I Hired a Contract Killer
Movie • 1990 • Comedy
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A man shoots himself at the end of the film
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The protagonist tries to first hang himself, then put his head in the oven, and then hires a hitman to kill him. Later there is a fakeout where it seems he is about to jump off a bridge, but he is fine
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In the sense of attempting suicide; no cutting or the like
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A little bit of blood; a man with cancer coughs it up at times, and there is also a few deaths involving gunshots
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Multiple off-screen sex scenes
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Does a head get squashed?
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A man gets hit over the head with a flower vase, but not squashed by it
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Is there a hanging?
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The main character tries to hang himself but fails; the scene can still be triggering for some
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A woman says her boyfriend is crazy, which he agrees. Done in jest between two troubled people, not done as hate speech
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A man dying of cancer is said to refuse to eat, but otherwise no
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Adult woman is told by her father not to see him anymore; the father in question is the contract killer, so it seems to be to protect her
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A man tries to hang himself, but the rope breaks immediately
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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The protagonist talks about wanting to end his life early on
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Is there hate speech?
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Graffiti in the background in one scene contains a anti-Pakistani slur
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is there addiction?
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The protagonist starts developing an addiction to alcohol and cigarettes once he knows he is going to die
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Is someone stalked?
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The protagonist and his girlfriend are stalked throughout the movie by the contract killer
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Is someone terminally ill?
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A man is dying from lung cancer; we see him cough up blood multiple times throughout the film
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Does someone have cancer?
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A man is dying from lung cancer; we see him cough up blood multiple times throughout the film
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The protagonist starts drinking heavily when he knows he is going to die
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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The contract killer often looks at the protagonists through windows or follows them closely to watch them
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Does someone fall to their death?
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It looks like this is about to happen mid-movie, but its a fakeout
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Arguably the contract killer
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Attempted kidnapping of one of the protagonists at several points; she gets out of it the first time and prevents it entirely the second time
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Is existentialism debated?
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Slightly; guys at a bar talks about the beauty of life, and a doctor asks his patient dying of cancer if he believes in God and hell
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Is religion discussed?
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Briefly
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The protagonist suffers from severe clinical depression, and he calls himself "crazy" at one point
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A gang of thieves get held up by the police
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Almost, but the car stops in the nick of time
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Some scenes have the protagonists in narrow spaces with the contract killer right next to them or about to arrive; seems to invoke the feeling of claustrophobia deliberately to ramp up the tension
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