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The film stars Havana Rose Liu, Creator/DannyRamirez, Mila Harris, David Rysdahl, Creator/DaleDickey, and Creator/DennisHaysbert. It was directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
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The film stars Havana Rose Liu, Creator/DannyRamirez, Mila Harris, David Rysdahl, Creator/DavidRysdahl, Creator/DaleDickey, and Creator/DennisHaysbert. It was directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
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** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler:she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was caring for]]. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justified for her actions and consistently [[spoiler:sticks with the kidnappers -- even when it means betraying her own husband]].
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** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler:she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was caring for]]. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justified for her actions due to mistreatment and in order to support her partner, consistently [[spoiler:sticks with the kidnappers -- even when it means betraying her own husband]].said partner]].
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** [[spoiler: Both Ash and Lars get their just deserts after attempting to kidnap the young Jay. Not only are they dead by the end of the story, but end up killed in a painful and quite humiliating fashion: Lars by a nail piercing his skull after slipping on a poodle of blood, and Ash slowly bleeding to his death right after he started to insult and torture Darby]].
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** [[spoiler: Both Ash and Lars get their just deserts after attempting to kidnap the young Jay. Not only are they dead by the end of the story, but end up killed in a painful and quite humiliating fashion: Lars by a nail piercing his skull after slipping on a poodle puddle of blood, and Ash slowly bleeding to his death right after he started to insult and torture Darby]].
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Both Ash and Lars get their just deserts after attempting to kidnap the young Jay. Not only are they dead by the end of the story, but end up killed in a painful and quite humiliating fashion: Lars by a nail piercing his skull after slipping on a poodle of blood, and Ash slowly bleeding to his death right after he started to insult and torture Darby]].
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* AssholeVictim: AssholeVictim:
** [[spoiler: Both Ash and Lars get their just deserts after attempting to kidnap the young Jay. Not only are they dead by the end of the story, but end up killed in a painful and quite humiliating fashion: Lars by a nail piercing his skull after slipping on a poodle of blood, and Ash slowly bleeding to his death right after he started to insult and tortureDarby]].Darby]].
** [[spoiler:As a downplayed example, Jay is shown to have been a brat before her abduction, tormenting Sandi, her employee at the time. While it doesn't justify the crime, it does make her less of a martyr.]]
** [[spoiler: Both Ash and Lars get their just deserts after attempting to kidnap the young Jay. Not only are they dead by the end of the story, but end up killed in a painful and quite humiliating fashion: Lars by a nail piercing his skull after slipping on a poodle of blood, and Ash slowly bleeding to his death right after he started to insult and torture
** [[spoiler:As a downplayed example, Jay is shown to have been a brat before her abduction, tormenting Sandi, her employee at the time. While it doesn't justify the crime, it does make her less of a martyr.]]
* BlackSheep: Darby's addiction put a wedge between herself and the rest of her family; nobody even wants her present at the bedside of her critically ill mother. [[spoiler:In the end, she and her sister end up reconciling.]]
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Darby manages to kill Ash despite a bullet wound to the gut and crawls to the radio of the dead police officer to call for help.]]
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* DwindlingParty: The main five in the cabin start to die one by one as the movie progresses.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Darby's father died by suicide, implied to be as a result of PTSD.
* DwindlingParty: The main five in the cabin start to die one by one as the movieprogresses.progresses..
* DwindlingParty: The main five in the cabin start to die one by one as the movie
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring]], even she's horrified.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring]], even she'shorrified.horrified.
** [[spoiler:Unlike Ash, Lars is unwilling to really hurt Jay and fully believes that she'll be trafficked off to a good home, whereas Ash doesn't care.]]
** [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring]], even she's
** [[spoiler:Unlike Ash, Lars is unwilling to really hurt Jay and fully believes that she'll be trafficked off to a good home, whereas Ash doesn't care.]]
* FlashbackNightmare: While asleep at the side of the road, Darby has a nightmare about a past incident where she overdosed in her car and her sister found her, likely leading to their present-day estrangement.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Ash and Lars's foster father is their ringleader who groomed them into the criminal lifestyle.]]
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Darby continues to hold Ash at gunpoint as a police officer arrives on the scene and refuses to drop the gun even when ordered. Unsurprisingly, she ends up getting shot.]]
* KissOfDistraction: Darby kisses Ash to get Lars off of her trail when he suspects that she's been in his van.
* ObviouslyEvil: Lars is a plain, unstable, unkempt-looking young man with anger issues, and it's pretty much a no-brainer that he's the abductor. [[spoiler:This then becomes subverted when it's revealed that the handsome and charismatic Ash is not only the second kidnapper, but the more brutal and sociopathic one.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Ash genuinely loves and cares about Lars, enough to be willing to abandon the kidnapping in order to get him help. When the latter dies, it sets him off and makes him attempt to kill Darby and Jay by any means necessary.]]
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* SnowedIn; A blizzard traps the cast inside a remote tourist center, cutting out any way of getting out or communicating with the outside world.
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* SnowedIn; SnowedIn: A blizzard traps the cast inside a remote tourist center, cutting out any way of getting out or communicating with the outside world.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Instead of just guaranteeing Darby's death by shooting her from a distance, Ash chooses to taunt her up close and personal with her father's suicide one last time, allowing her to stab him to death with a screwdriver.]]
