History Film / Dobermann

''Dobermann'' is a 1997 French film directed by Jan Kounen starring Creator/VincentCassel, Tchéky Karyo, and Creator/MonicaBellucci.

''Dobermann'' is a 1997 French film directed by Jan Kounen starring Tchéky Karyo, Creator/VincentCassel, and Creator/MonicaBellucci.

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who only has one goal: to catch Dobermann at any cost.

* GrenadeTag: The Abbot shoves a grenade inside a cop's crash helmet and shoves a grenade inside before slamming the visor shut and pushing him out of the car.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dobermann's father is a hardened gangster, but even thinks it is inappropriate for Joe to be [[GunsInChurch carrying a .357 Magnum inside the church]], even if it is a christening present.

* HandCannon: Several of criminals favour ludicrously large handguns:

* DisabilityImmunity: Nat the Gypsy is deaf. She uses this to her advantage during the raid in Joe's club. The manages to shove the cop who is trying to arrest her up against the speaker bank, and then cranks the volume of the club's sound system to maximum. The cop falls to the floor, deafened and nearly unconscious, while Nat is largely unaffected.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The majority of the gang are only referred to by their nicknames: Dobermann, Nat the Gypsy, the Abbot, Mosquito, and Pitbull. Christini briefly rattles of their real names when he is interrogating Pitbull near the end.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Manu]] is shot and badly wounded by the police. Although he tries to make light of the situation, claiming that he doesn't even miss [[GroinAttack his dick]], he knows that he is losing a lot of blood and won't be able to escape. So rather than get left behind to be captures, or endanger others by causing them to stay behind to protect him, he shoots himself in the head when Dobermann's back is turned.

* BruiserWithASoftCentre: Pitbull is the gang's muscle: a hulking bruiser with a willingness to use violence at the drop of a hat. However, he is consistently shown as possessing a soft side; He dotes over his new puppy Godzilla. During the bank raid, he tells an old lady that she can remain standing if it is too difficult for her to lie on the floor. When she complains that she only came into the bank to withdraw 500 francs, he gives her 500 francs from his own wallet. And when Godzilla is accidentally shot by the police, he falls in a deep depression: vowing to make Godzilla the grandest grave any dog has ever had, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick debone a cop]].

* GrenadeLauncher: Nat the Gypsy has a M203 Grenade Launcher mounted under her [[{{BFG FN Minimi Paratrooper]]. She uses it to blast her way into the bank.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The transvestite providing Pitbull with LSD in the club explains how she conceals the drugs in cartridges because the police never think to search there. When the club is raided shortly thereafter, the transvestite grabs her revolver and leaps out to confront the police. Too late the drug addled Pitbull realises that she as grabbed the wrong cartridges and is attempting to shoot the police with a gun load with drugs. She gets gunned down.

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: One of the dancers in Joe's club complains that Manu is jerking off while watching her and holding a gun in his other hand. Joe gives a stern talking to and almost throws him out of the club.

* WouldHarmAChild: Christini. As an interrogation technique, he gives Oliver's infant son a live grenade to play. Earlier, he threw the child across a room without really caring if his partner was there to catch it or not.

* PantsPositiveSafety: Mosquito keeps his pistol shoved in the waistband of his pants and never goes anywhere without.

* RecklessGunUsage: Mosquito is shown to be noticeably lax regarding gun safety. He constantly keeps a loaded gum [[PantsPositiveSafety thrust into the waistband of his pants]]. He pulls the gun at the slightest provocation. He gestures with the hand holding the gun; often waving it in someone's face to emphasise a point. At one point, he holds the gun upside down and peers down the barrel, despite it being loaded. Manu isn't much better; showing off his new sniper rifle by aiming it at Dobermann's head.