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[[File:Street_KingsMP08_1419.jpg|frame|''Their city. Their rules. No prisoners.'']]

 

 

'''Disco''': You bored or something? }}

 

 

* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: Ludlow invokes this to goad the Korean gangsters into beating him up and stealing his car.

'''Ludlow:''' Yeah. A couple of panheads buyin' a machine gun out of a trunk. }}

* [[Batman Gambit]]: This movie employs a couple of these:

** At the start of the movie, Ludlow intentionally goads the Korean gangsters into beating him up and stealing his car. He then uses the GPS tracking device in the car to track them to their hideout so he can bust in the house, kill them and rescue the two missing Korean schoolgirls locked in a cage deep inside the house.

** At the end, Biggs reveals that the reason he pushed Ludlow to look deeper into Washington's death {{spoiler|was because Wander had become too powerful in his corruption and the higher-ups wanted to get rid of him. So they left Ludlow a trail of breadcrumbs and let his own desire for justice take down Wander's operation from the inside.}}

{{spoiler|'''Biggs:''' You were the plan. No one else could touch him. Once your eyes were open, there was no other outcome. Decisions were made, Tom. Powerful men with powerful secrets. They were afraid of Jack. They asked me to help.}} }}

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]: Ludlow's entire unit, Wander especially.}}

* [[Buy Them Off]]: {{spoiler|Wander attempts to do this with Ludlow. It doesn't work.}}

* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Reconstructed as Biggs recognises that Ludlow's methods, while questionable, are sometimes necessary.

'''Biggs:''' Ludlow, maybe you're right. Maybe we do need you. But goddamn if you don't need me, son. }}

** At the end of the movie:

* [[Da Chief]]: Subverted in that rather than being asked to [[Turn in Your Badge|Turn In His Badge]], his captain actively covers up Ludlow's misdeeds.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Ludlow.

'''Ludlow:''' Not quick enough. }}

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: Ludlow starts looking for the drug dealers Freemont and Coates after their DNA is found at the scene of Washington's murder. He later tracks them to their house in the Hollywood Hills, only to discover that {{spoiler|they're both long dead and buried and that the men walking around as Freemont and Coates are imposters.}}

** It is also heavily implied that two kidnapped girls were sex slaves, so it is much easier to sympathize with Ludlow who technically [[I Did What I Had to Do|murdered]] four people to rescue them.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Washington was killed {{spoiler|because he was going to expose Wander's corruption to Internal Affairs.}}

* [[The Can Kicked Him]]: Ludlow shoots one of the Korean gangsters while the man's sitting on the toilet.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Washington's death. Both robbers empty an ''entire clip each'' into him. Even worse, one of the bullets is ''Ludlow's'' thanks to a missed shot that hit Washington by mistake.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Ludlow thinks he's bringing criminals to justice, when in fact {{spoiler|Captain Wander has just been using him to gain power and leverage over the city government}}.

* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: The opening sequence features a hungover Ludlow brushing his teeth and then suddenly stopping to throw up in the nearby toilet.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: After the shooting of the Korean gangsters and the rescue of the girls, Washington calls out his former partner Ludlow by reminding him that the gangsters still had a right to a fair trial. Ludlow responds with [[I Did What I Had to Do]].

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