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* SteelEarDrums: Averted. When [[spoiler: Harrison and Travis]] finally get a shot off, they immediately regret it and complain of ear pain.
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* AdultFear: The boys' respective guardians do not know their wards have runaway from home and are at the mercy of some dangerous criminals. [[spoiler:And that one is bleeding profusely and might die]].
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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Harrison and Travis steal a cop car for fun, let out a strange man held captive in the trunk, give in to the criminal's empty threats, and mishandle a gun. However, the point of the movie is that horrible people like the cop and the criminal ruin the innocence of children — the terrible things in the story could've been avoided had Sheriff Kretzer been a good, i corrupt cop.
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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Harrison and Travis steal a cop car for fun, let out a strange man held captive in the trunk, give in to the criminal's empty threats, and mishandle a gun. However, the point of the movie is that horrible people like the cop and the criminal ruin the innocence of children — the terrible things in the story could've been avoided had Sheriff Kretzer been a good, i corrupt incorrupt cop.
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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Harrison and Travis steal a cop car for fun, let out a strange man held captive in the trunk, give in to the criminal's empty threats, and mishandle a gun. However, the point of the movie is that horrible people like the cop and the criminal ruin the innocence of children — the terrible things in the story could've been avoided had Sheriff Kretzer played a good cop who didn't kill and torture people.
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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Harrison and Travis steal a cop car for fun, let out a strange man held captive in the trunk, give in to the criminal's empty threats, and mishandle a gun. However, the point of the movie is that horrible people like the cop and the criminal ruin the innocence of children — the terrible things in the story could've been avoided had Sheriff Kretzer played been a good cop who didn't kill and torture people.good, i corrupt cop.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Sheriff Kretzer is surprisingly good at making up plans on the fly and getting out of sticky situations relying mostly on his wits and his authority as Sheriff. In one scene, he gets pulled over driving a stolen car and gets away [[spoiler:by making a fake report of a robber in the area on his cell phone so the motorcycle cop will focus on that and let him go]].
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Sheriff Kretzer is surprisingly good at making up plans on the fly and getting out of sticky situations relying mostly on his wits and his authority as Sheriff. In one scene, he gets pulled over driving a stolen car and gets away [[spoiler:by making a fake report of a robber in the area on his cell phone so the motorcycle cop will focus on that and let him go]].go]].
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Harrison and Travis steal a cop car for fun, let out a strange man held captive in the trunk, give in to the criminal's empty threats, and mishandle a gun. However, the point of the movie is that horrible people like the cop and the criminal ruin the innocence of children — the terrible things in the story could've been avoided had Sheriff Kretzer played a good cop who didn't kill and torture people.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Harrison and Travis steal a cop car for fun, let out a strange man held captive in the trunk, give in to the criminal's empty threats, and mishandle a gun. However, the point of the movie is that horrible people like the cop and the criminal ruin the innocence of children — the terrible things in the story could've been avoided had Sheriff Kretzer played a good cop who didn't kill and torture people.
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''Cop Car'' is a 2015 thriller directed and co-written by Jon Watts.
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''Cop Car'' is a 2015 thriller directed and co-written by Jon Watts.
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* TheCameo: You may not recognize it, but the voice of the dispatch officer, Miranda, is done by Creator/KyraSedgwick.
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* TheCameo: You may not recognize it, but the voice of the dispatch officer, Miranda, is done by Creator/KyraSedgwick.Creator/KyraSedgwick, Bacon's wife.
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: The man in the trunk shoots and kills Bev]] solely because [[spoiler: she gives his position away to the sheriff]].
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Two young boys, Harrison and Travis, have run away into the wilderness when they come across an abandoned, unlocked police cruiser and decide to take it out for a joy ride. Unfortunately, the car's owner, the [[DirtyCop thoroughly corrupt]] Sheriff Kretzer (Creator/KevinBacon), ''really'' needs it back. And he certainly doesn't want anyone to find out what's in the trunk...trunk....
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* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Harrison establishes that he can hide things in his jacket's inner pocket. Later, he hides a pistol on his jacket, Later still, he makes use of it.
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* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:The guy in the trunk]] is never named, not in the film or in the credits. Sheriff Kretzer himself is only named by an old campaign poster seen in his home.
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* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:The guy in the trunk]] is never named, not in the film or in the credits. Sheriff Kretzer himself is only named by an old campaign poster seen in his home.
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* TheRunaway: Harrison and Travis are implied to be running away from home. The opening scene consists of them rationing their food (a single Slim Jim) and talking about making it to the forest.
