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!!Errol Partridge (SeanBean)

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!!Errol Partridge (SeanBean)
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!!John Preston (ChristianBale)

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!!John Preston (ChristianBale)
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* BoringInvincibleHero
** [[WordOfGod The director]] finds it boring when the villain "gets a few good licks in" on the hero because he has no intention of subverting audience expectations with a [[TheBadGuyWins Bad Guy Wins]] ending, and thus, there's no point in making it seem like the villain has an advantage at all when the result is a foregone conclusion. He ''does'' acknowledge that not everyone likes this approach. And yet, for all his ''physical'' invincibility, he turns out to be incredibly ''emotionally'' vulnerable.


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* ShowyInvincibleHero: [[WordOfGod The director]] finds it boring when the villain "gets a few good licks in" on the hero because he has no intention of subverting audience expectations with a [[TheBadGuyWins Bad Guy Wins]] ending, and thus, there's no point in making it seem like the villain has an advantage at all when the result is a foregone conclusion. He ''does'' acknowledge that not everyone likes this approach. And yet, for all Preston's ''physical'' invincibility, he turns out to be incredibly ''emotionally'' vulnerable.
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* ChekovsGunman: He's one of the speech attendants at the beginning of the movie.

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* ChekovsGunman: He's [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman]]: [[spoiler:He's one of the speech attendants at the beginning of the movie.movie]].
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* ChekovsGunman: He's one of the speech attendants at the beginning of the movie.

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* BadassLongcoat




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* NotSoBadassLongcoat

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* [[spoiler:{{Hypocrite}}: Both [=DuPont=] and him aren't on prozium]].



* [[spoiler:StrawHypocrite: Both [=DuPont=] and him aren't on prozium]].

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* [[spoiler:StrawHypocrite: Both [=DuPont=] and him aren't on prozium]].SlasherSmile: Sort of. This is used to [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadow]] that [[spoiler:he's off his meds]].
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* MouthOfSauron: Described as "Father's Voice". Turns out [[spoiler:to be a subversion: the real Father died years before, and Dumont is actually running things while ''pretending'' to be the MouthOfSauron]].

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* MouthOfSauron: Described as "Father's Voice". Turns out [[spoiler:to be a subversion: the real Father died years before, and Dumont [=DuPont=] is actually running things while ''pretending'' to be the MouthOfSauron]].
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* MouthOfSauron: Turns out [[spoiler:to be a subversion: the real Father died years before, and Dumont is actually running things while ''pretending'' to be the MouthOfSauron]].

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* MouthOfSauron: Described as "Father's Voice". Turns out [[spoiler:to be a subversion: the real Father died years before, and Dumont is actually running things while ''pretending'' to be the MouthOfSauron]].
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* MouthOfSauron: Turns out [[spoiler:to be a subversion: the real Father died years before, and Dumont is actually running things while ''pretending'' to be the MouthOfSauron]].
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* CulturedBadass
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** [[WordOfGod The director]] finds it boring when the villain "gets a few good licks in" on the hero because he has no intention of subverting audience expectations with a [[TheBadGuyWins Bad Guy Wins]] ending, and thus, there's no point in making it seem like the villain has an advantage at all when the result is a foregone conclusion. He ''does'' acknowledge that not everyone likes this approach.

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** [[WordOfGod The director]] finds it boring when the villain "gets a few good licks in" on the hero because he has no intention of subverting audience expectations with a [[TheBadGuyWins Bad Guy Wins]] ending, and thus, there's no point in making it seem like the villain has an advantage at all when the result is a foregone conclusion. He ''does'' acknowledge that not everyone likes this approach. And yet, for all his ''physical'' invincibility, he turns out to be incredibly ''emotionally'' vulnerable.
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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter

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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter
ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:Averted big time.]]

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* EvilBrit: If his accent is any indication.



* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]

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* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]EvilBrit: If his accent is any indication.
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
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!!Seamus (Dominic Purrell)

* AwesomeMcCoolname
* BadassBeard
* LaResistance
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter

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* AnticlimaxBoss: The epic battle between Preston and him... [[SingleStrokeBattle isn't]].


