History Film / CohenAndTate

* PsychoForHire: Tate, being a hot headed psycho..

* RedOniBlueOni: Cohen and Tate, So much so they can't even stand each other, and start to show signs of very short nerves towards the end. Travis of course helps move this along.

* TemptingFate: Travis does this '' A LOT'' to Tate. But this is part of his gambit to get the tension between Tate and Cohen to build up. As he knows Cohen won't allow Tate to hurt him before they get to their employers.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Cohen is driven by principle unlike the amoral Tate, it's because of these principles is why [[spoiler:he turns against Tate and couldn't bring to commit MurderSuicide[=/=]TakingYouWithMe with Travis and decides to kill himself instead at the end.]]

* LooseCanon: Tate, being a hot headed psycho..

%% * PsychoForHire: Tate..

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Probably what going through Cohen's head after going through the ordeal with Tate and now surrounded by the cops while he himself is unable to commit the deed of killing Travis himself, prompting him to turn the gun on himself instead.]]

* BatmanGambit: Travis pulls this on his captors by figuring out Cohen and Tate's psychological weaknesses. Cohen is old and weary, and Tate is a unhinged reckless psyho.

* AntagonistTitle: Cohen and Tate are the name of the film's villains which young Travis tried to elude as well the {{Villain Protagonist}}s of the overall film.

''Cohen and Tate'' is a suspenseful high tension 1989 thriller starring Creator/RoyScheider and Creator/AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen.

* OhCrap: When Travis see that [[spoiler: Tate is still alive after looking through the back windshield, whom was creepily illuminated thanks to the red brake lights]].

* TheSociopath: Cohen could be this. Unlike Tate he rarely shows emotions. He kills people without losing his composture and he outright tells Travis that he'll be probably killed by his boss after being interrogated. However, [[CharacterDevelopment after all that happened]] and near the end, [[spoiler: Cohen points his gun at Travis several times, but he decides against it, showing a little bit of humanity]], which is even pointed out by Travis himself.

A suspenseful high tension thriller starring Creator/RoyScheider, and Creator/AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen. The boy tries to put them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older no nonsense, straight laced, professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a young, brutish, hot tempered, psychopathic killer. When their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other the movie becomes filled with edgy, suffocating tension. Written and directed by Creator/EricRed, who also brought us ''Film/NearDark'' and ''Film/TheHitcher''.

%% * ThoseTwoBadGuys

A suspenseful high tension thriller starring Creator/RoyScheider, and Creator/AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen. The boy tries to put them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older no nonsense, straight laced, professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a young, brutish, hot tempered, psychopathic killer. When their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other the movie becomes filled with edgy, suffocating tension. Written and directed by Eric Red, who also brought us ''Film/NearDark'' and ''Film/TheHitcher''.

%% * BadassLongcoat: Cohen wears it.

%% * BatmanGambit: Travis pulls this on his captors by figuring out Cohen and Tate's psychological weaknesses.
%% * BoringButPractical: Cohen's method. And ironically the thing that screws him and Tate over in the end.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Cohen. Actually the only one in the movie with a bit of sarcasm.

%% * DoNotTauntCthulhu: Travis does this '' A LOT'' to Tate. But this is part of his gambit to get the tension between Tate and Cohen to build up. As he knows Cohen won't allow Tate to hurt him before they get to their employers.

%% * EvilVsEvil: Cohen and Tate, who already had feud to start with, end up fighting and trying to kill each other.
%% * TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The FBI agents assigned to protect the Knight family whom apparently was in a witness protection program.

%% * IWorkAlone: Cohen apparently use to, but was forced to work with Tate by their employers.
%% * LooseCanon: Take a guess..

%% * OrderVersusChaos: Cohen and Tate are almost physical manifestations of this respectively.
%% * PlethoraOfMistakes: Whoo boy... [[spoiler: possibly starting with the fact that Cohen botched his kill (Travis' dad).]]

