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''[[Fatal Deviation]]'' is a 1998 Irish martial arts movie. It is, in fact, Ireland's ''only'' martial arts movie, and perhaps for a very good reason.

It tells the story of one Jimmy Bennett, a martial artist, returning to his hometown, Trim, after a decade in reform school, to investigate the death of his father. Along the way, he runs into the local drug ring, who are determined to win a local fighting contest, which will supposedly allow them to control the town, who may be [[The Plot Thickens|connected to his father's death]], as well as a mysterious monk, and the beautiful Nicola.

The whole thing can be seen on [[YouTube]], starting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHSCNMH4wE&feature=related here].

If you're short on time, see [[Obscurus Lupa]]'s review [http://obscuruslupapresent.blip.tv/file/5076958/ here].

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* [[All Monks Know Kung Fu]]
* [[Badass]]: Jimmy.
* [[Bar Brawl]]
* [[Bang Bang BANG]]: Averted, incredibly. [[Kung Foley|The punches and kicks are louder than the gunshots in this movie.]]
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: "Enjoy the slide!"
* [[The Brute]]: Seagull.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Everybody in the Bealtaine Tournament.
* [[Click. "Hello."]]: "I'm not paying you to sit on your arse smoking."
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jimmy. Or he would be if his lines weren't so filled with [[Narm]].
** His accent doesn't help with this.
* [[The Danza]] - Pretty much the entire cast. Justified in that none of them had ever acted before and would probably have difficulty responding to other names.
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Nicola. Dear God, Nicola.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|One Mook strips naked, barring a cowboy hat and gets into an outdoor bath for no real reason.]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] - Mikey Graham of Boyzone fame as [[The Dragon]]. And he's the best actor in the entire film. Seriously.
* [[Inevitable Tournament]] - The Bealtaine tournament, which for some reason, will allow the winner to take control of the town.
* [[Just Plane Wrong]] - [[Fail O'Suckyname|Seagull]] flies from Hong Kong to Trim in a ''Cessna''.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]] - The [[Big Bad]]'s weapon of choice when he killed Jimmy's father.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]] - For years, getting a full working copy of this movie was damn near impossible. The film really only gained its cult popularity after Colin Murphy reviewed it on ''[[The Blizzard of Odd]]''.
* [[Marty Stu]] - Jimmy. He doesn't even bother to change the name of his protagonist from his own.
* [[Narm]] - "Fuck you and your gun, ya prick!"
** After Nicola's capture by the bad guys, Jimmy has a [[Flash Back]] to his memories of her. In the middle of the generic picnic/lovemaking memories, one scene is of him driving a motorbike and firing a handgun, while Nicola clings to his back in fear.
* [[No Kill Like Overkill]] - In the climax of the film, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y9SCorKGx8o#t=411s Jimmy shoots a gangster in the head twice, then administers a rather unneeded roundhouse kick to the head].
* [[So Bad It's Good]]
* [[Oh Crap]]: The bouncers at the pub Jimmy is refused from for no reason when he charges at them.
* [[Old Shame]] - For Mikey Graham anyway. This troper remembers seeing an interview where he was on a documentary about Irish actors trying to get their break in the States. Fatal Deviation is mentioned and he went all quiet.
* [[Storming the Castle]]: The climax, in which Jimmy wipes out most of the gang to rescue Nicola.
* [[Throw It In]]: The car crash in the climax was unscripted.
* [[Training Montage]]: Several.
* [[Two Shots From Behind the Bar]]
* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]] - Jimmy rolls across the bonnet of a car and then back again in the middle of a fight for no reason.
* [[You Killed My Father]]

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