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* MindOverMatter: His powers, like his mother. Only even moreso.

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* MindOverMatter: His powers, like his mother. Only even moreso. While most telekinetic people are only able to lift small objects and their powers make for little more than a party trick, [[spoiler: Cid can lift fully grown adults and kill them in absolutely gruesome ways.]]

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* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Cid, a freakishly powerful telekinetic who may or may not become the Rainmaker, who's described as having destroyed five ultra-powerful crime syndicates ''at once''.]]

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* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Cid, a freakishly powerful telekinetic who may or may not become the Rainmaker, who's described as having destroyed five ultra-powerful crime syndicates ''at once''.once'' and done so completely alone.]]



* TheDreaded: The Rainmaker, an evil crime lord from the future who took control of every mob family single-handedly, and now presides over an international reign of terror and mass murder. As such, everyone is understandably terrified of them.

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* TheDreaded: The Rainmaker, an evil crime lord from the future who took control of every mob family single-handedly, and now presides over an international reign of terror and mass murder.murder and is a complete mystery to everyone, no one even knowing what they look like. As such, everyone is understandably terrified of them.



* OneManArmy: The Rainmaker, a powerful telekinetic who takes over several extremely powerful crime syndicates singlehandedly.

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* OneManArmy: The Rainmaker, a He's an powerful telekinetic who takes over several extremely powerful crime syndicates singlehandedly.


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* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: He was once a fairly normal kid on a farm who loved his mother and is now a terrifying crime boss.]]
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* OneManArmy: He is a highly trained killer who singlehandedly takes out [[spoiler:Abe and all his henchmen]].

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* OneManArmy: He is a highly trained efficient killer who singlehandedly takes out [[spoiler:Abe and all his henchmen]].



* {{Retgone}}: [[spoiler:After Young Joe's suicide, Old Joe simply vanishes from the existence.]]

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* {{Retgone}}: [[spoiler:After Young Joe's suicide, Old Joe simply vanishes from the existence.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied for young Seth. Abe knows they can't kill him (because he needs to survive long enough to be sent back in time and complete the loop), so instead condemns him to 30 years bedridden with no limbs, tongue, ears, or nose. The fact he can (presumably) still talk at least lets him narrowly avert AndIMustScream.

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied for young Seth. Abe knows they can't kill him (because he needs to survive long enough to be sent back in time and complete the loop), so instead condemns him to 30 years bedridden with no limbs, tongue, ears, or nose. The fact he can still see and (presumably) still talk at least lets him narrowly avert AndIMustScream.

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* ByronicHero: Joe himself is a hitman who not only works for himself, but is also a flawed protagonist with a mysterious past that is never mentioned.

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* ByronicHero: Joe himself is a hitman who not only works for himself, himself but is also a flawed protagonist with a mysterious past that is never mentioned.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be a hedonistic and self-serving asshole most of the time, but he does have his moments of showing that he's not a completely terrible person:
** He does grow to care about Cid and is shown attempting to help Cid when he falls down the stairs. [[spoiler: That doesn't stop him from almost killing Cid when he finds out he'll become the Rainmaker in the future, but he stops himself]].
** When discussing his future with Old Joe, he asks Old Joe to show him what his future wife looks like so he'll know to stay away from her, which would save her life. Old Joe refuses, however.
** He offers up half his silver to save Suzie from continuing to live an unhappy life as a prostitute.
** He genuinely feels guilty about selling out Seth for silver.
** [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, he sacrifices his future by performing a HeroicSuicide to end the cycle of revenge that would create the Rainmaker]].



* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Old Joe will do just about anything to save his wife. However, when given an option to stop his past self from meeting her, he refuses. He cannot sacrifice their relationship.

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Old Joe will do just about anything to save his wife. However, when given an the option to stop his past self from meeting her, he refuses. He cannot sacrifice their relationship.



* {{Determinator}}: He won't stop at nothing, not even at killing children, in order to save his wife in the future.

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* {{Determinator}}: He won't stop at nothing, anything, not even at killing children, in order to save his wife in the future.



* {{Hypocrite}}: He accuses his younger self of being selfish, but he himself is not willing either to give up on his love to save her life in the future.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: He accuses his younger self of being selfish, but he himself is not willing either when Young Joe tells him to give up on tell him who his love to future wife is so that he can stay away from her, which would save her life from being killed by the Rainmakers men in the future.future, he refuses because he doesn't want to give her up.



