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* HollywoodGlassCutter: The Ripper breaks into Chris' house by using a glass cutter attached to a suction cup that cuts a perfect circle in the window pane.
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* GroinAttack: After Jack fails to shoot rick with rick's [[ItWorksBetterwithBullets unloaded gun]], Rick ends the fight by kicking Jack in the groin hard.
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* NotMeThisTime: After being arrested, [[spoiler:Jack]] confesses to murdering [[spoiler:John]], but denies being the Ripper and killing the {{Disposable Sex worker}}s. [[spoiler:He is telling the truth.]]
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* BlackGuyDiesFirst: The first person seen killed is a black DisposableSexWorker.
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* DisposableSexWorker: A JackTheRipoff is recreating the killings of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. Naturally, all of his victims are prostitutes.
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* GroinAttack: After Jack fails to shoot rick with rick's [[ItWorksBetterwithBullets unloaded gun]], Rick ends the fight by kicking Jack in the groin hard.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: During their fight, Jack grabs Rick's gun and attempts to shoot him with it, only for nothing to happen because the guy who sold it to him didn't sell him any bullets.
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* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Jack]] strangles John and then makes it look like John hanged himself. the police buy this for a while, but John's brother Rick does not.
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* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him both killing John and attempting to kill Rick, we are led to believe that he is the copycat killer.]]
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* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him both killing John and attempting to kill Rick, we are led to believe that he is the copycat killer. He isn't.]]
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* DeadlyDoctor: [[spoiler:Dr. Sidney Tannerson is the real copycat killer.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: John, the twin in the first half of the movie appears to be the protagonist until he is murdered by Jack halfway through the movie.
* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him killing John,(plus his attempts to kill Rick) we are led to believe that he is the killer, turns out he's not the true killer of the women, it's Sidney Tannerson.]](Though he STILL committed murder when he killed John and attempted murder by trying to kill Rick, it can be assumed that he was still sent to prison.)
* DecoyProtagonist: John, the twin in the first half of the movie appears to be the protagonist until he is murdered by Jack halfway through the movie.
* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him killing John,(plus his attempts to kill Rick) we are led to believe that he is the killer, turns out he's not the true killer of the women, it's Sidney Tannerson.]](Though he STILL committed murder when he killed John and attempted murder by trying to kill Rick, it can be assumed that he was still sent to prison.)
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* DeadlyDoctor: [[spoiler:Dr. Sidney Tannerson Tannerson]] is the real copycat killer.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: John, the twin in the first half of the movie appears to be the protagonist until [[spoiler: he is murdered byJack Jack]] halfway through the movie.
* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him both killingJohn,(plus his attempts John and attempting to kill Rick) Rick, we are led to believe that he is the killer, turns out he's not the true killer of the women, it's Sidney Tannerson.]](Though he STILL committed murder when he killed John and attempted murder by trying to kill Rick, it can be assumed that he was still sent to prison.)copycat killer.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Rick uses Sydney's [[spoiler: Sydney]]'s own switchblade to kill him.
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* TroubledButCute: The handsome twin who is the main character of the second half of the movie is more aggressive, tends to get into trouble more, and obviously has had a lot of very dark things on his mind even before [[spoiler: his brother's murder]].
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* TroubledButCute: The handsome twin who is the main character of the second half of the movie Rick is more aggressive, aggressive twin, tends to get into trouble more, and obviously has had a lot of very dark things on his mind even before [[spoiler: his brother's murder]].
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* WideEyedIdealist: the The main character in the first half of the movie is not only incredibly chipper and friendly, but also willing to shirk his duties as a medical intern if it means speaking out for the underprivileged and dispossessed.
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* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him killing John,(plus his attempts to kill Rick) we are led to believe that he is the killer, turns out he's not the true killer of the women, it's Sidney Tannerson.]]]](Though he STILL committed murder when he killed John and attempted murder by trying to kill Rick, it can be assumed that he was still sent to prison.)
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* DecoyAntagonist: Due [[spoiler:Due to Jack's behavior (plus his name) and him killing John,(plus his attempts to kill Rick) we are led to believe that he is the killer, turns out he's not the true killer of the women, it's Sydney Sidney Tannerson.]]
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* JackTheRipoff: The basic premisepremise. 100 years after the Jack the Ripper murders, someone is replicating his crimes on the respective days of each victim's death.
* MeaningfulName: Subverted with [[spoiler:Jack, who ultimately turns out ''not'' to be the murderer.]]
* MeaningfulName: Subverted with [[spoiler:Jack, who ultimately turns out ''not'' to be the murderer.]]
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* VigilanteMan: The second twin, by the end of the movie.
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* WideEyedIdealist: the main character in the first half of the movie is not only incredibly chipper and friendly, but also willing to shirk his duties as a medical intern if it means speaking out for the underprivileged and dispossessed.
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''Jack's Back'' is a 1988 thriller film (with some mild supernatural elements) starring James Spader as a pair of PolarOppositeTwins with TwinTelepathy. When a wave of JackTheRipoff killings occurs in Southern California, a young, idealistic medical intern (James Spader) begins attempting to play detective, suspecting a doctor - the investigation ultimately leads to [[spoiler: his untimely demise]] and his angsty, TroubledButCute, DarkerAndEdgier twin (also James Spader) taking the investigation into his own hands with the help of a criminal psychologist who takes on the role of TheProfiler (Robert Picardo), ultimately leading to an abrupt, tense confrontation with the killer.
