Fatal Deviation
Fatal Deviation is a 1998 Irish martial arts movie. 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 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 here. Also see Obscurus Lupa's review here.
Examples:
- All Monks Know Kung Fu
- Badass: Jimmy.
- Bar Brawl
- Bang Bang BANG: Averted, incredibly. 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: 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 - 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, 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