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The plot begins with a mismatched pair of hitmen, Lee Woods (young, successful, up and coming in the world of ProfessionalKillers), and Dosmo (aging, semi-retired, and well past his prime) going into the house of Roy and Becky Foxx, a couple whose marriage is ending. Woods drugs Becky, then asks Roy a series of strange questions before killing him, much to the confusion of Dosmo, who thought they were supposed to be collecting on gambling debts. Turns out Woods was hired to kill Roy, and recruited Dosmo for the sole purpose of framing him as the killer. Woods shoots Dosmo and leaves him in a car rigged to explode. In the company of his equally vicious girlfriend Helga, Woods goes to arrange the scene at the Foxx household so all evidence will lead to Dosmo, and once the cops find the evidence and Dosmo's body, they'll have nothing else to go on and Woods will get away clean.
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The plot begins with a mismatched pair of hitmen, Lee Woods (young, successful, up and coming in the world of ProfessionalKillers), {{Professional Killer}}s), and Dosmo (aging, semi-retired, and well past his prime) going into the house of Roy and Becky Foxx, a couple whose marriage is ending. Woods drugs Becky, then asks Roy a series of strange questions before killing him, much to the confusion of Dosmo, who thought they were supposed to be collecting on gambling debts. Turns out Woods was hired to kill Roy, and recruited Dosmo for the sole purpose of framing him as the killer. Woods shoots Dosmo and leaves him in a car rigged to explode. In the company of his equally vicious girlfriend Helga, Woods goes to arrange the scene at the Foxx household so all evidence will lead to Dosmo, and once the cops find the evidence and Dosmo's body, they'll have nothing else to go on and Woods will get away clean.
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The plot begins with a mismatched pair of hitmen, Lee Woods (young, successful, up and coming in the world of ProfessionalKillers), and Dosmo (aging, semi-retired, and well past his prime) going into the house of Roy and Becky Foxx, a couple whose marriage is ending. Woods drugs Becky, then asks Roy a series of strange questions before killing him, much to the confusion of Dosmo, who thought they were supposed to be collecting on gambling debts. Turns out Woods was hired to kill Roy, and recruited Dosmo for the sole purpose of framing him as the killer. Woods shoots Dosmo and leaves him in a car rigged to explode. In the company of his equally vicious girlfriend Helga, Woods goes to arrange the scene at the Foxx household so all evidence will lead to Dosmo, and once the cops find the evidence and Dosmo's body, they'll have nothing else to go on and Woods will get away clean.
Unfortunately for Woods, Dosmo survives being shot thanks to a bulletproof vest and manages to escape the car before it blows up. Over the course of two chaotic days, the lives and fortunes of the two hitmen will pull multiple people into their orbit before they clash once more, including several cops, rich but ''very'' obnoxious art dealer Allan Hopper, Hopper's much put upon assistant Susan and his sister Audrey, suicidal former TV Producer Teddy, and especially Becky Foxx, who was the one who hired Woods in the first place.
Unfortunately for Woods, Dosmo survives being shot thanks to a bulletproof vest and manages to escape the car before it blows up. Over the course of two chaotic days, the lives and fortunes of the two hitmen will pull multiple people into their orbit before they clash once more, including several cops, rich but ''very'' obnoxious art dealer Allan Hopper, Hopper's much put upon assistant Susan and his sister Audrey, suicidal former TV Producer Teddy, and especially Becky Foxx, who was the one who hired Woods in the first place.
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* DecoyProtagonist: While the film makes it clear almost right away that it's an ensemble cast and isn't going to have one character getting all the spotlight, the audience probably expected frustrated CowboyCop Alvin (played by Jeff Daniels, coming off two of his most successful films to date in ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' and ''Film/{{Speed}}'') to play a larger role than he did. Instead he gets written out of the film about halfway through, kicked off the force due to his erratic behavior, and never reappears after getting notice that he is being dismissed.
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* AssholeVictim: According to Becky, Roy is this, as he cheated on her several times, including with Helga, and he sued her for alimony, so she's glad he's dead. Helga points out Becky treated Roy like shit, and always put her career first.
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* AssholeVictim: According to Becky, Roy is this, as he cheated on her several times, including with Helga, and he sued her for alimony, so she's glad he's dead. Helga points out retorts that she thinks that Becky treated Roy like shit, and always put only focused on her career first.athletic career.
