![]() Then, he finally shoots the driver of an army truck who was about to chase them on the road, crushing him along with the truck instead. Dying Moment of Awesome: Hammond kills a handful of insurgents during family's escape, then runs down the building with a gunshot wound in his chest.They run into a rebel procession, and they do not attract any attention because their faces are covered just like the rebels. Dressing as the Enemy: After the escape from the office building, the Dwyers take clothing from the dead and leave on a moped.but even they know better than to pick a fight with the People's Army of Vietnam. The Dreaded: The bloodthirsty and ax-crazy rebels have no qualms against massacring hundreds of foreign nationals and risking incurring the wrath of the United States by taking the American Embassy and murdering everyone inside.Only sheer luck keeps Jack and his family from getting hit in the barrage. ![]() Death from Above: Helicopter-borne insurgents inflict this on a group of foreigners trapped on a rooftop, opening fire on them with AK-47's.Actually, what's in the film seems to show both sides joined together and killing everyone else. Covers Always Lie: The poster shown here would make one think the American family are trapped in the middle of a conflict between rebels and the country's army.City with No Name: The setting country is unnamed.Big Damn Heroes: Hammond and " Kenny Rogers", of all people, saved Jack and his family from the insurgents right before the nasty stuff happened to them in a garden across town.Big Bad: The rebel leader with the red bandana.Because You Were Nice to Me: Despite not understanding them, the old man from the newspaper shop assists Jack and family by hiding them in the garden while deflecting the insurgents' suspicion, only because Jack paid a few dollars to him and after he saw he had kids.Attempted Rape: During the garden scene, Annie is nearly raped by the rebels' leader while Jack is Forced to Watch, until Hammond and "Kenny Rogers" come in to rescue them.The Atoner: Hammond lost his family in the same way Jack will if he doesn't get a hold of himself, due to a water company exacting a large debt against the locals. ![]() Arc Words: "Blood for Water", or anything in between, is the literal reason why the rebels decided to take on everyone by storm, killing anyone who is involved in the water company that is said to have bankrupted their country.The appearance of a French national on the hotel's rooftop (who translates the rebel crowd's "Blood for Water" chant for the protagonists) hints that like the aforementioned countries of Indochina it may also have once been a French colony. Alternate History: Considering that it neighbors Vietnam, the movie's unnamed country is an area that in our world is part of either Laos or Cambodia.They're not trying to stop the soldiers or end the fighting, just make it to safety alive. Action Survivor: Jack Dwyer and Hammond, but to some extent the rest of his family.Has no relation to 1994 movie of the same name starring Ray Liotta or the 2020 film. Assisting them is Hammond (Brosnan), a British man they've met and befriended. The film focuses on the Dwyer family's attempt to escape the country, only to find, well, that there might be no escape. ![]() Shortly after they arrive, civil unrest breaks out and rebels start massacring foreigners. Jack Dwyer (Wilson) is an American who just moved to an unnamed Asian country for work along with his wife, Annie (Bell), and their two daughters. A 2015 action/thriller film directed by John Erick Dowdle (who cowrote the screenplay with his brother Drew), starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, and Pierce Brosnan.
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