History Film / MeanGuns

* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Hoss growing a heart and becoming overprotective of Barbie is what got him and Crow killed]].

* WeAllDieSomeday: [[spoiler:At the end, when only four people are still alive, Vincent Moon opens a briefcase full of guns for a final shoot-out, admitting that ThereCanBeOnlyOne. When Marcus asks if they're all marked for death, Moon admits that they are--whoever survives, s/he'll be disposed of at some point down the line as well, including Moon himself, so why not go out in style?]]

* WeAllDieSomeday: [[spoiler:At the end, when only four people are still alive, Vincent Moon opens briefcase full of guns for a final shoot-out, admitting that ThereCanBeOnlyOne. When Marcus asks if they're all marked for death, Moon admits that they are--whoever survives, s/he'll be disposed of at some point down the line as well, including Moon himself, so why not go out in style?]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Moon is a cold blooded killer and even he finds Lou's methods of killing people pretty disturbing. The reason why Moon allowed him to enter the Game of his own free will is gecause Lou has actually become a liability to the Syndicate.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Moon is a cold blooded killer and even he finds Lou's methods of killing people pretty disturbing.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: After setting the stage for all the enemies of the Syndicate to kill each other, Vincent Moon retires to a room so he can monitor their process. He's often seen hovering over a vintage chess board to portray him as some sort of DiabolicalMastermind, [[InformedAbility though we never actually see him play it]].

* OnlySaneMan: Cam is the least corrupt and

** [[spoiler:D decides to go it alone after butting heads with Lou too many times and suddenly realizing that the main characters' plan to draw every bad guy ''to them'' is suicidal. [[TooDumbToLive She doesn't last long]]]].

** Several criminals don't take heed of Moon's warning that the perimeter is being guarded and try to escape the prison rather than fight it out. They're all taken out by snipers before they can cross the fence.

* EnemyMine: After the initial round of killing in the DeadlyGame and they all disperse, many criminals assemble into large groups for strength in numbers. Only three survivors are allowed to walk out of the building, so it stands to reason that they were intending to turn on each other after dealing with everyone else.

* EnemyMine: After the initial round of killing and they all disperse, many criminals assemble into large groups for strength in numbers. Only three survivors are allowed to walk out of the building, so it stands to reason that they were intending to turn on each other after dealing with everyone else.

* KillThemAll: Even said literally by Lou: "We've got to kill them all!"
** Marcus brings it up at the end of the movie, hinting that the syndicate doesn't want anyone to survive this game - not even Moon.

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: The last three survivors get to live and split $10 million; all the others end up dead.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Crow and Hoss. Best friends and gangsters who are constantly trading wisecracks as they navigate the prison, killing other criminal left and right.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Crow and Hoss.

* MutualKill: [[spoiler:When Lou is mortally wounded, Markus walks up to him. They turn their guns on each other and agree to finish it.]]

** Several criminals don't take heed of Moon's warning that the perimeter is being guarded and try to escape the prison rather than fight it out. They're all taken out by snipers before they cross the fence.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:D decides to go it alone after butting heads with Lou too many times and suddenly realizing that the main characters' plan to draw every bad guy ''to them'' is suicidal. [[TooDumbToLive She doesn't last long]]]].

* FauxActionGirl: Cam, an accountant who was put into the game after she was caught trying to pass evidence of the syndicate's crimes to the authorities. She tries to kill, but fails, though [[spoiler:she's the only one of the four main characters who survives in the end]]. Yet another is Barbie, who kills some people but very unprofessionally, though she's much better with it near the end of the movie.