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* BulletproofVest: Dosmo wears one of these, which saves his life against Woods twice.Woods. Twice.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Woods recruited Dosmo for the hit on Roy Foxx specifically to use him for this. Woods made sure to plant some of Dosmo's cigarettes at the scene where he killed Roy, then shot Dosmo in the car after they left the scene and blew up the car, planning for the police to find Dosmo's body and match it to DNA evidence from the cigarettes. Dosmo survives thanks to a bulletproof vest and escapes before the car blows up. Amusingly, late in the movie it's shown that despite their questionable competence the police might not have gone for Woods' attempt at framing Dosmo, as they specifically note that the cigarettes are out of place considering how clean the rest of the scene is and how professionally the job was done.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Woods recruited Dosmo for the hit on Roy Foxx specifically to use him for this. Woods made sure to plant some of Dosmo's cigarettes at the scene where he killed Roy, then shot Dosmo in the car after they left the scene and blew up the car, car remotely, planning for the police to find Dosmo's body in the burned out car and match it to DNA evidence from the cigarettes. Dosmo survives thanks to a bulletproof vest and escapes before the car blows up. Amusingly, late in the movie it's shown that despite their questionable competence the police might not have gone for Woods' attempt at framing Dosmo, as they specifically note that the cigarettes are out of place considering how clean the rest of the scene is and how professionally the job was done.
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* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Alvin Strayer and Wes Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
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* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Alvin Strayer and Wes Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
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* JadedWashout: Most of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area where the film is set and shot in was known at the time as neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former Olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, with no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
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* JadedWashout: Most of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area where the film is set and shot in was known at the time as a neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director who is now suicidal and about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former Olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, out (Wes is a [[EagerRookie young and eager]] cop, but he's already developing issues/becoming disillusioned with working in the Vice unit, to the point of refusing to go through with busts), and have no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
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* PlausibleDeniability: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]: Helga points out to Becky the reason why no one told her anything about how Roy was going to die so that when the cops questioned her, she wouldn't have to lie (which doesn't really help Becky: see SayingTooMuch below).
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* PlausibleDeniability: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]: Helga points out to Becky the reason why no one told her anything about how Roy was going to die so that when the cops questioned her, she wouldn't have to lie (which doesn't really help Becky: see SayingTooMuch below).Becky, as the very first thing she did when encountering the police was to fall into SayingTooMuch).
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** Wes neglects his duty during a prostitution sting and lies that the girl is innocent due to feeling sorry for her (although not without reason). He also disturbs a crime scene even after being told not to. However, he picks up on Becky SayingTooMuch about the murder and correctly deduces a possible motive. During a shootout, he also orders Dosmo (who he believes to be an innocent bystander) not to endanger himself by leaving cover to help Wes, even when Woods threatens to kill Wes.
** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also bravely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
** Detectives Creighton and Valenzuela believe Becky's lies, and Creighton unprofessionally hits on her. They also are easily surprised by a hitman returning to the crime scene. However, they quickly pick up on how the cigarette pack was obviously planted there to mislead them, given how professional the rest of the hit is.
** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also bravely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
** Detectives Creighton and Valenzuela believe Becky's lies, and Creighton unprofessionally hits on her. They also are easily surprised by a hitman returning to the crime scene. However, they quickly pick up on how the cigarette pack was obviously planted there to mislead them, given how professional the rest of the hit is.
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** Wes neglects his duty during a prostitution sting and lies that the girl is innocent due to feeling sorry for her (although not without reason). He also disturbs a crime scene even after being told warned not to.to touch anything there. However, he picks up on Becky SayingTooMuch about the murder and correctly deduces a possible motive. During a shootout, he also orders Dosmo (who (whom he believes to be an innocent bystander) not to endanger himself by leaving cover to help Wes, even when Woods threatens to kill Wes.
** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue about the Foxx murder that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also bravely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
** Detectives Creighton and Valenzuela believe Becky's lies, and Creighton unprofessionally hits on her. They also are easily surprised by a hitman returning to the crime scene. However, they quickly pick up on how the cigarette pack was obviously planted there to mislead them, given howprofessional the rest of the hit is.is completely free of any trace evidence.
** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue about the Foxx murder that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also bravely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
** Detectives Creighton and Valenzuela believe Becky's lies, and Creighton unprofessionally hits on her. They also are easily surprised by a hitman returning to the crime scene. However, they quickly pick up on how the cigarette pack was obviously planted there to mislead them, given how
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* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx has hired killers to murder her husband. Wes notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.