* SkywardScream: [[spoiler:Not heard, but seen doing this in Young Joe's ImagineSpot when he loses Cid right after killing Sara, realizing the doom future he created]].

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* SkywardScream: [[spoiler:Not heard, but seen doing this in Young Joe's ImagineSpot when he loses Cid right after killing Sara, realizing the doom doomed future he created]].



* DecoyProtagonist: Well, Decoy {{Deuteragonist}}. He's set up to be important in the first act, but stops being relevant to the plot shortly after becoming important to it.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied for young Seth. Abe knows they can't kill him (because he needs to survive long enough to be sent back in time and complete the loop), so instead condemns him to 30 years bedridden with no limbs, tongue, ears or nose. The fact he can (presumably) still talk at least lets him narrowly avert AndIMustScream.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Well, Decoy {{Deuteragonist}}. He's set up to be important in the first act, act but stops being relevant to the plot shortly after becoming important to it.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied for young Seth. Abe knows they can't kill him (because he needs to survive long enough to be sent back in time and complete the loop), so instead condemns him to 30 years bedridden with no limbs, tongue, ears ears, or nose. The fact he can (presumably) still talk at least lets him narrowly avert AndIMustScream.



* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Doesn't reciprocate the feelings Young Joe has for her, as she sees him as another client.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Doesn't reciprocate the feelings Young Joe has feelings for her, as but she only sees him as another client. client.



* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She seems good-natured enough, and comforts Joe when he's feeling guilt over Seth's death. She's also working as a prostitute to provide for her son. However, she flatly rejects Joe's attempts to "save" her from her lifestyle, and she sees him as just another client.
* StepfordSmiler: Implied. She's good-natured and takes her work seriously for the sake of her child, but she doesn't appear to enjoy doing it, as she looks miserable while smoking a cigarette before she offers Young Joe her services.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate in the story's future isn't alluded to at all. It can only be assumed that Joe lost all contact with her.

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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She seems good-natured enough, and comforts Joe when he's feeling guilt over Seth's death. She's also she's working as a prostitute to provide for her son. son. She also appears to comfort Joe when he's sad selling out Seth, though it's debatable how much she cares about his plight, as she tries to do her job despite his sadness and she can be seen watching the clock, waiting for the time Joe booked her to run out. Joe takes the hint that she only sees him as a client after this, this revelation combined with the fact that she rejects his attempt to help her because she has no interest in being "tied" to him.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Set up to be Joe's love interest initially, though she makes it clear that she has no interest in him romantically which makes Joe give up on her. In all future timelines, she's replaced by Old Joe's unnamed wife, and in the main timeline, with Sara.
* StepfordSmiler: It's implied that she doesn't enjoy her job despite the front she puts on for her clients, including Joe.
However, when Joe offers to give her silver so she can be "saved" from this lifestyle, she flatly rejects Joe's attempts to "save" her from her lifestyle, and she sees him him, as just another client.
* StepfordSmiler: Implied. She's good-natured and takes her work seriously for the sake of her child, but
she doesn't appear want to enjoy doing it, as she looks miserable while smoking a cigarette before she offers Young Joe be bound to him and would prefer to earn money on her services.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate in the story's future isn't alluded to at all. It can only be assumed that Joe lost all contact with her.her after realizing she had no interest in him romantically.



* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: She pretty much just exists to get killed.]] She doesn't even merit a name in the credits.

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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: One of the Rainmakers men accidentally shoots and kills her when she comes to investigate the commotion happening inside her home. It's unknown if they would have killed her on purpose had they known she was there instead of simply being surprised by her]].
* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: She pretty much just exists to get killed.]] killed and kickstart the plot of the movie]]. She doesn't even merit a name in the credits.

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* TheDreaded: The Rainmaker, an evil crime lord from the future who took control of every mob family single-handedly, and now presides over an international reign of terror and mass murder.

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* TheDreaded: The Rainmaker, an evil crime lord from the future who took control of every mob family single-handedly, and now presides over an international reign of terror and mass murder. As such, everyone is understandably terrified of them.


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* TheSpook: Absolutely nothing is known about The Rainmaker, what he looks like, where he came from, his real name, the source of his power or even their gender. All Joe has to go on is an area code of where he was raised.

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