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* [[Action Survivor]]: Ryan and Jessica. The former for managing to run, drive and dive across L.A. and live, the latter for {{spoiler|killing a man with ''Biology!'', choking another, and saving her family in the process.}}
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Twice. The first time Ryan apologized for holding up a Cell Phone store with a gun to steal a phone charger... though he ''did'' pay for it. Later mixed with [[Explaining Your Power to
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Ethan.
* [[Can You Hear Me Now]]: Subverted, the movie uses the facts of cell phone use realistically (though of course dramatically.)
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* [[Retirony]]: It's Mooney's last day on the job, and he {{spoiler|lives through the end! [[Subverted Trope]], ahoy!}}
** Also {{spoiler|subverted in that despite his age he still knocks the stuffing out of one of the criminals.}}
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Sort of. The film of course doesn't brand it self as being true, unlike [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
* [[Running Gag]]: Everyone keeps on calling Mooney's post career business a beauty salon. The final time ends in the [[Precision F-Strike]] mentioned above.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To ''[[Phone Booth (
* [[Shout-Out]]: The [[Lord of the Rings]] backpack a nod to the Lord of the Rings movies also released by New Line Cinema.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: The thug that {{spoiler|Jessica kills}} manages to do nothing but choke up until his last moments when he looks up and chokes out, "... bitch".
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