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* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx has hired killers to murder her husband. Wes notices that she says, "They her immediate reaction is to say "''They'' killed my husband", implying instead of something like "Someone killed my husband" or even "My husband is dead". This implies that she knew there were multiple murderers when the police despite claiming that she hadn't seen anything and the police not having otherwise established this fact yet.this. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.
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* TurnInYourBadge: Part of the reason why Alvin is so upset, including when he gets angry at Wes for not going through with the bust on the massage parlor, is because he's received a letter from the department, telling him he needs to turn in his badge because of the complaints they've received about him for excessive force.
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* TurnInYourBadge: Part of the reason why Alvin is so upset, including when he gets angry at Wes for not going through with the bust on the massage parlor, is because he's received a letter from the department, department telling him he needs to turn in his badge because of the complaints they've received about him for excessive force.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Writer/director Hershfeld does a film featuring a character who's a writer/director.
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* SlasherSmile: Woods, in spades.
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* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo pretends to have been killed or seriously wounded by a shot from Woods that was actually stopped by Dosmo's BulletproofVest. When Woods strolls over to finish off his other victim, Dosmo gets the drop on Woods and shoots at him, only to be greet by a "''click''", as his revolver is out of bullets.
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* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo pretends to have been killed or seriously wounded by a shot from Woods that was actually stopped by Dosmo's BulletproofVest. When Woods strolls over to finish off his other victim, Dosmo gets the drop on Woods and shoots at him, only to be greet greeted by a "''click''", as his revolver is out of bullets.
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* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo gets the drop on Woods and shoots at him, only to be out of bullets.
* ForTheEvulz: Woods gives his victims a minute to beg for their lives, but he never intends to spare any of them regardless of what they say or do. He appears to simply enjoy psychological torment it inflicts.
* ForTheEvulz: Woods gives his victims a minute to beg for their lives, but he never intends to spare any of them regardless of what they say or do. He appears to simply enjoy psychological torment it inflicts.
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* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo pretends to have been killed or seriously wounded by a shot from Woods that was actually stopped by Dosmo's BulletproofVest. When Woods strolls over to finish off his other victim, Dosmo gets the drop on Woods and shoots at him, only to be greet by a "''click''", as his revolver is out of bullets.
* ForTheEvulz: Woods gives his victims a minute to beg for their lives, but he never intends to spare any of them regardless of what they say or do. He appears to simply enjoy the psychological torment it inflicts.
* ForTheEvulz: Woods gives his victims a minute to beg for their lives, but he never intends to spare any of them regardless of what they say or do. He appears to simply enjoy the psychological torment it inflicts.
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* JadedWashout: Much of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area where the film is set and shot in was known at the time as neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former Olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, with no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
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* JadedWashout: Much Most of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area where the film is set and shot in was known at the time as neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former Olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, with no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
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* JadedWashout: Much of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area the film is set and shot in was known at the time as neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, with no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
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* JadedWashout: Much of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area where the film is set and shot in was known at the time as neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former olympic Olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, with no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
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* LetOffByTheDetective: After Dosmo put his own life in danger to save Wes, Wes has no interest in trying to apprehend him after the climactic gunfight, instead gesturing for Dosmo to take the money from his OneLastJob and leave before any more cops arrive. He'd also proved unable to bust the nice and clearly uncomfortable woman working in a HappyEndingMassage parlor.
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* LetOffByTheDetective: After Dosmo put his own life in danger to save Wes, Wes has no interest in trying to apprehend him after the climactic gunfight, instead gesturing for Dosmo to take the money from his OneLastJob and leave before any more cops arrive. He'd He was also proved unable to bust the nice and clearly uncomfortable woman working in a HappyEndingMassage parlor.
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* PlayingPossum: In the final shootout, Dosmo is unable to stand watching Woods torture Wes by repeatedly shooting Wes in the legs, so he comes out from behind cover to try to save Wes' life. Woods shoots him, but Dosmo is uninjured thanks to his BulletproofVest. Woods comes over to [[MakeSureHesDead be sure that Dosmo is dead]], and Dosmo dramatically spins around and fires his gun at Woods... [[DramaticAmmoDepletion except it turns out he used up all his bullets]] earlier in the shootout.
