* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is the hitman just that much of a [[ConsummateProfessional professional]] to go through all the trouble, or a [[AxeCrazy psycho]] who really wanted to kill Rachel and simply exploited [[spoiler: Nikki's resentment]]?
* CoveredUp:
** Music/WhitneyHouston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" is so overwhelmingly popular that most don't even know it had existed as a Music/DollyParton hit for some 18 years (having hit number one on the Top 100 twice). Even fewer know that the song was originally a slow acoustic ballad, and not a window-shattering diva number. ''Still'' fewer know that the song is actually about the end of her professional relationship with Porter Waggoner; they had been starring on a music TV show together and she wanted to go solo.
** "I'm Every Woman" from the same soundtrack was originally a hit for Music/ChakaKhan.
* CriticalDissonance: Although the film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, it was a hit with audiences and became the second-highest grossing film worldwide for 1992.
* DirectorDisplacement: Creator/LawrenceKasdan wrote the script, but Mick Jackson directed.
* GeniusBonus: Frank takes Rachel to see ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''. [[BilingualBonus Yojimbo translates as]] "[[TitleDrop The Bodyguard]]" in English.
* HilariousInHindsight: The film's poster of Frank carrying Rachel with her face buried in his shoulder became an iconic romantic image, making it a bit awkward when Creator/KevinCostner revealed in 2019 that the actual reason for that position is that it's not Whitney Houston, but her stand-in.
** Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/SamuelLJackson spoofed said poster when they made ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard''.
* HypeBacklash: For months after the film was released, Music/WhitneyHouston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" was everywhere; staying at the top of the pop charts and winning three Grammy awards. This caused a sizable backlash against both the song and the movie it was associated with.
* SignatureSong: Sing it with us, now... "''AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEIIII... WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU''!" Also one for Music/WhitneyHouston's whole career.
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