Escort Mission: The whole movie's plot revolves around Shockley's mission to escort Malley to court, come hell or high water.Blakelock tries to shut him up by shooting him and Shockley. Engineered Public Confession: Done to Blakelock's Yes-Man Feyderspiel at gunpoint.Don't Tell Mama: When calling her mother, Gus mentions working as a 'secretary'.Nothing, not even every Mob-affiliated gunman and trigger-happy patrolman in two states is gonna stop him from delivering his "nothing" witness to her "nothing" trial, if nothing else but out of spite to his opponents. The Determinator: Shockley, in spades.Depraved Bisexual: a female biker joins in the attempt to rape Mally.Defective Detective: Shockley, which is why he got this assignment in the first place.Death Course: The titular "gauntlet": two major streets of downtown Phoenix, cordoned off and packed full of patrolmen armed to the teeth.Not that it stops him from pulling all the stops on this case, though, once he knows the stakes. Prior to that, he had been waiting for his big break… which never came. Shockley's a disposable alcoholic who is sent out only so the people involved can get rid of him. Chase Scene: Shockley and Malley are pursued at some length by a helicopter containing some mafia mooks.Punctuated by Malley calling her mother and telling her about how wonderful Shockley is right before gearing up for the titular gauntlet (she says earlier that it's been a while since she's spoken to her mother and doesn't wants to do it unless there were some good news to provide). Bodyguard Crush: Shockley and Malley, by the end.Blatant Lies: "A nothing witness to a nothing trial".Not so averted with Blakelock in the backstory. Attempted Rape: Played straight (in that it was attempted, but stopped by Shockley) with the biker gang.The phrase just becomes more and more sarcastic as Shockley and Malley become victim of the Mafia's outright insane attempts to eliminate them. Arc Words: Several times it's mentioned that the mission to bring Malley to court in Phoenix is a mission to being "a nothing witness to a nothing trial". which raises an interesting question: how did Shockley himself learn to ride so well?
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