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* HeyYouHaymaker: Boor (one of the antagonists) calls out to James before hitting him in the face with a piece of wood.
* InspiredBy: The movie was inspired by real events, according to the opening.
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* RightBehindMe: [[spoiler: As James starts to lose his mind, Donald talks with Thomas to perhaps get on a boat with the gold and leave James on the island. But the door nearby opens and an upset James enters, having heard enough to know that Donald does not trust him. This is what leads to James killing him]].
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* RightBehindMe: [[spoiler: As James starts to lose his mind, Donald talks with Thomas to perhaps get on a boat with the gold and leave James on the island. But the door nearby opens and an upset James enters, having heard enough to know that Donald does not trust him. This is what leads to James killing him]].him]].
* SuspiciousSpending: Thomas emphasizes that they shouldn't start spending more money after they've sold the gold, since it will lead to questions about where they got the money.
* SuspiciousSpending: Thomas emphasizes that they shouldn't start spending more money after they've sold the gold, since it will lead to questions about where they got the money.
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In the movie, three men, Donald (Connor Swindells), James (Creator/GerardButler) and Thomas (Creator/PeterMullan) are sent to take care of a lighthouse. One day, a man washes ashore with a mysterious chest and things go south.
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In the movie, three men, Donald (Connor Swindells), (Creator/ConnorSwindells), James (Creator/GerardButler) and Thomas (Creator/PeterMullan) are sent to take care of a lighthouse. One day, a man washes ashore with a mysterious chest and things go south.
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I am surprised that many of these tropes were recognized before I came along.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy, or was he suffering from mercury poisoning? Or both?]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: [[spoiler: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy, or was he suffering from mercury poisoning? Or both?]]both?]]
* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: After getting Thomas out of the way, James turns back with murderous intent towards Donald, [[OhCrap who suddenly becomes terrified]]. The camera then cuts to Thomas as he struggles to get out of the locked pantry as scuffling noises are heard. By the time he finally busts the door down, he sees that James has already strangled Donald]].
* BecauseISaidSo: Donald finds the body of a man at the bottom of the shore, and Thomas tells him to go down and check on the situation. Donald asks him why, to which Thomas replies, "Because I told you to."
* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: After getting Thomas out of the way, James turns back with murderous intent towards Donald, [[OhCrap who suddenly becomes terrified]]. The camera then cuts to Thomas as he struggles to get out of the locked pantry as scuffling noises are heard. By the time he finally busts the door down, he sees that James has already strangled Donald]].
* BecauseISaidSo: Donald finds the body of a man at the bottom of the shore, and Thomas tells him to go down and check on the situation. Donald asks him why, to which Thomas replies, "Because I told you to."
* GoToYourRoom: Donald starts a fight with James, to which Thomas arrives to break them up, and orders the latter with this trope. Not that he's actually his son, but this is an older man telling a young adult this.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Just when it seems as though James is finally going to snap due to his delusions, he just apologizes for his recent paranoid behavior, and all seems finally well. But then they are preparing dinner, and James locks Thomas in the pantry, then kills Donald]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Locke does this towards Thomas to try and make him reveal where he hid the gold.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Locke does this towards Thomas to try and make him reveal where he hid the gold.
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* MinimalistCast: Three protagonists, three antagonists and a handful of bit characters mostly seen in the introductory scenes. Eight of the ten credited actors have dialogue.
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* MinimalistCast: Three protagonists, three antagonists and a handful of bit characters mostly seen in the introductory scenes. Eight of the ten credited actors have dialogue.dialogue.
* MirrorMonologue: After [[spoiler: Jack unwittingly kills a boy]], he becomes distressed. This leads to him talking to himself in remorse with the lighthouse glass in front of him. An eavesdropping Thomas is understandably unnerved by this display.
* NotQuiteDead: When Donald finds the seemingly dead man washed ashore, he is told to go down there and make sure, to which he finds that he does not seem to be breathing. But when he turns around to ask the other two men to bring him back up, the man stands up and reveals himself to still be alive, and attacks Donald from behind. It is with this struggle that the man actually ''does'' die.
* RightBehindMe: [[spoiler: As James starts to lose his mind, Donald talks with Thomas to perhaps get on a boat with the gold and leave James on the island. But the door nearby opens and an upset James enters, having heard enough to know that Donald does not trust him. This is what leads to James killing him]].
