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* CoolCar: In addition to the Driver's BMW, Satan and Danny Trejo race in a souped up Chevy Camaro. Not being made by BMW, it is [[WatchThePaintJob doomed to be destroyed.]]
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* OhCrap: Satan gets one during the drag race when his car almost collides with a semi truck.
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* OhCrap: Satan gets one during the drag race when his car almost collides with a semi truck. And again when his car ''is'' about to collide with a train.
* OutOfGenreExperience: Besides the MoodWhiplash, this episode has the Driver and James Brown in a drag race against Satan and Danny Trejo in Las Vegas, in a wager for James Brown's youth and the Driver's eternal soul. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
* OutOfGenreExperience: Besides the MoodWhiplash, this episode has the Driver and James Brown in a drag race against Satan and Danny Trejo in Las Vegas, in a wager for James Brown's youth and the Driver's eternal soul. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
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-->'''Satan:''' You don't know what you're missing!
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-->'''Satan:''' That's ''terrible!'' [[HoYay You don't know what you're missing!missing!]]
* OhCrap: Satan gets one during the drag race when his car almost collides with a semi truck.
* OhCrap: Satan gets one during the drag race when his car almost collides with a semi truck.
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* AllStarCast
* MoodWhiplash: The two comedy entries, ''Star'' and ''Beat the Devil'', can be a bit jarring, considering that they come after ''The Follow'' and ''Ticker'', respectively. For bonus points, ''Star'' is immediately followed by ''[[TearJerker Powder Keg]]''.
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* TheCameo: Ray Liotta as a government agent.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Turns out, the money isn't important, but the ''amount'' of it is. [[spoiler: It's her phone number, so the Driver can contact her if he's clever enough.]]
* CleanPrettyReliable: A discretion cut keeps us from seeing the inevitable vomiting up water that comes from administering CPR to a near-drowning victim.
* DrivenToSuicide: The hostage taker, via RussianRoulette.
* IronicEcho:
-->I was always the butterfly, and you were always the moth.
* LemmingCops: The police think that the Driver is in a stolen car, based on his speeding through the city, and try to catch him, but they are nowhere near his level, and he has a woman to save.
* MissionControl: Helping the Driver figure out where the hostage is trapped.
* CleanPrettyReliable: A discretion cut keeps us from seeing the inevitable vomiting up water that comes from administering CPR to a near-drowning victim.
* DrivenToSuicide: The hostage taker, via RussianRoulette.
* IronicEcho:
-->I was always the butterfly, and you were always the moth.
* LemmingCops: The police think that the Driver is in a stolen car, based on his speeding through the city, and try to catch him, but they are nowhere near his level, and he has a woman to save.
* MissionControl: Helping the Driver figure out where the hostage is trapped.
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* [[spoiler:DeathNotification]]ChekhovsGun: The dogtags.
* DiplomaticImmunity: {{Averted}}. The Driver knows [[OhCrap they are in trouble]] when the guards don't care one whit that he is working for the American Embassy.
* DiplomaticImmunity: {{Averted}}. The Driver knows [[OhCrap they are in trouble]] when the guards don't care one whit that he is working for the American Embassy.
* IRegretNothing: Averted. Harvey regrets that he didn't take time to play with his kids.
-->'''Driver''': So how many have you got?
-->'''Harvey''': None.
-->'''Driver''': So how many have you got?
-->'''Harvey''': None.
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TitleDrop: The Driver asks Harvey what is on his film, and he is told that the film contains the Powderkeg, the story about what is going on in Nuevo Colon.
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* NominalImportance: Glen, the agent who hired the Driver, is one of only a handful of named characters in the entire series.
* BananaRepublic: Nuevo Colon.
* BittersweetEnding: The villains' actions are revealed, and Harvey Jacobs wins the Pulitzer Prize for his work [[spoiler: posthumously.]]
* BittersweetEnding: The villains' actions are revealed, and Harvey Jacobs wins the Pulitzer Prize for his work [[spoiler: posthumously.]]
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* IntrepidReporterIntrepidReporter: [[NominalImportance Harvey Jacobs.]]
* JustAFleshWound: Jacobs is shot by a solder after photographing the mass execution, but is still able to make his escape. [[spoiler: He succumbs to his wounds during the escape.]]
