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* DistressedDamsel: For all her skill as a hacker, Electra is way out of her depth and probably would have been killed on multiple occasions if not for Rath.
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* BilingualBonus: When Miguel is arrested by the police after the cemetery shoot-out and being driven in the back of a police car, as the cops are inspecting his weapons he says "Cuidado con las armas, que las carga el diablo". This roughly translates to: "Be careful with the guns, they were loaded by the devil".
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Two of Bain's victims are good-looking blondes. The first one is a Dutch Interpol agent who is staging a FakeOutMakeOut with her partner in the hallway outside the room where the rest of their team are dealing with Electra. Her shapely legs, encased in [[StockingFiller black stockings]] and stiletto-heeled shoes, are on prominent display as Bain drags her dead body into an empty hotel room to hide it alongside that of her partner and a hotel maid who had the bad luck to witness the killings. The second one is Electra's neighbor, who surprises Bain in the middle of ransacking Electra's apartment and gets shot in the back for her pains by Miguel, who thinks she's Electra; Rath discovers the body when he goes to confront Bain there.
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Two of Bain's victims are good-looking blondes. The first one is a Dutch Interpol agent who is staging a FakeOutMakeOut with her partner in the hallway outside the room where the rest of their team are dealing with Electra. Her shapely legs, encased in [[StockingFiller black stockings]] and stiletto-heeled shoes, are on prominent display as Bain drags her dead body into an empty hotel room to hide it alongside that of her partner and a hotel maid who had the bad luck to witness the killings. The second one is Electra's neighbor, who surprises Bain in the middle of ransacking Bain, who has invaded Electra's apartment and gets shot is in the back for her pains by Miguel, who thinks midst of a shootout with Rath. Bain, thinking she's Electra; Rath discovers Electra, shoots the body when he goes to confront Bain there.unfortunate woman in the back.
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Two of Bain's victims are good-looking blondes. The first one is a Dutch Interpol agent who is staging a FakeOutMakeOut with her partner in the hallway outside the room where the rest of their team are dealing with Electra. Her shapely legs, encased in [[StockingFiller black stockings]] and stiletto-heeled shoes, are on prominent display as Bain drags her dead body into an empty hotel room to hide it alongside that of her partner and a hotel maid who had the bad luck to witness the killings. The second one is Electra's neighbor, who surprises Bain in the middle of ransacking Electra's apartment and gets shot in the back for her pains; pains by Miguel, who thinks she's Electra; Rath discovers the body when he goes to confront Bain there.
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Two of Bain's victims are good-looking blondes. The first one is a Dutch Interpol agent who is staging a FakeOutMakeOut with her partner in the hallway outside the room where the rest of their team are dealing with Electra. Her shapely legs, encased in [[StockingFiller black stockings]] and stiletto-heeled shooes, are on prominent display as Bain drags her dead body into an empty hotel room to hide it alongside that of her partner and a hotel maid who had the bad luck to witness the killings. The second one is Electra's neighbor, who surprises Bain in the middle of ransacking Electra's apartment and gets shot in the back for her pains; Rath discovers the body when he goes to confront Bain there.
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Two of Bain's victims are good-looking blondes. The first one is a Dutch Interpol agent who is staging a FakeOutMakeOut with her partner in the hallway outside the room where the rest of their team are dealing with Electra. Her shapely legs, encased in [[StockingFiller black stockings]] and stiletto-heeled shooes, shoes, are on prominent display as Bain drags her dead body into an empty hotel room to hide it alongside that of her partner and a hotel maid who had the bad luck to witness the killings. The second one is Electra's neighbor, who surprises Bain in the middle of ransacking Electra's apartment and gets shot in the back for her pains; Rath discovers the body when he goes to confront Bain there.
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* CopKiller: Miguel Bain is almost casual about blowing away any police officer who gets in his way. When there's a manhunt underway for Bain, Rath berates him for being so stupid/psycho to attract attention by killing cops.
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* CopKiller: Miguel Bain is almost casual about blowing away any police officer (including a whole team of Interpol agents trying to run a sting operation on Electra) who gets in his way. When there's a manhunt underway for Bain, Rath berates him for being so stupid/psycho to attract attention by killing cops.
* DropDeadGorgeous: Two of Bain's victims are good-looking blondes. The first one is a Dutch Interpol agent who is staging a FakeOutMakeOut with her partner in the hallway outside the room where the rest of their team are dealing with Electra. Her shapely legs, encased in [[StockingFiller black stockings]] and stiletto-heeled shooes, are on prominent display as Bain drags her dead body into an empty hotel room to hide it alongside that of her partner and a hotel maid who had the bad luck to witness the killings. The second one is Electra's neighbor, who surprises Bain in the middle of ransacking Electra's apartment and gets shot in the back for her pains; Rath discovers the body when he goes to confront Bain there.