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* WhamLine: When both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay lets out one of these:
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* WhamLine: WhamLine:
** When Darby removes Jay's gag, the first thing the girl asks is [[spoiler:where are the ''men'' who abducted her. Darby has an OhCrap moment as she realizes that she unwittingly gave her plan away to Ash, now revealed as the second kidnapper.]]
** When both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay lets out one of these:
** When Darby removes Jay's gag, the first thing the girl asks is [[spoiler:where are the ''men'' who abducted her. Darby has an OhCrap moment as she realizes that she unwittingly gave her plan away to Ash, now revealed as the second kidnapper.]]
** When both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay lets out one of these:
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Darby is the sole survivor of the cabin group and was unable to see her mother before she died. The trafficking ring Ash and Lars were working for is also implied to still be up and running. However, she was able to kill Ash and Lars, save Jay, and is implied at the end to be on the road to reconciling with her sister]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Darby is the sole survivor of the cabin group and was unable to see her mother before she died. The trafficking ring Ash and Lars were working for is also implied to still be up and running. However, she was able to kill Ash and Lars, save Jay, and is implied at the end to be on the road to reconciling with her sister]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and [[spoiler:how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and [[spoiler:how he runs a sex child trafficking ring]].
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Those got approved by my un-suspension ticket here https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=5cma6iojg5o27puhulc24sje&page=1105
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Darby]] makes it through the night mostly in one piece after having [[spoiler:fought like hell against both of the kidnappers]].
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Darby]] makes it through the night mostly in one piece after having [[spoiler:fought fought like hell against [[spoiler:against both of the kidnappers]].
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* BlatantLies: In a flashback, we can see [[spoiler:Sandi telling police with a straight face that she didn't hear anything during the kidnapping, for she was vacuuming and with headphones on]]. While she says that, it cuts to her just standing there, with her headphones on her neck and clearly ''enjoying'' what she's hearing.
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* BlatantLies: In a flashback, we can see [[spoiler:Sandi telling police with a straight face that she didn't hear anything during the kidnapping, kidnapping]], for she was vacuuming and with headphones on]].on. While she says that, it cuts to her just standing there, with her headphones on her neck and clearly ''enjoying'' what she's hearing.
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** A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
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** A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. head]]. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].skull.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring, even she's horrified]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring, ring]], even she's horrified]].horrified.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and [[spoiler: how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Darby]] is able to get the car started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Darby]] is able to get the car started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and [[spoiler: how [[spoiler:how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
* HopeSpot:[[spoiler: Darby]] Darby is able to get the car started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:Sandi]] took part in the kidnapping but is clearly distressed with where the whole thing is heading. [[spoiler: She tries to make sure Jay]] isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom [[spoiler:and she just helped two child traffickers]].
* LockedInARoom: A snow storm forces bunch of random strangers into a remote tourist welcoming center somewhere in the Sierra Nevadas and once the weather goes to shit, they are effectively stranded inside.
* LockedInARoom: A snow storm forces bunch of random strangers into a remote tourist welcoming center somewhere in the Sierra Nevadas and once the weather goes to shit, they are effectively stranded inside.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:Sandi]] took part in the kidnapping but is clearly distressed with where the whole thing is heading. [[spoiler: She tries to make sure Jay]] Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom [[spoiler:and she just helped two child traffickers]].
* LockedInARoom: Asnow storm snowstorm forces bunch of random strangers into a remote tourist welcoming center somewhere in the Sierra Nevadas and once the weather goes to shit, they are effectively stranded inside.
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* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even [[spoiler: tears Ash a new one]] after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the suspense is built on the fact that Darby is locked in a tourist center with bunch of regular people and first has to figure out who's [[spoiler: the kidnapper]].
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the suspense is built on the fact that Darby is locked in a tourist center with bunch of regular people and first has to figure out who's [[spoiler: the kidnapper]].kidnapper.
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** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang]].
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** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang]].gang.
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--->Stupid is getting yourself killed for a stranger.
--->I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
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--->I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler:she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was caring for. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justified for her actions and consistently sticks with the kidnappers -- even when it means betraying her own husband]].
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It's "deserts", as in "things you deserve".
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Ash and Lars get their just desserts after attempting to kidnap the young Jay]].
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dewicking Kill Em All
* DwindlingParty: The main five in the cabin start to die one by one as the movie progresses.
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Fixing your "fixing" of spoiler tags. The fact it's a kidnapping doesn't even get obvious for a quite a while, and way to spoil Sandi's involvement
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring]], ring, even she's horrified.horrified]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name [[spoilerand how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
* HopeSpot: Darby is able to get the car started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* HopeSpot: Darby is able to get the car started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name [[spoilerand and [[spoiler: how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
* HopeSpot:Darby [[spoiler: Darby]] is able to get the car started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:Sandi]] took part in the kidnapping but is clearly distressed with where the whole thing is heading. She tries to make sure Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom [[spoiler:and she just helped two child traffickers]].
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:Sandi]] took part in the kidnapping but is clearly distressed with where the whole thing is heading. [[spoiler: She tries to make sure Jay Jay]] isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom [[spoiler:and she just helped two child traffickers]].
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* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even tears Ash a new one after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service.
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* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even [[spoiler: tears Ash a new one one]] after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service.
