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3	''The Gunman'' is a 2015 action film based on the novel ''The Prone Gunman'' by Jean-Patrick Manchette and directed by Pierre Morel (who also directed ''Film/District13'', the first ''Film/{{Taken}}'' movie, and ''Film/FromParisWithLove''). It stars Creator/SeanPenn, Creator/IdrisElba, Creator/RayWinstone, Mark Rylance, and Creator/JavierBardem.
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5	In 2006, a professional assassin working for the government named Jim Terrier is hired to take out the Mining Minister in the Congo, forcing him to abandon his girlfriend and go into hiding while the assassination triggers more chaos within the Congo. 8 years later, Jim comes out of hiding and soon discovers that there's a price being put on his head. He must now try and reconnect with his old team and girlfriend while avoiding not only the men hired to kill him, but also his brain damage that has been caused by his time as an assassin.
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7	!!This film provides examples of:
8	* TheAlcoholic: When Jim contacts him after 8 years, Felix starts drinking heavily and rarely appears sober. [[spoiler:He dies with a drink in his hand.]]
9	%% * BigBad: Cox.
10	* BloodFromTheMouth: The protagonist periodically vomits blood – even though he is diagnosed with a form of traumatic injury to his ''brain''.
11	%% * DamselInDistress: Annie.
12	%% * TheDragon: Reiniger.
13	* MsFanservice: Annie. Every time she enters the scene, she's partially nude, [[spoiler:even when taken hostage]].
14	%%* ProfessionalKiller: Jim was originally this, but he wanted to retire.
15	%% * ShellShockedVeteran: Jim.
16	* WouldHitAGirl: Jim kills a woman who was helping set him up, seemingly just by punching her too hard. On the villain side, [[spoiler:Cox]] threatens Annie repeatedly and in deadly earnest.

Context Film / TheGunman