Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
A Date With Rosie Palms is no longer a trope
Deleted line(s) 35 (click to see context) :
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Jay gets the palm of his left hand slashed open by the client so that Jay's blood will splatter on the contract along with the client's, forming a sinister BloodOath. While Jay cleans the wound, Gal notes that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint at least the client didn't cut the hand Jay jerks off with.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Changed line(s) 63 (click to see context) from:
** Fiona. She becomes very friendly with Shel and brings presents for Sammy even after her relationship with Gal breaks down. [[spoiler:She eventually sets them up to be killed by Jay, but she doesn't look happy in the final scene. Whether this is BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, PyrrhicVillainy, or if she was genuinely hoping for a different outcome is left ambiguous.]]
to:
** Fiona. She becomes very friendly with Shel and brings presents for Sammy even after her relationship with Gal breaks down. [[spoiler:She eventually sets them up to be killed by Jay, but she doesn't look happy in the final scene. Whether this is BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, PyrrhicVillainy, PyrrhicVictory, or if she was genuinely hoping for a different outcome is left ambiguous.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
''Kill List'' is a 2011 British thriller/horror film directed by Ben Wheatley, written by Wheatley and Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, Creator/MichaelSmiley and [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]].
to:
''Kill List'' is a 2011 British thriller/horror film directed by Ben Wheatley, Creator/BenWheatley, written by Wheatley and Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, Creator/MichaelSmiley and [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moved from ymmv
Added DiffLines:
* RewatchBonus: Heavens, yes. Lots of foreshadowing (such as Jay [[spoiler: playing with toy swords while Shel gives Sam a piggy-back]]) and subtle hints as to characters' true natures (such as Fiona's description of her profession).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* GoOutWithASmile: All of the targets smile and thank Jay before he kills them, with them all seeming genuinely, if [[DissonantSerenity eerily]] happy to have seen him. [[spoiler:Shel]], however, qualifies under DyingSmirk.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 76 (click to see context) :
* GoOutWithASmile: All of the targets smile and thank Jay before he kills them [[spoiler:and Shel smiles and laughs before her death at the end of the film]], subverting the usual "die happy" or "die in peace" implications of the trope. It's disturbing and this serves as one of the first major indications that something distinctly off is happening.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HairContrastDuo: The only two significant female characters, the [[DissonantSerenity softly-spoken]] EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette (and [[spoiler:pagan cultist]]) Fiona and the aggressive blonde soldier Shel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
* DeconReconSwitch: Starts off being a deconstruction of HitmanWithAHeartOfGold film. Though Jay does [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love his family]], he's also a jerkass to everyone including his best friend Gal, and is a coldblooded murderer who has no intention of doing only one more job. Then it reconstructs [[spoiler:the FolkHorror tradition in modern suburban England.]]
to:
* DeconReconSwitch: Starts off being a deconstruction of HitmanWithAHeartOfGold film.HitmanWithAHeart films. Though Jay does [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love his family]], he's also a jerkass to everyone including his best friend Gal, and is a coldblooded murderer who has no intention of doing only one more job. Then it reconstructs [[spoiler:the FolkHorror tradition in modern suburban England.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
''Kill List'' is a 2011 British thriller/horror film directed by Ben Wheatley, written by Wheatley and Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]].
to:
''Kill List'' is a 2011 British thriller/horror film directed by Ben Wheatley, written by Wheatley and Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley Creator/MichaelSmiley and [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 118 (click to see context) from:
* PedophilePriest: Discussed. The first target is a priest, and Jay wonders if this might be the reason he's on the list.
to:
* PhraseCatcher: An unnerving number of people [[spoiler:actually members of the cult]] show a great deal of appreciation towards Jay, call it an honor to have met him, and thank both Jay and Gal. [[spoiler:This is because Jay seems to be a new king or knight to their ReligionOfEvil, though it's never made clear.]]
* PedophilePriest: Discussed. The first target is a priest, and Jay wonders if this might be the reason he's on the list. [[spoiler:He might be given the contents of the "library", but it's never made clear if he's specifically involved.]]