* JustAFleshWound: Jacobs is shot by a solder after photographing the mass execution, but is still able to make his escape. [[spoiler: He succumbs to his wounds during the escape.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: The Photographer antagonizes a border guard by taking photos of him. [[spoiler:Justified in that he was dying of blood loss, and probably delirious.]]
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* NominalImportance: Harvey Jacobs is one of only two or three characters to get named at all in the series. His actions appear to have a much bigger impact than almost anyone else's in the films as well.
* RunForTheBorder
* TechnologyMarchesOn: A scant few years after this film was made, Harvey probably would have been able to email his photos from a safehouse without having to smuggle the film across the border.
* TooDumbToLive:The Photographer Jacobs antagonizes a border guard by taking photos of him. [[spoiler:Justified in that he was dying of blood loss, and probably delirious.]]
* RunForTheBorder
* TechnologyMarchesOn: A scant few years after this film was made, Harvey probably would have been able to email his photos from a safehouse without having to smuggle the film across the border.
* TooDumbToLive:
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* AmusingInjuries: The worst that the Star suffers is some smeared makeup and an embarassing coffee spill.
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* AmusingInjuries: The worst that the Star suffers is some smeared makeup and an embarassing embarrassing coffee spill.spill, despite being turned into a human pinball inside a speeding car and being ''ejected'' from the vehicle hard enough to fly ten feet before hitting the ground.
* AnAesop: Always wear your seatbelt, [[SpaceWhaleAesop lest your underling hire a professional driver to humiliate you via his reckless driving.]] Also, something about not being such a BadBoss, but it was far too late for the Star to learn that one.
* AnAesop: Always wear your seatbelt, [[SpaceWhaleAesop lest your underling hire a professional driver to humiliate you via his reckless driving.]] Also, something about not being such a BadBoss, but it was far too late for the Star to learn that one.
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* IShallTauntYou: At one point, the Driver pulls up alongside the bodyguards and winks at them before speeding off.
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* StopAndGo: The music abruptly stops when the Driver backs the car into an alley... then as soon as they see the bodyguards drive by in their car, he takes off again with the music kicking back on.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Oh dear '''''lord''''' the Driver. The Star ''really'' should have put on her seatbelt when he asked.
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* UnreliableVoiceover: The Driver describes in detail that the Star has gorgeous BlueEyes, strong, feminine hands, and a billion dollar voice. Meanwhile, we see her adjust her sunglasses, then a close-up on her gloved hands cleaning said sunglasses, then a closeup on her mouth as she opens it... to cough.
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* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Driver will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his pursuers.
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* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Driver will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his pursuers.opponents.
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* DontCallMeSir: The Star irately tells the Driver not to "ma'am" her, presumably suspecting (correctly) that he was [[ServileSnarker sassing]] her. Once he abandons all pretenses of being subservient to her, he proceeds to [[InsistentTerminology call her "Sir"]] instead.
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* BadBoss: Oh dear ''lord'' the Star. Verbally abusive of pretty much everyone who works for her.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Star insists that the Driver drive ''faster''. At least he asked her to put on her seatbelt first.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Star insists that the Driver drive ''faster''. At least he asked her to put on her seatbelt first.
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* ChekhovsGun: The Star's coffee. [[GroinAttack Piping hot.]]
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* ExtremeDoormat: Glen, the Star's manager. The Driver points out that Glen has no spine, but then, [[MoneyDearBoy he gets paid enough not to have one.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Driver claims first not to know he was hired to drive for the Star, then that he doesn't know where they are going, and ''then'' makes a point of driving infuriatingly slow to get under her skin.
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* CurseCutShort: The Driver explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c--]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
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* CurseCutShort: The Driver explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is is a complete "complete [[CountryMatters c--]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee."[[NoIndoorVoice GLEEENNN!]]
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* KeepTheReward: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, the Driver angrily returns his fee and storms off.
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* KeepTheReward: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, the Driver angrily returns his fee and storms off.the money, claiming that she got away from him.
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* CoolCar: [[ProductPlacement But of course.]] In the first season, he gets a new car for every episode (possibly because the car gets utterly trashed during the ensuing ChaseScene in [[OnceAnEpisode every episode]] except for ''The Follow''. He keeps the same (new) car for the entire second season.
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* MysteriousPast: The Driver receives very little in the way of {{Backstory}}, indeed, he doesn't even have a ''name''. We pick up bits and pieces about him in dialogue.