%% * RedOniBlueOni: Cohen and Tate, So much so they can't even stand each other, and start to show signs of very short nerves towards the end. Travis of course helps move this along.
%% * RoadTripPlot
%% * TemptingFate: Travis does this '' A LOT'' to Tate. But this is part of his gambit to get the tension between Tate and Cohen to build up. As he knows Cohen won't allow Tate to hurt him before they get to their employers.

%% * WitnessProtection: The Knight family.

A suspenseful high tension thriller starring Roy Scheider, and Creator/AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen. The boy tries to put them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older no nonsense, straight laced, professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a young, brutish, hot tempered, psychopathic killer. When their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other the movie becomes filled with edgy, suffocating tension. Written and directed by Eric Red, who also brought us ''Film/NearDark'' and ''Film/TheHitcher''.

* BadassLongcoat: Cohen wears it.

* BatmanGambit: Travis pulls this on his captors by figuring out Cohen and Tate's psychological weaknesses.
* BoringButPractical: Cohen's method. And ironically the thing that screws him and Tate over in the end.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cohen. Actually the only one in the movie with a bit of sarcasm.

* DoNotTauntCthulhu[=/=]TemptingFate: Travis does this '' A LOT'' to Tate. But this is part of his gambit to get the tension between Tate and Cohen to build up. As he knows Cohen won't allow Tate to hurt him before they get to their employers.

* EvilVsEvil: Cohen and Tate, who already had feud to start with, ends up fightning and trying to kill each other.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The FBI agents assigned to protect the Knight family whom apparently was in a witness protection program.

* IWorkAlone: Cohen apparently use to, but was forced to work with Tate by their employers.
* LooseCanon: Take a guess..

* OrderVersusChaos: Cohen and Tate are almost physical manifestations of this respectively.
* PlethoraOfMistakes: Whoo boy... [[spoiler: possibly starting with the fact that Cohen botched his kill (Travis' dad).]]
* PsychoForHire: Tate..
* PsychoPartyMember: Tate..''obviously''
* RedOniBlueOni: Cohen and Tate, So much so they can't even stand each other, and start to show signs of very short nerves towards the end. Travis of course helps move this along.
* RoadTripPlot

* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WitnessProtection: The Knight family.

* TheSociopath: Cohen could be this. Unlike Tate he rarely shows emotions. He kills people without losing his composture and he outright tells Travis that he'll be probably killed by his boss after being interrogated.

* RoadMovie

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Cohen shoots himself in front of Travis after realizing there was no escape after being surrounded by police in every direction]]

* NoKillLikeOverKill: [[spoiler: Tate uses ''SIX'' shotgun shells to kill Travis's mom, While Cohen shoot's his dad just once (a shot that didn't kill him)]]. Which lead to the PlethoraOfMistakes.
* OhCrap: When Travis see that [[spoiler: Tate is still alive after looking through the back windshield, whom was creepily illuminated thanks to the red brake lights.]]

* PlethoraOfMistakes: Whoo boy..[[spoiler: possibly starting with the fact that Cohen botched his kill (Travis' dad)]]

* RoadMovie:

A suspenseful high tension thriller starring Roy Scheider, and Creator/AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen. The boy tries to put them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older no nonsense, straight laced, professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a young, brutish, hot tempered, psychopathic killer. When their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other the movie becomes filled with edgy, suffocating tension. Written and directed by Eric Red whom also brought us ''Film/NearDark'', and ''TheHitcher''.

A suspenseful high tension thriller starring Roy Scheider, and AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen. The boy tries to put them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older no nonsense, straight laced, professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a young, brutish, hot tempered, psychopathic killer. When their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other the movie becomes filled with edgy, suffocating tension. Written and directed by Eric Red whom also brought us ''Film/NearDark'', and ''TheHitcher''.

A suspenseful high tension thriller starring Roy Scheider, and AdamBaldwin about a boy that's been kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen. The boy tries to put them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older no nonsense, straight laced, professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a young, brutish, hot tempered, psychopathic killer. When their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other the movie becomes filled with edgy, suffocating tension. Written and directed by Eric Red whom also brought us ''NearDark'', and ''TheHitcher''.