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* PlayingPossum: In the final shootout, Dosmo is unable to stand watching Woods torture Wes by repeatedly shooting Wes in the legs, so he comes out from behind cover to try to save Wes' life. Woods shoots him, but Dosmo is uninjured thanks to his BulletproofVest. Dosmo then plays dead to draw Woods out, and sure enough Woods comes over to [[MakeSureHesDead be sure that Dosmo is dead]], and Dosmo dramatically spins around and fires his gun at Woods... [[DramaticAmmoDepletion except it turns out he used up all his bullets]] earlier in the shootout.
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* SelfMadeMan: Art dealer Allan Hopper regularly makes deals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and grew up in a trailer park, and his mother couldn't afford to send him to college.
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* SelfMadeMan: Art dealer Allan Hopper regularly makes deals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and grew despite growing up in a trailer park, and his mother couldn't afford to send him or his sister to college.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: Dosmo, an aging, overweight, schlubby looking hitman manages to surprise people with his cleverness a few times, including fooling the apparently much sharper and on the ball hitman Woods twice, both times saving Dosmo when Woods had tried to kill him. Woods grudgingly shows some respect for Dosmo the second time around.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: Dosmo, an aging, overweight, schlubby looking hitman manages to surprise people with his cleverness a few times, including fooling the apparently much sharper and on the ball hitman Woods twice, both times saving Dosmo when Woods twice. Woods, who had tried to kill him. Woods been sneeringly dismissive of Dosmo, grudgingly shows Dosmo some respect for after Dosmo outsmarts him the second time around.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital. (He also steals Allan's wallet, but still).
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital. (He also steals Allan's wallet, but still).still, it was more than anyone else did).
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Something of a theme for the film. Most of the characters lack either the talent or the ruthless drive and determination required to rise higher than where they are, and are just kind of going through the motions as life passes them by. The characters who either have succeeded in life or may still have a chance to do so, on the other hand, do have that sort of drive and LackOfEmpathy for others, and are without a doubt the most unlikeable or amoral characters in the film. Lampshaded when Teddy notes that "losers" usually have much more honor and decency than the "winners" in life.
-->'''[[{{Jerkass}} Allan Hopper]]:''' How can you take this loser's word? You can't believe him!\\
'''Teddy Peppers:''' I'll take his word over yours. It's been my experience, more often than not, that a loser has more honor than a winner.
-->'''[[{{Jerkass}} Allan Hopper]]:''' How can you take this loser's word? You can't believe him!\\
'''Teddy Peppers:''' I'll take his word over yours. It's been my experience, more often than not, that a loser has more honor than a winner.
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* BilingualBonus: As she's dying, Helga says something in Norwegian which loosely translates to, "I want to call my mother".
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Woods recruited Dosmo for the hit on Roy Foxx specifically to use him for this. Woods made sure to plant some of Dosmo's cigarettes at the scene where he killed Roy, then shot Dosmo in the car after they left the scene and blew up the car, planning for the police to find Dosmo's body and match it to DNA evidence from the cigarettes. Dosmo survives thanks to a bulletproof vest and escapes before the car blows up. Amusingly, late in the movie it's shown that despite their questionable competence the police might not have gone for Woods' attempt at framing Dosmo, as they specifically note that the cigarettes are out of place considering how clean the rest of the scene is and how professionally the job was done.
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* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Strayer and Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
* HeroicBystander: Hitman Woods is killed with a shot InTheBack by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
* HeroicBystander: Hitman Woods is killed with a shot InTheBack by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
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* ForTheEvulz: Woods gives his victims a minute to beg for their lives, but he never intends to spare any of them regardless of what they say or do. He appears to simply enjoy psychological torment it inflicts.
* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Alvin Strayer and Wes Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
* HeroicBystander:Hitman Crossed with BestedByTheInexperienced. Skilled and competent hitman Lee Woods is killed with by a shot InTheBack by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Alvin Strayer and Wes Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
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* JadedWashout: Much of the characters are in this stage of their lives. Even the area the film is set and shot in was known at the time as neighborhood for people who "hadn't quite made it" to live in, and most of the characters are either past their best days (Teddy is a suicidal formerly acclaimed film director about to be thrown out of his apartment after being unable to pay the rent, Dosmo is an old hitman who now primarily works at a pizzeria, Alvin is a washed up cop depressed about his family leaving him and about to be bounced from the force due to brutality complaints, Becky is a former olympic athlete who always fell short of winning a medal and is about to become too old to keep competing, etc.), or their lives or careers have stalled out, with no particular sign of upward mobility. Naturally the exceptions to this are the biggest jerks in the movie; the [[LackOfEmpathy self-centered]] MeanBoss art dealer Allan Hopper, and the thoroughly amoral, unscrupulous, and vicious [[OutlawCouple Lee Woods and Helga]].