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** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang.gang]].
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--->'''Ed''': I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler:she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was caring for]]. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justified for her actions and consistently [[spoiler:sticks with the kidnappers -- even when it means betraying her own husband]].
--->'''Ed''': I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler:she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was caring for]]. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justified for her actions and consistently [[spoiler:sticks with the kidnappers -- even when it means betraying her own husband]].
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* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler:Ash]] sports one throughout the film.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping]]. And the only time we see [[spoiler: Joy pre-kidnapping, she's an obnoxious SpoiledBrat that does everything in her power to torment Sandi]].
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler:Ash]] sports one throughout the film.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping]]. And the only time we see [[spoiler: Joy pre-kidnapping, she's an obnoxious SpoiledBrat that does everything in her power to torment Sandi]].
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* BlatantLies: In a flashback, we can see [[spoiler:Sandi telling police with a straight face that she didn't hear anything during the kidnapping, for she was vacuuming and with headphones on]]. While she says that, we are shown her just standing there, with her headphones on her neck and clearly ''enjoying'' what she's hearing.
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* BlatantLies: In a flashback, we can see [[spoiler:Sandi telling police with a straight face that she didn't hear anything during the kidnapping, for she was vacuuming and with headphones on]]. While she says that, we are shown it cuts to her just standing there, with her headphones on her neck and clearly ''enjoying'' what she's hearing.
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Both [[spoiler: Ed [[spoiler:Ed and Darby]] are fully aware they are alive for only as long as they are needed. And they they're proven right, for [[spoiler: Ash [[spoiler:Ash kills Ed]] the second he's no longer useful.
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** The snap knife. [[spoiler: While Darby is unable to rescue Jay on her own, she still left behind the knife - and the girl frees herself, which kick-start second act]].
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Including being [[spoiler: literally nailed to the wall]].
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Including being [[spoiler: literally nailed to the wall]].
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** The snap knife. [[spoiler: While Darby is unable to rescue Jay on her own, she still left behind the knife - -- and the girl Jay frees herself, which kick-start kick-starts second act]].
* %%* CrucifiedHeroShot: Including being [[spoiler: literally nailed to the wall]].
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Ed and Sandi are played by the two most well known actors in the cast and are also the first two to die]].
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Lars has his eyes open after the nail finally goes through his skull]].
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Lars has his eyes open after the nail finally goes through his skull]].
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** [[spoiler:Sandi]] certainly isn't too pleasant, having had a part in the kidnapping and all, [[spoiler:but she truly loves Ed and took the job for both their sake. Once he dies, she becomes inconsolable]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring, even she's horrified]].
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ash spitefully shares the story of Darby's dad's suicide to the others after she's learned of his kidnapping plot]].
* FeelNoPain: Downplayed. In the finale, [[spoiler: Darby snorts the drugs she steal with her car]]. As a result, [[spoiler: she's so high, she shrugs off the pain of removing the nail driven through her wrist and later is surprisingly mobile for someone with an abdomen gunshot wound]]. None of this means there is no pain - it's just heavily dulled.
* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Ash]] favourite interrogation technique is to threaten with violence and then go through with it on one character, so the other will start talking.
* FramingDevice: The painting of the mountainous landscape gets a match-cut in the ending with an actual landscape [[spoiler: and then turns back into the painting, as Darby is back to rehab]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring, even she's horrified]].
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ash spitefully shares the story of Darby's dad's suicide to the others after she's learned of his kidnapping plot]].
* FeelNoPain: Downplayed. In the finale, [[spoiler: Darby snorts the drugs she steal with her car]]. As a result, [[spoiler: she's so high, she shrugs off the pain of removing the nail driven through her wrist and later is surprisingly mobile for someone with an abdomen gunshot wound]]. None of this means there is no pain - it's just heavily dulled.
* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Ash]] favourite interrogation technique is to threaten with violence and then go through with it on one character, so the other will start talking.
* FramingDevice: The painting of the mountainous landscape gets a match-cut in the ending with an actual landscape [[spoiler: and then turns back into the painting, as Darby is back to rehab]].
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** [[spoiler:Sandi]] certainly isn't too pleasant, having had a part in the kidnapping and all, [[spoiler:but she truly loves Ed Ed]] and took the job for both their sake. Once [[spoiler:Once he dies, she becomes inconsolable]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a traffickingring, ring]], even she's horrified]].
horrified.
* EvilIsPetty:[[spoiler:Ash [[spoiler:Ash]] spitefully shares the story of Darby's dad's suicide to the others after she's learned of his the kidnapping plot]].
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* FeelNoPain: Downplayed. In the finale,[[spoiler: Darby [[spoiler:Darby snorts the drugs she steal stole with her car]]. As a result, [[spoiler: she's [[spoiler:she's so high, she shrugs off the pain of removing the nail driven through her wrist and later is surprisingly mobile for someone with an abdomen gunshot wound]]. None of this means there is no pain - -- it's just heavily dulled.
* ForcedToWatch:[[spoiler: Ash]] favourite interrogation technique is Several characters are forced to threaten with violence and then go through with it on one character, so watch others get physically tortured, in the other hopes that just seeing the pain inflicted will start talking.
get them to talk.
