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* BittersweetEnding: Though the story is a DownerEnding, it could be seen as a bittersweet one [[FromACertainPointOfView from a certain point of view]]. Almost everyone, including the hero, gets killed (while the villain lives)....but the villain is implied to get arrested afterwards. Rommel's friend at the garage knew a bit about what was going on and even asked Rommel, "Why don't you just call the police?". In a nutshell; The whole flick boils down to J.C. having KarmaHoudiniWarranty[[note]]J.C. will eventually be punished with either Life or the Death Penalty[[/note]] and the stupidity of not calling law enforcement to do their job.
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* BittersweetEnding: Though the story is a DownerEnding, it could be seen as a bittersweet one [[FromACertainPointOfView from a certain point of view]]. Almost everyone, including the hero, gets killed (while the villain lives)....but the villain is implied to get arrested afterwards. Rommel's friend at the garage knew a bit about what was going on and even asked Rommel, "Why don't you just call the police?". In a nutshell; The whole flick boils down to J.C. having KarmaHoudiniWarranty[[note]]J.C. will eventually be punished with either Life or the Death Penalty[[/note]] and the stupidity of not calling law enforcement to do their job.job [[note]]Which was probably the {{Aesop}} of this whole story to begin with[[/note]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Though the story is a DownerEnding, it could be seen as a bittersweet one [[FromACertainPointOfView from a certain point of view]]. Almost everyone, including the hero, gets killed (while the villain lives)....but the villain is implied to get arrested afterwards. Rommel's friend at the garage knew a bit about what was going on and even asked Rommel, "Why don't you just call the police?". In a nutshell; The whole flick boils down to J.C. having KarmaHoudiniWarranty[[note]]J.C. will eventually be punished with either Life or the Death Penalty[[/note]] and the stupidity of not calling law enforcement to do their job.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Paisley comes to regret lying about Rommel, saying she doesn't know who she hates more, JC or herself. She tells JC she wants to get away from him, which thrws throws JC into a rage and he strangles her, pushing him off the slippery slope.
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* TooDumbToLive: Gooch, did you really think anyone would believe you were shitting in the bushes for ''over an hour?''
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**Gooch, did you really think anyone would believe you were shitting in the bushes for ''over anhour?''hour?''
** Rommel tells his men "no guns" when they start the assault on JC's lair, even though every single one of JC's goons are packing heat.
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* MightyGlacier: Big Jake.
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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E02TheSidehackers episode recap page]]. The original uncut film can be seen starting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMuF2XvPEO0 here.]]
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: ...with perhaps echoes of FirstLawOfTragicomedies. The film starts off as a goofy, cheesy motor-sport flick about Sidehacking. Then, after his initial comically-disastrous introduction, J.C. has that blow-up during dinner....then it gets dark from there. This was the main reason those at MST3K picked this movie to begin with. They were expecting a goofy, "hep-cat", teeny-bopper motor-sport flick, not a dark "Murder-Rape-Revenge" flick.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: ...with perhaps echoes of FirstLawOfTragicomedies. The film starts off as a goofy, cheesy motor-sport flick about Sidehacking. Then, after his initial comically-disastrous introduction, J.C. has that blow-up during dinner....then it gets dark from there. This was the main reason those at MST3K [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] picked this movie to begin with. They were expecting a goofy, "hep-cat", teeny-bopper motor-sport flick, not a dark "Murder-Rape-Revenge" flick.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: ...with perhaps echoes of FirstLawOfTragicomedies. The film starts off as a goofy, cheesy motor-sport flick about Sidehacking. Then, after his initial comically-disastrous introduction, J.C. has that blow-up during dinner....then it gets dark from there. This was the main reason those at MST3K picked this movie to begin-with. begin with. They weren't were expecting a goofy, "hep-cat", teeny-bopper motor-sport flick, not a dark "Murder-Rape-Revenge" flick.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: ...with perhaps echoes of FirstLawOfTragicomidies. The film starts off as a goofy, cheesy motor-sport flick about Sidehacking. Then, after his initial comically-disastrous introduction, J.C. has that blow-up during dinner....then it gets dark from there. This was the main reason those at MST3K picked this movie to begin-with. They weren't expecting a dark "Murder-Rape-Revenge" flick.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: ...with perhaps echoes of FirstLawOfTragicomidies.FirstLawOfTragicomedies. The film starts off as a goofy, cheesy motor-sport flick about Sidehacking. Then, after his initial comically-disastrous introduction, J.C. has that blow-up during dinner....then it gets dark from there. This was the main reason those at MST3K picked this movie to begin-with. They weren't expecting a dark "Murder-Rape-Revenge" flick.
