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* BigBad: Mauricio, a high-level soldier with a Mexican drug cartel, is the film's main villain. He is a ruthless murderer who's hunting down a woman and her young son just to punish them for what her brother did (who is already dead at the cartel's hands while this happens after stealing from them).
* ChildSoldiers: Mauricio, the main villain of the film, was recruited by the cartel as a little boy. Near the end, when holding Miguel hostage, he tells Jim mockingly how Miguel's going to become one too, saying he was once just like him. Jim is naturally horrified by this. However, he still had to teach Miguel shooting, though only for self-defense. Miguel does this in the film, [[spoiler:shooting Jim non-fatally and nearly killing Mauricio]].
* TheVietnamVet: Jim is a Vietnam Vet himself, specifically a former Marine Corps scout sniper, revealing he served two tours of duty. He still has medals he earned as a result, but doesn't talk much of his service. Jim however does tell Miguel that there's nothing good about killing other men (he does it presently only to protect himself or others).
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* TheVietnamVet: Jim is a Vietnam Vet himself, specifically a former Marine Corps scout sniper, revealing he served two tours of duty. He still has medals he earned as a result, but doesn't talk much of his service. Jim however does tell Miguel that there's nothing good about killing other men (he does it presently only to protect himself or others).
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* TheVietnamVet: WorthyOpponent: Mauricio, for all that he's a villainous Mexican cartel hitman, appears to respect Jim is somewhat, given his skills as a Vietnam Vet himself, specifically a former Marine Corps scout sniper, revealing veteran and being a "fellow soldier". [[spoiler:VillainsDyingGrace he served two tours of duty. He still has medals returns Jim's medal which he earned as a result, but doesn't talk much of his service. Jim however does tell Miguel that there's nothing good about killing other men (he does it presently only to protect himself or others).stole right before dying.]]
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* ColdSniper: Jim is a good man but usually gruff and distant to others. A veteran [[SemperFi Marine]] scout sniper who had [[TheVietnamVet served in Vietnam]], he's still quite good at sniping (thus the film's title) and shows his skills during the film multiple times while fighting dangerous cartel members.
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* TheVietnamVet: Jim is a Vietnam Vet himself, specifically a former Marine Corps scout sniper, revealing he served two tours of duty. He still has medals he earned as a result, but doesn't talk much of his service. Jim however does tell Miguel that there's nothing good about killing other men (he does it presently only to protect himself or others).
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* DirtyCop: Jim is stopped by a Highway Patrol officer whom he quickly realizes took money from the cartel to hand over him and Miguel. He manages to escape the officer with Miguel, before the cartel members show up (who then summarily kill the guy [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness as he's become useless for them]]).
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* HollywoodAtheist: After burying Jackson, Jim is initially upset when Miguel mentions Jackson is in heaven.
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* HollywoodAtheist: After burying Jackson, Jim is initially upset when Miguel mentions Jackson is in heaven.heaven, saying it's just something people made up to feel better. Miguel's mother died in the film earlier, so he's upset by this. Jim takes Miguel to a Catholic church so his mother can have a funeral in contrition. He's shown as bitter about losing his wife before as well. Later he recants, saying Miguel's mother is watching over him.
* SemperFi: Jim is a Marine veteran who'd [[TheVietnamVet served in Vietnam]] as a scout sniper. He's shown as extremely skilled with guns due to his training even years later as an old man, taking on three hardened Mexican cartel members on all by himself near the beginning.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Following the escape from the corrupt cop, Jim accidentally lets the map fall out of the car, which makes it easier for Mauricio to track him and Miguel to Chicago.
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* ItsPersonal: Part of the reason Mauricio pursues Jim and Miguel so aggressively is that Jim killed Mauricio's brother in a gunfight early on.
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* ItsPersonal: Part of the reason Mauricio pursues Jim and Miguel so aggressively is that Jim killed Mauricio's brother in a gunfight early on. [[spoiler:On the hero's side, Jim becomes incensed when the cartel members needlessly [[KickTheDog kill his dog]].]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: More like ''Shoot The Dog'', but in pursuit of Jim and Miguel, the cartel members kill the former's dog Jackson after [[DisproportionateRetribution he barks at them]]. Even worse, Jim is ForcedToWatch from a distance.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: More like ''Shoot The Dog'', but in pursuit of Jim and Miguel, the cartel members kill the former's dog Jackson after [[DisproportionateRetribution he barks at them]]. Even worse, Jim is ForcedToWatch from a distance.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: After getting Miquel to family in Chicago, Jim boards a bus and discovers he is heavily bleeding, he then closes his eyes and the film cuts to black before we are able to see if he has died or not.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: After being seriously wounded, Mauricio returns the Marine Corps medal he stole from Jim's house.
* VillainsDyingGrace: After being seriously wounded, Mauricio returns the Marine Corps medal he stole from Jim's house.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: After getting Miquel to his family in Chicago, Jim boards a bus and discovers he is heavily bleeding, he then closes his eyes and the film cuts to black before we are able to see if he has died or not.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler: After being seriously wounded, Mauricio returns the Marine Corps medal he stole from Jim's house.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler: After being seriously wounded, Mauricio returns the Marine Corps medal he stole from Jim's house.]]
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* MoralMyopia: Mauricio becomes bent of hunting down Jim and Miguel because Jim shot his brother, even though it was in self-defense because he and his brother started the gunfight with the intention to kill Jim because he wouldn’t hand over Rosa and Miquel who they were trying to kidnap.
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* MoralMyopia: Mauricio becomes bent of hunting determined to hunt down Jim and Miguel because Jim shot his brother, even though it was in self-defense because he and his brother started the gunfight with the intention to kill Jim because he wouldn’t hand over Rosa and Miquel who they were trying to kidnap.Jim.