* FramingDevice: The painting of the mountainous landscape gets a match-cut in the ending with an actual landscape[[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and then turns back into the painting, as Darby is back to rehab]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking
* EvilIsPetty:
* FeelNoPain: Downplayed. In the finale,
* ForcedToWatch:
* FramingDevice: The painting of the mountainous landscape gets a match-cut in the ending with an actual landscape
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Darby is able to get the car started]] and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Ash]] flat-out executes [[spoiler: Sandi]], pressing the barrel of the gun to the back of the turned head.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Ash]] is this after [[spoiler:TheReveal, continuously mocking Darby's dad's suicide and becoming increasingly hostile towards everyone except his brother, Lars]].
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Of the main five in the cast, only Darby makes it out alive by the end of the night]].
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Ash]] has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about kidnapping, torture, killing or [[spoiler: child trafficking]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: Sandi took part in the kidnapping, but is clearly distressed where the whole things is heading, tries to make sure Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom and she just helped two child traffickers]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Darby is able to get the car started]] and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Ash]] flat-out executes [[spoiler: Sandi]], pressing the barrel of the gun to the back of the turned head.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Ash]] is this after [[spoiler:TheReveal, continuously mocking Darby's dad's suicide and becoming increasingly hostile towards everyone except his brother, Lars]].
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Of the main five in the cast, only Darby makes it out alive by the end of the night]].
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Ash]] has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about kidnapping, torture, killing or [[spoiler: child trafficking]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: Sandi took part in the kidnapping, but is clearly distressed where the whole things is heading, tries to make sure Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom and she just helped two child traffickers]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job. job]]. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and [[spoilerand how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
* HopeSpot:[[spoiler:Darby Darby is able to get the car started]] started and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* InTheBack:[[spoiler: Ash]] [[spoiler:Ash]] flat-out executes [[spoiler: Sandi]], [[spoiler:Sandi]], pressing the barrel of the gun to the back of the turned head.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Ash]] is this after[[spoiler:TheReveal, TheReveal, continuously mocking Darby's dad's suicide and becoming increasingly hostile towards everyone except his [[spoiler:his brother, Lars]].
* KillEmAll:[[spoiler:Of Of the main five in the cast, only Darby one makes it out alive by the end of the night]].
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* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Ash]] has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about kidnapping, torture, killing or[[spoiler: child [[spoiler:child trafficking]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack:[[spoiler: Sandi [[spoiler:Sandi]] took part in the kidnapping, kidnapping but is clearly distressed with where the whole things thing is heading, heading. She tries to make sure Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom and [[spoiler:and she just helped two child traffickers]].
* HopeSpot:
* InTheBack:
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Ash]] is this after
* KillEmAll:
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Ash]] has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about kidnapping, torture, killing or
* ALighterShadeOfBlack:
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Ash]] manages to cover most of his tracks, [[spoiler: shoots Darby and kills Corporal Hill]], while having a working vehicle and the blizzard finally dying down, but still nobody will show up on site for few hours. [[spoiler: Then Darby manages to fatally wound him]].
* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even [[spoiler:tears Ash a new one after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service]].
* NonSequiturThud: Once he has a [[spoiler: nail put into his forehead, Lars]] is reduced into semi-coherent blabbering. However, it might as well be the sheer shock of what just happened, rather than the wound itself, for it's not ''that'' deep.
* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even [[spoiler:tears Ash a new one after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service]].
* NonSequiturThud: Once he has a [[spoiler: nail put into his forehead, Lars]] is reduced into semi-coherent blabbering. However, it might as well be the sheer shock of what just happened, rather than the wound itself, for it's not ''that'' deep.
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Ash]] manages to cover most of his tracks, [[spoiler: shoots [[spoiler:shoots Darby and kills Corporal Hill]], while having has a working vehicle and while the blizzard finally dying dies down, but still and has the advantage that nobody will show up on site for few several hours. [[spoiler: Then [[spoiler:Then Darby manages to fatally wound him]].
* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even[[spoiler:tears tears Ash a new one after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service]].
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* NonSequiturThud: Once he has a[[spoiler: nail [[spoiler:nail put into his forehead, Lars]] is reduced into semi-coherent blabbering. However, it might as well be the sheer shock of what just happened, rather than the wound itself, for it's not ''that'' deep.
* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even
* NonSequiturThud: Once he has a
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** The first is when [[spoiler:Darby and Ash plan to ambush Lars and rescue Jay. However, while Darby is trying to comfort Jay, she reveals that there were two men kidnapping her. This is immediately followed by Ash filling Lars in on Darby, revealing to the audience that he's the second kidnapper]].
** The second comes after [[spoiler:Jay reawakens inside the cabin during the standoff between the two groups. She quickly recognizes Sandi as "Mrs. Lowery", her nanny who was in on the kidnapping as well]].
** The second comes after [[spoiler:Jay reawakens inside the cabin during the standoff between the two groups. She quickly recognizes Sandi as "Mrs. Lowery", her nanny who was in on the kidnapping as well]].
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** The first is when [[spoiler:Darby and Ash plan to ambush Lars and rescue Jay. However, while Darby is trying to comfort Jay, she reveals that there were two men kidnapping her. This is immediately followed by with Ash filling Lars in on Darby, revealing to the audience that he's the second kidnapper]].
