History Film / TheKilling

* LaserGuidedKarma: In order to get to his sniping position, Nikki befriends and bribes a black parking lot attendant. Grateful for what he presumed to be an act of genuine kindness, the attendant repeatedly bothers Nikki and offers him a horseshoe for good luck on his horse race betting. Nikki resorts to call him a nigger to get rid of him, prompting the angered attendant to throw the horseshoe to the ground. [[spoiler:The horseshoe ends up being Nikki's undoing; it pops his tire as he tried to flee from security, leading to his death.]]

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* WeNeedADistraction: Nikki's part in the caper is to shoot the leading horse in the race to guarantee that everyone's attention is focused on the track while the robbery goes down.

* TakesTenToHold: Johnny hires wrestler Maurice Oboukhoff to [[WeNeedADistraction create a distraction]] by starting a fight in the betting office at the racetrack. Maurice is so successful at this that he is only stopped by half a dozen cops literally piling on top of him and pinning him to the floor.

* AssholeVictim: Randy Kennan, Sherry, Val, and Val's gunman.

* KillEmAll: Only [[spoiler:Johnny and Fay]] survive to the end of the movie, but [[spoiler:Johnny]] is presumably captured by the police to pay the price for his crime. Maurice also lives, but not without a beating from about ''eight'' cops that he ''almost'' wins.

%%* TheStoic: Johnny.

%%* AssholeVictim: Randy Kennan, Sherry, Val, and Val's gunman.
%%* TheBartender: Mike O'Reilly.

%%* FilmNoir: [[Creator/StanleyKubrick Stanley Kubrick's]] take.

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* ConfesstoaLesserCrime: Kennan reports his car radio malfunctioning just before the robbery to allay any suspicions about why he isn't responding to calls. He later tells the crew that his captain didn't believe this story, and is convinced that Kennan was holed up somewhere drinking on duty. He points out that this may prove to be an even better alibi than the original plan, as the captain's certainty won't allow for the possibility of Kennan getting up to anything else during that time.

* InsideJob: George Peatty, the betting window teller at the racetrack. His role is to smuggle the guns onto the track for the others and to unlock the door to the counting room so they can gain access.

* YourCheatingHeart: Sherry is cheating on George. It's not at all clear why she married him in the first place.

* InsideMan: George Peatty, the betting window teller at the racetrack. His role is to smuggle the guns onto the track for the others and to unlock the door to the counting room so they can gain access.

* TakesTenToHold: Johnny hires wrestler Maurice Oboukhoff to create a distraction by starting a fight in the betting office at the racetrack. Maurice is so successful at this that he is only stopped by half a dozen cops literally piling on top of him and pinning him to the floor.

"The Killing" has become a CultClassic and is considered to be Kubrick's first masterpiece.

''The Killing'' is a 1956 {{Film Noir}} directed by Creator/StanleyKubrick

It follows the last heist of career criminal Johnny Clay (Creator/SterlingHayden). With 2 million dollars at stake in the racetrack counting room Clay sets up an elaborate plan to get the money and get everyone involved their share. At the time of the heist the film splits off to show the perspective of every character involved in the heist.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Elisha Cook, Jr. at his most Ineffectually Sympathetically Villainous.

''The Killing'' is a 1956 {{Film Noir}} by Creator/StanleyKubrick that follows the last heist of career criminal Johnny Clay (Creator/SterlingHayden). With 2 million dollars at stake in the racetrack counting room Clay sets up an elaborate plan to get the money and get everyone involved their share. At the time of the heist the film splits off to show the perspective of every character involved in the heist.

%%* AntiHero: Johnny Clay.

%%* HenpeckedHusband: George.

%%* SimultaneousArcs: During the heist.

* AntiHero: Johnny Clay.
* AssholeVictim: Randy Kennan, Sherry, Val, and Val's gunman.
* TheBartender: Mike O'Reilly.

* FilmNoir: [[Creator/StanleyKubrick Stanley Kubrick's]] take.

* HenpeckedHusband: George.

* SimultaneousArcs: During the heist.
* TheStoic: Johnny.

* BerserkButton: George gets two of these: When Sherry is implying to him that Johnny raped her, and when Sherry's lover, Val, tries to stick the criminals up, demanding to know where the money is as well as George the "jerk." George angrily responds with, "The jerk's right here!" and guns down Val and his assistant gunman.

* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Especially prominent in scenes with George Peatty.

* ManipulativeBitch: Sherry. She had poor George wrapped around her finger the entire time.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In hindsight, George actually kills the most people in the movie, shooting his wife's lover and his assistant gunman, as well as his own wife as revenge for her lurid affair.

* SexyDiscretionShot: Done with Johnny and his lover, Sherry and her lover, and Sherry and George.

* ChekhovsGun: Sebastian the poodle.

* AWrestlerInAllOfUs: Maurice, played by the pro wrestler Kola Kwariani, quickly gets his shirt ripped off and starts throwing down classic pro wrestling moves on the security guards.

* ShooTheDog: The Nikki the sniper befriends the black parking lot attendant a little too well, causing the attendant to keep showing up to chat when Nikki is getting ready to take his shot. Nikki eventually has to call him a nigger to get rid of him.

* GeniusBruiser: Maurice Oboukhoff, played by professional wrestler Kola Kwariani, spends his time playing chess when he isn't holding his own against 6 or so mooks.

* KillEmAll: Only Johnny and Fay survive to the end of the movie, but Johnny is presumably captured by the police to pay the price for his crime. Maurice also lives, but not without a beating from about ''eight'' cops that he ''almost'' wins.

* ManipulativeBastard: Sherry. She had poor George wrapped around her finger the entire time.

* PlotSensitiveLatch: The suitcase containing the money bursts open when it falls off the baggage cart when the cart swerves to avoid a dog.