History Film / CutToTheChase

* QueerEstablishingMoment: It's revealed Izzy and Nola became lovers when the former (who is a prosecutor) was prepping the latter for testimony in a major case, revealed via a flashback showing them kissing. Both of them appear to be bisexual, since they also have relationships and or sex with men.

* ActionGirl: Nola immediately shows she's one by deftly fighting off Max when he tries to stop her, thinking he's been sent after her by the Man. [[spoiler:It turns out she's a hitwoman who worked for the Man, and is very capable.]]

* BisexualLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:It turns out this got Izzy into huge trouble. First, she'd already been [[SleepingWithTheBoss involved with the DA, her boss]], and also started seeing Nola Barnes, the witness against the Man, a violent crime boss. Nola was so violently jealous of this she beat up and kidnapped Izzy, then kept her as a captive [[DepravedBisexual so she'd never leave]].]]

* QueerEstablishingMoment: It's revealed Izzy and Nola became lovers when the former (who is a prosecutor) was prepping the latter for testimony in a major case, revealed via flashback of them kissing. Both of them appear to be bisexual, since they also have relationships and or sex with men.

* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Nola is a hitwoman who has murdered multiple people in the past for her boss The Man. She had beaten up and kidnapped Izzy, [[DomesticAbuse her girlfriend]], too when the latter tried to leave her. Then later once Max comes to rescue Izzy, she fights him before he kills her.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Max doesn't hesitate to punch Nola and then stab her fatally in the finale. It's justified though as she's not only a depraved hitwoman, but he did it to protect his sister (and she attacked him first).]]

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Max Chase is a petty criminal who's been helped by his prosecutor sister Isobel (Izzy) to get out of trouble many times before. Out on parole, he's soon into trouble again, losing at gambling and thus into debt with the formidable crime boss John Mansfield, simply known as "the Man".

However, after promising a goon the Man sent he can repay it with Izzy's help, Max finds that she's disappeared. Max sets out to find her, with the Man's goons after him, and learns they're connected when he meets Nola, a witness whom Izzy had been prepping for testimony against the Man, and she joins in his quest.

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* TheDreaded: The Man, real name John Mansfield, is the most powerful crime boss in Shreveport, Louisiana. Everyone who speaks of him does so in trepidation or at least a healthy respect of how dangerous he is.

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Nola turns out to have been seeing Izzy, and then slept with Max as well so he'd do what she wanted. It turns out she'd kidnapped and held Izzy captive after learning she was cheating then left Nola after learning she's a hitwoman. It's {{downplayed}} however as Izzy appears to also be bisexual, given that all the other relationships she'd had which we see except for this were with men.]]

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Max Chase is a petty criminal who's been helped by his prosecutor sister Isobel (Izzy) to get out of trouble many times before. Out of parole, he's soon into trouble again, losing at gambling and thus into debt with the formidable crime boss John Mansfield, simply known as "the Man".

However, after promising a goon the Man sent he can repay with Izzy's help, Max finds that she's disappeared. Max sets out to find her, with the Man's goons after him, and learns they're connected when he meets Nola, a witness whom Izzy had been prepping for testimony against the Man, and she joins in his quest.

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Nola turns out to have been seeing Izzy, and then slept with Max as well so he'd do what she wanted. It turns out she'd kidnapped and held Izzy captive after learning she was cheating then left Nola after learning she's a hitwoman. It's {{downplayed}} however as Izzy appears to also be bisexual, given that all the other relationships she'd had which we see expect for this were with men.]]

* DomesticAbuse: Isobel was in a relationship with a guy, and wouldn't leave after he gave her a black eye in spite of Max warning that he'd also kill her someday. He's the prime suspect to Max when she disappears, but it turns out he isn't responsible. [[spoiler:It turns out that she suffered this again even worse as she'd been seeing Nola and her boss at the same time. Nola found out, with Izzy leaving her because she found out she's a hitwoman. Izzy was then beaten up and kidnapped by Nola, who held her captive so she could never leave her.]]

* FlashbackMontageRealization: [[spoiler:Max realizes Travis is right about Nola being a hitwoman and involved with his sister due to things she'd said earlier.]]

* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Nola is shown having sex with Max this way after her breasts are briefly visible, as the camera focuses on her bare backside.

* BisexualLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:It turns out this got Izzy into huge trouble. First, she'd already been [[SleepingWithTheBoss involved with the DA, her boss]], she also started seeing Nola Barnes, the witness against the Man, a violent crime boss. Nola was so violently jealous of this she beat up and kidnapped Izzy, then kept her as a captive [[DepravedBisexual so she'd never leave]].]]

