History Film / Kimi

** Glasses thug sets his knife on the coffee table between his captives and himself rather than keep it under his control. This results in him [[spoiler:losing the knife and getting stabbed with it]].

* ImprovisedWeapon: In the end, [[spoiler:Angela finds the nailgun the contractor was using upstairs and uses it as a weapon. Unlike most portrayals of nailguns in fiction, Angela know that she has to fasten back the safety switch before it will start shooting nails like a firearm]].

* BlandNameProduct: Kimi is this for Creator/{{Amazon}}'s Alexa - a smart home product raising questions about privacy.

* ChekhovsGag: Angela has a noisy upstairs neighbor who's remodeling his apartment. [[spoiler:Angela uses the irksome nail gun to kill the hired stooges, saving herself and Kevin.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Literal example. [[spoiler:Near the start of the movie, Angela complains to some construction workers on the floor above her who are using a nail gun while she's trying to work. During the finale, she retrieves the nail gun and uses it to kill the three assassins who are after her]].

* WrenchWench:
** Angela shows some traits of this. She diagnoses what the remodeling crew upstairs is doing wrong just by ''the noise'' of it and quickly offers spot-on advices on the matter, leaving her neighbor wondering if she is "in the trade". Later, she easily fixes an Internet cabling issue.
** She's also very familiar with nail guns, considering [[spoiler: how quickly she [[MacGyvering McGyvers]] a weapon by duct-taping the safety switch and]] how well she handles it.

* ActionSurvivor: Angela doesn't have any self-defense training or experience, but she manages to fend off a trio of thugs using [[spoiler:some well-timed distractions and familiarity with home construction]].

* FriendsRentControl: Angela owns or rents a very spacious loft studio apartment in downtown Seattle. In the established 2020s time period of the movie, such an area would retail for well over a million dollars even in less desirable neighborhoods, or rent for several thousand per month. She affords this (along with a huge amount of tech, only some of which is work related) with a job for a tech company doing very basic grunt work.

* ProfessionalKiller: Antonio Rivas, plus his two henchmen, are assassins whom Brad hired to kill his mistress Samantha, and then Angela as she discovered evidence of this.

* HollywoodLaw: [[spoiler: After Angela incapacitates the hitmen in her apartment, she finishes each of them off with a nail gun to the head. [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown She doesn't face any legal repercussions for committing lethal force on people who were no longer a threat, and in two cases, clearly helpless.]] Even though they are in her home, attacking someone on the ground and helpless (let alone ''murdering them'') voids self-defence.]]

* ActionGirl: Angela shows great skill while she's evading pursuit by the thugs after her at first. [[spoiler:Then she even manages to kill all of them using just a nail gun.]]

* BadassBystander: When Angela is trying to reach law enforcement, she walks through a crowd of protesters opposing the city's draconian anti-homelessness policies. This allows Rivas and his goons to grab her and drag her into their van. Luckily, a group of protesters notice, pry her out, and give her time to escape. Then in a very revealing moment for his character, Rivas mutters over the phone to his cronies about how some people refuse to stay out of other people's business.

* ChekhovsGun: Literal example. [[spoiler:Near the start of the movie, Angela complains to some construction workers on the floor above her who are using a nail gun while she's trying to work. During the finale, she retrieves the nail gun and uses it to kill the three assassins who are after her.]]

* FriendsRentControl: Angela owns or rents a very spacious loft studio apartment in downtown Seattle. In the established 2020s time period of the movie, such an area would retail for well over a million dollars even in less desirable neighborhoods, or rent for several thousand per month. She affords this (along with a huge amount of tech, only some of which is work related) on the salary of a coder and tech analyst. The company she works for is up-and-coming and about to break into the upper tier, but the CEO himself is on such a shoestring budget that he has to film his "office" online interviews against a fake backdrop in his garage. It is possible she is paid per completed line item and it is stated that she ''always'' completes ''every'' task in her in box, but even that strains credibility.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Angela's psychiatrist suggests that her mental illness is just making her think that what she overheard is like her rape but doesn't push it. Natalie Chowdhury, though, explicitly tries to use it against Angela so she can dismiss her report. Angela, however, never falls for it and has hard evidence too in any case.

* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler: At the end, Angela manages to get ahold of a nail gun she kills all three thugs with.]]

* TheToothHurts: Angela is suffering from a toothache at the start, but, being an agoraphobe, won't see a dentist. Rivas tortures her later by pushing on her tooth.

* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: She's only briefly shown, but Brad's current wife or girlfriend is East Asian.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler: After Angela incapacitates the hitmen in her apartment, she finishes each of them off with a nail gun to the head. [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown She doesn't face any legal repercussions for committing lethal force on people who were no longer a threat, and in two cases, clearly helpless.]] Even though they are in her home, attacking someone on the ground and helpless (let alone ''murdering them'') voids self-defence.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler: After Angela incapacitates the hitmen in her apartment, she finishes each of them off with a nail gun to the head. [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown She doesn't face any legal repercussions for committing lethal force on people who were no longer a threat, and in two cases, clearly helpless.]] Even though they are in her home, attacking someone on the ground and helpless (let alone ''murdering them'') voids self-defence.

* BlamingTheVictim: Angela relates that after going to the police about her rape, they put ''her'' on trial instead of the rapist. It's not explain exactly how this happened, but it's made clear nothing came of her complaint.

* BlamingTheVictim: Angela relates that after going to the police about her rape, they put ''her'' on trial instead of the rapist. Its made clear nothing came of her complaint.