-->'''Dosmo:''' How did you find me?\\
'''Lee Woods:''' In the phone book under "washout".
* LetOffByTheDetective: After Dosmo put his own life in danger to save Wes, Wes has no interest in trying to apprehend him after the climactic gunfight, instead gesturing for Dosmo to take the money from his OneLastJob and leave before any more cops arrive. He'd also proved unable to bust the nice and clearly uncomfortable woman working in a HappyEndingMassage parlor.
-->'''Dosmo:''' How did you find me?\\
'''Lee Woods:''' In the phone book under "washout".
* LetOffByTheDetective: After Dosmo put his own life in danger to save Wes, Wes has no interest in trying to apprehend him after the climactic gunfight, instead gesturing for Dosmo to take the money from his OneLastJob and leave before any more cops arrive. He'd also proved unable to bust the nice and clearly uncomfortable woman working in a HappyEndingMassage parlor.
* PlayingPossum: In the final shootout, Dosmo is unable to stand watching Woods torture Wes by repeatedly shooting Wes in the legs, so he comes out from behind cover to try to save Wes' life. Woods shoots him, but Dosmo is uninjured thanks to his BulletproofVest. Woods comes over to [[MakeSureHesDead be sure that Dosmo is dead]], and Dosmo dramatically spins around and fires his gun at Woods... [[DramaticAmmoDepletion except it turns out he used up all his bullets]] earlier in the shootout.
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* ProfessionalKiller: The film has two contrasting hitmen. Dosmo is balding, aging, overweight, and down-on-his-luck, while Lee Woods is successful, young, smooth, and intelligent. However, Dosmo has the JerkWithAHeartOfGold thing going on, (along with a [[EveryoneHasStandards somewhat rough code of honor]]) while Woods is [[TheUnfettered an utterly ruthless killer]] who likes to play mental games with his victims beforehand, and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution will kill anyone who gets in his way]].
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* ProfessionalKiller: The film has two contrasting hitmen. Dosmo is balding, bald, aging, overweight, and down-on-his-luck, while Lee Woods is successful, young, smooth, handsome, and intelligent. However, Dosmo has the JerkWithAHeartOfGold thing going on, (along with a [[EveryoneHasStandards somewhat rough code of honor]]) while Woods is [[TheUnfettered an utterly ruthless killer]] who likes to play mental games with his victims beforehand, and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution will kill anyone who gets in his way]].
* SmarterThanYouLook: Dosmo, an aging, overweight, schlubby looking hitman manages to surprise people with his cleverness a few times, including fooling the apparently much sharper and on the ball hitman Woods twice, both times saving Dosmo when Woods had tried to kill him. Woods grudgingly shows some respect for Dosmo the second time around.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital (of course, he also steals Allan's wallet, but still).
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital (of course, he hospital. (He also steals Allan's wallet, but still).
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Becky tries to talk Webb and Helga out of killing the homicide detectives searching her house, saying the two treated her nicely while questioning her.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Becky tries to talk Webb Woods and Helga out of killing the homicide detectives searching her house, saying the two treated her nicely while questioning her.
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: After Webb brags about how he psychologically torments his victims, Helga tells him he should have been born during UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition.
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: After Webb Woods brags about how he psychologically torments his victims, Helga tells him he should have been born during UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition.
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* TurnInYourBadge: Part of the reason why Alvin is so upset, including when he gets angry at Wes for not going through with the bust on the massage parlor, is because he's received a letter from the department, telling him he needs to turn in his badge because of the complaints they've received about him for excessive force.
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** Wes neglects his duty during a prostitution sting and lies that the girl is innocent due to feeling sorry for her (although not without reason). He also disturbs a crime scene even after being told not to. However, he picks up on Becky SayingTooMuch about the murder and correctly deduces a possible motive. During a shootout, he also orders Dosmo (who he believes to be an innocent bystander) not to endanger himself by leaving cover to help Wes, even when Webb threatens to kill Wes.
