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* FaceDeathWithDignity: During the execution line up in the lobby, while others are screaming, crying, begging and damning Barry and friends to hell, one of the women who's had maybe one or two previous lines in the film just simply takes a deep breath and closes her eyes before she's shot.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: During the execution line up in the lobby, while others are screaming, crying, begging and damning Barry and friends to hell, one of the women who's had maybe one or two previous lines in the film woman just simply takes a deep breath and closes her eyes before she's shot.
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* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: The entire building is under total observation, so anyone attempting escape or trying to remove the bombs in their heads will not get past them.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Ha!

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* BloodlessCarnage: Ha! Far from it. The floors are smeared with blood throughout the movie given how gory the deaths are.
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A 2016 action horror film written and produced by Creator/JamesGunn, and directed by ''Film/WolfCreek''[='=]s Greg [=McLean=], ''The Belko Experiment'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released on March 17, 2017.

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A 2016 action horror horror-thriller film written and produced by Creator/JamesGunn, and directed by ''Film/WolfCreek''[='=]s Greg [=McLean=], ''The Belko Experiment'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released on March 17, 2017.
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There's almost certainly a trope that fits this example, but not this one: this one is about career enhancement, while the scenario in the film is about not dying. She's not looking for a promotion, she's looking to live.


* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: A female character tries to trade sex for her life with Barry. [[spoiler: He refuses and snaps her neck.]]

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Then one day, the loudspeaker gives a simple order.

->''"Kill three of your co-workers, or we will kill six others."''

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Then one day, the loudspeaker gives a simple order.

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order: ''"Kill three of your co-workers, or we will kill six others."''
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* ClusterFBomb: Several characters drop a few here and there, but Marty takes the cake. Every other sentence out of his mouth contained the f-word even before things got real.
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* CoolOldGuy: Bud.
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:Patty]] when she stabs [[spoiler:Antonio]] to save Mike. A deleted scene expands upon it further.
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* AxCrazy: From varying different degrees between the characters.

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* AxCrazy: From varying different degrees between the characters.Subverted. Nobody is killing out of sadistic pleasure, just self-preservation.

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* OlderSidekick: Chet to Marty. He seems to just go along with whatever crazy nonsense Marty comes up with.



* ReadTheFinePrint: Keith makes a comment about Belko being able to do anything they want because of the absurd contracts they were required to sign to begin working there, and asks if anyone else actually ''read'' it before signing. Nobody did.

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* ReadTheFinePrint: Keith Marty makes a comment about Belko being able to do anything they want because of the absurd contracts they were required to sign to begin working there, and asks if anyone else actually ''read'' it before signing. Nobody did.
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Not entirely true.


* HateSink: While the others resort to violence because they believe it's the only option, Wendell is the only one who shows no reluctance on the matter. And is the only employee with little to no sympathetic traits.
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* AxCrazy: From varying different degrees between the characters.


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* BiggerBad: The Voice
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* AllThereInTheScript: The names for the majority of the characters.
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* DecoyProtagonist: More like "Decoy Final Girl". Dany Wilkins was genre savvy enough to survive the majority of the game by hiding and avoiding Barry and his crew. The movie builds it up that she might survive the game but made the mistake of [[spoiler: getting on an elevator, which led to her getting shot by Barry.]]

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* DecoyProtagonist: More like "Decoy Final Girl". [[spoiler: Dany Wilkins was genre savvy enough to survive the majority of the game by hiding and avoiding Barry and his crew. The movie builds it up that she might survive the game but made the mistake of [[spoiler: getting on an elevator, which led to her getting shot by Barry.]]
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* TheStoner: Marty. Heck, his debut scene is him smoking a joint in the bathroom. Once the situation takes turn for the worse, however, he exhibits behavior akin to getting high with mushrooms instead of marijuana.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Mike survives but many of his friends and co-workers are dead. But the experiment isn't over as he and many others who survived are once again forced to compete in the second round of the experiment.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Mike survives but many of his friends and co-workers including his girlfriend are dead. But dead and the experiment isn't over as he and many others who survived are once again forced to compete in the second round of the experiment.another round.]]
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* BloodlessCarnage: Ha!
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Lots. Heads exploding by implanted bombs, face smashed with an axe, hacked to death with cleavers, crushed by an elevator...
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* [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}}: During Mike's fight with Barry, they knock over an introduction voice over Powerpoint of Belko Industries, which mentions its forty offices. When Mike ends up becoming the final survivor, the ending reveals that ''indeed'', there are forty survivors of the experiment]].

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* [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}}: During [[spoiler:During Mike's fight with Barry, they knock over an introduction voice over Powerpoint of Belko Industries, which mentions its forty offices. When Mike ends up becoming the final survivor, the ending reveals that ''indeed'', there are forty survivors of the experiment]].



* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Mike survives out of all his office workers after he kills the heads. But the screen at the end shows that '''''FORTY''''' other people did the experiment too, majority of them covered in blood and holding weapons. And then [[SequelHook the voice over mentions that "Round 2" will begin now]]]].

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* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Mike [[spoiler:Mike survives out of all his office workers after he kills the heads. But the screen at the end shows that '''''FORTY''''' other people did the experiment too, majority of them covered in blood and holding weapons. And then [[SequelHook the voice over mentions that "Round 2" will begin now]]]].
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* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Mike survives out of all his office workers after he kills the heads. But the screen at the end shows that '''''FOURTY''''' other people did the experiment too, majority of them covered in blood and holding weapons. And then [[SequelHook the voice over mentions that "Round 2" will begin now]]]].

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* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Mike survives out of all his office workers after he kills the heads. But the screen at the end shows that '''''FOURTY''''' '''''FORTY''''' other people did the experiment too, majority of them covered in blood and holding weapons. And then [[SequelHook the voice over mentions that "Round 2" will begin now]]]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Dany, the new hire on her first day, is built up throughout the film as a possible FinalGirl, as she's survived various situations and has has had several scenes devoted to her sub-arc, [[spoiler: only to be killed nonchalantly by Barry as soon her elevator door opens.]]

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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Dany, the new hire on her first day, is built up throughout the film as a possible FinalGirl, as she's survived various situations and has has had several scenes devoted to her sub-arc, [[spoiler: only to be killed nonchalantly by Barry as soon her elevator door opens.]]
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* HateSink: While the others resort to violence because they believe it's the only option, Wendell is the only one who shows no reluctance on the matter. And is the only employee with little to no sympathetic traits.
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Should not be listed among tropes unless it is invoked or an in-universe example.


* XMeetsY: Several reviews have noted that this movie is "''Film/OfficeSpace'' meets ''Manga/BattleRoyale''".
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: In a sense. The poster? [[Spoiler: It depicts the final kill before the final survivor is released.]]

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: In a sense. The poster? [[Spoiler: It [[spoiler:It depicts the final kill before the final survivor is released.]]
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: In a sense. The poster? [[Spoiler: It depicts the final kill before the final survivor is released.]]
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* XMeetsY: Several reviews have noted that this movie is "''Film/OfficeSpace'' meats ''Manga/BattleRoyale''".

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* XMeetsY: Several reviews have noted that this movie is "''Film/OfficeSpace'' meats meets ''Manga/BattleRoyale''".
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* XMeetsY: Several reviews have noted that this movie is "''Film/OfficeSpace'' meats ''Manga/BattleRoyale''".

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