* PedophilePriest: Discussed. The first target is a priest, and Jay wonders if this might be the reason he's on the list. [[spoiler:He might be given the contents of the "library", but it's never made clear if he's specifically involved.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 76 (click to see context) from:
* GoOutWithASmile: All of the targets smile and thank Jay before he kills them [[spoiler:and Shel smiles and laughs before her death at the end of the film]]. This serves as one of the first major indications that something distinctly off is happening.
to:
* GoOutWithASmile: All of the targets smile and thank Jay before he kills them [[spoiler:and Shel smiles and laughs before her death at the end of the film]]. This film]], subverting the usual "die happy" or "die in peace" implications of the trope. It's disturbing and this serves as one of the first major indications that something distinctly off is happening.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* AllYourBasesAreBelongToUs: The cult is able to easily take over every single location, but perhaps the creepiest example is when [[spoiler:Jay and Gal are running through the underground tunnels and, despite Gal's insistence that he checked it out, their intended exit is concreted up.]]
to:
* AllYourBasesAreBelongToUs: AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The cult is able to easily take over every single location, but perhaps the creepiest example is when [[spoiler:Jay and Gal are running through the underground tunnels and, despite Gal's insistence that he checked it out, their intended exit is concreted up.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
** Gal is also a cold-blooded hitman, but he's also a really nice guy who genuinely adores Jay's son Sammy, and refuses to abandon Jay even when it would clearly be best for him.
to:
** Gal is also a cold-blooded hitman, but he's also a really nice guy who genuinely adores Jay's son Sammy, Sammy and wife Shel, and refuses to abandon Jay even when it would clearly be best for him.him.
* AllYourBasesAreBelongToUs: The cult is able to easily take over every single location, but perhaps the creepiest example is when [[spoiler:Jay and Gal are running through the underground tunnels and, despite Gal's insistence that he checked it out, their intended exit is concreted up.]]
* AllYourBasesAreBelongToUs: The cult is able to easily take over every single location, but perhaps the creepiest example is when [[spoiler:Jay and Gal are running through the underground tunnels and, despite Gal's insistence that he checked it out, their intended exit is concreted up.]]
* ArcWords: "Thank you." Said by all of Jay's intended victims throughout the film, culminating in an IronicEcho when [[spoiler:Gal]] says "Thanks" before [[spoiler:Jay delivers a MercyKill.]]
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The targets seem to be expecting their killers and thank them genially before their deaths. This is the second sign, after the BloodOath, that something really weird is going on.
to:
* FaceDeathWithDignity: FaceDeathWithDignity:
** The targets seem to be expecting their killers and thank them genially before their deaths. This is the second sign, after the BloodOath, that something really weird is goingon.on.
** Going along with the IronicEcho in this scene, [[spoiler:Gal]] also encourages Jay to kill him when he realises it's too late for him and his last words [[spoiler:declare his love for Jay, Shel, and Sammy.]]
* FamilyOfChoice: Gal genuinely adores his best friend Jay's wife, Shel, and their son, Sammy. There is never any indication that Gal sees Shel as anything but a family member, even when he hugs and kisses her to comfort her over Jay's breakdown.
** The targets seem to be expecting their killers and thank them genially before their deaths. This is the second sign, after the BloodOath, that something really weird is going
** Going along with the IronicEcho in this scene, [[spoiler:Gal]] also encourages Jay to kill him when he realises it's too late for him and his last words [[spoiler:declare his love for Jay, Shel, and Sammy.]]
* FamilyOfChoice: Gal genuinely adores his best friend Jay's wife, Shel, and their son, Sammy. There is never any indication that Gal sees Shel as anything but a family member, even when he hugs and kisses her to comfort her over Jay's breakdown.
Changed line(s) 67 (click to see context) from:
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Jay used to be a soldier, but is now a career hitman.
to:
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Jay and Gal used to be a soldier, soldiers, but is now a both are career hitman.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11 (click to see context) from:
* AffablyEvil: The hitmen's client is polite but sinister, even when threatening the men's lives. [[spoiler: His compatriots in the cult seem the same way, politely applauding Jay after he is deceived into killing his wife and child]]. Gal is also a cold-blooded hitman, but he's also a really nice guy who genuinely adores Jay's son Sammy.
to:
* AffablyEvil: AffablyEvil:
** The hitmen's client is polite but sinister, even when threatening the men's lives. [[spoiler: His compatriots in the cult seem the same way, politely applauding Jay after he is deceived into killing his wife andchild]]. child]].
** Gal is also a cold-blooded hitman, but he's also a really nice guy who genuinely adores Jay's sonSammy.Sammy, and refuses to abandon Jay even when it would clearly be best for him.
