History Film / Killshot

* FauxAffablyEvil: Richie. Unlike the more calm and reserved Blackbird, Richie is playful and generally puts on a humorously cheerful front. This is all because he's an utterly perverted sadist and has no sense of nobility using killing as fun and game.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After Blackbird confirms his Native heritage, Richie mockingly asks if he has a cool name.
-->'''Blackbird:''' A cool name?
-->'''Riche:''' Yeah. Red Elk. Runnin' With the Wolves.
-->'''Blackbird:''' Blackbird.
-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? ''[[{{Beat}} (pauses to consider)]]'' [[SincerityMode Yeah, that's pretty cool.]]

* AllMenArePerverts: Subverted. The mafia girl at the beginning thinks the ProfessionalKiller Blackbird, after finishing his job killing someone else that she was aware of, disturbs her while she's showering because he very blatantly wants to sneak a peek. Instead [[LeaveNoWitnesses he shoots her in the head for having seen his face]].

* MixedAncestry: Blackbird is half-Ojibwe, and while it's not explicitly touched on ([[ShowDontTell it's Elmore Leonard after all]]) it's heavily implied that this has made him feel like an outsider his whole life.

* DressingToDie: The old man whom mafia hitman Blackbird kills in the opening decides that he'd rather die with some decent clothes when Blackbird catches him walking out of the shower.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: The old man Blackbird kills at the beginning calmly accepts his murder, but requests he be allowed to put some clothes on first. Blackbird obliges. This scene is repeated nearly word for word at the end of the book when Blackbird is about to shoot Carmen and he lets her get dressed, [[spoiler:but this time she takes the opportunity to grab a gun and turn the tables on him]].

-->'''Blackbird:''' Blackbird

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After Blackbird confirms his Native heritage, Richie asks if he has a cool name.

-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? ''[[{{Beat}} pauses to consider]]'' [[SincerityMode Yeah, that's pretty cool.]]

-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? [[{{Beat}} pauses to consider]] [[SincerityMode Yeah, that's pretty cool.]]

-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? [[{{Beat}} pauses to consider}} [[SincerityMode Yeah, that's pretty cool.]]

-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? [[{{Beat}}*\\ (pauses to consider)]] [[SincerityMode Yeah, that's pretty cool.]]

-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? [[Beat (pauses to consider)]] [[SincerityMode Yeah, that's pretty cool.]]

-->'''Richie:''' Blackbird? (pauses to consider) Yeah, that's pretty cool.