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A very common pose for movie posters is to feature the main character posing with a firearm, usually a pistol. See also: [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]].

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* Some of the promotional posters for ''[[Serenity]]'' show River posing with a pistol which, ironically, is used by Jayne in the movie, though she steals it from him and [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|levels it at the camera in one scene.]]

* Both ''La Femme Nikita'' and the English-language remake ''The Point of No Return'' both had movie posters that feature this trope.

* ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' had various characters doing so in their promo posters, including [[media:~~Matrix_Reloaded_Agent_Smith_9946~~.jpg|this good example of the trope]] featuring Agent Smith with the title plastered across his crotch.

* ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' had various characters doing so in their promo posters, including [[media:Matrix Reloaded Agent Smith 9946.jpg|this good example of the trope]] featuring Agent Smith with the title plastered across his crotch.

* A common subversion is to have the character holding the pistol loose in one hand by their side, indicating that they're highly tired:

** The Jodie Foster film ''The Brave One''.