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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: One possible interpretation of why Shannon handled the country to Dr Okoye - the man tended to his wounds when they were both locked in a HellholePrison.
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* DatedHistory: The unnamed journalist dismisses French mercenary Robert Denard as a has-been, but he'd go on to become an unofficial agent of French national interests in Africa right through to TheNineties.
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* TooDumbToLive: Shannon notes this InUniverse over how Kimba's palace is surrounded by a big wall. Far from offering protection, all Kimba has done is confine himself and his PraetorianGuard inside a killing ground for the mortar attack Shannon is planning.
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The Screw The Money This Is Personal example was more suited to be with the movie tropes than the book tropes.
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* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: While Shannon is a [[HiredGuns mercenary]] and willing to get as much money as he can out of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sir James Manson]], it doesn't take much for Manson's [[TheDragon dragon]], Endean, to talk Shannon into leading the assault on Zangaro after the police [[ColdBloodedTorture beat the living crap out of him]] while he's doing recon (and has also seen first-hand [[TheCaligula what kind of monster President Kimba is]]). When he ends up facing off against Kimba on the climactic assault, Kimba goes into a VillainousBreakdown and offers him a small mountain of money to let him go. Shannon just shoots him, [[FullCircleRevolution and then goes on to screw over Sir Manson (who wasn't going to improve Zangaro with his puppet government anyway)]].
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* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: While Shannon is a [[HiredGuns mercenary]] and willing to get as much money as he can out of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sir James Manson]], it doesn't take much for Manson's [[TheDragon dragon]], Endean, to talk Shannon into leading the assault on Zangaro after the police [[ColdBloodedTorture beat the living crap out of him]] while he's doing recon (and has also seen first-hand [[TheCaligula what kind of monster President Kimba is]]). When he ends up facing off against Kimba on the climactic assault, Kimba goes into a VillainousBreakdown and offers him a small mountain of money to let him go. Shannon just shoots him, [[FullCircleRevolution and then goes on to screw over Sir Manson (who wasn't going to improve Zangaro with his puppet government anyway)]].
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* LifeImitatesArt: mercenary Simon Mann (ex-SAS like Derek) used this film as a blueprint in a failed attempt to seize power in the small African country of Equatorial Guinea.
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* LifeImitatesArt: mercenary Simon Mann (ex-SAS like Derek) used this film as a blueprint in a failed attempt to seize power in the small African country of Equatorial Guinea.
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* BloodKnight: all of the mercenaries, we only really see them come alive in the end battle scenes.
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: in the heat of battle Drew storms into a room, submachinegun in hand, screaming his war cry. Only to be confronted with a mother and her young children. He turns and walks away [[spoiler: whereupon she shoots him in the back]].
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* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: While Shannon is a [[HiredGuns mercenary]] and willing to get as much money as he can out of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sir Manson]], it doesn't takes much from Manson to talk Shannon into leading the assault on Zangaro after the police [[ColdBloodedTorture beats the living crap out of him]] while he's doing recon (and has also seen first-hand [[TheCaligula what kind of monster President Kimba is]]). When he ends up facing off against Kimba on the climactic assault, Kimba goes into a VillainousBreakdown and offers him a small mountain of money to let him go. Shannon just shoots him, [[FullCircleRevolution and then goes on to screw over Sir Manson (who wasn't going to improve Zangaro with his puppet government anyway)]].
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* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: While Shannon is a [[HiredGuns mercenary]] and willing to get as much money as he can out of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sir James Manson]], it doesn't takes take much from Manson for Manson's [[TheDragon dragon]], Endean, to talk Shannon into leading the assault on Zangaro after the police [[ColdBloodedTorture beats beat the living crap out of him]] while he's doing recon (and has also seen first-hand [[TheCaligula what kind of monster President Kimba is]]). When he ends up facing off against Kimba on the climactic assault, Kimba goes into a VillainousBreakdown and offers him a small mountain of money to let him go. Shannon just shoots him, [[FullCircleRevolution and then goes on to screw over Sir Manson (who wasn't going to improve Zangaro with his puppet government anyway)]].
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* SelectiveSalughter: Drew, by far the most gung-ho of mercenaries and obviously revelling in the combat spares an African mother and her children. She promptly shoots him in the back!
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* SelectiveSalughter: SelectiveSlaughter: Drew, by far the most gung-ho of mercenaries and obviously revelling in the combat spares an African mother and her children. She promptly shoots him in the back!
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* MoreDakka: perhaps the ultimate example, a small force wielding extreme firepower and exploiting the element of surprise and violence of action is able to overwhelm a vastly superior opposition.
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* SelectiveSalughter: Drew, by far the most gung-ho of mercenaries and obviously revelling in the combat spares an African mother and her children. She promptly shoots him in the back!
