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Re:L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to test... by PaulHoule on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:29AM (#43569324)
Makes me think of a scene in this film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain

based on a real-life incident where people unsuccessfully tried several murder methods simultaneously on a victim but nobody believed the victim's account because the victim was a known medicaid fraudster.

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Re:L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to test... by spacechild1 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:52AM (#43569660)
I never heard about the Sun Gym Gang story (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Gym_gang). Crazy stuff!
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Re:L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to test... by robertlagrant on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:53AM (#43569684)
That movie sounds quite fun! And it's got Tony Shalhoub in, so, sold.
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Re:L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to test... by PaulHoule on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:57AM (#43570703)
It's one of the blackest black comedies out there except for maybe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_at_a_Funeral_(2010_film)

which puts the "black" into

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_at_a_Funeral_(2007_film)

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