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** Wes neglects his duty during a prostitution sting and lies that the girl is innocent due to feeling sorry for her (although not without reason). He also disturbs a crime scene even after being told not to. However, he picks up on Becky SayingTooMuch about the murder and correctly deduces a possible motive. During a shootout, he also orders Dosmo (who he believes to be an innocent bystander) not to endanger himself by leaving cover to help Wes, even when Webb Woods threatens to kill Wes.
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* TheCameo: Creator/LawrenceTierney plays Helga's downstairs neighbor, whom we see briefly during the CatFight.
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* TheCameo: Creator/LawrenceTierney plays Helga's downstairs neighbor, whom we see briefly during the CatFight.CatFight, while Creator/AustinPendleton appears briefly as a man who once worked with Teddy, and Creator/LouiseFletcher plays Teddy's landlord (see ReasonableAuthorityFigure below).
* CatchPhrase: Woods' "Time's up."
* CatchPhrase: Woods' "Time's up."
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* BulletproofVest: Dosmo wears one of these, which saves his life against Dosmo twice.
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* DodgyToupee: Dosmo has one that falls off when gets away from Woods' attempt on his life. Susan points out how crooked it is after Dosmo tries to fix it.
* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo gets the drop on Webb and shoots at him, only to be out of bullets.
* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo gets the drop on Webb and shoots at him, only to be out of bullets.
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* DodgyToupee: Dosmo has one that falls off when gets away from Woods' attempt on his life. Susan points out how crooked it is after Dosmo tries to fix tells him at the end he looks better without it.
* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo gets the drop onWebb Woods and shoots at him, only to be out of bullets.
* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo gets the drop on
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* HeroicBystander: Hitman Woods is killed by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
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* HeroicBystander: Hitman Woods is killed with a shot InTheBack by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
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* SirSwearsALot: Dosmo swears a lot in this movie.
-->'''Dosmo''': What the fuck happened?\\
'''Woods''': Does every other word have to be "fuck"? Is that the extent of your vocabulary?\\
'''Dosmo''': [[IResembleThatRemark It fucking bothers you? I didn't fucking know]].
-->'''Dosmo''': What the fuck happened?\\
'''Woods''': Does every other word have to be "fuck"? Is that the extent of your vocabulary?\\
'''Dosmo''': [[IResembleThatRemark It fucking bothers you? I didn't fucking know]].
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->'''Lee Woods''': Nobody knows how valuable a minute is until they only have one left.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Teddy doesn't mind if Dosmo wants to kill him, as he wants to die (see InterruptedSuicide below). However, when Dosmo threatens to kill Audrey, Teddy immediately threatens to harm Dosmo if he hurts Audrey.
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* BilingualBonus: As she's dying, Helga says something in Norwegian which loosely translates to, "I want to call my mother".
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* InterruptedSuicide: Teddy tries to shoot himself at the cemetery, but is stopped first by his dog, Bogey, and then when he hears and sees Audrey drive up.
* PlausibleDeniability: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]: Helga points out to Becky the reason why no one told her anything about how Roy was going to die so that when the cops questioned her, she wouldn't have to lie (which doesn't really help Becky: see SayingTooMuch below).
* PlausibleDeniability: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]: Helga points out to Becky the reason why no one told her anything about how Roy was going to die so that when the cops questioned her, she wouldn't have to lie (which doesn't really help Becky: see SayingTooMuch below).
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* AssholeVictim: According to Becky, Roy is this, as he cheated on her several times, including with Helga, and he sued her for alimony, so she's glad he's dead. Helga points out Becky treated Roy like shit, and always put her career first.
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* CatFight: The film features a fight between Creator/TeriHatcher and Creator/CharlizeTheron's characters that was featured heavily in the advertising campaign.
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* TheCameo: Creator/LawrenceTierney plays Helga's downstairs neighbor, whom we see briefly during the CatFight.
* CatFight: The film features a fight between Creator/TeriHatcher and Creator/CharlizeTheron's characters that was featured heavily in the advertisingcampaign. campaign.
* DodgyToupee: Dosmo has one that falls off when gets away from Woods' attempt on his life. Susan points out how crooked it is after Dosmo tries to fix it.
* CatFight: The film features a fight between Creator/TeriHatcher and Creator/CharlizeTheron's characters that was featured heavily in the advertising
* DodgyToupee: Dosmo has one that falls off when gets away from Woods' attempt on his life. Susan points out how crooked it is after Dosmo tries to fix it.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital. hospital (of course, he also steals Allan's wallet, but still).
