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* DataDriveMacGuffin: In the film's second act, Casey Ryback tries to disrupt the BigBad's plans by stealing the CD that contains his KillSat's firing codes. The subsequent action sequence kills a number of the villain's goons and probably bought some time before the villain executes his plan to destroy Washington, D.C., but the bad guys manage to get back the CD, making Casey's efforts [[YouCantThwartStageOne mostly useless]].
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* ConvectionSchmonvection: Double subverted. The gigantic pyre of the crash of the Grand Continental with the fuel train not not bothers the helicopter (and Casey Ryback as he climbs up to it via ladder), but [[spoiler:when Dane suffers his DisneyVillainDeath, he catches fire in mid-air as he falls down to that hell.]]
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** Dane [[spoiler:falls [[DisneyDeath hundreds of meters down]] to the firey pire of the two crashed trains [[{{Fingore}} after getting his fingers cut off]], and the pire is so hot that Dane catches fire as he falls.]]
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** Dane [[spoiler:falls [[DisneyDeath [[DisneyVillainDeath hundreds of meters down]] to the firey pire of the two crashed trains [[{{Fingore}} after getting his fingers cut off]], and the pire is so hot that Dane catches fire as he falls.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Ryback kills one mook by throwing him in front of the locomotive so he gets squished by about a dozen train carriages.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** Ryback kills one mook by throwing him in front of the locomotive so he gets squished by about a dozen traincarriages.carriages.
** Dane [[spoiler:falls [[DisneyDeath hundreds of meters down]] to the firey pire of the two crashed trains [[{{Fingore}} after getting his fingers cut off]], and the pire is so hot that Dane catches fire as he falls.]]
** Ryback kills one mook by throwing him in front of the locomotive so he gets squished by about a dozen train
** Dane [[spoiler:falls [[DisneyDeath hundreds of meters down]] to the firey pire of the two crashed trains [[{{Fingore}} after getting his fingers cut off]], and the pire is so hot that Dane catches fire as he falls.]]
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* RailEnthusiast: The mercenary portrayed by Johnathan Banks (Scotty), who takes over as the locomotive's engineer. He puts on the (dead) engineer's hat for no real reason and the last time he's seen, it's when the Grand Continental and the petrol train are about to crash head-on, with him still on the engine and packing a ''big'' smile.
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* RailEnthusiast: The mercenary portrayed by Johnathan Banks Creator/JonathanBanks (Scotty), who takes over as the locomotive's engineer. He puts on the (dead) engineer's hat for no real reason and the last time he's seen, it's when the Grand Continental and the petrol train are about to crash head-on, with him still on the engine and packing a ''big'' smile.
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* SayMyName: Of course the bad guys get to curse Ryback's name repeatedly throughout the film, but the last time bears special mention [[spoiler:because it's Dane screaming Ryback's name as he falls down to the gigantic pyre of the crashed trains.]]
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* EvilIsHammy: Eric Bogosian (Travis Dane) does what he can, chewing a Colorado forest's worth of scenery.
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* EvilIsHammy: Eric Bogosian Creator/EricBogosian (Travis Dane) does what he can, chewing a Colorado forest's worth of scenery.
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* LargeHam: Eric Bogosian is clearly having an absolute blast as Dane.
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* LargeHam: Eric Bogosian Creator/EricBogosian is clearly having an absolute blast as Dane.
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* CuttingTheKnot: Dane informs Casey that he's too late to stop the KillSat at that, even if he weren't, he'll ''never'' be able to crack the encryption on his laptop to do it. Casey's solution? ''Shoot the laptop.''
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* CuttingTheKnot: Dane informs Casey that he's too late to stop the KillSat at KillSat, and that, even if he weren't, he'll ''never'' be able to crack the encryption on his laptop to do it. Casey's solution? ''Shoot the laptop.''
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* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Happens to Travis Dane, leading to his DisneyVillainDeath]].
