A History of Violence: Difference between revisions

* [[The Irish Mob]]: Carl and company are members, and claim Tom is as well.

* [[I Should Have Done This Years Ago]]:

{{spoiler|'''Carl:''' Yeah Joey... you should have.}} }}

* [[Jerk Jock]]: The bully who torments Jack at school.

* [[Retired Badass]]: Tom / Joey - maybe, or maybe not.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Given the disturbing and unsettling nature of this movie you wouldn't expect a pun. Given that it happens in a taut and emotionally tense scene it's entirely possible to miss it or believe it's unintentional (though that's unlikely, given the character's surname in the graphic novel was [[Mc Kenna]]). Nonetheless, it's there:

{{spoiler|'''Tom:''' It was available}} }}

** Actually, what he probably meant was that it had been recently vacated.

* [[The Reveal]]: Given the premise, there has to be one, no?

* [[Suddenly Always Knew That]]: Tom, to everyone's surprise knows Kung Fu. The improbability of this given Tom's stated background is [[Lampshade|lampshaded]] by Carl:

* [[That Man Is Dead]]: Joey Cusack, mob hitman - possibly.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Jack beats the hell out of a school bully who'd previously been tormenting him after finding out that his father may have once been a professional killer.