Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
This film provides examples of:
Action Girl : Meg. Possibly a Dark Action Girl , given her career choice.
Action Prologue : John's hit at the nightclub, followed by Zedkov's attempted drug bust of Wei's son.
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.
Badass Damsel : John's hostage holds her own against the bad guys.
Badass in A Nice Suit : John, at the beginning.
Badass Longcoat : Ryker, the big, German-looking replacement killer.
Best Served Cold : Wei wants to be sure Zedkov's son dies in his arms so Zedkov will understand Wei's pain.
Big Bad : Terence Wei.
Blood Brothers : Seemingly, Alan and John.
Briefcase Blaster : Ryker is equipped with this. (Since he and Collins carry out their assignment like proverbial bulls in a china shop, one wonders why he bothers disguising his weapon.)
Butt Monkey : Loco.
Car Fu : Meg uses this in the final battle, although it's more Van Fu.
Catch Phrase : Meg's "I didn't think so."
Cool Shades : John, occasionally, and a few of Wei's men.
Even Evil Has Standards : Subverted. John isn't evil--he's being forced to do Wei's bidding.
Gun Fu
Guns Akimbo : Of course.
Hitman With a Heart
Honor Before Reason
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy : Where the replacement killers evidently learned their trade.
Informed Ability : See above entry. For professionals, the movie's title characters really suck at their job.
Its Personal : For everybody except Meg, who's just sort of dragged into the situation.
Although, before the final fight, she insists on coming along because she now cares what happens to John.
Leap and Fire
Marked Bullet : John's calling card. If he sets one on the table in front of you, kiss your ass goodbye.
Mexican Standoff : Between John and Wei.
One Last Job : What John's assignment to kill Zedkov's son was supposed to be.
Red Oni Blue Oni : John is blue, Meg is red.
Sacrificial Lamb : Wei's son winds up being this, kicking off the revenge plan.
Throw Away Guns
Wouldn't Hurt a Child : Leads to John's inability to complete his assignment.