** The second comes after[[spoiler:Jay Jay reawakens inside the cabin during the standoff between the two groups. She quickly recognizes Sandi [[spoiler:Sandi as "Mrs. Lowery", her nanny who was in on the kidnapping as well]].
** The second comes after
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film shows why ReusableLighterToss is a trope - [[spoiler: Ash is]] unable to set a jerrycan worth of fuel ablaze in the blizzard, since the fire source are matches that instantly go out after being lit.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the suspense is build on the fact that Darby is locked in a tourist center with bunch of regular people and first has to figure out who's [[spoiler: the kidnapper]].
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the suspense is build on the fact that Darby is locked in a tourist center with bunch of regular people and first has to figure out who's [[spoiler: the kidnapper]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film shows why ReusableLighterToss is a trope - [[spoiler: Ash is]] unable to set -- a jerrycan worth of fuel is unable to be set ablaze in the blizzard, since the fire source are matches that instantly go out after being lit.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the suspense isbuild built on the fact that Darby is locked in a tourist center with bunch of regular people and first has to figure out who's [[spoiler: the kidnapper]].kidnapper.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the suspense is
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** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang]].
** Ed even openly invokes this, reminding that he's a Marine and he just won't stand to the crime happening. [[spoiler: He pays with his life for this, but he doesn't mind]].
-->- Stupid is getting yourself killed for a stranger.
-->- I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler: she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was taking care for. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justfied for her actions and consistently sticks with the kidnappers - even when it means betraying her own husband]].
* WhamLine: When [[spoiler:both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay]] lets out one of these:
-->'''Jay''': [in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of [[spoiler:Darby]] and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].
** Ed even openly invokes this, reminding that he's a Marine and he just won't stand to the crime happening. [[spoiler: He pays with his life for this, but he doesn't mind]].
-->- Stupid is getting yourself killed for a stranger.
-->- I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler: she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was taking care for. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justfied for her actions and consistently sticks with the kidnappers - even when it means betraying her own husband]].
* WhamLine: When [[spoiler:both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay]] lets out one of these:
-->'''Jay''': [in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of [[spoiler:Darby]] and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].
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** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang]].
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** Ed even openly invokes this, reminding that he's a Marine and he just won't stand to the crime happening.[[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He pays with his life for this, but he doesn't mind]].
-->- --->'''[[spoiler:Ash]]''': Stupid is getting yourself killed for a stranger.
-->- --->'''Ed''': I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles[[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was taking care for. caring for]]. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justfied self-justified for her actions and consistently sticks [[spoiler:sticks with the kidnappers - -- even when it means betraying her own husband]].
* WhamLine: When[[spoiler:both both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay]] Jay lets out one of these:
-->'''Jay''':[in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [recognizing [[spoiler:Sandi]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of[[spoiler:Darby]] Darby and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].
** Ed even openly invokes this, reminding that he's a Marine and he just won't stand to the crime happening.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping]]. And the only time we see [[spoiler: Joy pre-kidnapping, she's an obnoxious SpoiledBrat that does everything in her power to torment Sandi]].
* BlatantLies: In a flashback, we can see [[spoiler:Sandi telling police with a straight face that she didn't hear anything during the kidnapping, for she was vacuuming and with headphones on]]. While she says that, we are shown her just standing there, with her headphones on her neck and clearly ''enjoying'' what she's hearing.
* BrickJoke: The "thoughts and prayers" line gets a BlackComedy reprisal in the finale.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Both [[spoiler: Ed and Darby]] are fully aware they are alive for only as long as they are needed. And they proven right, for [[spoiler: Ash kills Ed]] the second he's no longer useful.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The small bag of drugs. [[spoiler: Darby uses them to dull the pain when she has to un-nail herself off the wall]]
** The snap knife. [[spoiler: While Darby is unable to rescue Jay on her own, she still left behind the knife - and the girl frees herself, which kick-start second act]].
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Including being [[spoiler: literally nailed to the wall]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Lars]] ends up with a nail from the [[NailEm nail-gun]] in the forehead. That doesn't kill him outright and might not even be lethal by itself, if not for [[spoiler: him slipping on Ed's blood, hitting the ground with his forehead and driving the entire nail down his cranium]].
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Both [[spoiler: Ed and Darby]] are fully aware they are alive for only as long as they are needed. And they proven right, for [[spoiler: Ash kills Ed]] the second he's no longer useful.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The small bag of drugs. [[spoiler: Darby uses them to dull the pain when she has to un-nail herself off the wall]]
** The snap knife. [[spoiler: While Darby is unable to rescue Jay on her own, she still left behind the knife - and the girl frees herself, which kick-start second act]].
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Including being [[spoiler: literally nailed to the wall]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Lars]] ends up with a nail from the [[NailEm nail-gun]] in the forehead. That doesn't kill him outright and might not even be lethal by itself, if not for [[spoiler: him slipping on Ed's blood, hitting the ground with his forehead and driving the entire nail down his cranium]].
* FeelNoPain: Downplayed. In the finale, [[spoiler: Darby snorts the drugs she steal with her car]]. As a result, [[spoiler: she's so high, she shrugs off the pain of removing the nail driven through her wrist and later is surprisingly mobile for someone with an abdomen gunshot wound]]. None of this means there is no pain - it's just heavily dulled.
* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Ash]] favourite interrogation technique is to threaten with violence and then go through with it on one character, so the other will start talking.
* FramingDevice: The painting of the mountainous landscape gets a match-cut in the ending with an actual landscape [[spoiler: and then turns back into the painting, as Darby is back to rehab]].
* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Ash]] favourite interrogation technique is to threaten with violence and then go through with it on one character, so the other will start talking.
* FramingDevice: The painting of the mountainous landscape gets a match-cut in the ending with an actual landscape [[spoiler: and then turns back into the painting, as Darby is back to rehab]].
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* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Ash,]] when you have a [[spoiler:loaded gun aimed at the head of the woman who's unraveled your entire plan,]] maybe don't mock [[spoiler:her dead dad and give her time to grab a screwdriver to stab you in the throat]].
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* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Ash,]] when you have a [[spoiler:loaded gun aimed at InTheBack: [[spoiler: Ash]] flat-out executes [[spoiler: Sandi]], pressing the head barrel of the woman who's unraveled your entire plan,]] maybe don't mock [[spoiler:her dead dad and give her time gun to grab a screwdriver to stab you in the throat]].back of the turned head.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Ash]] has absolutely no qualms whatsoever about kidnapping, torture, killing or [[spoiler: child trafficking]].
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: Sandi took part in the kidnapping, but is clearly distressed where the whole things is heading, tries to make sure Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom and she just helped two child traffickers]].
* LockedInARoom: A snow storm forces bunch of random strangers into a remote tourist welcoming center somewhere in the Sierra Nevadas and once the weather goes to shit, they are effectively stranded inside.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: Sandi took part in the kidnapping, but is clearly distressed where the whole things is heading, tries to make sure Jay isn't hurt and [[EvenEvilHasStandards draws a line]] upon learning there is no ransom and she just helped two child traffickers]].
* LockedInARoom: A snow storm forces bunch of random strangers into a remote tourist welcoming center somewhere in the Sierra Nevadas and once the weather goes to shit, they are effectively stranded inside.
* {{Minimalism}}: Two sets, with grand majority of the plot happening in just one of them. Seven characters and seven extras. And yet enough to make a suspenseful story.
* NailEm: The nail gun gets an impromptu modification to allow to use it without a wall sticking right behind it. What's more surprising is that it serves its intended use, too.
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Ash]] manages to cover most of his tracks, [[spoiler: shoots Darby and kills Corporal Hill]], while having a working vehicle and the blizzard finally dying down, but still nobody will show up on site for few hours. [[spoiler: Then Darby manages to fatally wound him]].
* NailEm: The nail gun gets an impromptu modification to allow to use it without a wall sticking right behind it. What's more surprising is that it serves its intended use, too.
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Ash]] manages to cover most of his tracks, [[spoiler: shoots Darby and kills Corporal Hill]], while having a working vehicle and the blizzard finally dying down, but still nobody will show up on site for few hours. [[spoiler: Then Darby manages to fatally wound him]].
* NonSequiturThud: Once he has a [[spoiler: nail put into his forehead, Lars]] is reduced into semi-coherent blabbering. However, it might as well be the sheer shock of what just happened, rather than the wound itself, for it's not ''that'' deep.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Ed is a downplayed example of this trope, displaying some sensitivity towards the topic of his service but apart from that, he's fairly well adjusted.
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* SemperFi: Invoked and extensively discussed. Ed is a former Marine and so was Darby's father. Even long after retirement, Ed clearly strives to live by the Marine code.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Ed is a downplayed example of this trope, displaying some sensitivity towards the topic of his service but apart from that, he's fairly well adjusted. It's implied Darby's father went through some crisis, which lead to his eventual suicide.
* StupidCrooks: [[spoiler: Ash and Lars]] operate predominately on sunk-cost fallacy and thus keep making bigger mistakes and adding worse and worse crimes to the tally, all in futile attempt to get the original plan done.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film shows why ReusableLighterToss is a trope - [[spoiler: Ash is]] unable to set a jerrycan worth of fuel ablaze in the blizzard, since the fire source are matches that instantly go out after being lit.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang]].
** Ed even openly invokes this, reminding that he's a Marine and he just won't stand to the crime happening. [[spoiler: He pays with his life for this, but he doesn't mind]].
-->- Stupid is getting yourself killed for a stranger.
-->- I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler: she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was taking care for. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justfied for her actions and consistently sticks with the kidnappers - even when it means betraying her own husband]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: Ed is a downplayed example of this trope, displaying some sensitivity towards the topic of his service but apart from that, he's fairly well adjusted. It's implied Darby's father went through some crisis, which lead to his eventual suicide.
* StupidCrooks: [[spoiler: Ash and Lars]] operate predominately on sunk-cost fallacy and thus keep making bigger mistakes and adding worse and worse crimes to the tally, all in futile attempt to get the original plan done.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The film shows why ReusableLighterToss is a trope - [[spoiler: Ash is]] unable to set a jerrycan worth of fuel ablaze in the blizzard, since the fire source are matches that instantly go out after being lit.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** Darby is a drug addicted no-gooder that opens the film by escaping from the rehab in a stolen car and tries to reach her family, which clearly doesn't want to have to do anything with her. But when [[spoiler: facing a child kidnapping, she spends the entire plot risking her life for a little girl she doesn't know and potentially being alone against an entire gang]].
