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Revised to better reflect the antagonist's character. The antagonist wasn't a politician himself but supported political causes.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[spoiler:Derek Danforth is arguably a cross between financial scammers such as Bernie Madoff and predators such as Jeffrey Epstein with a dash of a corrupt politician thrown in for good measure. ]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[spoiler:Derek Danforth is arguably a cross between financial scammers such as Bernie Madoff and predators such as Jeffrey Epstein with a dash of a corrupt politician sociopathic {{Fratbro}} thrown in for good measure. ]]
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Edited to keep things apolitical. Derek Danforth isn't based on any one person or politician. He has qualities that come from other people who scammed or preyed on vulnerable people. There are no shortage of corrupt politicians in any political party.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[spoiler:Derek Danforth is a blatant stand-in for Hunter Biden, from the drugs to the prostitutes to the scams.]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[spoiler:Derek Danforth is arguably a blatant stand-in cross between financial scammers such as Bernie Madoff and predators such as Jeffrey Epstein with a dash of a corrupt politician thrown in for Hunter Biden, from the drugs to the prostitutes to the scams.good measure. ]]
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* NeverMyFault: When his sins are brought to light and Jessica is seen to be visibly disgusted with how her son won her the Presidency. Derek made self-serving excuses on top of excuses to justify his actions, none of which his mother takes to heart, opting Mrs. Danforth to come clean about how she bought the presidency.
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* NeverMyFault: When his sins are brought to light and Jessica is seen to be visibly disgusted with how her son won her the Presidency. Presidency, Derek made makes self-serving excuses on top of excuses to justify his actions, none of which his mother takes to heart, opting Mrs. Danforth to come clean about how she bought the presidency.
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* ScareEmStraight: He pulls a particularly violent version of this on the scammers working under Garnett, brutally beating one of them after they laugh off his threats and then forcing the rest to recite how they'll never scam an innocent or vulnerable person again.
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* ScareEmStraight: He Clay pulls a particularly violent version of this on the scammers working under Garnett, brutally beating one of them after they laugh off his threats and then forcing the rest to recite how they'll never scam an innocent or vulnerable person again.
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* ShowyInvincibleHero: Par for the course with an action movie written by Kury Wimmer (Doubly so when starring Jason Statham), Clay faces hardly anyone that could really be considered a real threat to him physically but keeps things from getting boring by dispatching them in inventive ways. [[spoiler:The only one who can fight him on even footing is his very last opponent, Lazarus, and even then, Clay still comes out on top after exploiting his handicap.]]
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* ShowyInvincibleHero: Par for the course with an action movie written by Kury Wimmer (Doubly (doubly so when starring Jason Statham), Clay faces hardly anyone that could really be considered a real threat to him physically but keeps things from getting boring by dispatching them in inventive ways. [[spoiler:The only one who can fight him on even footing is his very last opponent, Lazarus, and even then, Clay still comes out on top after exploiting his handicap.]]
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* TrickAndFollowPloy: After mutilating Garnet and killing his goons, Clay seemingly just leaves the man to writhe in a wagon. Garnet gets back to his SUV and starts driving away, calling Derek to tell him what happened. When he is stopped by a raised bridge, Clay shows up to finish the job and steal his phone, giving him a lead on Derek.
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* BenevolentBoss: Derek is extremely laid back when it comes to his direct employees, offering to give them vacation for jobs well done and partying with them. It would be redeeming if it wasn't all paid with money scammed from vulnerable people he is spending.
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* BenevolentBoss: Derek is extremely laid back when it comes to his direct employees, offering to give them vacation for jobs well done and partying with them. It would be redeeming if it wasn't all paid with money scammed from vulnerable people he is spending.people.
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* TheConspiracy: A mix of CorporateConspiracy and GovernmentConspiracy. While his revenge on Eloise's scammers is swift and brutal, Clay recognizes the scammer's efforts as more than a mere phishing operation. [[spoiler:It soon comes to light that everything was arranged by Derek Danforth, who used a network of these call centers and targeting software from the CIA to con vulnerable people out of their earnings to finance his mother's presidential campaign. Bribing her a path to victory, '''unusually''', she's not in on it at all]].
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* TheConspiracy: A mix of CorporateConspiracy and GovernmentConspiracy. While his revenge on Eloise's scammers is swift and brutal, Clay recognizes the scammer's efforts as more than a mere phishing operation. [[spoiler:It soon comes to light that everything was arranged by Derek Danforth, who used a network of these call centers and targeting software from the CIA to con vulnerable people out of their earnings to finance his mother's presidential campaign. Bribing her a path to victory, '''unusually''', Unusually for this trope, she's not in on it at all]].all despite having benefitted from it the most, and her first reaction is to tell the truth to both Adam and the country, regardless of the consequences to her own presidency]].
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* BenevolentBoss: Derek is extremely laid back when it comes to his direct employees, offering to give them vacation for jobs well done and partying with them. It would be redeeming if it wasn't all paid with money scammed from vulnerable people he is spending.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Derek doesn't take the whole super assassin coming to kill him because he is too dumb and high on drugs and alcohol to care but [[spoiler:his mom talking about exposing the truth puts him on edge and leads to him shoot the NumberTwo at the FBI then try to shoot his own mom when cornered by Clay]].
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Clay notes that Eloise wasn't basically just the only person he ever knew who tries to take care of ''him''. She was a kind and aspiringly gentle soul whom only ever lived for the sake of helping others. Thus inspiring him to go to significant lengths to avenge her death.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Clay notes that Eloise wasn't was basically just the only person he ever knew who tries tried to take care of ''him''. She was a kind and aspiringly gentle soul whom only ever lived for the sake of helping others. Thus inspiring him to go to significant lengths to avenge her death.
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** On the surface, Derek appears to be an HonestCorporateExecutive who is decent to his employees, on good terms with his mother and seems like a laid back business man. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark In truth]], he's a selfish, cowardly, scum suck of a momma's boy who isn't above online scamming and [[spoiler:(attempted) matricide]].
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** On the surface, Derek appears to be an HonestCorporateExecutive who is decent to his employees, on good terms with his mother and seems like a laid back business man. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark In truth]], he's a selfish, cowardly, scum suck scumsucker of a momma's boy who isn't above online scamming and [[spoiler:(attempted) matricide]].
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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: The whole story from start to finish lasts less than 48 hours. A ridiculous pace when you consider how long actual forensic and computer analysis can take during an investigation. Eloise's body isn't even in the ground by the time Clay has worked his way up the ladder driving through several states to do it.
