History Film / TheHitmansBodyguard

* BoringButPractical: While Bryce's methods may be considered boring by Kincaid, they are pretty smart in the long-run. For example, when dealing the group of men hired by Dukhovich to kill Kincaid, Bryce decides to just knock them out so nearby authorities won't notice. Pf course the first thing Kincaid does is blow that plan to smithereens.
* CarCushion: [[spoiler:For Dukhovich.]]

* NoodleIncident: All of the previous times Kincaid tried to kill Bryce.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Dukhovich]] is kicked off of a rooftop to his death.

* BoringButPractical: While Bryce's methods may be considered boring by Kincaid, they are pretty smart in the long-run. For example, when dealing the group of men hired by Dukhovich to kill Kincaid, Bryce decides to just knock them out so nearby authorities won't notice.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Bryce alludes to Kincaid having one. [[spoiler:There's more detail of his past during his testimony -- His preacher father was murdered just ForTheEvulz, his mother remarried to an {{Abusive Parent|s}}, and at some point he started contract killing.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Kincaid notices right away that Amelia and Bryce have a romantic history together and knows that Bryce still has feelings for her. He spends most of their time together trying (and succeeding) to get them back together.

* WhatTheHellHero: Kincaid and Amelia, mostly the former, call out Bryce for his blaming others for his problems.

* AbusiveParents: {{Implied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:During Kincaid's testimony, he mentioned the reason behind the change of his last name from "Evans" to "Kincaid" was to keep his "stepfather's belt away from a little more".]]
* ActionGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They aren't shown as prominently as Kincaid or Bryce, but both Sonia and Amelia have shown to kick butt.
* AffablyEvil: Kincaid may be a world famous ProfessionalKiller, he's quite friendly (when not being a smartass), has a deep love fore love itself, and is deeply devoted to his wife.
* AnimalMotifs: Sonia compares her husband to a cockroach as no matter how hard you try to kill either, they somehow manage to survive. She even uses it as an AffectionateNickname towards him and the bar where they met meant was Honduran for "The Cockroach".

* BoringButPractical: While Bryce's methods may be considered boring by Kincaid, they are pretty smart in the long-run. For example, when dealing the group of men hired by Dukhovich to kill Kincaid, Bryce decide to just knock them out so nearby authorities wouldn't notice.

* ChickMagnet: Besides his wife, Kincaid managed to get a busload of nuns he and Bryce meet to look at him in interest.

* DanceOfRomance: [[spoiler:Kincaid and Sonia slow dance with each other in the same bar they met...while everyone else are fighting with each other.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Bryce alludes to Kincaid having one. [[spoiler:There's more detail of his past during his testimony -- His preacher father was murdered just ForTheEvulz, his mother remarried to an {{AbusiveParents|s}}, and at some point he started contract killing.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Both Bryce and Kincaid traid sarcastic quips to one another.

* HandicappedBadass: Kincaid is shot in the leg after his transport was compromised. He managed to get the bullet out, but has to limp for the rest of the movie. Doesn't stop him from being a badass, though.
* HappilyMarried: Darius and Sonia Kincaid. They may be an...''eccentric'' couple, but they have shown to truly love one another and have a more stable relationship when in comparison to Bryce and Amelia's more troubled one.

* InsistentTerminology: Bryce ''insists'' that he was a triple-A protection agent before the job that went south. Numerous characters mocking reply that isn't a thing; it's left ambiguous if it is or not.
* LastDisrespects: This is how Bryce and Amelia first met. They ere at the funeral of one of Bryce's clients and she was there to hopefully busts the client's shady family. They were easily spotted and a fight ensued, which included the casket of the dead client being knocked over.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. At first it looks like Bryce is the "Sensitive Guy due to his logical, calm nature while the hot-headed, violent Kincaid is the "Manly Man". But, when it comes to love, Kincaid is more skilled and thoughtful in that area while Bryce is just dense.
* ShipperOnDeck: Kincaid notices right away that Amelia and Bryce have a romantic history together and knows that Bryce still has feelings for her. He spends most of their time together trying (and succeeding) in Bryce getting back together with her.