Angela Childs (Creator/ZoeKravitz) is a tech worker living in Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic and employed by a fictional corporation that manufactures Kimi, a smart home product similar to Creator/{{Amazon}}'s Alexa. She is also a severe agoraphobe who won't leave her apartment, but her job allows her to work from home, analyzing incoming data streams from Kimi for improved voice recognition. In one such stream she hears what seems to be a violent crime, but is rebuffed when attempting to report this with her company. To do more, Angela must face her greatest fear and leave her apartment, with the streets filled by protests against a controversial law that restricts homeless people's movements in the city.

Angela Childs (Creator/ZoeKravitz) is a tech worker employed by a fictional company manufacturing a smart home product similar to Alexa, living in Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is also an agoraphobe who won't leave her apartment, but her job permits work from home, analyzing data streams from Kimi for improved voice recognition. In one stream she hears what seems to be a violent crime, but is rebuffed when attempting to report this with her company. To do more, she must face her greatest fear and leave her apartment, with the streets filled by protests against a controversial law that restricts homeless people's movements in the city.

!!Tropes:

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Brad—owner of the company that created Kimi, probably its founder too—could count as this; although his unethical and illegal actions may not seem directly related to his business ([[spoiler:he raped or assaulted a woman and had her killed to cover it up]]), he probably figures that if his crimes are witnessed via Kimi and publicly disclosed, that could be very bad for both him and his business anyway. ([[spoiler:In the end, he does get arrested over the scandal this causes.]])

** She's also very familiar with nail guns, considering [[spoiler: how quickly she [[MacGyvering McGyvers]] a weapon by duct-taping the safety switch and]] how well she handles it.

''Kimi'' is a 2022 thriller directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and written by Creator/DavidKoepp. It was released on Creator/HBOMax on February 10, 2022.

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Angela has been a shut-in for months, is taking medication and seeing a psychiatrist due to being raped some time ago. Her symptoms aside from the severe agoraphobia are unclear (but probably include depression), but we never get any diagnosis.
** She probably also have some sort of OCD, considering her urge to tidy the bed (to the point of proceeding to do the laundry mere seconds after finishing having sex) or how pissed she is at the idea of skipping a task in her to-do worklist.
** Her keychain is a puzzle piece, which [[GeniusBonus some viewers also may recognize]] as the international symbol for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Said keychain can be [[FreezeFrameBonus briefly seen]] at the beginning of the movie, while she's trying to force herself out of her apartment. All things considered, Angela is probably a Level 1/"high-functioning" autist.[[note]]Although the puzzle piece symbol is now coming under fire from autism advocates who see it as ableist and too tied up with highly controversial and problematic organisation Autism Speaks.[[/note]]

Angela Childs, a tech worker employed by a fictional company manufacturing a smart home product like Alexa, living in Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic, is an agoraphobe who won't leave her apartment. Her job permits work from home, analyzing data streams from Kimi for improved voice recognition. In one stream she hears what seems to be a violent crime, but is rebuffed when attempting to report this with her company. To do more, she must face her greatest fear and leave her apartment, with the streets filled by protests against a controversial law that restricts homeless people's movements in the city.

Creator/ZoeKravitz played Angela, the lead.

Not to be confused with ''[[Anime/YourName Kimi no Na wa]]''.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Samantha, the woman who's stream Angela overhears, attempted to record a full confession from Brad that he raped her. It doesn't work, but she does inadvertently record her own murder, [[spoiler:which he ordered. It ultimately takes him down.]]
* {{Gaslighting}}: Angela's psychiatrist suggests that her mental illness is just making her think that what she overheard is like her rape, but doesn't push it. Natalie Chowdhury though explicitly tries to use it against Angela so she can dismiss her report. Angela however never falls for it, and has hard evidence too in any case.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Angela is this due to her agoraphobia. She hasn't got out in at least months, and strongly fears doing so. Eventually she does to report the crime she's overheard. [[spoiler:The ending shows she's over this and is happily outside with Terry.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler:At the end Angela manages to get ahold of a nail gun she kills all three thugs with.]]
* LateToTheAction: During a particularly tense moment in the climax, Terry (LockedOutOfTheLoop regarding Angela's investigation into the Samantha recordings) walks across the street to her apartment, only to turn around after realizing he's forgotten something. By the time he's returned with a bouquet, [[spoiler:she's killed all of her would-be killers and is in the process of calling the police about her ordeal]].

* NonconformistDyedHair: Angela is an agoraphobic shut-in who works from home; her misfit status is accentuated by her bright blue hair. In the end, [[spoiler:her willingness to go outside and genuinely connect with Terry is highlighted with a hair color switch to pink.]]

* RapeAsDrama: The initial crime which Angela overhears is a woman, Samantha, being raped (or about to be). Her boyfriend, [[spoiler:Angela's boss Brad]], is the rapist. He then orders her killed to cover it up.
* RoseHairedSweetie: [[spoiler:The ending shows Angela's dyed her hair a bright pink, as she's overcome her agoraphobia and happily goes outside with her boyfriend.]]

* TheToothHurts: Angela is suffering from a toothache at the start, but being an agoraphobe won't see a dentist. Rivas tortures her later by pushing on her tooth.

** Her keychain is a puzzle piece, which [[GeniusBonus some viewers also may recognize]] as the international symbol for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Said keychain can be [[FreezeFrameBonus briefly seen]] at the beginning of the movie, while she's trying to force herself out of her apartment. All things considered, Angela is probably a Level 1/"high-functioning" autist.

Not to be confused with ''[[Anime/YourName Kimi no Nawa]]''.

Not to be confused with Anime/KimiNoNawa.