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* {{Badass}}: It's a Jason Statham movie, who do you think?
** On top of that, it's an adaption of the ''Parker'' series by Donald E. Westlake, whose title character is undeniably one of the most badass professional thieves in literature.
** On top of that, it's an adaption of the ''Parker'' series by Donald E. Westlake, whose title character is undeniably one of the most badass professional thieves in literature.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: The hitman.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently [[Series/TheShield Vic]] [[Creator/MichaelChiklis Mackey]] is now a full-on criminal.
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* TooDumbToLive: Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
* UnscrupulousHero: Guess who.
* UnscrupulousHero: Guess who.
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* TooDumbToLive: Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
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* FlatWhat: After Leslie finds out that Parker is up to something and offers to help him with his criminal activities:
--> '''Parker:''' Take off your clothes.
--> '''Leslie:''' ....What?
--> '''Parker:''' Take off your clothes.
--> '''Leslie:''' ....What?
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** On top of that, it's an adaption of the ''Parker'' series by Donald E. Westlake, whose title character is undeniably one of the most badass professional thieves in literature.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently [[TheShield Vic]] [[MichaelChiklis Mackey]] is now a full-on criminal.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently [[TheShield [[Series/TheShield Vic]] [[MichaelChiklis [[Creator/MichaelChiklis Mackey]] is now a full-on criminal.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Parker. See LighterAndSofter below.
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* LighterAndSofter: Parker was a nigh-on VillainProtagonist in Westlake's novels. The film tones that down greatly, making him a GentlemanThief AntiHero.
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* LighterAndSofter: Parker was a nigh-on full-on VillainProtagonist in Westlake's novels. The film tones that down greatly, making him a GentlemanThief AntiHero.
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* UnscrupulousHero: Guess who.
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* DamselInDistress: Leslie Rogers siezes the [[IdiotBall Idiot Ball]] [[spoiler: by going to the hideout]] and nearly bollixing Parker's play.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Parker refuses to throw in with his partners and pool his share of the loot with them so they can pull a second a job. His partners shoot him, take his share of the loot and leave him for dead.
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''Parker'' is a 2013 action flick starring Creator/JasonStatham and Music/JenniferLopez, adapted from Donald Westlake's novel ''Flashfire''.
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''Parker'' is a 2013 action flick starring Creator/JasonStatham and Music/JenniferLopez, adapted from Donald Westlake's novel ''Flashfire''.
''[[Literature/{{Parker}} Flashfire]]''.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Parker breaks into Millander's hideout and bends the firing pins on all of the gang's hidden guns he can find. This proves a vital precaution during his final confrontation with the gang.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Parker breaks into Millander's Melander's hideout and bends the firing pins on all of the gang's hidden guns he can find. This proves a vital precaution during his final confrontation with the gang.
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* LeftForDead: Parker is shot by the gang, thrown out of moving car and then shot again (twice) before being kicked into a water-filled ditch and left for dead. He survives and comes back for revenge. Melander is furious when he learns that Hardwicke hadn't bothered to confirm Parker was dead before kicking him into the ditch.
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* BadHabits: Parker dresses as priest for the first heist.
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* InformedAbility: The hitman. It should be the best, but we see him killing only an hapless character and he fails to kill Parker after surprising him from the back.
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* InformedAbility: The hitman. It should be the best, but we see him killing only an hapless character and he fails to kill Parker after surprising him from the back.
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* MuggedForDisguise: Parker knocks out a male nurse and steals his uniform to escape from the hospital.
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* TooDumbToLive: Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Parker breaks into Millander's hideout and bends the firing pins on all of the gang's hidden guns he can find. This proves a vital precaution during his final confrontation with the gang.
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* TooDumbToLive: Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
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* TakeYourClothesOff: Parker orders Leslie to strip so he can see she is not wearing a wire.
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* TakeYourClothesOff: TakeOffYourClothes: Parker orders Leslie to strip so he can see she is not wearing a wire.
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* TakeOffYourYourClothes: Parker orders Leslie to strip so he can see she is not wearing a wire.
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''Parker'' is a 2013 action flick starring JasonStatham and Music/JenniferLopez, adapted from Donald Westlake's novel ''Flashfire''.
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''Parker'' is a 2013 action flick starring JasonStatham Creator/JasonStatham and Music/JenniferLopez, adapted from Donald Westlake's novel ''Flashfire''.
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* TheCaper: One in the beginning, second at the end, and a ''third'' one to mess with the second.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Parker gets shot and stabbed to the chest (among other things), but just keeps on going.
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* TheCaper: One in the beginning, second at the end, and a ''third'' one to mess with the second.
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* GoreIndiscretionShot: The knife going through Parker's hand.
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* GoreIndiscretionShot: The knife going through Parker's hand.
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* MsFanservice: Leslie.
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* MsFanservice: Leslie. Especially in her underwear.
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* {{Informed Ability}} The hitman. It should be the best, but we see him killing only an hapless character and he fails to kill Parker after surprising him from the back.
* {{Disney Villain Death}} The hitman.
* {{Too dumb to live}} Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
* {{Disney Villain Death}} The hitman.
* {{Too dumb to live}} Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
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* {{Informed Ability}} InformedAbility: The hitman. It should be the best, but we see him killing only an hapless character and he fails to kill Parker after surprising him from the back.
*{{Disney Villain Death}} DisneyVillainDeath: The hitman.
*{{Too dumb to live}} TooDumbToLive: Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
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* {{Informed Ability}} The hitman. It should be the best, but we see him killing only an hapless character and he fails to kill Parker after surprising him from the back.
* {{Disney Villain Death}} The hitman.
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* {{Disney Villain Death}} The hitman.
* {{Too dumb to live}} Arguably Parker; just knocked down an hitman? Forget about him and give him shoulders... Fortunately he is {{Made of Iron}}.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: During the opening heist, Parker deals with a panicking security guard by calmly talking him down.
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* KnifeNut: The hitman sent after Parker and his loved ones.
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*HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently [[TheShield Vic]] [[MichaelChiklis Mackey]] is now a full-on criminal.
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JasonStatham action flick.
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''Parker'' is a 2013 action flick starring JasonStatham action flick.and Music/JenniferLopez, adapted from Donald Westlake's novel ''Flashfire''.
Parker (Statham) is a professional thief whose code of ethics involves not stealing from the poor or hurting innocent people. After getting stabbed in the back and left for dead by his crew, Parker tracks them down to Palm Beach, Florida in order to get revenge, where he enlists the help of Leslie Rogers (Lopez), a real estate agent who helps him rob his former friends.
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* {{Badass}}: It's a Jason Statham movie, who do you think?
* GentlemanThief: Parker.
* LighterAndSofter: Parker was a nigh-on VillainProtagonist in Westlake's novels. The film tones that down greatly, making him a GentlemanThief AntiHero.
* MsFanservice: Leslie.
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Parker (Statham) is a professional thief whose code of ethics involves not stealing from the poor or hurting innocent people. After getting stabbed in the back and left for dead by his crew, Parker tracks them down to Palm Beach, Florida in order to get revenge, where he enlists the help of Leslie Rogers (Lopez), a real estate agent who helps him rob his former friends.
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* {{Badass}}: It's a Jason Statham movie, who do you think?
* GentlemanThief: Parker.
* LighterAndSofter: Parker was a nigh-on VillainProtagonist in Westlake's novels. The film tones that down greatly, making him a GentlemanThief AntiHero.
* MsFanservice: Leslie.
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