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* BellyDancer: A belly dancer shows up briefly right before Norris does what he does best: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kicking butt and taking names]].
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Unrelated to [[Film/Hitman1998 the Jet Li film]], [[Franchise/{{Hitman}} the video game]] or [[Film/{{Hitman}} the 2007 film based on the game]].
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After being betrayed by his partner Ronny "Del" Delaney (Michael Parks) during a drug bust at the Seattle docks, ex-cop Cliff Garrett (Norris) has gone undercover in the West Coast Mafia as a hitman. He quickly finds himself embroiled in an escalating MobWar between the U.S. Mafia, a Canadian outfit, and the Iranian mob recently arrived on the scene. [[ItsPersonal It becomes personal]] when Garrett discovers that Del is somehow involved in the mob war.
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After being betrayed by his partner Ronny "Del" Delaney (Michael Parks) (Creator/MichaelParks) during a drug bust at the Seattle docks, ex-cop Cliff Garrett (Norris) has gone undercover in the West Coast Mafia as a hitman. He quickly finds himself embroiled in an escalating MobWar between the U.S. Mafia, a Canadian outfit, and the Iranian mob recently arrived on the scene. [[ItsPersonal It becomes personal]] when Garrett discovers that Del is somehow involved in the mob war.
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* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: It would not be legal for a police officer to work undercover as a ''contract killer'', no matter how much of a CowboyCop he may be.
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* HollywoodLaw: It would not be legal for a police officer to work undercover as a ''contract killer'', no matter how much of a CowboyCop he may be.
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* HollywoodLaw: It would not be legal for a police officer to work undercover as a ''contract killer'', no matter how much of a CowboyCop he may be. Even if he went rogue, he'd be arrested as soon as he got in contact with his bosses again.
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* HollywoodLaw: It would not be legal for a police officer to work undercover as a ''contract killer'', no matter how much of a CowboyCop he may be.
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After being betrayed by his partner Ronny "Del" Delaney during a drug bust at the Seattle docks, ex-cop Cliff Garrett has gone undercover in the West Coast Mafia as a hitman. He quickly finds himself embroiled in an escalating MobWar between the U.S. Mafia, a Canadian outfit, and the Iranian mob recently arrived on the scene. [[ItsPersonal It becomes personal]] when Garrett discovers that Del is somehow involved in the mob war.
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After being betrayed by his partner Ronny "Del" Delaney (Michael Parks) during a drug bust at the Seattle docks, ex-cop Cliff Garrett (Norris) has gone undercover in the West Coast Mafia as a hitman. He quickly finds himself embroiled in an escalating MobWar between the U.S. Mafia, a Canadian outfit, and the Iranian mob recently arrived on the scene. [[ItsPersonal It becomes personal]] when Garrett discovers that Del is somehow involved in the mob war.
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* EtTuBrute: Early on, Garret is suddenly betrayed by his old partner Del when they're raiding a warehouse where illegal goods are being shipped. Turns out [[DirtyCop his partner was actually supervising the shipment]] until he arrived. It's so out of left field that initially, Garret just looks a bit stunned at the bullet hole in his chest.
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* EtTuBrute: Early on, Garret Garrett is suddenly betrayed by his old partner Del when they're raiding a warehouse where illegal goods are being shipped. Turns out [[DirtyCop his partner was actually supervising the shipment]] until he Garrett arrived. It's so out of left field that initially, Garret just looks a bit stunned at the bullet hole in his chest.
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* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Cliff Garrett is an undercover cop working as a hitman for TheMafia. He has a fling with a mob lawyer who happens to be the boss's squeeze. When the boss finds out, he has Garret sold out to his rivals and the girl killed.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Delaney takes a young boy-that his ex-cop partner Garret had befriended-hostage and ties him to a bomb in order to have a talk with Garret.
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* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: Garret, an undercover cop, has a fling with a mob accountant who also happens to be the mistress of the boss he's working for. He finds out. She eventually ends up with a bullet to the back of her head, Garret ends up getting sold out to the competition.
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* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: Garret, an undercover cop, cop working as a hitman for the mafia, has a fling with a mob accountant who also happens to be the mistress of the boss he's working for. He finds out. She eventually ends up with a bullet to the back of her head, Garret ends up getting sold out to the competition.
