History Film / BossLevel

* GoldFishPoopGang: The CarnivalOfKillers sent after Roy would normally be a total overkill. However, after the first 140 loops, Roy learns all their moves, tricks and techniques (well, [[MasterSwordsman except for Guan Yin]]), greatly reducing the actual threat they pose. Once he [[spoiler: figures out he has a tracking device implanted in his tooth]], he easily disposes of most of them ''in a single loop'' and then just as easily dodges them in the following loops.

-->That's for the Jews!

* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes over ''250'' attempts for Roy to save his family and stop Ventor's master plan.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: It takes over ''250'' attempts for Roy to save his family and stop Ventor's master plan.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes over ''250'' attempts for Roy to save his family and stop Ventor's master plan.

* RareGuns: InUniverse, "Pam" uses Adolf Hitler's personal handgun as her WeaponOfChoice. The combination of rarity and the amount of money she spent on it (and further modifications) makes her unwilling to simply drop it on the ground and instead carefully hands it over.

* WeaponOfChoice: Various assassins sent after Roy use highly specific weapons:

* KarmaHoudini: We never see the dental hygienist suffer any repercussions for her role in the scheme.

-->Roy: I'm gonna fuck that guy up next time I see him.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Discussed toward Guan Yin sword, as it allows her to perform {{Clean Cut}}s and easily beheading Roy in single stroke. This is explicitly related to the blade, rather than skill of the wielder, since even Ventor manages to behead Roy with it.

* AndThisIsFor: After successfully luring "Pam" into a trap for the first time, and using [[ItMakesSenseInContext Hitler's personal handgun]] to kill her, Roy delivers following one-liner:

* ArbitraryGunPower: In one of the loops Roy puts eight rounds from a [=9mm=] handgun into Ventor's torso, without killing him. In fact, he does so to torture information out of him. Throughout the film, Roy himself is killed with guns of smaller caliber and/or with far less [=9mm=] rounds.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Guan Yin. Unlike typical case, she has [[TheAce every reason to be boastful and arrogant]]. Roy is absolutely obliterated by her no matter what or how many times he tries, and still has hard time to deal with her even after [[spoiler: learning swordplay himself]] ''and'' her combat moves by repeating their duel (implying he still failed few times despite training and ''knowing what she will do'').

* BlackComedy: Due to the GroundhogDayLoop nature of the plot, not only a whole lot of humour is drawn from Roy being killed in the most creative (and accidental) ways possible, but also from his general resignation to the endless looping and interactions with the unsuspecting world.
* BondOneLiner: A handful

-->[repetitively] I am Guan Yin, and Guan Yin has done this!

* CelebrityParadox: At one point Roy title-drops ''Donnybrook'' and its dragged-out fight scene. Creator/FrankGrillo, who plays Roy, played one of the leads in that movie, too.

** [[spoiler:The gift Jemma send to Roy, a book about [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Osiris and Isis.]] Roy would come to realize that him reliving in the next loop after dying reflects how Osiris became the God of the Underworld and later on, learns that's the namesake of the machine (Osiris Spindle) which is causing the time loops and is capable of destroying the world.]]

** [[spoiler:The dental hygienist, Alice, becomes a factor in the plot in the second act as she turns out to be working for Dynox and placed the tracker in Roy's teeth.]]

* CombatStilettos: Despite fighting with a sword, Guan Yin wears a pair of high-heeled boots. Downplayed, as they aren't literal stilettos, but those would be still highly impractical, especially given her highly acrobatic fighting style.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Invoked by Roy as to who even comes up with something this twisted as Smiley. Smiley's weapon of choice is a surveying harpoon. He shot Roy with it and then proceed to drag him across the streets to his death. Roy repays in kind when he turns the table on his assassins.
* DespairEventHorizon: After bonding with Joe over the course of several loops, Roy discovers that the kid is one of Dynow's targets, meaning that Joe had been killed just as many times as Roy had. Roy gives up for a while, allowing himself to be murdered in his bed for several loops before getting his HeroicSecondWind.

* EpicFail: Even though Roy has memorized what happens early on in his day, he doesn't always remember every detail, and in later acts he has to resort to TrialAndErrorGameplay in the knowledge that when he dies he will wake up and try again. These incidents include:

** Really, his entire run at getting inside Dynow lab, which takes him roughly 20 runs, and then spending next ''50'' trying to get past Guan Yin. Even the successful duel we are shown is implied to be an n-th attempt, as he's clearly doing things from memory, rather than genuinely reacting to her moves.

