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* DirtyCop: Several of the correctional officers are on the payroll of the Aryan Brotherhood and the Mexican Mafia.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: During his time in prison, Jacob transforms from a frightened fresh inmate into one of the leading members of a powerful prison gang. This is especially obvious in his interactions with Shotgun; when they first met, Shotgun spoke down to him, but after they meet again on the outside ten years later, Shotgun is flat-out ''terrified'' of him.
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* KlingonPromotion: In the end, [[spoiler:Jacob uses a razorblade he smuggled into the prison to overpower a corrupt guard, then unlocks the cell to Aryan leader "the Beast" so he can kill him and take over the gang after convincing the guard to falsify the death report to say that "the Beast" attacked him.]]
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* KlingonPromotion: In the end, [[spoiler:Jacob uses a razorblade he smuggled into the prison to overpower a corrupt guard, then unlocks the cell to Aryan leader "the "The Beast" so he can kill him and take over the gang after convincing the guard to falsify the death report to say that "the Beast" attacked him.Jacob acted in self-defense.]]
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: After Jacob becomes a high-level member of the Aryan Brotherhood, their leadership imposes that he will continue to earn for them after leaving prison, even threatening his wife and son. Jacob eventually decides that [[spoiler:killing the leader and taking over the entire gang]] is the only way he can permanently ensure his family's safety.
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* SinisterShiv: Naturally, during Jacob's time in prison while being part of a major gang, he has used a shank on several occasions.
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* DeathRow: The high-ranking AB member Redwood ends up on death row after killing a guard on the Beast's orders to remind them of their power.
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:Jacob deliberately uses Shotgun's cellphone to tip off the authorities about the illegal weapons deal taking place in the Salton Sea. He gets arrested and refuses any deal, going back to prison specifically to confront the Aryan Brotherhood leader and replace him.]]
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:Jacob deliberately uses Shotgun's cellphone to tip off the authorities about the illegal weapons deal taking place in the Salton Sea. He gets arrested and refuses any deal, deal they throw at him to inform on his bosses, going back to prison specifically to confront the Aryan Brotherhood leader and replace him.]]
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* ChronicVillainy: Jacob continues the Aryan Brotherhood's activities as soon as he's out of prison, as [[ResignationsNotAccepted the only acceptable retirement is death]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler:he gives up his freedom and usurps control over the entire organization as the sole method to reliably protect his family from reprisals.]]
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* BigBad: Jacob "The Beast" Manning is the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood in the prison Jacob was sent to, and is the one who ordered him to carry out the weapons deal with the cartel under threat of killing his family.
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* BigBad: Jacob Jerry "The Beast" Manning is the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood in the prison Jacob was sent to, and is the one who ordered him to carry out the weapons deal with the cartel under threat of killing his family.
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* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Shotgun is working with Officer Kutcher to bring down Jacob and the rest of the Aryan Brotherhood, since his drug-smuggling girlfriend has a twenty year sentence hanging over her head. Jacob kills Shotgun when he finds out.]]
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* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Shotgun [[spoiler:Shotgun]] is working with Officer Kutcher to bring down Jacob and the rest of the Aryan Brotherhood, since his drug-smuggling girlfriend has a twenty year sentence hanging over her head. Jacob kills Shotgun him when he finds out.]]
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* BigBad: Jacob "The Beast" Manning is the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood in the prison Jacob was sent to, and is the one who ordered him to carry out the weapons deal with the cartel under threat of killing his family.
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* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Shotgun is working with Officer Kutcher to bring down Jacob and the rest of the Aryan Brotherhood, since his drug-smuggling girlfriend has a twenty year sentence hanging over her head. Jacob kills Shotgun when he finds out.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: Most of the Aryan Brotherhood senior members are sporting a lot of facial hair.
