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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Ultimately what does Vandamm in. As a spy he has no equal, and he's proven to be incredibly effective at keeping the US government off his back, but his ComplexityAddiction, paranoia regarding Kaplan, and overestimation of Thornhill's capabilities cause him to ''continually'' squander easy opportunities to just [[BoringButPractical have Thornhill shot stone dead in a quiet place where he could be easily disposed of]] in favor of increasingly convoluted and risky methods that ultimately lead Thornhill to bumble his way into ''actually'' undoing Vandamm's schemes.
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** Vandamm's men attempting to kill Thornhill with a ''throwing knife'' in the middle of the '''UN lobby''' goes pear-shaped immediately. Not only does the knife predictably miss its target, it ''kills'' Townsend, which causes Thornhill to get caught up in a police manhunt - the exact ''opposite'' of what Vandamm wanted. Frankly, it's a miracle this stunt didn't entirely blow Vandamm's scheme out of the water because, somehow, no one in the building saw Vandamm's throw the knife.

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** Vandamm's men attempting to kill Thornhill with a ''throwing knife'' in the middle of the '''UN lobby''' goes pear-shaped immediately. Not only does the knife predictably miss its target, it ''kills'' Townsend, which causes Thornhill to get caught up in a police manhunt - the exact ''opposite'' of what Vandamm wanted. Frankly, it's a miracle this stunt didn't entirely blow Vandamm's scheme out of the water because, somehow, no one in the building saw Vandamm's button man throw the knife.

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