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* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Happens to Travis Dane, Dane when Ryback closes a helicopter hatch as Dane is hanging on the edge, leading to his DisneyVillainDeath]].DisneyVillainDeath while his severed fingers remain in the chopper]].
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* EverythingExplodesEnding: The Grand Continental collides head-on with a petrol train in a fiery crash, the freight and passenger cars all derail and explode, the trestle they were on collapses, and the wreck cumulates in the trestle and trains' remains at the bottom of the gorge all blowing up in a large, spectacular explosion.
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* CrazyPrepared: Dane's CatchPhrase is "Chance favors the prepared mind", and prides himself on always being ahead of everybody else. This gets subverted in two notable ways: first, when Sachs steals the CD with the targeting codes, rendering the satellite control useless (even the laziest computer hacker knows to make at least one backup copy), and then in the climax when Ryback deactivates the ghost program in Dane's laptop by [[ShootTheTelevision just shooting the damn thing]] - and Dane, who's holding it against his chest.
-->'''Dane''': Never thought... of that.
-->'''Dane''': Never thought... of that.
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** Tom Breaker can be as well, when he's not being stared down by the admiral. His best example comes after Dane has made a video call with an obviously fake background of the Eiffel Tower behind him. When someone starts asking where they should look for Dane, Breaker mutters, "Have you tried Paris?"
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** Tom Breaker can be as well, when he's not being stared down by the admiral. His best example comes after Dane has made a video call with an obviously fake background of the Eiffel Tower behind him. When someone starts asking where they should look for Dane, Breaker mutters, "Have you tried "Maybe we should look over Paris?"
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* EvilGloating: After demonstrating his control of the particle beam satellite, and announcing his plan to devastate Washington, D.C., Dane adds, as a postscript:
-->'''Dane''': Oh, and by the way: I was smarter than all of you before I worked there, I was smarter than all of you while I worked there, and I'm still smarter than all of you. ''Au revoir''.
-->'''Dane''': Oh, and by the way: I was smarter than all of you before I worked there, I was smarter than all of you while I worked there, and I'm still smarter than all of you. ''Au revoir''.
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* CatchPhrase: "Chance favours the prepared mind" is Dane's. This is actually a quote by LouisPasteur.
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* CatchPhrase: Dane's is "Chance favours favors the prepared mind" is Dane's. This is actually a quote by LouisPasteur. mind", quoted in turn from Louis Pasteur.
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* MadScientist: The main villain Travis Dane designed the KillSat. Trope is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when the ReasonableAuthorityFigure asks why the MadScientist was hired to design the uber-super-weapon; when told that sane people don't design them, the admiral notes that most people would learn something from that...
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* MadScientist: The main villain Travis Dane designed the KillSat. The Trope is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when by the ReasonableAuthorityFigure asks why following exchange:
-->'''General Cooper''': He's a brilliant guy, he can do virtually anything he sets his mind to, but he's a crazy son of a bitch...\\
'''[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Admiral Bates]]''': Why in theMadScientist was hired to design the uber-super-weapon; when told that hell would you people hire a goddamn maniac...?!\\
'''Tom Breaker''': [[AskAStupidQuestion Because, Admiral, sane peopledon't design them, the admiral notes that most people would do not build weapons like this!]]\\
'''Admiral Bates''': [[DeadpanSnarker You know, Mr. Breaker... you'd think we'd learn something fromthat...that.]]
-->'''General Cooper''': He's a brilliant guy, he can do virtually anything he sets his mind to, but he's a crazy son of a bitch...\\
'''[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Admiral Bates]]''': Why in the
'''Tom Breaker''': [[AskAStupidQuestion Because, Admiral, sane people
'''Admiral Bates''': [[DeadpanSnarker You know, Mr. Breaker... you'd think we'd learn something from
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'''Dane:''' ''*annoyed*'' I thought ''you're'' the best there is, Penn.
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'''Dane:''' ''*annoyed*'' ''[annoyed]'' I thought ''you're'' the best there is, Penn.