* IncrediblyObviousTail: It does seem odd that the wife does not notice the same black BMW right behind her the whole way to the airport, but this is somewhat [[LampshadeHanging acknowledged]] and [[HandWave explained away]] in the narration, which explains that you keep moving around, changing lanes from time to time, getting a bit closer, a bit farther, moving into their blindspot if you end up too close behind them, and most of all that the best way to avoid detection is to know their patterns, so you can predict what they will do next.
** And also [[AvertedTrope averted]] shortly later. Once they leave the city and get out on the highway, he drops much farther back because he can still see her car in the distance.
* InLoveWithTheMark: According to the narration, this should be avoided at all costs. Do not get too emotionally attached, or try to relate to the person you are tailing, no matter how sympathetic they are. [[UnreliableVoiceover Of course, he utterly fails at this step.]]
** And also [[AvertedTrope averted]] shortly later. Once they leave the city and get out on the highway, he drops much farther back because he can still see her car in the distance.
* InLoveWithTheMark: According to the narration, this should be avoided at all costs. Do not get too emotionally attached, or try to relate to the person you are tailing, no matter how sympathetic they are. [[UnreliableVoiceover Of course, he utterly fails at this step.]]
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* MrExposition: This is one of the only episodes to have the Driver narrating, and the only one where he narrates through the entire film, explaining how tailing someone works.
* OhCrap: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], and the narration goes on to explain that you should ''never'' react at all if the person you are tailing doubles back and sees you. As soon as the wife turns around and looks at him, the Driver casually looks up at the Departures board at the airport.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: The movie star is heavily implied to be a male version of this trope. We get to see his fast-talking agent on the phone trying to get him a role in another film, insisting that he's at the top of his game, and evidently having a hard time convincing the guy on the other end of this.
* YourCheatingHeart: The movie star thinks his wife is having an affair.
* OhCrap: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], and the narration goes on to explain that you should ''never'' react at all if the person you are tailing doubles back and sees you. As soon as the wife turns around and looks at him, the Driver casually looks up at the Departures board at the airport.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: The movie star is heavily implied to be a male version of this trope. We get to see his fast-talking agent on the phone trying to get him a role in another film, insisting that he's at the top of his game, and evidently having a hard time convincing the guy on the other end of this.
* YourCheatingHeart: The movie star thinks his wife is having an affair.
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* RuleOfCool: The [[JustForPun driving]] factor behind most of what happens in the films. The producers had to actually ''disable'' some of the features on the cars they were showing off to make the driving stunts look more impressive. For example, the cars featured are all designed to ''not'' to do hairpin turns or skids because that's ''dangerous''.
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** Besides this, he also does the usual sideswiping and trading of paint with the van, and later intentionally forces other cars to spin out to create [[MobstacleCourse obstacles for his persuers.]]
* CasualDangerDialogue: After the first round of being shot at by the jewel thieves:
-->'''Driver''': [[SarcasmMode Are you still alive?]]
-->'''Passenger''': Yeah. *[[FunnyBackgroundEvent buckling his seatbelt]]*
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: The bad guys talk to the Driver through his Car Radio. They had to show him their walkie talkie and use hand signals to tell him what frequency to tune to, however.
* CasualDangerDialogue: After the first round of being shot at by the jewel thieves:
-->'''Driver''': [[SarcasmMode Are you still alive?]]
-->'''Passenger''': Yeah. *[[FunnyBackgroundEvent buckling his seatbelt]]*
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: The bad guys talk to the Driver through his Car Radio. They had to show him their walkie talkie and use hand signals to tell him what frequency to tune to, however.
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* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Driver receives from the boy, which the Driver is not to open until later. [[spoiler:It's a bandage for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
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* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler: The monks at the safehouse.]]
* CarFu: In the alleyway between the containers on the dock.
* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Driver receives from the boy, which the Driver is not to open until later. [[spoiler:It's a bandage for his ear, which gets nicked by a bulletafter he receives later in the gift.]]film.]]
* TheChosenOne: The boy.
* CarFu: In the alleyway between the containers on the dock.
* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Driver receives from the boy, which the Driver is not to open until later. [[spoiler:It's a bandage for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet
* TheChosenOne: The boy.
* OhCrap: A gunman leaning out his door to shoot at The Driver gives off a good one when he realizes that they are about to be rammed.
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* ThePresidentsDaughterThePresidentsDaughter: The boy that the Driver must protect.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Most, if not all, of the soldiers seen in this episode seem to be working for the EvilChancellor, who is trying to keep the MacGuffin from getting to its destination.
