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3 | -> ''"I run this mother-fucking town!"'' |
4 | --> '''Johnny Macmullen''' |
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6 | ''Gold Standard'' is a 2018 Irish short film written and directed by Zac Goold. |
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8 | We're introduced to two dim-witted hitmen Fergal (Bobby Calloway) and Liam (Shane Martin). They're hired by crime lord Johnny Mac (Thomas Leggett) to murder a boy with a lot of debt. In the process of the murder, they're spotted by a parking attendant Tom (Jack O'Byrne) - who unbeknownst to them is Johnny's son. |
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10 | Johnny orders the boys to kill the witness, not realising it's his own son. Also being dragged into the fray is Tom's sister and Johnny's daughter Amber (Vanessa Schaefer) - who also has a one night stand with Liam. Hilarity does not ensue. |
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13 | !!Tropes: |
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15 | * AffablyEvil: Johnny Mac at first appears to be friendly and welcoming to the two boys. Then we find out what happens when you piss him off. |
16 | * AffectionateNickname: Fergal attempts to give Johnny the nickname 'Johnno'. |
17 | * AmoralAttorney: Johnny has a lawyer called Damo who negotiates the fee for the murder. |
18 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Johnny chews the boys out for using his daughter, [[spoiler: murdering his son]] and lying. |
19 | %%* BadassBoast: Johnny's final speech "I run this town!" |
20 | %%* BaldOfEvil: Johnny's shifty lawyer Damo. |
21 | %%* BashBrothers: Liam and Fergal. |
22 | %%* BeastAndBeauty: Liam (beast) and Amber (beauty). |
23 | * BloodKnight: Liam appears to be the more outwardly violent of the two hitmen, sadistically enjoying killing James. |
24 | %%* BoundAndGagged: |
25 | %%** One of Johnny's victims James is introduced this way. |
26 | %%** [[spoiler: Tom]] also ends up this way too. |
27 | * BrainlessBeauty: Fergal is better groomed than Liam and also quite the idiot. |
28 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: After getting briefed on their assignment, Fergal wonders why Butch is nicknamed so. |
29 | * DatingCatwoman: Gender flipped where Amber doesn't know she's hooked up with a hitman. |
30 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Fergal reported a bike illegally parked outside his house to the police... |
31 | --> '''Liam:''' And you're about to kill a guy in public? |
32 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: |
33 | ** Fergal's raisin monologue establishes that he's not the brightest bulb. |
34 | ** Johnny Mac's torture of James lets us know all we need to about him. |
35 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Johnny Mac seems to care for his son and daughter. |
36 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Amber is a beautiful and charismatic blonde. |
37 | * EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: |
38 | ** Johnny Mac wears a collection of rings. |
39 | ** Fergal has a gold chain and bracelet. |
40 | * FriendsRentControl: Amber and Tom have a pretty nice house for two youngsters. Tom has a job as a parking attendant, but Amber's isn't stated. Given Johnny's control of the town, presumably his money pays for it. |
41 | * FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: Liam and Fergal's hit gets witnessed and the witness is Johnny's son - who they then kill!]] |
42 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: Fergal first orders a "small glass of Vodka" because by his logic, it's too early for shots. He gets served a shot glass, and can be seen pouting at it. |
43 | %%* FurAndLoathing: Johnny Mac is introduced wearing a fur-lined coat. |
44 | %%* GenkiGuy: Fergal is pretty exuberant about a lot of things. |
45 | * GoryDiscretionShot: |
46 | ** [[spoiler: Tom getting clubbed to death]] with a shovel is shown only with the camera on Fergal. |
47 | ** When Liam is [[spoiler: beating on Tom]], it keeps cutting to Fergal's reactions. |
48 | * GroinAttack: Fergal kicks Butch in the balls. |
49 | %%* {{Hypocrite}}: Johnny claims to not be a fan of violence. Come the climax... |
50 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Tom becomes a witness to a hit his father ordered, and Johnny's ordering to tie up the loose ends kills him.]] |
51 | * LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler: The ditzy Fergal is the one who shoots Butch dead and beats Tom to death with the shovel.]] |
52 | %%* MafiaPrincess: Implied with Amber. |
53 | %%* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Amber cops on that Tom hasn't been listening to her story about her one night stand. |
54 | * TheOner: The final scene is all done in one take. |
55 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: Bobby Calloway slips out of his Liverpool accent when he says "it's the kids who don't eat raisins..." |
56 | * RedShirt: James exists to be killed off to show that Johnny Mac means business and what Liam is capable of. |
57 | * SeinfeldianConversation: The first scene has Fergal going on a spiel about the difference between raisin eaters and non-raisin eaters. |
58 | %%* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Fergal and Liam get into a ramble about how the shape eyebrows grow into. |
59 | * SmokingIsGlamorous: Amber is introduced smoking, and it's used to show her as desirable for Liam. |
60 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Amber is the only female character in a cast of five prominent males. |
61 | %%* SnarkToSnarkCombat: This is the meeting between Amber and Liam. |
62 | %%* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Liam and Fergal respectively. |
63 | %%* SuddenlyShouting: "Do you KNOW HIS NAME?" |
64 | * TitleDrop: 'Gold Standard' refers to the monetary system of old - which is explained by Johnny's lawyer Damo. |
65 | * TooDumbToLive: The protagonists [[spoiler: murder Tom even when they find out he's Johnny's son.]] |
66 | * UnexplainedAccent: Despite his Irish name, Fergal Halligan has a Liverpool accent. |
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