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* AnAxeToGrind: Lucy's first successful kill is with an axe.
* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie / TheHeroDies: Both Stupe and Lucy are dead by the end of the movie.]]
** [[spoiler: As the film draws to a close, only Belinda and the gang members survive the chaos.]]



* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Stupe is shot by some random girl]] after he accidentally [[TheCanKickedHim walks into a bathroom in which she's hiding]]. Then [[spoiler: Lucy is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] while attempting to drag her sister to safety. The final shot after some strangers pick her up and take her with them to the evacuation zone is of the Manhattan skyline with buildings on fire.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Stupe [[spoiler:Stupe is shot by some random girl]] after he accidentally [[TheCanKickedHim walks into a bathroom in which she's hiding]]. Then [[spoiler: Lucy is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] while attempting to drag her sister to safety. The final shot after some strangers pick her up and take her with them to the evacuation zone is of the Manhattan skyline with buildings on fire.]]



* EverybodyDiesEnding: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic against anyone who resists them. Only [[spoiler: Belinda and the gang members]] survive the movie.



* KillEmAll: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic against anyone who resists them. Only [[spoiler: Belinda and the gang members]] survive the movie.

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* KillEmAll: The invaders didn't anticipate TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Both Stupe and Lucy are dead by the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic against anyone who resists them. Only [[spoiler: Belinda and end of the gang members]] survive the movie.movie]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Stupe is shot by some random girl]] after he accidentally [[TheCanKickedHim walks into a bathroom in which she's hiding]]. Then [[spoiler: Lucy is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]]]] while attempting to drag her sister to safety. The final shot after some strangers pick her up and take her with them to the evacuation zone is of the Manhattan skyline with buildings on fire.

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Stupe is shot by some random girl]] after he accidentally [[TheCanKickedHim walks into a bathroom in which she's hiding]]. Then [[spoiler: Lucy is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]]]] head]] while attempting to drag her sister to safety. The final shot after some strangers pick her up and take her with them to the evacuation zone is of the Manhattan skyline with buildings on fire.]]
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* FanDisservice: After learning that [[spoiler: Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.

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* FanDisservice: After learning that [[spoiler: Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs grieves for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.
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* FanDisservice: After learning that [[Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.

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* FanDisservice: After learning that [[Grandma]] [[spoiler: Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.
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FanDisservice: After learning that [[Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.

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* FanDisservice: After learning that [[Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.
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FanDisservice: After learning that [[Grandma]] didn't make it, Belinda griefs for a few moments, tokes on a bong, and then tries to seduce Stupe by flashing her panties at him in his face. The term 'too soon' is an understatement here.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Lucy's Latino boyfriend Jose is the first person we see die.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Lucy's Latino boyfriend Jose Jose]] is the first person we see die.
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* HealItWithFire: Stupe gets a long shard of glass through his leg after he kills some looters in an apartment building with a grenade. When he and Lucy get to the roof of the building to catch their breath he gets her to help him remove the shard and cauterize the wound with a flare and his army knife.

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** [[spoiler: In the end, only Belinda and the gang members are left standing.]]

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** [[spoiler: In As the end, film draws to a close, only Belinda and the gang members are left standing.survive the chaos.]]



* DrivenToSuicide: Lucy needs to find a man named Father John to help convince the people inside the church to join the armed resistance. She ends up finding him praying in the basement and asks him to help. He's so rattled by the events of the war that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Lucy needs to find a man named Father John to help convince the people inside the church to join the armed resistance. [[spoiler: She ends up finding him praying in the basement and asks him to for help. He's so rattled by the events of the war that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself.]]



* KillEmAll: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic against anyone who resists them.

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* KillEmAll: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic against anyone who resists them. Only [[spoiler: Belinda and the gang members]] survive the movie.



* NotSoStoic: Near the end of the film, the normally calm Stupe finally snaps at Lucy for asking too many questions. He then sits down with her and emotionally describes what happened to his wife and son (they were killed on 9/11), his career in the Marine Corps and as a medic, why he left on a medical discharge, and how he just can't seem to escape the violence in his life.