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** Plus, he's a misogynist who beats, rapes & kills women.
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** And the hero's named after a [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi]] [[WorldWarTwo General.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Paisley comes to regret lying about Rommel, saying she doesn't know who she hates more, JC or herself. She tells JC she wants to get away from him, which thrws JC into a rage and he strangles her, pushing him off the slippery slope.
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** "Five the Hard Way" [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely has nothing to do]] with the Jack Nicholson movie ''FiveEasyPieces'', released earlier the same year.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: So screwed up only the makers of this film could possibly explain the symbolism of a racist, misogynistic Jesus Christ.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Inverted; [[spoiler: Nero, the only black character, is one of the only characters who DOESN'T die.]]
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* BrickJoke: ''Very'' poorly executed. A biker is telling a joke involving prisoners shouting numbers at random. The numbers stand for jokes the prisoners already know. The next guy after him starts to tell a joke, but the first one stops him and tells him he knows that one already. [[MemeticMutation "That's a number 5!"]]
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* BrickJoke: ''Very'' poorly executed. A biker Crapout is telling a joke involving prisoners shouting numbers at random. The numbers stand for jokes the prisoners already know. The next guy after him Nero starts to tell a joke, but the first one Crapout stops him and tells him he knows that one already. [[MemeticMutation "That's a number 5!"]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: JC, if his censored shouts to Nero and the MST3K crew's disgusted reaction is any indication.
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Paisley, smitten with Rommel, goes to him and flirts, apparently hoping he will whisk her away from JC. Too bad for her, Rommel is faithful to his own girlfriend Rita, and rebuffs Paisley rather harshly. Enraged, Paisley goes back to JC and [[FalseRapeAccusation claims Rommel raped her]]. However, JC takes his vengeance to the extreme -- he goes and beats up Rommel, sure, but then he [[NightmareFuel rapes and murders Rita, right in front of the helpless Rommel]].
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Paisley, smitten with Rommel, goes to him and flirts, apparently hoping he will whisk her away from JC. Too bad for her, Rommel is faithful to his own girlfriend Rita, and rebuffs Paisley rather harshly. Enraged, Paisley goes back to JC and [[FalseRapeAccusation claims Rommel raped her]]. However, JC takes his vengeance to the extreme -- he goes and beats up Rommel, sure, but then he [[NightmareFuel [[RapeAsDrama rapes and murders Rita, right in front of the helpless Rommel]].
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*** And then taken on a trip around the world?
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'''''The Sidehackers''''' (aka ''Five The Hard Way'') is a 1969 ExploitationFilm which follows the attempts of a garage mechanic and amateur motorcycle racer to avenge the rape and murder of his girlfriend.
The trouble starts when one JC and his gang bring their motorcycles to be repaired by the film's hero, Rommel. The topic of conversation turns to "sidehacking", which is basically a motorcycle race with sidecars (ostensibly for balance while turning). Rommel invites them all to his ranch to see a demonstration of this sidehacking; and JC gets totally into it, desiring to form a partership of sorts. Rommel, for reasons unspecified, is not too keen on this idea, and JC gives us a first glimpse at his [[BerserkButton hair-trigger temper]] (further developed in a later scene in which JC [[DomesticAbuse beats up his girlfriend Paisley]]).
