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* SpannerInTheWorks: What undoes the plan is when Soneji attacks Cross and Jezzie; while the later is out Cross and Soneji talk, and Soneji is genuinely confused when the ransom money is brought up, which is what ultimately clues Cross in that there's more than one party at play.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The quote used by [[spoiler:Gary Soneji, "They say that when I die, the case will die. They say it'll be like a book I close. But the book, it will never close." were supposed to have been Bruno Richard Hauptmann's last words before being executed, meant to indicate that Soneji was copycatting the Lindbergh kidnapping. According to reporters present at Hauptmann's execution, however, he did not make any statement.]]
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* AdultFear: Megan being kidnapped and ostensibly held for ransom by notoriety-seeking wackjob certainly qualifies. Just when it seems it can't get any worse than that, Cross learns that [[spoiler: his own partner]] masterminded the ransom scheme and now means to [[WouldHurtAChild kill]] the poor girl.
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* IHaveYourWife: Megan is kidnapped and ostensibly held for ransom by notoriety-seeking wackjobs. Just when it seems it can't get any worse than that, Cross learns that [[spoiler: his own partner]] masterminded the ransom scheme and now means to [[WouldHurtAChild kill]] the poor girl.
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* TooDumbToLive: The aforementioned suspect choosing to accelerate and escape when being held at gunpoint and while closely pursued by a police helicopter. The end result is him getting shot in the groin the moment he does this, the aforementioned crash, and his subsequent fall off a dam.
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* HopeSpot: Megan manages to escape from Soneji's boat after starting a fire below decks to distract him and is able to attract the attention of a fisherman who comes to her aid. Just when he's within reach of her [[spoiler: Soneji guns him down in front of Megan before recapturing her.]]
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* AllForNothing: Both Soneji and [[spoiler: Jezzie]] live just long enough to experience their grand schemes which they had gambled their entire futures on completely collapse around them. [[spoiler: Soneji's one shot at kidnapping the son of the Russian President is thwarted, and he knows he'll never get another chance, while Jezzie realizes once she's confronted by Cross that she's been found out and her life is over]].
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* MotiveRant: Shorter and subtler than most. [[spoiler: Soneji mentions his excitement at being in the papers after he burned down his family home with his abusive parents inside, while Jezzie offhandedly mentions how she felt slighted by being permanently assigned to Cathedral to take care of kids instead of a more prestigious Secret Service assignment such as Air Force One or the Presidential protection detail.]]
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* LittleMissBadass: A downplayed example, but Megan is extremely resourceful and daring, managing to stage a nearly succesful escape from Soneji [[spoiler:and Flannigan]].
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* JurisdictionFriction: Played straight then subverted . The Secret Service chief [=McArthur=] is at first cagey and defensive about having a simple detective like Cross being brought in lead the case, but later approaches him and apologizes, says he thinks jurisdiction arguments are "a massive waste of time", and then asks what he can do to help.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: [[spoiler:Agent Flannigan mentions the significance of the phrase "Aces & Eights" to her, while she's using it as a password to her computer]].
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: [[spoiler:Agent Flannigan mentions the significance of the phrase "Aces & Eights" to her, while she's using it as a password to her computer]].computer.]]
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* RansomDrop: After [[spoiler:Soneji's plot to kidnap Dimitri, the son of the russian president is foiled]], the authorities get a call from him demanding ten million diamonds in exchange for Megan Rose's life, and Cross has to make the hand-off. After being forced to follow the requisite convoluted path, he's made to jump on a train just before the doors close, and then, while it's moving, break the windows and throw the ransom out.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Agent Jezzie Flannigan, who partnered up with Cross to help with te kidnapping case, is revealed to have been on the know of Soneji's plan so that she and her partner Agent Devine can profit from it by stealing her from him, and asking for a ransom of ten million dollars]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Agent Jezzie Flannigan, who partnered up with Cross to help with te kidnapping case, is revealed to have been on the know of Soneji's plan so that she and her partner Agent Devine can profit from it by stealing her from him, and asking for a ransom of ten million dollars]].
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* RansomDrop: After [[spoiler:Soneji's plot to kidnap Dimitri, the son of the russian Russian president is foiled]], foiled,]] the authorities get a call from him demanding ten million diamonds dollars in exchange for Megan Rose's life, and Cross has to make the hand-off. After being forced to follow the requisite convoluted path, he's made to jump on a train just before the doors close, and then, while it's moving, break the windows and throw the ransom out.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Agent Jezzie Flannigan, who partnered up with Cross to help withte the kidnapping case, is revealed to have been on in the know of on Soneji's plan so that she and her partner Agent Devine can profit from it by stealing her from him, and asking for a ransom of ten million dollars]].dollars.]]