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* TheRunaway: Harrison and Travis are implied to be running away from home. The opening scene consists of them rationing their food (a single Slim Jim) and talking about making it to the forest.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The sheriff and the man in the trunk, both murderous scumbags who threaten children, are dead by the end]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:The man in the trunk shoots Bev in the head]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Sheriff Kretzer and [[spoiler:the man in the trunk]] have no problem in threatening to harm or actually attempting to kill the boys.
* WouldHurtAChild: Sheriff Kretzer and [[spoiler:the man in the trunk]] have no problem in threatening to harm or actually attempting to kill the boys.
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* AdultFear: The boys' respective guardians do not know their wards have runaway from home and are at the mercy of some dangerous criminals. [[spoiler:And that one is bleeding profusely and might die]].
* BreakTheCutie: At the beginning, the boys are mischievous but still the typical happy and naive kids they are but the emotional toll they have at being [[spoiler:threatened by the man in the trunk and the sheriff, witness the murder of [[InnocentBystander Bev]], being caught in a violent crossfire, and Travis being shot took an emotional toll on them]].
* DisappearedDad: Whenever asked about his parents, Travis specifically points out he lives with his mother and stepfather, with the status of his biological father being unknown.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Harrison swears almost as much as Travis but hesitates at saying "fuck", believing it's the worst kind of swear.
* TheGhost: The boys' respective guardians are only mentioned never seen or heard of.
* KickTheDog:
** [[spoiler:The man in the trunk taking the boys hostage despite them freeing him and then threatening the lives of their loved ones]].
** [[spoiler:The sheriff using Bev's life to find out where the man in the trunk is]].
** [[spoiler:The man in the trunk taking the boys hostage despite them freeing him and then threatening the lives of their loved ones]].
** [[spoiler:The sheriff using Bev's life to find out where the man in the trunk is]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The boys decides to free [[spoiler:the man in the trunk and the latter then forces them to help him]].
* RaisedByGrandparents: Harrison is taken care of by his grandfather.
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* UngratefulBastard: If hadn't been for the boys, [[spoiler:the man in the trunk]] would've been murdered by the sheriff or died [[spoiler:in the trunk]]. How does he repay their kindness? Hold them hostage and use them in his revenge plan.
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* UnwittingPawn: The sheriff [[spoiler:uses Bev to find out the exact location of the man in the trunk]].
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Travis has been shot in the stomach by a ricocheting bullet and Harrison is driving as fast as he can to get him to a hospital.]]
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Travis has been shot in the stomach by a ricocheting bullet and Harrison is driving as fast as he can to get him to a hospital. The dispatcher attempts to contact the car, Harrison responds, and the film cuts to credits.]]
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* PunctuatedPounding: "You don't. Steal. [[PrecisionFStrike A FUCKING]]. COP CAR!"
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* SteelEarDrums: Averted. When [[spoiler: Harrison and Travis]] finally get a shot off, they immediately regret it and complain of ear pain.
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* MutualKill: [[spoiler:The sheriff and the man in the trunk manage to inflict fatal damage to each other at the same time during their shootout. The sheriff doesn't die until a few minutes later, but still]].
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Two young boys, Harrison and Travis, have run away into the wilderness when they come across an abandoned, unlocked police car cruiser and decide to take it out for a joy ride. Unfortunately, the car's owner, the [[DirtyCop thoroughly corrupt]] Sheriff Kretzer (Creator/KevinBacon), ''really'' needs it back. And he certainly doesn't want anyone to find out what's in the trunk...
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* MacGyvering: Ine one scene, the sheriff manages to unlock a car through the window by tying his bootlace into a little noose and pulling up the car's doorlock.
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* MacGyvering: Ine In one scene, the sheriff manages to unlock a car through the window by tying his bootlace into a little noose and pulling up the car's doorlock.
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* RecklessGunUsage: Harrison and Travis spend some time playing with th guns and equipment they find in the cop car. Luckily, the guns all have their safeties on, preventing them from actually firing them.
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* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Harrison establishes that he can hide things in his jacket's inner pocket. Later, he hides a pistol on his jacket, Later still, he makes use of it.
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* ((Minimalism}}: The film has no exposition, and everything is presented in a simple and stripped down style, letting the audience figure it out.
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Two young boys, Harrison and Travis, are out for a walk in have run away into the wilderness when they come across an abandoned, unlocked police car and decide to take it out for a joy ride. Unfortunately, the car's owner, the [[DirtyCop thoroughly corrupt]] Sheriff Kretzer (Creator/KevinBacon), ''really'' needs it back. And he certainly doesn't want anyone to find out what's in the trunk...