Paisley, smitten with Rommel, goes to him and flirts, apparently hoping he will whisk her away from JC. Too bad for her, Rommel is faithful to his own girlfriend Rita, and rebuffs Paisley rather harshly. Enraged, Paisley goes back to JC and [[FalseRapeAccusation claims Rommel raped her]]. However, JC takes his vengeance to the extreme -- he goes and beats up Rommel, sure, but then he [[NightmareFuel rapes and murders Rita, right in front of the helpless Rommel]].
[[PoliceAreUseless The police seem unable to locate JC]]; so Rommel, with nothing left to live for, sells all his worldly possessions in order to hire a gang to go exact his own revenge. He gets help from an unexpected source; a couple of JC's henchmen, Gooch and Nero, defect to Rommel's side. Except Gooch is TheMole and is secretly reporting Rommel's moves to JC. Ah, but Rommel is aware of Gooch's secret, and so this plot point... ultimately goes nowhere. In the meantime, JC gets bad vibes about Paisley's rape story and strangles her in a jealous fit.
It all leads to a final showdown in an old rock quarry, with the two gangs essentially wiping each other out and leaving JC and Rommel to have a climactic one-on-one. Rommel narrowly defeats his nemesis; but just as the police are finally arriving to arrest JC, [[DownerEnding JC shoots Rommel dead]].
[[ShootTheShaggyDog Can't you feel the joy of life just OOZING through your veins right now???]]
For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E02TheSidehackers episode recap page]].
!!''TheSidehackers'' contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: Any time JC doesn't get his way.
* BrickJoke: ''Very'' poorly executed. A biker is telling a joke involving prisoners shouting numbers at random. The numbers stand for jokes the prisoners already know. The next guy after him starts to tell a joke, but the first one stops him and tells him he knows that one already. [[MemeticMutation "That's a number 5!"]]
* DomesticAbuse: JC to Paisley.
* DownerEnding, bordering on ShootTheShaggyDog.
* EvilIsHammy: JC. Ain't that right? WELL? AIN'T IT?! AIN'T IT RIGHT?!
* ExploitationFilm
* FallingInLoveMontage
* FalseRapeAccusation
* HeelFaceTurn: Averted in that Nero was never a bad guy. He helps Rommel because he's sick of JC's abuse.
* LostLoveMontage
* MeadowRun
* TheMole: Gooch
* PoliceAreUseless: They can't seem to find JC after the murder, even though he's hiding in a local rock quarry.
** Even worse, he was hiding in his hotel for ''ten days'' before moving to the rock quarry.
* PsychopathicManChild: JC
* RapeAsDrama: Invoked in-story, when Paisley falsely cries "rape" in order to incite JC against Rommel.
** There's also [[NightmareFuel Rita's murder]].
* {{Revenge}} drives most of the film, either one way or the other.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Rita
** StuffedIntoTheFridge
*** And then taken on a trip around the world?
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: How Rommel recruits bodybuilder "Big Jake" to his gang - kinda.
* TechnicalPacifist: Rommel won't allow his Vengeance Gang to use guns, even though he knows JC's men will. His gang feels differently.
* ThirdPersonPerson:
-->'''Big Jake:''' (after Rommel hits him) "He hit Big Jake!"
* TogetherInDeath: Rommel and Rita...ev-evidently? What ''was'' that?
* TokenMinority: Nero.
* WordSaladTitle: ''Five The Hard Way''. Ostensibly a reference to dice-rolling ("the hard way" refers to rolling doubles, which of course cannot add up to an odd total), but this does not play into the film in any manner except for the song that plays at the beginning... which also does not relate to the film in any way other than being there.
** "Five the Hard Way" ''definitely has nothing to do'' with the Jack Nicholson movie FiveEasyPieces, released earlier the same year.
'''''The Sidehackers''''' (aka ''Five The Hard Way'') is a 1969 ExploitationFilm which follows the attempts of a garage mechanic and amateur motorcycle racer to avenge the rape and murder of his girlfriend.
The trouble starts when one JC and his gang bring their motorcycles to be repaired by the film's hero, Rommel. The topic of conversation turns to "sidehacking", which is basically a motorcycle race with sidecars (ostensibly for balance while turning). Rommel invites them all to his ranch to see a demonstration of this sidehacking; and JC gets totally into it, desiring to form a partership of sorts. Rommel, for reasons unspecified, is not too keen on this idea, and JC gives us a first glimpse at his [[BerserkButton hair-trigger temper]] (further developed in a later scene in which JC [[DomesticAbuse beats up his girlfriend Paisley]]).
