History Film / SevenPsychopaths

* HistoricalInJoke: The serial killers that Zachariah and Maggie murder are is listed as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Killer Phantom Killer]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Torso_Murderer Butcher of Kingsbury Run]], and "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac]]". These come from real, unsolved cases.

* StockUnsolvedMysteries: The reason the RealLife serial killers the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texarkana_Moonlight_Murders Phantom Killer]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Torso_Murderer Cleveland Torso Murderer]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac Killer]] were never caught? They were killed by [[SerialKillerKiller Zach and Maggie]]. [[UnreliableNarrator Maybe.]]

* ThreatBackfire: Early in the film, one of the psychopaths Marty interviewed for research (Zachariah) threatens Marty that if he doesn't add a secret message for Zachariah's girlfriend, he will kill Marty. [[spoiler:By the time he calls Marty to say he will carry his threat, in the film's epilogue, Marty is [[DeathSeeker so fed up with life]] that he does nothing to defend himself. Zachariah [[PetTheDog for his part]] eventually notices Marty's depression, apologizes, and hangs up.]]

* AdvertisedExtra: Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko.

* AllWritersAreWriters: One of the biggest running gags of the film (both comedic and dramatic) is Marty's writer's block.

* ThreatBackfire: Early in the film, one of the psychopaths Marty interviewed for research (Zachariah) threatens Marty that if he doesn't adds a secret message for Zachariah's girlfriend, he will kill Marty. [[spoiler:By the time he calls Marty to say he will carry his threat, in the film's epilogue, Marty is [[DeathSeeker so fed up with life]] that he does nothing to defend himself. Zachariah [[PetTheDog for his part]] eventually notices Marty's depression, apologizes, and hangs up.]]

* PoisonousFriend: ''Billy''. Though he does start to realize it towards the end.

It was released in the United States on October 12, 2012, ''Seven Psychopaths'' has several notable co-stars (even including Music/TomWaits himself), and received strong praise from both critics and the public, like [[Film/InBruges its predecessor.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[CoversAlwaysLie At least three of these people are not psychopaths. We think.]]]]

''Seven Psychopaths'' is a 2012 dark comedy written and directed by Creator/MartinMcDonagh, and starring Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/SamRockwell, Creator/ChristopherWalken, and Creator/WoodyHarrelson.

Marty Faranan (Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter, currently attempting to get his next screenplay (titled ''[[TitleDrop Seven Psychopaths]]'') past the title and stuck at the first hurdle of ''who'' and ''what'' the seven psychopaths are, especially so as he doesn't want it to be a stock SummerBlockbuster thriller about men with guns. Thus, Marty starts hanging out with his best friend and dog-kidnapper Billy Bickle (Rockwell), who does his best to help him out. Unfortunately for Marty, Billy isn't happy enough helping with writing, and attempts to get things moving by putting out a personal ad ''[[TooDumbToLive asking psychopaths to contact them]]''.

* OscarBait[=/=]PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: When Marty is done telling Billy the Vietnamese Psychopath's story, Marty feels dissatisfied about it. Billy then gives his thoughts on Marty's response.
--> '''Billy''': That's a great fuckin' psychopath Marty!
--> '''Marty''': (sighs) Yeah... But it's not what I wanna really be writin' about anymore.
--> '''Billy''': ({{Beat}}) Hey new idea how 'bout we change the title from ''The Seven Psychopaths'' to ''The Seven Lesbians Who Are All Disabled And Have Overcome All Their Spazzy Shit And Are Really Nice to Everybody And Two of Them Are Black''. How 'bout that?

* SelfDeprecation: Hans telling AuthorAvatar Martin that "Your women characters are awful. Half of them got nothing to say. The other half get [[StuffedIntoTheFridge shot or stabbed in the first five minutes]]."

Marty Faranan (Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter, currently attempting to get his next screenplay, titled ''[[TitleDrop Seven Psychopaths,]]'' past the title. Struggling at the first hurdle of ''who'' and ''what'' the seven psychopaths are, especially so as he doesn't want it to be a stock SummerBlockbuster thriller about men with guns. Thus, Marty starts hanging out with his best friend and dog-kidnapper Billy Bickle (Rockwell), who does his best to help him out. Unfortunately for Marty, Billy isn't happy enough helping with writing, and attempts to get things moving by putting out a personal ad ''[[TooDumbToLive asking psychopaths to contact them.]]''

* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: [[spoiler:Hans intentionally does this so that the hitmen will draw the attention of the police.]]

* GenreSavvy: The main trio, but mostly Billy.

'''Zach''': No... no, I wouldn't do that.\\

Marty Faranan (Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter, currently attempting to get his next screenplay, titled ''[[TitleDrop Seven Psychopaths]]'', past the title. Struggling at the first hurdle of ''who'' and ''what'' the seven psychopaths are, especially so as he doesn't want it to be a stock SummerBlockbuster thriller about men with guns. Thus, Marty starts hanging out with his best friend and dog-kidnapper Billy Bickle (Rockwell), who does his best to help him out. Unfortunately for Marty, Billy isn't happy enough helping with writing, and attempts to get things moving by putting out a personal ad ''[[TooDumbToLive asking psychopaths to contact them]].''

Meanwhile, Billy's partner-in-crime Hans Kieslowski (Walken) soon learns the hard way that a Shih Tzu they recently took named Bonny belongs to Charlie Costello (Harrelson), an excessively-violent, [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]] gangster with a rather creepy obsession with his dog. Naturally, [[FirstLawOfTragicomedies things soon go to hell very quickly]] and Marty soon finds himself trapped in a very difficult (albeit script-inspiring) situation and surrounded by several psychopaths.

It was released in the United States on October 12, 2012, ''Seven Psychopaths'' has several notable co-stars (even including Music/TomWaits himself), and has received strong praise from both critics and the public, like [[Film/InBruges its predecessor]].

* WhamLine: Psychopath No. 7...[[spoiler: and Psychopath No. 1]].

* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: {{Parodied|Trope}}
-->'''Paulo''': Put your hands up!\\
'''Hans''': No.\\
'''Paulo''': ({{beat}}) ''What?''\\
'''Hans''': I said no.\\
'''Paulo''': Why not?\\
'''Hans''': Because I don't want to.\\
'''Paulo''': (beat) ...But I've got a gun.\\
'''Hans''': I don't care.\\
'''Paulo''': ''It doesn't make any sense!''\\
'''Hans''': (laughing) Too bad.

* ChekhovsGun:
** Charlie's gun jamming.
** [[spoiler:Hans' neck scar, which reveals he is the Quaker Psychopath.]]
** [[spoiler: Before thinking of the Quaker psychopath, Marty originally planned on making a Buddhist psychopath. At the end, thanks to Hans' suggestion, the Vietnamese psychopath is reimagined as a Buddhist monk.]]
** Also used in a meta example, when Hans suggests an addition to Marty's script:
-->'''Hans''': He takes out from his pocket a .44, and checks it's loaded. (beat) [[LampshadeHanging I don't know why he checks it's loaded, surely he is the one who loaded it.]]

Marty (Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter, currently attempting to get his next screenplay, titled ''[[TitleDrop Seven Psychopaths]]'', past the title. Struggling at the first hurdle of ''who'' and ''what'' the seven psychopaths are, especially so as he doesn't want it to be a stock SummerBlockbuster thriller about men with guns. Thus, Marty starts hanging out with his best friend and dog-kidnapper Billy (Rockwell), who does his best to help him out. Unfortunately for Marty, Billy isn't happy enough helping with writing, and attempts to get things moving by putting out a personal ad ''[[TooDumbToLive asking psychopaths to contact them]].''

Meanwhile, Billy's partner-in-crime Hans (Walken) soon learns the hard way that a Shih Tzu they recently took named Bonny belongs to Charlie Costello (Harrelson), an excessively-violent, [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]] gangster with a rather creepy obsession with his dog. Naturally, [[FirstLawOfTragicomedies things soon go to hell very quickly]] and Marty soon finds himself trapped in a very difficult (albeit script-inspiring) situation and surrounded by several psychopaths.

* TropesAreTools: InUniverse; since Marty is writing a film, several tropes are {{lampshade|Hanging}}d and {{deconstructed|Trope}}.

Meanwhile, Billy's partner-in-crime Hans (Walken) soon learns the hard way that a Shih Tzu they recently took named Bonny belongs to Charlie Costello (Harrelson), an excessively-violent, [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]] gangster with a rather creepy obsession with his dog. Naturally, [[FirstLawOfTragicomedies things soon go to hell very quickly]] and Marty soon finds himself trapped in a very difficult (albeit script-inspiring) situation and [[CaptainObvious surrounded by several psychopaths]].