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* FreeRangeChildren: Harrison and Travis, who spend the film wandering around in the wilderness and driving the cop car. Justified since their respective caregivers don't know they're out.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Harrison (Blue) is noticably more cautious and less confident than Travis (Red), who is the biggest drive of the ride.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Harrison (Blue) is noticably noticeably more cautious and less confident than Travis (Red), who is the biggest drive of the ride.ride. Harrison wears a blue jacket, while Travis's clothing tones are warmer.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: During the climax, [[spoiler:the sheriff pretends to be injured for Bev to get her to go looking for some car keys that were spposedl thrown away to use Bev for exposing the man in the trunk's position]].
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: During the climax, [[spoiler:the sheriff pretends to be injured for Bev to get her to go looking for some car keys that were spposedl supposedly thrown away to use Bev for exposing the man in the trunk's position]].
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Two young boys, Harrison and Travis, are out for a walk in the wilderness when they come across an abandoned, unlocked police car and decide to take it out for a joy ride. Unfortunately, the car's owner, the [[DirtyCop thoroughly corrupt]] Sheriff Kretzer (Creator/KevinBacon) (Creator/KevinBacon), ''really'' needs it back. And he certainly doesn't want anyone to find out what's in the trunk...
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Travis and Harrison, completely unintentionally, screw up the sheriff's plan to dispose of two bodies by stealing his parked police car.
* StrayShotsStrikeNothing:[[spoiler:Durin [[spoiler:During the climax, a bullet fired at a window by Harrision ricochets inside the cop car and hits Travis in the stomach]].
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''Cop Car'' is a 2015 thriller directed and co-written by Jon Watts.
Two young boys, Harrison and Travis, are out for a walk in the wilderness when they come across an abandoned, unlocked police car and decide to take it out for a joy ride. Unfortunately, the car's owner, the [[DirtyCop thoroughly corrupt]] Sheriff Kretzer (Creator/KevinBacon) ''really'' needs it back. And he certainly doesn't want anyone to find out what's in the trunk...
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* AllThereInTheManual: The name of the driving lady, Bev, is only given in the credits and not actually mentioned in the film.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: To get Harrison and Travis to comply, [[spoiler:the guy in the trunk]] threatens, in ''vivid detail'', to first kill their pets and then their loved ones.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sheriff Kretzer. His conversations with the dispatch officer suggest that he is well-liked by his staff and he is polite to everyone he meets, but underneath the facade he is a profoundly dirty cop.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Bev is killed by the man in the trunk this way]].
* BulletProofVest: While playing around with the Sheriff's guns, Harrison and Travis try to see if the body armor they find is really bulletproof by having Harrison wear it and Travis try to shoot it. Thankfully, he fails to fire the gun.
* TheCameo: You may not recognize it, but the voice of the dispatch officer, Miranda, is done by Creator/KyraSedgwick.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Bev, who reappears during the climax and plays an instrumental part in the shootout between the sheriff and the guy in the trunk]].
* DirtyCop: Sheriff Kretzer, whose crimes seem to include drug dealing and murder.
* DisposingOfABody: In his first scene, the sheriff is getting rid of two bodies by dumping them in a pit in the ground and adding quicklime.
* FreeRangeChildren: Harrison and Travis, who spend the film wandering around in the wilderness and driving the cop car. Justified since their respective caregivers don't know they're out.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Harrison and Travis think they're qualified to drive a car because they've played ''Videogame/MarioKart''.
* InnocentBystander: [[spoiler:Bev, during the shootout]].
* MacGyvering: Ine one scene, the sheriff manages to unlock a car through the window by tying his bootlace into a little noose and pulling up the car's doorlock.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:The sheriff and the man in the trunk manage to inflict fatal damage to each other at the same time during their shootout. The sheriff doesn't die until a few minutes later, but still]].
* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Travis has been shot in the stomach by a ricocheting bullet and Harrison is driving as fast as he can to get him to a hospital.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:The guy in the trunk]] is never named, not in the film or in the credits. Sheriff Kretzer himself is only named by an old campaign poster seen in his home.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "You don't. Steal. [[PrecisionFStrike A FUCKING]]. COP CAR!"
* RecklessGunUsage: Harrison and Travis spend some time playing with th guns and equipment they find in the cop car. Luckily, the guns all have their safeties on, preventing them from actually firing them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Harrison (Blue) is noticably more cautious and less confident than Travis (Red), who is the biggest drive of the ride.
* SirSwearsALot: Travis, who uses some profanity throughout the film. During the opening scene, he says a bunch of dirty words and gets Harrison to repeat them.
* StrayShotsStrikeNothing: [[spoiler:Durin the climax, a bullet fired at a window by Harrision ricochets inside the cop car and hits Travis in the stomach]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Bev, who sees Harrison and Travis on the road. While she means well, it is her report of them driving the car that leads the Sheriff to them. [[spoiler:Also, during the climax of the film, she gets the man in the trunk to reveal his position while under the impression that she is helping the sheriff]].
