Notes

* CarFu: [[spoiler: Having his own car heavily damaged and facing the possibility of Vogelmann simply driving away, Ridgeman rams the van, turning it on the side. Then he uses his own car to block the back doors of the truck, forcing robbers to crawl one at a time through driver's door]].
* CombatPragmatist: Once his MoralityChain is gone, Brett goes for the lowest, but also most effective blows possible. Facing an armoured van? [[spoiler: Immobilize it and set it on fire with gasoline, shooting anything that crawls out. WHile he's stopped half-way through it, his plan still wipes out Vogelmann's crew]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Henry just finished serving his sentence. He remains very calm despite facing stressful situations, easy forgives various things and strongly believes in HonorAmongThieves. And he would do anything for his younger brother. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He also has a fetish about Asian women]].
** Brett and Tony are in the middle of a stake-out, heckling each other over a coffee order. Then they proceed to do clean, if a bit excessive operation with full efficiency and [[NobleBigotwithaBadge never stopping being offensive toward their suspects]]. They are also not above using underhand tactics to get things done.
* FatalFlaw:
** Vogelmann ''embodies'' {{Greed}}. No matter what, his only focus and goal is on his score and [[spoiler: he's not only unwilling, but simply incapable of parting or even splitting it. It eventually gets him killed]].
** Brett is too [[{{Pride}} proud]] to do various things that would simply make his life easier. This includes forcing his wife to stay at home rather than find part-time employment, despite their finances being short - simply because he can't admit to himself he made mistakes in the past and they are in dire need of money because of those mistakes. [[spoiler: This eventually pushes him into a plan of hitting some criminals right after they do some big score]].
*** His other flaw comes in form of his never-ending calculations and probability matching. [[spoiler: Should he play things cool, rather than overthinking them, he would live through the finale]].
* {{Fingore}}: Before [[spoiler: she]] is killed off, [[spoiler: Kelly gets all her]] fingers and half of hand blown into a bloody stump with a hail of gunfire.
* HonorAmongThieves: The film opens with making it explicit Henry believes in this and follows it to the latter. He also talks with Biscuit how this sort of behaviour used to be normal and expected, rather than something special. [[spoiler: All of this builds up the tragedy in the finale]].
* NoHonorAmongThieves:
** Vogelmann considers his "muscles" to be nothing else than tools at his disposal, [[spoiler: making it all but said aloud he plans to kill them after the job. He gaves similar, if slightly more subtle, treatment to Black and Tan Gloves]].
** [[spoiler: The ultimate mistake Ridgeman makes is assuming this trope when he and Henry finish cleaning up after the messy confrontation in the safe house. With barely any choice left, Henry shoots him on instinct in self-defence, then chews him for his stupidity and lack of trust]].
* NoNameGiven: There are various, often bit characters that are still given a name, even if only during credits roll... but Black Gloves and Tan Glove Robbers are never named or adressed in any way.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Biscuit.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: A variation. After trying to work in favour of the robbers and [[spoiler: prevent a distress message from leaving the bank, Kelly is instantly shot at for what was taken as ''lack'' of cooperation. Not that the robbers really cared]].
* NotWhatItLooksLike:
** The sound of sex coming from the bedroom in Henry's flat upon his return from prison? That's [[spoiler: his ''mother'' having a client]]. The scene makes you assume he's going to confront unfaithful girlfriend or having a hypocritical dialogue about GoodAdulteryBadAdultery.
** No, [[spoiler: Kelly isn't working with the bank robbers]]. Neither is [[spoiler: her baby]] taken hostage. But the way how it's filmed, it makes you question [[spoiler: her]] allegiance.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Brett is carrying a revolver as his service gun. He is quite effective with it, [[spoiler: to the point he personally kills entire gang of Vogelmann, despite them being armed with submachine guns and sitting inside an armoured van]].
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness:
** [[spoiler: Kelly is blown to pieces, because the only thing the Gloves are ordered to do is shooting anyone who shows any signs of resistance or insufficient cooperation. Then they open fire at other bank clerks. All while Kelly was ''preventing'' sending of a rescue e-mail to police, thus helping them with their heist]].
* UndignifiedDeath: Where to even start... It really shows this is S. Craig Zahler film.
** [[spoilers: Victims of Black and Tan Gloves robberies all end up with messy, brutal deaths]].
** [[spoiler: The bank tellers during the heist. Including Kelly getting quite literally blown to pieces with submachine guns. And then there is the bank manager. Last time his body is shown, the robbers really went through with castration. Making it completely pointless, since they get the gold and already killed half of the staff]].
** [[spoiler: After being kidnapped, half-stripped, [[ItMakesSenseInContext forced to pee over her clothes]], constantly threatened and ultimately forced to work with the bandits, Mrs. Reed is made to crawl toward Brett and Tony, still half-naked and traumatised to the point of SanitySlippage. And Ridgeman puts a bullet in her head when she shoots Tony, splattering her brain all over the place]].
** [[spoiler: Biscuit gets repeatedly shot at, mostly for the sake of torture. Then his dead body is dragged back into the van and he's disected there to retrive the key he swallowed]].