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* At the climax of 2007's ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'', {{spoiler|1=McClane is ''himself'' the hostage he shoots to kill the movie's [[Big Bad]], firing through his own shoulder to get the villain in the heart. He had already been shot in the shoulder once, and the [[Big Bad]] was holding the gun to the wound at the time to torture him.}} |
* At the climax of 2007's ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'', {{spoiler|1=McClane is ''himself'' the hostage he shoots to kill the movie's [[Big Bad]], firing through his own shoulder to get the villain in the heart. He had already been shot in the shoulder once, and the [[Big Bad]] was holding the gun to the wound at the time to torture him.}} |
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* The movie ''Hard-Boiled'' {{spoiler|has the hostage shoot himself to hit the villain, also allowing Yuen to finish the villain off with a shot to the head. This scene may in fact have been the inspiration of similar action movie scenes made later.}} |
* The movie ''Hard-Boiled'' {{spoiler|has the hostage shoot himself to hit the villain, also allowing Yuen to finish the villain off with a shot to the head. This scene may in fact have been the inspiration of similar action movie scenes made later.}} |
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* In ''[[Another |
* In ''[[48 Hrs.|Another 48 Hrs.]]'', Eddie Murphy is taken hostage, and with his characteristically big mouth, asks the cop to "Just shoot me!" Which he then does. He doesn't even bother aiming for the legs. |
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* In ''[[Shark Tale]]'', Oscar attempts to fake this when the Sharks kidnap his girlfriend by having his "dolphin" partner pretend to eat her right on the spot (he grabs her in his mouth, but doesn't swallow) on his order to show that he didn't care. {{spoiler|Fails, as the "dolphin" is a vegetarian shark who is repulsed by the simple taste of fish. He spits her out along with the contents of his various lunches.}} |
* In ''[[Shark Tale]]'', Oscar attempts to fake this when the Sharks kidnap his girlfriend by having his "dolphin" partner pretend to eat her right on the spot (he grabs her in his mouth, but doesn't swallow) on his order to show that he didn't care. {{spoiler|Fails, as the "dolphin" is a vegetarian shark who is repulsed by the simple taste of fish. He spits her out along with the contents of his various lunches.}} |
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* From the 1994 film of ''[[The Shadow]]'', a villainous variant: |
* From the 1994 film of ''[[The Shadow]]'', a villainous variant: |
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* In ''[[Night of the Comet]]'', the protagonists are captured by a gang of quasi-zombified stockboys. One of the girls grabs on of them as a human shield, and the leader casually shoots his own man, for no reason other than to show how little he cared. |
* In ''[[Night of the Comet]]'', the protagonists are captured by a gang of quasi-zombified stockboys. One of the girls grabs on of them as a human shield, and the leader casually shoots his own man, for no reason other than to show how little he cared. |
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* In the second ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' movie, the drug lords are trying to find Mic in the bush, so they kidnap Walter both as leverage and as a tracker. Mic shoots Walter in the ear after the drug lord threatens to kill Walter if Mick doesn't come out. It saves Walter's life in the long run as the drug lord thinks Mic doesn't want them to have Walter to track him. |
* In the second ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' movie, the drug lords are trying to find Mic in the bush, so they kidnap Walter both as leverage and as a tracker. Mic shoots Walter in the ear after the drug lord threatens to kill Walter if Mick doesn't come out. It saves Walter's life in the long run as the drug lord thinks Mic doesn't want them to have Walter to track him. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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