1 | Middle Men is a 2010 comedy/drama film starring Luke Wilson about the personal situations that develop around those responsible for the rise of internet pornography. Jack Harris is a family man, and all around a pretty normal guy that is known for one thing, fixing things. Through his contacts he is introduced to two men who have developed a pornographic website, that more importantly have created a program that allows them to bill their customers anonymously. Through this development, they become filthy rich, but have no idea how to manage a business, and that's where Jack Harris steps in. |
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3 | The three manage to encounter numerous porn starlets, as well as mob bosses as they meander through the process of becoming some of the richest men in the country. |
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6 | !!This film contains examples of: |
7 | * AccidentalMurder: James murders a [[spoiler: Russian mobster]] this way. |
8 | * {{Blackmail}}: Used by nearly every character. |
9 | * CloseOnTitle |
10 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Wayne and Buck. |
11 | * DealWithTheDevil: Wayne and Buck make a deal with TheMafiya. |
12 | * IdiotSavant: Buck Dolby who writes a program in 15 minutes that major corporations can't figure out how to make over years but who has been fired from every job he's ever been in. |
13 | * InventorOfTheMundane: Wayne and Buck create anonymous billing software. |
14 | * InMediasRes: Jack starts narrating the movie while driving to a Russian mobsters house with a duffle bag full of money on his way to rescue a child. |
15 | * PaedoHunt: After the government learns there are some underage actresses. |
16 | * TheMafiya: The Sokoloff family. |
17 | * RagsToRiches: Wayne and Buck especially as they went from slum apartment to rich, but also Jack from middle class to filthy rich. |
18 | * RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Wayne and Buck after their success. |
19 | * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue |
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