* TheVoice: Miranda, the dispatch officer, is frequently heard on the sheriff's phone, but never seen.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: During the climax, [[spoiler:the sheriff pretends to be injured for Bev to get her to go looking for some car keys that were spposedl thrown away to use Bev for exposing the man in the trunk's position]].
* XanatosSpeedChess: Sheriff Kretzer is surprisingly good at making up plans on the fly and getting out of sticky situations relying mostly on his wits and his authority as Sheriff. In one scene, he gets pulled over driving a stolen car and gets away [[spoiler:by making a fake report of a robber in the area on his cell phone so the motorcycle cop will focus on that and let him go]].
''Cop Car'' is a 2015 thriller directed and co-written by Jon Watts.
Two young boys, Harrison and Travis, are out for a walk in the wilderness when they come across an abandoned, unlocked police car and decide to take it out for a joy ride. Unfortunately, the car's owner, the [[DirtyCop thoroughly corrupt]] Sheriff Kretzer (Creator/KevinBacon) ''really'' needs it back. And he certainly doesn't want anyone to find out what's in the trunk...
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* AllThereInTheManual: The name of the driving lady, Bev, is only given in the credits and not actually mentioned in the film.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: To get Harrison and Travis to comply, [[spoiler:the guy in the trunk]] threatens, in ''vivid detail'', to first kill their pets and then their loved ones.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sheriff Kretzer. His conversations with the dispatch officer suggest that he is well-liked by his staff and he is polite to everyone he meets, but underneath the facade he is a profoundly dirty cop.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Bev is killed by the man in the trunk this way]].
* BulletProofVest: While playing around with the Sheriff's guns, Harrison and Travis try to see if the body armor they find is really bulletproof by having Harrison wear it and Travis try to shoot it. Thankfully, he fails to fire the gun.
* TheCameo: You may not recognize it, but the voice of the dispatch officer, Miranda, is done by Creator/KyraSedgwick.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Bev, who reappears during the climax and plays an instrumental part in the shootout between the sheriff and the guy in the trunk]].
* DirtyCop: Sheriff Kretzer, whose crimes seem to include drug dealing and murder.
* DisposingOfABody: In his first scene, the sheriff is getting rid of two bodies by dumping them in a pit in the ground and adding quicklime.
* FreeRangeChildren: Harrison and Travis, who spend the film wandering around in the wilderness and driving the cop car. Justified since their respective caregivers don't know they're out.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Harrison and Travis think they're qualified to drive a car because they've played ''Videogame/MarioKart''.
* InnocentBystander: [[spoiler:Bev, during the shootout]].
* MacGyvering: Ine one scene, the sheriff manages to unlock a car through the window by tying his bootlace into a little noose and pulling up the car's doorlock.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:The sheriff and the man in the trunk manage to inflict fatal damage to each other at the same time during their shootout. The sheriff doesn't die until a few minutes later, but still]].
* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Travis has been shot in the stomach by a ricocheting bullet and Harrison is driving as fast as he can to get him to a hospital.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:The guy in the trunk]] is never named, not in the film or in the credits. Sheriff Kretzer himself is only named by an old campaign poster seen in his home.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "You don't. Steal. [[PrecisionFStrike A FUCKING]]. COP CAR!"
* RecklessGunUsage: Harrison and Travis spend some time playing with th guns and equipment they find in the cop car. Luckily, the guns all have their safeties on, preventing them from actually firing them.
* RedOniBlueOni: Harrison (Blue) is noticably more cautious and less confident than Travis (Red), who is the biggest drive of the ride.
* SirSwearsALot: Travis, who uses some profanity throughout the film. During the opening scene, he says a bunch of dirty words and gets Harrison to repeat them.
* StrayShotsStrikeNothing: [[spoiler:Durin the climax, a bullet fired at a window by Harrision ricochets inside the cop car and hits Travis in the stomach]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Bev, who sees Harrison and Travis on the road. While she means well, it is her report of them driving the car that leads the Sheriff to them. [[spoiler:Also, during the climax of the film, she gets the man in the trunk to reveal his position while under the impression that she is helping the sheriff]].
* TheVoice: Miranda, the dispatch officer, is frequently heard on the sheriff's phone, but never seen.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: During the climax, [[spoiler:the sheriff pretends to be injured for Bev to get her to go looking for some car keys that were spposedl thrown away to use Bev for exposing the man in the trunk's position]].
* XanatosSpeedChess: Sheriff Kretzer is surprisingly good at making up plans on the fly and getting out of sticky situations relying mostly on his wits and his authority as Sheriff. In one scene, he gets pulled over driving a stolen car and gets away [[spoiler:by making a fake report of a robber in the area on his cell phone so the motorcycle cop will focus on that and let him go]].