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* AdaptionalVillainy: [[spoiler:The film removes most of Flannigan’s guilt over the kidnapping, and has her kill [=DeVine=] and later try to do the same to Maggie.]]
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'''Cross''': [[spoiler:[[AttentionWhore Soneji was too much of a loner for that.]] [[{{Pride}} Having an accomplice was beneath him.]] [[OutGambitted Soneji was hoodwinked,]] [[BigBadEnsemble and so were we.]]]]
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'''Cross''': [[spoiler:[[AttentionWhore Soneji Soneji]] was too much of a loner for that.]] that. [[{{Pride}} Having an accomplice was beneath him.]] [[OutGambitted Soneji was hoodwinked,]] [[BigBadEnsemble and so were we.]]]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Gary Soneji, a narcissistic sociopath who kidnaps Megan to garner attention, and corrupt Secret Services Agents Flannigan and [=DeVine=], who seek to profit off of the kidnapping.]]
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* TheAtoner: Jezzie becomes Cross's partner to make up for failing to stop Soneji from kidnapping Megan. [[spoiler:And then averted big time after TheReveal.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Gary Soneji, a narcissistic sociopath who kidnaps Megan to garner attention, and corrupt Secret Services Agents Flannigan and [=DeVine=], who seek to profit off of the kidnapping.]]
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* WhamLine: As Cross and [=McArthur=] look over the footage of Soneji's kidnapping in Megan's school after [[spoiler:Soneji is killed.]]
-->'''Cross''': ''(watching the footage of [=DeVine=] chasing after Soneji on foot)'' Tell me, what do you see?\\
'''[=McArthur=]''': [=DeVine=] doing his damndest to catch Soneji.\\
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:While AgentDevine [=DeVine=] has reservations about shooting Megan after the ransom is collected, his partner in crime Agent Flannigan doesn't share the sentiment, which she expresses by shooting him first]].
-->'''Cross''': ''(watching the footage of [=DeVine=] chasing after Soneji on foot)'' Tell me, what do you see?\\
'''[=McArthur=]''': [=DeVine=] doing his damndest to catch Soneji.\\
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Flannigan is killed in a confrontation with Cross, when in the book she lived to see her execution.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:When confronted by Cross with evidence of her complicity in Megan's kidnapping, Jezzie Flannigan comes close to tears as she realizes that her life and her career were now ruined. Faced with execution if she surrendered to Cross, Flannigan tries to shoot him only for Cross to shoot her in the heart.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:When confronted by Cross with evidence of her complicity in Megan's kidnapping, Jezzie Flannigan comes close to tears as she realizes that her life and her career were now ruined. Faced with execution if she surrendered to Cross, Flannigan tries to shoot him only for Cross to shoot her in the heart.]]
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* AgeLift: Cross is implied by the original book to be in his forties or early fifties, and Freeman was sixty at the time when the film was made.
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Daughter of a senator is kidnapped from a private school, and the perpetrator challenges detective Alex Cross to catch him.
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* AgeLift: Cross is implied by the original book to be in his forties or early fifties, and Freeman was sixty at the time when the film was made.
* BigBad: "Gary Soneji", who kidnaps Megan Rose to play games with the authorities. [[spoiler:He is eventually upstaged by Jezzie Flannigan, who seeks to profit greatly from his kidnapping of Megan]].
* ChekhovsGun: As he's visiting Agent Flannigan's home, Cross admires a shotgun that her dad won from a poker game. It is later used against Soneji when he crashes the place.
* ContinuityNod: An article about the Casanova killer from ''Film/KissTheGirls'' can be seen when Cross goes through [[spoiler:Jezzie Flannigan's computer]].
* CriminalMindGames: After kidnapping Megan, Soneji contacts Cross to start a game between him and the authorities, so that he'll be "[[AttentionWhore properly appreciated]]".
* DeadMansHand: Aces and eights is referenced as the winning hand that gave ownership of a Turkish hand-made shotgun to the father of Agent Flannigan [[spoiler:and later features a clue that reveals her involvement with the kidnapping plot]].
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* EvilPlan: In order to become as infamous as Bruno Hauptmann of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping Linbergh baby kidnapping]], Soneji [[spoiler:kidnaps Megan in order to reel in an even greater catch: her classmate Dimitri, the son of the Russian president]].
* FutileHandReach: Cross and Tracy futilely reach for each other just before the car she's in falls down at the end of the opening scene.
