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* NotSoAboveItAll: Randy is almost always a no-nonsense contract killer when on the job, but he has moments in which he makes jokes with his employers, even during tense moments.
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: PlayedWith. The eponymous Man from Toronto is the white straight man to black Teddy Jackson's wise guy. However, in this case, it's Teddy who's playing the role of the goofy everyman to Toronto's cold-blooded (at first) killer.
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* NoNameGiven: The name of Randy's handler is never given in the film, and even the credits list her as "The Handler." At first, the film implies that her name is Debora, only for it to turn out that this is actually the name of Randy's car.
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* NoNameGiven: The name of Randy's handler is never given in the film, and even the credits list her as "The Handler." At first, the film implies that her name is Debora, only for it to turn out that this is actually the name of Randy's car. [[spoiler:None of the men she hires to kill Randy are named either. All of them have the same "Man from (City Name)" scheme as Randy does.]]
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* ShotInTheAss: Teddy gets caught in the crossfire in the first fight between Randy and the Man from Miami and as a result, his ass gets grazed by a bullet. The next scene after this centers around Randy removing the bullet in a bathroom and [[NotWhatItLooksLike getting strange looks from random passersby]].
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* BorrowedBiometricBypass: Randy and Teddy discover that the superweapon that Marin, Randy's latest client, intends to assassinate the president of Venezuela with requires Mr. Green's thumbprint in order to activate it. Randy then escorts Teddy out of the room while the sounds of Mr. Green screaming in agony and a finger being severed are heard offscreen, after which Randy walks out with a thumb in Teddy's Cheetos bag. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Randy actually cut off a thumb from one of Marin's slain henchmen, having never intended to help Marin's coup attempt.]]
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Originally scheduled to be theatrically released by Sony Pictures Releasing, the film's distribution rights were sold to Netflix, where it was released on June 24, 2022.
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Originally scheduled to be theatrically released by Sony Pictures Releasing, the film's distribution rights were sold to Netflix, Creator/{{Netflix}}, where it was released on June 24, 2022.
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* BigBad: At first it seems like an assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president is the main villainous scheme, and that is indeed thwarted by Teddy and Randy's efforts. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that [[TheManBehindTheMan Randy's hidden contact]], is behind the attempts on Randy's life, wanting to tie up loose ends relevant to her network of assassins and make off with the money the Venezuelan assassins had offered in exchange for the network's services]].
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow Debora to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow Debora to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
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* BigBad: At first it seems like an assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president is the main villainous scheme, and that is indeed thwarted by Teddy and Randy's efforts. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that [[TheManBehindTheMan Randy's hidden contact]], contact]] is behind the attempts on Randy's life, wanting to tie up loose ends relevant to her network of assassins and make off with the money the Venezuelan assassins had offered in exchange for the network's services]].
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** Teddy's involvement in the film's events kick off with him misreading the address to the vacation cabin he rented after forgetting to replace the toner in his printer. At the end of the film, Teddy has trouble reading the receipt at [[spoiler:Randy's new restaurant]] thanks to the printer there also being low on toner.
** After nearly sending Randy flying out of a cargo plane when he pulls the lever to open the door, Randy angrily tells him "never lever." Near the end of the film, when [[spoiler:the handler corners Randy and Teddy in a food processing factory]], Randy instructs Teddy to pull a lever on the wall that'll [[spoiler:drop her into the vat of boiling oil below her]], correcting himself with the phrase "''sometimes'' lever."
** Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow Debora to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
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** Teddy's involvement in the film's events kick off with him misreading the address to the vacation cabin he rented after forgetting to replace the toner in his printer. At the end of the film, Teddy has trouble reading the receipt at [[spoiler:Randy's new restaurant]] thanks to the printer there also being low on toner.
** After nearly sending Randy flying out of a cargo plane when he pulls the lever to open the door, Randy angrily tells him "never lever." Near the end of the film, when [[spoiler:the handler corners Randy and Teddy in a food processing factory]], Randy instructs Teddy to pull a lever on the wall that'll [[spoiler:drop her into the vat of boiling oil below her]], correcting himself with the phrase "''sometimes'' lever."
** Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow Debora to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As Randy relates during the prologue, he was raised by his grandfather in the harsh Canadian wilderness and was quickly orphaned as a result of a bear attack. He still vividly remembers the sight of the bear tearing his grandfather to shreds, and the event led him down the path of violence, bringing him where he is today.
** The Man from Miami is introduced casually walking up to a wealthy businessman during a game of golf and immediately beating him to death with a club before casually shooting the guy's associate as he flees, establishing him as even more skilled and ruthless than Randy.
