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=== This film provides examples of: === |
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* [[Action Girl]]: Meg. Possibly a [[Dark Action Girl]], given her career choice. |
* [[Action Girl]]: Meg. Possibly a [[Dark Action Girl]], given her career choice. |
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* [[Action Prologue]]: John's hit at the nightclub, followed by Zedkov's attempted drug bust of Wei's son. |
* [[Action Prologue]]: John's hit at the nightclub, followed by Zedkov's attempted drug bust of Wei's son. |
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* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Meg and John during the shootout at her office, sort of--they face opposite directions to take out each other's would-be shooter. |
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* [[Badass Damsel]]: John's hostage holds her own against the bad guys. |
* [[Badass Damsel]]: John's hostage holds her own against the bad guys. |
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* [[Badass in A Nice Suit]]: John, at the beginning. |
* [[Badass in A Nice Suit]]: John, at the beginning. |
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* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Where the replacement killers evidently learned their trade. |
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Where the replacement killers evidently learned their trade. |
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* [[Informed Ability]]: See above entry. For professionals, the movie's title characters really suck at their job. |
* [[Informed Ability]]: See above entry. For professionals, the movie's title characters really suck at their job. |
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* [[It's Personal]]: For everybody except Meg, who's just sort of dragged into the situation. |
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** Although, before the final fight, she insists on coming along because she now cares what happens to John. |
** Although, before the final fight, she insists on coming along because she now cares what happens to John. |
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* [[Leap and Fire]] |
* [[Leap and Fire]] |
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* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Between John and Wei. |
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Between John and Wei. |
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* [[One Last Job]]: What John's assignment {{spoiler|to kill Zedkov's son}} was supposed to be. |
* [[One Last Job]]: What John's assignment {{spoiler|to kill Zedkov's son}} was supposed to be. |
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* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: John is blue, Meg is red. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: John is blue, Meg is red. |
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* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Wei's son winds up being this, kicking off the revenge plan. |
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Wei's son winds up being this, kicking off the revenge plan. |
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* [[Throw Away Guns]] |
* [[Throw Away Guns]] |