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* AntiHero: Talal is a drunk who stalked his ex-wife and beat up her fiance, yet he's our protagonist.
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''Rattle the Cage'' (also known as ''Zinzana'') is a 2015 crime thriller from the United Arab Emirates, the first of its kind from the country's budding film scene.
The story centers on Talal, a man who wakes up in a jail cell after a drunken altercation, only to find himself in the clutches of a murderous cop, Dabaan, who needs him for a mysterious plan.
!!Provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Talal is a recovering alcoholic, which is particularly shameful for a man in a Muslim country.
* BoozeFlamethrower: [[spoiler:How Dabaan is first thwarted]].
* BottleEpisode: The film takes place inside the single room of a police building, with only a brief look outside.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The sheriff's faulty radio leads to [[spoiler:the discovery of his body]].
** The bottle of arrack leads to [[spoiler:Dabaan being set on fire]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The sheriff notes that Dabaan looks nothing like he expected him to. It turns out, [[spoiler:the man isn't who he says he is]].
** Dabaan balks at the thought of covering his handsome face. In the end, [[spoiler:his face is horribly burned]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:All of Dabaan's efforts are to rescue his brother, though his brother isn't that excited to get rescued]].
* {{Fingore}}: Dabaan smashes the fingers on one of Talal's hands early on as punishment.
* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler:Dabaan kills the sheriff with a letter opener. Talal kills Dabaan with flaming booze]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Dabaan was going to burn Talal's corpse along with the whole police building to cover up his brother's escape, but gets burned to death himself instead]].
* LargeHam: Dabaan is prone to lapsing into almost cartoonish theatricality, such as his speech about using the "redial" function on the phone. He even performs a HappyDance when his plot is in full swing.
* MolotovCocktail: [[spoiler:How Dabaan is finally defeated]].
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never revealed in which country the film takes place. It's an Arab country, but not necessarily the UAE.
The story centers on Talal, a man who wakes up in a jail cell after a drunken altercation, only to find himself in the clutches of a murderous cop, Dabaan, who needs him for a mysterious plan.
!!Provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Talal is a recovering alcoholic, which is particularly shameful for a man in a Muslim country.
* BoozeFlamethrower: [[spoiler:How Dabaan is first thwarted]].
* BottleEpisode: The film takes place inside the single room of a police building, with only a brief look outside.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The sheriff's faulty radio leads to [[spoiler:the discovery of his body]].
** The bottle of arrack leads to [[spoiler:Dabaan being set on fire]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The sheriff notes that Dabaan looks nothing like he expected him to. It turns out, [[spoiler:the man isn't who he says he is]].
** Dabaan balks at the thought of covering his handsome face. In the end, [[spoiler:his face is horribly burned]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:All of Dabaan's efforts are to rescue his brother, though his brother isn't that excited to get rescued]].
* {{Fingore}}: Dabaan smashes the fingers on one of Talal's hands early on as punishment.
* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler:Dabaan kills the sheriff with a letter opener. Talal kills Dabaan with flaming booze]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Dabaan was going to burn Talal's corpse along with the whole police building to cover up his brother's escape, but gets burned to death himself instead]].
* LargeHam: Dabaan is prone to lapsing into almost cartoonish theatricality, such as his speech about using the "redial" function on the phone. He even performs a HappyDance when his plot is in full swing.
* MolotovCocktail: [[spoiler:How Dabaan is finally defeated]].
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never revealed in which country the film takes place. It's an Arab country, but not necessarily the UAE.
