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* ActorAllusion:
** Malkina's cheetahs are named Raoul and Silva, the name of Creator/JavierBardem's character in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
** Apparently, [[Series/BreakingBad Hank]] [[Creator/DeanNorris Schrader]] is now working with the Cartel instead of against them.
** Malkina's cheetahs are named Raoul and Silva, the name of Creator/JavierBardem's character in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
** Apparently, [[Series/BreakingBad Hank]] [[Creator/DeanNorris Schrader]] is now working with the Cartel instead of against them.
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* [[HelloAttorney]]: The titular counselor, played by MichaelFassbender.
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''The Counselor'' is a 2013 thriller directed by Creator/RidleyScott and starring Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/JavierBardem, and Creator/BradPitt. It is notable for being the first original screenplay written by novelist Creator/CormacMcCarthy (of ''NoCountryForOldMen'' ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' and ''TheRoad'' ''Literature/TheRoad'' fame) to be produced.
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''The Counselor'' is a 2013 thriller directed by Creator/RidleyScott and starring Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/JavierBardem, and Creator/BradPitt. It is notable for being the first original screenplay written by novelist CormacMcCarthy Creator/CormacMcCarthy (of ''NoCountryForOldMen'' and ''TheRoad'' fame) to be produced.
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Malkina]] had a really miserable childhood. [[spoiler:Her]] parents were killed in a helicopter when [[spoiler:she]] was 3, and [[spoiler: she]] experienced disillusionment with the world very early on in [[spoiler:her]] life.
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Malkina]] [[spoiler:Malkina had a really miserable childhood. [[spoiler:Her]] Her parents were killed in a helicopter when [[spoiler:she]] she was 3, and [[spoiler: she]] she experienced disillusionment with the world very early on in [[spoiler:her]] life.]]
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* DoomedProtagonist: [[spoiler:The Counselor was pretty much screwed by Malkina being aware of his and Rainier's deal with the Cartel from the get go.]]
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* DoomedProtagonist: [[spoiler:The Counselor was pretty much screwed by Malkina being aware of his and Rainier's Reiner's deal with the Cartel from the get go.]]
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*** This is hinted even earlier as [[spoiler:Malkina mentions to Rainier that he reminds her of a dead man she met before, implying that she had done to someone what she was about to do to Rainier.]]
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*** This is hinted even earlier as [[spoiler:Malkina mentions to Rainier Reiner that he reminds her of a dead man she met before, implying that she had done to someone what she was about to do to Rainier.Reiner.]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Malkina]] had a really miserable childhood. [[spoiler:Her]] parents were killed in a helicopter when [[spoiler:she]] was 3, and [[spoiler: she]] experienced disillusionment with the world very early on in [[spoiler:her]] life.
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** [[spoiler:Rainier hints from his incident with Malkina when she literally and very graphically masturbates with the windshield of his sports car that she is capable of things far more disturbing and intimidating than she usually betrays. By the end she has caused his death, Westray's and Laura's and leaves the Counselor as a fingered man to the Cartel.]]
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** [[spoiler:Rainier [[spoiler:Reiner hints from his incident with Malkina when she literally and very graphically masturbates with the windshield of his sports car that she is capable of things far more disturbing and intimidating than she usually betrays. By the end she has caused his death, Westray's and Laura's and leaves the Counselor as a fingered man to the Cartel.]]
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* VerbalTic: "Jesus, Counselor!"
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* FanDisservice: InUniverse. Reiner describes Malkina having sex with his car as "too gynecological to be sexy."
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** [[spoiler:Also heavily implied to be what happened to Laura.]]
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* ForTheEvulz: Malkina is beautiful and wealthy beyond imagination. That doesn't stop her sociopathic ass from [[spoiler: sending some goons to rip off the drug shipment the Counselor financed, setting off a chain of events that allow the drugs to be stolen by a rival cartel, with everyone now being culpable. This gets about everyone she knows killed, but she sticks around long enough to see Westray beheaded so she can steal whatever he has in his account.]] No explanation for this behavior is made explicit.
* {{Greed}}: The Counselor gives this as a reason why he got into the business, although Reiner is skeptical since he appealed to his greed two years prior without success. It is of course the motivation for those aiming to steal drugs & money.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Malkina makes romantic advances towards Laura which she dodges. As it turned out, this very action determined whether Malkina would spare Laura from the oncoming onslaught, as Malkina had already chosen the Counselor to be the fall guy for her scheme. Too bad Laura chose wrong...]]
