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''Seven Psychopaths'' is a 2012 dark comedy written and directed by MartinMcDonagh, Creator/MartinMcDonagh, and starring ColinFarrell, SamRockwell, ChristopherWalken, and WoodyHarrelson. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2012.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Billy insists that Gandhi was wrong about an eye for an eye leaving the whole world blind, saying that when all was said in done, there'd still be one guy left with only one eye because the last blind man wouldn't be able to find him to take out his eye in revenge. As they say, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
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* FridgeBrilliance: Billy insists that Gandhi was wrong about an eye for an eye leaving the whole world blind, saying that when all was said in done, there'd still be one guy left with only one eye because the last blind man wouldn't be able to find him to take out his eye in revenge. As they say, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
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** And the Jack of Spades, since most of the mid-level mafia and Yakuza sorts he's targeted, such as the hitmen in the intro, are all killers.
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** And the Jack of Spades, Diamonds, since most of the mid-level mafia and Yakuza sorts he's targeted, such as the hitmen in the intro, are all killers.
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* ShoutOut: Billy [[Film/TaxiDriver Bickle]] talks to the mirror.
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* ComedicSociopathy: If a BlackComedy sort of comedic. Largely {{Deconstructed}} with Billy, who can barely put forward a veneer of superficial charm and who eagerly lies and endangers his friends and lovers in hopes of getting along with them.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Billy, in line with his overt interpersonal relationship issues.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[spoiler: None]] of the numbered Seven Psychopaths are women, although Maggie puts in a decent OneShotWonder as such.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[spoiler: None]] of the numbered Seven Psychopaths are women, although Maggie puts in a decent OneShotWonder OneSceneWonder as such.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Despite appearing and being numbered on the poster, neither Kurlyenko nor Cornish are psychopaths, and while Farrel's character might be somewhat off, he's not numbered as one of the Seven Psychopaths. [[spoiler: There are also only six numbered Psychopaths, as the first and the seventh are the same person.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Although Billy is almost certainly bluffing, given the emphasis he puts on having reloaded a flaregun he couldn't have had reloads for, and that his lies have become increasingly transparent.]]
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** And the Jack of Spades, since most of the mid-level mafia and Yakuza sorts he's targeted, such as the hitmen in the intro, are all killers.
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* TheSociopath: The overwhelming majority of the titular Seven Psychopaths, unsurprisingly. The Quaker Priest is one of the more ethical, while Charlie, Zachariah, and especially Billy are outright frightening.
* TheSociopath: The overwhelming majority of the titular Seven Psychopaths, unsurprisingly. The Quaker Priest is one of the more ethical, while Charlie, Zachariah, and especially Billy are outright frightening.
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* FakeOutFadeOut: [[spoiler:The movie starts to fade to credits as Marty finishes his screen play and happy music plays, only for the film to continue in a matter of seconds with Zachariah reminding Marty that he forgot his message to Maggie in the credits and he was going to kill him. However, this could be seen as the ending before this one being fake, as Marty has rugged beard here and it is made very clear that he is still in a funk over the events of the film, unlike the other ending where he's living with his girlfriend and is cleanly dressed. Zachariah {{lampshade}}s this a bit and it's made unclear if he's going to kill him or leave him alone now.]]
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** Charlie also lets his dog caretaker live after finding out about the scam Billy and Hans run, realizing she wasn't at fault.
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* ActualPacifist: Hans. [[spoiler:Even when he drove his daughter's killer to suicide, he never laid a hand on him.]]
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Once the movie moves out to the desert, it becomes a strait up {{deconstruction}} of action and revenge films.
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* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:None of the movie would have happened without Billy's actions.]]
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* {{Lampshade}}: Everywhere once they head out to the desert.
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** [[spoiler:Hans and Billy could be seen as this as well. Hans basically allowed his own death, but it directly helped Marty and he stayed by his ideals the whole way. Billy made a similar move by becoming a parody of an action hero, and possibly of an action villain with his last act with the dog.]]
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* MsFanservice: The hooker, who spends most of her screen time clad in only a pair of panties.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko. Somewhat justified later on.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko. Somewhat justified later on.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Billy and Hans are both dead, but Charlie is locked up, leaving Marty safe and inspired to finish his screenplay, and Bonnie safe with him.]]