** The hitmen's client is polite but sinister, even when threatening the men's lives. [[spoiler: His compatriots in the cult seem the same way, politely applauding Jay after he is deceived into killing his wife and
** Gal is also a cold-blooded hitman, but he's also a really nice guy who genuinely adores Jay's son
Added DiffLines:
* DeconReconSwitch: Starts off being a deconstruction of HitmanWithAHeartOfGold film. Though Jay does [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love his family]], he's also a jerkass to everyone including his best friend Gal, and is a coldblooded murderer who has no intention of doing only one more job. Then it reconstructs [[spoiler:the FolkHorror tradition in modern suburban England.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EvilVersusEvil: Two coldblooded contract killers against what appears to be a pedophile gang...but turns out to be [[spoiler:a FolkHorror cult.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* AwfulWeddedLife: Shel and Jay, although they clearly love each other, are very unhappy. It's one of the first things we learn about them.
to:
* AwfulWeddedLife: Shel and Jay, although they clearly love each other, are very unhappy. It's one of the first things we learn about them.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The cult qualifies in several ways:
** First, it's clear that they are capable of much wider, and much more varied, evil than we've seen so far, as it's heavily implied that they are behind the [[spoiler:child pornography / snuff film]] that Jay finds in the librarian's possession.
** Secondly, they are clearly connected all over the establishment, if the victims being an MP and a priest are anything to go by, but quite ''how'' connected they are, and how many of them there are, is left very ambiguous.
** It's never fully clarified what they want. Presumably their mission - whatever it is - doesn't end with [[spoiler:Jay's crowning]], but what else do they want? What else will they do?
** First, it's clear that they are capable of much wider, and much more varied, evil than we've seen so far, as it's heavily implied that they are behind the [[spoiler:child pornography / snuff film]] that Jay finds in the librarian's possession.
** Secondly, they are clearly connected all over the establishment, if the victims being an MP and a priest are anything to go by, but quite ''how'' connected they are, and how many of them there are, is left very ambiguous.
** It's never fully clarified what they want. Presumably their mission - whatever it is - doesn't end with [[spoiler:Jay's crowning]], but what else do they want? What else will they do?
Changed line(s) 75 (click to see context) from:
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Jay.
to:
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Jay.Jay
Changed line(s) 84 (click to see context) from:
** Many non-fatal examples to Jay's best friend Gal, but from a certain point of view, subverted. [[spoiler:When Jay eventually does kill Gal, it's a mercy kill and he is
to:
** Many non-fatal examples to Jay's best friend Gal, but from a certain point of view, subverted. [[spoiler:When Jay eventually does kill Gal, it's a mercy kill and he is visibly ''devastated''.]]
Changed line(s) 93 (click to see context) from:
* MoralityPet: For Jay, it's his son and his cat.
to:
* MoralityPet: For Jay, it's his son and his cat. See KickTheMoralityPet for how well this turns out.
* VillainOfAnotherStory:
** Specifically, the cult leader that hires Jay and Gal. He's clearly very sinister, but we never actually see him do anything outwardly bad except the blood oath.
** Fiona qualifies, if only because of how ambiguous she is. She probably [[spoiler:killed Jay's cat]] but what exactly she does while she's in Jay and Shel's house, buddying up to Shel and Sam, is mysterious.
* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The whole movie qualifies for this but the scene where Jay [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogates]] [[WouldHurtAChild the librarian]] is especially unpleasant. Let's just say the camera shows ''everything'' Jay does with that hammer.
** Specifically, the cult leader that hires Jay and Gal. He's clearly very sinister, but we never actually see him do anything outwardly bad except the blood oath.
** Fiona qualifies, if only because of how ambiguous she is. She probably [[spoiler:killed Jay's cat]] but what exactly she does while she's in Jay and Shel's house, buddying up to Shel and Sam, is mysterious.
* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The whole movie qualifies for this but the scene where Jay [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogates]] [[WouldHurtAChild the librarian]] is especially unpleasant. Let's just say the camera shows ''everything'' Jay does with that hammer.
Deleted line(s) 120 (click to see context) :
* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The whole movie qualifies for this but the scene where Jay [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogates]] [[WouldHurtAChild the librarian]] is especially unpleasant. Let's just say the camera shows ''everything'' Jay does with that hammer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Jay and Gal are murderers, but they loathe pedophiles, and people who harm children in general.
