History Film / Faster

* XMarksTheHero: Not really clear except in the AlternateEnding, but Driver has an X scar on the back of his head from his surgery.

* CarFu: In the AlternateEnding [[spoiler:Driver and Killer play a game of chicken with their CoolCars.]]

** [[In the AlternateEnding Killer is able to get off the first shot at Driver, only for his slide to lock back on an empty magazine. He reaches for another magazine and gets shot by Driver.]]

* [[{{ptitlexn9xzsjd5fif}} Chekhov's Gun]]: The [[spoiler:metal plate]] in Driver's [[spoiler:head. Which saves him from Cop's bullet.]]

** It does get an explanation, just a very brief one; it's his score board from the fights he had in prison. And by "fights", we mean "CurbStompBattles / NoHoldsBarredBeatdowns " that he handed out.

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: A few times throughout the movie, Cicero would make a revelation about the unraveling plot, to which Cop would reply with a lukewarm "Yeah, maybe." After seeing the entire movie, you realize that he knew those things and was discouraging her from looking further into it and discovering him.]]
* GottaKillThemAll
* HitmanWithAHeart: Killer
* InHarmsWay: Killer is a millionaire adrenaline junkie who is compensating for being a sick little boy when he was younger. He is always looking to "master" the next thing so much that[[spoiler: he only charges one dollar as a hitman.]]

''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433108/ Faster]]'' is a 2010 movie starring [[DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] and BillyBobThornton. Johnson plays [[NoNameGiven "Driver"]], a getaway driver just released after ten years in prison, who immediately goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the gang of thugs who killed his gang (including his younger brother) and stole their bank heist money. Thornton plays "Cop", a burn-out junkie of a detective looking to close out his career on a high note by bringing Driver in. Thrown into the mix is "Killer", a BloodKnight hit man looking to complete OneLastJob before retiring to marry his girlfriend.

* NoNameGiven: No one ever says Driver or Killer's real names. Cop's name [[spoiler:Slade Humphries]] doesn't come up until the end (and then only on a computer printout).
* ParentalAbuse: Implied to have happened to Driver, but it's all vaguely mentioned by his mother.

* CoolCar: Driver's 1969 Chevy Chevelle Super-Sport. Killer has a garage full of them.

* CoolCar: Driver's 1969 Chevy Camaro SS. Killer has a garage full of them.

* BillingDisplacement: Tom Berringer is listed in the credits before Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Killer) or Carla Gugino (Cicero). He's in the movie for maybe three minutes as Driver's prison warden.

''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433108/ Faster]]'' is a 2010 movie starring [[DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] and BillyBobThornton. Johnson plays [[NoNameGiven "Driver"]], a getaway driver just released after ten years in prison, who immediately goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the gang of thugs who killed his gang (including his younger brother) and stole their bank heist money. Thornton plays "Cop", a burn-out junkie of a detective looking to close out his career on a high note by bringing Driver in. Thrown into the mix is "Killer", a BloodKnight hit man looking to complete one last job before retiring to marry his girlfriend.

* BestServedCold: Driver takes out his targets with the same vaguely annoyed experssion on his face.

* KarmaHoudini: Everybody still alive at the end of the movie. [[Except Cicero, who didn't have any karma to face up to.]]

* PyrricVictory: Driver clears his list [[spoiler: and ends the movie wanted for multiple murders, including a cop.]]

The film marked a return to the action movies that where Johnson's bread-and-butter before switching to [[RaceToWitchMountain more family-]][[TheToothFairy friendly fare]]. It did not do well at the box office, due to a combination of a sparse plot that kept going on random tangents into Driver's backstory, the "action" consisting of a couple of car chases and Johnson strolling into a building, shooting his target in the head and leaving, and stronger box office competition (Including ''{{Tangled}},'' ''[[Film/HarryPotter Deathly Hallows Part I]]'', and ''{{Unstoppable}}''.

* [[{{ptitlexn9xzsjd5fif}} Chekhov's Gun]]: The [[spoiler:metal plate]] in Driver's [[spoiler:head.]]

* NoNameGiven: No one ever says Driver or Killer's real names. Cop's name doesn't come up until the end (and then on a computer printout).

The film marked a return to the action movies that where Johnson's bread-and-butter before switching to [[EscapeFromWitchMountain more family-]][[TheToothFairy friendly fare]]. It did not do well at the box office, due to a combination of a sparse plot that kept going on random tangents into Driver's backstory, the "action" consisting of a couple of car chases and Johnson strolling into a building, shooting his target in the head and leaving, and stronger box office competition (Including ''{{Tangled}},'' ''[[Film/HarryPotter Deathly Hallows Part I]]'', and ''{{Unstoppable}}''.