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  • The canyon race between a Cessna and a motorcycle is something best not thought about too deeply, but features some impressive aerial stunts in a Cessna 150 by stunt pilot Art Scholl.
  • After the race, with Doug's plane probably totaled because Knotcher's Dragon sabotaged his oil system, Knotcher rides up and tells him it was all a joke. That leads to this exchange:

    Doug: You could have killed me.
    Knotcher: What?
    Doug: I said, You could have killed me.
    Knotcher (takes off helmet and smirks): I couldn't hear you.
    Doug responds by unloading an atomic punch on the guy and flattening him.
    Doug: Can you hear me now?

  • Doug is understandably frustrated at how little seems to be getting accomplished in getting his dad freed by the Quraqi authorities. When Chappie tries to reassure him, Doug loses his temper and claims that Chappie doesn't give a shit. Chappie doesn't have it.
    • Then, once Chappie realizes he's talking to Doug exactly the same way he would never tolerate someone else talking to him, he calms himself down and reminds Doug that he needs to be there for his family.
  • Anna's introductory escape in Iron Eagle III. She's chained up to some large pipes above her head, and to avoid making too much noise uses pure upper body strength to haul her legs up and over the pipes, where she is able to get the chain free. Once the guard comes back to check, she uses the chain to strangle him, drops down on top of him, and tightens the chain to snap his neck. All while her ripped body glistens with sweat in the harsh dungeon lighting.

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