* HiddenDepths: Beneath his ruthless exterior, Randy has a passion for cooking and gets nervous around girls.
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* LightIsNotGood: The handler has white clothes and white hair and is more manipulative and sinister[[spoiler:and being the BigBad]] and the Man From Miami has lighter clothes than the Man from Toronto and is proven worse than Toronto.
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* LightIsNotGood: LightIsNotGood:
** The handler has white clothes and whitehair and hair, is more manipulative and sinister[[spoiler:and being sinister, and [[spoiler:ultimately turns out to be the BigBad]] and the BigBad]].
** The ManFrom from Miami has lighter clothes than the Man from Toronto and is proven worse than Toronto.
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** The Man
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* BigBad: At first it seems like an assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president is the main villainous scheme, and that is indeed thwarted by Teddy and Randy's efforts. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that ''Debora'', [[TheManBehindTheMan Randy's hidden contact]], is behind the attempts on Randy's life, wanting to tie up loose ends relevant to her network of assassins and make off with the money the Venezuelan assassins had offered in exchange for the network's services]].
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow his CoolCar to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow his CoolCar to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
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* BigBad: At first it seems like an assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president is the main villainous scheme, and that is indeed thwarted by Teddy and Randy's efforts. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that ''Debora'', [[TheManBehindTheMan Randy's hidden contact]], is behind the attempts on Randy's life, wanting to tie up loose ends relevant to her network of assassins and make off with the money the Venezuelan assassins had offered in exchange for the network's services]].
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrowhis CoolCar Debora to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].TheStinger]].
* CoolCar: Randy takes great pride in Debora, his 1969 Dodge Charger. It proves to live up to its reputation, being perfectly suited for getting Teddy to the train station Lori while short on time and on the run.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The handler gets dropped in a vat of boiling oil, where she turns into, as Randy puts it, "human tempura."]]
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow
* CoolCar: Randy takes great pride in Debora, his 1969 Dodge Charger. It proves to live up to its reputation, being perfectly suited for getting Teddy to the train station Lori while short on time and on the run.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The handler gets dropped in a vat of boiling oil, where she turns into, as Randy puts it, "human tempura."]]
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Colonel Marin.]]
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: After all the other assassins have been subdued or killed, including Debora herself, the Man from Tokyo shows up attempting to kill Teddy and Randy, but Randy promptly knocks him out.]]
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: After all the other assassins have been subdued or killed, including Debora herself, the Man from Tokyo shows up attempting to kill Teddy and Randy, but Randy promptly knocks him out.]]
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Colonel Marin.[[spoiler:Colonel Marin is played up as the main antagonist of the film for much of its runtime. When he's finally confronted, however, he flees during a shootout with the FBI, with Randy's handler being unmasked as the real threat.]]
* DragonTheirFeet:[[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After all the other assassins have been subdued or killed, including Debora the handler herself, the Man from Tokyo shows up attempting to kill Teddy and Randy, but Randy promptly knocks him out.]]]]
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** Teddy's first scene shows a montage of him energetically attempting to record fitness videos on [=YouTube=], with all of his equipment being counterintuitive to the point of regularly injuring him, establishing his nature as a fast-paced and incompetent loudmouth.
** Randy's first scene during the prologue depicts him tormenting a hostage by flashing a heated knife and telling a long-winded story about his troubled upbringing, which successfully draws out the information he needs before he can lay a finger on the guy. On his way out, he gives his client a cooking tip based on the smell coming from the kitchen. The scene establishes Randy's dual nature as a ruthless hitman with HiddenDepths, whose stoic demeanor contrasts a passion for culinary arts.
* ForWantOfANail: Discussed. Teddy blames his involvement in the film's plot on the fact that he forgot to change his printer's toner, which resulted in him misreading the address to the cabin where he was going to celebrate his wife's birthday. Randy, meanwhile, points out that the "low toner situation" is just one symptom of Teddy's wider issues with staying on top of things.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera conveniently zooms in on Randy's face when he [[spoiler:beheads an assassin with his own chainsaw]], keeping that bit of carnage offscreen.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Teddy's first scene shows a montage of him energetically attempting to record fitness videos on [=YouTube=], with all of his equipment being counterintuitive to the point of regularly injuring him, establishing his nature as a fast-paced and incompetent loudmouth.
** Randy's first scene during the prologue depicts him tormenting a hostage by flashing a heated knife and telling a long-winded story about his troubled upbringing, which successfully draws out the information he needs before he can lay a finger on the guy. On his way out, he gives his client a cooking tip based on the smell coming from the kitchen. The scene establishes Randy's dual nature as a ruthless hitman with HiddenDepths, whose stoic demeanor contrasts a passion for culinary arts.
