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A 2009 conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.
A 2009 conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.


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Tropes present in this work include:
* [[Always Murder]]: Salinger is convinced of this when his partner has a heart attack after meeting a contect. {{spoiler|He's right, of course.}}
* [[Always Murder]]: Salinger is convinced of this when his partner has a heart attack after meeting a contect. {{spoiler|He's right, of course.}}
* [[Arms Dealer]]
* [[Arms Dealer]]
* [[Blast Out]]: The Guggenheim scene feels like a scene out of a [[First Person Shooter]].
* [[Blast Out]]: The Guggenheim scene feels like a scene out of a [[First-Person Shooter]].
* [[Bulletproof Vest]]: {{spoiler|The Consultant}}.
* [[Bulletproof Vest]]: {{spoiler|The Consultant}}.
* [[Career Killer]]: An assassin, and a...
* [[Career Killer]]: An assassin, and a...
* [[Cold Sniper]]
* [[Cold Sniper]]
* [[Contract On the Hitman]]
* [[Contract on the Hitman]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: All of the IBBC.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: All of the IBBC.
* [[Daddys Little Villain]]: The [[Big Bad]] keeps his young son around for a teleconference as they play a game of Go.
* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: The [[Big Bad]] keeps his young son around for a teleconference as they play a game of Go.
* [[Dead Partner]]: twice.
* [[Dead Partner]]: twice.
* [[Deadly Euphemism]]: "The Consultant"
* [[Deadly Euphemism]]: "The Consultant"
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* [[The Handler]]: Wexler, for the Consultant
* [[The Handler]]: Wexler, for the Consultant
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: {{spoiler|Wexler}}
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: {{spoiler|Wexler}}
* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: This film could entirely plausibly be [[Shoot Em Up|Smith]]'s origin story, explaining his hatred of [[Arms Dealer|arms dealers]].
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: This film could entirely plausibly be [[Shoot'Em Up|Smith]]'s origin story, explaining his hatred of [[Arms Dealer|arms dealers]].
** When did [[Brooklyns Finest|Rosario]] start assassinating people?
** When did [[Brooklyn's Finest|Rosario]] start assassinating people?
* [[Hidden Wire]]
* [[Hidden Wire]]
* [[How Dare You Die On Me]]: oddly, delivered to the [[Enemy Mine]] in the gallery shootout - more a case of "I can only get out of here if you help me", but there's also the fact that Salinger wants him to testify.
* [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]: oddly, delivered to the [[Enemy Mine]] in the gallery shootout - more a case of "I can only get out of here if you help me", but there's also the fact that Salinger wants him to testify.
* [[Instant Death Bullet]]: gorily averted on several occasions. One character bleeds out messily from a neck wound, one takes a long time to die from a stomach wound, and all the professional killers in the film employ [[Make Sure He's Dead]] headshots.
* [[Instant Death Bullet]]: gorily averted on several occasions. One character bleeds out messily from a neck wound, one takes a long time to die from a stomach wound, and all the professional killers in the film employ [[Make Sure He's Dead]] headshots.
* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: Mostly averted, despite all the local police forces involved. Most of the friction is with the higher-ups.
* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: Mostly averted, despite all the local police forces involved. Most of the friction is with the higher-ups.
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* [[Monumental Battle]]: in the Guggenheim, New York.
* [[Monumental Battle]]: in the Guggenheim, New York.
* [[Nebulous Criminal Conspiracy]]: The bank is simply the middle man at the centre of one of these.
* [[Nebulous Criminal Conspiracy]]: The bank is simply the middle man at the centre of one of these.
* [[Peoples Republic of Tyranny]]: Liberia
* [[People's Republic of Tyranny]]: Liberia
* [[Perfect Poison]]: One that gives someone a heart attack within seconds of introduction and leaves no trace. Handy!
* [[Perfect Poison]]: One that gives someone a heart attack within seconds of introduction and leaves no trace. Handy!
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Happens twice.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Happens twice.
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* [[Spy Speak]]: Subverted when the hitman and his handler meet at an art gallery and have a stilted conversation about the painting they're looking at - turns out they already know each other, and they were just making conversation.
* [[Spy Speak]]: Subverted when the hitman and his handler meet at an art gallery and have a stilted conversation about the painting they're looking at - turns out they already know each other, and they were just making conversation.
* [[Stairwell Chase]]
* [[Stairwell Chase]]
* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Salinger and the Consultant escaping the Guggenheim after the latter becomes aware of the [[Contract On the Hitman]].
* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: Salinger and the Consultant escaping the Guggenheim after the latter becomes aware of the [[Contract on the Hitman]].
* [[Vigilante Man]]: {{spoiler|tipping off [[The Mafia]] that the IBBC shot their old patriarch, and then attempting to do the same with the Syrians.}}
* [[Vigilante Man]]: {{spoiler|tipping off [[The Mafia]] that the IBBC shot their old patriarch, and then attempting to do the same with the Syrians.}}
* [[Villainous Demotivator]]: Wexley only helps Salinger because he knows he has't got long to live.
* [[Villainous Demotivator]]: Wexley only helps Salinger because he knows he has't got long to live.
* [[War for Fun And Profit]]
* [[War for Fun and Profit]]
{{quote| '''Umberto Calvini:''' The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn't to control the conflict, it's to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt. }}
{{quote|'''Umberto Calvini:''' The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn't to control the conflict, it's to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt. }}
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: The IBBC engages in this quite a bit.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: The IBBC engages in this quite a bit.


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Latest revision as of 01:28, 9 September 2017

A 2009 conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.

Tropes used in The International include:

Umberto Calvini: The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn't to control the conflict, it's to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt.

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