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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Travis Dane and his mercenaries interrupt the two lovebird officials they need to interrogate to activate the KillSat, Dane mocks them for their office romance, leading to this exchange:
-->'''David Trilling:''' Is that what this is about?\\
-->'''David Trilling:''' Is that what this is about?\\
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* AskAStupidQuestion: When AskAStupidQuestion:
**When Travis Dane and his mercenaries interrupt the two lovebird officials they need to interrogate to activate the KillSat, Dane mocks them for their office romance, leading to this exchange:
-->'''David --->'''David Trilling:''' Is that what this is about?\\
**When Travis Dane and his mercenaries interrupt the two lovebird officials they need to interrogate to activate the KillSat, Dane mocks them for their office romance, leading to this exchange:
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** When an incredulous Admiral Bates asks why the Department of Defense would hire a MadScientist like Dane, Breaker impatiently replies, ''"because, Admiral, sane people do not build weapons like this!"'' The Admiral, [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]], asks Breaker if maybe there's a lesson there.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: At no time are any of the carriages burning, as shown above (not until the climactic collision on the bridge, anyway).
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Ryback kills one mook by throwing him in front of the locomotive so he gets squished by about a dozen train carriages.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Ryback kills one mook by throwing him in front of the locomotive so he gets squished by about a dozen train carriages.
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* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Happens to Travis Dane, leading to his DisneyVillainDeath]].
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Happens to Travis Dane, leading to his DisneyVillainDeath]].
* HollywoodLaw: Even when this movie was made, safety regulations would not allow communication between trains and their controllers to be so restricted. Some sort of relay system (lineside transmitters, for instance) would be in place.
* {{MacGyvering}}: Ryback makes a firebomb out of resources from the train's minibar.
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* {{MacGyvering}}: Ryback makes a firebomb out of resources from the train's minibar.
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* RecycledInSpace: ''Under Siege 2'' is ''Under Siege'' '''ON A TRAIN!''' Small wonder that a common joke after the release of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' would reference this by suggesting that the sequel would be ''Snakes On A Train''. There ''is'' a movie called ''Snakes On A Train'' (however it's a {{Mockbuster}}, not a sequel).
* RecycledInSpace: ''Under Siege 2'' is ''Under Siege'' '''ON A TRAIN!''' Small wonder that a common joke after the release of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' would reference this by suggesting that the sequel would be ''Snakes On A Train''. There ''is'' a movie called ''Snakes On A Train'' (however it's a {{Mockbuster}}, not a sequel).
* TheScrappy: Invoked, for humour. That one annoying balding guy in the glasses working for the Pentagon. When he makes a lame quip about space being called space because there's so much of it, and the admiral tells him never to speak again.
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* TheScrappy: Invoked, for humour. That one annoying balding guy in the glasses working for the Pentagon. When he makes a lame quip about space being called space because there's so much of it, and the admiral tells him never to speak again.
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-->'''Dane:''' ''*reading from Ryback's computer*'' Chapter 1: Ryback's Tactics.
-->'''Penn:''' ''Ryback?''
-->'''Dane:''' That's what it says, "Ryback".
-->'''Mercenary #1:''' Casey fucking Ryback.
-->'''Dane:''' Who's Casey fucking Ryback?
-->'''Penn:''' Casey Ryback's a former [=SEAL=] team captain. Counter-terrorist expert.
-->'''Mercenary #2:''' He was my instructor at Fort Bragg.
-->'''Mercenary #1:''' He's the best there is.
-->'''Dane:''' ''*annoyed*'' I thought ''you're'' the best there is, Penn.
-->'''Penn:''' ''Ryback?''
-->'''Dane:''' That's what it says, "Ryback".
-->'''Mercenary #1:''' Casey fucking Ryback.
-->'''Dane:''' Who's Casey fucking Ryback?
-->'''Penn:''' Casey Ryback's a former [=SEAL=] team captain. Counter-terrorist expert.
