History Film / Shotgun

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'''''Shotgun''''' is a 1989 action film.

Ian "Shotgun" Jones is a CowboyCop on the LAPD. When his prostitute sister is murdered by a maniac with connections, Jones goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge across the city. Not even being kicked off the force can stop him from going to Mexico to exact some deadly justice.

No connection to [[Film/Shotgun1955 the 1955 western]] of the same name.
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!!This film contains examples of:

* AmoralAttorney: Rivington handles court cases immediately after instituting a massacre to maintain his drug ring.
* ArchEnemy: Shotgun Jones has Fletcher Rivington, the AmoralAttorney who killed his sister.
* BigBad: Fletcher Rivington, the AmoralAttorney who killed Jones's sister.
* BondageIsBad: {{Subverted|Trope}}; Bondage itself isn't the issue, Rivington is just too rough and ignored the SafeSaneAndConsensual rule.
* BountyHunter: During his six-month suspension, Jones decides to become a skiptracer to keep the bills paid.
* HateSink: Sims, an InternalAffairs agent with such an IrrationalHatred of Jones that he's willing to commit entrapment just to get our hero fired.
* ItsPersonal: Jones originally treats his investigation as a standard hooker-basher case, until his sister is killed by the perp.
* KickTheDog: Fletcher Rivington loves to do this, regularly beating hookers to get his jollies.
* OneWordTitle
* ProtagonistTitle
* TheRedBaron: "Shotgun" Jones, after his belief that ShotgunsAreJustBetter.
* {{Sadist}}: Rivington is a traditional sexual sadist, getting off on beating the shit out of hookers.
* ShotInTheAss: Jones takes down a car thief this way.
* TheSociopath: Fletcher Rivington, an AmoralAttorney who will kill anybody to expand his criminal empire, and tortures hookers for fun in his spare time.
* VillainOpeningScene: The first scene is Rivington's goons killing a Mexican gang so they can take over a village.
* WeaponTitle
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