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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Music/SupremeNTM fame) appears briefly as a policeman.

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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] Creator/JoeyStarr (of Music/SupremeNTM fame) appears briefly as a policeman.
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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) appears briefly as a policeman.

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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) Music/SupremeNTM fame) appears briefly as a policeman.
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Éric and Ramzy are window washers who work at the Tour Montparnasse in Paris. Eric is in love with Stéphanie, an executive who he has never talked to, but who he sees every day because she works in the skyscrapper. Shortly after the close of business, a group of gangsters enters the building and takes hostage several executives, including Stéphanie. Éric and Ramzy, who have stayed late in the skyscrapper, will try to free her.

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Éric and Ramzy are window washers who work at the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. Eric is in love with Stéphanie, an executive who he has never talked to, but who he sees every day because she works in the skyscrapper. Shortly after the close of business, a group of gangsters enters the building and takes hostage several executives, including Stéphanie. Éric and Ramzy, who have stayed late in the skyscrapper, will try to free her.
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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Montparnasse Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.

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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Montparnasse Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor Judor, Creator/RamzyBedia and Marina Foïs.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: At one point, when he thinks they're going to be blown up by a bomb, Ramzy admits to Éric that he's attracted to the (fictional) bodybuilder Peter [=MacCalloway=]. Éric spends the rest of the movie mocking him for this, while Ramzy tries in vain to downplay the statement.



* ClosetGay: At one point, when he thinks they're going to be blown up by a bomb, Ramzy admits to Éric that he's attracted to the (fictional) bodybuilder Peter [=MacCalloway=]. Éric spends the rest of the movie mocking him for this, while Ramzy tries in vain to downplay the statement.



* RetroactiveRecognition: This was Creator/OmarSy's first film role. He appears at the very end as a chatty west African taxi driver.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: This was Creator/OmarSy's first film role. He appears at the very end as a chatty west African taxi driver.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: At one point, when he thinks they're going to be blown up by a bomb, Ramzy admits to Éric that he's attracted to the (fictional) bodybuilder Peter [=MacCalloway=]. Éric spends the rest of the movie mocking him for this, while Ramzy tries in vain to downplay the statement.
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* FightingWithChucks: Ming uses a nunchaku to fight Éric and Ramzy.
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->''Hasta la vista, bye bye!''

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->''Hasta ->'''Éric:''' Hasta la vista, bye bye!''
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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays the role of a policeman.
* CastingGag: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays the role of a policeman, which is quite ironic given the fact that he has had many problems with the police (including being sentenced for insulting the police during his concerts).

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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays the role of appears briefly as a policeman.
* CastingGag: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays playing the role of a policeman, which policeman is quite ironic funny given the fact that he has had many problems with the police (including being sentenced for insulting the police during his concerts).

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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays the role of a policeman, which is quite ironic given the fact that he has had many problems with the police (including being sentenced for insulting the police during his concerts).

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* TheCameo: The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays the role of a policeman.
* CastingGag:
The famous rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (of Suprême NTM) plays the role of a policeman, which is quite ironic given the fact that he has had many problems with the police (including being sentenced for insulting the police during his concerts).
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Montparnasse refers to an area in Paris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montparnasse); no direct link with the Greek mountain


''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Mount Parnassus Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.

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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Mount Parnassus Montparnasse Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.
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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Montparnasse Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.

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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Montparnasse Mount Parnassus Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.
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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.

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''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (sometimes translated as ''Don't Die Too Hard'') Hard'', literally ''The Infernal Montparnasse Tower'') is a 2001 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and starring Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor and Marina Foïs.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The "Moustachious" wear masks.
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* BananaPeel: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. According to Éric and Ramzy, bananas caused a truck to crash.
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* {{Parody}}: The film as a whole (including the poster) is a parody of ''Film/DieHard2''.
* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter [=McCallaway=], "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by objects hidden under their clothes, like dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.

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* {{Parody}}: The film as a whole (including the poster) is a parody of ''Film/DieHard2''.
* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter [=McCallaway=], "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by objects hidden under their clothes, like dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.

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* BloodyHilarious: Bachir Bouzouk's very bloody wounds are played for laughs.
* EmptyQuiver: The "Moustachious" steal communications satellites and a nuclear weapon from a plane. They plan to explode the nuclear device above Paris.



* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter [=McCallaway=], "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.

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* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter [=McCallaway=], "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by objects hidden under their clothes, like dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.
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* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter McCallaway, "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.

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* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter McCallaway, [=McCallaway=], "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.

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!!''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' provides examples of:

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!!''La Tour Montparnasse infernale'' (2001) provides examples of:


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!!''La Tour de contrôle infernale'' (2016) provides examples of:
* BadBoss: Janouniou shoots down his mooks on any pretext, for example because they correct his language mistakes.
* GenerationXerox: Like their sons, Ernest Krakenkrick and Bachir Bouzouk are the SpannerInTheWorks in a DieHardOnAnX scenario.
* HighPressureBlood: Happens to Bachir Bouzouk when his hands and his feet are wounded. He loses liters of blood.
* IdenticalGrandson: Éric and Ramzy play the roles of the fathers of their characters in the first film. Marina Foïs plays the mother of Stéphanie, her character in the first film.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: During a job interview, Éric and Ramzy tell the climax of the story, which is not showed on screen: Zavier dropped his bananas; the truck drove on it and skidded. This prevented the explosion.
* {{Parody}}: The film as a whole (including the poster) is a parody of ''Film/DieHard2''.
* PocketProtector: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Krakenkrick, Bouzouk, De Fursac, Jean-Peter McCallaway, "Le Méchant", and Zavier are successively revealed to have survived a close-range shot, because they were protected by dog tags, a weight plate, and bananas.
* {{Prequel}}: The story is set in 1981, 20 years before the events of the first film.
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* DieHardOnAnX: A skyscrapper is taken over by gangsters and Éric and Ramzy accidentally uses guerrilla tactics to stop them.

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* DieHardOnAnX: A skyscrapper is taken over by gangsters and Éric and Ramzy accidentally uses use guerrilla tactics to stop them.
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* NoNameGiven: Éric and Ramzy's characters are never named. When he talks to the police, Ramzy pretends that Éric is Michel, a philosopher. When Éric and Ramzy meet Stéphanie, Ramzy introduces himself as Peter Mac Calloway and Éric as François, then as Francis (Éric adds "Francis Huster", which is the name of a French actor). In both cases, it seems to be made up identities.
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A {{prequel}}, ''La Tour de contrôle infernale'', was released in 2016.

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A {{prequel}}, ''La Tour de contrôle infernale'', was released [[SequelGap in 2016.
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->''Hasta la vista, bye bye!''

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