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* JurisdictionFriction: Played straight then subverted . The Secret Service chief [=McArthur=] is at first cagey and defensive about having a simple detective like Cross being brought in lead the case, but later approaches him and apologizes, says he thinks jurisdiction arguments are "a massive waste of time", and then asks what he can do to help.
* LatexPerfection: Soneji worked as a teacher in the school he kidnaps Megan from for two years, and is able to disguise himself by wearing a foam rubber mask.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: [[spoiler:Agent Flannigan mentions the significance of the phrase "Aces & Eights" to her, while she's using it as a password to her computer]].
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* RansomDrop: After [[spoiler:Soneji's plot to kidnap Dimitri, the son of the russian president is foiled]], the authorities get a call from him demanding ten million diamonds in exchange for Megan Rose's life, and Cross has to make the hand-off. After being forced to follow the requisite convoluted path, he's made to jump on a train just before the doors close, and then, while it's moving, break the windows and throw the ransom out.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Agent Jezzie Flannigan, who partnered up with Cross to help with te kidnapping case, is revealed to have been on the know of Soneji's plan so that she and her partner Agent Devine can profit from it by stealing her from him, and asking for a ransom of ten million dollars]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: Soneji tells Cross that he killed his parents by burning their house down. He also insinuates that's what inspired him to seek fame in crime.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:While Agent Devine has reservations about shooting Megan after the ransom is collected, his partner in crime Agent Flannigan doesn't share the sentiment, which she expresses by shooting him first]].
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Daughter of a senator is kidnapped from a private school, and the perpetrator challenges detective Alex Cross to catch him.
!!This film has examples of:
* AgeLift: Cross is implied by the original book to be in his forties or early fifties, and Freeman was sixty at the time when the film was made.
* BigBad: "Gary Soneji", who kidnaps Megan Rose to play games with the authorities. [[spoiler:He is eventually upstaged by Jezzie Flannigan, who seeks to profit greatly from his kidnapping of Megan]].
* ChekhovsGun: As he's visiting Agent Flannigan's home, Cross admires a shotgun that her dad won from a poker game. It is later used against Soneji when he crashes the place.
* ContinuityNod: An article about the Casanova killer from ''Film/KissTheGirls'' can be seen when Cross goes through [[spoiler:Jezzie Flannigan's computer]].
* CriminalMindGames: After kidnapping Megan, Soneji contacts Cross to start a game between him and the authorities, so that he'll be "[[AttentionWhore properly appreciated]]".
* DeadMansHand: Aces and eights is referenced as the winning hand that gave ownership of a Turkish hand-made shotgun to the father of Agent Flannigan [[spoiler:and later features a clue that reveals her involvement with the kidnapping plot]].
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* EvilPlan: In order to become as infamous as Bruno Hauptmann of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping Linbergh baby kidnapping]], Soneji [[spoiler:kidnaps Megan in order to reel in an even greater catch: her classmate Dimitri, the son of the Russian president]].
* FutileHandReach: Cross and Tracy futilely reach for each other just before the car she's in falls down at the end of the opening scene.
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* JurisdictionFriction: Played straight then subverted . The Secret Service chief [=McArthur=] is at first cagey and defensive about having a simple detective like Cross being brought in lead the case, but later approaches him and apologizes, says he thinks jurisdiction arguments are "a massive waste of time", and then asks what he can do to help.
* LatexPerfection: Soneji worked as a teacher in the school he kidnaps Megan from for two years, and is able to disguise himself by wearing a foam rubber mask.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: [[spoiler:Agent Flannigan mentions the significance of the phrase "Aces & Eights" to her, while she's using it as a password to her computer]].
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* RansomDrop: After [[spoiler:Soneji's plot to kidnap Dimitri, the son of the russian president is foiled]], the authorities get a call from him demanding ten million diamonds in exchange for Megan Rose's life, and Cross has to make the hand-off. After being forced to follow the requisite convoluted path, he's made to jump on a train just before the doors close, and then, while it's moving, break the windows and throw the ransom out.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Agent Jezzie Flannigan, who partnered up with Cross to help with te kidnapping case, is revealed to have been on the know of Soneji's plan so that she and her partner Agent Devine can profit from it by stealing her from him, and asking for a ransom of ten million dollars]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: Soneji tells Cross that he killed his parents by burning their house down. He also insinuates that's what inspired him to seek fame in crime.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:While Agent Devine has reservations about shooting Megan after the ransom is collected, his partner in crime Agent Flannigan doesn't share the sentiment, which she expresses by shooting him first]].
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