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3 | ''Prime Cut'' is a 1972 neo-[[FilmNoir noir]] crime film directed by Creator/MichaelRitchie, starring Creator/LeeMarvin, Creator/GeneHackman and Creator/SissySpacek. |
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5 | Irish Mob enforcer Nick Devlin (Marvin) travels from Chicago to Kansas City to collect an outstanding debt from the violent slaughterhouse owner Mary Ann (Hackman). |
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8 | !!Tropes: |
9 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Shea volunteers for the hit because Devlin saved his life during the war. |
10 | * BigBad: The FauxAffablyEvil Mary Ann has his enemies murdered and ground into sausage meat. |
11 | * BriefcaseBlaster: Devlin carries a leather attache case containing a sub-machine gun. |
12 | * BlackAndGreyMorality: Devlin is a very dangerous man, but Mary Ann is involved with HumanTrafficking, pimping, murder, and much worse. |
13 | %%* TheDragon: Weenie, Mary Ann's mentally retarded brother. Also crosses over with TheBrute because Weenie is very large and strong. |
14 | %%* CoolCar: Devlin and his three henchmen travel in a black Cadillac. |
15 | * CoolOldGuy: TeamDad Devlin wears sharp suits and plays it cool in dangerous situations. |
16 | * ChivalrousPervert: Devlin takes Poppy to dinner in a transparent dress, and then grins like a DirtyOldMan when the other customers stare at her. He is still very protective of her and she returns his affections. |
17 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Devlin refuses to kill a wounded Mary Ann, and leaves him to die on his back in the pig pen. |
18 | %%* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: Mary Ann resembles a psychopathic, murderous version of Boss Hogg. |
19 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Mary Ann hides his vicious nature behind a friendly and civilized facade. |
20 | * FedToPigs: Mary Ann feeds the remains of his enemies to the pigs to dispose of the evidence, and improve the flavor of the meat. |
21 | * FromCamouflageToCriminal: Devlin and Shea were soldiers before becoming gangsters. |
22 | %%* GameOfChicken: The Irish gangsters in their limo try this against the combine harvester that is pursuing Devlin. The car is totally destroyed. |
23 | * GoingCommando: Poppy wears nothing under her dress. |
24 | * GoodHairEvilHair: Mary Ann's redneck henchmen have bowl cuts, and Weenie has the BaldOfEvil. |
25 | %%* IOweYouMyLife: Shea took four slugs in the stomach during the war, but Devlin refused to let him die. |
26 | %%* InnocenceLost: Poppy's backstory as an orphan sold into prostitution. |
27 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: Poppy blushes when the other restaurant patrons stare at her cleavage. |
28 | * IAmAHumanitarian: It is hinted that girls who have outlived their usefulness are ground into mincemeat and sold to unsuspecting customers. |
29 | %%* KidSidekick: O'Brien to Devlin. |
30 | %%* LoveTriangle: Between Devlin, Poppy and Mary Anne's wife. |
31 | * MayDecemberRomance: The 50 year old Devlin falls in love with teenage prostitute Poppy. |
32 | * OldSoldier: Devlin's BadAssDriver Shea is a World War II veteran. Devlin is one of the longest serving enforcers in TheIrishMob. |
33 | %%* OlderHeroVSYoungerVillain: Devil (played by Lee Marvin, who was born in 1924) vs Mary Ann (played by Gene Hackman, who was born in 1930). |
34 | * OrphansOrdeal: Poppy endures a traumatic childhood of neglect and physical abuse before being sold into prostitution when she came of age. |
35 | * ThePatriarch: Devlin acts like AFatherToHisMen and attempts to keep them alive until the end of the mission. |
36 | * ParentalSubstitute: Poppy falls for Devlin because she never had a father of her own. |
37 | * PeopleFarms: On Mary Anne's farm, orphaned girls are sold into prostitution like cattle being auctioned for their meat.The girls are also named after prize winning cows, like Poppy, Violet or Clarabelle. |
38 | %%* RedIsHeroic: O'Brien has red hair. |
39 | * PrettyBoy: O'Brien is barely 20 and still lives with his mother. |
40 | %%* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The hillbillies do this to Violet. |
41 | %%* RealMenEatMeat: Mary Ann thinks eating beef is a patriotic duty. |
42 | * RuralGangsters: Mary Ann is a Slaughterhouse owner and mob boss in Kansas City, who lives on a cattle farm, has minions who dress in bib overalls and turns people who upset him into sausages. He likewise runs a particularly brutal HumanTrafficking scheme where he gets vulnerable orphaned girls addicted to drugs and then sells them as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] in a manner deliberately designed to resemble livestock sales (with him even mockingly renaming the girls after prize-winning cows just to twist the knife further). He's contrasted against [[NobleDemon Nick Devlin]], a gangster from the IrishMob in Chicago (who likewise has a much more professional, [[WickedCultured refined]] and urban aesthetic) who comes to collect an outstanding debt from him, after Mary killed the previous two guys who came for the money. |
43 | %%* ShootTheDog: O'Brien is murdered by Mary Anne's {{Mooks}} while trying to protect Devlin and Poppy. |
44 | * TheDogBitesBack: Poppy knocks out the brothel madam who abused her at the orphanage. |
45 | * VehicularAssault: A mook in a combine harvester tries to crush Devlin. |
46 | * VaporWear: Poppy is given a transparent green dress by Devlin. |
47 | * WardensAreEvil: The old EvilOrphanageLady who runs the OrphanageOfFear. |
48 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Poppy's friend Violet is raped and beaten, she's only seen in the background of the orphanage scene, making her very easy to miss. |
49 | * WickedCultured: Devlin is accustomed to eating in fine restaurants. |
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