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Not only is this bad indentation, it feels like it is just complaining.


** The "sweet" part is basically the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar to a bag of grapefruits. The awkward studio-forced epilogue only provides two bits of good news; America won the war, and Erica survived. But America was already in a very bad state by the time the movie ended and the narration outright states that the war went on for many more years. It's likely tens of millions of Americans are dead along with hundreds of millions around the world. The world economy is likely in shambles and will probably take decades to recover. Also due to an implied gang rape, Erica was already an emotional wreck before she even appears in the movie. The events we see her go through just make it worse, and many more years of war can't be much help. She hardly sounds upbeat during the narration. We know several characters die. The fates of everyone other than Erica are unknown. That awkward epilogue is the only thing that prevents an outright DownerEnding.
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* ClickHello: "You lose."

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* ClickHello: In the final act, Jed manages to sneak up on Strelnikov and pull this one on him while saying "You lose."" [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope Announcing he was there and not shooting immediately]] allows Strelnikov to turn around and [[TakingYouWithMe blast Jed just as he opens fire]], resulting in a borderline MutualKill (Strelnikov dies immediately, Jed gets an AgonizingStomachWound and dies a few minutes later).]]
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* AllForNothing: The studio forced epilogue makes it clear that the USA eventually won the war. But it also states that the actions of the Wolverines were during the early days of a war which raged for years, it was just a minor part of a huge war, and that nobody visits their memorial.
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** The fictional town of Calumet, Colorado is clearly in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Range Front Range]] where the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains converge (it was actually filmed in the real town of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_New_Mexico Las Vegas, New Mexico]]). It would be almost impossible to transport so much heavy equipment from Mexico without going past numerous large military bases and several large cities which would’ve been heavily defended so there would definitely not be a surprise attack on Calumet.

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