* ForWantOfANail: Discussed. Teddy blames his involvement in the film's plot on the fact that he forgot to change his printer's toner, which resulted in him misreading the address to the cabin where he was going to celebrate his wife's birthday. Randy, meanwhile, points out that the "low toner situation" is just one symptom of Teddy's wider issues with staying on top of things.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera conveniently zooms in on Randy's face when he [[spoiler:beheads an assassin with his own chainsaw]], keeping that bit of carnage offscreen.
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot is kicked off when Teddy arrives at the cabin where Randy was supposed to interrogate one of the mooks involved in the ([[spoiler: supposed]]) main villain's scheme. Because the mooks haven't seen [[TitleDrop The Man from Toronto]] in person, they think ''Teddy'' is the Man from Toronto's real identity, and Teddy has to play along to avoid trouble. Randy quickly discovers the misunderstanding, but is forced to bring Teddy along because the villains have already received a photo taken of Teddy and ''also'' think he's the Man from Toronto.
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot is kicked off when Teddy arrives at the cabin where Randy was supposed to interrogate one of the mooks involved in the ([[spoiler: supposed]]) ([[spoiler:supposed]]) main villain's scheme. Because the mooks haven't seen [[TitleDrop The Man from Toronto]] in person, they think ''Teddy'' is the Man from Toronto's real identity, and Teddy has to play along to avoid trouble. Randy quickly discovers the misunderstanding, but is forced to bring Teddy along because the villains have already received a photo taken of Teddy and ''also'' think he's the Man from Toronto.Toronto.
* NoNameGiven: The name of Randy's handler is never given in the film, and even the credits list her as "The Handler." At first, the film implies that her name is Debora, only for it to turn out that this is actually the name of Randy's car.
* NoNameGiven: The name of Randy's handler is never given in the film, and even the credits list her as "The Handler." At first, the film implies that her name is Debora, only for it to turn out that this is actually the name of Randy's car.
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* TheOner: The final fight with [[spoiler: Debora's assassins]] in the gym is done in one take.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Taken to its logical extreme. After finding his email on the Airbnb receipt printout left over in Onancock, Randy has Debora hack Teddy's account. She finds four letters-- P, A, S, and S, at which point Randy tries "PASSWORD" as Teddy's password. It works.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Taken to its logical extreme. After finding his email on the Airbnb receipt printout left over in Onancock, Randy has Debora hack Teddy's account. She finds four letters-- P, A, S, and S, at which point Randy tries "PASSWORD" as Teddy's password. It works.
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* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Randy decapitates the chainsaw-wielding assassin with his own weapon during the climax.]]
* TheOner: The final fight with[[spoiler: Debora's [[spoiler:the handler's assassins]] in the gym is done in one take.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Taken to its logical extreme. After finding his email on the Airbnb receipt printout left over in Onancock, Randy hasDebora the handler hack Teddy's account. She finds four letters-- P, A, S, and S, at which point Randy tries "PASSWORD" as Teddy's password. It works.
* TheOner: The final fight with
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Taken to its logical extreme. After finding his email on the Airbnb receipt printout left over in Onancock, Randy has
* ScreamDiscretionShot: Used as a plot point when Randy severs Mr. Green's thumb after interrogating him; the event occurs offscreen while Teddy is walking away from the aftermath of the interrogation, and the only indication about what happened is Mr. Green screaming in agony and Randy walking out with his thumb. Later, [[spoiler:the FBI learns that Randy didn't actually cut off ''Mr. Green's'' thumb, instead taking that of his dead captor, revealing that Randy never intended to help Marin with his coup]].
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* WouldntHurtAChild: This is eventually [[ResolvedNoodleIncident revealed]] to be the reason for "the Minnesota incident". [[spoiler:Randy was assigned to off a chronic gambler, but then he saw the target's son hiding in his car and couldn't bring himself to repeat his cycle of violence. Unfortunately, the gambler promptly went on a killing spree the following day.]]
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: When Teddy realizes that he accidentally slashed a hostage's eye open while trying to find out which one of them is Mr. Green, he copiously vomits on everyone in full view of the camera.
* WouldntHurtAChild: This is eventually [[ResolvedNoodleIncident revealed]] to be the reason for "the Minnesota incident". [[spoiler:Randy was assigned to off a chronic gambler, but then he saw the target's son hiding in his car and couldn't bring himself to repeat his cycle of violence. Unfortunately, the gambler promptly went on a killing spree the following day.]]]]
