Line #53 WebVideo/GoldStandard


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/_847.jpg]]
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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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