History Film / TheNovemberMan

* ActorAllusion: Peter Deveraux is essentially an older James Bond.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed just what happens to Sarah [[spoiler:after Peter slices open her femoral artery and she's loaded onto the ambulance]]. Judging by Mason's expression, it's not good.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Federov executes Mila's family in front of her, but instead of killing her, he takes her with him and basically makes her into his sex slave despite her only being fifteen at most. It's implied that he's done this all throughout the Chechen War to other young girls.

In 2008, Peter Devereaux (PierceBrosnan) and David Mason (Luke Bracey) engage in a mission [[spoiler:that leaves an innocent boy dead and Devereaux unsure of Mason's character]]. Five years later, Devereaux is retired until Hanley, an old agency friend of his, drops in to show him a file that contains three dead CIA agents, all supposedly the handiwork of Arkady Federov, the leading candidate for Russia's presidency. However, they have someone on the inside who has gotten close enough to uncover evidence that Federov is a war criminal, with ties to a young Chechen girl last seen with Alice Fournier (OlgaKurylenko), a social worker in Moscow.

* NebulousCriminalConspiracy: [[spoiler:The Russian mob tries to further its influence on the Russian government]].

* AcceptableTargets: In-universe, [[spoiler:Hanley]] is backing [[spoiler:Federov]] with the intent of getting Russia on their side and ending the conflict between the two nations. He then goes on to say that together they'll go after Middle Eastern terrorists are an enemy he can understand.

* MoralDissonance: Peter is very adamant about not putting innocent lives in danger or being reckless with their missions, even going so far as to [[spoiler:drop Mason from his team when he accidentally killed a little boy in the process of saving Devereaux's life]], as well as telling Mason that he shouldn't make any long-term relationships in his line of work. Yet he cold-bloodedly slices open [[spoiler:Sarah's]] femoral artery just to prove a point to Mason about their line of work.

* {{Hypocrite}}: One of the first things that we see is Devereaux lecturing Mason for making an intimate connection with a beautiful woman, saying in their line of work, significant others are usually nothing more than hindrances at best, potential hostages at worst. However this argument gets set on fire and chucked out a window when it's revealed [[spoiler:Devereaux and Natalia were long-time lovers and has a daughter together]].

* Determinator: A mild example, but still impressive. [[spoiler:Edgar]] has his [[spoiler:throat slashed]] by Alexa and is stabbed at least a dozen times, but has enough life to grab her leg and trip her up, letting Alice get away.

* Hypocrite: One of the first things that we see is Devereaux lecturing Mason for making an intimate connection with a beautiful woman, saying in their line of work, significant others are usually nothing more than hindrances at best, potential hostages at worst. However this argument gets set on fire and chucked out a window when it's revealed [[Devereaux and Natalia were long-time lovers and has a daughter together]].

* MoralDissonance: Peter is very adamant about not putting innocent lives in danger or being reckless with their missions, even going so far as to [[spoiler:drop Mason from his team when he accidentally killed a little boy in the process of saving Devereaux's life]], as well as telling Mason that he shouldn't make any long-term relationships in his line of work. Yet he cold-bloodedly slices open [[spoiler:Sarah's]] femoral artery just to prove a point to Mason about their line of work and whether or not people they care about are worth saving when they're being used as bait. His argument then gets set on fire and chucked out a window when it's revealed [[spoiler:Peter and Natalia were long-time lovers who fathered a child together]].

* WhamLine: When Hanley tells Devereaux that Mila's parents were two university professors, he remembers [[spoiler:that Alice told him the same thing.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Federov is a former war criminal who's murdered, raped, and executed his way through the second Chechen War. He's also a shoo-in to be the next Russian President [[spoiler:and presumably has the CIA backing him up.]]

** [[spoiler:Natalia didn't just know Peter, she was his wife, and they had a daughter together]].

** This happens to [[spoiler:Natalia]] as her and Peter flee. It wasn't a killshot, however, as she has enough life left [[spoiler:to give him the phone with the incriminating photos on it]]

** This happens to [[Natalia]] as her and Peter flee. It wasn't a killshot, however, as she has enough life left [[spoiler:to give him the phone with the incriminating photos on it]]

* SpyFiction: Of the Stale Beer flavor, dealing with a gritty conspiracy plot.

* Actor Allusion: Peter Deveraux is essentially an older James Bond.

* NebulousCriminalConspiracy