* MirrorMonologue: After [[spoiler: Jack unwittingly kills a boy]], he becomes distressed. This leads to him talking to himself in remorse with the lighthouse glass in front of him. An eavesdropping Thomas is understandably unnerved by this display.
* NotQuiteDead: When Donald finds the seemingly dead man washed ashore, he is told to go down there and make sure, to which he finds that he does not seem to be breathing. But when he turns around to ask the other two men to bring him back up, the man stands up and reveals himself to still be alive, and attacks Donald from behind. It is with this struggle that the man actually ''does'' die.
* RightBehindMe: [[spoiler: As James starts to lose his mind, Donald talks with Thomas to perhaps get on a boat with the gold and leave James on the island. But the door nearby opens and an upset James enters, having heard enough to know that Donald does not trust him. This is what leads to James killing him]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy? Or was he suffering from mercury poisoning?, Or both?]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy? Or boy, or was he suffering from mercury poisoning?, poisoning? Or both?]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy? Or was he suffering from mercury poisoning?, or Or both?]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy? Or was he suffering from mercury poisoning?]]poisoning?, or both?]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:James is left broken and insane by the sudden violence that has engulfed him, and cannot comprehend returning to his family. His murder of Duncan is the final straw, and he chooses to join him in the sea after disposing of his body there.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:James is left broken and insane by the sudden violence that has engulfed him, and cannot comprehend returning to his family. His murder of Duncan Donald is the final straw, and he chooses to join him in the sea after disposing of his body there.]]
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** Thomas gives Duncan an unusually detailed description of how woolding can be used as a torture device.
** James informs Duncan to be careful around a mercury leak in the lighthouse, as exposure can drive a man mad. [[spoiler: Later in the film James sits alone in the tower, seemingly unaware of a pool of mercury near his feet]].
** James informs Duncan to be careful around a mercury leak in the lighthouse, as exposure can drive a man mad. [[spoiler: Later in the film James sits alone in the tower, seemingly unaware of a pool of mercury near his feet]].
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** Thomas gives Duncan Donald an unusually detailed description of how woolding can be used as a torture device.
** James informsDuncan Donald to be careful around a mercury leak in the lighthouse, as exposure can drive a man mad. [[spoiler: Later in the film James sits alone in the tower, seemingly unaware of a pool of mercury near his feet]].
** James informs
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* {{Greed}}: The chest of gold found by the wrecked lifeboat is what the plot hinges on. The protagonists' fate is ultimately sealed from moment they decide to keep it for themselves.
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* {{Greed}}: The chest of gold found by the wrecked lifeboat is what the plot hinges on. The protagonists' fate is ultimately sealed from the moment they decide to keep it for themselves.
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In the movie, three men, Donald (Connor Swindells), James (Gerard Butler) and Thomas (Peter Mullan) are sent to take care of a lighthouse. One day, a man washes ashore with a mysterious chest and things go south.
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In the movie, three men, Donald (Connor Swindells), James (Gerard Butler) (Creator/GerardButler) and Thomas (Peter Mullan) (Creator/PeterMullan) are sent to take care of a lighthouse. One day, a man washes ashore with a mysterious chest and things go south.
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* BurialAtSea: A lot people died and send them to the sea. [[spoiler: That's including Donald and James.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Donald crushes the head of one of the invaders, Locke, by putting knots around his craniun and pressing it until it basically bursts inside.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Donald crushes the head of one of the invaders, Locke, by putting knots around his craniun and pressing it until it basically bursts inside.]]
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* BurialAtSea: A lot people died and send them to the sea. AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: That's including Donald and James.Thomas' ultimate fate is not revealed. All we know is that he is never heard from him again, but whether he followed James into the sea, or made off alone with the gold is left open to interpretation.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy? Or was he suffering from mercury poisoning?]]
* BurialAtSea: A lot people die and are disposed of in the sea around the lighthouse. [[spoiler: That includes Donald and James.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Donald crushes the head of one of the invaders, Locke, byputting knots repeatedly knotting a length of rope around his craniun and pressing it until it basically bursts inside.it.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:: Was James driven mad purely by his accidental killing of the young boy? Or was he suffering from mercury poisoning?]]