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* NotSoStoic: Near the end of the film, the normally calm Stupe finally snaps at Lucy for asking too many questions. He then sits down with her and emotionally describes [[spoiler: what happened to his wife and son (they were killed on 9/11), his career in the Marine Corps and as a medic, why he left on a medical discharge, and how he just can't seem to escape the violence in his life.]]


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* WhamShot: When [[spoiler: Stupe]] gets shot by the random girl in the bathroom, after a lengthy scene where [[spoiler: he reveals his tragic backstory to Lucy]].
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** [[spoiler: In the end, only Belinda and the gang members are left standing.]]
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* NotBloodSiblings: This is apparently the case with Lucy and Belinda, as Lucy explains to Stupe that they were both raised by Grandma, meaning they're sisters in that way. As neither looks anything alike (Lucy is white, Belinda most probably a Latina) they likely aren't even half-sisters.
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* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie/TheHeroDies: Both Stupe and Lucy are dead by the end of the movie.]]

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* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie/TheHeroDies: AnyoneCanDie / TheHeroDies: Both Stupe and Lucy are dead by the end of the movie.]]

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Lucy's Latino boyfriend Jose is the first person we see die.



* KillEmAll: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic against anyone who resists them.



* ShootToKill: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic.
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* Fingore: Lucy's left ring finger is shot off during a gunfight with a looter.

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* Fingore: {{Fingore}}: Lucy's left ring finger is shot off during a gunfight with a looter.
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* TheOner: The film is comprised almost ''entirely'' of long, unbroken takes.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The big mid-film reveal won't be any surprise to anyone that's seen the trailer.

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* TheOner: The film is comprised consists almost ''entirely'' of long, unbroken takes.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The big mid-film reveal won't be any a surprise to anyone that's seen the trailer.
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* ManOnFire: A man on fire suddenly appears in the subway station that Lucy and her boyfriend Jose are in. It's one of the first signs that something is very, *very* wrong.

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* ManOnFire: A man on fire suddenly appears in the subway station that Lucy and her boyfriend Jose are in. It's one of the first signs that something is very, *very* ''very'' wrong.
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Bushwick is a 2017 action thriller directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, starring [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} David Bautista]] and Creator/BrittanySnow. The film follows college graduate Lucy (Snow) as she arrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn to find that war has broken out. She is rescued from some violent thugs by janitor and [[SemperFi former Marine]] [[[CombatMedic medic]] Stupe (Bautista), and the two team up to help each other get out of Bushwick and to safety.

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Bushwick is a 2017 action thriller directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, starring [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} David Bautista]] and Creator/BrittanySnow. The film follows college graduate Lucy (Snow) as she arrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn to find that war has broken out. She is rescued from some violent thugs by janitor and [[SemperFi former Marine]] [[[CombatMedic [[CombatMedic medic]] Stupe (Bautista), and the two team up to help each other get out of Bushwick and to safety.

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Bushwick is a 2017 action thriller directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, starring David Bautista and Brittany Snow. The film follows college student Lucy (Snow) as she arrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn to find that war has broken out. She is rescued from some violent thugs by ex-Marine medic-turned-janitor Stupe, and the two team up to help each other get out of Bushwick and to safety.

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Bushwick is a 2017 action thriller directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, starring [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} David Bautista Bautista]] and Brittany Snow. Creator/BrittanySnow. The film follows college student graduate Lucy (Snow) as she arrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn to find that war has broken out. She is rescued from some violent thugs by ex-Marine medic-turned-janitor Stupe, janitor and [[SemperFi former Marine]] [[[CombatMedic medic]] Stupe (Bautista), and the two team up to help each other get out of Bushwick and to safety.



* AnAxeToGrind: Lucy's first successful kill is done with one of these.

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* AnAxeToGrind: Lucy's first successful kill is done with one of these.an axe.



* DrivenToSuicide: Snow needs to find a man named Father John to rally the people in the church to join the armed resistance against the invaders. She finds Father John praying in the basement and asks him for help. Father John appears so rattled by the events of the war that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself.
* FacelessGoons: The black-clad soldiers are this, except for one, who is unmasked during the film's reveal.
* ManOnFire: Used as the first sign that something is very, *very* wrong.