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''The Counselor'' is a 2013 thriller directed by Creator/RidleyScott and starring Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CameronDiaz, Javier Bardem, Creator/JavierBardem, and Creator/BradPitt. It is notable for being the first original screenplay written by novelist CormacMcCarthy (of ''NoCountryForOldMen'' and ''TheRoad'' fame) to be produced.
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* TheBechdelTest: Passes in the original screenplay.
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* [[spoiler:DoomedProtagonist: The Counselor was pretty much screwed by Malkina being aware of his and Rainier's deal with the Cartel from the get go.]]
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* [[spoiler:DoomedProtagonist: The DoomedProtagonist: [[spoiler:The Counselor was pretty much screwed by Malkina being aware of his and Rainier's deal with the Cartel from the get go.]]
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* AutoErotica: ''Literally''. Malkina doesn't have sex with Reiner inside or on his Ferrai; she masturbates ''using the Ferrai's windshield''.
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* AutoErotica: ''Literally''. Malkina doesn't have sex with Reiner inside or on his Ferrai; Ferrari; she masturbates ''using the Ferrai's Ferrari's windshield''.
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* AllStarCastAffablyEvil:
** Reiner, despite being a big time dealer, is a nice, non-violent, charismatic man who lives a lavish, legit life during the day.
** Westray as well, who tries to help out the Counselor when they first meet and never loses his temper.
* AlasPoorVillain:
** [[spoiler:Reiner, considering how nice he was, and because he was one of the few people who got screwed over by Malkina and died an ignominious death]].
** [[spoiler:Westray. He had several chances to live a carefree, simple life. And when he finally realizes to cut and run, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath he gets a bolito wrapped around his neck]].]]
** Reiner, despite being a big time dealer, is a nice, non-violent, charismatic man who lives a lavish, legit life during the day.
** Westray as well, who tries to help out the Counselor when they first meet and never loses his temper.
* AlasPoorVillain:
** [[spoiler:Reiner, considering how nice he was, and because he was one of the few people who got screwed over by Malkina and died an ignominious death]].
** [[spoiler:Westray. He had several chances to live a carefree, simple life. And when he finally realizes to cut and run, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath he gets a bolito wrapped around his neck]].]]
* AnyoneCanDie: While the death toll isn't ''too'' high, by the end of the film, most of the major characters who appeared in more than two scenes are dead.
* AutoErotica: ''Literally''. Malkina doesn't have sex with Reiner inside or on his Ferrai; she masturbates ''using the Ferrai's windshield''.
* AutoErotica: ''Literally''. Malkina doesn't have sex with Reiner inside or on his Ferrai; she masturbates ''using the Ferrai's windshield''.
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* FakeAmerican: The Counselor (German/Irish Creator/MichaelFassbender), and the Blonde (Creator/NatalieDormer, who's English). Also the characters played by Toby Kebbell and Emma Rigby, both of whom are English.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Laura, the only character in the entire movie who's completely innocent]].
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* OffWithHisHead: There are several decapitations, including a piano wire stretched across a road and the aforementioned ChekhovsGun.
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* OffWithHisHead: There are several decapitations, including a Most notably the scene involving the piano wire stretched across a road and the aforementioned ChekhovsGun.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Westray says he can do this when things go to hell. [[spoiler:He almost succeeds but winds up on the receiving end of a bolito]].
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The cartel member Jefe gives the Counselor a philosophically lecture about how grief is useless and that [[spoiler:there's nothing he can do to save Laura]] due to his stupid actions.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
** Westray says he can do this when things go to hell. [[spoiler:He almost succeeds but winds up on the receiving end of a bolito]].
** The Blonde quickly refuses to have anything more to do withMalkinaMalkina after figuring out [[spoiler:she plans on killing Westray]].
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** Westray says he can do this when things go to hell. [[spoiler:He almost succeeds but winds up on the receiving end of a bolito]].
** The Blonde quickly refuses to have anything more to do with
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''The Counselor'' is a 2013 thriller directed by Creator/RidleyScott and starring MichaelFassbender, Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CameronDiaz, Javier Bardem, and Creator/BradPitt. It is notable for being the first original screenplay written by novelist CormacMcCarthy (of ''NoCountryForOldMen'' and ''TheRoad'' fame) to be produced.
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* FakeAmerican: The Counselor (German/Irish MichaelFassbender), Creator/MichaelFassbender), and the Blonde (Creator/NatalieDormer, who's English). Also the characters played by Toby Kebbell and Emma Rigby, both of whom are English.
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* ForTheEvulz: Malkina is beautiful and wealthy beyond imagination. That doesn't stop her sociopathic ass from [[spoiler: sending some goons to rip off the drug shipment the Counselor financed, setting off a chain of events that allow the drugs to be stolen by a rival cartel with everyone now being culpable. This gets about everyone she knows killed, but she sticks around long enough to see Westray beheaded so she can steal whatever he has in his account.]] No explanation for this behavior is made explicit.
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* ForTheEvulz: Malkina is beautiful and wealthy beyond imagination. That doesn't stop her sociopathic ass from [[spoiler: sending some goons to rip off the drug shipment the Counselor financed, setting off a chain of events that allow the drugs to be stolen by a rival cartel cartel, with everyone now being culpable. This gets about everyone she knows killed, but she sticks around long enough to see Westray beheaded so she can steal whatever he has in his account.]] No explanation for this behavior is made explicit.
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* ForTheEvulz: Malkina is beautiful and wealthy beyond imagination. That doesn't stop her sociopathic ass from [[spoiler: sending some goons to rip off the drug shipment the Counselor financed, setting off a chain of events that allow the drugs to be stolen by a rival cartel with everyone now being culpable. This gets about everyone she knows killed, but she sticks around long enough to see Westray beheaded so she can steal whatever he has in his account.]] No explanation for this behavior is made explicit.
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* DownerEnding: Boy howdy. [[spoiler: Reiner and Westray are killed. Multiple people, civilian and criminal, are killed in the delivery of the drug shipment to Chicago. Laura is killed in a gruesome, NothingIsScarier manner off-screen. Her death is likely recorded as a snuff film. The tape is sent to the Counselor who has a DespairEventHorizon moment. He'll likely be killed soon after. Malkina, who set the whole plot in motion with the theft of the drug shipment, gets off scot-free with Westray's money.]]
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* DownerEnding: Boy howdy. [[spoiler: Reiner and Westray are killed. Multiple people, civilian and criminal, are killed in the delivery of the drug shipment to Chicago. Laura is killed in a gruesome, NothingIsScarier manner off-screen. Her death is likely recorded as a snuff film. The tape is sent to the Counselor who has a DespairEventHorizon moment. He'll likely be killed soon after. Her body is thrown in a garbage dump. Malkina, who set the whole plot in motion with the theft of the drug shipment, gets off scot-free with Westray's money.]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Malkina makes romantic advances towards Laura which she dodges. As it turned out, this very action determined whether Malkina would spare Laura from the oncoming onslaught, as Malkina had already chosen the Counselor to be the fall guy for her scheme. Too bad Laura chose wrong...]]
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Malkina arrays the theft of the septic truck and arranges the situation so that Reinier, Westray and The Counselor are blamed for its loss by proxy; though she loses the truck to the cartel, she tracks down Westray and steals his running-away loot.]]
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* EvilIsNotAToy: The CentralTheme of the film; once the deal is done, the Counselor thinks he can walk away from the Cartel. He can't.
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* EvilIsNotAToy: The CentralTheme of the film; once the deal is done, the Counselor thinks he can walk away from the Cartel. He can't. [[spoiler:He was already singled out by Malkina to take the blame for the loss of the septic truck.]]
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''The Counselor'' is a 2013 thriller directed by Creator/RidleyScott and starring MichaelFassbender, PenelopeCruz, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CameronDiaz, Javier Bardem, and Creator/BradPitt. It is notable for being the first original screenplay written by novelist CormacMcCarthy (of ''NoCountryForOldMen'' and ''TheRoad'' fame) to be produced.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Jaime. He is a substantial part of the small plot, has many of his own scenes, and gets shot to death while the camera is in wide shot. Very, very unceremonious of this film.
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* AnimalMotifs: Malkina and cheetahs. She owns a pair of them, has a monologue about them, is introduced watching them hunt, and mentions several times how ferociously hungry she is. If all of that was too subtle, she also has cheetah spots tattooed over her body.
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* [[PetTheDog Pet The Cheetah]]: Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:Malkania]] expresses some remorse for hearing about the death of one her Cheetahs. Though she seems to view them more as an extension of herself more than anything else.