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--> Don't look so surprised, Preston. Why should [[spoiler:Father]] be more [[spoiler:real than any other political puppet]]?
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* LaResistance

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* LaResistanceLaResistance

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* LargeHam: Slips into this right after he catches Preston.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking



* GunsAkimbo: He's a proficient GunKata fighter.

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* GunsAkimbo: He's a proficient GunKata fighter.master.



* TheStoic: [[spoiler:Subverted; [[NotSoStoic he isn't on prozium]].]]

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* TheStoic: [[spoiler:Subverted; [[NotSoStoic he isn't isn't]] [[StrawHypocrite on prozium]].]]
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* FirstTimeFeeling: Hits him ''hard'', not least because, at the time, he's found and is listening to an old vinyl album of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, one of the most tremendously moving pieces of music ever produced by the human species. Even the ''script'' describes this introduction to human emotion as 'unfair'. (But it does a lot to explain his subsequent actions.)
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* BoringInvincibleHero
** [[WordOfGod The director]] finds it boring when the villain "gets a few good licks in" on the hero because he has no intention of subverting audience expectations with a [[TheBadGuyWins Bad Guy Wins]] ending, and thus, there's no point in making it seem like the villain has an advantage at all when the result is a foregone conclusion. He ''does'' acknowledge that not everyone likes this approach.
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
[[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Of course, look who's playing him.]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]




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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]


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* GunsAkimbo: He's a proficient GunKata fighter.
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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
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* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]

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* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]][[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]

!!Jurgen (William Fichtner)

* LaResistance
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!!Father (Sean Peartwee)

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!!Father (Sean Peartwee)
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* [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge]]: Minus the [[spoiler:"[[TranquilFury roaring]]"]] part.




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* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]




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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one (with a dose of WhatTheHellHero) to Preston during her interrogation.



* BaldOfEvil



* [[spoiler:DiagonalCut: How he died]].



* [[spoiler:StrawHypocrite: Both [=DuPont=] and him aren't on prozium]].



* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]

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* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]LargeHam: "'''''ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ME, CLERIC?!'''''"
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]
* [[spoiler:OhCrap: Gets progressively more unnerved as he watches Preston [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge defeat]] each layer of his defenses.]]
* [[spoiler:StrawHypocrite: Both he and Brandt aren't on prozium]].
* TheStoic: [[spoiler:Subverted; [[NotSoStoic he isn't on prozium]].]]

!!Father (Sean Peartwee)

* BigBrotherIsWatching
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]]
* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]

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* OffhandBackhand: Pretty much any shot Preston makes falls under this trope, since GunKata eliminates the need to actually aim.





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\n* TranquilFury: Four words: [[spoiler:"No. Not without incident."]]

!!Mary O' Brien (Emily Watson)

* [[spoiler:MurderByCremation]]
* InnocentBlueEyes



* BodyguardingABadass In the final fight, he guards [=DuPont=] even though [[spoiler:it is clear after Preston cuts off his face]] that [=DuPont=] is a master at GunKata.
* TheDragon

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* BodyguardingABadass BodyguardingABadass: In the final fight, he guards [=DuPont=] even though [[spoiler:it is clear after Preston cuts off his face]] that [=DuPont=] is a master at GunKata.
* TheDragonTheDragon
* [[spoiler:TearOffYourFace: Preston kills him by slicing his face off with a katana.]]

!!Errol Partridge (SeanBean)

* BadassLongcoat
* DecoyProtagonist: At first it seems like he would be the hero of the story.

!![=DuPont=] (Angus Macfadyen)

* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]
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!!John Preston (ChristianBale)

* TheAce: Considered this amongst clerics.
* BadassLongcoat
* GunsAkimbo
* TheGunslinger
* TheHero
* ManInWhite: In the climax.
* TheStoic: After starting as one, he quickly turns NotSoStoic as he struggles with having and hiding emotions. He even suffers a HeroicBSOD, but becomes TheStoic again before the final battle.


!!Andrew Brandt (Taye Diggs)

* AnticlimaxBoss: The epic battle between Preston and him... [[SingleStrokeBattle isn't]].
* BadassLongcoat
* BodyguardingABadass In the final fight, he guards [=DuPont=] even though [[spoiler:it is clear after Preston cuts off his face]] that [=DuPont=] is a master at GunKata.
* TheDragon

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