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* PunBasedTitle: The title refers to an unidentified but highly important package contained in a silver briefcase, which must be kept below a certain temperature lest something terrible happen. [[spoiler: It sounds like it could be some kind of bomb, but it is actually a heart, ready for transplant.]]
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Was not included in most versions of the {{DVD}} collection, and it was removed from the website. Rumor has it that this was due to contract issues with guest star Forest Whitaker.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is a GenreAnthology where each episode only has two recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Driver]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]]; the films range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is a GenreAnthology where each episode only has two recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Driver]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW BMW]] [[CoolCar automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]]; the films range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries where each episode only has two recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Driver]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]]; the films range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries a GenreAnthology where each episode only has two recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Driver]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]]; the films range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries where each episode only has two recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Hire]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]]; the films range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries where each episode only has two recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Hire]], Driver]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]]; the films range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: [[NoNameGiven The Hire]]
* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Hire will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his pursuers.
* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Hire will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his pursuers.
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* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: [[NoNameGiven The Hire]]
Driver]]
* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, theHire Driver will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his pursuers.
* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the
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* CarFu: An unusual example. The Hire slams on his brakes, causing his pursuers to rear-end him, destroying their headlights. He then takes off down a closed road, weaves among some parked construction vehicles, and turns off his own lights, waiting for the bad guys to plow unwittingly into a parked bulldozer before driving off.
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* CarFu: An unusual example. The Hire Driver slams on his brakes, causing his pursuers to rear-end him, destroying their headlights. He then takes off down a closed road, weaves among some parked construction vehicles, and turns off his own lights, waiting for the bad guys to plow unwittingly into a parked bulldozer before driving off.
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* MineralMacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swallowed to get past Customs. [[spoiler:At least, that's what he claimed.]]
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* MineralMacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's Driver's passenger swallowed to get past Customs. [[spoiler:At least, that's what he claimed.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Hire receives from the boy, which the Hire is not to open until later. [[spoiler:It's a bandage for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that [[spoiler:the man they are addressing is not really a monk]].
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that [[spoiler:the man they are addressing is not really a monk]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Hire Driver receives from the boy, which the Hire Driver is not to open until later. [[spoiler:It's a bandage for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to theHire Driver that [[spoiler:the man they are addressing is not really a monk]].
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the
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* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuser]]: The movie star who asks the Hire to tail his wife.
* [[spoiler:KeepTheReward]]: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, the Hire angrily returns his fee and storms off.
* [[spoiler:KeepTheReward]]: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, the Hire angrily returns his fee and storms off.
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* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuser]]: The movie star who asks the Hire Driver to tail his wife, as the Driver learns while following the wife.
*[[spoiler:KeepTheReward]]: KeepTheReward: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, the Hire Driver angrily returns his fee and storms off.
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* CurseCutShort: The Hire explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c--]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in the Hire.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in the Hire.
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* CurseCutShort: The Hire Driver explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c--]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in theHire.Driver.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in the
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* LargeHam: The Hire Driver is obviously enjoying this job ''so much''.
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* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkyries''; the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed]].
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* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkyries''; the face the Hire Driver makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: One of the rare times that the Hire saves the day ''outside'' his car, jumping into the water and forcing the trunk door open to rescue the hostage.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car in whose trunk the hostage is locked before high tide comes and drowns her.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car in whose trunk the hostage is locked before high tide comes and drowns her.
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* BigDamnHeroes: One of the rare times that the Hire Driver saves the day ''outside'' his car, jumping into the water and forcing the trunk door open to rescue the hostage.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: TheHire Driver has to find the car in whose trunk the hostage is locked before high tide comes and drowns her.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The
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* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud of dust]], which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
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* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire Driver does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud of dust]], which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
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* TimeForPlanB: The Hire is actually the backup plan, a second driver standing by in case something happens to the first driver.
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* TimeForPlanB: The Hire Driver is actually the backup plan, a second driver standing by in case something happens to the first driver.
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* GenreBlind: The Hire doesn't seem to know what the hell is going on, staring slackjawed at the wacky hijinks until things finally move on to the driving.