** A possible interpretation of Fiona's expression close to the end is that [[spoiler:despite being an evil cultist who has led them all to their deaths, she is genuinely upset by Sam and Shel's deaths.]]
** Jay and Gal are murderers, but they loathe pedophiles, and people who harm children in general.
** A possible interpretation of Fiona's expression close to the end is that [[spoiler:despite being an evil cultist who has led them all to their deaths, she is genuinely upset by Sam and Shel's deaths.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11 (click to see context) from:
* AffablyEvil: The hitmen's client is polite but sinister, even when threatening the men's lives. [[spoiler: His compatriots in the cult seem the same way, politely applauding Jay after he is deceived into killing his wife and child]].
to:
* AffablyEvil: The hitmen's client is polite but sinister, even when threatening the men's lives. [[spoiler: His compatriots in the cult seem the same way, politely applauding Jay after he is deceived into killing his wife and child]]. Gal is also a cold-blooded hitman, but he's also a really nice guy who genuinely adores Jay's son Sammy.
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The librarian's brutal death by hammer. Notably, this lacks a GoryDiscretionShot; we see it onscreen in all its bloody detail.
to:
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** The librarian's brutal death by hammer. Notably, this lacks a GoryDiscretionShot; we see it onscreen in all its bloodydetail.detail.
** [[spoiler:Shel and Sammy's]] deaths. They are [[spoiler:forced into going into a fight with Shel's husband / Sammy's father, Jay and are viciously beaten and stabbed to death by him]].
** The librarian's brutal death by hammer. Notably, this lacks a GoryDiscretionShot; we see it onscreen in all its bloody
** [[spoiler:Shel and Sammy's]] deaths. They are [[spoiler:forced into going into a fight with Shel's husband / Sammy's father, Jay and are viciously beaten and stabbed to death by him]].
Added DiffLines:
* DeadAnimalWarning: The [[spoiler:cult]] hangs up Jay's cat and kills it. This is a particularly extreme example, as Jay adores the cat and it's enough for him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
Added DiffLines:
* FauxAffablyEvil: Part of AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
** Jay is an extremely violent, murderous hitman who genuinely loves his son, but he also becomes more and more of an unstable dickhead to the ones he loves in a MasochismTango with his wife Shel and violently attacking his best friend Gal for tiny perceived slights.
** The [[spoiler:cult]]. Yes, they're all nice and polite and seem to be a GreaterScopeVillain, but they also probably know that [[spoiler:they're about to force Jay into killing just about everyone he loves.]]
** Fiona. She becomes very friendly with Shel and brings presents for Sammy even after her relationship with Gal breaks down. [[spoiler:She eventually sets them up to be killed by Jay, but she doesn't look happy in the final scene. Whether this is BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, PyrrhicVillainy, or if she was genuinely hoping for a different outcome is left ambiguous.]]
** Jay is an extremely violent, murderous hitman who genuinely loves his son, but he also becomes more and more of an unstable dickhead to the ones he loves in a MasochismTango with his wife Shel and violently attacking his best friend Gal for tiny perceived slights.
** The [[spoiler:cult]]. Yes, they're all nice and polite and seem to be a GreaterScopeVillain, but they also probably know that [[spoiler:they're about to force Jay into killing just about everyone he loves.]]
** Fiona. She becomes very friendly with Shel and brings presents for Sammy even after her relationship with Gal breaks down. [[spoiler:She eventually sets them up to be killed by Jay, but she doesn't look happy in the final scene. Whether this is BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, PyrrhicVillainy, or if she was genuinely hoping for a different outcome is left ambiguous.]]
Added DiffLines:
* KickTheMoralityPet:
** Many non-fatal examples to Jay's best friend Gal, but from a certain point of view, subverted. [[spoiler:When Jay eventually does kill Gal, it's a mercy kill and he is
** The most obvious one is [[[spoiler:unknowingly killing his own son Sammy.]]
** Many non-fatal examples to Jay's best friend Gal, but from a certain point of view, subverted. [[spoiler:When Jay eventually does kill Gal, it's a mercy kill and he is
** The most obvious one is [[[spoiler:unknowingly killing his own son Sammy.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: The final ritual prominently features a nude woman with a blindfold made out of thorns, causing her to weep TearsOfBlood]].