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Dosmo loathes dogs because "they don't like me", and the fact both Allan and Teddy have dogs makes him even more edgy.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Dosmo loathes dogs because "they don't like me", and the fact both Allan and Teddy have dogs makes him even more edgy.
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** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also rarely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
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** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also rarely bravely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Alvin is a deeply unhappy man with a bearded face, while he's clean-shaven in pictures taken before his family left him.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Becky tries to talk Webb and Helga out of killing the homicide detectives searching her house, saying the two treated her nicely while questioning her.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: After Webb brags about how he psychologically torments his victims, Helga tells him he should have been born during UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Becky tries to talk Webb and Helga out of killing the homicide detectives searching her house, saying the two treated her nicely while questioning her.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: After Webb brags about how he psychologically torments his victims, Helga tells him he should have been born during UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition.
* DramaticAmmoDepletion: In the climax, Dosmo gets the drop on Webb and shoots at him, only to be out of bullets.
* PoliceAreUseless: Zigzagged with each of the four cops in the movie.
** Wes neglects his duty during a prostitution sting and lies that the girl is innocent due to feeling sorry for her (although not without reason). He also disturbs a crime scene even after being told not to. However, he picks up on Becky SayingTooMuch about the murder and correctly deduces a possible motive. During a shootout, he also orders Dosmo (who he believes to be an innocent bystander) not to endanger himself by leaving cover to help Wes, even when Webb threatens to kill Wes.
** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also rarely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
** Detectives Creighton and Valenzuela believe Becky's lies, and Creighton unprofessionally hits on her. They also are easily surprised by a hitman returning to the crime scene. However, they quickly pick up on how the cigarette pack was obviously planted there to mislead them, given how professional the rest of the hit is.
** Wes neglects his duty during a prostitution sting and lies that the girl is innocent due to feeling sorry for her (although not without reason). He also disturbs a crime scene even after being told not to. However, he picks up on Becky SayingTooMuch about the murder and correctly deduces a possible motive. During a shootout, he also orders Dosmo (who he believes to be an innocent bystander) not to endanger himself by leaving cover to help Wes, even when Webb threatens to kill Wes.
** Alvin is obsessed with busting a massage parlor for prostitution even after being told they aren't doing anything, and dismisses a clue that Wes picks up on. He also [[RabidCop pulls a gun on a golfer who breaks his window.]] However, he's right about the massage parlor engaging in prostitution. He also rarely inspects a murder scene and warns Wes not to disturb anything before a forensic examination.
** Detectives Creighton and Valenzuela believe Becky's lies, and Creighton unprofessionally hits on her. They also are easily surprised by a hitman returning to the crime scene. However, they quickly pick up on how the cigarette pack was obviously planted there to mislead them, given how professional the rest of the hit is.
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* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx has hired killers to murder her husband. One of the police detectives notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Teddy's landlady lets him go four months without paying his rent before reluctantly putting her foot down, and tries to suggest other ways for him to get the rent money.
* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx has hired killers to murder her husband.One of the police detectives Wes notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.speech.
* SelfMadeMan: Art dealer Allan Hopper regularly makes deals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and grew up in a trailer park, and his mother couldn't afford to send him to college.
--> '''Allan:''' [[ThatCameOutWrong I may be an asshole, but I worked damn hard to become one.]]
* WhamShot: Becky's role in the murder is revealed when the woman picking her up from the police station turns out to be Helga.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital.
* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx has hired killers to murder her husband.
* SelfMadeMan: Art dealer Allan Hopper regularly makes deals in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and grew up in a trailer park, and his mother couldn't afford to send him to college.
--> '''Allan:''' [[ThatCameOutWrong I may be an asshole, but I worked damn hard to become one.]]
* WhamShot: Becky's role in the murder is revealed when the woman picking her up from the police station turns out to be Helga.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: A car thief who sees Allan rolling on the ground in the middle of the road pauses his crime (after momentarily hesitating) to help Allan out of traffic (which draws some attention) and then drive him to the hospital.
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The movie stars Creator/DannyAiello, Creator/GregCruttwell, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/TeriHatcher, Creator/GlenneHeadly, Creator/PeterHorton, Creator/MarshaMason, Creator/PaulMazursky, Creator/JamesSpader, Creator/EricStoltz, and Creator/CharlizeTheron.