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* HollywoodSilencer: All over the place. The guns ''without'' one are actually in the minority as far as screentime is concerned.
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* HollywoodSilencer: All over the place. The guns ''without'' one are actually in the minority as far as screentime is concerned. Even people who have no logical reason to have a silencer on their pistols - such as the two Interpol agents Bain kills in the hotel hallway - carry firearms equipped in this way.
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* MeaningfulName: ''Rath'', Bane... er, ''Bain'', and Electra.
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* MeaningfulName: ''Rath'', Bane... er, ''Bain'', Rath and Electra.Bain are homophones for "wrath" and "bane." Electra shares her name with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra mythological figure]] who takes vengeance.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: You probably don't want to get involved with guys named Rath or Bain or a girl named Electra who apparently cares more about her cat than men.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: You probably don't want to get involved with guys named Rath or Bain or a girl named Electra who apparently cares more about her cat than men.Electra.
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* YoungGun: The psychopathic Bain challenging ex-ColdWar veteran Rath for the position of number one hitman in the world. And [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne by challenge he means kill]], even when Rath is ready to retire and let Bain walk away with the title.
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* YoungGun: The psychopathic Bain challenging ex-ColdWar ex-UsefulNotes/ColdWar veteran Rath for the position of number one hitman in the world. And [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne by challenge he means kill]], even when Rath is ready to retire and let Bain walk away with the title.
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* BastardUnderstudy: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the superior assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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* BastardUnderstudy: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar UsefulNotes/ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the superior assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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* AxCrazy: Miguel Bain. Bain is quite indiscriminate in his slaughter and takes it as a game.
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* DeliberatelyBadExample: Bain in comparison to Rath. Rath [[HitmanWithAHeart tries to have a code]] (no innocents, only people who deserved it) and has no love for what he does, while Bain is a BloodKnight who has no problem killing people to bait his target, shoot cops and threaten to kill children to get what he wants.
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* ResignationsNotAcceptedResignationsNotAccepted: Rath wants to quit, but it's obvious from the start that the organization he works for won't let it happen. [[spoiler:After Nikolai is killed, Rath tells Bain to just tell everybody he killed Rath and let him walk away, but Bain decides to kill him for real right then and there because it's the only way he will accept being given the position as number one assassin.]]
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* RussianGuySuffersMost: Rath's former partner. [[spoiler:Subverted.]]
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* RussianGuySuffersMost: Rath's former partner.partner Nikolai. [[spoiler:Subverted. He only faked his death and he's been Rath's boss this entire time.]]
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* UnknownRival: Miguel Bain.Bain was obsessed with killing Rath and taking his spot as number one assassin long before Rath had even heard of him.
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* ClusterFBomb: Bain is incredibly foulmouthed, especially when things don't go his way.
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* ClusterFBomb: Bain is incredibly foulmouthed, foul-mouthed, especially when things don't go his way.
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* TheCracker: Electra is a tech wiz who sells confidential information to the highest bidder. Unfortunately for her, she appears to consider this dangerous and highly illegal line of work an exciting adventure. It doesn't take long for her to bite off more than she can chew.
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* PlayfulHacker: Electra is a tech wiz who appears to consider selling sensitive information to shady thugs some sort of exciting adventure. It doesn't take long for her to bite off more than she can chew.
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* PrecisionFStrike / ClusterFBomb: Bain goes on a profane tirade against his mysterious employer during an online conversation when the latter reassigns the contract because of the former's failure.
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* PrecisionFStrike / ClusterFBomb: Bain goes on PlayfulHacker: Electra is a profane tirade against his mysterious employer during an online conversation when the latter reassigns the contract because tech wiz who appears to consider selling sensitive information to shady thugs some sort of the former's failure.exciting adventure. It doesn't take long for her to bite off more than she can chew.
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* TooDumbToLive: It's borderline miraculous that Electra survived in her line of work for as long as she did, given how reckless she is about... well, just about anything. Best exemplified when she describes herself as an impossible-to-find ghost, only for Rath to point out that neither he nor Bain had any trouble tracking her down.
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* TooDumbToLive: It's borderline miraculous that Electra survived in her line of work for as long as she did, given how reckless she is about... well, just about anything. Best exemplified when she describes herself as an impossible-to-find ghost, only for Rath to point out that neither he nor Bain had any trouble tracking her down.down by following various trails she left - trails anyone with a lick of common sense would've known to avoid.
