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== Films -- Live-Action == |
== Films -- Live-Action == |
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* In ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'', the [[Hitman With a Heart]] lead turns down a French government commission to blow up a Greenpeace boat by saying, "No way-I have scruples." That the French [ |
* In ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'', the [[Hitman With a Heart]] lead turns down a French government commission to blow up a Greenpeace boat by saying, "No way-I have scruples." That the French [[wikipedia:Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior|did this in real life]] (with their own agents, not a hitman) makes this line a joke, but also a reference to the somewhat thin line between assassins and terrorists. Indeed, one of the film's villains, hired to assassinate the protagonist is mentioned as being a former member of a violent Basque separatist group. |
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* ''The Matador'' stars Pierce Brosnan as a lonely, damaged hitman who's starting to lose his edge. |
* ''The Matador'' stars Pierce Brosnan as a lonely, damaged hitman who's starting to lose his edge. |
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* Leddo from ''[[The Alzheimers Case (Film)|The Alzheimers Case]]'' refuses to kill a child which gets him into a lot of trouble. |
* Leddo from ''[[The Alzheimers Case (Film)|The Alzheimers Case]]'' refuses to kill a child which gets him into a lot of trouble. |
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** From the same series, we have Stevie D, an assassin hired to kill Harry. Obviously, given that Harry is one of the most powerful wizards on earth, [[Curb Stomp Battle|he fails]], but not before shooting [[The Medic|Butters]] in the back to clear his line of sight. After the battle, he is happy that {{spoiler|Butters survived by being [[Crazy Prepared]]}}, because he was not the target. |
** From the same series, we have Stevie D, an assassin hired to kill Harry. Obviously, given that Harry is one of the most powerful wizards on earth, [[Curb Stomp Battle|he fails]], but not before shooting [[The Medic|Butters]] in the back to clear his line of sight. After the battle, he is happy that {{spoiler|Butters survived by being [[Crazy Prepared]]}}, because he was not the target. |
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** Also Rook, of [[Jim Butcher]]'s ''[[Codex Alera]]'': the "will do anything to keep her daughter safe" variant. |
** Also Rook, of [[Jim Butcher]]'s ''[[Codex Alera]]'': the "will do anything to keep her daughter safe" variant. |
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* Jaqen H'ghar of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', who helped Arya because she saved his life. This is initially just a case of [[Balancing |
* Jaqen H'ghar of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', who helped Arya because she saved his life. This is initially just a case of [[Balancing Death's Books]], but by the time of their parting he clearly bears her affection and even offers to take her under his wing. |
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* Very, ''very'' averted in Dean Koontz's book ''Watchers.'' The hitman Vince De Nasco believes he has a "Gift" that allows him to absorb the life energy of anyone he kills. This leads him to desire immortality and godhood, which is his reason for becoming a hitman. He loves killing young people, as their life energy is less tainted by the world, and his biggest dream is to kill a pregnant woman, to receive both her energy and the unborn child's. At one point he brutaly tortures one of his targets before killing him upon learning the man is a habitual philanderer, and thus his life energy is too unclean. {{spoiler|It really is all in his head. The main character guns him down at the end, the Hitman failing to demonstrate any [[Made of Iron]] abilities that one would think a literal power would allow him.}} |
* Very, ''very'' averted in Dean Koontz's book ''Watchers.'' The hitman Vince De Nasco believes he has a "Gift" that allows him to absorb the life energy of anyone he kills. This leads him to desire immortality and godhood, which is his reason for becoming a hitman. He loves killing young people, as their life energy is less tainted by the world, and his biggest dream is to kill a pregnant woman, to receive both her energy and the unborn child's. At one point he brutaly tortures one of his targets before killing him upon learning the man is a habitual philanderer, and thus his life energy is too unclean. {{spoiler|It really is all in his head. The main character guns him down at the end, the Hitman failing to demonstrate any [[Made of Iron]] abilities that one would think a literal power would allow him.}} |
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* Hawk from Robert B. Parker's ''Spenser'' novels is erudite, thoughtful, and has standards of conduct. |
* Hawk from Robert B. Parker's ''Spenser'' novels is erudite, thoughtful, and has standards of conduct. |
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