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** [[spoiler: Well, he ''did'' swear "on [my] life."]]
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Billy and Hans are both dead, and Marty will probably be killed by Zachariah sometime later. On the other hand, Charlie is locked up, and Bonny's safe with Marty.[his] life".]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: Abbie Cornish in a wet t-shirt and Olga Kurylenko in a bikini. Also, the topless hooker.
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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Charlie shoots Hans' wife after calling her a racial slur. It was likely included as a way to get sympathy on the side of the dognappers given that Charlie is just trying to retrieve his dog.]]
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Marty is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay "Seven Psychopaths".
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** Same goes for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Torso_Murderer Butcher of Kingsbury Run]].
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* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Billy]] after Bonny finally [[spoiler:gives him paw.]]
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* BrickJoke: Charlie's gun jamming.
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* HistoricalInJoke: The last person Zachariah and Maggie are shown killing is listed as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac]]". Would explain why the cops never caught him...
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** [[spoiler: Well, he ''did'' swear "on [my] life."]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Bonnie is probably the only thing Charlie truly has any concern for.
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* ActorAllusion: [[ChristopherWalken Hans']] fascination with [[Film/TheDeerHunter the Vietnamese priest.]]
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Would you believe the [[spoiler: burning]] monk thing actually sorta [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Quang_Duc happened?]]
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* DeadManWriting: [[spoiler: After Hans dies, Marty finds the tape recorder he was using to take notes on the screenplay.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie calls the Jack of Diamonds a "psychopath". [[spoiler: He ''is'' the Jack of Diamonds.]]
* [[ShowWithinAShow Movie Within A Movie]]: ''Seven Psychopaths'' is the name of the screenplay Marty's writing.
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* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Billy kills Charlie's girlfriend after Charlie kills Hans' wife.]]
* [[spoiler:[[ShootHimHeHasAWallet Shoot Him He Has A Tape Recorder!]]]]: Happens to Hans.
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''Seven Psychopaths'' is a 2012 dark comedy written and directed by MartinMcDonagh, and starring ColinFarrell, SamRockwell, ChristopherWalken, and WoodyHarrelson. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2012.
Marty, a screenwriter, is having difficulty writing his next screenplay. He gets in trouble when his best friend Billy dognaps a Shih Tzu belonging to a vicious mobster. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdvertisedExtra: Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko. Somewhat justified later on.
* TheAlcoholic: Marty
* AntiHero: [[spoiler:Billy]] is Type IV
* TheAtoner: The killer in Marty's script.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: There are very few 'good' guys, just people who are worse than the others. The heroes, after all, kidnap dogs and scam their owners.
* BlackComedy
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Noted through a crude remark from Charlie.
* BloodyHilarious: Throughout the film but definitely during Billy's proposed ending.
* BoomHeadshot: In the first two minutes, no less.
* CallBack: The two imaginary scenarios of [[spoiler:the Quaker and the Vietnamese priest.]]
* ClusterFBomb
* DeadpanSnarker: Marty and Hans
* TheDeterminator: Charlie
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Billy and Hans are both dead, and Marty is probably gonna get killed by Zachariah sometime later. On the other hand, Charlie is locked up, and Bonny's safe with Marty.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Abbie Cornish in a wet t-shirt and Olga Kurylenko in a bikini. Also, the topless hooker.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Charlie
* GenreSavvy: The main trio, but mostly Billy.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Billy gets himself killed by Charlie to save Marty's life.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Charlie shoots Hans' wife after calling her a racial slur. It was likely included as a way to get sympathy on the side of the dognappers given that Charlie is just trying to retrieve his dog.]]
* MoralityPet: Bonnie is a literal one for Charlie.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Billy's reaction after [[spoiler: Hans tells him Charlie killed his wife.]]
* NoKillLikeOverkill: How Billy's proposed shoot out sequence plays out.
* OnlySaneMan: Marty
* PetTheDog: Literally.
* PerspectiveFlip: [[spoiler: The Quaker's tale after Hans is revealed to be him.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Charlie
* [[spoiler:[[ShootHimHeHasAWallet Shoot Him He Has A Tape Recorder!]]]]: Happens to Hans.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Hans is the Quaker.]]
