Line #4 Film/SkinTraffik


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Gary Daniels is about to shoot you]]. One pistol at a time.]]
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4	''Skin Traffik'' (AKA ''A Hitman in London'') is a 2015 crime film directed by Ara Paiaya and starring Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/DarylHannah and Creator/MichaelMadsen.
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6	An assassin by the name of Bradley Smith (Creator/GaryDaniels) saves a prostitute from a sadistic pimp. Driven by a desire to help the woman save her sister, Bradley pursues the other HumanTraffickers, only to discover that they are in league with his former employer.
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8	'''Due to the number of reveals within the film, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff be wary of unmarked spoilers]].'''
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10	!Some tropes just have it coming:
11	* AccidentalMurder: Bradley accidentally shooting the daughter of a mob boss in his ActionPrologue. Worse of all, she happens to be pregnant at the time of her death.
12	* AssholeVictim: The film portrays anyone involved in human trafficking as worthy of death, but the following are the most notable.
13	** Sergei and his henchmen are pimps who abuse women and antagonize Bradley. They later meet a bitter end at Bradley's hands.
14	** Zhanna pressures a barmaid into working as a prostitute, only to by shot by the Boss because she is hindering the operation.
15	** The Executive himself has his brains splattered after Bradley confronts him for his involvement in the operation.
16	* BoomHeadshot: The Executive dies when Bradley puts a bullet in his brain.
17	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The Executive considers human trafficking to just be business as usual for him and his organization.
18	* DiabolicalMastermind: The Executive is a major figure in the criminal underworld, with involvement in various international assassination, extortion, and human trafficking rackets.
19	* DramaticIrony: Bradley had no intention of killing Vogel's daughter. However, while threatening to kill Vogel's daughter was a bluff, he had already killed her without intending to while killing other armed personnel.
20	* EveryCarIsAPinto: While escaping a group of traffickers, Bradley detonates a car with a few well placed shots.
21	* EvilIsHammy: Every line from the mouth of the Executive is performed in an over the top smarmy and sleazy fashion, in line with his role as a criminal who, among other things, profits off of forced prostitution.
22	* EvilSoundsDeep: The evil Executive's voice is very deep and sonorous. Courtesy of Creator/EricRoberts.
23	* FemmeFatale: Downplayed, but it's still there; Zhanna is shown using her natural charisma to manipulate a barmaid into becoming a prostitute. Unfortunately, the Boss does not appreciate that Zhanna is using her feminine wiles to recruit when their business is in danger, so he kills her.
24	* HelicopterBlender: An unfortunate mook gets blended into human salsa when Bradley shotguns him into the air... through the spinning rotor of a helicopter.
25	* HeroicBloodshed: Has various elements inspired by this genre. Such as a HitmanWithAHeart protagonist, a MexicanStandOff between Bradley and the Executive, loads and loads of faceless mooks, Bradley executing UnnecessaryCombatRoll during shootouts (especially the whorehouse shootout mid-movie), GrayAndGrayMorality between characters, and the like. Surprisingly, the movie averts the common trope of characters using [[GunsAkimbo dual guns]] in these type of movies, [[CoversAlwaysLie despite the poster above saying otherwise]].
26	* HitmanWithAHeart: Bradley may be a tough assassin, but he is willing to stick his neck out to try and save a prostitute and her sister from a horrible fate.
27	* HumanTraffickers: The Boss, Zhanna, and the Executive are all involved in selling women's bodies for profit. Sergei is more directly involved in forcing the women into slavery.
28	* LargeAndInCharge: The Boss is one of the most physically imposing of the human traffickers, and as his title would indicate, he directs a human trafficking operation on behalf of the Executive. Ironically, he never confronts Bradley face to face, and therefore it is never determined whether his size is to his advantage or not.
29	* ManOfWealthAndTaste: The Executive prefers expensive suits and furnishings, both of which are presumably funded by his criminal lifestyle involving murder and forced prostitution.
30	* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Sergei and his henchmen are slavic mobsters who force women into prostitution.
31	* SexSlave: The HumanTrafficking organization profits off of forcing women into prostitution.
32	* SequelHook: The movie ends with the mob leader threatened by Bradley early in the film, whose daughter he accidentally killed when making his escape, ordering another hit on Bradley. Cue credits.

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