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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight'': The reveal of Jack the Ripper's knife when he's about to kill his first victim is shot this way.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', there is a shot of Mei's paw, claws extended, when she advances on Tyler after he threatens to blackmail her.


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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', there is a shot of Mei's paw, claws extended, when she advances on Tyler after he threatens to blackmail her.
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* ''ComicBook/TheCrow'': When Eric finally has [[spoiler:T-Pain]] at his mercy, the last shot of the two of them is [[spoiler:T-Pain]] looking at the claw hammer in Eric's hand, clearly indicating that his death is going to be brutal and messy.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'': When Samwise [[spoiler:confronts Shelob to save his master Frodo,]] the first we see of him is his hand holding the glowing sword Sting.



** When the Jedi confront Palpatine in his office, just before the battle begins there's a close-up of Palpatine's hand at his waist as he drops his lightsaber out of his sleeve.

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** When the Jedi confront Palpatine in his office, just before the battle begins there's a close-up of Palpatine's hand at his waist as he drops his lightsaber out of his sleeve. He repeats the performance (with what may be a different saber) when Yoda confronts him later in the Chancellor's office below the Senate chamber.
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Compare HandOfDeath. See also FearsomeFoot.

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Compare HandOfDeath.HandOfDeath and FistOfRage. See also FearsomeFoot.
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* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': In the scene where Rorschach is attacked in the prison cafeteria by the inmate behind him in line, as the inmate is talking to him there is a brief cut to his left hand as the inmate behind him passes him a shard of glass to stab Rorschach with.
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* This shot appears multiple times in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films:

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* This shot appears multiple times in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' [[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizarding World]] films:


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** In ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore'', just before Credence confronts and then attacks Dumbledore in the street, the view behind him shifts to show him tightly gripping his wand in his right hand, a sign of his anger and pain toward Dumbledore for seemingly abandoning him.
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* ''Film/TheAccountant'': During the assault on the farmer couple, after Christian and the bearded mook are thrown from the farmers' truck, the camera focuses on the mook's right hand as he pulls a knife after standing up.

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* ''Film/TheAccountant'': ''Film/TheAccountant2016'': During the assault on the farmer couple, after Christian and the bearded mook are thrown from the farmers' truck, the camera focuses on the mook's right hand as he pulls a knife after standing up.

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