History Film / TheInternational

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whitman disappears for the final third of the movie [[spoiler:when Salinger goes off the radar to fight the IBBC. She doesn't show up again except in newspaper headlines during the credits detailing her legal attempts to charge IBBC with money laundering.]] Though this is a borderline case; we see her step out of the investigation, and are given reasons why she does so.

** Jonas Skarsen has a family and loves playing Go with his son to teach him basic strategies when dealing with trouble. A videoconference does not stop him from having a good time with his son.

* DaddysLittleVillain: The BigBad keeps his young son around for a teleconference as they play a game of TabletopGame/{{Go}}.

** The shot of [[spoiler:Wexler]] lying dead in one of Hagia Sofia's columns. He did collaborate for a cruel organisation and had a background as a former colonel of the Stasi but his tragic backstory (divorce, a daughter who committed suicide) and his revelation that he wanted to be as honest as Salinger though destiny did not permit him. Salinger wanted to help him find redemption but [[spoiler:Wexler]] [[FaceDeathWithDignity faced it and]] [[DeathEqualsRedemption found it through death.]]

* VillainousDemotivator: Wexley only helps Salinger because he knows he hasn't got long to live.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: [[spoiler: Thomas Schumer]], after being poisoned, vomits messily all over the sidewalk before collapsing. Cyanide, the chemical used to kill him, [[TruthInTelevision does indeed cause vomiting]], although the murder is also somewhat similar to the murder of Georgi Markov, who was infamously assassinated when a pellet filled with ricin was shot into his leg - Markov also began vomiting and suffered a fever before he was killed by the poison.
* WarForFunAndProfit

* SignatureScene: the shootout at the Guggenheim, singled out as an exceptional action sequence even from critics who disliked the film overall.

A 2009 conspiracy thriller directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Creator/CliveOwen and Creator/NaomiWatts.

* BulletproofVest: [[spoiler:The Consultant]]. However, though it stops bullets from killing him, [[RealityEnsues the impacts were so severe he's forced to remove it just so he can breath]], then is shot dead anyway afterward.

* {{UST}}: Averted. Salinger and Whitman are both professionals more dedicated to finishing their investigation.

* CorruptCop: [[spoiler:The head of the Italian police, setting up the fake assassin and hindering Salinger's investigation.]]

%%* ArmsDealer

%%* ColdSniper:

%%* DeadlyEuphemism: "The Consultant".

%%* FallingChandelierOfDoom
* ForensicDrama: Briefly, when looking into the assassination of [[spoiler:Calvini]].

%%* SceneryPorn:

%* ColdSniper:

* DaddysLittleVillain: The BigBad keeps his young son around for a teleconference as they play a game of Go.

* JurisdictionFriction: Mostly averted, despite all the local police forces involved. Most of the friction is with the higher-ups.
** {{Played straight}} [[spoiler:with the corrupt Italian police chief who directly interferes with Salinger's investigation.]]

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The BigBad is shown teaching his son {{Go}}.
* SpySpeak: {{Subverted}} when the hitman and his handler meet at an art gallery and have a stilted conversation about the painting they're looking at - turns out they already know each other, and they were just making conversation.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whitman disappears for the final third of the movie [[spoiler:when Salinger goes off the radar to fight the IBBC. She doesn't show up again except in newspaper headlines during the credits detailing her legal attempts to charge IBBC with money laundering.]]
** Borderline case. We see her step out of the investigation, and are given reasons for why she does so.

* ProfessionalKiller: "The Consultant", who is an expert hitmen. Later, [[ContractOnTheHitman others are sent to silence him]] when he's exposed.

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* StrangeBedfellows: Salinger and the Consultant escaping the Guggenheim after the latter becomes aware of the [[ContractOnTheHitman hit put out on him]].

A 2009 conspiracy thriller starring Creator/CliveOwen and Creator/NaomiWatts.

Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.

