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The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 20 / 20 章 · 2'18" · B2

Joe Bluffs With a Plastic Key, Explained：pull the trigger

Marcone's men want the locker key, and Joe answers the threat by inviting them to shoot. When the key finally changes hands, it turns out to be the plastic kind that shreds the moment it is grabbed, so nobody gets the money. A shootout follows, and Joe gets Darian out while taking a hit himself.

あらすじ

Joe challenges the men who want the locker key, telling them to go ahead and shoot, and cracks a joke about waking up next to a horse's head. Jimmy hands the key over, and it snaps — a cheap plastic key, so the money is unreachable. The shooting starts, and Joe gets his daughter out while wounded.

ThreatsCrime scenesThreateningPromisingRivalsB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

pull the triggerbe my guestbullshitshort notice

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このシーンの表現

pull the trigger

shoot, or commit to action

Joe hands the decision back to the boss, daring him to shoot as if it were nothing.

Don't pull the trigger until the target is clear.

このシーンの他の表現

  • be my guest

    sarcastic invitation

  • bullshit

    nonsense, a lie

  • short notice

    very little warning

  • kneecapped

    shot in the knees

  • stashed

    hidden away

このシーンのメモ一覧

31 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B2stand to lose something

be at risk of losing

Hell, they stand to lose, what, two...
表現 · B1be upset about something

annoyed about something

I'm sure they won't be upset about that. It's just their entire bookmaking income.
文法 · B1go ahead and pull

go ahead and: Go ahead and plus a verb means go right ahead and do it, often with a shrug.

So you go ahead and pull the trigger. Be my guest.
表現 · B1wake up with something

find something beside you on waking

Just don't be surprised if you wake up with a stallion head next to you, babe.
発音you'd have

You'd have reduces until it almost disappears.

If you had that goddamn tape, you'd have already told me.
表現 · B2take your best shot

try your hardest

Try something else. Take your best shot.
スラング · A2ain't

am not — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing.

Fuck you, Joe, I ain't going out like that! Mr. Marcone, he's lying.
表現 · B2shut up

be quiet, rudely

- We have the money, but it's not in the car. - Shut the fuck up!
スラング · B2Shut the fuck up

shut up, rudely — A harsh way to tell someone to be quiet.

- We have the money, but it's not in the car. - Shut the fuck up!
表現 · B2stash something in somewhere

hidden away on me

I got it stashed in my shorts.
発音stashed in my

The d in stashed drops as it runs into in.

I got it stashed in my shorts.
文法 · B2he'll kill you

imperative as condition: The imperative works as an if-clause, and the main clause gives the result.

- Give him that key, he'll kill you. - He's gonna kill us anyway, asshole.
表現 · B1promise to do something

give your word to release me

- You gotta promise to let me go. - Bullshit.
文法 · A2promise to let me go

infinitive object: Promise takes a to-infinitive as its object: promise to do something.

- You gotta promise to let me go. - Bullshit.
スラング · B2Bullshit

nonsense — Crude for nonsense; say nonsense when polite.

- You gotta promise to let me go. - Bullshit.
スラング · C1kneecapped

shot in the knees — Mob slang for a brutal punishment; never in daily talk.

Give him the key or I'll have you kneecapped.
表現 · B1nobody gets something

no one will get the cash

Look like nobody gets the money. That's one of those new plastic keys.
表現 · B1the kind that ...

the type that shatters

- Get the goddamned key! - The kind that shred.
表現 · A2get someone out

get her out of there

Get her out! Get her out! Go, go!
発音Get her out

Get her out links up, with the t running into her.

Get her out! Get her out! Go, go!
表現 · B1pass out

faint

- I can't walk. - You all right? You gonna pass out?
表現 · A2wrap something around something

wound about your hand

Wrap this around your hand. Plastic keys, the kind that shred?
表現 · B1learn something from someone

picked it up from an expert

Yeah, I learned it from a pro.
スラング · B2Shit

damn — A sudden swear; avoid it in formal settings.

Shit, Joe. You wasn't bluffing.

「Joe Bluffs With a Plastic Key」を読み解く

What's really going on

The plastic key is the film's best joke about its own plot: the prize everyone has been killing for is a throwaway piece of plastic that breaks in the hand. Joe has already accepted this, which is why he can be so calm in front of the gun — "So you go ahead and pull the trigger. Be my guest." He has nothing left to trade except nerve, and nerve turns out to be enough to survive the scene. What the ending insists on is that the point was never the money: the last real exchange is between Joe and his daughter, and the last line of praise is for her — "You did good, junior. Real good." The scheme collapses; the partnership is what comes out of it.

Theme

CorruptionA plan to legalise gambling turns on billions in bookmaking income, and the men behind it kill to protect it.
Family loveJoe gets his daughter out first and takes the bullet himself, and the final praise is for her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A bluff only works if you commit to it.
  • Throwing away the prize can be the escape.
  • Praise sounds warmer when it comes from a hard man.
  • Borrowing a famous film image makes a threat land twice.

発音のポイント

  • you'd have — You'd have reduces until it almost disappears.
  • stashed in my — The d in stashed drops as it runs into in.
  • Get her out — Get her out links up, with the t running into her.
So you go ahead and pull the trigger. Be my guest.

Joe calling the bluff: he would rather dare them to shoot than show fear.

Just don't be surprised if you wake up with a stallion head next to you, babe.

A mob threat wrapped in a joke, warning what happens to those who cross the organisation.

- You gotta promise to let me go. - Bullshit.

The negotiation collapsing in a single word: nobody believes the promise.

Wrap this around your hand. Plastic keys, the kind that shred?

The reveal of the bluff, and the practical fix: a hand wrapped before forcing the locker.

You did good, junior. Real good.

Joe's rare and genuine praise for his daughter at the end of the action.

I got it stashed in my shorts.

Jimmy's improvisation, which is as crude as everything else he does and still works.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the key plastic?

Because it is not meant to survive being grabbed. Once someone snatches it, it shreds, so the locker cannot be opened and the money cannot be taken.

What happens in the shootout?

Marcone's men realise they have been beaten by the broken key, and the scene erupts into gunfire. Joe covers Darian and they escape, though Joe is wounded.

Who ends up with the money?

Nobody. The shredding key means the locker stays shut, which is the joke the whole chapter is built around.

Why does Joe praise Darian at the end?

Because she kept her nerve and did what was needed during the escape. It is one of the few warm father-daughter moments in the film.

ラスト・ボーイスカウト · 全 20 章

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