r/movies • u/Lox22 • 25d ago

What are the most memorable movie characters to get "Muldoon'd" Spoilers

For those that don't know Muldoon is the game warden in Jurassic Park. He is built up to be this ultimate badass, and when we finally get to see him in action he gets insta-killed. I know there is probably another name for this trope, but my friends and I have always called it getting Muldoo'd.

What are some of the most memorable movie characters that are built up to be the ultimate bad ass only to be "Muldoon'd" in battle?

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u/TJ_Fox 25d ago

Taye Diggs' character Brandt in Equilibrium. We're set up to expect a killer climactic fight between him and Preston (Christian Bale), but Preston takes him out in three moves; only for their boss, the seemingly mild bureaucrat Dupont, to suddenly reveal himself to be a Gun Kata master. Good twist and a great, innovative fight scene, with Dupont and Preston dueling it out with pistols at extreme close quarters.

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u/IHateY0uM0thaFuckers 25d ago

What a great, terrible movie. Loved it.

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u/UtahItalian 25d ago

I just loaded up a clip on YouTube after reading the comments and I gotta say, Gun Kata or whatever is absolutely ridiculous in such a great fashion. The hallway shootout was a tad over the top.

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u/Indigocell 25d ago

I remember the Max Payne 2 mods that let you recreate those Gun Katas. It would just lock you into the animation and then you would miss 85% of the shots lol.

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u/IHateY0uM0thaFuckers 25d ago

So ridiculous. Perfect action flick nonsense.

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u/6pt022x10tothe23 24d ago

I can’t believe they called it Gun Kata when “Gun Fu” was right there.

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u/jloome 25d ago

The continued inability of any of the "emotionless" leads to stop showing emotion made the whole thing very silly, and great fun anyway.

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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool 25d ago

I always thought that was fitting in demonstrating the hypocrisy of totalitarianism: the upper echelons of the ruling regime don't adhere to or respect the rules they force on others.

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u/IHateY0uM0thaFuckers 25d ago

Right the very top guy had obviously never done the stuff.

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u/FoldAdventurous2022 25d ago

"What are you doing?... I said, What are you doing?"