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* [[Arms Fair]]: Several, mostly of the illegal variety. Where else would an [[Arms Dealer]] hang out?
* [[Arrow Cam]]: The opening sequence shows a bullet's eye view [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0d6qgsvTw from manufacture to firing at a child].
* [[Artistic License Military]]: The Soviet Union phased out the AKM <ref>
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Andre Baptiste Jr., and his father as well, shooting one of his own men for even ''looking'' sideways towards his woman. Usually more restrained though.
* [[Ballistic Discount]]: Lampshaded once, subverted twice - Yuri tells his first client that the suppressors on his guns are so quiet they could kill him there and then and not be heard in the next room, causing him to point the gun at him before he points out that firing would eliminate the potential for repeat business. Later another client almost does kill Yuri after Yuri rejects his price (because it's cocaine he's offering not cash) but just shoots him in the side. Yuri wisely chooses to take the drugs in payment.
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* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Yuri fits the personality, although his product is somewhat different than the norm.
* [[Hookers and Blow]]: Vitaly is a major fan of both.
* [[Humans Are
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Jean Baptiste Jr. is said to eat the hearts of his victims, because he thinks it gives him superhuman strength. The scary thing is that this kind of behavior is actually not that far-fetched from real African dictators.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Tragically averted.
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* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: When {{spoiler|Vitaly}} realizes that the guns Yuri is about to sell will shortly be used to massacre a village of unarmed refugees, he attempts to sabotage the sale by destroying the weapons, very likely knowing that he will be killed for doing so. Unfortunately, he is killed before he can destroy both truckloads of weapons, so the sale goes through anyway and the remaining weapons are used to carry out the slaughter.
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Late in the film, Yuri is forced to {{spoiler|execute Simeon}} in order to prove his loyalty to Baptiste.
* [[Significant Reference Date]]: December
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: This is a ''very'' cynical movie.
* [[Spent Shells Shower]]: So much that the opening scene has Yuri walking in a deserted, war-torn African city where the ground is literally covered with bullet casings.
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