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Sergeant Major Zack Carey arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Carey's son for revenge and Carey uses his tank.
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Sergeant Major Zack Carey is nearing retirement as he arrives at a new army base in Georgia with his wife, son son, and a vintage Sherman tank. tank he's been repairing. One night at a bar bar, he "stops" subdues a pimp/deputy from beating attacking a girl. The When the corrupt sheriff Cyrus tries to intervene and uses Carey's son for revenge and as revenge, Carey uses takes matters into his tank.
own hands, using the Sherman tank and get his family to Tennessee in order to escape the clutches of the wicked sheriff.
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* OneManArmy
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* OneManArmyOneManArmy: Zack Carey takes on Buelton and his crooked police force across the entire state of Georgia all by himself, with the exception of his family.
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* PapaWolf: Shown zealously earlier on[[spoiler:, then taken up to eleven later]].
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* PapaWolf: Shown zealously earlier on[[spoiler:, on[ with Zack and Billy,[spoiler: then taken up to eleven later]].when Zack uses his tank to break him out of jail]].
* PetTheDog: Sergeant Major Carey eating in the enlisted mens' mess seemingly performing a surprise inspection without prior informing the mess sergeant to prepare for inspection. Carey gets an earful from the mess sergeant (including a a boast on how he one time hosted Dwight D. Eisenhower) about breach of etiquette until he says he hates [[MundaneLuxury eating in the "NCO Country Club"]] and wanted to try the food at the enlisted men's mess since he heard good stories. After being told to try the apple cobbler, Carey voices his satisfaction and the mess sergeant tells his subordinate to get the sergeant major some seconds. Of course this could just be a sneaky way for Carey to perform a surprise inspection without being called out on it, either way the mess sergeant is satisfied.
* PetTheDog: Sergeant Major Carey eating in the enlisted mens' mess seemingly performing a surprise inspection without prior informing the mess sergeant to prepare for inspection. Carey gets an earful from the mess sergeant (including a a boast on how he one time hosted Dwight D. Eisenhower) about breach of etiquette until he says he hates [[MundaneLuxury eating in the "NCO Country Club"]] and wanted to try the food at the enlisted men's mess since he heard good stories. After being told to try the apple cobbler, Carey voices his satisfaction and the mess sergeant tells his subordinate to get the sergeant major some seconds. Of course this could just be a sneaky way for Carey to perform a surprise inspection without being called out on it, either way the mess sergeant is satisfied.
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Cutting "You might know me from such films as…" description. People will either recognize the actors or check their filmography, and it bloats a standard paragraph.
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''Tank'' is a 1984 action-{{dramedy}} film starring Creator/JamesGarner (from ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' primarily, but also the antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''), Shirley Jones (''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''; ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'') and Creator/CThomasHowell (''Film/RedDawn1984''), and also Creator/JamesCromwell (''Film/{{Babe}}'', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', ''Film/TheGreenMile'', ''Film/SpaceCowboys'', ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'', ''Film/IRobot'', ''Film/TheLongestYard'' and ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'') and G. D. Spradlin (''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]]'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow'') as TheDragon and the CorruptCop, respectively.
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''Tank'' is a 1984 action-{{dramedy}} film starring Creator/JamesGarner (from ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' Creator/JamesGarner, Creator/ShirleyJones and ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' primarily, but Creator/CThomasHowell. It also the antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''), Shirley Jones (''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''; ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'') and Creator/CThomasHowell (''Film/RedDawn1984''), and also features Creator/JamesCromwell (''Film/{{Babe}}'', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', ''Film/TheGreenMile'', ''Film/SpaceCowboys'', ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'', ''Film/IRobot'', ''Film/TheLongestYard'' and ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'') and G. D. Spradlin (''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]]'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow'') as TheDragon and the a CorruptCop, respectively.
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*TheCavalry: Sgt. Carey and his tank on two occasions!
**First when he breaks his son out of the prison farm!
**Second when he comes to the rescue of a sympathetic man who supplied him with fuel and food out of spite for his nephews death on the farm and who is about to be lynched by a mob encouraged by Buelton.
**First when he breaks his son out of the prison farm!
**Second when he comes to the rescue of a sympathetic man who supplied him with fuel and food out of spite for his nephews death on the farm and who is about to be lynched by a mob encouraged by Buelton.
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Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.
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Sergeant Major Zack Carey arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's Carey's son for revenge and Zack Carey uses his tank.
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* CallingMeALogarithm: When Sheriff Buelton approached the General to request military support in apprehending Zack, only for the General to incite the Posse Comitatus Act. Buelton is initially confused when he said it, believing that he was calling the Sheriff a "Pussy Communist".
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* CallingMeALogarithm: When Sheriff Buelton approached the General to request military support in apprehending Zack, Carey, only for the General to incite the Posse Comitatus Act. Buelton is initially confused when he said it, believing that he was calling the Sheriff a "Pussy Communist".
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* GoodPolicingEvilPolicing: The climactic scene has the corrupt sheriff see that the folks of a neighboring county are helping to pull Sergeant Major Zack Carey and his son Billy out of a mud flat. Not wanting to lose his fugitives, the sheriff orders his men to "fire into the crowd!" The neighboring deputies are honest, and won't stomach their unarmed citizens coming under fire. The honest deputies level their firearms at the sheriff's forces, and warn that firing into the crowd would turn the affair into "another Little Big Horn," with Buelton most likely playing the part of Custer. Zack and Billy make it over the county line into the custody of non-corrupt law enforcement.
