History Film / RedZoneCuba

* AlasPoorVillain: The film attempts to present [[spoiler: Griffin]]'s death as this. Most audiences however cheered.
* AntiHero: Supposedly Griffin (maybe), though any audience sympathy has evaporated by the time he is raping the restaurant owner's blind daughter.

* TheHeroDies: Well, it depends on your definition of [[DesignatedHero "hero"]].

* LoveableRogue: Griffin ''might'' have been intended as a rough-and-tumble AntiHero who works against a broken system to make a profit. This isn't conveyed very well, however, and instead he just comes across as a greedy, sadistic JerkAss who [[ChronicVillainy compulsively hurts innocent people even when he has no reason to]].

** Even though it is a case of deliberate misspelling, director Francis even manages to screw up the joke by allowing the viewer less than two seconds to read the sign.

* BuryYourDisabled: Griffin forces himself on a blind woman.

* PlotHole: How Griffin and the others flew back from Cuba isn't explained. Also, after leaving Cuba we cut to them wandering around near a restaurant somewhere, with what happened to the plane never getting an explanation. (Did they land on an abandoned airstrip? Did they just crash land but miraculously all come out unharmed?)

** The trio also initially act nice towards Chastain's wife, but you never know - Griffin is a ticking time bomb, and he impulsively shoots her when she tries to leave.

* ArcWords: The phrase "He [Griffin] ran all the way down to hell, with nothing but a penny and a broken cigarette" is stated in the very beginning and in the very end in a way that suggests a huge significance. Griffin is seen smoking heavily throughout the movie, and the penny could play into his goal of getting rich. Still, it's not nearly as intriguing as the movie seems to think it is.

** The trio also initially act nice towards Chastain's wife, but you never know - Griffin is a ticking time bomb.

** Possibly. At one point while driving, Griffin seems to notice that Cook is freezing in their convertible, so he tries (and fails) to put the top up, but continues to abuse him.

** At one point while driving, Griffin sees that Cook is freezing in their convertible, so puts the top up, but continues to abuse him.

* StupidEvil: Griffin seems incapable of ''not'' committing a crime. Not even when not doing so would be the more intelligent option. Eventually, it bites him in the ass in the end.

* PlotHole: How Griffin and the others flew back from Cuba isn't explained. Also, after leaving Cuba we cut to them wandering around near a restaurant somewhere, with what happened to the plane never getting an explanation (did they land on an abandoned airstrip? Did they just crash land but miraculously all come out on harmed?)

* MeaningfulName: Baily ''Chast''ain (read: chaste) is the character who suffers the most from the communists (they part him from his mine in Arizona) and shows the most capitalism-oriented attitude in the film.

* DiabolicalMastermind: Griffin, supposedly. He supposedly pulled off a somewhat clever scheme before the movie began, selling off a massive load of cotton only to steal it back and sell it again. Then again, it clearly wasn't that clever since he got caught, and nothing he see him do on screen is anywhere near that smart.

* PlotHole: How Griffin and the others flew back from Cuba isn't explained, as there's nothing indicating any of them know how to fly (indeed, they have to hire a person to fly them somewhere earlier in the movie). Also, after leaving Cuba we cut to them wandering around near a restaurant somewhere, with what happened to the plane never getting an explanation (did they land on an abandoned airstrip? Did they just crash land but miraculously all come out on harmed?)

-->'''Narrator:''' He died with two pennies and a broken cigarette.

** Sure, a cup of water is the perfect cure for gangrene.

* FailedASpotCheck: One of the prisoners keeps a huge painting (of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Virgin Mary and Jesus]]) under his blanket in the Cuban POW camp. How the Cuban guards missed this stretches belief a lot.

* ArcWords: The phrase "He [Griffin] ran all the way down to hell, with nothing but a penny and a broken cigarette" is stated in the very beginning and in the very end in a way that suggests a huge significance. While the broken cigarette makes at least some kind of sense (Griffin is a heavy smoker throughout the film), the penny does not play any role whatsoever.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Even though Griffin's death at the end was supposed to be a AlasPoorVillain moment, he had done so many heinous things prior that it's impossible to feel any sympathy for him.]]

* StupidEvil: Griffin seems incapable of ''not'' committing a crime. Not even when not doing so would be the more intelligent option.

* PetTheDog:
** At one point while driving, Griffin sees that Cook is freezing in their convertible, so puts the top up.
** The trio also initially act nice towards Chastain's wife, but you never know - Griffin is a ticking time bomb.

* PetTheDog:
** At one point while driving, Griffin sees that Cook is freezing in their convertible, so puts the top up.
** The trio also initially act nice towards Chastain's wife, but you never know - Griffin is a ticking time bomb.

* StupidEvil: Griffin seems incapable of ''not'' committing a crime.