Staged Shooting: Difference between revisions

* Used in ''[[Mickey Blue Eyes]],'' both in the main plot and the [[Twist Ending]].

* Used in the [[James Bond (film)|Bond]] film ''[[The Living Daylights]]'', although what is really happening is hinted at beforehand and it is likely that the audience is not supposed to be fooled.

* Used at the beginning of the movie ''[[The Punisher (film)|The Punisher]]'', to set up Frank's "retirement"

* In ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'', {{spoiler|Danny}} does this to get Nicholas safely away from the murderous {{spoiler|townsfolk.}}

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* Happens in several occasions in ''[[Hustle]]'', in order to scare the mark into taking off and not coming back for his money (it's an old con trick, but something of a [[Fridge Logic]] moment now, as even if the mark left the country they would undoubtedly look up on the internet to find out what the police were saying about the non-existent shooting). Subverted on one occasion when the mark gets caught up in the emotions of the moment, draws his own firearm and fires a couple of ''real'' bullets into the 'victim' as well! {{spoiler|Fortunately, he survives.}}

* Variant: In the fourth season of ''[[24]]'', Tony Almeida "shoots" Jack Bauer, and Jack is then examined and found to be dead. Thirty seconds later, Tony jabs a syringe full of adrenalin into Jack's heart to revive him from artificially-induced death.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''

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