History Characters / UncutGems

* AffablyEvil: To the point that he's so affable that it can be easy to forget just how bad he is at times: he cheats the Ethiopian miners out of thousands, cheats on his wife, and is completely selfish and estranged from his family.

* AlasPoorVillain: While he was a gambling scumbag, [[spoiler:he gets coldly shot by Phil right after he wins the biggest bet of his life. Arno and his family members are clearly shown to be appalled at his death, with the former getting killed by Phil after confronting him on it.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Not exactly 'evil', but for all his criminal actions and faults, he does clearly love his family. [[spoiler:Even after all he's done, [[AlasPoorVillain his family is shown to be devastated at his death]].]]

* DragonInChief: Howard himself thinks that Arno is completely unintimidating without Phil. [[spoiler: Phil indeed gets fed up with his boss and kills him at the end]].
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Phil kills Howard because he pissed him off. Then Phil kills his boss because he was mouthing off to him for killing Howard.]]

* EvilSoundsDeep: Phil has a pretty deep voice.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Most likely [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The movie doesn't show them being apprehended for murdering Howard and Arno, and then looting the store, but they did so in full view of a security camera while leaving their fingerprints all over the shop, plus Dinah has already sent cops on the way.]]

* KosherNostra: They're a pair of Jewish-American thugs.

* KavorkaMan: He's a balding middle-aged man with a beautiful wife (who can still fit into her dress that she wore when she was ''thirteen'').

* AlasPoorVillain: While he was a gambling scumbag, [[spoiler:he gets coldly shot by Phil right after he wins the biggest bet of his life. Arno and his family members are clearly shown to be appalled at his death.]]

* AxCrazy: Phil is clearly unafraid of violence, [[spoiler: and when pushed too far he murders both Howard and Arno, ''his own boss'' on pure impulse]].

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Despite being a gambling scumbag, he gets coldly shot by Phil right after he wins the biggest bet of his life. Arno is clearly appalled at his death.]]

* FamousLastWords: "I knew it, Arno!" [[spoiler:''(cue BoomHeadshot)'']]

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* TheChewToy: He is the cause of all of his own misfortune, but he does lose constantly throughout the film. It's not PlayedForLaughs either. [[spoiler:Even when he finally wins - huge - he gets killed moments later.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: She isn't ''that'' bad, but she's kind of a nag - except, [[spoiler:if only she had got the police there earlier...]]

* HateSink: Phil has little to no redeeming qualities - he's prone to violence, constantly harasses and antagonizes Howard, and even [[spoiler: shoots Howard in the face moments after he wins big.]]

* UncertainDoom: What happened to them isn't clear, but it doesn't look good. [[spoiler:Howard and Arno both die at the hands of Phil's impulsive violence, which more or less seals the deal for them - they're last shown impulsively flinging Howard's watches into a bag, all caught on camera, and the police are coming thanks to Dinah. Whether that means death or prison, it's not good.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Most likely [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The movie doesn't show them being apprehended for murdering Howard and Arno, and then looting the store, but they did so in full view of a security camera, and Dinah has already sent cops on the way.]]

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Phil is ultimately revealed to be this to both Arno and Howard. Arno is actually mildly relieved and takes being locked in the faulty door much better than Phil, which ultimately results in his and Howard’s death.]]

-> ''Played by:''' Creator/JuddHirsch

-> '''Played by:''' Julia Fox

-> '''Played by:''' Keith Williams Richards (Phil) and Tommy Kominik (Nico)

* TheChewToy: He is the cause of all of his own misfortune, but he does lose constantly throughout the film. It's not PlayedForLaughs either.[[spoiler:Even when he finally wins - huge - he gets killed moments later.]]

* TheChewToy: He is the cause of all of his own misfortune, but he does lose constantly throughout the film. [[spoiler:Even when he finally wins - huge - he gets killed moments later.]]

[[folder: Arno]]