* BurialAtSea: A lot people die and are disposed of in the sea around the lighthouse. [[spoiler: That includes Donald and James.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After Donald died and his body thrown to the sea, James says he can't live with lies and decided to end his life. When he about to kill himself, he asks Thomas to help him. Thomas agrees and James died. Leaving Thomas sails alone in the sea.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:How that end for James after all the crime that happened.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:How that end for James after all the crime that happened.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After Donald died DecoyProtagonist: The three main characters are a bitter old man, a self-centred youth, and his body thrown to a strapping, good-natured family man. [[spoiler: The latter is not the sea, James says he can't live with lies and decided to end his life. When he about to kill himself, he asks Thomas to help him. Thomas agrees and James died. Leaving Thomas sails alone in the sea.hero.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After Donald dies and his body is thrown to the sea, James says he can't live with his actions and decides to end his life. Unable to kill himself by drowning, he needs Thomas to help him keep his head below the water. Thomas is left alone in the sea, his fate unknown.]]
* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler:How [[spoiler:James is left broken and insane by the sudden violence that end for has engulfed him, and cannot comprehend returning to his family. His murder of Duncan is the final straw, and he chooses to join him in the sea after disposing of his body there.]]
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** Thomas gives Duncan an unusually detailed description of how woolding can be used as a torture device.
** Jamesafter all informs Duncan to be careful around a mercury leak in the crime that happened.]]lighthouse, as exposure can drive a man mad. [[spoiler: Later in the film James sits alone in the tower, seemingly unaware of a pool of mercury near his feet]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After Donald dies and his body is thrown to the sea, James says he can't live with his actions and decides to end his life. Unable to kill himself by drowning, he needs Thomas to help him keep his head below the water. Thomas is left alone in the sea, his fate unknown.]]
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* KillingInSelfDefense: Donald is forced to kill the strange man with a rock when he is trying to drown him. While he is shell shocked afterward, Thomas tells him that this was his only option.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Donald is forced to kill the strange man with a rock when he is trying to drown him. While he is shell shocked afterward, Thomas tells him that this was his only option.
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* {{Greed}}: The main reason why chest of gold found by the characters going crazy in wrecked lifeboat is what the first place. [[spoiler:To point one of them going mad and killed their friend and after that kill himself.]]
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* MinimalistCast: Three protagonists, three antagonists and a handful of bit characters mostly seen in the introductory scenes. Eight of the ten credited actors have dialogue.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Donald is forced to kill the strange man with a rock when he is trying to drown him. While he is shell shocked afterward, Thomas tells him that this was his only
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The movie is based on the real life case of The Flannan Isles Mystery, concerning the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers under strange circumstances.
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The movie is based on the real life real-life case of The Flannan Isles Mystery, concerning the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers under strange circumstances.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After Donald died and his body thrown to the sea, James says he can't live with lies and decided to end his life. When he about to kill himself, he asks Thomas to help him. Thomas agrees and James died. Leaving Thomas sails alone in the sea.]]
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''The Vanishing'' is a 2018 British thriller directed by Kristoffer Nyholm.
The movie is based on the real life case of The Flannan Isles Mystery, concerning the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers under strange circumstances.
In the movie, three men, Donald (Connor Swindells), James (Gerard Butler) and Thomas (Peter Mullan) are sent to take care of a lighthouse. One day, a man washes ashore with a mysterious chest and things go south.
!Tropes
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Donald crushes the head of one of the invaders, Locke, by putting knots around his craniun and pressing it until it basically bursts inside.]]
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the invaders that James kills turns out to be a young boy and he is distraught by it.]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: Donald is forced to kill the strange man with a rock when he is trying to drown him. While he is shell shocked afterwards, Thomas tells him that this was his only option.
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''The Vanishing'' is a 2018 British thriller directed by Kristoffer Nyholm.
The movie is based on the real life case of The Flannan Isles Mystery, concerning the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers under strange circumstances.
In the movie, three men, Donald (Connor Swindells), James (Gerard Butler) and Thomas (Peter Mullan) are sent to take care of a lighthouse. One day, a man washes ashore with a mysterious chest and things go south.
!Tropes
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Donald crushes the head of one of the invaders, Locke, by putting knots around his craniun and pressing it until it basically bursts inside.]]
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:One of the invaders that James kills turns out to be a young boy and he is distraught by it.]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: Donald is forced to kill the strange man with a rock when he is trying to drown him. While he is shell shocked afterwards, Thomas tells him that this was his only option.
