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%%* PimpDuds

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%%* PimpDuds
* {{Jerkass}}: A creepy and exceedingly abusive pimp, who threatens to hurt Oleg on multiple occasions.
* PimpDuds: Wears a garish all-white suit with some gold bling. He purchases the Stainless Snub Nose pistol, purely because it's shine will match his image.



%%* WouldHurtAChild: And take sadistic pleasure in doing so, threatening to give Oleg a GlasgowGrin.
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%%* * WouldHurtAChild: And take sadistic pleasure in doing so, threatening to give Oleg a GlasgowGrin.
GlasgowGrin ''after'' pimping him out for a couple months.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Develops a soft spot for Oleg, especially after she sees the bruises on his back from his abusive father. Unfortunately, due to some epic bad timing, [[spoiler: the police roll by [[NotWhatItLooksLike just as she offers him a helping hand, and promptly arrest her for attempting to corrupt a minor]]]].
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->'''Played By:''' Karel Roden

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->'''Played By:''' Karel Roden
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%%* IllBoy
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* HappilyMarried: He genuinely does love his wife Teresa.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sal.

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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: ThoseTwoGuys: With Sal.



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: He's most often seen with Tommy.

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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: ThoseTwoGuys: He's most often seen with Tommy.

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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:At the end, he turns out to be an undercover cop infiltrating the mob.]]



* AintTooProudToBeg: When Teresa pulls a gun on them they drop the charade and are forced to cooperate. Dez tries to offer her money if she just takes Oleg and leaves without another word. It doesn't do them any good after she uncovers their stash of snuff films.


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* VillainsWantMercy: When Teresa pulls a gun on them they drop the charade and are forced to cooperate. Dez tries to offer her money if she just takes Oleg and leaves without another word. It doesn't do them any good after she uncovers their stash of snuff films.
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%%* DomesticAbuserDomesticAbuse



* DomesticAbuser: To both his wife and his son.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's an abusive asshole, but he can't bring himself to [[spoiler: kill Oleg, for which Ivan shots him dead]]

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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: To both his wife and his son.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's an abusive asshole, but he can't bring himself to [[spoiler: kill [[spoiler:kill Oleg, for which Ivan shots him dead]]
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Oleg is surprisingly resourceful for a young boy who is clearly just running for his life. It's clear that his home life has forced him to learn how to fend for himself, and it's his keen sense of danger that keeps him alive through all the shit he endures.
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* TooDumbToLive: Fully confident he can strong arm the Perello mob; it doesn't end well for him.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: No shock considering his home life, where he's been forced to look out for himself as his mother is in no position to help him.


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* AintTooProudToBeg: When Teresa pulls a gun on them they drop the charade and are forced to cooperate. Dez tries to offer her money if she just takes Oleg and leaves without another word. It doesn't do them any good after she uncovers their stash of snuff films.


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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Their apartment is sickeningly lavish and even has a playroom loaded to the brim with toys, a huge camera set, stuffed animals, a closet full of costumes, and ''arcade games''. Teresa quickly discovers that it's all a cover for what the room is really used for...
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Understandably, they never counted on anybody storming into their apartment. However, the fact that they had no photos of "their" children anywhere in the place is what convinces Teresa that they've been bullshitting her the entire time.
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* MeaningfulName: ‘Hansel’ is a pretty transparent reference to HanselAndGretel.

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* MeaningfulName: ‘Hansel’ is a pretty transparent reference to HanselAndGretel.Literature/HanselAndGretel.
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* KnightOfCerebus: While many of the villains in the movie are ruthless, none of them are child-molesting serial killers with a disturbing, faux-kindly demeanor that record their horrific crimes on film. Notably, Teresa is so horrified by their deeds that she tries to convince Joey to give up his life of crime.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Not much for swearing or for the kind of business Joey deals in, but this does not stop her from shooting dead two serial killers in cold blood when she discovers their killing lair.

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* AssholeVictim: It goes without saying that they deserved to be pumped full of lead.