** Roy has ''two'': first, it's the InMediasRes situation, where he's dealing with the killers sent after him in an organised and detached fashion. Then it proceeds with a flashback of how he even got stuck in the loop and he's in turn presented as not too bright bulb that's terrible at reading people and their motivations.
** Ventor has one, doing a long monologue reminiscing [[NoodleIncident his time in Burma]]: how much he enjoys violence, to the point of fetishising it, and how deranged he is in general.

* FirstPersonSmartass: Roy's running commentary dips into this frequently, especially in the beginning when he's over 100 attempts in and he's already bored with everything. What makes it far funnier than usual use of this trope is the fact Roy is kind of an idiot, but he's still absolutely convinced he's this suave smartass he projects himself as.

* GoldFishPoopGang: The CarnivalOfKillers sent after Roy would normally be a total overkill. However, after the first 140 loops, Roy learned all their moves, tricks and techniques (well, [[MasterSwordsman except for Guan Yin]]), greatly reducing the actual threat they pose. Once he [[spoiler: figures out he has a tracking device implanted in his tooth]], he easily disposes of most of them ''in a single loop'' and then just as easily dodges them in the following loops.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Roy is stuck reliving a day where everyone seems to be trying to kill him. He repeats the day when he dies, which happens every day. [[spoiler: Even once he figures out how to survive or just dodge the assassins sent after him, an EarthShatteringKaboom still kills him and still resets the loop]].

* HeroicBSOD: After seeing his son dying, Roy spends a few loops without even leaving his bed.

* IndyPloy: Roy rarely sits down to think or plan ahead and for the most part just goes with the flow. Unlike typical case, it's less about circumstances forcing him into such behaviour and more of him being a tool.

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Roy's sword fight with Guan Yin is dripping with sexual aggression. He strokes her cheek as he toys with her and ultimately kills her by dipping her as if for a kiss and then impaling her instead.
* IronicNickname: Part of Roy's coping with his predicament is giving those to the killers sent after him: "Smiley" has rotten teeth, while "German twins" are a pair of [[BlackViking black dudes]]. He also assumes it must be the case with Guan Yin’s own alias, given Avalokiteśvara is a goddess of mercy.
* ItsPersonal: Roy couldn't care any less for Ventor's plans. As far as he's concerned, he's the guy responsible for his ex-wife [[spoiler: and their son]] being killed and then sending an army of assassins after Roy. And if getting out of the loop isn't possible, then personal revenge on Ventor is more than enough for him.
-->One: I'm gonna fuck that guy up next time I see him.

* MutualKill: "Roy #2" is introduced when bumping into Roy while they both are entering the Chinese restaurant. They both take a second glance, then pull the same gun model and in mirroring moves shot each other dead.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: A handful of more crazy plans Roy had that didn't work, along with how easily various characters kill him.

** Cut to the next attempt, where he [[spoiler: sent the car flying over the fence, loading it first with Kaboom's explosives and with the resulting chaos trying to casually walk into the compound]], only to be just as casually gunned down by Brett ''two steps in''.

** Roy trying to go GunsAkimbo on Guan Yin, only to be beheaded even faster than usually.

* NoEnding: [[spoiler:When Roy saved his family and killed the villains, he pointed out the Osiris Spindle will eventually still destroy the world. Jemma said that Roy will need to go into the machine to reset his day one last time in order to break the time loop and stop the Osiris Spindle (if he fails in the next attempt, he dies for real). The movie ends right after Roy enters the machine]]. Nothing is explained how this actually stops the Osiris Spindle.

* PaperThinDisguise: Roy first tries to pass as Roy #2 (since they look so similar anyway) and then as a Dynow security guard, each time by wearing just bits of related clothes. They are only mildly effective and each at least once got Roy directly killed.

* PsychoForHire: Ventor specifically requests assassins outside of their usual network, some real lunatics.
* RareGuns: InUniverse, "Pam" is carrying a personal handgun of Adolf Hitler as her WeaponOfChoice. The combination of rarity and the amount of money she spent on it (and further modifications) makes her unwilling to simply drop it on the ground and instead carefully hands it over.