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* GenreBlind: The Hire Driver doesn't seem to know what the hell is going on, staring slackjawed at the wacky hijinks until things finally move on to the driving.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Satan learns that the Hire only likes women.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Satan learns that the Hire Driver only likes women.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries where each episode only features two features in common: [[EverybodyCallsHimbarkeep The Hire]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles.]] Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]], with the films ranging form being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries where each episode only features has two features in common: [[EverybodyCallsHimbarkeep recurring features: [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Hire]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles.]] automobiles]]. Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]], with moods]]; the films ranging form range from being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Hire will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his persuers.
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* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Hire will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his persuers.pursuers.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Clive Owen had not yet made it big in ''Film/KingArthur'' when these films were produced.
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* CarFu: An unusual example. The Hire slams on his brakes, causing his persuers to rear-end him, destroying their headlights. He then takes off down a closed road, weaves between some parked construction equipment, and turns off his own lights, waiting for the bad guys to plow unwittingly into a parked bulldozer before driving off.
[[AC: Ambush]]
* CarFu: An unusual example. The Hire slams on his brakes, causing his persuers to rear-end him, destroying their headlights. He then takes off down a closed road, weaves between some parked construction equipment, and turns off his own lights, waiting for the bad guys to plow unwittingly into a parked bulldozer before driving off.
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[[AC: Ambush]]
[[AC:Ambush]]
* CarFu: An unusual example. The Hire slams on his brakes, causing his
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* MineralMacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At least, that's what he claimed.]]
[[AC: Chosen]]
[[AC: Chosen]]
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* MineralMacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd swallowed to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At least, that's what he claimed.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Hire receives from the boy, which he is not to open until later. [[spoiler: It's a bandaid for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that [[spoiler: the man they are talking to is not really a monk.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that [[spoiler: the man they are talking to is not really a monk.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Hire receives from the boy, which he the Hire is not to open until later. [[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's a bandaid bandage for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the man they are talking to addressing is not really a monk.]]monk]].
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that
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* SpotTheImposter: Monks don't [[spoiler: wear cowboy boots.]]
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* [[spoiler: DomesticAbuser]]: The movie star who asks The Hire to tail his wife.
* [[spoiler: KeepTheReward]]: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, he angrily returns his fee and storms off.
[[AC: Star]]
[[AC: The Follow]]
* [[spoiler: DomesticAbuser]]: The movie star who asks The Hire to tail his wife.
* [[spoiler: KeepTheReward]]: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, he angrily returns his fee and storms off.
[[AC: Star]]
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* SpotTheImposter: Monks don't [[spoiler: wear [[spoiler:wear cowboy boots.]]
[[AC: Theboots]].
[[AC:The Follow]]
*[[spoiler: DomesticAbuser]]: [[spoiler:DomesticAbuser]]: The movie star who asks The the Hire to tail his wife.
*[[spoiler: KeepTheReward]]: [[spoiler:KeepTheReward]]: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, he the Hire angrily returns his fee and storms off.
[[AC: Star]][[AC:Star]]
[[AC: The
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* CurseCutShort: The Hire explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c-]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in The Hire.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in The Hire.
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* CurseCutShort: The Hire explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c-]]" c--]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called inThe the Hire.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in
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* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
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* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while ''Music/RideOfTheValkyries''; the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]believed]].
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* [[spoiler: DeathNotification]]
* [[spoiler: ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
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* [[spoiler: DeathNotification]]
[[spoiler:DeathNotification]]
*[[spoiler: ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin]]
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* TooDumbToLive: The Photographer antagonizes a border guard by taking photos of him. [[spoiler: Justified in that he was dying of blood loss, and probably delirious.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: The Photographer antagonizes a border guard by taking photos of him. [[spoiler: Justified [[spoiler:Justified in that he was dying of blood loss, and probably delirious.]]
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* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]
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* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]][[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: One of the rare times that The Hire saves the day ''outside'' of his car, jumping into the water and forcing the trunk door open to rescue the hostage.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car the hostage is locked in the trunk of before high tide comes and drowns her.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car the hostage is locked in the trunk of before high tide comes and drowns her.
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* BigDamnHeroes: One of the rare times that The the Hire saves the day ''outside'' of his car, jumping into the water and forcing the trunk door open to rescue the hostage.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car in whose trunk the hostage is lockedin the trunk of before high tide comes and drowns her.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car in whose trunk the hostage is locked
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* EvilChancellor: Evidently the un-named nation's president is the only man keeping the country's far less fettered military commander from siezing control. While he doesn't seem to be going for a KlingonPromotion, he has no problems sending his men to interefere with attempts to keep his boss from dying of natural causes.
* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud of dust]] which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
* HellIsThatNoise: The contents of the briefcase must be kept below a certain temperature. The case is damaged and a beeper starts going off as the contents begin to get closer to the danger zone. At the end of the episode, the Hire is startled to hear that beeping sound again... only for it to be his car's "Door Ajar" warning.
* [[spoiler: LiteralChangeOfHeart]]
* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud of dust]] which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
* HellIsThatNoise: The contents of the briefcase must be kept below a certain temperature. The case is damaged and a beeper starts going off as the contents begin to get closer to the danger zone. At the end of the episode, the Hire is startled to hear that beeping sound again... only for it to be his car's "Door Ajar" warning.
* [[spoiler: LiteralChangeOfHeart]]
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* EvilChancellor: Evidently the un-named unnamed nation's president is the only man keeping the country's far less fettered military commander from siezing seizing control. While he doesn't seem to be going for a KlingonPromotion, he has no problems sending his men to interefere with attempts to keep his boss from dying of natural causes.
* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud ofdust]] dust]], which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
*HellIsThatNoise: The contents of the briefcase must be kept below a certain temperature. The case is damaged and a beeper starts going off as the contents begin to get closer to the danger zone. At the end of the episode, the Hire is startled to hear that beeping sound again... only for it to be his car's "Door Ajar" warning.
* [[spoiler: LiteralChangeOfHeart]][[spoiler:LiteralChangeOfHeart]]
* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud of
*
* [[spoiler: LiteralChangeOfHeart]]
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* TheReveal: What's in the briefcase? [[spoiler: A heart transplant for a troubled nation's dying leader.]]
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* TheReveal: What's in the briefcase? [[spoiler: A [[spoiler:A heart transplant for a troubled nation's dying leader.]]
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[[AC: Beat The Devil]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Marylin Manson]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Marylin Manson]]
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* TheCameo:
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* DealWithTheDevil: James Brown sold his soul for fame and fortune, but wants to renegotiate, based on a [[LoopholeAbuse loophole he found in his contract]]
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* DealWithTheDevil: James Brown JamesBrown sold his soul for fame and fortune, but wants to renegotiate, based on a [[LoopholeAbuse loophole he found in his contract]]contract]].
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* LargeHam: JamesBrown. And {{Satan}}, even moreso, as played by GaryOldman.
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* LargeHam: JamesBrown. James Brown. And {{Satan}}, even moreso, more so, as played by GaryOldman.
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* AmusingInjuries: The worst that the Star suffers is some smeared makeup and an embarassing coffee spill.
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* RealityEnsues: PlayedForLaughs. There's a good reason you should wear your seatbelt in a car.
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-->'''Satan''': You don't know what you're missing!
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-->'''Satan''': You don't know what you're missing!missing!
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* MacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At least, that's what he claimed.]]
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* MacGuffin: MacGuffinEscortMission
* MineralMacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At least, that's what he claimed.]]
* MineralMacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At least, that's what he claimed.]]
* MacGuffinEscortMission
* ThePresidentsDaughter
* ThePresidentsDaughter
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* [[spoiler: LiteralHeartTransplant]]
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* [[spoiler: LiteralHeartTransplant]]LiteralChangeOfHeart]]
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* DitchTheBodyGuard: The Star makes her bodyguard follow in another car, and The Hire leads the bodyguard on a high speed chase through the city.
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* [[spoiler: ImDyingTakeThisMacGuffin]]
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* [[spoiler: ImDyingTakeThisMacGuffin]]ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin]]
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* TheMacGuffin: The film.
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* TheMacGuffin: MacGuffin: The film.
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* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Director]]: The tone, style, and even genre of each episode varies wildly, due to each episode having a different director.
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* GuileHero: When sheer driving badassitude won't cut it, the Hire will resort to a variety of unorthodox tricks to get the better of his persuers.
* ProductPlacement: Well, yeah, the whole series was sponsored by BMW, after all.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Clive Owen had not yet made it big in ''Film/KingArthur'' when these films were produced.
* ProductPlacement: Well, yeah, the whole series was sponsored by BMW, after all.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Clive Owen had not yet made it big in ''Film/KingArthur'' when these films were produced.
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* CarFu: An unusual example. The Hire slams on his brakes, causing his persuers to rear-end him, destroying their headlights. He then takes off down a closed road, weaves between some parked construction equipment, and turns off his own lights, waiting for the bad guys to plow unwittingly into a parked bulldozer before driving off.
* MacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At least, that's what he claimed.]]
* MacGuffin: Smuggled diamonds, which the Hire's passenger swalloewd to get past Customs. [[spoiler: At least, that's what he claimed.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes
* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Hire receives from the boy, which he is not to open until later. [[spoiler: It's a bandaid for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that [[spoiler: the man they are talking to is not really a monk.]]
* SpotTheImposter: Monks don't [[spoiler: wear cowboy boots.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The gift the Hire receives from the boy, which he is not to open until later. [[spoiler: It's a bandaid for his ear, which gets nicked by a bullet after he receives the gift.]]
* FacialDialogue: The boy silently signalling to the Hire that [[spoiler: the man they are talking to is not really a monk.]]
* SpotTheImposter: Monks don't [[spoiler: wear cowboy boots.]]
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[{AC: Star]]
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* [[spoiler: KeepTheReward]]: Once he learns more about the woman he has been hired to tail, he angrily returns his fee and storms off.
[[AC: Star]]
* AssholeVictim: The Star.
* LargeHam: The Hire is obviously enjoying this job ''so much''.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Generally speaking, driving recklessly and intentionally causing your passenger to be sent bouncing off the interior of the car because she is not wearing your seatbelt is generally considered a ''bad thing''. But it is just ''so hard'' to remember that, considering what a JerkAss the Star is.
* PublicServiceAnnouncement: A titlecard at the end reminds you to buckle your seatbelt.
* PublicServiceAnnouncement: A titlecard at the end reminds you to buckle your seatbelt.
* ArmiesAreEvil
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* KickTheDog: The first thing we see the local soldiers do? Shoot a bunch of civilians.
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* TitleDrop
* BadBoss: The hostage taker's justification for the whole thing.
* BigDamnHeroes: One of the rare times that The Hire saves the day ''outside'' of his car, jumping into the water and forcing the trunk door open to rescue the hostage.
* BigDamnHeroes: One of the rare times that The Hire saves the day ''outside'' of his car, jumping into the water and forcing the trunk door open to rescue the hostage.
* TheCameo: Ray Liotta as a government agent.
* CarFu: Bad guys in an SUV ram the first vehicle that was carrying the MacGufin.
* EvilChancellor: Evidently the un-named nation's president is the only man keeping the country's far less fettered military commander from siezing control. While he doesn't seem to be going for a KlingonPromotion, he has no problems sending his men to interefere with attempts to keep his boss from dying of natural causes.
* CarFu: Bad guys in an SUV ram the first vehicle that was carrying the MacGufin.
* EvilChancellor: Evidently the un-named nation's president is the only man keeping the country's far less fettered military commander from siezing control. While he doesn't seem to be going for a KlingonPromotion, he has no problems sending his men to interefere with attempts to keep his boss from dying of natural causes.
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* [[spoiler: LiteralHeartTransplant]]
* MacGuffin: The briefcase. If it is not delivered on time, with the contents intact, an entire nation will be at the mercy of a military dictator.
* TheReveal: What's in the briefcase? [[spoiler: A heart transplant for a troubled nation's dying leader.]]
* TimeForPlanB: The Hire is actually the backup plan, a second driver standing by in case something happens to the first driver.
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* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Marylin Manson]]
-->''Can you keep it down, I'm trying to ''read!''
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[[AC: Chosen]]
[[AC: The Follow]]
[{AC: Star]]
* ActorAllusion: The Star, a world-famous and highly talented musician, played by Madonna.
* CastingGag: Madonna was married to director GuyRitchie at the time.
* CurseCutShort: The Hire explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c-]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in The Hire.
* DitchTheBodyGuard: The Star makes her bodyguard follow in another car, and The Hire leads the bodyguard on a high speed chase through the city.
* GroupieBrigade: They drive past a bunch of screaming fans as they exit the parking garage, and the Star [[GenreSavvy ducks out of the way]] expertly to avoid being seen by them.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Oddly enough, up until the last bit, the description given for the Star could be a description of {{Madonna}}, [[ActorAllusion who plays the Star]].
* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
* YouGetMeCoffee: The Star's first line is to scream at her assistant for a cup of coffee.
[[AC: Powder Keg]]
* [[spoiler: DeathNotification]]
* [[spoiler: ImDyingTakeThisMacGuffin]]
* IntrepidReporter
* TheMacGuffin: The film.
