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* ''[[Collateral]]'' has a scene where a couple of thugs steal a briefcase from a ziptied-up Max. Vincent confronts the two, one of whom brandishes a pistol right at him. A few double-taps to the chest and one in the head later, Vincent has his briefcase back.
* In a throwaway scene in Jim Jarmusch's ''[[Ghost Dog]]'', a hoodlum tries to mug an [[
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* ''[[The Book of Eli]]'' does this very frequently. It becomes much more hilarious/embarrassing when you realize that Eli {{spoiler|might have been, in fact, a blind man all along.}}
* At one point in ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]] Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'', a bunch of punks threaten Jason Voorhees after he kicks their stereo. He turns around and lifts his mask. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|They take off at top speed.]]
* A classic example occurs in the ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' film, when a mook tries to take a vampire hostage. It ends about as well as can be expected for him.
* An elaborated one in ''[[The Godfather]] II''
* ''[[A History of Violence]]'': Two small-time criminals try to rob an Indiana town coffee shop with the intent to rob/murder/rape everyone inside it. The restaurant owner, Tom Stall, is an ex-Philadelphia Mafia hitman/enforcer, who, in the words of one his former associates, "Is very good at killing people."
* In ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]] II'', the alien [[Big Bad]] takes the form of an underwear model. "She" is then immediately attacked by a rapist, who ends up as the prop in a [[Throwaway Gag]] about bulimia.
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* In the first Christopher Reeve ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' movie, a mugger points a gun at Lois Lane and... Clark Kent. (Since Lois was around, however, ol' Kal El couldn't open his special Kryptonian brand of whoop-ass on the crook for fear Lois would notice—although he ''did'' snatch the mugger's bullet out of midair when it otherwise would have hit her.)
* A deleted scene from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' (never filmed, but the storyboards appear on the DVD) has Lewis, possessed by the Keymaster, warding off some muggers with fire breath.
* In ''Bourne Identity'', Swiss police wake a man who is sleeping on a park bench. Instead of a bum, it's Jason Bourne, who takes down both cops in seconds. Bonus points for the fact that as an amnesiac he had no idea he was capable of doing that. This trope actually happens quite a few times in ''[[The Bourne Series (film)|The Bourne Series]]'' as people either do not know what Bourne is capable of or underestimate his abilities.
* In ''[[Rambo]]: First Blood'', the local small-town cops see Rambo as just a disreputable-looking drifter and start pushing him out of town. This turns out to be the last straw. (In the original novel, it's more a case of mutual misunderstanding than a real example of this trope.)
* ''[[Death Wish]]'': When Charles Bronson's character Paul Kersey becomes a mysterious vigilante, anybody who approaches him armed will get shot.
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* In ''[[Killshot]]'', a fancy-talking hoodlum and wannabe [[Badass]] decides to steal the cadillac of a middle-aged man who looks dressed like a modern-day cowboy after the man grabbed a bite at a cheap diner. After driving around for a while at gunpoint they park the car somewhere, and the hoodlum peruses through his wallet. Then the man shoves a gun in his face and reveals that he's a contract killer. Interestingly he doesn't kill the punk, but hangs around with him for the remainder of the film.
* The first ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' movie has a group of muggers making the mistake of setting upon Callahan while he's running around with Scorpio's ransom money.
* In the ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'' movies, the backstory for [[Playing with Fire|Liz Sherman]] has her as a young girl running from a group of attacking kids who throw rocks as she tries to escape over a fence. It ends badly. She accidentally burns down the fence. And the kids. And the ''entire city block''. Then again, since they ''were'' deriding her as a freak, they may have known about her powers and thus [[Too Dumb to Live|deserved to die]].
* In ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick Ass]]'', two bullies try to shake down Hit-Girl for lunch money when she's out of costume. Cue Hit-Girl cracking her knuckles. The bullies no doubt had a hard time living the result down.
* This is the premise of ''[[The Perfect Host]]'': An attempted bank robber on the run threatens a random guy with a knife. Throughout the rest of the film, the thief learns why he would have been better off messing with someone else.
* ''[[Star Wars a New Hope]]''. In the famous Mos Eisley Cantina scene, Ponda Baba and Dr. Evanzan attempt to pick a fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Knight with a lightsaber, who to his credit, warns them to back off. They don't listen, and Baba loses an arm as a result.
* The [[Chuck Norris]] movie ''Code of Silence'' has a sequence where two lowlife thugs enter a nondescript Chicago bar full of middle-aged white guys who don't look like much of anything, and some younger friends, sitting there quietly drinking their beers. After an epically failed attempt to appear casual, the two lowlifes draw their guns and loudly announce that this is a stickup. They aren't even halfway through their opening move before they notice, to their horror, that ''every single customer in the room'' has pulled a handgun on them. Moral of the story: Don't try to stick up the local cop bar.
* ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to the future]]''
* ''[[Police Academy]]''
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