-->'''Mercenary #2:''' He was my instructor at Fort Bragg.
-->'''Mercenary #1:''' He's the best there is.
-->'''Dane:''' ''*annoyed*'' I thought ''you're'' the best there is, Penn.
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-->'''Dane:''' ''*reading from Ryback's computer*'' Chapter 1: Ryback's Tactics.
-->'''Penn:''' ''Ryback?''
-->'''Dane:'''Tactics.\\
'''Penn:''' ''Ryback?''\\
'''Dane:''' That's what it says,"Ryback".
-->'''Mercenary"Ryback".\\
'''Mercenary #1:''' Casey fuckingRyback.
-->'''Dane:'''Ryback.\\
'''Dane:''' Who's Casey fuckingRyback?
-->'''Penn:'''Ryback?\\
'''Penn:''' Casey Ryback's a former [=SEAL=] team captain. Counter-terroristexpert.
-->'''Mercenaryexpert.\\
'''Mercenary #2:''' He was my instructor at FortBragg.
-->'''MercenaryBragg.\\
'''Mercenary #1:''' He's the best thereis.
-->'''Dane:'''is.\\
'''Dane:''' ''*annoyed*'' I thought ''you're'' the best there is, Penn.
-->'''Penn:''' ''Ryback?''
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'''Penn:''' ''Ryback?''\\
'''Dane:''' That's what it says,
-->'''Mercenary
'''Mercenary #1:''' Casey fucking
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'''Dane:''' Who's Casey fucking
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'''Penn:''' Casey Ryback's a former [=SEAL=] team captain. Counter-terrorist
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'''Mercenary #2:''' He was my instructor at Fort
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'''Mercenary #1:''' He's the best there
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'''Dane:''' ''*annoyed*'' I thought ''you're'' the best there is, Penn.
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* TheCameo: Invoked. The film reuses an audio clip from Creator/TommyLeeJones as Strannix from the first film. When one of the mercenaries is told over the radio to "continue to clean up," it's Jones' voice and his reused line.
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** Tom Breaker can be as well, when he's not being stared down by the admiral. His best example comes after Dane has made a video call with an obviously fake background of the Eiffel Tower behind him. When someone starts asking where they should look for Dane, Breaker mutters, "Have you tried Paris?"
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* FanserviceExtra: When ATAC tests Grazer's spy capabilities, a technician takes time to zoom in on a nude (and uncredited) female sunbather.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Ryback kills one mook by throwing him in front of the locomotive so he gets squished by about a dozen train carriages.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: When Dane is clinging to Ryback as he climbs the winch ladder to the helicopter, Dane screams that he and Ryback would make a great team. Ryback ignores him, assuming he can hear him over the explosions below.
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* RankUp: While Ryback has left the Navy at this stage, he seemingly got his lost rank back before doing so, since he's shown wearing Lieutenant's bars in the ending. Presumably, this was a result of his actions in the previous film.
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* TragicKeepsake: Sarah wears her late father's Navy Cross as a necklace.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Happens to some poor mook.
--> I broke my bra.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Happens to some poor mook.
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* IronicEcho: "Did you see the body? Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups."
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* IronicEcho: Dane throws Penn's own words back at him: "Did you see the body? Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups."
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* IronicEcho: "Did you see the body? Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups."
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* NeckSnap: A typical Seagal trademark, Rybacks snaps several necks belonging to random terrorists throughout the film, including Penn TheDragon.
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* KnifeNut: Ryback is as deadly a knife-fighter as ever. [[TheDragon Penn]] is also quite handy with knives, as [[spoiler:an insubordinate henchman soon finds out]].
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* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Many of the terrorists have served in the armed forces before becoming mercenaries. One mentions that Ryback was his former instructor.
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* HeroicBystander: One of the passengers, a man in USAF uniform, tackles a merc when he has Ryback pinned by machine gun fire. He gets shot for his trouble, but he manages to distract the bastard long enough for the main hero to come out of hiding and gun him down.