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* [[Anvilicious]]: For the biggest part, the movie does a good job conveying the [[Green Aesop]] by simply showing the situation through the eyes of the characters. But they still felt the need to hammer it home with the words of the [[Complete Monster|local African dictator]].
{{quote|'''Kazim''': "Don't worry. It's Africa. Nobody cares about Africa."}}
* [[Complete Monster]]: General Kazim {{spoiler|who poisons his own citizens, contaminating the water in a mean and careless way due too much money in the payoffs from corrupt industrial corporations for him to care}}. Worse yet {{spoiler|he makes sure that his well armed henchmen will kill everyone who gets too close to the financial foundation of his dictatorship. His worst act is when he coldly executes Carl with no second tought.}}.
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Dirk after [[MacGyvering]] a means of transportation out of a crashed plane, complete with awesome soundtrack and desert scenery.
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]:
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* [[Special Effects Failure]]: During the boat chase scene, the boat's windshield is shot out. Multiple times.
* [[Strangled by the Red String]]: Dirk's and Eva's chemistry is debatable.
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** [[Word of God]] states in one of the DVD extras that the filmmakers decided to put more emphasis on the comedy relief aspects of the character because there isn't an actor alive who fit close enough to Giordino's description in the books and that this decision had the support of the original book's author.
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