History Film / GunpowderMilkshake

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When the librarians hand out a series of {{Book Safe}}s (containing weapons) to Sam, Madeleine ends up by giving her an (actual) Agatha Christie book, "to read".

* DropTheHammer:
** At one point, Anna May uses two regular hammers as weapons. Very, ''very'' deadly weapons.
** One [[EliteMooks Elite Mook]] uses a sledgehammer to try and kill Sam. It doesn't work and Sam ends up taking it and using it on his head.

* CombatBreakdown: Sam's two fights against the "Boneheads". While in the first everyone is fit and healthy, they begin the second with everyone disabled to some extent. Sam's arms are paralysed, forcing her to fight by spinning wildly and hoping to hit something. Of her three opponents, one is in a wheelchair, the second on crutches, and the third has an arm in a sling.

* FauxAffablyEvil: [=McAlester=] is a ruthless mobster but he is initially portrayed sympathetically as a grieving father who wants revenge on his son's killer, similar to how Scarlet wanted revenge for her husband's death. However, his affable façade goes away when he [[spoiler:tells Sam that he will slowly torture her to death and have Emily watch all of it]].

* GutturalGrowler: [=McAlester=], courtesy of Creator/RalphIneson's rumbling bass.

* NoHonorAmongThieves: The kidnapper with the Frankenstein mask murders his comrades to keep all the ransom for himself, accidentally destroying it and getting himself killed in the process. It probably would have worked better if he had waited until they reached their hideout instead of killing the getaway driver while he was driving.

* TruceZone: The diner and clinic ''try'' to be this, with a strictly enforced no-guns "check you guns at the door" policy. The first is violated when the Boneheads try to kill Sam, the second when the librarians raid it to rescue Sam (although since they are dressed as diner employees [[LoopholeAbuse they may be technically exempted from the rule]]). Interestingly, the mafia goons have plenty of melee weapons, suggesting that only firearms are banned (though the head thug breaks even this rule)

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The film presumably takes place in America, but it's never specified exactly ''where''.

''Gunpowder Milkshake'' is a 2021 [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] [[ActionGenre action]] {{dramedy}}. It was directed by Navot Papushado and written by Papushado and Ehud Lavski. It stars Creator/KarenGillan, Creator/LenaHeadey, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/ChloeColeman, Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/AngelaBassett, and Creator/PaulGiamatti. It was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 14, 2021.

''Gunpowder Milkshake'' is a 2021 [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] [[ActionGenre action]] {{dramedy}}. It was directed by Navot Papushado and written by Papushado and Ehud Lavski. It stars Creator/KarenGillan, Creator/LenaHeadey, Creator/CarlaGugino, Chloe Coleman, Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/AngelaBassett, and Creator/PaulGiamatti. It was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 14, 2021.

* CastingGag: Creator/AngelaBassett (Anna May) previously portrayed a character named "Anna Mae" in ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt''.

* FauxAffablyEvil: [=McAlester=] is a ruthless mobster but he is initially portrayed sympathetically as a grieving father who wants revenge on his son's killer, similar to how Scarlet wanted revenge for her husband's death. However, his affable fa&ccedilade goes away when he [[spoiler:tells Sam that he will slowly torture her to death and have Emily watch all of it]].

->'''Scarlet:''' You are an incredibly impressive young woman. There's not a single person on Earth I'd rather kill people with.
->'''Sam:''' Thanks, Mom.

* {{Fauxshadow}}: During a tense first meeting with the initially not entirely friendly librarians Sam makes it clear that she considers killing women fair game (in contrast to the old fashioned "no women, no children" line from ''Film/TheProfessional''.) The implication is that Sam might come into conflict with one or more of these other deadly women during the film. Not only does that not happen there are no female antagonists at all in the movie.

* AnAxeToGrind: One of Sam's weapons, "Tommy Tomahawk", used to belong to Madeleine. Later, Madeleine uses it to fight against Virgil.