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* WouldntHurtAChild: This is eventually [[ResolvedNoodleIncident revealed]] to be the reason for "the Minnesota incident". [[spoiler:Randy was assigned to off a chronic gambler, but then he saw the target's son hiding in his car and couldn't bring himself to repeat his cycle of violence. Unfortunately, the gambler promptly went on a killing spree the following day.
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* IdiotPlot: If so much as one single person, from the thugs in Onancock, to Daniela Marin and her associates, had taken a half second to realize that Teddy's constant skittishness and confusion meant that he's probably not one of the world's deadliest assassins, the movie would be less than 30 minutes long.
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* IdiotPlot: If so much as one single person, from the thugs in Onancock, to Daniela Marin and her associates, had taken a half second to realize that Teddy's constant skittishness and confusion meant that he's probably not one of the world's deadliest assassins, the movie would be less than 30 minutes long.
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* LightIsNotGood: The handler has white clothes and white hair and is more menipulative and sinister[[spoiler:and being the BigBad]] and the Man From Miami has lighter clothes than the Man from Toronto and is proven worst than Toronto.
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* LightIsNotGood: The handler has white clothes and white hair and is more menipulative manipulative and sinister[[spoiler:and being the BigBad]] and the Man From Miami has lighter clothes than the Man from Toronto and is proven worst worse than Toronto.
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* NoodleImplements: The thug that mistakes Teddy for Randy goes through Teddy's box while he's in the bathroom. It's full of stuff for a romantic weekend(flowers, whipped cream, lube, etc.) but he thinks it's full of torture devices. His expression is a mix of confused and {{squick}} as he goes through the box.
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* NoodleImplements: The thug that mistakes Teddy for Randy goes through Teddy's box while he's in the bathroom. It's full of stuff for a romantic weekend(flowers, weekend (flowers, whipped cream, lube, etc.) ), but he thinks it's full of torture devices. His expression is a mix of confused confusion and {{squick}} as he goes through the box.
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* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Teddy is shown to have opened up his own cardio clinic, and while filming a live-session he gets a threatening call from Randy, who still blames him for the destruction of his prized car and is waiting for him right outside the clinic. Cue OhCrap from Teddy, ''with the live-feed still on'']].
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* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Teddy is shown to have opened up his own cardio clinic, and while filming a live-session live session he gets a threatening call from Randy, who still blames him for the destruction of his prized car and is waiting for him right outside the clinic. Cue OhCrap from Teddy, ''with the live-feed still on'']].
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* PersonAsVerb: In the law firm at which Lori works, they've coined "Teddy" as a verb meaning "to screw something up." Kevin Hart's character is taken aback by the fact that his name has been associated with failure, but uses it as motivation to keep himself from "Teddying" things. Early in the film, Randy also finds out and pokes fun at him for it.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Well less on good, but the Man from Toronto is more noble than his handler as well as the Man from Miami and wears black in contrast to both their lighter outfits.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Taken to its logical extreme. After finding his email on the Airbnb receipt printout left over in Onancock, Randy has Debora hack Teddy's account. She finds four letters-- P, A, S, and S, at which point Randy tries "PASSWORD" as Teddy's password. It works.
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* KarmaHoudini: Colonel Marin and his wife flee the shootout when SWAT storms the meeting.
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* KarmaHoudini: Colonel Marin and his wife flee the shootout when SWAT storms the meeting.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Colonel Marin.]]
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Colonel Marin.]]
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Colonel Marin.]]
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* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: After all the other assassins have been subdued or killed, including Debora herself, the Man from Tokyo shows up attempting to kill Teddy and Randy, but Randy promptly knocks him out.]]
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A screw-up from New York gets mixed up with the world's deadliest assassin after the two are mistaken each other at an Airbnb forcing the two to team up and save the day.
It's set for release on June 24th.
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* MirroredConfrontationShot: Between Hart and Harrelson on the poster.
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* BigBad: At first it seems like an assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president is the main villainous scheme, and that is indeed thwarted by Teddy and Randy's efforts. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that ''Debora'', [[TheManBehindTheMan Randy's hidden contact]], is behind the attempts on Randy's life, wanting to tie up loose ends relevant to her network of assassins and make off with the money the Venezuelan assassins had offered in exchange for the network's services]].
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow his CoolCar to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Teddy is ''fully aware'' that he's a screw-up, and makes it clear multiple times that not only did he [[NotWhatISignedUpFor want nothing to do with the whole mess]], but is arguably the worst possible choice for association with the nickname of "The Man from Toronto". With some help from Randy, [[CharacterDevelopment he learns to change for the better]].