* SmugSnake: Dukhovich has two modes; viscerally angry, or quietly smug. He is completely convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that he will be released and return to power. [[spoiler: That makes the look of absolute terror on his face when Kincaid shoots his means of escape down, extremely cathartic.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: All over the place in multiple scenes in the trailer alone.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: At separate times, Kincaid and Bryce could've left the other to die by Dukhovich's men, especially since they ''wanted'' to be away from each other. But at their own separate moments, they saved at each other.

** Dukhovich killed a dissident's family, which included the man's wife.

''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' is a 2017 action-comedy directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/SalmaHayek, and Creator/GaryOldman.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Yes, Kincaid be a world-class assassin but he's harmless when in comparison to the brutal dictator Dukhovich. While Kincaid only kills {{Asshole Victim}}s, Dukhovich murders anyone, children included, for minor offenses.

* ChickMagnet: Besides his wife, Kincaid managed to get ''pleasing sounds'' from the busload of nuns he and Bryce meet.

* ActionGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They aren't shown as prominently as Kincaid or Bryce, but both Sonia and Ameila have shown to kick butt.

* PriceOnTheirHead: To prevent Kincaid from testifying against him, a dictator puts a hit out on him. He's forced to stay with Bryce after his transport convoy is attacked because of the price on his head.

* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Dukhovich attempts to break Kincaid by pointing out how many people he has killed and that he will never redeem himself.]] Kincaid's response is to laugh in his face and shove him off of a rooftop.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Subverted. [[spoiler:Dukhovich messages Foucher that his failure to stop Kincaid will be punished painfully, but Dukhovich is killed before he can go through with the threat and Roussel and Bryce subdue him.]]

* AntiHero: Kincaid deliberately targets bad guys, and sees himself as a good guy because of this.

* {{Foil}}: Bryce is a bodyguard who protects shady people from their enemies and has a poor relationship with his ex-girlfriend Roussel. Kincaid is a hitman who kills shady people for profit and has a stable relationship with his wife.

* RealityEnsues: Kincaid tries to make a risky jump off a roof to a scaffold across the street. He misses, falls, and crashes into a dumpster, hurting himself.

* BodyguardingABadass: Kincaid is one of the most infamous hitmen in the world, and Bryce has to protect him. From what we see, both can easily take down multiple opponents at once and survive vicious firefights without a scratch.

** At one point Bryce and Kincaid are trapped in a building with both the police and the villain's hitmen closing in. Bryce is planning to take the extra time to fight and disarm the hitmen, when Kincaid decides to take matters into his own hands and jumps in to shoot all of them quickly. Bryce comments that that was one way to do it but... cutting to outside the police yell "Shots fired!" and immediately storm the building.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Kincaid is brought forth to be a witness against a dictator facing war crimes charges.
* ShoutOut: This film's publicity campaign milked every reference to ''Film/TheBodyguard'' that it could, using Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will always Love You" in trailers and recreating ''The Bodyguards'' iconic poster in minute detail.
* StuffBlowingUp: All over the place in multiple scenes in the trailer alone.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Bryce and Kincaid are mortal enemies and wouldn't mind killing the other if it weren't for the fact that they need to work together to survive.

Michael Bryce (Reynolds), one of the world's premiere bodyguards, is tasked with protecting Darius Kincaid, one of the world's most notorious hitman, and escorting him to the International Court of Justice. Unfortunately for Bryce, Kincaid has pissed off a large number of very dangerous people and they are all coming after him. Complicating matters is the fact that Bryce and Kincaid despise each other and, if circumstances were different, wouldn't mind seeing the other die, preferably at their own hands.

* BodyguardingABadass: Kincaid is one of the most infamous hitmen in the world, and Bryce has to protect him. From what we see, both are very capable of taking down multiple opponents at once.

* BodyguardingTheBadass: Kincaid is one of the most infamous hitmen in the world, and Bryce has to protect him. From what we see, both are very capable of taking down multiple opponents at once.

* ClusterFBomb: Kincaid, to the point where Bryce comaplins that he has "singlehandedly ruined the word motherfucker."

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Bryce and Kincaid are mortal enemies and wouldn't mind killing the other if it weren't for the fact that they need to work together to surivive.

''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' is a 2017 ActionComedy directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/SalmaHayek, and Creator/GaryOldman.