** Ed even openly invokes this, reminding that he's a Marine and he just won't stand to the crime happening. [[spoiler: He pays with his life for this, but he doesn't mind]].
-->- Stupid is getting yourself killed for a stranger.
-->- I'm a Marine, you idiot. It's what we do.
** [[spoiler: Sandi]] is far less scrupulous. Due to financial troubles [[spoiler: she sided with the kidnappers and let them take a little girl she was taking care for. While she ends up regretting doing so, she also feels self-justfied for her actions and consistently sticks with the kidnappers - even when it means betraying her own husband]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of [[spoiler:Darby]] and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of [[spoiler:Darby]] and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].wall]].
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The film stars Havana Rose Liu, [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Danny Ramirez]], Mila Harris, David Rysdahl, Creator/DaleDickey, and Creator/DennisHaysbert. It was directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
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The film stars Havana Rose Liu, [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Danny Ramirez]], Creator/DannyRamirez, Mila Harris, David Rysdahl, Creator/DaleDickey, and Creator/DennisHaysbert. It was directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
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* DeadStarWalking: [[Ed and Sandi are played by the two most well known actors in the cast and are also the first two to die]].
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* DeadStarWalking: [[Ed [[spoiler:Ed and Sandi are played by the two most well known actors in the cast and are also the first two to die]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Uncle Kenny, the uncle of Ash and Lars and the one who put them up to the kidnapping job. We never learn anything about him apart from his name and how he runs a sex trafficking ring]].
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* OldDarkHouse: A twist on the trope. The rest stop serves as the backdrop to the driving question of who has kidnapped Jay and why.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Darby is the sole survivor of the cabin group and was unable to see her mother before she died. However, she was able to kill Ash, save Jay, and is implied at the end to have reconciled with her sister]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Darby is the sole survivor of the cabin group and was unable to see her mother before she died. The trafficking ring Ash and Lars were working for is also implied to still be up and running. However, she was able to kill Ash, Ash and Lars, save Jay, and is implied at the end to have reconciled be on the road to reconciling with her sister]].
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Recovering drug addict Darby Thorne escapes rehab to visit her mother who has fallen ill in Salt Lake City. After the road is closed due to a blizzard, Darby heads to a rest stop to wait out the storm. There, she discovers a kidnapping in progress and begins to unravel a macabre conspiracy.
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Recovering drug addict Darby Thorne escapes rehab to visit her mother who has fallen ill in Salt Lake City. After the road is closed due to a blizzard, Darby heads to a rest stop to wait out the storm. There, she discovers a kidnapping in progress and begins to unravel a macabre conspiracy.disturbing plot.
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* DeadStarWalking: [[Ed and Sandi are played by the two most well known actors in the cast and are also the first two to die]].
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Lars has his eyes open after the nail finally goes through his skull]].
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Lars has his eyes open after the nail finally goes through his skull]].
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Ash spitefully shares the story of Darby's dad's suicide to the others after she's learned of his kidnapping plot]].
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Of the main five in the cast, only Darby makes it out alive by the end of the night]].
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* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Darby]] makes it through the night mostly in one piece after having [[spoiler:fought like hell against both of the kidnappers]].
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler:Ash]] sports one throughout the film.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nail gun]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nailgun]].gun]].
** [[spoiler:Sandi]] certainly isn't too pleasant, having had a part in the kidnapping and all, [[spoiler:but she truly loves Ed and took the job for both their sake. Once he dies, she becomes inconsolable]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring, even she's horrified]].
** [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nail
** [[spoiler:Sandi]] certainly isn't too pleasant, having had a part in the kidnapping and all, [[spoiler:but she truly loves Ed and took the job for both their sake. Once he dies, she becomes inconsolable]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Sandi]] assisted in the kidnapping but was under the impression it was for a ransom. [[spoiler:When she finds out Ash and Lars are actually preparing to sell Jay in a trafficking ring, even she's horrified]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: Ed is a downplayed example of this trope, displaying some sensitivity towards the topic of his service but apart from that, he's fairly well adjusted.
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-->'''Jay''': [in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]
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-->'''Jay''': [in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]Lowery?]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of [[spoiler:Darby]] and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Ash]] kicks the absolute shit out of [[spoiler:Darby]] and even goes as far as to [[spoiler:nail her wrist into a wall]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping.]] kidnapping]].
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* BoomHeadshot: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into to a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nail gun]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into to a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nail gun]].
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* BoomHeadshot: BoomHeadshot:
** A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
** This is also how [[spoiler:Ash kills Sandi]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned intoto a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nail gun]].
** A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
** This is also how [[spoiler:Ash kills Sandi]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into
* GoryDiscretionShot: The film cuts to Darby and [[spoiler:Jay's]] reactions just before [[spoiler:Ash shoots Sandi in the head]].
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* Gorn: Surprisingly, the film has a lot of blood at times. Highlights include [[spoiler:Darby's wrist getting nailed to the wall and Lars' death where he's shot in the head with a nail gun and is still walking and talking for a bit before falling down, which drives the nail through his skull]].
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* Gorn: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Ash]] is a monstrous human being who kidnapped a young girl, but still deeply cares for [[spoiler:his brother, Lars, and is turned into to a rattled mess when he accidentally shoots him in the head with a nail gun]].