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* AssholeVictim: It [[spoiler:It goes without saying that they deserved to be pumped full of lead.]]



* UglyGuyHotWife: Dez is a schubbly, late middle-age guy. Edele is also middle-aged, but she's a stunning blonde.


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* AssholeVictim: It goes without saying that they deserved to be pumped full of lead.
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* SnuffFilm: Heavily implied to be what their home movies are.
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%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* TheMafiya

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%%* TheMafiya
* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries to come across as affable when he shows Oleg the lights system of the ice rink he owns, but minutes later he's having Joey beat out [[WouldHurtAChild and orders Oleg killed.]]
* TheMafiya: He's a don of the Russian mob.



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%%* WouldHurtAChild* WouldHurtAChild: Was willing to have Oleg killed.



%%* EvenEvilHasStandards

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%%* EvenEvilHasStandards* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's an abusive asshole, but he can't bring himself to [[spoiler: kill Oleg, for which Ivan shots him dead]]



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%%* OnlyAFleshWound* OnlyAFleshWound: Oleg shoots him in shoulder.
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* {{Badass}} Frankie doesn't just walk the walk, he talks the talk as seen [[spoiler:in his brutal fight with his Russian counterpart, Ivan.]]



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* WouldHurtAChild: They have molested and murdered dozens of them.
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%%* BlondeGuysAreEvil
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%%* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Their mundane appearance belies their true nature as psychos.
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%%* TheStoic: Disturbingly so. But considering things at home....
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!Film/{{Running Scared}}

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!Film/{{Running Scared}}
!''Film/RunningScared2006''
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!Film/{{Running Scared}}

[[foldercontrol]]

!The Gazelle Family

[[folder:Joey]]
!!Joey Gazelle
->'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulWalker

A low-level criminal working for the Perello mob.
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%%* AbusiveParents
* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: Joey relates to Oleg in telling a story about a young boy who "Mark McGwires the fucking living shit" out of his abusive father to the point of the father being "neutralized". Putting that and the fact Joey lives an elderly man, Joey was relating to Oleg's life and how bad his family is, and also wanting him to live normally for a good couple of more years rather then suffer to his father.
* BadassAndChildDuo: With Oleg.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* ChewToy
%%* DisneyDeath
%%* FakingTheDead
%%* HairTriggerTemper
%%* HotBlooded
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
%%* MadeOfIron
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He inflicts them and receives them.
%%* PapaWolf
%%* PermaStubble
%%* UndercoverCopReveal
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Teresa]]
!!Teresa Gazelle
->'''Played By:''' Creator/VeraFarmiga

Joey's wife.
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* ActionGirl: Becomes one.
%%* BadassAdorable
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* MamaBear
%%* TookALevelInBadass
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nicky]]
!!Nicky Gazelle
->'''Played By:''' Alex Neuberger

Joey and Teresa's young son.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: It's mentioned in passing that he may have ADHD.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pops]]
!!Pops Gazelle
->'''Played By:''' Jan Kohout

Joey's father.
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%%* AbusiveParent
%%* DomesticAbuser
%%* PayEvilUntoEvil
[[/folder]]

!The Perello Mob

[[folder:Frankie]]
!!Frankie Perello
->'''Played By:''' Arthur J. Nascarella

The head of the Perello Mob.
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* AffablyEvil: Frankie actually comes across as very reasonable and genial much of the time.
* {{Badass}} Frankie doesn't just walk the walk, he talks the talk as seen [[spoiler:in his brutal fight with his Russian counterpart, Ivan.]]
%%* BigBad
* TheDon: Of the Perello Mob.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Frankie might be a ruthless mobster, but he does love his son.
%%* PapaWolf
%%* PragmaticVillainy
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tommy]]
!!Tommy ‘Tombs’ Perello
->'''Played By:''' Johnny Messner