Added DiffLines:
* TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler: The blind woman in the final ritual has blood streaming from her eyes as a result of thorny blindfold she's forced to wear]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* MoralityPet: For Jay, it's his son and his cat.
Added DiffLines:
* MysteriousPast: Jay apparently took part in a mission in Kiev that went seriously wrong, and left him unable to work for 8 months. Furthermore, it's implied that he might have some history with the cult, as he's unfazed by the client's BloodOath and the librarian seems to know who he is as well as some dirty secrets from his past.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 95 (click to see context) from:
* RedOniBlueOni: Irritable, HotBlooded Jay is the Red, while the affable and good-humored Gal is the Blue. Best shown with their respective reactions to a group of annoying Christian hippies in a hotel restaurant: Jay snatches their guitar from them and goes on a tirade telling them to shut up, and then Gal apologizes for his friend's behavior and then orders a bunch of orange juices from them, all while still subtly mocking them.
to:
* RedOniBlueOni: Irritable, HotBlooded Jay is the Red, while the affable and good-humored Gal is the Blue. Best shown with their respective reactions to a group of annoying Christian hippies in a hotel restaurant: Jay snatches their guitar from them and goes on a tirade telling them to shut up, and then Gal apologizes for his friend's behavior and then orders a bunch of orange juices from them, for their table, all while still subtly mocking them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DroneOfDread: Much of the soundtrack.
* DropTheHammer: Jay's choice of weapon for interrogating the librarian.
* DropTheHammer: Jay's choice of weapon for interrogating the librarian.
Added DiffLines:
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Jay used to be a soldier, but is now a career hitman.
Added DiffLines:
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take a whole lot to send Jay into a screaming fit, especially if his wife is involved.
Added DiffLines:
* HenpeckedHusband: Shel is constantly haranguing Jay for his laziness.
Added DiffLines:
* RedOniBlueOni: Irritable, HotBlooded Jay is the Red, while the affable and good-humored Gal is the Blue. Best shown with their respective reactions to a group of annoying Christian hippies in a hotel restaurant: Jay snatches their guitar from them and goes on a tirade telling them to shut up, and then Gal apologizes for his friend's behavior and then orders a bunch of orange juices from them, all while still subtly mocking them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BerserkButton: Child abuse for Jay. Being a father himself, he's willing to go above and beyond to punish the librarian and his associates when he finds out he's been making snuff porn with children.
Added DiffLines:
* DieLaughing: [[spoiler: Shel laughs mockingly at Jay as she bleeds out at the end]].
Added DiffLines:
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Even though the protagonists kill ''a lot'' of their mooks, none of the leaders of the cult suffer for their actions and their plan seems to go off perfectly]].
Added DiffLines:
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: After viewing a couple seconds of the snuff film on the librarian's computer, Gal says this to Jay. Jay doesn't listen, and is driven to BerserkerTears by what he sees.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Played straight with the priest and [[spoiler: one of the pornographers]], who are killed with a small-caliber pistol, averted with [[spoiler: some of the cultists]], who get their heads blown off with a shotgun.
Added DiffLines:
* WhamLine: "Thank you", from a man about to get his brains blown out.
* WhamShot: TheReveal of [[spoiler: the cult's procession through the forest]], and later [[spoiler: the reveal of Shel and Sammy underneath the Hunchback's robes at the very end]].
* WhamShot: TheReveal of [[spoiler: the cult's procession through the forest]], and later [[spoiler: the reveal of Shel and Sammy underneath the Hunchback's robes at the very end]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Jay's cat kills a rabbit and leaves it in the yard ("as an offering, not an insult" to quote Jay). Later, [[spoiler: that same cat is killed and hung up in front of the door by the cult, possibly as their own offering to Jay, whom they may be trying to initiate]].
Added DiffLines:
* GoryDiscretionShot: We don't get a clear look at [[spoiler: Gal's wounds]] after he gets disemboweled, though one can see some intestines sticking out for a split second.
Added DiffLines:
* KindHeartedCatLover: Jay owns a black cat that he loves quite dearly. [[spoiler: When it gets killed and hung up on his front step as a message, he's immediately ready to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Fiona is a member of the cult, and more than likely the one who killed Jay's cat]].
Changed line(s) 63 (click to see context) from:
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:The cultists.]]
to:
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:The cultists.cultists wear intimidating wicker masks.]]
Added DiffLines:
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Gal gets gutted by one of the cultists, but manages to blow his head off with a shotgun before he expires]].
