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I recently watched Hanna, which begins with the main characters hiding and training in the remote woods. It reminded me that I've seen this idea before, where a former government agent / spy / covert military person retires or hides in the woods. Other movies I could come up with were:

Commando

Shooter

Can you guys come up with any others? Are there enough that this should this have it's own Cliche page?

This immediately makes me think of Solid Snake retiring to the Alaskan wilderness to raise wolves. I'm sure there are loads of movie examples, can't think of any right now though.

I'm pretty sure I've some movies with this cliche; just have to remember what they are. I'd have to say this qualifies as a cliche but that's just my opinion as one of the top editors on this site.

Would that fall into the Training Montage cliche?

@FinalDasa:

I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying. Please do explain because I'm totally lost.

I can't find this trope on the TV Tropes page, so I guess it should be here on the "cliches".

I guess The Grey is disqualified because Liam Neeson isn't a former secret agent.

@CrimsonAvenger: The only films I can remember this happening is a montage of the person training in the woods. Very possible I'm mistaken.

@FinalDasa: t has less to do with training, and more to do with just retiring or hiding from their previous employment as a spy/assassin/whatever. The beginning of the movie will show them living a peaceful, simple life, away from it all, only to be puled back in or hunted down or reactiviated.

I instantly thought Twin peaks.

@Dylabaloo: Coop didn't really retire to twin peaks though...or at least not of his own will.

I don't know if this would count but the guy who invented the WOPR super computer for the military in WarGames (1983) hid in the woods.

@PenguinDust said:

I don't know if this would count but the guy who invented the WOPR super computer for the military in WarGames (1983) hid in the woods.

Ah, yes! I think that would certainly count. I called it "Former Secret Agent," but if we can come up with a more generic way to say it would probably work better.

I was hoping we could come up with half a dozen or so to justify a new cliche page...anything else you guys can think of?