The psychotic son of Frankie Perello.
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%%* AxCrazy
%%* {{Badass}}
%%* TheBrute
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* PsychoticSmirk
* LargeHam: Johnny Messner is quite clearly having the time of his life playing Tommy as a psychotic, barely-sane sadist who chews through the scenery.
* NWordPrivileges: Assumes them towards white people. Tommy is a weird guy.
* SirSwearsALot: Every other word out of Tommy's mouth is a casual curse.
%%* {{Slimeball}}
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sal.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sal]]
!!Sal ‘Gummy Bear’ Franzone
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelCudlitz

One of Tommy's henchmen.
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%%* BoomHeadshot
* TheDragon: For Tommy.
%%* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: He's most often seen with Tommy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Gummy bears, of course.
[[/folder]]

!The Russians

[[folder:Ivan]]
!!Ivan Yugorsky
->'''Played By:''' John Noble

The leader of the Russian mafia and Anzor's uncle.
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%%* {{Badass}}
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* TheMafiya
%%* TattooedCrook
%%* WickedCultured
%%* WouldHurtAChild
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anzor]]
!!Anzor Yugorsky
->'''Played By:''' Karel Roden

A Russian meth-head and Oleg's abusive father.
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%%* AbusiveParent
%%* AxCrazy
%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* CulturalCringe
* DomesticAbuser: To both his wife and his son.
%%* EvenEvilHasStandards
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* OnlyAFleshWound
%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* SanitySlippage: He was already batshit insane, but by the end of the film he disconnects completely from reality.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mila]]
!!Mila Yugorsky
->'''Played By:''' Ivana Milčević

A former prostitute and Anzor's much-abused wife.
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%%* BrokenBird
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a prostitute owned by the Russian mafia.
%%* DrivenToSuicide
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She was a prostitute in Moscow.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Oleg]]
!!Oleg Yugorsky
->'''Played By:''' Cameron Bright

The young son of Anzor Yugorsky who comes into possession of a valuable gun.
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%%* AbusiveParents
* BadassAndChildDuo: with Joey.
%%* TheDogBitesBack
%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
%%* IllBoy
%%* TookALevelInBadass
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Rydell]]
!!Det. Rydell
->'''Played By:''' Chazz Palminteri

A corrupt cop also on the trail of the missing gun.
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%%* DirtyCop
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* {{Greed}}
%%* KarmicDeath
%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* SmugSnake
* SlasherSmile: A specialty of Chazz Palminteri.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dez & Edele]]
!!Dez & Edele Hansel
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Altman & Creator/ElizabethMitchell

A married pair of pedophiles who abduct Oleg along with two other children.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Their soft cheerful demeanor only serves to make them creepier.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:At the hands of Teresa.]]
* MeaningfulName: ‘Hansel’ is a pretty transparent reference to HanselAndGretel.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: It’s pretty clear that Edele wears the pants in the relationship.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Dez is a schubbly, late middle-age guy. Edele is also middle-aged, but she's a stunning blonde.
* SerialKiller: The pair of them have murdered dozens of children.
* TheSociopath: They make home movies of the kids they rape, torture and kill, and then give them '''star ratings'''.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Edele moreso than Dez.
%%* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lester]]
!!Lester
->'''Played By:''' David Warshofsky

A violent pimp who has a violent encounter with Oleg and winds up in possession of the gun.
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* BigBadWannabe: Lester considers himself a 'mack daddy pimp'. Joey and Divina think he's pathetic.
%%* BlondeGuysAreEvil
%%* EvilIsPetty
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%* PimpDuds
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He might be laughably stupid, but he's dangerous all the same and utterly ruthless.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Lester wants to kill a '''child''' who doesn't know any better.
%%* WouldHurtAChild: And take sadistic pleasure in doing so, threatening to give Oleg a GlasgowGrin.
%%* WrongGenreSavvy
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Divina]]
!!Divina
->'''Played By:''' Idalis [=DeLeon=]

A prostitute working for Lester whom Oleg encounters.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:To Lester. She knocks him right the hell out after he goes too far and threatens to mutilate her.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She's kind to Oleg, even taking the role of the 'Blue Fairy' in the whole fairytale allegory going on.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: ''"Beclovent, bitch!"''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She's last seen getting arrested.]]
[[/folder]]

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