Added DiffLines:
* NoodleIncident: We never find out just what happened in Kiev, save that things didn't go according to plan.
Added DiffLines:
* OneManArmy: Gal [[spoiler: kills at least a dozen cultists with his shotgun during the MP job. Shel also manages to mow down a few with a silenced pistol during the finale]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
There goes my ADHD again
Changed line(s) 73 (click to see context) from:
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jay's treatment of the librarian is incredibly brutal, but unlike the others on the list it's made clear that he ''really'' deserves it. He
to:
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jay's treatment of the librarian is incredibly brutal, but unlike the others on the list it's made clear that he ''really'' deserves it. He is apparently involved with the production of ''pedophilic snuff films''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 78 (click to see context) :
* ProductionPosse: Neil Maskell and Michael Smiley both frequently work with Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump, who are also writing partners. Both Maskell and Smiley have worked with Myanna Buring before, and Wheatley explains this as a reason for their casting.
Changed line(s) 84 (click to see context) from:
* TakeOurWordForIt: We (thankfully) don't get to see the librarian's porn video, but we know it was bad enough to provoke a ''very'' extreme reaction from Jay (it makes the hardened contract killer brake down into tears), leading to the deaths of everyone associated with it.
to:
* TakeOurWordForIt: We (thankfully) don't get to see the librarian's porn video, but we know it was bad enough to provoke a ''very'' extreme reaction from Jay (it makes the hardened contract killer brake break down into tears), leading to the deaths of everyone associated with it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* AffablyEvil: The hitmen's client is polite but sinister, even when threatening the men's lives. [[spoiler: His compatriots in the cult seem the same way, politely applauding Jay after he is deceived into killing his wife and child]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The targets seem to be expecting their killers and thank them genially before their deaths. This is the second sign, after the BloodOath, that something really weird is going on.
** Jay mentions a desire to kill pedophiles when stalking the priest. Later, when he discovers that the librarian is apparently making snuff films with children, he goes off-contract and messily kills both the librarian and his associates, causing trouble for himself and Gal.
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
* FolkHorror: it turns into one.
to:
* FolkHorror: it It turns into one.
* HumanSacrifice: The hitmen witness the cult committing one. It's also implied that the Kill List itself is a form of this.
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* NoEnding
to:
* NoEndingNoEnding: [[spoiler: Jay kills the Hunchback, and pulls the hood back to discover the bloodied corpses of his wife and child. She laughs, the cult applauds, Jay stares into the distance, and the film just kind of... stops]].
Changed line(s) 69 (click to see context) from:
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jay's treatment of the librarian is incredibly brutal, but unlike the others on the list it's made clear that he ''really'' deserves it.
to:
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jay's treatment of the librarian is incredibly brutal, but unlike the others on the list it's made clear that he ''really'' deserves it. He
Changed line(s) 85 (click to see context) from:
----
to:
--> ''"Thank you."''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
* ActionGirl: The movie firmly establishes Shel is a trained soldier, and we see it in action towards the end.
to:
* ActionGirl: The movie firmly establishes Shel is a trained soldier, and we see it in action towards the end. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it's not enough to save her]].
* AntiHero: Jay and Gal are both cold blooded hitmen, but they do have certain moral standards, particularly a hatred of pedophiles.
* AntiHero: Jay and Gal are both cold blooded hitmen, but they do have certain moral standards, particularly a hatred of pedophiles.
Changed line(s) 49 (click to see context) from:
* HellIsThatNoise: When the cultist attack there are all kinds of weird shrieking noices that are heard on the soundtrack. It's especially creepy because it's left ambivalent if that is just the soundtrack or the cult members are making those sounds themselves.
to:
* HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler: When the cultist attack there are all kinds of weird shrieking noices noises that are heard on the soundtrack. It's especially creepy because it's left ambivalent ambiguous if that is just the soundtrack or the cult members are making those sounds themselves.themselves]].
Changed line(s) 82 (click to see context) from:
* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The whole movie qualifies for this but the scene where Jay [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogates]] [[WouldHurtAChild the librarian]] is especially unpleasant.
to:
* ViolenceIsDisturbing: The whole movie qualifies for this but the scene where Jay [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogates]] [[WouldHurtAChild the librarian]] is especially unpleasant. Let's just say the camera shows ''everything'' Jay does with that hammer.
