![]() Pushkin doesn't make a full appearance until the epilogue. ![]() ![]() Big Bad: Vladimir Pushkin, who actually spends most of the movie as a Greater-Scope Villain, while his chief enforcer Teddy has a lot more screen time, making Teddy a Dragon-in-Chief.This doesn't stop him from being utterly brutal and violent in a fight. Beware the Nice Ones: Robert is an overall polite and extremely helpful guy.Masters warns Nicolai that whatever else he does to never refer to him as "Little John." Being who he is, Nicolai proceeds to do exactly that before beating the mobster to death. Lampshaded by Masters when taking Nicolai when meeting with the Irish mob boss.Considering what may have been his former line of work as a secret government agent/assassin, this is totally understandable. McCall tends to let his emotions rise just a little bit whenever cops and law enforcement agents abuse their power.Battle in the Rain: The film achieves this trope indoors with a battle under fire sprinklers.McCall kills Pushkin by counting on the fact that he would walk over to the flooding sink in his bare feet just in time for the exposed cable to electrify the pool beneath it.McCall's plan to take down an entire money-counting house holding what looks like tens of millions of dollars requires that every one of the armed thugs in the place is so loyal to the managing thug that they'll lay down their weapons and submit to being tied up rather than risk their manager getting killed.Bald of Evil: The man that fights Robert in the climax is a bald man with a rather thick Beard of Evil.Bald Head of Toughness: Robert is seen shaving his hair at the beginning of the movie and spends the entirety of it completely bald.Badass in a Nice Suit: Nicolai wears a very fine suit throughout the movie.Badass Bookworm: Robert is seen working his way through the "Top 100 Books You Must Read" list.See No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for details. Ax-Crazy: Behind his Faux Affably Evil facade Nicolai is a complete psychopath.To no surprise, Teddy beats him to death. ![]()
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