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Nola turns out to have been seeing Izzy, and then slept with Max as well so he'd do what she wanted. It turns out she'd kidnapped and held Izzy captive after learning she'd been cheating then left Nola after learning she's a hitwoman. It's {{downplayed}} however as Izzy appears to also be bisexual, given that all the other relationships she'd had which we see expect for this were all with men.]]

* DomesticAbuse: Isobel was in a relationship with a guy, and wouldn't leave after he gave her a black eye in spite of Max warning that he'd also kill her someday. He's the prime suspect to Max when she disappears, but it turns out he isn't responsible. [[spoiler:It turns out that she suffered this again even worse as she'd been seeing Nola and her boss at the same time. Nola found out, with Izzy leaving her because found out she's a hitwoman. Izzy was then beaten up and kidnapped by Nola, who held her captive so she could never leave her.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Max doesn't hesitate to punch and then stab Nola fatally in the finale. It's justified though as she's not only a depraved hitwoman, but he did it to protect his sister (and she attacked him first).]]

** is called Izzy almost always.

* {{Fingore}}: {{Subverted}}. Max is threatened with this by Travis, the Man's enforcer, for not paying his debt. He relents after learning Max's sister is a lawyer and he's promised the money though.

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Max only calls his father Cotton, never “dad” or something similar, as they're not at all in a good place with each other.

* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Izzy it turns out is being held captive by Nola, and Max rescues her in the end.

* BisexualLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:It turns out this got Izzy into huge trouble. First, she'd already been [[SleepingWithTheBoss involved with the DA, her boss]], she also started seeing Nola Barnes, the witness against the Man, a violent crime boss. Nola was so violently jealous of this she beat up and kidnapped Izzy, then kept her as a captive.]]

* DomesticAbuse: Isobel was in a relationship with a guy, and wouldn't leave after he gave her a black eye in spite of Max warning that he'd also kill her someday. He's the prime suspect to Max when she disappears, but it turns out he isn't responsible.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Max's instant reaction after learning his sister Izzy's gone missing is to find her at all costs, with his first stop being an abusive ex-boyfriend. It's shown he'd beaten up the guy in the past for hitting her, and he does so again thinking he's involved with her disappearance. When he learns she's been killed, he vows revenge on whoever did it or helped at once.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Nola tells Max that she'd once been innocent, but that a man had “taken her innocence”, then she killed him in revenge (it's implied she was raped).

* {{Revenge}}: Max immediately vows vengeance on whoever killed his sister Isobel, and sets out to get it along with Nola, a friend of hers. Nola herself killed a man in the past who did something which had “taken her innocence” too (it's implied she was raped).

* ActionGirl: Nola immediately shows she's one by deftly fighting off Max when he tries to stop her, thinking he's been sent after her by the Man. [[spoiler:It turns out she's a hitwoman who worked for the Man, and this had to be very capable.]]

* AccidentalMurder: While one of the Man's thugs is aiming his gun to kill him with another nearby, Max knocks the guy's arm aside, which results in him shooting the other by mistake.

Max Chase is a petty criminal who's been helped by his prosecutor sister Isobel (Izzy) to get out of trouble many times before. Out of parole, he's soon into trouble again, losing at gambling and into debt with the formidable crime boss John Mansfield, simply known as "the Man".

However, after promising a goon the Man sent he can repay with his sister's help, Max finds that she's disappeared. Max sets out to find her, with the Man's goons after him, and learns they're connected when he meets Nola, a witness whom Izzy was prepping for testimony against the Man, and she joins in his quest.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Max's instant reaction after learning his sister Isobel has gone missing is to find her at all costs, with his first stop being an abusive ex-boyfriend. It's shown he'd beaten up the guy in the past for hitting her, and he does so again thinking he's involved with her disappearance. When he learns she's been killed, he vows revenge on whoever did it or helped at once.

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Nola turns out to have been seeing Izzy, and then slept with Max as well so he'd do what she wanted. It turns out she'd kidnapped and held Izzy captive after learning she'd been cheating. It's {{downplayed}} however as Izzy appears to also be bisexual, given her the relationships she'd had other than this were all with men.]]

* MsFanservice: Nola, who's very beautiful, wears a tanktop which shows her cleavage through most of the film. She also has sex with Max, with her breasts shown briefly and her bare backside while riding him aggressively. It's later revealed she also was involved with his sister Isobel, and is shown kissing with her in the past quite passionately.