History Film / AWalkAmongTheTombstones

* 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]].

* 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.]]

* TheNinties

* ThePerfectCrime: Ray and Albert think they have found the perfect way to kidnap, ransom and murder young women to satisfy their urges - they choose the wives, girlfriends and daughters of drug dealers who won't go to the police for help. They just didn't expect to be tracked down by [[SpannerInTheWorks a guy like Scudder]].

* 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 KilledMidSentence.

* StrayShotsStrikeNothing: Averted

* RecklessGunUsage: {{Defied}} by Matthew. TJ steals a pistol because he thinks he'll need it if he is going to become a private investigator. Matthew shows him how to remove and replace the magazine, remove the safety catch and cock the gun, then tells TJ to put the gun to his head and blow his brains out because he says carrying a gun in the first place is the best way to get killed by one and that it will eventually happen to him if he keeps it.

* InfantImmortality:
** [[spoiler: The girl taken hostage is alive, but not entirely unharmed.]]
** Averted by [[spoiler: the little girl who was accidentally killed in Scudder's shootout with the robbers at the bar. It's the reason he quit being a cop and gave up drinking]].

* RecklessGunUsage: {{Defied}} by Matthew. TJ steals an automatic pistol because he thinks he'll need it if he is going to become a private investigator. Matthew shows him how to remove and replace the magazine, remove the safety catch and cock the gun, then tells TJ to put the gun to his head and blow his brains out because he says carrying a gun in the first place is the best way to get killed by one and that it will eventually happen to him if he keeps it.

* LittleDeadRidingHood: The killers decide to give up on their next target after finding out his wife is in a coma, when their 14-year old daughter steps out to walk the dog, the wind blowing the hood of her red coat off her face. [[spoiler: She actually survives, though not without losing a finger...]]

* SoundtrackDissonance: The SlowMotion MaleGaze view of the fourteen year old Lucia as she walks past the killers to the sound of "Atlantis" by Donovan.

* TheReveal: Matthew's tale of his bad day and resorting to alcoholism is told in bits and pieces to the audience, but near the end of the movie he tells TJ everything. [[spoiler: During a gunfight, Matthew's shooting caused a stray bullet to hit a 7-year old straight in the eye, instantly killing her.]]

* TropaholicsAnonymous: Matthew goes to alcoholics anonymous and even outlines the twelve step program which as in reality involves submitting oneself to a higher power, usually god.

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler:The girl Scudder accidently killed has the classic blood on a white blouse.]]

* WouldHarmAChild: Ray and Albert's latest victim is a 14 year old girl.

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: The little girl taken hostage is alive, but not entirely unharmed.]]

* LittleDeadRidingHood: The killers decide to give up on their next target after finding out his wife is in a coma, when their 14-year old daughter steps out to walk the dog, the wind blowing the hood of her red coat off her face.

* WorldHalfEmpty: Subverted with all the apocalyptic Y2K predictions. The audience knows that things didn't turn out too badly after all, and they don't.

* CompromisingCall: Subverted. After the cemetery shootout, Scudder realises his TagalongKid is missing and calls his mobile, not realising he's hiding in the back of the serial killers' van. Fortunately they've arrived at their destination by the time the call is made; one hears the ringtone, but dismisses it as coming from a nearby house.

* BadassAndChildDuo: Matthew and TJ, although TJ is a StreetSmart and computer-literate teenager, and helps Matthew in his investigation.

* SpiritualSuccessor: In some senses, it looks like just another [[{{Film/Taken}} clone]] of the now typical ''"starring Liam Neeson as a {{Badass}} {{Determinator}} OneManArmy"'' action film, but [[TrailersAlwaysLie despite some of the trailers]], it's decidedly ''not''.

* FilmNoir: The film certainly has this vibe. [[LampshadeHanging Scudder and T.J. even discuss]] Sam Spade and Literature/PhilipMarlowe.

* FilmNoir: The film certainly has this vibe. [[LampshadeHanging Scudder and T.J. even discuss]] Sam Spade and Literature//PhilipMarlowe.

* FilmNoir: The film certainly has this vibe. [[LampshadeHanging Scudder and T.J. even discuss]] Sam Spade and PhilipMarlowe.

->"''I stopped drinking that day. It just wasn't as fun after that.''"

2014 Movie based on the [[Literature/MatthewScudder 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 Creator/{{Liam Neeson}}. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.

!!A Walk Among The Tombstones contains examples of:

* DeathbedConfession: Peter confesses that he was in love with his brother's wife Cassie, but dies before completing the confession, so Kenny assumes his estranged brother was making a [[DyingDeclarationOfLove Dying Declaration Of Brotherly Love]].

2014 Movie based on [[Literature/MatthewScudder 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 Creator/{{Liam Neeson}}. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.

* DeletedRole: Ruth Wilson was cast as Joe Durkin, a GenderFlip of Matthew Scudder's cop friend from the book, but all of her scenes were cut after the filmmakers decided to make Scudder a loner.

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 Creator/{{Liam Neeson}}. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements.