Follow TV Tropes

Following

YMMV / Blood Debts

Go To

  • Awesome Music: Patrick Wales' score is nothing short of awesome, especially the ending theme.
  • Ass Pull: At the very end of the movie, Mark is shot in the shoulder, forcing him to drop his rocket launcher, then reveals that he has a miniature rocket launcher hidden up his sleeve, one that was never so much as hinted at in any previous scene.
  • It Was His Sled: Due to its memetic status, everyone knows that the film stops the instant Mark blows up the Big Bad and gives himself up to the authorities.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Mark Collins, after seeing his daughter and her boyfriend killed by a gang, takes revenge on them by interrogating one of their members, then systemically taking them down before going after other criminals. When Bill forces him to do his bidding, only to come back on his word by attempting to kill him with a car bomb that kills his wife Yvette, Mark rampages throughout Bill's compound, and when Bill seemingly has him cornered, he reveals a grenade launcher underneath his sleeve and blasts Bill to death with a single shot, turning himself in to the police when all is done.
  • Memetic Mutation: Many other films (and TV shows) are given endings similar to this one; they stop just after the Big Bad is killed, usually by explosion, and show the text, "(protagonist), age (in years) gave him/herself up to the authorities after the incident and is now serving a life sentence."
  • Signature Scene: The ending. The instant Mark blows up the Big Bad, the film stops right there, revealing that Mark gave himself up and is now serving a life sentence.
  • Signature Line: Beside the famous ending caption, Bill's matter-of-fact assertion that his gang needs to "recruit more pimps, more pushers!" tends to get quoted quite a bit.
  • So Bad, It's Good: The film has an almost completely nonexistent plot, clunky dialogue, poor special effects and an infamously abrupt ending, but it's rather entertaining to watch because of how bad it is.
  • Special Effect Failure:
    • When Mark takes on the final group of Mooks, he shoots a rocket between them, causing a small explosion that doesn't affect any of them and causes them to be blown away a second after the blast.
    • When Mark shoots Bill, it's obvious that the actor was replaced with a mannequin in the shot before the rocket strikes home.

Top