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* TheLoad: Electra isn't completely useless, but every time Rath formulates a plan, Electra ''will'' find a way to derail it and get them into trouble, usually by going full LeeroyJenkins.
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* TheLoad: Electra isn't completely useless, but every time Rath formulates a plan, Electra ''will'' find a way to derail it and get them into in trouble, usually by ignoring his sound advice and going full LeeroyJenkins.LeeroyJenkins instead.
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* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: The funeral hit, as it's the only occasion the mark is out in the open.
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** The funeral hit, as it's the only occasion the mark is out in theopen.open.
** The recurring setup at the bank certainly counts as well. Rarely has a movie sniper been more obvious.
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** The recurring setup at the bank certainly counts as well. Rarely has a movie sniper been more obvious.
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* HollywoodTactics: No sniper worth their salt would take up position as close to the window as Rath and Bain do while waiting for their target to leave the bank. The only reason nobody sicced the cops on a guy with a rifle squatting in plain sight in a window frame is that people in this film generally don't react to the sight of guns.
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* SkewedPriorities: Electra's survival instincts are clearly in need of some recalibration. When armed killers are after you, you don't fuss about your cat or leave your hideout to go sightseeing - you run or keep your head down until the guy who obviously knows how these things work tells you otherwise.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Civilians in this film seem to have a visual firearms filter installed. If you took a shot every time someone waves a gun around in public without anyone making a fuss about it, you'd be hospitalized by the time the credits roll.
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*ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLiveComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Rath pulls this on Electra during his HeelFaceTurn.
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* MadeOfIron: Bain takes an enormous amount of abuse throughout the film but always gets back up for another go at Rath. [[spoiler:It's just one more sign that he isn't nearly as good as he thinks he is since Rath barely suffers a scratch during their short-lived rivalry.]]
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* YoungGun: The psychopathic Bain challenging ex-ColdWar veteran Rath for the position of number one hitman in the world. And [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne by challenge he means kill]], even when Rath is ready to retire and let Bain walk away with the title.
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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Rath offers to retire leaving Bain as the best hitman in the world. [[HopeSpot Bain appears to accept]], but then points out that as long as Rath is alive, he'll never truly be Number One.]]
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''Assassins'' is a 1995 action film, directed by Creator/RichardDonner. It involves the competition between two rival assassins, one an older, veteran assassin and the other a reckless younger challenger eager to become the top assassin in the world. The main stars were Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/JulianneMoore.
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''Assassins'' is a 1995 action film, directed by Creator/RichardDonner. It involves the competition between two rival assassins, one an older, veteran assassin and the other a [[YoungGun reckless younger challenger challenger]] eager to become the top assassin in the world. The main stars were Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/JulianneMoore.
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* BastardUnderstudy: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the Number One assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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* BastardUnderstudy: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the Number One superior assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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-->'''Bain:''' He thought you were his friend, and now I know...that was how you took him. You killed him to be Number One.
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* EvilIsHammy: Bain, as a {{foil}} to Rath's calm professionalism. "YOU BLEW IT! I AM STILL ALIVE!"
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* WouldNotShootAGoodGuy: Rath misses a chance to kill Bain after he's arrested and cuffed at the cemetery, because it would mean killing police. Bain kills those officers a short time later during his escape, and later several Interpol officers.
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* BastardUnderstudy: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the Number One assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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* FamedInStorey: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the Number One assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Rath's old partner, Nikolai]].
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Rath's old partner, Nikolai]].opponent, Nikolai]].
* FamedInStorey: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the Number One assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
* FamedInStorey: Rath and Nikolai were legendary ColdWar assassins. After Rath killed Nikolai, Bain regarded Rath as the Number One assassin, adopting his weaponry and studying his methods. Unfortunately Bain also thinks he must kill Rath in turn to become Number One himself.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Rath goes to a bank with a very large suitcase to empty his account, while Bain waits outside with a sniper rifle to blow his head off. Rath is running a BatmanGambit; given the time it takes to convert all that money to cash, Bain will become impatient and start worrying that Rath slipped out another entrance. Eventually he'll go into the bank to check, but must leave his rifle behind which Electra can then steal. [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee As he explains all this beforehand]], naturally things don't go according to plan.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Rath wants to quit but he keeps coming back because of money.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Rath wants to quit but he keeps coming back because of money. However it's not a case of EveryManHasHisPrice; he's offered double fee to let his victim go in the opening scene. Rath doesn't bother to respond and the victim (a fellow hitman) is embarrassed at even having made the offer, as it implies he's AintTooProudToBeg like a typical mark.
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