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* NeverMyFault: Invoked; [[spoiler:Joanna accuses Michael of being responsible for the deaths on the train because he wouldn't go along with her request, rather than admit that she and her associates are the ones killing people and Michael's only crime is trying to stop them]].



** Jackson, one of the passengers, is played by Roland Møller (who often plays villains), [[spoiler:so he looks like he is a member of TheConspiracy. He's ultimately a NiceGuy willing to give his life to protect Prynne after it's revealed out she is a scared teenage girl.]]

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** Jackson, one of the passengers, is played by Roland Møller (who often plays villains), [[spoiler:so he looks like he is a member of TheConspiracy. He's ultimately a NiceGuy willing to give his life to protect Prynne after it's revealed out she is a scared teenage girl.]]
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* TakingAThirdOption: A hypothetical example. After Michael's IHaveThisFriend speech, Jackson says that [[spoiler:if he were the guy, he would take the money and try to find Prynne--but warn them to get off at the next stop and pretend he came up empty.]]

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* TakingAThirdOption: A hypothetical example. After Michael's IHaveThisFriend speech, speech about whether to take a shady job or not, Jackson says that [[spoiler:if he were the guy, he would take the money and try to find Prynne--but warn them to get off at the next stop and pretend he came up empty.]]
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* CreativeClosingCredits: The closing credits are depicted as a train station map, which provides the page image for this trope.

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* CreativeClosingCredits: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOAko8JzCBY The closing credits are depicted as a complex train station map, map]], which provides the page image for this trope.
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* CreativeClosingCredits: The credits are depicted as a train station map.

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* CreativeClosingCredits: The closing credits are depicted as a train station map.map, which provides the page image for this trope.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:After she loses her patience with Michael, Joanna coldly declares that "Now ''everyone'' dies" and ends the call. TheConspiracy rigged a bomb in the train's cab to explode (and disable all its brakes) if anyone tried to activate the emergency brakes--dooming the train to derail where the next curve is and supposedly signing the death warrants of everyone aboard so none of them.]]

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* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:After she loses her patience with Michael, Joanna coldly declares that "Now ''everyone'' dies" and ends the call. TheConspiracy rigged a bomb in the train's cab to explode (and disable all its brakes) if anyone tried to activate the emergency brakes--dooming the train to derail where wherever the next curve is and supposedly signing the death warrants of ensuring everyone aboard so none of them.aboard's silenced when they die in the crash.]]

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Michael [=MacCauley=], an Irish-American NYPD member turned insurance agent who returns home by train, is offered a total $100,000 by a woman named Joanna if he helps her identify a passenger going by an alias. After taking the first $25,000, he quickly realizes that he's been dragged into a massive conspiracy.

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Michael [=MacCauley=], an Irish-American NYPD member detective turned insurance agent who returns home by train, is offered a total of $100,000 by a woman named Joanna if he helps her identify a passenger going by an alias. After taking the first $25,000, he quickly realizes finds out that he's been dragged into a massive conspiracy.



* ActorAllusion: Creator/JonathanBanks plays [[Series/BreakingBad a character named Walt.]]

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JonathanBanks plays [[Series/BreakingBad a character named Walt.]]Walt]].



* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:After she loses her patience with Michael, Joanna coldly declares that "Now ''everyone'' dies" and ends the call. She's alluding to TheConspiracy rigging a bomb in the train's cab to explode (and disable all its brakes) if anyone tried to activate the emergency brakes--dooming the train to derail where the next curve is and supposedly signing the death warrants of everyone aboard.]]

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* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:After she loses her patience with Michael, Joanna coldly declares that "Now ''everyone'' dies" and ends the call. She's alluding to TheConspiracy rigging rigged a bomb in the train's cab to explode (and disable all its brakes) if anyone tried to activate the emergency brakes--dooming the train to derail where the next curve is and supposedly signing the death warrants of everyone aboard.aboard so none of them.]]



* NoFullNameGiven: Exaggerated since many characters' last names are never revealed.



* RetiredBadass: Michael used to be a detective with the NYPD, and he uses his old skills throughout in the film. [[spoiler:It turns out he was chosen by TheConspiracy specifically for that reason. The film's epilogue sees him comes out of retirement to track Joanna down and prepare to participate in her arrest once her train arrives in Chicago.]]

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* RetiredBadass: Michael used to be a detective with the NYPD, and he uses his old skills throughout in the film. [[spoiler:It turns out he was chosen by TheConspiracy specifically [[spoiler:TheConspiracy chose him to be their pawn aboard the train for that reason. The In the film's epilogue sees him epilogue, he comes out of retirement to track Joanna down and prepare help to participate in her arrest her once her train arrives in Chicago.]]
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:After a [[WhamLine slip of]] [[INeverSaidItWasPoison the tongue]], Alex is outed as Enrique's killer and the conspirator responsible for Sofia being on Michael's train, but he did it to help with his money problems--[[EvilCannotComprehendGood mistakenly believing he'd "just do what she asked."]]]]

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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:After a [[WhamLine slip of]] [[INeverSaidItWasPoison the tongue]], Alex Murphy is outed as Enrique's killer and the conspirator responsible for Sofia being Sofia's presence on Michael's train, but train. While he did it to help with his money problems--[[EvilCannotComprehendGood problems, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he mistakenly believing believed he'd "just do what she asked."]]]]



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Murphy believed Michael's financial situation would be enough to push him into dancing to Joanna's tune, but it's painfully obvious he was wrong.]]

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Murphy believed Michael's financial situation would be enough to push him into dancing to Joanna's tune, but it's painfully obvious that he was wrong.]]
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:After a [[WhamLine slip of the tongue]], Alex is outed as Enrique's killer and responsible for Sofia's presence on Michael's train, but he did it to help with his now-former friend's money problems--[[EvilCannotComprehendGood mistakenly believing he'd "just do what she asked."]]]]

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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:After a [[WhamLine slip of of]] [[INeverSaidItWasPoison the tongue]], Alex is outed as Enrique's killer and the conspirator responsible for Sofia's presence Sofia being on Michael's train, but he did it to help with his now-former friend's money problems--[[EvilCannotComprehendGood mistakenly believing he'd "just do what she asked."]]]]
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* TheBadGuysAreCops: [[spoiler:It turns out that dirty cops are among the conspirators, and this is why the witness went to the FBI instead. the killers of her cousin were in the NYPD.]]
* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:Both Murphy and Oliver seem to be helpful, but they're involved in the plot targeting Prynne.]]

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* TheBadGuysAreCops: [[spoiler:It turns out that dirty [[spoiler:Dirty cops are among the conspirators, and this is why the witness Sofia went to the FBI instead. the because her cousin's killers of her cousin were are in the NYPD.]]
* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:Both Murphy and Oliver seem to be helpful, but they're involved in the plot targeting Prynne.Sofia/Prynne.]]

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