History Film / LaTourMontparnasseInfernale

* {{Malaproper}}: Éric and Ramzy get many words wrong. For example, Éric says "pour ta gouvernante" ("for your housekeeper") instead of "pour ta gouverne" ("for your information").

* DieHardOnAnX: A skyscrapper is taken over by gangsters and Éric and Ramzy uses guerrilla tactics to stop them.

* {{Malaproper}}: Éric and Ramzy get many words wrong. For example, Éric says "pour ta gouvernante" ("four your housekeeper") instead of "pour ta gouverne" ("for your information").

* YouHaveFailedMe: "Machin" shoots Chang down when he finds him unconscious after he was knocked out by Éric and Ramzy because he has lost the hand of the CEO's wife.

** The [[BulletTime bullet dodge scene]] is a parody of ''Film/TheMatrix''.

** The film as a whole is a parody of ''Film/DieHard''.

* HostageSituation: The gangsters take hostage the members of the board of a company. Some of them are the CEO's sons. This is to force the CEO to disclose the code that opens the first door of the safe. This is also to prevent to police from storming the building.

* BrandishmentBluff: When Ming fights Ramzi, Éric shows up and pretends that he has a gun under his coat of mail. Obviously, it is just a FingerGun.
* BruceLeeClone: Ming, a martial art fighter with a bowl-cut, a yellow jumpsuits and a nunchaku.

* FightingWithChucks: Ming uses a nunchaku to fight Éric and Ramzi.

* KnightsArmorHideout: Éric and Ramzi try to hide from the gangsters. They decide to hide in full knight armor suits, which becomes a way to make multiple jokes: they make an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTrP6UJtoY attempt]] at being [[WithCatlikeTread stealthy]]; they use their disguises to hide in plain sight, but one of them gets beaten-up by the leader of the bad guys who is [[PercussiveTherapy taking out his frustration]] on what he thinks is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmaKqEDVXTo empty armor]].

* MuscleAngst: Ramzi's arms are skinny and everybody notices it. Yet, he follows a special programme of body-building and should become very muscular.

** Ming wears the yellow track suit of Creator/BruceLee in ''Film/GameOfDeath''.
** Ramzi calls Ming "San Ku Kaï", which is the French title of ''Message from Space: Galactic Wars'', a spin-off series of the Japanese film ''Film/MessageFromSpace''.

* ComingInHot: In the end, the helicopter has to crash land into the front of Montparnasse train station

* HellishCopter: The helicopter used by the gangsters to escape ends up in the front of the Montparnasse train station.

** Stéphanie ironically tells Machin that he is as perceptive as Franchise/ScoobyDoo.

* AssholeVictim: The CEO is a horrible person (he slapped his niece in the face because he found that the colour of the paper she used for a document was ugly; he does not care if his niece is shot down by gangsters...), so the audience does not care if he is taken hostage.

* MeanBoss: The CEO slapped Stéphanie in the face because he found that the colour of the paper she used for a document was ugly. He is also rude with the security guard at the entrance of the building.

* AssholeVictim: The CEO is a horrible person (he slapped his niece in the face because she used an ugly paper color for a document; he does not care if his niece is shot down by gangsters...), so the audience does not care if he is taken hostage.

* KnightsArmorHideout: Eric and Ramzi try to hide from the gangsters. They decide to hide in full knight armor suits, which becomes a way to make multiple jokes: they make an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTrP6UJtoY attempt]] at being [[WithCatlikeTread stealthy]]; they use their disguises to hide in plain sight, but one of them gets beaten-up by the leader of the bad guys who is [[PercussiveTherapy taking out his frustration]] on what he thinks is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmaKqEDVXTo empty armor]].

* 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).

* TheDitz: Eric and Ramzy. Ramzy is slightly more clever than Eric, but he is still a complete doofus.
* KnightsArmorHideout: Eric and Ramzi try to hide from the gangsters. They decide to hide in full knight armor suits, which becomes a way to make multiple jokes:
** They make an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTrP6UJtoY attempt]] at being [[WithCatlikeTread stealthy]].
** They use their disguises to hide in plain sight, but one of them gets beaten-up by the leader of the bad guys who is [[PercussiveTherapy taking out his frustration]] on what he thinks is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmaKqEDVXTo empty armor]].

** The bullet dodge scene is a parody of ''Film/TheMatrix''.

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