** The hero futility removing his regular teeth in search for a tracking device. At least he had pliers for that, [[Film/TwelveMonkeys rather than a telephone]].

** At one point Roy discusses his options, considering if he should pull BolivianArmyEnding to his current loop, invoking by name ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''.

* SuperPersistentPredator: It takes Roy ''forever'' to figure out the real reason why the killers sent after him are so persistent and always find him easily is a tracker on him.

* TaughtByExperience: It's debatable how good soldier Roy was and how many skills and general competence he picked up throughout the loops. But even [[IdiotHero he]] is aware that it's not always working and just doing trial-and-error approach is not enough, so he spends a few dozen loops on actual, mostly off-screen training.

* {{Troll}}: Once Roy figures out how to beat the killers sent after him, he toys, mocks and outright trolls them in their confrontations. Most notable is his (implied to be one of many) duel with Guan Yin, where he performs one of her exaggerated stances, synchronised with her own move, simply to take a piss at her.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Roy is quite cocky, so he both dismisses [[MasterSwordsman Guan Yin]] ''and'' [[TheDragon Brett]] as respectively a gimmick and a fatso. They are the two people that cause him the most trouble and easily score most "kills" on him.
* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Not only the bad guys have Roy's address (so he's always woken up by a guy with a machete, followed by a hit squad in a chopper), but they also know [[spoiler: where to find his son]].
* WaifFu: Guan Yin is a tiny Chinese girl that kicks a metric tonne of ass and is by far the biggest obstacle on Roy's path. He's notably incapable of simply overpowering her, as she's too agile, too fast and just ''that'' good with her sword. It is only thanks to his ''excessive'' use of TrialAndErrorGameplay he's finally able to parry and stop her moves, but it takes him God knows how many failed attempts, along with taking sword-fighting lessons first.

** "Pam" carries at first what appears to be a generic silenced pistol, but it turns out to be a custom-made and then customly re-fitted personal Walther PPK of Adolf Hitler.

** The [[MacheteMayhem Machete Killer]]... you get the picture.

** "Roy #2" is armed with SIG-Sauer P226 pistol - which is ''the same gun Roy himself routinely ends up with'', from various sources, adding to their similarities.
** Brett, while not being part of the CarnivalOfKillers, carries a Desert Eagle pistol, being a total overkill for his security job.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An actual plot point. Each morning, Roy wakes up with a blond girl next to him, who vanishes into thin air when the carnage starts, seemingly being an inconsequential character. Eventually Roy figures out she's related with the assassins and forcibly stops her from leaving, quickly interrogating her.

** The gift Jemma send to Roy.
** Roy "borrows" Kaboom's explosives and remote trigger more than few times.
** The helicopter ''and'' its minigun.

** The dental hygienist becomes a factor in the plot in the second act.
** The security expert in the bar.
** Dai Feng, introduced in the first act as a famous kung fu film star, becomes Roy's fencing tutor in the last act.
** Second Roy looking similar enough to Roy for them to be doubles for each other.

* DesignatedGirlFight: [[spoiler: ''Subverted'']]. You would think that Roy would simply [[spoiler: hire or in any other way get Dai Feng on board, to deal with Guan Yin and the film is clearly building that expectation. Instead, she simply trains Roy]].

** Trying to simply ram the fence surrounding the Dynow Labs ends with Roy finding out it's made out of reinforced concrete blocks, while his car folds like a harmonica.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In one of their confrontations, Ventor tries to paint himself as this to Roy, claiming that he wants to prevent such things like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]]. Roy is quick to call him out on it being just a bullshit facade of the megalomaniac dictator Ventor really is.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Invoked and then defied. Roy thinks this about Guan Yin fencing. After all, who brings a sword to a gun fight? She then proceeds to kill him without much effort time and again, in progressively more humiliating fashion, while he ''can't even hit her once''.

* GunsAkimbo: Roy has few instances of it. For a movie that runs almost entirely on RuleOfCool, they carry a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: he can't hit the broad side of a barn and either goes for dual wield when he's trying to have some fun (like when trying to kill the black twins) or when getting ''really'' desperate in his attempts to overcome Guan Yin.

-->'''Guan Yin''': Motherfucker!

** Aside the general premise, Roy getting Dai Feng to train him and his progression of poor excuses is directly taken from ''Film/GroundhogDay'' and Phil's piano lessons.