* InterpolSpecialAgent: {{Played with}}. Even though Salinger pretty much leads the investigation of the bank, it's clearly stated by his colleague early in the film that Interpol is not a law enforcement agency in itself, but deals with intelligence and liaison services to other agencies.
* InstantDeathBullet: Gorily {{averted}} on several occasions. One character bleeds out messily from a neck wound, one takes a long time to die from a stomach wound, and all the professional killers in the film employ MakeSureHesDead headshots.

** {{Played}} straight [[spoiler:with the corrupt Italian police chief who directly interferes with Salinger's investigation.]]

%%* BulletproofVest: [[spoiler:The Consultant]].
%%* ColdSniper
%%* ContractOnTheHitman
* CorruptCop: [[spoiler:the head of the Italian police, setting up the fake assassin and hindering Salinger's investigation.]]

%%* DeadlyEuphemism: "The Consultant"

%%* FairCop: Salinger

* ForensicDrama: briefly, when looking into the assassination of [[spoiler:Calvini]].

%%* HelloAttorney: Whitman.

* HowDareYouDieOnMe: oddly, delivered to the EnemyMine in the gallery shootout - more a case of "I can only get out of here if you help me", but there's also the fact that Salinger wants him to testify.
* InterpolSpecialAgent: Plays with this. Even though Salinger pretty much leads the investigation of the bank, it's clearly stated by his colleague early in the film that Interpol is not a law enforcement agency in itself, but deals with intelligence and liason services to other agencies.
* InstantDeathBullet: gorily averted on several occasions. One character bleeds out messily from a neck wound, one takes a long time to die from a stomach wound, and all the professional killers in the film employ MakeSureHesDead headshots.

** Played straight [[spoiler:with the corrupt Italian police chief who directly interferes with Salinger's investigation.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:the bank itself. Various members get well-deserved deaths, but even with Whitman's charges at the end it's strongly suggested the IBBC will survive.]]
* MonumentalBattle: in the Guggenheim, New York.
* NebulousCriminalConspiracy: The bank is simply the middle man at the centre of one of these.
%%* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Liberia

%%* ProfessionalKiller: An assassin

* SpySpeak: Subverted when the hitman and his handler meet at an art gallery and have a stilted conversation about the painting they're looking at - turns out they already know each other, and they were just making conversation.

* StrangeBedfellows: Salinger and the Consultant escaping the Guggenheim after the latter becomes aware of the ContractOnTheHitman.

* VillainousDemotivator: Wexley only helps Salinger because he knows he has't got long to live.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whitman disappears for the final third of the movie [[spoiler:when Salinger goes off the radar to fight the IBBC. She doesn't show again except in newspaper headlines during the credits detailing her legal attempts to charge IBBC with money laundering.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: This film could entirely plausibly be [[ShootEmUp Smith]]'s origin story, explaining his hatred of {{arms dealer}}s.
** When did [[Film/BrooklynsFinest Rosario]] start assassinating people?

* ArmsDealer

* BulletproofVest: [[spoiler:The Consultant]].
* ColdSniper
* ContractOnTheHitman

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: All of the IBBC.

* DeadPartner: twice.
* DeadlyEuphemism: "The Consultant"

* FairCop: Salinger
* FallingChandelierOfDoom

* GovernmentConspiracy

* TheHandler: Wexler, for the Consultant
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Wexler]]
* HelloAttorney: Whitman.

* HiddenWire

* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Liberia

* ProfessionalKiller: An assassin
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Happens twice.
* SceneryPorn:
* ShaggyDogStory

* StairwellChase

* [[spoiler:ShaggyDogStory]]

A 2009 conspiracy thriller starring Creator/CliveOwen and Creator/NaomiWatts. Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.

** When did [[BrooklynsFinest Rosario]] start assassinating people?

* EstablishingShot: many, ''many'' of them - the name of the film is entirely justified. Most of them are [[SceneryPorn very pretty]].

* AlwaysMurder: Salinger is convinced of this when his partner has a heart attack after meeting a contect. [[spoiler: He's right, of course.]]