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* GoodPolicingEvilPolicing: The climactic scene has the corrupt sheriff see that the folks of a neighboring county are helping to pull Sergeant Major Zack Carey and his son Billy out of a mud flat. Not wanting to lose his fugitives, the sheriff orders his men to "fire into the crowd!" The neighboring deputies are honest, and won't stomach their unarmed citizens coming under fire. The honest deputies level their firearms at the sheriff's forces, and warn that firing into the crowd would turn the affair into "another Little Big Horn," with Buelton most likely playing the part of Custer. Zack Carey and Billy make it over the county line into the custody of non-corrupt law enforcement.
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* HumiliationConga: The second half of the film pretty much amounts to this for Sheriff Buelton, starting with his office being flattened by Zack's Sherman and ending with him landing face-down in the mud.
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* HumiliationConga: The second half of the film pretty much amounts to this for Sheriff Buelton, starting with his office being flattened by Zack's Carey's Sherman and ending with him landing face-down in the mud.
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* MilitaryMaverick: Subverted; Zack is all for keeping the peace in the armed forces. [[spoiler:Before he goes on his road trip, he resigns from the army, meaning it's now a strictly civilian matter. The army can't get involved.]]
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* MilitaryMaverick: Subverted; Zack Carey is all for keeping the peace in the armed forces. [[spoiler:Before he goes on his road trip, he resigns from the army, meaning it's now a strictly civilian matter. The army can't get involved.]]
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* WifeBasherBasher: Zack informs one of his subordinates in explicit terms that he can't beat up his wife, he needs to get counseling, and if he does it again, nothing, not the stockade or loss of his pension, will stop him. "I will destroy you in place."
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* WifeBasherBasher: Zack Carey informs one of his subordinates in explicit terms that he can't beat up his wife, he needs to get counseling, and if he does it again, nothing, not the stockade or loss of his pension, will stop him. "I will destroy you in place."
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* AntiArmor: [[spoiler:A Panzerschreck is brought in by one of Buelton's posse to stop Carey's tank.]]
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* AntiArmor: AntiVehicle: [[spoiler:A Panzerschreck Panzerschreck, a German anti-tank rocket launcher from World War II, is brought in by one of Buelton's posse to stop Carey's tank.]]
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* CorruptHick: Sheriff Buelton. He frames Carey's son for drug possession and cheating him out of his retirement money ''and'' forcing him to sell his recently-purchased boat.
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* SmallTownTyrant: Sheriff Buelton. He frames Carey's son for drug possession and cheating him out of his retirement money ''and'' forcing him to sell his recently-purchased boat.
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* PapaWolf: Shown zealously earlier on[[spoiler:, then taken UpToEleven later]].
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* PapaWolf: Shown zealously earlier on[[spoiler:, then taken UpToEleven up to eleven later]].
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Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.
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* GoodPolicingEvilPolicing: The climactic scene has the corrupt sheriff see that the folks of a neighboring county are helping to pull Sergeant Major Zack Carey and his son Billy out of a mud flat. Not wanting to lose his fugitives, the sheriff orders his men to "fire into the crowd!" The neighboring deputies are honest, and won't stomach their unarmed citizens coming under fire. The honest deputies level their firearms at the sheriff's forces, and advise "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Zack and Billy make it over the county line into the custody of non-corrupt law enforcement.
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* GoodPolicingEvilPolicing: The climactic scene has the corrupt sheriff see that the folks of a neighboring county are helping to pull Sergeant Major Zack Carey and his son Billy out of a mud flat. Not wanting to lose his fugitives, the sheriff orders his men to "fire into the crowd!" The neighboring deputies are honest, and won't stomach their unarmed citizens coming under fire. The honest deputies level their firearms at the sheriff's forces, and advise "I wouldn't do warn that if I were you." firing into the crowd would turn the affair into "another Little Big Horn," with Buelton most likely playing the part of Custer. Zack and Billy make it over the county line into the custody of non-corrupt law enforcement.
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* GoodPolicingEvilPolicing: The climactic scene has the corrupt sheriff see that the folks of a neighboring county are helping to pull Sergeant Major Zack Carey and his son Billy out of a mud flat. Not wanting to lose his fugitives, the sheriff orders his men to "fire into the crowd!" The neighboring deputies are honest, and won't stomach their unarmed citizens coming under fire. The honest deputies level their firearms at the sheriff's forces, and advise "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Zack and Billy make it over the county line into the custody of non-corrupt law enforcement.
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''Tank'' is a 1984 action-{{dramedy}} film starring James Garner (from ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' primarily, but also the antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''), Shirley Jones (''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''; ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'') and C. Thomas Howell (''Film/RedDawn1984''), and also James Cromwell (''Film/{{Babe}}'', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', ''Film/TheGreenMile'', ''Film/SpaceCowboys'', ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'', ''Film/IRobot'', ''Film/TheLongestYard'' and ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'') and G. D. Spradlin (''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]]'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow'') as TheDragon and the CorruptCop, respectively.
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''Tank'' is a 1984 action-{{dramedy}} film starring James Garner Creator/JamesGarner (from ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' primarily, but also the antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''), Shirley Jones (''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''; ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'') and C. Thomas Howell Creator/CThomasHowell (''Film/RedDawn1984''), and also James Cromwell Creator/JamesCromwell (''Film/{{Babe}}'', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', ''Film/TheGreenMile'', ''Film/SpaceCowboys'', ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'', ''Film/IRobot'', ''Film/TheLongestYard'' and ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'') and G. D. Spradlin (''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]]'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow'') as TheDragon and the CorruptCop, respectively.
