History Film / DeathMachine

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: CHAANK headquarters building.

* DoubleEntendre: Jack Dante loves of these: "I showed him my thing... and it killed him." John Carpenter also uses one while talking to Hayden at one point. Her answer? A punch to the face.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: An executive that Cayle replaces has met a grizzly death from a Great white shark attack, according to the autopsy... inside the corporate headquarters. And his body had synthetic lubricant on it.

* ClusterFBomb: Pretty much everyone swears at one point or another, but [[Creator/RidleyScott Scott Ridley] loves this trope.

* ClusterFBomb: Pretty much everyone swears at one point or another, but Creator/RidleyScott loves this trope.

In a nutshell, what you would get if you take ''Film/DieHard'', add some ''Film/{{Robocop}}'' and ''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'', throw in a dash of ''Film/{{Alien}}'', and mix it with some Creator/SamRaimi-style humor on a low budget but with an eye for style.

* RoboSpeak: A subversion. One of the eco-warriors donning a powered exoskeleton after a complimentary combat brain-wipe starts violently yelling out every word in a rigid drill sergeant-like tone, but coupled with Robocop-like manner to move.

The films concerns a near-future {{Mega Corp}} known as CHAANK Industries, which, in the vein of any cyberpunk mega-corp, is powerful and amoral, ([[ClicheStorm Because, of course.]]) dealing primarily with weapons.

At the center of the story is a conflict between the new Chief executive Hayden Cale (played by Ely Pouget) and the resident genius mad scientist Jack Dante (Brad Dourif), with a group of pacifist humanitarian eco-warriors and other executives thrown into the mix. Then there is the titular death machine which closely resembles what a terminator based on Alien queen anatomy would look like. There are also child experiments, brain-wiped combat vets and combat exoskeletons all for good measure. Finally, the story itself plays out in the office of the corporation - a 50-something story skyscraper, providing a fittingly claustrophobic backdrop. In a nutshell, what you would get if you take Die Hard, add some Robocop and Terminator, a dash of Alien and mix it with some Raimi-style humor on a low budget but with an eye for style.

A 1994 low budget sci-fi by the director of ''Film/{{Blade}}'' and ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', Stephen Norrington, who also worked on special effects for ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/SplitSecond''.

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A 1994 low budget sci-fi by the director of ''Film/{{Blade}}'' and ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', Stephen Norrington, who also worked on special effects for '*Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/SplitSecond''.

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A 1994 low budget sci-fi by the director of Blade and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Stephen Norrington, who also worked on special effects for Aliens and Split Second.

* ShoutOut: Numerous and obvious, such as character names ([[Creator/JoeDante Jack Dante]], [[Creator/RidleyScott Scott Ridley]], Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/SamRaimi, [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Weyland, Yutani]]) and direct quotes such as Raimi's [[Film/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] complete with Austrian accent, that leaves the other characters baffled.

* ShoutOut: Numerous and obvious, such as character names ([[JoeDante Jack Dante]], [[Creator/RidleyScott Scott Ridley]], Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/SamRaimi, [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Weyland, Yutani]]) and direct quotes such as Raimi's [[Film/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] complete with Austrian accent, that leaves the other characters baffled.

* ShoutOut: Numerous and obvious, such as character names ([[JoeDante Jack Dante]], [[Creator/RidleyScott Scott Ridley]], JohnCarpenter, Creator/SamRaimi, [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Weyland, Yutani]]) and direct quotes such as Raimi's [[Film/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] complete with Austrian accent, that leaves the other characters baffled.

* PoliceAreUseless: ...........Merciful God, '''yes'''. Remember that scene from that one DieHard movie where John McClane's call is dismissed for no reason at all? Yeah, that happens. Not only that, but seemingly right after that useless desk sergeant (Who does some RecklessGunUsage with a Colt Python) dismissed Raimi, another police officer shows up and begins threatening Raimi and Cale, apropos of nothing, and shoots Cale in the leg. Also apropos of nothing. ...What.

* ClusterFBomb: Pretty much everyone swears at one point or another, but Scott Ridley loves this trope.

* ShoutOut: Numerous and obvious, such as character names ([[JoeDante Jack Dante]], [[RidleyScott Scott Ridley]], JohnCarpenter, Creator/SamRaimi, [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Weyland, Yutani]]) and direct quotes such as Raimi's [[Film/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] complete with Austrian accent, that leaves the other characters baffled.

* MechanicalMonster: Warbeast. Skeletal alien-esque abomination with huge teeth in permanent chomping mode, equally huge arms with Freddy Kruger-style claws, [[MadeOfIndestructium ludicrous durability]], fear tracking and comically small feet.

The films concerns a near-future mega-corp CHAANK Industries that in the vein of any cyberpunk mega-corp is powerful and amoral, dealing primarily with weapons.

* HandCannon: One of the Hardman guns that fires explosive rounds. It is even painted in black and yellow OSHA stripe!

* MechanicalMonster: Warbeast. Skeletal alien-esque abomination with huge teeth in permanent chomping mode, equally huge arms with Freddy Kruger-style claws, ludicrous durability, fear tracking and comically small feet.

* PoliceAreUseless

* SuperSoldier: Hardman project.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Dante is [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Wormtongue]] and Carpenter is [[StarWars Porkins]].

* NamesToRunAwayFrom: Warbeast is classified as a '''Frontline Morale Destroyer'''. That description ''alone'' could destroy morale.

* ShoutOut: Numerous and obvious, such as character names ([[JoeDante Jack Dante]], [[RidleyScott Scott Ridley]], JohnCarpenter, SamRaimi, [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Weyland, Yutani]]) and direct quotes such as Raimi's [[Film/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] complete with Austrian accent, that leaves the other characters baffled.

* Determinator: Yutani. Getting impaled through the leg and shot in the shoulder hardly slows him down though he is clearly in pain.

* ShoutOut: Numerous and obvious, such as character names ([[JoeDante Jack Dante]], [[RidleyScott Scott Ridley]], JohnCarpenter, SamRaimi, [[{{Alien}} Weyland, Yutani]]) and direct quotes such as Raimi's [[Film/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] complete with Austrian accent, that leaves the other characters baffled.

* MechanicalMonster: Death Machine. Skeletal alien-esque abomination with huge teeth in permanent chomping mode, equally huge arms with Freddy Kruger-style claws, ludicrous durability, fear tracking and comically small feet.

* RoboCam: Death Machine's POV, that also uses arcade game sound effects, directional arrows and big flashing messages for currently performed actions.

* TheJuggernaut: Death Machine

* HellIsThatNoise: Death Machine's clanging footsteps.

* NarmCharm: Seemingly the point of the whole movie.

* StoicWoobie: After nearly escaping death and being impaled through his thigh, a character needs a bandage, but none is readily available. He reaches down his trousers and with a few martial-artist grunts rips his underwear out to use as an improvised bandage.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Raimi getting into a fist-fight with Warbeast... and actually winning.