* TooDumbToLive: The Photographer antagonizes a border guard by taking photos of him. [[spoiler: Justified in that he was dying of blood loss, and probably delirious.]]
[[AC: Hostage]]
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car the hostage is locked in the trunk of before high tide comes and drowns her.
[[AC: Chosen]]
[[AC: The Follow]]
[{AC: Star]]
* ActorAllusion: The Star, a world-famous and highly talented musician, played by Madonna.
* CastingGag: Madonna was married to director GuyRitchie at the time.
* CurseCutShort: The Hire explains to the FourthWall that the Star, in addition to her many qualities, "is a complete [[CountryMatters c-]]" before he is interrupted by the Star screaming for her manager to bring her coffee.
* TheDogBitesBack: It is ''heavily'' implied that this was the exact reason the Star's manager called in The Hire.
* DitchTheBodyGuard: The Star makes her bodyguard follow in another car, and The Hire leads the bodyguard on a high speed chase through the city.
* GroupieBrigade: They drive past a bunch of screaming fans as they exit the parking garage, and the Star [[GenreSavvy ducks out of the way]] expertly to avoid being seen by them.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Oddly enough, up until the last bit, the description given for the Star could be a description of {{Madonna}}, [[ActorAllusion who plays the Star]].
* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
* YouGetMeCoffee: The Star's first line is to scream at her assistant for a cup of coffee.
[[AC: Powder Keg]]
* [[spoiler: DeathNotification]]
* [[spoiler: ImDyingTakeThisMacGuffin]]
* IntrepidReporter
* TheMacGuffin: The film.
* TooDumbToLive: The Photographer antagonizes a border guard by taking photos of him. [[spoiler: Justified in that he was dying of blood loss, and probably delirious.]]
[[AC: Hostage]]
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Hire has to find the car the hostage is locked in the trunk of before high tide comes and drowns her.
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* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, kicking up a huge cloud of dust which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
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* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, [[CarFu kicking up a huge cloud of dust dust]] which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
obstruction]].
[[AC: BeatTheDevil]]
*SloMoBigAir: Complete with DealWithTheDevil: James Brown sold his soul for fame and fortune, but wants to renegotiate, based on a [[LoopholeAbuse loophole he found in his contract]]
* GenreBlind: The Hire doesn't seem to know what thesoundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while hell is going on, staring slackjawed at the face wacky hijinks until things finally move on to the driving.
* LargeHam: JamesBrown. And {{Satan}}, even moreso, as played by GaryOldman.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Satan learns that the Hiremakes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]only likes women.
-->'''Satan''': You don't know what you're missing!
[[AC: BeatTheDevil]]
*
* GenreBlind: The Hire doesn't seem to know what the
* LargeHam: JamesBrown. And {{Satan}}, even moreso, as played by GaryOldman.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Satan learns that the Hire
-->'''Satan''': You don't know what you're missing!
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A WebVideo series produced by BMW in 2001 and 2002, starring CliveOwen. Essentially, this is an AnthologySeries where each episode only features two features in common: [[EverybodyCallsHimbarkeep The Hire]], a BadassDriver, and his CoolCar, a series of [[ProductPlacement BMW automobiles.]] Each episode featured a different director and guest star, and usualy a different model of car. Not to mention [[ToneShift vastly different moods]], with the films ranging form being intense and dramatic to being comic slapstick.
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* AcrophobicBird: ''Ticker'', with some bad guys in a helicopter trying ([[ATeamFiring and largely failing]]), leading to its eventual demise.
* BadassDriver: The main character, played by Clive Owen.
* ChaseScene: Most of the episodes feature some variation of this.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: [[NoNameGiven The Hire]]
* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, kicking up a huge cloud of dust which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
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* AcrophobicBird: ''Ticker'', with some bad guys in a helicopter trying ([[ATeamFiring and largely failing]]), leading to its eventual demise.
* BadassDriver: The main character, played by Clive Owen.
* ChaseScene: Most of the episodes feature some variation of this.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: [[NoNameGiven The Hire]]
* AHandfulForAnEye: The Hire does donuts in the dirt, kicking up a huge cloud of dust which blinds the AcrophobicBird, causing them to [[HellishCopter blunder into a nearby obstruction]].
* SloMoBigAir: Complete with the soundtrack changing abruptly to ''Music/RideOfTheValkries'' while the face the Hire makes has to be [[LargeHam seen to be believed.]]
