Line #44 Film/WildWind


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3	''Wild Wind'' is a 1985 Yugoslavian partisan film starring Jay North, Disan Janicjevic and George Montgomery.
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5	An American OSS agent (North) works with the Communist resistance leader Dusko Babic (Janicjevic) to destroy a Nazi armored train.
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8	!!This film provides examples of:
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10	* EightiesHair: ProfessionalKiller Sekulik has a mullet.
11	* TheAlcoholic: Kosta's son is a lazy drunk.
12	%% * BaldOfEvil: Worn by the BigBad, an SS officer.
13	* CaptainSmoothandSergeantRough: The sadistic Nazi Big Bad and the OldSoldier Nestorvic as his MookLieutenant.
14	%% * CoolOldGuy: Kosta the farmer after he joins the partisans.
15	%% * CommissarCap: Worn by partisan officers Babic and Okati.
16	%% * ChummyCommies: La Resistance, especially RebelLeader Babic.
17	%% * TheDragon: Sekulik (Svetosvar Cvetovik), the BountyHunter.
18	* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Sekulik wears a tattered pre-war uniform, but is now an OpportunisticBastard OnlyInItForTheMoney.
19	* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Nazis are RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, and the partisans wear earth tones like green and brown.
20	* GoodHairEvilHair: The clean cut American captain and the bald Nazi commander.
21	* GreaterScopeVillain: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is mentioned but does not make an appearance.
22	%%* HellBentForLeather: Babic wears a BadassLongcoat.
23	* HeelFaceTurn: Nestorovic starts out as a collaborator before switching sides.
24	* MayDecemberRomance: The DeterminedHomesteader Kosta's new wife is younger than his son.
25	* TheMole: Nestorovic (Montgomery) impersonates a collaborationist officer to infiltrate the Nazi ranks.
26	* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: HuskyRusskie GeniusBruiser Nikolai is both a skilful tactician and a tough fighter.
27	* TortureTechnician: The German officer is a PsychoElectro who specialises in wiring his prisoners to an electrical socket and turning up the power.
28	* PunchClockVillain: The Nazi {{Mooks}} and local collaborators are mostly represented as ordinary men doing an unpleasant job.
29	* SaveTheVillain: Babic prevents Okati from executing the Nazi commander and takes him prisoner.
30	* SerialKillerKiller: Okati immediately recognises Sekulik as the murderer who killed his friends, and impulsively shoots him despite being ordered not to by Babic.
31	* ShoutOut: Nestorovic's name is a reference to the wise old Greek warrior Nestor from ''Literature/TheIliad.''
32	* ShutUpHannibal: Babic responds to Okati's brutality by claiming he is as bad as the Nazis, in a straight example of HeWhoFightsMonsters.
33	* SmallTownTyrant: The local mayor enthusiastically supports the Germans, and pays HiredGuns like Sekulik for every partisan they kill.
34	* SociopathicHero: Babic's second in command Okati eagerly massacres unarmed prisoners.
35	* TheSociopath: EgomaniacHunter Sekulik enjoys killing people, and refers to his trips into the forest as HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.
36	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Okati is eventually shot by his commander for his atrocities.
37	* TheWestern: Wartime Yugoslavia is a lawless place full of bandits and gunfighters, and horses are the only transport.
38	%% * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Okati is prematurely grey.

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