History YMMV / TheNightComesForUs

* VanillaProtagonist: While Joe Taslim offers an excellent performance as TheStoic protagonist Ito and, of course, makes way for some ''massively'' badass fight sequences, his overall [[DullSurprise lack of expression]] tends to make him the least interesting character in the story, especially when compared to such colorful personalities as Arian, Ito's [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits friends]], and [[DarkActionGirl The Operator]].

* NightmareFuel: The insanely gory butcher shop fight, which includes such notable sights as a thug getting a GlasgowGrin that puts ComicBook/TheJoker to shame before having his head crushed by a flank of meat, Ito [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] one thug on a ''meathook'', and one guy getting his leg sawed off only to be [[SarcasmMode "mercifully"]] finished by a sharp bone ''to the throat''.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: When the Operator first appears, finishing off the thugs who just killed Fatih, the muzzle flashes are poorly synced to the actual wounds inflicted. In one case, a gunman falls dead a full second before she even aims at him.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: When the Operator first appears, finishing off the thugs who just killed Fatih, the muzzle flashes are poorly synced to the actual wounds inflicted. In one case, a gunman falls dead a full second before she even sims at him.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: When The Operator tears off her damaged finger, the bend in Julie Estelle's real pinkie is visible (though partially hidden by her other three fingers), revealing that it's simply a prosthetic glued to the second knuckle. The resulting "stump" also has no exposed bone or other gore one might expect to see, especially in a film like this.

* MagnificentBitch: The woman known only as "the Operator" is a mysterious hired gun assigned to eliminate the Six Seas. Introduced using darkness and a laser sight to kill off terrified goons, the Operator further proves her insane skills when she duels Ito, quickly marking her as the only person capable of defeating him in single combat. Twisting Ito to her goals and sending her after the Six Seas agent Arian, the Operator protects the young girl Reina from assassins Alma and Elena, using the womens' own weapons against them and taking them both on at once. The Operator ultimately outwits and kills Alma, Elena and an entire armed squad in their employ, saving Reina and returning her to Ito once Arian is dead, the Operator moving on to continue her mission to dismantle the Six Seas.

* MagnificentBitch: The woman known only as "the Operator" is a mysterious hired gun assigned to eliminate the Six Seas. Introduced using darkness and a laser sight to kill off terrified goons, the Operator further proves her insane skills when she duels Ito, quickly marking her as the only person capable of defeating him in single combat. Twisting Ito to her goals and sending her after the Six Seas agent Arian, the Operator protects the young girl Reina from assassins Alma and Elena, using the womens' own weapons against them and taking them both on at once. The Operator ultimately outwits and kills Alma, Elena and an entire armed squad in their employ, saving Reina and returning her to Ito once Arian is dead, the Operator moving on to continue her mission to dismantle the Six Seas.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Chien Wu]] is a cruel member of [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs the Six Seas]] who happily takes orders from [[GreaterScopeVillain his unseen bosses]]. Having a helping hand in orchestrating the massacre of a "shithole village" because they were siphoning his gang's money, Chien Wu tries to have the traitor Ito killed alongside the survivor [[WouldHurtAChild Reina]]. Getting Ito's crew killed in an apartment massacre, Chien Wu tasks Ito's former friend Arian to kill him in return for a position in the Six Seas, only to [[YouHaveFailedMe have him viciously gunned down once he fails to do so]].

* {{Narm}}/NarmCharm:

** Ito's and Arian's primal screaming during their duel is initially powerful and intimidating, but you start finding it just hilarious after the first 20 screams or so.
** Ito and Arian deliver to each other gruesome wounds that should have killed them then and there, but they are still walking and talking even after their duel. At that point, they might as well be immortal.
** Speaking about the duel, the instance in which Arian accidentally kicks the iron pillar (and without any lasting effect, nothing less).

* {{Squick}}: If you were squeamish just watching ''Film/TheRaid'', you won't last very long watching ''this'' one.

* {{Padding}}: For how awesome the assault on Fatih's apartment is, it takes up 15 minutes and slows the plot to a crawl to show off as much bloodshed as it can.

* {{Padding}}: For how awesome the assault on Fatih's apartment is, it takes up half the runtime and slows the plot to a crawl to show off as much bloodshed as it can.

* {{Narm}}:

* {{Padding}}: For how awesome the assault on Fatih's apartment is, it takes up half the runtime and slows the plot to the crawl to show off as much bloodshed as it can.

* {{Narm}}: Iko Uwais's acting when Chien Wu gives Arian a second chance to kill Ito is a little too melodramatic, especially when he speaks English.

* {{Narm}}: Iko Uwais's acting when Chien Wu gives him a second chance to kill Ito is a little too melodramatic, especially when he speaks English.

* {{Narm}}: Iko Uwais's acting when Chien Wu gives his a second chance to kill Ito is a little too melodramatic, especially when he speaks English.