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* DividedStatesOfAmerica: The faceless, black-clad goons are not a foreign military force, but mercenaries from a [[DeepSouth Texas-led coalition of states]] [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar attempting to secede from the US]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Snow Lucy needs to find a man named Father John to rally help convince the people in inside the church to join the armed resistance against the invaders. resistance. She finds Father John ends up finding him praying in the basement and asks him for to help. Father John appears He's so rattled by the events of the war that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself.
* FacelessGoons: The black-clad soldiers are this, except for one, who is unmasked during as part of the film's big reveal.
* Fingore: Lucy's left ring finger is shot off during a gunfight with a looter.
* ManOnFire: Used as A man on fire suddenly appears in the subway station that Lucy and her boyfriend Jose are in. It's one of the first sign signs that something is very, *very* wrong.



* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away the film's reveal that the faceless, black-clad goons are mercenaries from a Texas-led coalition [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar attempting to secede from the United States]].

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away the film's big mid-film reveal that won't be any surprise to anyone that's seen the faceless, black-clad goons are mercenaries from trailer.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Stupe uses
a Texas-led coalition [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar attempting body slam to secede from the United States]].take down an enemy mercenary. Crosses over with ActorAllusion, since [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} David Bautista]] is a former pro wrestler.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The new [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar civil war]] has begun.]]



* TheOner: *Bushwick* is comprised almost *entirely* of long, unbroken takes.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away the film's reveal that the invading force is a Texas-led coalition [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar attempting to secede from the United States]].

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* TheOner: *Bushwick* The film is comprised almost *entirely* ''entirely'' of long, unbroken takes.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away the film's reveal that the invading force is faceless, black-clad goons are mercenaries from a Texas-led coalition [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar attempting to secede from the United States]].
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Bushwick is a 2017 action thriller directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, starring David Bautista and Brittany Snow. The film follows college student Lucy (Snow) as she arrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn to find that war has broken out. She is rescued from some violent thugs by ex-Marine medic-turned-janitor Stupe, and the two team up to help each other get out of Bushwick and to safety.

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* AnAxeToGrind: Lucy's first successful kill is done with one of these.
* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie/TheHeroDies: Both Stupe and Lucy are dead by the end of the movie.]]
* BrooklynRage: Bushwick was chosen as a target for the invasion because enemy intelligence thought its "ethno-variety" combined with New York's notoriously strict gun laws would make it an easy target. Boy, are they proven wrong.
* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of the film, Lucy goes from DamselInDistress to ActionSurvivor.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Stupe is shot by some random girl]] after he accidentally [[TheCanKickedHim walks into a bathroom in which she's hiding]]. Then [[spoiler: Lucy is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]]]] while attempting to drag her sister to safety. The final shot after some strangers pick her up and take her with them to the evacuation zone is of the Manhattan skyline with buildings on fire.
* DrivenToSuicide: Snow needs to find a man named Father John to rally the people in the church to join the armed resistance against the invaders. She finds Father John praying in the basement and asks him for help. Father John appears so rattled by the events of the war that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself.
* FacelessGoons: The black-clad soldiers are this, except for one, who is unmasked during the film's reveal.
* ManOnFire: Used as the first sign that something is very, *very* wrong.
* NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan: Averted. The film is set in Bushwick and filmed on location in Brooklyn.
* NotSoStoic: Near the end of the film, the normally calm Stupe finally snaps at Lucy for asking too many questions. He then sits down with her and emotionally describes what happened to his wife and son (they were killed on 9/11), his career in the Marine Corps and as a medic, why he left on a medical discharge, and how he just can't seem to escape the violence in his life.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Lucy's boyfriend]] is killed in the first few minutes of the film.
* ShootToKill: The invaders didn't anticipate the heavy resistance they encounter and quickly switch to this tactic.
* TheOner: *Bushwick* is comprised almost *entirely* of long, unbroken takes.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away the film's reveal that the invading force is a Texas-led coalition [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar attempting to secede from the United States]].

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