* TheStoic: "Pam" doesn't emote much, including when being held at a gun point (and then killed) by Roy.

* TaughtByExperience: It's debatable how good soldier Roy was and how many skills and general competence did he pick up along the loops. But even [[IdiotHero he]] is aware that it's not always working and just doing trial-and-error approach is not enough, so he spends few dozens of loops on actual, mostly off-screen training.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Roy likes do [[DrinkBasedCharacterization drink]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu baijiu]] - a strong, yet smooth going hard liquor, which he uses to get himself into a stupor.

* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Not only the bad guys have Roy's address (so he's always woke up by a guy with a machete, followed by a hit squad in a chopper), but they also know [[spoiler: where to find his son]].
* WaifFu: Guan Yin is a tiny Chinese girl that kicks metric tonne of ass and is by far the biggest obstacle on Roy's path. He's notably incapable of simply overpowering her, as she's too agile, too fast and just ''that'' good with her sword. It is only thanks to his ''excessive'' use of TrialAndErrorGameplay he's finally able to parry and stop her moves, but it takes him God knows how many failed attempts, along with taking sword-fighting lessons first.
* WeaponOfChoice: Various assassins sent after Roy use highly specific weapons

** Kaboom is a MadBomber using small packs of explosives he plants on Roy and then remotely detonate

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In one of their confrontations, Ventor tries to paint himself as this to Roy, claiming that he wants to prevent such things like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]]. Roy is quick to call him out on it being just a bullshit facade of a megalomaniac dictator Ventor really is.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An actual plot point. Each morning, Roy wakes up with a blond girl next to him, who vanishes out in the thin air when the carnage starts, seemingly being an inconsequential character. Eventually Roy figures out she's related with the assassins and forcibly stops her from leaving, quickly interrogating him.

** Roy has no problems whatsoever with dealing with female assassins. He also strong-arms the dentist he slept with at least once to get information out of her.

* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Roy eventually grows fond of Guan Yin sword and in his later loops is routinely seen carrying it around after disposing of her.

** At one point Roy discuss his options, considering if he should pull BolivianArmyEnding to his current loop, invoking by name ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''.

* RuleOfCool: TheMovie. Roy extensively uses and abuses his knowledge of time loops for his advantage, often doing just flat out crazy things simply to see if they will work out. Aside that, there is the whole GroundhogDayLoop plot, the colourful CarnivalOfKillers, dangerous racing stunts, ''jumping into a helicopter from your window'' and so on and forth. The film doesn't even pretend to take any of its content serious, but in the same time ''presents'' them as serious.

* RareGuns: InUniverse, "Pam" is carrying a personal handgun of Adolf Hitler as her WeaponOfChoice. The combination of rarity and the amount of money she spend on it (and further modifications) makes her unwilling to simply drop it on the ground and instead carefully hands it over.

* PaperThinDisguise: Roy first tries to pass as as Roy #2 (since they look so similar anyway) and then as Dynow security guard, each time by wearing just bits of related clothes. They are only mildly effective and each at least once got Roy directly killed.

** Since Roy never had a chance to learn the names of the killers sen after him, he instead provided them with variety of nicknames, raging from actual nicknames to just ironic names. "Pam" is confused when he "names" her in one of their confrontations.

** Roy trying to go GunsAkimbo or Guan Yin, only to be beheaded even faster than usually.

** Cut to the next attempt, where he [[spoiler: send the car flying over the fence, loading it first with Kaboom's explosives and with the resulting chaos trying to casually walk into the compound]], only to be just as casually gunned down by Brett ''two steps in''.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: A handful of more crazy plans Roy had and that didn't work, along with how easily various character kill him.

* IronicNickname: Part of Roy's coping with his predicament is giving those to the killers sent after him: "Smiley" has rotten teeth, while "German twins" are a pair of [[BlackViking black dudes]]. He also assumes it must be the case with Guan Yin own alias, given Avalokiteśvara is a goddess of mercy.

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Ventor manages to confuse Guan Yin's jian sword with a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]][[note]]The two weapons aren't remotely similar, even to a complete layman[[/note]]. That despite his office being ''[[EpicFail entirely decorated with Chinese weaponry]]'' and even few terracotta soldiers. When Guan Yin tries to correct him, he dismisses her and continues with his EvilGloating instead.