other, to the point where Stan saves Max's life when local gangster Moret comes after him.

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* BetaCouple: Stan and the gorgeous local cop he hooks up with.

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* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: When Moret breaks into Max's house to get his revenge, there's a fierce struggle before he manages to hold Max at gunpoint. There's a shot, Max's body jerks. . .and it turns out the shot came from either Stan or Sophie and killed Moret.
* BetaCouple: Stan and Sophie.
* BreakInThreat: Local gangster Moret comments on
the gorgeous local cop view of the water from Max's house. When Max corrects him, saying you mean "the view of my house from the water", Moret assures him that the first statement was correct. (not that the second is any better, as both reveal that he hooks up with.knows where Max lives)



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* FairCopFairCop: Sophie
* {{Fanservice}}: Salma Hayek and Naomie Harris
* SceneryPorn: The Bahamas.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite hooking up with Stan and playing a decent supporting role in the film, Sophie completely disappears without any explanation after the shootout at Max's house.
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''After the Sunset'' is a 2004 action comedy film starring Pierce Brosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Woody Harrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in The Bahamas.

The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that.

After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.

!!This film contains examples of:

* ActorAllusion: At the and of the movie, Max gets back at Stan by using a PDA to hijack and remote-control his limo - much [[Film/JamesBond like he did in]] ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.
* BetaCouple: Stan and the gorgeous local cop he hooks up with.
* CheckPlease Has Pierce Brosnan's character saying "Check!" after he and his fiancé are having dinner with a couple who casually admit that they like to swap partners.
* FairCop
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