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The movie stars Creator/DannyAiello, Creator/GregCruttwell, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/TeriHatcher, Creator/GlenneHeadly, Creator/PeterHorton, Creator/MarshaMason, Creator/PaulMazursky, Creator/JamesSpader, Creator/EricStoltz, and Creator/CharlizeTheron.
Creator/CharlizeTheron, in the latter's first speaking film role.[[note]]She previously had a small, non-speaking, uncredited role in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIIIUrbanHarvest''.[[/note]]
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A 1996 American crime film written and directed by Creator/JohnHerzfeld that deals with the 48 hours of the people who live in San Fernando Valley who come together due to a murder.
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''2 Days in the Valley'' is a 1996 American crime film written and directed by Creator/JohnHerzfeld that deals with the 48 hours of the people who live in San Fernando Valley who come together due to a murder.
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* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx (Hatcher) has hired killers to murder her husband. One of the police detectives notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.
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* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx (Hatcher) has hired killers to murder her husband. One of the police detectives notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.speech.
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The movie stars Creator/DannyAiello, Creator/GregCruttwell, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/TeriHatcher, Creator/GlennHeadly, Creator/PeterHorton, Creator/MarshaMason, Creator/PaulMazursky, Creator/JamesSpader, Creator/EricStoltz, and Creator/CharlizeTheron.
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The movie stars Creator/DannyAiello, Creator/GregCruttwell, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/TeriHatcher, Creator/GlennHeadly, Creator/GlenneHeadly, Creator/PeterHorton, Creator/MarshaMason, Creator/PaulMazursky, Creator/JamesSpader, Creator/EricStoltz, and Creator/CharlizeTheron.
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A 1996 American crime film written and directed by Creator/JohnHerzfeld that deals with the 48 hours of the people who live in San Fernando Valley who come together due to a murder.
The movie stars Creator/DannyAiello, Creator/GregCruttwell, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/TeriHatcher, Creator/GlennHeadly, Creator/PeterHorton, Creator/MarshaMason, Creator/PaulMazursky, Creator/JamesSpader, Creator/EricStoltz, and Creator/CharlizeTheron.
It was released on September 27, 1996.
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* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Strayer and Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
* HeroicBystander: Hitman Woods is killed by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
* ProfessionalKiller: The film has two contrasting hitmen. Dosmo is balding, aging, overweight, and down-on-his-luck, while Lee Woods is successful, young, smooth, and intelligent. However, Dosmo has the JerkWithAHeartOfGold thing going on, (along with a [[EveryoneHasStandards somewhat rough code of honor]]) while Woods is [[TheUnfettered an utterly ruthless killer]] who likes to play mental games with his victims beforehand, and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution will kill anyone who gets in his way]].
* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx (Hatcher) has hired killers to murder her husband. One of the police detectives notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.
The movie stars Creator/DannyAiello, Creator/GregCruttwell, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/TeriHatcher, Creator/GlennHeadly, Creator/PeterHorton, Creator/MarshaMason, Creator/PaulMazursky, Creator/JamesSpader, Creator/EricStoltz, and Creator/CharlizeTheron.
It was released on September 27, 1996.
!Tropes for the film:
* HappyEndingMassage: Vice Officers Strayer and Taylor are busting "happy ending" massage parlors. But Taylor doesn't have the heart to subject the nice and clearly uncomfortable Asian girl doing his latest massage to a police raid, even though she grips his member and asks if he wants more.
* HeroicBystander: Hitman Woods is killed by Teddy Peppers, an ordinary guy who was dragged into the plot by sheer chance. With the very same gun Teddy was planning to use to commit suicide.
* ProfessionalKiller: The film has two contrasting hitmen. Dosmo is balding, aging, overweight, and down-on-his-luck, while Lee Woods is successful, young, smooth, and intelligent. However, Dosmo has the JerkWithAHeartOfGold thing going on, (along with a [[EveryoneHasStandards somewhat rough code of honor]]) while Woods is [[TheUnfettered an utterly ruthless killer]] who likes to play mental games with his victims beforehand, and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution will kill anyone who gets in his way]].
* SayingTooMuch: Becky Foxx (Hatcher) has hired killers to murder her husband. One of the police detectives notices that she says, "They killed my husband", implying that there were multiple murderers when the police hadn't established this fact yet. His partner brushes it off as a figure of speech.