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* PunchClockVillain: Jacob joins the Aryan Brotherhood in prison for reasons of survival. While he assists in drug smuggling and carrying out hits on their enemies, at no point does Jacob display any racist views of his own. He even seems to be perturbed by Shotgun offering him a bunch of drunk girls at a party and doesn't take advantage of them.
* ReadyForLovemaking: At a house party organized by [=PEN1=] gang members, Jacob briefly goes into the bathroom. When he comes out, a groupie is lying naked on the bed. He politely declines and tells her to put her clothes back on.
* ReadyForLovemaking: At a house party organized by [=PEN1=] gang members, Jacob briefly goes into the bathroom. When he comes out, a groupie is lying naked on the bed. He politely declines and tells her to put her clothes back on.
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* VillainProtagonist: Although he is a PunchClockVillain who only joined the group to survive in prison, Jacob is a high-ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood and by the start of the film is so deeply involved in the organization that [[ChronicVillainy he can't leave it anymore]].
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* InMediaRes: The film opens with Jacob being released from prison after serving out a ten-year sentence, then flashes back to show the events that led to his incarceration and his subsequent time in prison, interspersed with scenes set in the present day.
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* InMediaRes: InMediasRes: The film opens with Jacob being released from prison after serving out a ten-year sentence, then flashes back to show the events that led to his incarceration and his subsequent time in prison, interspersed with scenes set in the present day.
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* HeroAntagonist: Ed Kutcher is a parole officer investigating Jacob and the Aryan Brotherhood and is trying to bust their weapons deal with the Sonora cartel.
* InMediaRes: The film opens with Jacob being released from prison after serving out a ten-year sentence, then flashes back to show the events that led to his incarceration and his subsequent time in prison, interspersed with scenes set in the present day.
* InMediaRes: The film opens with Jacob being released from prison after serving out a ten-year sentence, then flashes back to show the events that led to his incarceration and his subsequent time in prison, interspersed with scenes set in the present day.
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* GeniusBruiser: The highest-ranking members of the Aryan Brotherhood are incredibly cunning in adition to brutal fighters. Their leader, the Beast, reads psychology books and political treatises in his spare time, and loans Jacob some of them to hone his skills.
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* GeniusBruiser: The highest-ranking members of the Aryan Brotherhood are incredibly cunning in adition addition to brutal fighters. Their leader, the Beast, reads psychology books and political treatises in his spare time, and loans Jacob some of them to hone his skills.
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* TattooedCrook: Jacob acquires a large amount of white supremacy tattooes during his prison sentence displaying his gang affiliations.
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* TattooedCrook: Jacob acquires a large amount of white supremacy tattooes during his prison sentence displaying his gang affiliations. Obviously, the same holds true for the other higher-ranked members.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jacob will be in prison for the rest of his life, but he is now the undisputed leader of the Aryan Brotherhood there to protect his family, who are ready to move on.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jacob will be in prison for spend the rest of his life, life in prison, but he is now has become the undisputed leader of the Aryan Brotherhood there to protect his family, who are ready to move on.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jacob will be in prison for the rest of his life, but he is now the undisputed leader of the Aryan Brotherhood there to protect his family, who are ready to move on.]]
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* BookEnds: The film opens with Jacob writing a letter to his son Joshua apologizing for failing him as a father and advising him to get on with his life. At the end, [[spoiler:Joshua sends him a letter back, telling his father that he has forgiven him.]]
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* BookEnds: The film opens with Jacob writing a letter to his son Joshua apologizing for failing him as a father and advising him to get on with his life. At the end, [[spoiler:Joshua sends him a letter back, telling his father that he has finally forgiven him.]]
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* GeniusBruiser: The highest-ranking members of the Aryan Brotherhood are incredibly cunning in adition to brutal fighters. Their leader, the Beast, reads psychology books and political treatises in his spare time, and loans Jacob some of them to hone his skills.
-->'''The Beast:''' A warrior's greatest weapon is his mind.
