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* {{Narm}}: The ridiculous dramatic camera pans close up all the way into Bishop's nose are a little much.
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* MagnificentBastard: Arthur Bishop is a talented hitman who always finds the 'jelly spot' of his targets to eliminate them. In an assassination of 'Big' Harry McKenna, Bishop passes it off by natural causes by spooking Harry into a heart attack before smothering him, an intelligent gambit he tends to repeat on all his hits. When he takes Harry's ruthless son Steve under his wing, Bishop also foresees the betrayal by his employers and fights through it. At the end, when Steve thinks he's won by poisoning Bishop, Bishop is revealed to have seen it coming and sets up a final recording for Steve, along with a bomb activated by a tripwire.

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* MagnificentBastard: Arthur Bishop is a talented hitman who always finds the 'jelly spot' of his targets to eliminate them. In an assassination of 'Big' Harry McKenna, [=McKenna=], Bishop passes it off by natural causes by spooking Harry into a heart attack before smothering him, an intelligent gambit he tends to repeat on all his hits. When he takes Harry's ruthless son Steve under his wing, Bishop also foresees the betrayal by his employers and fights through it. At the end, when Steve thinks he's won by poisoning Bishop, Bishop is revealed to have seen it coming and sets up a final recording for Steve, along with a bomb activated by a tripwire.
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* MagnificentBastard: Arthur Bishop is a talented hitman who always finds the 'jelly spot' of his targets to eliminate them. In an assassination of 'Big' Harry McKenna, Bishop passes it off by natural causes by spooking Harry into a heart attack before smothering him, an intelligent gambit he tends to repeat on all his hits. When he takes Harry's ruthless son Steve under his wing, Bishop also foresees the betrayal by his employers and fights through it. At the end, when Steve thinks he's won by poisoning Bishop, Bishop is revealed to have seen it coming and sets up a final recording for Steve, along with a bomb activated by a tripwire.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some see Bronson's character as an existentialist SociopathicHero, but others say it's because [[KnightInSourArmor life's let him down too many times.]]

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some see Bronson's character Arthur Bishop as an existentialist SociopathicHero, but others say it's because [[KnightInSourArmor life's let him down too many times.]]



* {{Narm}}: The ridiculous dramatic camera pans close up all the way into Bronson's nose are a little much.

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* {{Narm}}: The ridiculous dramatic camera pans close up all the way into Bronson's Bishop's nose are a little much.
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* MoralEventHorizon: After Steve's female friend has called him after cutting her wrists and is bleeding to death, Steve and Arthur stand by and watch, giving the girl estimates of the symptoms and time until death, and throwing her the keys to a vehicle and telling her where she can drive to get help. This scene is also an excellent showcasing of the film's existentialist themes. As Steve says to the girl; "If you don't care about your life, why should I?"

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* MoralEventHorizon: After Steve's female friend Louise has called him Steve after cutting her wrists and is bleeding to death, Steve and Arthur stand by and watch, giving the girl her estimates of the symptoms and time until death, and throwing her the keys to a vehicle and telling her where she can drive to get help. This scene is also an excellent showcasing of the film's existentialist themes. As Steve says to the girl; "If you don't care about your life, why should I?"
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some see Bronson's character as an existentialist SociopathicHero, but others say it's because [[KnightInSourArmor life's let him down too many times.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: After Steve's female friend has called him after cutting her wrists and is bleeding to death, Steve and Arthur stand by and watch, giving the girl estimates of the symptoms and time until death, and throwing her the keys to a vehicle and telling her where she can drive to get help. This scene is also an excellent showcasing of the film's existentialist themes. As Steve says to the girl; "If you don't care about your life, why should I?"
* {{Narm}}: The ridiculous dramatic camera pans close up all the way into Bronson's nose are a little much.
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