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17	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine All roads lead to the truth.]]'']]
18	->'''The Bomber:''' Now that I have your attention, listen very carefully. The device is connected to a pressure plate. If you get out of your seat, the bomb will detonate. Do you understand?\
19	'''Matt:''' Yes.\
20	'''The Bomber:''' There is a secondary trigger, a remote switch that I am holding as we speak. If you try to call the police, if you try to get help... I will detonate. I'm watching you. If you go somewhere I don't like, I will detonate. Do you understand everything I have said to you?
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22	''Retribution'' is a 2023 action thriller film directed by Nimród Antal (''Film/{{Predators}}'') and starring Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/JackChampion, Lilly Aspell, Creator/EmbethDavidtz, Creator/ArianMoayed, Noma Dumezweni, and Creator/MatthewModine. It is an English-language remake of the 2015 Spanish film ''El desconocido''.
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24	The film follows an ordinary father, Matt Turner, and his two children whose commute turns deadly when a mysterious stranger calls them and tells them that a bomb with a pressure trigger has been placed under their car seats. Now, Matt has no choice but to play the stranger’s twisted game while working out how to save himself and his kids.
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26	The film was released on August 25th, 2023.
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28	'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/jzQn0-WH4WM Trailer]]
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30	!!''Retribution'' contains examples of:
31	* AdaptationalVillainy: The BigBad in the original ''El desconocido'' was driven by revenge due to his wife being driven to suicide after the protagonist's poor stock tips. The villain here is solely motivated by greed.
32	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Anders Muller is the mysterious caller and bomber.]]
33	* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:Anders is fully aware that he is a monster and calls out Matt for his hypocrisy.]]
34	* ExternalCombustion: A variation. In the trailer, the bomber warns Matt that the bomb is under his car seat and will go off if he or his kids try to leave the car. He even sets off another car to show he means business.
35	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Anders is revealed to have done this after seemingly blowing himself up when Matt threw his gun down and decided to not go through with the bomber's SadisticChoice, as it's actually ''Anders'' who is the bomber.]]
36	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Anders is ultimately blown up by his own bomb when Matt jumps from his car hanging on the side of a bridge while Anders is reaching for his detonator.]]
37	* IronicNurseryTune: In the trailer, the bomber’s ring tone is “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”.
38	* LogoJoke: In the trailer, an overhead shot shows the Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions logos painted onto the road.
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