Line #39 Film/DeathRing


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3	''Death Ring'' is a 1992 action film starring Creator/MikeNorris, Creator/BillyDrago, Creator/ChadMcQueen, Creator/ElizabethSung, Creator/DonSwayze, Creator/RonThompson and directed by Creator/RJKizer.
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5	Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiancée, Lauren Sadler, by crazed hunter extraordinaire Danton Vachs. Every year he holds a contest where people can purchase the right to hunt down and kill a human being. This time, Collins is to be the hunted. Vachs uses Lauren as motivation for Collins to really fight to survive and thus provide the buyers with a truly exceptional hunt. Collins is turned loose on an uncharted island and four killers set out to find and kill him.
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9	* AlwaysKnowAPilot: Matt's best friend is 'Skylord' Harris: a chopper pilot who saved his life in Guatemala. When Matt and Lauren are kidnapped, Skylord goes searching for them. He borrows a helicopter for the charter company he works at and arrives at the island just in time to provide a much needed extraction.
10	* ArtisticLicenceGunSafety: Ms. Ling, a ProfessionalKiller, covers Matt with a shotgun held so that the stock is cupped in her elbow rather than against her shoulder. Later Matt, an ex-Green Beret OneManArmy, fires an AK-47 on full auto while holding it GangstaStyle.
11	* BadassNative: A villainous example. One of the {{Egomaniac Hunter}}s [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame stalking Matt]] on the island is a Native American [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known only as 'Apache']]. He hunts Matt armed with a spear, and proves to be a ScarilyCompetentTracker.
12	* BodyguardBabes: Vachs has a pair of female bodyguards/enforcers clad in identical {{Spy Catsuit}}s named Bambi and Thumper.
13	* BullyingADragon: A drunken bar patron tries to cut in on ex-Green Beret Matt Collins when he is dancing with his fiancee Lauren, and then shoves him repeatedly after Matt politely tell him to back off.
14	* CaughtInASnare: While fighting Matt, Mr. Chen steps steps in the snare he avoided earlier and gets yanked into the air.
15	* TheCreon: EgomaniacHunter Danton Vachs has the slavishly loyal, hyper-competent DragonLady Ms. Ling as his second-in-command.
16	* DamselInDistress: Lauren's sole purpose is to be held hostage to ensure Matt's compliance. She comes good at the very end of the film when she [[spoiler:shoots Ms. Ling to save Matt's life]].
17	* DepravedBisexual: DragonLady (and TheDragon) Ms. Ling is in a sexual relationship with her boss Danton Vachs; whom she addresses as "master". However, when she has Lauren tied to the massage table, she gives her a ForcefulKiss.
18	* DestinationDefenestration: When Matt breaks into Vachs' mansion to rescue Lauren, he is confronted by Ms. Ling. During their fight, he grabs her and hurls her bodily out of the upper storey window.
19	* DragonLady: Danton Vach's extremely competent second-in-command is Ms. Ling: a half-Vietnamese assassin who killed 17 Americans during the Vietnam Wat, starting when she was 14.
20	* DragonTheirFeet: When Matt breaks into Vachs' mansion to rescue Lauren, he confronts Vachs' [[TheDragon dragon]], the DragonLady Ms. Ling, and [[DestinationDefenestration throws her out a window]] to her apparent death. After Matt has killed Vachs' and he and Lauren are running to the chopper, Ms. Ling turns up injured but alive. She tackles Matt to the ground; wielding a set of tiger claws and demanding vengeance for Vachs' death.
21	* EgomaniacHunter: Crazed hunter extraordinaire Danton Vachs. Every year he holds a contest where people can purchase the right to hunt down and kill a human being.
22	* ForcefulKiss: When Lauren is tied down on the massage table, Ms. Ling grabs her chin and forcibly kisses her.
23	* GangstaStyle: Matt, who is supposed to be an ex-Green Beret OneManArmy, holds an ''AK-47'' like this when he fires on the guards at Vachs' mansion.
24	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiancée, Lauren Sadler, by crazed hunter extraordinaire Danton Vachs. Every year he holds a contest where people can purchase the right to hunt down and kill a human being. This time, Collins is to be the hunted. Vachs uses Lauren as motivation for Collins to really fight to survive and thus provide the buyers with a truly exceptional hunt. Collins is turned loose on an uncharted island and four killers set out to find and kill him.
25	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After being CaughtInASnare, Mr. Chen is impaled by one of the {{Booby Trap}}s Matt set for his pursuers.
26	* InstantSedation: Lauren goes down immediately when a chloroform rag is clamped over nose and mouth. Matt takes longer, and the kidnappers have to physically hold him down and hold the rag on his face until he passes out.
27	* ImpaledPalm: After Cross disrespects him during dinner, Vachs seemingly lets the insult go then, as Cross is reaching across the table, jams his fork down into Cross' hand. He then knocks Cross to the floor and kicks him to death.
28	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Skylord beats up the tattoo artist until he gives him the name of the man with the double triangle tattoo. However, it does not avail him much as all the artist has is the man's surname--Chavez--which is extremely common in a Texas border town.
29	* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: After stabbing Cross [[ImpaledPalm through the hand]] with a fork, Vachs knocks him to the ground and proceeds to kick him repeatedly: [[FinishingStomp to death]].
30	* KukrisAreKool: The Iceman is assigned a kukri as his weapon for [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting down Matt]]. After Temple kills Iceman, he takes the kukri for himself and uses it in his final fight with Matt.
31	* MacGuffinTitle: The title refers the ring awarded to the the winner of the HuntingTheMostDangerousGame competition. The prize seems to exist for no other reason than to justify the title.
32	* MercyLead: Matt is released on the island and given a two hour head start before the hunters start HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.
33	* NeckSnap: Matt does this to one of the sentries when he sneaks back into Vachs' mansion to rescue Lauren.
34	* NoHonorAmongThieves: When Temple learns that he and Iceman are the only hunters left in the contest, he pretends to cooperate with Iceman, and then garottes him: leaving him with a clear run at Matt.
35	* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: After abducting Matt, Vachs has him brought to a formal dinner so he can be introduced the [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame the men who will be hunting him]].
36	* NotStayingForBreakfast: Lauren and Matt spend the night together after he wins the 'Survival of the Fittest' race. When she wakes up, he is gone, leaving behind a note that just reads 'SORRY!'. She immediately sets out to find him.
37	* OneManArmy: Matt Collins is a highly-trained former Green Beret lieutenant who is an expert in firearms, hand-to-hand combat and explosives. He left the army because he felt his training was making him into nothing but a killing machine. However, he then discovered that his skill set had no application in the civilian world. But it did make him the perfect quarry for those planning on HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.
38	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Two of the hunters only introduce themselves only by their nicknames: Apache and the Iceman.
39	* ReadyForLovemaking: Skylord arrives back at his apartment to find his girlfriend waiting for him in new lingerie and with only one thing on her mind. Unfortunately, he has just got a lead on Matt and Lauren's location and has to leave immediately, which severely pisses her off considerably.
40	* SerialKiller: It is strongly implied that the lawyer Temple is a serial killer with a large body count, who is moving into HuntingTheMostDangerousGame in search of a new challenge.
41	* ShoutOut: Vachs' BodyguardBabes are named [[Film/DiamondsAreForever Bambi and Thumper]].
42	* SpyCatsuit: BodyguardBabes Bambi and Thumper wear black catsuits, possibly because their outfits were selected by DepravedBisexual Ms. Ling.
43	* ThisMeansWarPaint: During his two hour MercyLead before [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame the hunters start after him]], Matt uses mud to paint camouflage patterns on his face.
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