History Film / FromParisWithLove

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-->'''Wax:''' ''How long do you think it'd take to run down nine flights of stairs?. . .Fifty-four seconds. Five seconds to cross the lobby…and four to get to the car.''

* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:Caroline]] says it wasn't, even if her feelings aren't enough to stop her trying to push the trigger on her bomb. Possibly-- as we see a few seconds later when Wax disconnects it, the cord to deactivate the bomb was right above the trigger. It's never made clear which she was reaching for- the trigger, or the cord. Which would turn it into SuicideByCop - Caroline must've known she'd get shot if she moved her hand anywhere close to the trigger.

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%%* AnyoneCanDie
%%* AntiHero: Charlie Wax.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Again, Wax.

%%* BittersweetEnding.

%%* ChekhovsGun:
%%** [[spoiler:The vase full of cocaine.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Reese's ring counts as well, as does the African Aid Summit mentioned at the beginning of the movie]]
%%* CloakAndDagger: [[ConversationalTroping Referenced by the characters]].

%%* DirtyCop: Charlie has shades of this.

%%* GayParee

%%* HoneyTrap

* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou John Travolta Is About To Shoot You]]

%%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Caroline.]]

%%* SurpriseCheckMate

%%* UngratefulBitch

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:'''Wax''': "That's the call we've been waiting for." *BANG*]]
* WokFu: There is a cross between a gunfight and a fistfight in a Chinese restaurant.

* BondOneLiner: "Wax on, Wax off". (Doubles as a ShoutOut to ''TheKarateKid'', written by Creator/LucBesson's writing partner Robert Mark Kamen.)

** And [[TheKarateKid "Wax on, Wax off".]]

* AnyoneCanDie
* AntiHero: Charlie Wax.

* BaldOfAwesome: Again, Wax.

* ChekhovsGun:
** [[spoiler:The vase full of cocaine.]]
** [[spoiler:Reese's ring counts as well, as does the African Aid Summit mentioned at the beginning of the movie]]
* CloakAndDagger: [[ConversationalTroping Referenced by the characters]].

* DirtyCop: Charlie has shades of this.

* GayParee

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Caroline.]]
* ShoutOut: Wax gets himself a [[Film/PulpFiction royale with cheese.]]

* SurpriseCheckMate

* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]

* {{Badass}}: Wax.

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* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding.]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The vase full of cocaine.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:"Maybe you should ask your girlfriend what she was doing in this part of town."]]

* [[spoiler:HoneyTrap]]

* [[spoiler:WasItAllALie: Caroline says it wasn't, even if her feelings aren't enough to stop her trying to push the trigger on her bomb.]]
** [[spoiler:Possibly-- as we see a few seconds later when Wax disconnects it, the cord to deactivate the bomb was right above the trigger. It's never made clear which she was reaching for- the trigger, or the cord.]]
*** Which would turn it into SuicideByCop - [[spoiler:Caroline must've known she'd get shot if she moved her hand anywhere close to the trigger]].

* ActorAllusion: Wax's favourite food is a [[Film/PulpFiction 'Royale with Cheese']]

* FakeAmerican: Reese is played by Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
* FakeNationality: Reese's French fiancee Caroline is played by Polish actress Kasia Smutniak.

2010 action film produced and co-written by LucBesson and starring JohnTravolta and JonathanRhysMeyers.

* BondOneLiner: "Wax on, Wax off". (Doubles as a ShoutOut to ''TheKarateKid'', written by Luc Besson's writing partner Robert Mark Kamen.)

* ActorAllusion: Wax's favourite food is a [[PulpFiction 'Royale with Cheese']]

* ShoutOut: Wax gets himself a [[PulpFiction royale with cheese.]]

* GadgetWatches: Wax gets one that can direct a satellite.

** [[spoiler: Reese's ring counts as well, as does the African Aid Summit mentioned at the beginning of the movie]]

* [[ICallItVera I Call It Mrs.Jones]]: Wax's gun, which he smuggles into France in dozens of cans of energy drink and ''sings to''.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: the only reason Wax manages to stay alive.

*** Which would turn it into SuicideByCop - [[spoiler: Caroline must've known she'd get shot if she moved her hand anywhere close to the trigger]].
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: '''Wax''': "That's the call we've been waiting for." *BANG*]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: the vase full of cocaine.]]

* CloakAndDagger: [[ConversationalTroping referenced by the characters]]

* [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]]: Reese's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment opening-scene game]] with his boss [[PastimesProvePersonality defines his character]] from the get-go. It's implied that this is the characteristic that lands Reese his big break. [[spoiler:Wax is also a speed chessmaster, boardering on ClockKing.]]

* OneSceneWonder: The unnamed agent that drives Charlie to intercept the bomb car is ''one hell of a driver.''

* AntiHero: Type IV.

* LargeHam: Wax is hammy ''[[BeyondTheImpossible even by Travolta's standards.]]''