History Film / ToySoldiers

* AntiAir: One of the terrorists grabs a rocket launcher to try to shoot down an incoming special forces Blackhawk helicopter, [[spoiler: but ends up getting mowed down by an Apache gunship before he can use it]].

* ChekhovsGunman: Joey's dad is repeatedly mentioned to be a member of TheMafia, a source of great shame to Joey. [[spoiler:Joey is killed and Cali's father is murdered in prison several scenes later by order of Joey's dad, instigating the climactic raid]].

* InstantlyProvenWrong: A deliberately invoked example. Ricardo claims not to speak Spanish to Cali, who tells one of his men in spanish to shoot Ricardo in the leg, with his panicked reaction showing that he did understand that.
* KickTheDog: When Billy is late to the head count [[BigBad Cali]] beats him with a metal pointer.

* TheMafia: Joey's father is a Don in the Mafia, and Joey is ashamed of it and takes exception when his friends bring it up. [[spoiler:When Joey is killed, his dad has Cali's dad murdered in prison in retaliation.]]

** [[spoiler:Luis Cali attempts to release Joey because he respects Joey's father Albert, a mob boss. Joey despises his father and is appalled by being released while his friends remain captive, so he overpowers his guard and takes his machine gun. Joey attempts to use the gun on another of Cali's men, but immediately loses control of the machine gun due to the kick and is shot dead. Joey's father is (understandably) outraged his kid was shot down and doesn't believe it was an accident and orders the assassination of Luis's father in revenge. Luis's entire goal was to free his father, so the Feds believe he could start killing the kids or even detonate his bombs so the Feds are forced to attempt the risky assault on the school. ]]

* TheDragon: Jack Thorpe is Cali's main advisor and enfrocer.

** [[spoiler:Luis Cali attempts to release Joey because he respects Joey's father Albert, a mob boss. Joey despises his father and is appalled by being released while his friends remain captive, so he overcomes his guard and takes his machine gun. Joey attempts to use the gun on one of Cali's goons, but immediately loses control of the machine gun due to the kick and is shot dead. Joey's father is (understandably) outraged his kid was shot down and doesn't believe it could be an accident and orders the assassination of Luis's father in revenge. Luis's entire goal was to free his father, so the Feds believe he could start killing the kids or even detonate his bombs so the Feds are forced to attempt the risky assault on the school. ]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The climactic raid on the school is forced upon the protagonists because [[spoiler:Joey Trotta's father, in a moment of unthinking PapaWolf rage, orders the death of Cali's father in revenge for Joey's and now the police has to prevent Cali from killing all of the children in a retaliation of his own.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Cali starts having this towards the climax [[spoiler: when the special forces soldiers begin their raid on the school and shoot some of the {{Mooks}} and after Billy and his friends rescue the hostages. This culminates in him angrily taking Billy hostage at gunpoint to the headmaster's office and when his attempt to detonate the bomb fails (due to the boys swapping the [[MacGuffin control chip]] in the remote controlled plane), the look of panic on his face becomes palpable.]]

* TheCartel: Cali and his men, naturally.

* VillainousBreakdown: Cali starts having this towards the climax [[spoiler: when the special forces soldiers begin their raid on the school and shoot some of the {{Mooks}} and after Billy and his friends rescue the hostages. This culminates in him angrily taking Billy hostage at gunpoint to the headmaster's office and when his attempt to detonate the bomb fails (due to the boys swapping the [[MacGuffin control chip]] in the remote controlled plane, the look of panic on his face becomes palpable.]]

* VillianousBreakdown: Cali starts having this towards the climax [[spoiler: when the special forces soldiers begin their raid on the school and shoot some of the {{Mooks}} and after Billy and his friends rescue the hostages. This culminates in him angrily taking Billy hostage at gunpoint to the headmaster's office and when his attempt to detonate the bomb fails (due to the boys swapping the [[MacGuffin control chip]] in the remote controlled plane, the look of panic on his face becomes palpable.]]

* VillainousValor: Two pairs of {{Mooks}} stand their ground and keep firing away at against dozens of special forces soldiers for some time in the climax. [[spoiler:The first pair is killed at the entrance to the administration building, while [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse it's unclear whether the second pair were killed or eventually surrendered to the troops who barge in through the outer office the goons were last seen defending.]]]]

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