* MirroredConfrontationShot: BetweenHart Randy and Harrelson Teddy on the poster.poster.
* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot is kicked off when Teddy arrives at the cabin where Randy was supposed to interrogate one of the mooks involved in the ([[spoiler: supposed]]) main villain's scheme. Because the mooks haven't seen [[TitleDrop The Man from Toronto]] in person, they think ''Teddy'' is the Man from Toronto's real identity, and Teddy has to play along to avoid trouble. Randy quickly discovers the misunderstanding, but is forced to bring Teddy along because the villains have already received a photo taken of Teddy and ''also'' think he's the Man from Toronto.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While on the plane flight from Puerto Rico to Washington D.C., Randy quietly tells Teddy that he knows everything about Teddy's past as a failure, and calls him out on his fear of failure. To his credit, Teddy concedes the point (helped by his own HeroicSelfDeprecation) and resolves to make amends.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Teddy is shown to have opened up his own cardio clinic, and while filming a live-session he gets a threatening call from Randy, who still blames him for the destruction of his prized car and is waiting for him right outside the clinic. Cue OhCrap from Teddy, ''with the live-feed still on'']].
* WouldntHurtAChild: This is eventually [[ResolvedNoodleIncident revealed]] to be the reason for "the Minnesota incident". [[spoiler:Randy was assigned to off a chronic gambler, but then he saw the target's son hiding in his car and couldn't bring himself to repeat his cycle of violence. Unfortunately, the gambler promptly went on a killing spree the following day.]]
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the film, Randy lets Teddy borrow his CoolCar to get to the train station Lori is at, [[WatchThePaintJob warning him not to get it damaged]]. [[spoiler:After evading the police, Teddy swerves to miss an elderly woman on the road and gets the car stuck on the train tracks. After their heartfelt reconciliation, the train smashes into the car and totals it. Sure enough, when the protagonists reunite one year later, Randy makes it clear that still resents Teddy for this, even sending him a threatening phone call in TheStinger]].
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Teddy is ''fully aware'' that he's a screw-up, and makes it clear multiple times that not only did he [[NotWhatISignedUpFor want nothing to do with the whole mess]], but is arguably the worst possible choice for association with the nickname of "The Man from Toronto". With some help from Randy, [[CharacterDevelopment he learns to change for the better]].
* MirroredConfrontationShot: Between
* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot is kicked off when Teddy arrives at the cabin where Randy was supposed to interrogate one of the mooks involved in the ([[spoiler: supposed]]) main villain's scheme. Because the mooks haven't seen [[TitleDrop The Man from Toronto]] in person, they think ''Teddy'' is the Man from Toronto's real identity, and Teddy has to play along to avoid trouble. Randy quickly discovers the misunderstanding, but is forced to bring Teddy along because the villains have already received a photo taken of Teddy and ''also'' think he's the Man from Toronto.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While on the plane flight from Puerto Rico to Washington D.C., Randy quietly tells Teddy that he knows everything about Teddy's past as a failure, and calls him out on his fear of failure. To his credit, Teddy concedes the point (helped by his own HeroicSelfDeprecation) and resolves to make amends.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Teddy is shown to have opened up his own cardio clinic, and while filming a live-session he gets a threatening call from Randy, who still blames him for the destruction of his prized car and is waiting for him right outside the clinic. Cue OhCrap from Teddy, ''with the live-feed still on'']].
* WouldntHurtAChild: This is eventually [[ResolvedNoodleIncident revealed]] to be the reason for "the Minnesota incident". [[spoiler:Randy was assigned to off a chronic gambler, but then he saw the target's son hiding in his car and couldn't bring himself to repeat his cycle of violence. Unfortunately, the gambler promptly went on a killing spree the following day.]]
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''The Man from Toronto'' is a 2022 Creator/{{Netflix}} action comedy directed by Patrick Hughes (''Film/TheExpendables3'', ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard'' and [[Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard its sequel]]) and starring Creator/KevinHart and Creator/WoodyHarrelson.Creator/WoodyHarrelson.
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A screw-up from New York gets mixed up with the world's deadliest assassin after the two are mistaken each other at an Airbnb forcing the two to team up to save the day.
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''The Man from Toronto'' is a 2022 Creator/{{Netflix}} action comedy directed by Patrick Hughes (''Film/TheExpendables3'', ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard'' and [[Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard its sequel]]) and starring Creator/KevinHart and Creator/WoodyHarrelson.
