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* ImprobableWeaponUser: During her first mission for the KGB, Anna kills scores of mooks with things like the [[SlitThroat shards of a broken dinner plate]] and a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice torn-off bar railing]], and her target suffers death by fork.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: During her first mission for the KGB, Anna kills scores of mooks with things like the [[SlitThroat [[SlashedThroat shards of a broken dinner plate]] and a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice torn-off bar railing]], and her target suffers death by fork.
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* AnachronismStew: A lengthy scene involves a robbery at an ATM in the latter half of the 1980s, but the first ATM (bankomat) was not installed in Russia until 1994.
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** The USB interface was first introduced in 1996, well after the Cold War ended.
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'''''Anna'''''
''Anna'' is a 2019 action spy thriller film directed by
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* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:Anna]] is this the the [=CIA=].
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler: Anna]] ends up this, working for the [=KGB=] while reporting to the CIA, while the KGB knows she's been turned while finalging a way out.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler: Anna]] ends up this, working for the [=KGB=] while reporting to the CIA, while the KGB knows she's been turned while finalging a way out.
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* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:Anna]] is this the in the [=CIA=].
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* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:Anna spends her time getting coerced by both of the KGB and CIA into outsmarting the other. Eventually, Olga is the one that comes out on top]].
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* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:Anna spends her time getting coerced by both of the KGB and CIA into outsmarting the other. Eventually, Olga is the one that comes out on top]].top (although Anna does earn her happy ending and Leonard doesn't exactly lose)]].
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* IncrediblyObviousTail / OvertOperative: Walking to the park meet, Leonard notices that some of the CIA agents filling the park are a bit ''too'' obvious and orders them out.
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* ShoutOut: The entire film is one to Besson's Film/{{Nikita}}, particularly Anna's first assignment: an assassination inside a crowded restaurant. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the hit immediately goes wrong (Olga had intentionally given Anna an unloaded pistol, as a lesson in preparedness), and she must rely on [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised weapons]] (plates, cutlery, etc.) and martial arts to complete the hit and not get killed in the process.]]
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* ShoutOut: The entire film is one to Besson's Film/{{Nikita}}, ''Film/{{Nikita}}'', particularly Anna's first assignment: an assassination inside a crowded restaurant. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the hit immediately goes wrong (Olga had intentionally given Anna an unloaded pistol, as a lesson in preparedness), and she must rely on [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised weapons]] (plates, cutlery, etc.) and martial arts to complete the hit and not get killed in the process.]]
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* ChessMotifs: Anna [[spoiler: kills Vassiliev]] immediately after checkmating him at chess.
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* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:Anna]] has become is this the the [=CIA=].
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: The [=KGB=] apparently has a ''specific finger-severing method'' that serves as proof the agent actually took the finger.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When first confronted by Olga, Anna slits her own wrist rather than join the [=KGB=]. He manages to convince her to
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When first confronted by Olga, Alex, Anna slits her own wrist rather than join the [=KGB=]. He manages to convince her toto live and work for the KGB.
* BiTheWay: Anna's primary love interests are men, but she also has a girlfriend and says the sex is great. She doesn't show any indication of actually caring about Maud, though.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Anna and Maud have this kind of relationship with each other.
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* {{Blackmail}}: How [[spoiler: Anna]] makes sure her personnel file is deleted. [[spoiler:She recorded Olga ordering her to kill Vassiliev.]]
* MexicanStandoff: Between the [=CIA=] and [=KGB=] after [[spoiler: Anna fakes her death]]. A BlastOut is averted however, and both sides walk away without violence.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The film continually flashes back to flesh out a scene to explain a plot twist.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: According to Vassiliv, you're in the KGB for life, no retirement, no resignation.
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** [[spoiler: Olga notices the handcuff marks on Anna's wrists and realizes she was captured and turned.]]
* ThrowAwayGuns: Anna runs through at least a half-dozen weapons during the restaurant hit, as she keeps getting disarmed and grabbing a new weapon.
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** [[spoiler: Olga notices the handcuff marks on Anna's wrists and realizes she was captured and turned.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Vassiliev.]]
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* {{Fingore}}: Olga forces Anna to get the index of her [[spoiler:not-so]] dead target.
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* DecapitationStrike: [[spoiler:A rare literal example. The film begins with Vassiliev arresting Leonard's entire spy network - and then sending their severed heads to Leonard at CIA headquarters, in individual packages.]]
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* DeathByOriginStory: Anna's parents were killed in a [[SurpriseCarCrash head-on collision]] with a truck.
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'''''Anna''''' is a 2019 action spy thriller film directed by Creator/LucBesson. It stars Russian model-turned actress Sasha Luss as the title character, alongside Creator/HelenMirren, Creator/LukeEvans, and Creator/CillianMurphy.
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* HowWeGotHere: Much of the film consists of this trope: the story proceeds to a certain PlotTwist, then rewinds to reveal the steps leading up to said twist. See also YouWouldMakeAGreatModel.
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* HowWeGotHere: Much of the film consists of this trope: the story proceeds to a certain PlotTwist, then rewinds to reveal the steps leading up to said twist. See also YouWouldMakeAGreatModel.The entry for YouWouldMakeAGreatModel is one such example.
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* HowWeGotHere: Much of the film consists of this trope: the story proceeds to a certain plot twist, PlotTwist, then rewinds to reveal the steps leading up to said twist. See also YouWouldMakeAGreatModel.
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* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:Anna spends her time getting coerced by both of the KGB and CIA into outsmarting the other. and Olga is the one that comes on top]].
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* YouWouldMakeAGreatModel: Said almost verbatim by the modeling agency talent scout when he encounters Anna in the marketplace. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Alex's and Olga's team systematically steered him towards Anna in the first place.]]
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'''''Anna''''' is a 2019 action spy thriller film directed by Creator/LucBesson.
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!!This film has the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: The eponymous character herself.
* BettyAndVeronica: Anna has two love interests: Alex of the KGB and Leonard of the CIA.
* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:Anna]] has become this for both the KGB and CIA.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:How Anna finally gets the peace she deserves]].
* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:Anna spends her time getting coerced by both of the KGB and CIA into outsmarting the other]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Anna and Maud have this kind of relationship with each other.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Maud is completely unaware of Anna's secret life as an assassin.
* PlotTwist: Can't be a spy plot without this.
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!!This film has the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: The eponymous character herself.
* BettyAndVeronica: Anna has two love interests: Alex of the KGB and Leonard of the CIA.
* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:Anna]] has become this for both the KGB and CIA.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:How Anna finally gets the peace she deserves]].
* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:Anna spends her time getting coerced by both of the KGB and CIA into outsmarting the other]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Anna and Maud have this kind of relationship with each other.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Maud is completely unaware of Anna's secret life as an assassin.
* PlotTwist: Can't be a spy plot without this.
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