History Film / TheHitmansBodyguard

A sequel titled ''The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'' is in production and aimed for a 2020 release.

* CassandraTruth: When being tortured about Kincaid's location, Bryce first offers an "if I knew, I would tell you," and a subsequent "he's right behind you," both phrases emphasized with a "Scout's Honor" salute and claim. His torturers don't believe him either time.

--> '''Bryce:''' My job is to keep you out of harm's way.
--> '''Kincaid:''' [laughing] Shit, motherfucker. [dead serious] I am harm's way.
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:Foucher sends over a dozen of his men to their certain death just so he can rake in a tidy cheque from Dukhovich, and he doesn't seem to be particularly torn up about it. Later he does everything he can to try and cover his tracks, including attempting to murder Amelia on the premises of the freaking International Court of Justice in The Hague.]]

* CrusadingWidower: The dissident who was forced to watch his family be murdered by Dukhovich is one of the eyewitnesses who testifies against the dictator in his trial. Unfortunately the defense convinces the ICC to strike his entire testimony as hearsay. [[ArtisticLicenceLaw Which is not remotely how hearsay works.]]

* MoleInCharge: The aforementioned [[spoiler:Assistant Director Foucher]] is, well, [[spoiler:[[CaptainObvious the Assistant Director]] of Interpol]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[CrazyPrepared Bryce works hard]] to try to ensure his protection missions go smoothly, but Kincaid is a factor he constantly can't predict throughout the film. In act three of the film he finally gives up on trying to predict what Kincaid's going to do and just follows behind him to cover his six. [[spoiler:It even turns out that what happened in the prologue was one of these. Bryce predicted and compensated for everything that could possibly go wrong while transporting Kurosawa, except Kincaid, ''by sheer dumb luck'', being on a rooftop within rifle shot of Kurosawa's plane.]]

** The opening scene of Bryce protecting a Japanese arms dealer shows that just because you meticulously plan something, does not mean it won't go to shit due to the possibility of something unforeseen occurring, [[spoiler: in this case, a hitman 300 meters away]].

** Bryce may be a bodyguard, but he only does it to make a lot of money.

* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Dukhovich tries to do this to Kincaid during their final showdown, pointing out that no matter how many people he killed, he'll never redeem himself. Kincaid's response is to laugh in Dukhovich's face and tell him [[ShutUpHannibal he doesn't give a fuck about it]], then tells him that [[AndThisIsFor he shouldn't have shot his bodyguard]] before abruptly kicking him off the roof to his death.]]

* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Dukhovich tries to do this to Kincaid during their final showdown, pointing out that no matter how many people he killed, he'll never redeem himself. Kincaid's response is to laugh in Dukhovich's face and tell him [[ShutUpHannibal he doesn't give a fuck about it]], then tells him that [[AndThisIsFor he shouldn't have his bodyguard]] before abruptly kicking him off the roof to his death.]]

** Before going to the courthouse, Bryce takes the time to call Amelia to say that [[NeverMyFault he forgives her for causing his client in the opening to get killed and ruining his life]]; Amelia proceeds to curse at him and tell him to hurry up. Then, later, after getting nearly tortured to death, Bryce calls Amelia again, [[HeelRealization more apologetic and humble for blaming her for every bad thing that happen to him after his client was killed]], [[spoiler: especially since it turns out [[SpannerIntheWorks Kincaid]] was responsible]]; Amelia still is indifferent and just wants Kincaid at the trial. When the fate of a piece of human garbage being punished is determined on the sole testimony of a man being in a courtroom, ''alive'', it really isn't a good time to try to patch things up with your ex. In fact, Amelia and Bryce are only able to do that at the near end, [[spoiler: when Dukhovich is killed]].

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Kincaid is a strange case. He treats his murder of one of Bryce's clients as a lucky hit with a sniper rifle over a distance of 300 meters, which is nothing a skilled sniper should have serious trouble with. Then he headshots three mooks with a pistol over a distance of at least 50 meters, in the dark of night, against the brightness of a car's headlights, in less than one second, and doesn't make any fuss about that one despite it being a much more impressive display of marksmanship. And then there's what he does to Dukhovich's escape helicopter in the finale...
** He does later clarify, the 300 meter shot was lucky [[spoiler:because he didn't know the target was going to be there. He was only on that rooftop for an unrelated job which he also completed.]]

* {{CIA}}: Bryce used to work for them, but then went into the private sector when he realised the paycheck would be much bigger.

* 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.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Kincaid only shot Kurasawa because he was an arms dealer and Kincaid happened to spot him. Kincaid ''never'' meant to ruin Bryce's career or his relationship with Amelia.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Upon being exposed, Dukhovich says that all the charges against him are true -- but then rants that as the rightful ruler of his country, he can do whatever he wants and will answer to no authority that tries to limit his power, leading to his backup plan involving [[spoiler:bombing the court.]]

* NeverMyFault: Bryce's main flaw. He blames his personal problems either on Amelia or Kincaid, but refuses to see his own wrongdoings. [[spoiler:He does in the end.]]
** To be specific, he blames Amelia for the death of one of his clients. It wasn't her fault, but in this specific instance it wasn't his either, just plain bad luck.

* AliensInCardiff: An explosive convoy ambush which results in a massive bloody shootout between heavily armed Interpol operatives and Belorussian mercenaries takes place in...Coventry.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Kincaid and Bryce get into a moral discussion over the former's crimes, Kincaid asks Bryce if the former is bad because he kills shady people or if Bryce is the bad one because he protects shady people.
** Bryce counters by asking how thoroughly Kincaid researched his targets. Kincaid asks the same question back, to which Bryce points out that he doesn't kill his targets.

** Driving all the way south to Dover to take a ferry to Amsterdam is just plain silly. You'd be better off using one of the more northern harbour cities, like Harwich or, in a pinch Hull. And get some boat there to cross directly to Scheveningen, the coastal town a few kilometers from The Hague.
** Not that there actually is such a thing as a Dover-to-Amsterdam ferry service. Such a ferry would quickly cross the English Channel and then sail northeast along the coasts of France, Belgium and the Netherlands (passing The Hague on the way) and would then have to pass through the sealocks at [=IJmuiden=] and navigate through the Northsee Canal to get to Amsterdam, dodging the sea-going freighters and cuiseships there.

** Massive liberties are taken to make Kincaid's testimony the only thing that can bring down Dukhovich. A victim whose family was killed in front of him and was put in a work camp for three years has his ''entire'' testimony dismissed out of hand, with the implications that all of the other witnesses so far have had the same. Such testimony would not simply be declared "hearsay" (which, by the way, is when a witness is asked what they were told happened by somebody else) and struck even if the defense claimed they were merely political opponents doing smear jobs. Somehow Kincaid was the only person to have [[spoiler: pictures]] as proof of Dukhovich's crimes despite this being set in the modern day and that is the only kind of evidence that seems to work.
** Also, it is entirely possible to have witnesses testify from remote locations. Kincaid could easily have testified on a video chat from his cell [[spoiler: and given the website information from there]]. This is ''common practice'' when the witness might be endangered by coming to the trial.

* InterpolSpecialAgent: Interpol is depicted as the enforcement arm of the International Criminal Court, rolling around in [=SUVs=], wearing body armor, having outranking authority pretty much everywhere and armed to the teeth. None of this is remotely close to real life.

* KnightOfCerebus: The film's humor tends to evaporate instantly whenever Dukhovich appears on-screen, especially in scenes where none of the protagonists are present.