-->'''The Beast:''' A warrior's greatest weapon is his mind.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JonBernthal is playing a guy called Frank, whose nickname is "Shotgun". [[Series/ThePunisher2017 Hmmm...]]
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* BookEnds: The film opens with Jacob writing a letter to his son Joshua apologizing for failing him as a father and advising him to get on with his life. At the end, [[spoiler:Joshua sends him a letter back, telling his father that he has forgiven him.]]
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* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:In the end, Jacob uses a razorblade he smuggled into the prison to overpower a corrupt guard, then unlocks the cell to Aryan leader "the Beast" so he can kill him and take over the gang after convincing the guard to falsify the death report to say that "the Beast" attacked him.]]
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* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:In In the end, Jacob [[spoiler:Jacob uses a razorblade he smuggled into the prison to overpower a corrupt guard, then unlocks the cell to Aryan leader "the Beast" so he can kill him and take over the gang after convincing the guard to falsify the death report to say that "the Beast" attacked him.]]
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:Jacob deliberately uses Shotgun's cellphone to tip off the authorities about the illegal weapons deal taking place in the Salton Sea. He gets arrested and refuses any deal, going back to prison specifically to confront the Aryan Brotherhood leader and replace him.]]
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* RedBaron: Any inmate with any notoriety has a nickname: Jacob (who used to be a businessman) is "Money", Frank is "Shotgun", the mid-level glasses-wearing Aryan is "Bottles", the Aryan chapter leader is "The Beast", etc.
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->''"The fact is, we all started out as someone's little angel. And a place like this forces us to become warriors or victims. Nothing in between can exist here."''
-->-- '''Bottles'''
''Shot Caller'' is a 2017 drama film starring Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau.
A businessman is sent to prison after killing his best friend in a drunk driving accident, where he becomes deeply involved with a skinhead gang. After being released after ten years, he is ordered to oversee a major weapons deal with the Sonora cartel, while a probation officer tries to track him down.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Jacob Harlon was originally convicted for two years after pleading guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge. He joins a skinhead gang in prison to survive, and is forced to get his hands dirty more than once, starting by smuggling drugs and later by murdering snitches and rival gang members. During one of these attacks in the middle of a prison riot, the act is caught on camera, and Jacob is given an additional nine years (85% mandatory) on top of his original sentence, and sent to the most secure section of the prison. Even after he leaves prison, he continues his activities for the gang on the outside, and [[spoiler:orchestrates events so that he becomes the leader of the entire gang after killing his predecessor for threatening his family.]]
* PrisonRape: On his first night in prison, Jacob is witness to the gang rape of another inmate.
* TattooedCrook: Jacob acquires a large amount of white supremacy tattooes during his prison sentence displaying his gang affiliations.
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->''"The fact is, we all started out as someone's little angel. And a place like this forces us to become warriors or victims. Nothing in between can exist here."''
-->-- '''Bottles'''
''Shot Caller'' is a 2017 drama film starring Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau.
A businessman is sent to prison after killing his best friend in a drunk driving accident, where he becomes deeply involved with a skinhead gang. After being released after ten years, he is ordered to oversee a major weapons deal with the Sonora cartel, while a probation officer tries to track him down.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Jacob Harlon was originally convicted for two years after pleading guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge. He joins a skinhead gang in prison to survive, and is forced to get his hands dirty more than once, starting by smuggling drugs and later by murdering snitches and rival gang members. During one of these attacks in the middle of a prison riot, the act is caught on camera, and Jacob is given an additional nine years (85% mandatory) on top of his original sentence, and sent to the most secure section of the prison. Even after he leaves prison, he continues his activities for the gang on the outside, and [[spoiler:orchestrates events so that he becomes the leader of the entire gang after killing his predecessor for threatening his family.]]
* PrisonRape: On his first night in prison, Jacob is witness to the gang rape of another inmate.
* TattooedCrook: Jacob acquires a large amount of white supremacy tattooes during his prison sentence displaying his gang affiliations.
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