Line #1 Film/DoubleTake


1	''Double Take'' is a 2001 action comedy film with Creator/OrlandoJones and Creator/EddieGriffin in the lead.
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3	Jones plays a successful investment banker named Daryl Chase who discovers that one of his biggest clients is a front for a Mexican drug cartel. He is then quickly framed for money laundering and the murder of two cops and is placed on the FBI Most Wanted list.
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5	Meanwhile, he keeps getting hustled by a street-wise guy he meets on the street named Freddy Tiffany (Griffin). When Daryl needs to go on the run, he again runs into Freddy, who claims to be an undercover FBI agent, seeking to expose corrupt CIA agents, who are working with the above-mentioned cartel. Not believing Freddy, Daryl steals his passport and pretends to be Freddy Tiffany to get across the US-Mexico border, only to find out that Freddy is wanted in Mexico for the murder of a local governor. HilarityEnsues, as the city-slicker Daryl is trying to figure out who to trust on either side of the border just to survive a manhunt.
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8	!!Examples of:
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10	* BoomHeadshot: Freddy tells Daryl that they should move before they end up with bullets in their skulls, moments before [[spoiler:Agent Gradney pulls out his gun and puts one in his partner's head, revealing himself as a DirtyCop]].
11	* TheCavalryArrivesLate: This being an action film, this is expected. By the time the authorities arrive, it's all over.
12	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The dog. It used to belong to the murdered Mexican governor, and a dog bite on CIA Agent [=McReady=]'s leg tips him off that Freddy was right about rogue CIA agents being involved with the Mexican drug smuggling trade. The DirtyCop Agent Gradney immediately suggests getting rid of the dog as the only piece of evidence linking [=McReady=] to the governor's murder. During the climactic gunfight, the dog bites [=McReady=] again, causing him to tumble down the stairs, [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns unloading the entire clip of his gun into himself]]]].
13	* DirtyCop: It's never quite clear who the dirty agents are until the very end. [[spoiler:Freddy turns out to be the real deal, while FBI Agent Gradney and any CIA agent we see turn out to be dirty. The Mexican cops are, surprisingly, not shown to be (too) corrupt and are honestly carrying out their task of catching "Freddy" (actually Daryl pretending to be him), who is wanted for murder. They even offer him a drink and a cigar before booking him, as arresting such a high-profile suspect will mean promotions for all of them]].
14	* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After Minty, who was stated as the BigBad of the film, reveals that he's been working with the FBI all this time, his [[TheDragon Dragon]] [=McReady=], a corrupt CIA agent, shoots him and takes over]].
15	* FallingChandelierOfDoom: [[spoiler:Freddy]] takes out a corrupt agent by shooting at the chain holding a fancy chandelier above him with predictable results.
16	* GlassEye: Minty Gutierrez, the head of the cartel, has one. [[spoiler:It pops out when [=McReady=] shoots him]].
17	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Daryl's aim is horrible. During the climactic gunfight, he doesn't hit anyone. Justified, since he hasn't had any experience with guns before that.
18	--> '''Freddy''': Man, you really are from the projects. You didn't hit a damn thing.
19	* MortonsFork: Freddy gives one to Daryl at one point.
20	--> '''Freddy''': If you wanna live, get in the car. If you wanna die, get in the car.
21	* PrinceAndPauper: Played straight without being completely identical. When escaping on a train, Freddy suggests that Daryl pretend to be him (a lower-class street hustler), while Freddy pretends to be a big-shot investment banker from New York like Daryl. Using his street smarts, Freddy is able to pull off his role perfectly, while Daryl is struggling to pretend to be Freddy and mostly sticks to stereotypes.
22	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Minty Gutierrez, a Mexican drug lord, reveals that he is the one who started this whole mess as part of his deal with the FBI to expose CIA corruption in exchange for the US Government unfreezing his bank accounts. Shortly after that, [=McReady=] shoots him for the betrayal in his own mansion. They then blame it on Daryl and Freddy]].
23	* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: [[spoiler:[=McReady=]]] aims his gun at the good guys, only [[spoiler:for the dog to bite him again in the ankle]], causing him to trip and tumble down the stairs, each fall resulting in the gun discharging into his own body.
24	--> '''[[spoiler:[=McReady=]]]''': A real shooter never ever misses!\
25	[[spoiler:''Falls down the stairs, unloads the gun into himself'']]\
26	'''[[spoiler:Freddy]]''': He wasn't lying. He didn't miss once.
27	* RunForTheBorder: Daryl tries to go SouthOfTheBorder to try to escape a manhunt and figure out who is trying to frame him and why. Unfortunately for him, the identity of the man he pretends to be turns out to be wanted for murder in Mexico.

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