* {{Gorn}}: Surprisingly, the film has a lot of blood at times. Highlights include [[spoiler:Darby's wrist getting nailed to the wall and Lars' death where he's shot in the head with a nail gun and is still walking and talking for a bit before falling down, which drives the nail through his skull]].
* {{Gorn}}: Surprisingly, the film has a lot of blood at times. Highlights include [[spoiler:Darby's wrist getting nailed to the wall and Lars' death where he's shot in the head with a nail gun and is still walking and talking for a bit before falling down, which drives the nail through his skull]].
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* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Ash,]] when you have a [[spoiler:loaded gun aimed at the head of the woman who's unraveled your entire plan,]] maybe don't mock [[spoiler:her dead dad and give her time to grab a screwdriver to stab you in the throat]].
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Ash]] is this after [[spoiler:TheReveal]]
* MeaningfulEcho: The painting in the rehab center at the beginning of the film is shown again at the end, [[spoiler:where Darby reconnects with her sister after the death of their mom]].
* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even [[spoiler:tears Ash a new one after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service]].
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:Ash]] is this after [[spoiler:TheReveal]]
* MeaningfulEcho: The painting in the rehab center at the beginning of the film is shown again at the end, [[spoiler:where Darby reconnects with her sister after the death of their mom]].
* NiceGuy: Ed is a fairly pleasant guy to be around most of the time and even [[spoiler:tears Ash a new one after he tells everyone about Darby's dad committing suicide after coming home from military service]].
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The film stars Havana Rose Liu, [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Danny Ramirez, Ramirez]], Mila Harris, David Rysdahl, Dale Dickey, Creator/DaleDickey, and Dennis Haysbert.Creator/DennisHaysbert. It was directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Darby is the sole survivor of the cabin group and was unable to see her mother before she died. However, she was able to kill Ash, save Jay, and is implied at the end to have reconciled with her sister]].
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* BoomHeadshot: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
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* BoomHeadshot: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].skull]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Darby is able to get the car started]] and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* TheReveal: A twofer.
** The first is when [[spoiler:Darby and Ash plan to ambush Lars and rescue Jay. However, while Darby is trying to comfort Jay, she reveals that there were two men kidnapping her. This is immediately followed by Ash filling Lars in on Darby, revealing to the audience that he's the second kidnapper]].
** The second comes after [[spoiler:Jay reawakens inside the cabin during the standoff between the two groups. She quickly recognizes Sandi as "Mrs. Lowery", her nanny who was in on the kidnapping as well]].
* WhamLine: When [[spoiler:both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay]] lets out one of these:
-->'''Jay''': [in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Darby is able to get the car started]] and is ready to drive away from the cabin, [[spoiler:which is when Ash comes out of the burning cabin and wildly shoots at her car, hitting her tire and causing her to crash]].
* TheReveal: A twofer.
** The first is when [[spoiler:Darby and Ash plan to ambush Lars and rescue Jay. However, while Darby is trying to comfort Jay, she reveals that there were two men kidnapping her. This is immediately followed by Ash filling Lars in on Darby, revealing to the audience that he's the second kidnapper]].
** The second comes after [[spoiler:Jay reawakens inside the cabin during the standoff between the two groups. She quickly recognizes Sandi as "Mrs. Lowery", her nanny who was in on the kidnapping as well]].
* WhamLine: When [[spoiler:both groups are facing off and tensions are high, Jay]] lets out one of these:
-->'''Jay''': [in a tone of recognition towards [[spoiler:Sandi, who previously appeared unfamiliar with the girl when she was unconscious]]] [[spoiler:Mrs. Lowery?]]
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''No Exit'' is a thriller film released in 2022 on Creator/{{Hulu}} and on [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney+'s]] Star channel in other territories. The film is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Taylor Adams.
Recovering drug addict Darby Thorne escapes rehab to visit her mother who has fallen ill in Salt Lake City. After the road is closed due to a blizzard, Darby heads to a rest stop to wait out the storm. There, she discovers a kidnapping in progress and begins to unravel a macabre conspiracy.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Ed]] is the first one to die in the film, [[spoiler:getting shot by Ash after Sandi lets him and Lars into the cabin]].
* BoomHeadshot: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
[[caption-width-right:350:''Who will survive the dead of winter?'']]
''No Exit'' is a thriller film released in 2022 on Creator/{{Hulu}} and on [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney+'s]] Star channel in other territories. The film is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Taylor Adams.
Recovering drug addict Darby Thorne escapes rehab to visit her mother who has fallen ill in Salt Lake City. After the road is closed due to a blizzard, Darby heads to a rest stop to wait out the storm. There, she discovers a kidnapping in progress and begins to unravel a macabre conspiracy.
!!This Work Contains Examples Of:
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Applies to both [[spoiler:Ash]] and [[spoiler:Sandi]] as, initially, they seem like welcoming and jovial people, but are soon revealed to have had a hand in [[spoiler:Jay's kidnapping.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Ed]] is the first one to die in the film, [[spoiler:getting shot by Ash after Sandi lets him and Lars into the cabin]].
* BoomHeadshot: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:When Jay wrestles with Ash for the nail gun, he accidentally shoots Lars in the head. However, this doesn't kill him right away and he dies after falling over, driving the nail deeper into his skull]].