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''The Hitman'' is a 1991 action movie/crime thriller made by Creator/TheCannonGroup starring Creator/ChuckNorris.
After being betrayed by his partner Ronny "Del" Delaney during a drug bust at the Seattle docks, ex-cop Cliff Garrett has gone undercover in the West Coast Mafia as a hitman. He quickly finds himself embroiled in an escalating MobWar between the U.S. Mafia, a Canadian outfit, and the Iranian mob recently arrived on the scene. [[ItsPersonal It becomes personal]] when Garrett discovers that Del is somehow involved in the mob war.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BellyDancer: A belly dancer shows up briefly right before Norris does what he does best: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kicking butt and taking names]].
* CowboyCop: Chuck Norris's character is actually a cop who's working undercover as a hitman for the mafia, but still fits the 'renegade cop' mold, usually just straight up executing people instead of arresting them. He even ''blows up'' his crooked partner at the end in front of the rest of the department.
* DirtyCop: Ron Delany (Michael Parks), the main character's old partner, is revealed to have actually been working with gangs in the area to supervise illegal shipments when he shoots his partner for interfering. He later joins up with an Iranian gang to wipe out all the opposition.
* EtTuBrute: Early on, Garret is suddenly betrayed by his old partner Del when they're raiding a warehouse where illegal goods are being shipped. Turns out [[DirtyCop his partner was actually supervising the shipment]] until he arrived. It's so out of left field that initially, Garret just looks a bit stunned at the bullet hole in his chest.
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: Garret, an undercover cop, has a fling with a mob accountant who also happens to be the mistress of the boss he's working for. He finds out. She eventually ends up with a bullet to the back of her head, Garret ends up getting sold out to the competition.
* MobWar: There's a mob war between an Italian gang from Seattle, a French gang from Vancouver, and [[RuthlessForeignGangsters a recently arrived Iranian gang]].
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: An Iranian gang is butting in on the territories of an Italian American and French Canadian gang in the Pacific Northwest and quickly establish themselves as far more ruthless than their competitors.
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''The Hitman'' is a 1991 action movie/crime thriller made by Creator/TheCannonGroup starring Creator/ChuckNorris.
After being betrayed by his partner Ronny "Del" Delaney during a drug bust at the Seattle docks, ex-cop Cliff Garrett has gone undercover in the West Coast Mafia as a hitman. He quickly finds himself embroiled in an escalating MobWar between the U.S. Mafia, a Canadian outfit, and the Iranian mob recently arrived on the scene. [[ItsPersonal It becomes personal]] when Garrett discovers that Del is somehow involved in the mob war.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BellyDancer: A belly dancer shows up briefly right before Norris does what he does best: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kicking butt and taking names]].
* CowboyCop: Chuck Norris's character is actually a cop who's working undercover as a hitman for the mafia, but still fits the 'renegade cop' mold, usually just straight up executing people instead of arresting them. He even ''blows up'' his crooked partner at the end in front of the rest of the department.
* DirtyCop: Ron Delany (Michael Parks), the main character's old partner, is revealed to have actually been working with gangs in the area to supervise illegal shipments when he shoots his partner for interfering. He later joins up with an Iranian gang to wipe out all the opposition.
* EtTuBrute: Early on, Garret is suddenly betrayed by his old partner Del when they're raiding a warehouse where illegal goods are being shipped. Turns out [[DirtyCop his partner was actually supervising the shipment]] until he arrived. It's so out of left field that initially, Garret just looks a bit stunned at the bullet hole in his chest.
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: Garret, an undercover cop, has a fling with a mob accountant who also happens to be the mistress of the boss he's working for. He finds out. She eventually ends up with a bullet to the back of her head, Garret ends up getting sold out to the competition.
* MobWar: There's a mob war between an Italian gang from Seattle, a French gang from Vancouver, and [[RuthlessForeignGangsters a recently arrived Iranian gang]].
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: An Iranian gang is butting in on the territories of an Italian American and French Canadian gang in the Pacific Northwest and quickly establish themselves as far more ruthless than their competitors.
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