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''Jack's Back'' is a 1988 thriller film (with some mild supernatural elements) directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring James Spader Creator/JamesSpader as a pair of PolarOppositeTwins with TwinTelepathy. TwinTelepathy.
When a wave of JackTheRipoff killings occurs in Southern California, a young, idealistic medical intern(James Spader) named John (Spader) begins attempting to play detective, suspecting a doctor - the doctor... an investigation which ultimately leads to [[spoiler: his untimely demise]] and his angsty, TroubledButCute, DarkerAndEdgier twin brother Rick (also James Spader) taking the investigation into his own hands with the help of a criminal psychologist who takes on the role of TheProfiler (Robert Picardo), ultimately leading to an abrupt, tense confrontation with the killer.
When a wave of JackTheRipoff killings occurs in Southern California, a young, idealistic medical intern
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Robert Picardo, best known as the holographic doctor of StarTrekVoyager.
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* SupernaturalThriller: The story has a Dean Koontz-like plot about a supernaturally gifted hero facing off against human evil, but the supernatural elements are relatively understated and only briefly alluded to.
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* SupernaturalThriller: SupernaturalFiction: The story has a Dean Koontz-like thriller plot about a supernaturally gifted hero facing off against human evil, but the supernatural elements are relatively understated and only briefly alluded to.
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''Jack's Back'' is a 1988 supernatural thriller film (with some mild supernatural elements) starring James Spader as a pair of PolarOppositeTwins with TwinTelepathy. When a wave of JackTheRipoff killings occurs in Southern California, a young, idealistic medical intern (James Spader) begins attempting to play detective, suspecting a doctor - the investigation ultimately leads to [[spoiler: his untimely demise]] and his angsty, TroubledButCute, DarkerAndEdgier twin (also James Spader) taking the investigation into his own hands with the help of a criminal psychologist who takes on the role of TheProfiler (Robert Picardo), ultimately leading to an abrupt, tense confrontation with the killer.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: A pure, WideEyedIdealistNiceGuy, and his CuteButTroubled AntiHero twin brother.
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''Jack's Back'' is a 1988 supernatural thriller film starring James Spader as a pair of PolarOppositeTwins with TwinTelepathy. When a wave of JackTheRipoff killings occurs in Southern California, a young, idealistic medical intern (James Spader) begins attempting to play detective, suspecting a doctor - the investigation ultimately leads to [[spoiler: his untimely demise]] and his angsty, TroubledButCute, DarkerAndEdgier twin (also James Spader) taking the investigation into his own hands with the help of a criminal psychologist who takes on the role of TheProfiler (Robert Picardo), ultimately leading to an abrupt, tense confrontation with the killer.
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* BreakTheCutie: As if the twin in the second half of the movie hadn't been through enough already.
* ByronicHero: The twin in the second half of the movie.
* DarkerAndEdgier: the second half of the movie, in contrast with its LighterAndSofter first half.
* DeadlyDoctor
* DoomedProtagonist
* HeyItsThatGuy: Robert Picardo, best known as the holographic doctor of StarTrekVoyager.
* JackTheRipoff: The basic premise
* NiceGuy: The twin in the first half of the movie is one of the friendliest, kindest, most thoughtful characters ever shown in a movie.
* PolarOppositeTwins: A pure, WideEyedIdealistNiceGuy, and his CuteButTroubled AntiHero twin brother.
* TheProfiler: The psychologist played by Robert Picardo.
* TroubledButCute: The handsome twin who is the main character of the second half of the movie is more aggressive, tends to get into trouble more, and obviously has had a lot of very dark things on his mind even before [[spoiler: his brother's murder]].
* TwinTelepathy: an important part of the twins' connection to one another.
* WideEyedIdealist: the main character in the first half of the movie is not only incredibly chipper and friendly, but also willing to shirk his duties as a medical intern if it means speaking out for the underprivileged and dispossessed.
* VigilanteMan: The second twin, by the end of the movie.
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* BreakTheCutie: As if the twin in the second half of the movie hadn't been through enough already.
* ByronicHero: The twin in the second half of the movie.
* DarkerAndEdgier: the second half of the movie, in contrast with its LighterAndSofter first half.
* DeadlyDoctor
* DoomedProtagonist
* HeyItsThatGuy: Robert Picardo, best known as the holographic doctor of StarTrekVoyager.
* JackTheRipoff: The basic premise
* NiceGuy: The twin in the first half of the movie is one of the friendliest, kindest, most thoughtful characters ever shown in a movie.
* PolarOppositeTwins: A pure, WideEyedIdealistNiceGuy, and his CuteButTroubled AntiHero twin brother.
* TheProfiler: The psychologist played by Robert Picardo.
* TroubledButCute: The handsome twin who is the main character of the second half of the movie is more aggressive, tends to get into trouble more, and obviously has had a lot of very dark things on his mind even before [[spoiler: his brother's murder]].
* TwinTelepathy: an important part of the twins' connection to one another.
* WideEyedIdealist: the main character in the first half of the movie is not only incredibly chipper and friendly, but also willing to shirk his duties as a medical intern if it means speaking out for the underprivileged and dispossessed.
* VigilanteMan: The second twin, by the end of the movie.
