Line #19 Film/Keoma


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3	''Keoma'' is a 1976 SpaghettiWestern film starring Creator/FrancoNero.
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5	Keoma Shannon, a mixed-race gunslinger, returns to his hometown after serving on the Union side of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. He discovers that the town is plague-ridden, and being quarantined by a former Confederate commander. Worse, his racist half-brothers are on the payroll of evil. Keoma takes up his guns to save his hometown.
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7	!!This film contains examples of:
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9	* ArchEnemy: Keoma has the other Shannon brothers, who have abused him his whole life out of sheer racism.
10	* BigBad: Caldwell, the tyrannical ruler of the town.
11	* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: Caldwell is killed and Keoma kills his brothers thus freeing the town. However Keoma's father, his friend George and Liza all died in the process.]]
12	* CainAndAbel: Keoma's brothers are in Caldwell's army.
13	* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler: Despite Caldwell ruling the town and leading the army, it is Keoma's brothers who are the main villains of the film and Caldwell is killed by them before the climax.]]
14	* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:Caldwell is taken out twenty minutes before the film's end, and the other Shannons try to take the town.]]
15	* FromCamouflageToCriminal: The villains are former Confederate soldiers who have taken a small town by force.
16	* HeroicSacrifice [[spoiler:George dies fighting off Caldwell's soldiers in a attempted to help William Shannon escape.]]
17	* ImprobableAimingSkills: The only two men who can shoot a target without looking at it are Keoma and his father.
18	* KickTheDog: Caldwell killing Keoma's dad even when he gives himself up.
19	* MoralityPet: The other Shannon brothers only refrain from killing Keoma because their pa loves him. [[spoiler:They also kill Caldwell for killing him. Of course, this doesn't stop them from using his death to seize control of the town.]]
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21	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Keoma is a {{downplayed\|Trope}} example mixed in with some DeliberateValuesDissonance. The most prominent examples of this can be seen when calls George the N-word in frustrated anger but apologizes quickly afterwards. He later even mentions that he ultimately couldn't care less about another individual's skin color.
22	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The other Shannon brothers bullied Keoma relentlessly because he's half-Indian.
23	* ProtagonistTitle
24	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:The climax of the film has Keoma going on one against his brothers, who have spent their entire lives tormenting him for being racist and eventually crucify him.]]
25	* SeanConneryIsABoutToShootYou: [[https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/File:Keoma_UK.jpg More]] [[https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/File:Keoma_regasa.jpg than]] [[https://www.tumgir.com/tag/Keoma one]] of the film's DVD re-release depicts Keoma about to shoot the audience.
26	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:The Shannon brothers decide to hide their time and wait for Keoma and Caldwell to kill each other, then take over the town.]]

Context Film / Keoma