Line #21 Film/Blackway


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3	An independent Canadian film starring Creator/AnthonyHopkins.
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5	Lillian (Creator/JuliaStiles) has just moved back into her small town home from Seattle following the death of her mother. No less than a week after her return an ominous man named Blackway (Creator/RayLiotta) begins watching her outside her house and murders her cat. The town Sheriff, too afraid of Blackway to deal with him, suggests Lillian recruit some local loggers to deal with Blackway. When she does this, the only people willing to help are an elderly logger named Lester (Creator/AnthonyHopkins) and his hanger-on Nate (Creator/AlexanderLudwig). Together the trio set off to find Blackway and bring him to justice.
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8	!! ''Blackway'' contains examples of:
9	* AgonyOfTheFeet: Nate shoots one of Blackway's drug associates in the foot while he and Lester are interrogating him on Blackway's whereabouts.
10	* AntagonistTitle: Blackway is the villain of the film.
11	* ApatheticCitizens: The residents of the town are for the most part unwilling to help Lillian. Not because they don't care, but because they are all ''terrified'' of Blackway.
12	* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Blackway attempted to rape Lillian before stalking her and killing her cat.]]
13	* BlackShirt: Many citizens, while not directly working for Blackway, are willing to protect him.
14	* CorruptCop: Blackway was one. Out of fear, the current Sheriff is protecting Blackway, making him one as well.
15	* CurbStompBattle: Scotty once tried to do something about Blackway. [[spoiler: Blackway beat him within an inch of his life.]]
16	* DeadAnimalWarning: After he starts stalking Laura, Blackway murders her cat.
17	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lester's daughter killed herself. It's implied Blackway had a hand in it.]]
18	* EntitledToHaveYou: The reason Blackway begins stalking Lillian is because she refused his advances after he tipped her at the bar she worked at.
19	* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Lester's reason for wanting Blackway dead is that Blackway harassed him about being a bad parent the night of his daughter's funeral for no reason except to be a jerk.]]
20	* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler: Lester snaps back a resident's fingers after he attacks Nate.]]
21	* HookersAndBlow: Blackway deals in prostitution and drugs alike.
22	* JustDesserts: [[spoiler: The trio leave Blackway's body to get eaten by animals in the forest.]]
23	* KickTheDog: Blackway murders Lillian's cat for no other reason except to upset her.
24	* NecessarilyEvil: Lester's decides to kill Blackway because "someone has to do it".
25	* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Lester is shot in the shoulder]] but is only incapacitated for a few minutes and afterwards [[spoiler: is well enough to both operate a shotgun and go home afterwards]] with no stop for medical attention.
26	* PoliceAreUseless: Even the cops are too afraid of Blackway to do anything about him, much to Lillian's chagrin. At one point, Blackway ''[[CorruptCop was]]'' a cop.
27	* RedOniBlueOni: Nate is the hot-tempered red to Lester's cool and calculating blue.
28	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Lester's choice of weapon is an antique shotgun. Nate muses whether it will actually fire due to its age. [[spoiler: It does.]]

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