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* BadassAndChildDuo: Matthew and TJ, although TJ is a streetwise teenager and helps Matthew in his investigation.
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* TheArtfulDodger: TJ is intelligent, street smart, and knows how to take care of himself although he's no thief and genuinely wants to make something of himself. Naturally he wants to become a private investigator after meeting Matthew.
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* TheArtfulDodger: TJ is intelligent, street smart, StreetSmart, and knows how to take care of himself although he's no thief and genuinely wants to make something of himself. Naturally he wants to become a private investigator after meeting Matthew.
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* TheArtfulDodger: TJ is intelligent, street smart, and knows how to take care of himself although he's no thief and genuinely wants to make something of himself. Naturally he wants to become a private investigator after meeting Matthew.
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* {{Sadist}}: Ray and Albert are sexually excited by torturing and vivisecting their victims to death.
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* NightmareFetishist: Ray and Albert have a fetish for murdering young women, specifically killing them by removing body parts while they're alive.
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* SerialKiller: Ray and Albert. They get away with it by targeting the wives, girlfriends and daughters of drug dealers, knowing that they will never be pursued by the police.
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* {{Fingore}}: Ral and Albert remove a couple of fingers from their last victim for fun before [[spoiler:they're forced my Matthew to return her alive.]]
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* {{Fingore}}: Ral and Albert remove start the vivisection process on their last victim by removing a couple of fingers from their last victim for fun before [[spoiler:they're forced my Matthew to return her alive.]]
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* DisposingOfABody: Ray and Albert chop their victims into pieces to dispose of in small bags. They start the process while the victim is [[BodyHorror still alive]].
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* WouldHarmAChild: Ray and Albert's latest victim is a 14 yearold girl.
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* DisposableWoman: All of Ray and Albert's victims.
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: What Ray and Albert do to all of their female victims. Ray [[spoiler:is sorely upset that they don't get to do it to their latest victim, thanks to Matthew's skill at negotiation.]]
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* FilmNoir: Scudder and T.J. even discuss Sam Spade and PhilipMarlowe.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played straight with Jonas. Averted with Ray and Albert, who are [[CompleteMonster utterly sadistic and remorseless.]]
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: A number of the people Matthew either helps or is helped by in the film are involved in the drug trade, either as dealers, traffickers, or users. None of them are as bad as Albert or Ray though.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Albert goes the duration of the movie without speaking once, but finally says a few lines [[spoiler: after he kills Ray]]. Ironically, Albert himself is KilledMidSen.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Albert goes the duration of the movie without speaking once, but finally says a few lines [[spoiler: after he kills Ray]]. Ironically, Albert himself is KilledMidSen.KilledMidsentence.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Ray and Albert's chilling and uncaring mannerisms are made clear almost immediately.
* MyGreatestFailure: The reason why Scudder quit drinking and the New York police. The shootout he has on the street [[OnceMoreWithClarity didn't end where we first saw it end]] and [[spoiler: it turns out that a stray bullet from Scudder killed a young girl. Couple that with [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame getting a commendation for his actions in stopping three criminals]] and that his aim was shown to be shaky -possibly due to all his drinking- and he swears off both being a policeman and alcohol in general.]]
* PeriodPiece: Set in 1999, with tons of [=Y2K=]-related images everywhere. Cellular phones are a complete non-entity too, and Scudder is shown to have no grasp of even 90s-era computers.
* MyGreatestFailure: The reason why Scudder quit drinking and the New York police. The shootout he has on the street [[OnceMoreWithClarity didn't end where we first saw it end]] and [[spoiler: it turns out that a stray bullet from Scudder killed a young girl. Couple that with [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame getting a commendation for his actions in stopping three criminals]] and that his aim was shown to be shaky -possibly due to all his drinking- and he swears off both being a policeman and alcohol in general.]]
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Albert goes the duration of the movie without speaking once, but finally says a few lines [[spoiler: after he kills Ray]]. Ironically, Albert himself is KilledMidSen.
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* CompleteMonster: Both of the main antagonists are utterly sadistic and remorseless.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: In some senses, it's this to Film/Taken, but despite what some of the trailers made it seem like, it's decidedly ''not'' Taken 3.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Jonas. He was Ray & Albert's accomplice. Once Scudder questions him and he tells Scudder what happened, he's worried they'll find out and do the same to him as they did to their victims.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jonas. He's clearly not a good person but he's shocked at how far his accomplices took things.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: In some senses, it's this to Film/Taken, but despite what some of the trailers made it seem like, it's decidedly ''not'' Taken 3.
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->"''[[ArcWords I stopped drinking that day. It just wasn't as fun after that.]]''"
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-->-- '''Matthew Scudder'''
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* {{Hidden Depths}}: Matthew's associate has an assortment of skills combined with, albeit reckless, bravery.
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2014 Movie based on book of the same name by Lawrence Block. Directed by Scott Frank. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. Starring Liam Neeson. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.
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2014 Movie based on book of the same name by Lawrence Block. Directed by Scott Frank. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. Starring Liam Neeson.{{Liam Neeson}}. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.
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* Establishing Character Moment: Matthew's associate's introduction. His stern demeanor, naivety, and ingenuity at the beginning of the investigation set up his actions later.
* Eye Scream: Extremely important to Matthew's backstory.
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* Dark {{Dark And Troubled Past: Past}}: Matthew's past is not revealed until midway through the film but it is significant in regards to his retirement and free time.
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Dark And Troubled Past: Matthew's past is not revealed until midway through the film but it is significant in regards to his retirement and free time.
Don't You Dare Pity Me: A variation told by Matthew's associate whenever his own past is brought up.
Establishing Character Moment: Matthew's associate's introduction. His stern demeanor, naivety, and ingenuity at the beginning of the investigation set up his actions later.
Eye Scream: Extremely important to Matthew's backstory.
Don't You Dare Pity Me: A variation told by Matthew's associate whenever his own past is brought up.
Establishing Character Moment: Matthew's associate's introduction. His stern demeanor, naivety, and ingenuity at the beginning of the investigation set up his actions later.
Eye Scream: Extremely important to Matthew's backstory.
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2014 Movie based on book of the same name by Lawrence Block. Directed by Scott Frank. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. Starring Liam Neeson. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.
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2014 Movie based on book of the same name by Lawrence Block. Directed by Scott Frank. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. Starring Liam Neeson. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.elements.
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2014 Movie based on book of the same name by Lawrence Block. Directed by Scott Frank. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. Starring Liam Neeson. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.
