History Film / FinalJustice

* CowboyCop: Literally! He pretty much just shoots suspects for the hell of it, and his backstory is that he got bumped to a piddly out of nowhere sherriff's office because of him shooting the brother of a Senator. Most of the movie is him chasing down Palermo and causing numerous fatalities in the process. Oh, and he's wearing a ''ridiculous'' cowboy suit for the entire movie. Even so, Geronimo has the nerve to be offended when a friendly cab driver jokes about him knowing JohnWayne.

* AntiHero: Geronimo openly disdains the idea of legal protections for suspects and pretty much just shoots people for the hell of it.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Par for the course for a ''DirtyHarry'' ripoff, but why in Sweet Jesus wasn't Geronimo ''deported immediately'', ''especially'' after he's threatening to ''seriously maim your citizens''? He'd be out of his jurisdiction in a different ''county'', much less ''a different country - across the Atlantic ocean''. The movie does show that the Maltese authorities are trying to get him off the island as quickly as possible (and the irregular flights out of Malta don't help), but he's largely allowed to roam free - to the point where his "jail cell" is a revolving door using the same stock footage of him being escorted out of the cell over and over again.

* NoodleIncident: How Geronimo got booted out of Dallas is not elaborated on, but it apparently involved a senator's brother.

* {{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}}: "That's pronounced 'Hey-ronimo'." Eventually Geronimo stops bothering to correct people, though.

* FollowTheLeader: ''DirtyHarry'', ''Walking Tall'', and ''Film/{{Mitchell}}'', all wrapped into one putrid package.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: [[InformedAbility Despite being billed as an expert hitman]], Palermo's first response to any minor set back is to pull a guan and shoot somebody dead, which is what brought the heat on him to begin with.

->''"The story of a large sweaty man who goes to Malta to sweat."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/aceg/10/1008/ep1008.html#footnote Satellite News]]'''

* FailureHero: Geronimo. PROTIP: It really undermines your movie's hero's effectiveness when you show him getting thrown into jail again, and ''again,'' and '''[[OverlyLongGag again.]]''' Not only that, but Geronimo essentially fails ''every'' task and objective given to him, except for the last seven minutes of the movie.

* BoringFailureHero: Geronimo. PROTIP: It really undermines your movie's hero's effectiveness when you show him getting thrown into jail again, and ''again,'' and '''[[OverlyLongGag again.]]'''
** Not only that, but Geronimo essentially fails ''every'' task and objective given to him, except for the last seven minutes of the movie.

* ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving: Geronimo's modus operandi - he pretty much ignores any and all laws or safety and just opens fire on "bad guys" (his words.) Even shooting into crowds of unarmed civilians.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: The TV print used for the MST3K episode not only uses CurseCutShort and {{Pixelization}} to tone down the language and nudity, but it's also missing a rather brutal rape scene of Palermo against the blonde dancer. This turns into a bit of a plot hole as it explains why the dancer is both frightened of Palermo and willing to switch sides when Geronimo promises to keep her safe.

!This film contains the following tropes:

!!''Final Justice'' contains the following tropes:

!This film contains the following tropes:

->-- '''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/aceg/10/1008/ep1008.html#footnote Satellite News]]'''

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E08FinalJustice here]] ''.

!!''Final Justice'' contains the following tropes:

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Palermo murders innocents for little to no reason and (in the uncut version of the film) forces himself on at least one woman. Geronimo kills suspects he could have just as easily arrested and has no problem firing wildly into a crowd in an attempt to shoot an enemy. This was apparently unintentional - we're ''supposed'' to think Geronimo is [[DesignatedHero the Hero]] and OnlySaneMan.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Unintentionally.

* YouFailLawForever: Par for the course for a ''DirtyHarry'' ripoff, but why in Sweet Jesus wasn't Geronimo ''deported immediately'', ''especially'' after he's threatening to ''seriously maim your citizens''? He'd be out of his jurisdiction in a different ''county'', much less ''a different country - across the Atlantic ocean''. The movie does show that the Maltese authorities are trying to get him off the island as quickly as possible (and the irregular flights out of Malta don't help), but he's largely allowed to roam free - to the point where his "jail cell" is a revolving door using the same stock footage of him being escorted out of the cell over and over again.

Well, for some reason Geronimo is asked to escort Palermo back to Sicily as a publicity stunt. Of course, this is all part of an EvilPlan, as the mafia's already arranged to fake a malfunction on their flight that requires an emergency landing, bringing Geronimo and Palermo to Malta instead. There, operatives are ready to help Palermo get free. But neither Geronimo nor Palermo are willing to just let it end like this...

Will Geronimo whizz the case? Will there be lots of repetitive actions and pointless chase sequences? Yes, yes, and holy crap, YES.

* CowboyCop: Literally! Even so, Geronimo has the nerve to be offended when a friendly cab driver jokes about him knowing JohnWayne.

* JerkAssSue: Sheriff Geronimo makes ''Film/{{Mitchell}}'' look like a big, cuddly Teddy Bear. He's sexist, a bully, occasionally rock stupid, and he looks like three hundred pounds of cottage cheese in an oilskin bag. But he's treated like the OnlySaneMan by the film.

* YouLookFamiliar

* AntiHero
* ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving

* BadHabits

* CarChase: And for a bonus, there's not one, but ''two'' boat chases.

* FairCop: Maria

* LawfulStupid: Mifsud.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat
* {{Pixellation}}: The TV prints put an obvious blur over the chest of the stripper in the red vest.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Geronimo, before the beginning of the story.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Geronimo

* YouFailLawForever: Par for the course for a ''DirtyHarry'' ripoff, but why in Sweet Jesus wasn't Geronimo ''deported immediately'', ''especially'' after he's threatening to ''seriously maim your citizens''? He'd be out of his jurisdiction in a different ''county'', much less ''a different country - across the Atlantic ocean''. FacePalm.
** They ''were'' trying to deport him, but flights in and out of Malta at the time weren't very regular, so they just did their best to keep him under wraps until they could kick him out.
*** If that's the case, putting him in jail was a good idea. It's all those times they let him out where they screwed up.

''FinalJustice'' is a 1984 movie directed by Greydon Clark and starring Joe Don Baker.

!!''FinalJustice'' contains the following tropes:

* FollowTheLeader: ''DirtyHarry'', ''Walking Tall'', and ''{{Mitchell}}'', all wrapped into one putrid package.

* JerkAssSue: Sheriff Geronimo makes ''{{Mitchell}}'' look like a big, cuddly Teddy Bear. He's sexist, a bully, occasionally rock stupid, and he looks like three hundred pounds of cottage cheese in an oilskin bag. But he's treated like the OnlySaneMan by the film.