Paisley, smitten with Rommel, goes to him and flirts, apparently hoping he will whisk her away from JC. Too bad for her, Rommel is faithful to his own girlfriend Rita, and rebuffs Paisley rather harshly. Enraged, Paisley goes back to JC and [[FalseRapeAccusation claims Rommel raped her]]. However, JC takes his vengeance to the extreme -- he goes and beats up Rommel, sure, but then he [[NightmareFuel rapes and murders Rita, right in front of the helpless Rommel]].
[[PoliceAreUseless The police seem unable to locate JC]]; so Rommel, with nothing left to live for, sells all his worldly possessions in order to hire a gang to go exact his own revenge. He gets help from an unexpected source; a couple of JC's henchmen, Gooch and Nero, defect to Rommel's side. Except Gooch is TheMole and is secretly reporting Rommel's moves to JC. Ah, but Rommel is aware of Gooch's secret, and so this plot point... ultimately goes nowhere. In the meantime, JC gets bad vibes about Paisley's rape story and strangles her in a jealous fit.
It all leads to a final showdown in an old rock quarry, with the two gangs essentially wiping each other out and leaving JC and Rommel to have a climactic one-on-one. Rommel narrowly defeats his nemesis; but just as the police are finally arriving to arrest JC, [[DownerEnding JC shoots Rommel dead]].
[[ShootTheShaggyDog Can't you feel the joy of life just OOZING through your veins right now???]]
For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E02TheSidehackers episode recap page]].
!!''TheSidehackers'' contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: Any time JC doesn't get his way.
* BrickJoke: ''Very'' poorly executed. A biker is telling a joke involving prisoners shouting numbers at random. The numbers stand for jokes the prisoners already know. The next guy after him starts to tell a joke, but the first one stops him and tells him he knows that one already. [[MemeticMutation "That's a number 5!"]]
* DomesticAbuse: JC to Paisley.
* DownerEnding, bordering on ShootTheShaggyDog.
* EvilIsHammy: JC. Ain't that right? WELL? AIN'T IT?! AIN'T IT RIGHT?!
* ExploitationFilm
* FallingInLoveMontage
* FalseRapeAccusation
* HeelFaceTurn: Averted in that Nero was never a bad guy. He helps Rommel because he's sick of JC's abuse.
* LostLoveMontage
* MeadowRun
* TheMole: Gooch
* PoliceAreUseless: They can't seem to find JC after the murder, even though he's hiding in a local rock quarry.
** Even worse, he was hiding in his hotel for ''ten days'' before moving to the rock quarry.
* PsychopathicManChild: JC
* RapeAsDrama: Invoked in-story, when Paisley falsely cries "rape" in order to incite JC against Rommel.
** There's also [[NightmareFuel Rita's murder]].
* {{Revenge}} drives most of the film, either one way or the other.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Rita
** StuffedIntoTheFridge
*** And then taken on a trip around the world?
* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: How Rommel recruits bodybuilder "Big Jake" to his gang - kinda.
* TechnicalPacifist: Rommel won't allow his Vengeance Gang to use guns, even though he knows JC's men will. His gang feels differently.
* ThirdPersonPerson:
-->'''Big Jake:''' (after Rommel hits him) "He hit Big Jake!"
* TogetherInDeath: Rommel and Rita...ev-evidently? What ''was'' that?
* TokenMinority: Nero.
* WordSaladTitle: ''Five The Hard Way''. Ostensibly a reference to dice-rolling ("the hard way" refers to rolling doubles, which of course cannot add up to an odd total), but this does not play into the film in any manner except for the song that plays at the beginning... which also does not relate to the film in any way other than being there.
** "Five the Hard Way" ''definitely has nothing to do'' with the Jack Nicholson movie FiveEasyPieces, released earlier the same year.