** [[spoiler: Billy is the Jack of Diamonds!]]
* [[spoiler: SelfImmolation]]: The Vietmanese priest in [[spoiler: Hans' addition to Marty's script.]]
* SerialKillerKiller: Zachariah and Maggie, according to the former's testimony.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Zachariah calls up Marty to say that he's going to kill him for not sticking his message to Maggie at the end of his film as promised.]]
* TitleDrop: All over the place.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Billy]] sort of sees himself as this.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Kaya, other than her appearance in the imaginary shoot out scene, never reappears after kicking Marty out, and we never know if she reconciled with him.
** Since he's shown still living at Billy's place at the end, it seems unlikely.
* YourHeadAsplode: In Billy's proposed ending, this happens to Charlie. Lampshaded by Hans and Marty.
-->'''Hans''': A head can't really explode just because it's shot, right?
-->'''Marty''': Maybe if it's [[MadeOfExplodium made of explosives]].
''Seven Psychopaths'' is a 2012 dark comedy written and directed by MartinMcDonagh, and starring ColinFarrell, SamRockwell, ChristopherWalken, and WoodyHarrelson. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2012.
Marty, a screenwriter, is having difficulty writing his next screenplay. He gets in trouble when his best friend Billy dognaps a Shih Tzu belonging to a vicious mobster. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdvertisedExtra: Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko. Somewhat justified later on.
* TheAlcoholic: Marty
* AntiHero: [[spoiler:Billy]] is Type IV
* TheAtoner: The killer in Marty's script.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: There are very few 'good' guys, just people who are worse than the others. The heroes, after all, kidnap dogs and scam their owners.
* BlackComedy
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Noted through a crude remark from Charlie.
* BloodyHilarious: Throughout the film but definitely during Billy's proposed ending.
* BoomHeadshot: In the first two minutes, no less.
* CallBack: The two imaginary scenarios of [[spoiler:the Quaker and the Vietnamese priest.]]
* ClusterFBomb
* DeadpanSnarker: Marty and Hans
* TheDeterminator: Charlie
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Billy and Hans are both dead, and Marty is probably gonna get killed by Zachariah sometime later. On the other hand, Charlie is locked up, and Bonny's safe with Marty.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Abbie Cornish in a wet t-shirt and Olga Kurylenko in a bikini. Also, the topless hooker.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Charlie
* GenreSavvy: The main trio, but mostly Billy.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Billy gets himself killed by Charlie to save Marty's life.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Charlie shoots Hans' wife after calling her a racial slur. It was likely included as a way to get sympathy on the side of the dognappers given that Charlie is just trying to retrieve his dog.]]
* MoralityPet: Bonnie is a literal one for Charlie.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Billy's reaction after [[spoiler: Hans tells him Charlie killed his wife.]]
* NoKillLikeOverkill: How Billy's proposed shoot out sequence plays out.
* OnlySaneMan: Marty
* PetTheDog: Literally.
* PerspectiveFlip: [[spoiler: The Quaker's tale after Hans is revealed to be him.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Charlie
* [[spoiler:[[ShootHimHeHasAWallet Shoot Him He Has A Tape Recorder!]]]]: Happens to Hans.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Hans is the Quaker.]]
** [[spoiler: Billy is the Jack of Diamonds!]]
* [[spoiler: SelfImmolation]]: The Vietmanese priest in [[spoiler: Hans' addition to Marty's script.]]
* SerialKillerKiller: Zachariah and Maggie, according to the former's testimony.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Zachariah calls up Marty to say that he's going to kill him for not sticking his message to Maggie at the end of his film as promised.]]
* TitleDrop: All over the place.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Billy]] sort of sees himself as this.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Kaya, other than her appearance in the imaginary shoot out scene, never reappears after kicking Marty out, and we never know if she reconciled with him.
** Since he's shown still living at Billy's place at the end, it seems unlikely.
* YourHeadAsplode: In Billy's proposed ending, this happens to Charlie. Lampshaded by Hans and Marty.
-->'''Hans''': A head can't really explode just because it's shot, right?
-->'''Marty''': Maybe if it's [[MadeOfExplodium made of explosives]].