* FiveManBand: Sam is the heroine, Scarlet is the lancer, Anna May is the big guy, Florence is the smart guy, Madeline is the heart, and Emily is the sixth ranger.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Sam's quest to rescue Emily (which has her going against the Firm’s orders) just so happens to take place just hours after she kills Jim [=McAlester=]'s son.

* FauxAffablyEvil: [=McAlester=] is a ruthless mobster but he is initially portrayed sympathetically as a grieving father who wants revenge on his son's killer, similar to how Scarlet wanted revenge for her husband's death. However, his affable facade goes away when he [[spoiler: tells Sam that he will slowly torture her to death and have Emily watch all of it]].

* CastingGag: Angela Bassett (Anna May) previously portrayed a character named "Anna Mae" in Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt.

* AnAxeToGrind: One of Sam's weapons, "Tommy Tomahawk," used to belong to Madeleine. Later, Madeleine uses it to fight against Virgil.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Sam’s quest to rescue Emily (which has her going against the Firm’s orders) just so happens to take place just hours after she kills Jim [=McAllister=]'s son.
* [[ContractOnTheHitman Contract on the Hitwoman]]: Scarlet had to leave her daughter because she killed the leader of the Russians, despite them being a member of the Firm, so she was a target. Something similar happens to Sam when she kills Jim [=McAllister's=] son and the Firm takes away her protection, resulting in a ''massive'' number of killers coming after her.

* HandicappedBadass: Sam is briefly made into this when Dr. Rickey paralyses both her arms. With some help from Emily she manages to slaughter the Boneheads and total two cars chasing her.

* OpenHeartDentistry: Dr. Rickey is a dentist, but it's clear that he gets a lot of visits from injured members of the mob or the Firm. The nurse has a giant tooth which she keeps people's guns in and Dr. Rickey has a canister of laughing gas for his patients (and himself).

** Dr. Rickey tells his nurse "I think you should go on your break now", letting her escape before the fighting begins.

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When Emily notices Sam was shot in the shoulder, she says that it could get infected, worms could get in, and she could lose her arm. After they get to the doctor's office and Dr. Rickey is trying to think of an excuse to inject her with a sedative, he takes a look at her shoulder and says it could get infected and she could lose the arm.

->'''Sam:''' Thanks, mom.

* OutnumberedSibling: [=McAlester=] eventually reveals (in a misogynistic fashion) that his late son has four sisters.

* FakeFood: The whipped cream on Sam's milkshake looks perfectly fresh after she's been waiting for her mom for ''three hours''. Also, the level of the milkshake remains the same even though ''two'' people are drinking it. It is lower after an angle change though.

* GunsAkimbo: At various points in the movie, both Sam and Scarlet dual wield guns. In the library fight, Scarlet dual wields guns ''with knives on them''.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Sam’s quest to rescue Emily (which has her going against the Firm’s orders) just so happens to take place just hours after she kills Jim McAllister's son.

* ContrievedCoincidence: Sam’s quest to rescue Emily (which has her going against the Firm’s orders) just so happens to take place just hours after she kills Jim McAllister's son.

* CombatBreakdown: Sam's two fights against the "Boneheads". In the first everyone is fit and healthy, they begin the second with everyone disabled to some extent. Sam's arms are paralyszing, forcing her to fight by spinning wildly and hoping to hit something. Of her three opponents, one is in a wheelchair, the second on crutches, and the third has an arm in a sling.

* TruceZone The diner and clinic ''try'' to be this, with a strictly enforced no-guns "check you guns at the door" policy. The first is violated when the Boneheads try to kill Sam, the second when the librarians raid it to rescue Sam. Interestingly, the mafia goons have plenty of melee weapons, suggesting that only firearms are banned (though the head thug breaks even this rule)
** Technically speaking, only the mafia violate the no-guns rule, as the librarians are dressed as diner employees and are thus presumably exempt.