History Film / Focus

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Implied with Nicky and Jess.]]

* ChewingTheScenery: A drunk Nicky has this to shout during Garriga's party: "WHERE ARE THE BLACK PEOPLE?!"

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably Nicky. He's a remorseless conman who sometimes uses Jess for his own means, but he still recruits her despite her lack of experience and does a lot to look out for her, eventually falling for her.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Nicky's reaction [[spoiler:after Gordon crashes his car into Nicky's, and Nicky realises he and Jess are about to be captured.]]

* SmugSnake: Liyuan Tse and Garriga. Both are overconfident in their abilities and end up losing out because of it thanks to Nicky and, in Garriga's case, Jess [[spoiler:and Owens]] as well.

* TitleDrop: Nicky explains to Jess that keeping the mark's focus somewhere else is the most important part of the con.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Nicky's major con at the SuperBowl turns out to be this both for the target, and Jess, who he used to help make it work without her knowing. It happens again later in the film, when Nicky "confesses" that he tricked Jess again to unknowingly sneak a program into his marks room, so that he can steal his information.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Owens (actually Nicky's father, Bucky Spurgeon) steals the money Nicky made for losing focus. On the plus side, Jess managed to steal Garriga's watch and implied she and Nicky will end up together.]]

* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: Subverted: After Nicky gets shot while he was about to confess how he really met his target in the world of professional racing, the man whom pulled the trigger turned out to be Nicky's father, whom was also playing a con on his target. He saves Nicky's life.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Jess mentions early on that Bucky Spurgeon is Nicky's father. [[spoiler:Turns out Owens actually is Bucky, as is revealed during the climax.]]

* EmbarassingNickname: Nicky was called "Mellow" by his father in his youth. [[spoiler:He's called it again in the climax by Owens, who is actually Nicky's father.]]

* Hypocrite: Nicky gives Jess a WhatTheHellHero to Jess [[spoiler:for lying to him about being Garriga's girlfriend.]] Jess points out that he's a conman, and thus lies all the time.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Nicky's mark [[spoiler: after the 3 year gap.]] He thinks he's smart and more clever than everyone else, but he gets targeted for three separate cons - one by Nicky, one by Jess, [[spoiler: and one by his own dragon, who turns out to be Nicky's father.]]

* MrFanservice: Any time Nicky bare chest is shown [[spoiler:except at the end of the film after being shot.]]

* Chekhov's Gun: [[spoiler: The Toledo Panic Button.]]

* The Dragon: Owens.

''Focus'' is a 2015 romantic comedy directed and written by Gleen Ficarra and John Requa,.

* DeliberateInjuryGambit: [[spoiler: Nicky explains to Jess about a desperation tactic when the con is blown. The con man shots his partner and makes it look believable to fool the mark. but if he or she knows where to shot, the wound won't be fatal, especially if the person gets quick medical treatment. Jess would later experience this first hand during the climax.]]

* {{Redherring}}: [[spoiler: After Jess realized Nicky used her for the SuperBowl con and left her. The film leads the viewer to believe that Jess is planning to burn Nicky and ruin his latest major con, when they meet again 3 years later. Turns out that Jess never intended on burning Nicky. And them meeting 3 years later was by chance, since Jess was also working on con herself.]]

Focus is a 2015 romantic comedy directed and written by Gleen Ficarra and John Requa,.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Nicky's major con at the SuperBowl turns out to be this both for the target, and Jess, who he used to help make it work without her knowing. It happens again later in the film, when Nicky confesses that he tricked Jess again to unknowingly sneak a program into his marks room, so that he can steal his information.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: Nicky's mark [[spoiler: after the 3 year gab.]] He thinks he's smart and more clever than everyone else, but he gets targeted for three separate cons - one by Nicky, one by Jess, [[spoiler: and one by his own dragon, who turns out to be Nicky's father.]]
* TitleDrop: The word Focus is used in the film.

The film stars WillSmith as Nicky, a veteran con man who meets an inspiring con woman named Jess, played by MargotRobbie. He decides to show her a few tricks of the trade, but things get complicated when his attraction to her, causes him to lose focus on what he does best.

The film stars WillSmith as Nicky, a veteran con man who meets a inspiring con woman named Jess, played by Margot Robbie. He decides to show her a few tricks of the trade, but things get complicated when his attraction to her, causes him to lose focus on what he does best.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Nicky's mark after the 3 year gab. He thinks he's smart and more clever than everyone else, but he gets targeted for three separate cons - one by Nicky, one by Jess, [[spoiler: and one by his own dragon, who turns out to be Nicky's father.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: Nicky's mark after the 3 year gab. He thinks he's smart and more clever than everyone else, but he gets targeted for three separate cons - one by Nickly, one by Jess, and one by his own dragon, who turns out to be Nicky's father.

* KilledMidSentence: Spoiler: Subverted: After Nicky gets shot while he was about to confess how he really met his target in the world of professional racing, the man whom pulled the trigger turned out to be Nicky's father, whom was also playing a con on his target. He saves Nicky's life.]]

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Nicky's major con at the SuperBowl turns out to be this both for the target, and Jess, who he used to help make it work without her knowing.]]

* TitleDrop: The word Focus is used in the film.

!! Tropes Include

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Nicky's major con at the SuperBowl turns out to be this Both for the target, and Jess.]]
* {{Redherring}}: [[spoiler: After Jess realized Nicky used her for the SuperBowl con and left her. The film leads the viewer to believe that Jess is playing to burn Nicky and ruin his latest major con, when they meet again 3 years later. Turns out that Jess never intended on burning Nicky. And them meeting 3 years later was by chance, since Jess was also working on con herself. Furthermore, Jess didn't suddenly become a master con artist like Nicky. She's no different that she was 3 years ago.]]

* BatmanGambit: [[Spoiler: Nicky's major con at the SuperBowl turns out to be this Both for the target, and Jess.]]
* {{Redherring}}: [[Spoiler: After Jess realized Nicky used her for the SuperBowl con and left her. The film leads the viewer to believe that Jess is playing to burn Nicky and ruin his latest major con, when they meet again 3 years later. Turns out that Jess never intended on burning Nicky. And them meeting 3 years later was by chance, since Jess was also working on con herself. Furthermore, Jess didn't suddenly become a master con artist like Nicky. She's no different that she was 3 years ago.]]