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** Similarly, Kelly Preston plays a mother who loses her teenage son and her own son Jett would die of a seizure just over a year after the film was released.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Since G+ abilities are linked to creativity, Verity and Weasel are at one point pumped full of psychotropic drugs in order to see how it will affect their powers. HilarityEnsues.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: For all that Weasel is a selfish fuck-up, he genuinely loves his son.
* InferredHolocaust: It's mentioned at one point that by the time Verity and Weasel reach London, Monty has murdered over ''three million people''. [[spoiler:And by the end, central London has been nuked to hell in order to wipe Monty completely out of existence.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: For all that Weasel is a selfish fuck-up, he genuinely loves his son.
* InferredHolocaust: It's mentioned at one point that by the time Verity and Weasel reach London, Monty has murdered over ''three million people''. [[spoiler:And by the end, central London has been nuked to hell in order to wipe Monty completely out of existence.]]
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Since G+ abilities are linked to creativity, Verity and Weasel are at one point pumped full of psychotropic drugs in order to see how it will affect their powers. HilarityEnsues.
*CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: For all that Weasel is a selfish fuck-up, he genuinely loves his son.
* InferredHolocaust: It's mentioned at one point that by the time Verity and Weasel reach London, Monty has murdered over ''three million people''. [[spoiler:And by the end, central London has been nuked to hell in order to wipe Monty completely out of existence.]]]]
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad David "Monty" Montgomery]] is a depraved, hedonistic comedian who ends up infected by the incurable G+ virus. Now with the powers of [[CompellingVoice hypnosis]] and telekinesis, Monty decides to make the most of his last months on Earth. Initially using his powers to force a nun into sleeping with him--[[SerialRapist not an isolated incident]]--Monty quickly thereafter rapes and murders the Queen of England before telekinetically [[YourHeadAsplode blowing up the skulls]] of the Royal Family and proclaiming himself King of England. After [[PsychicAssistedSuicide hypnotizing an entire battalion of soldiers numbering in the hundreds to kill themselves]]--and forcing seventy of the survivors to shoot themselves--Monty decapitates the Prime Minister to secure total reign over England. Monty quickly lavishes in his new position and turns London into his own private hellhole, influencing millions through public broadcast to engage in whatever depraved pursuits they want out in the streets while using his powers to pursue further sexual fantasies. Monty further engrosses himself by blowing up the heads of an entire crowd of people simply for annoying him, and once he learns a naval fleet has been sent out to stop him, Monty murders over a million people--[[WouldHurtAChild children not spared]]--in one fell swoop, using his telekinetic abilities to extend his range. Monty hypnotizes the captain to rape one of his own men before making the entire armada kill itself, finally necessitating a nuke dropped on central London purely for the purpose of wiping him out. Even after all the carnage and millions adoring him under his influence—and millions more dead—Monty admits he still isn't satisfied in the end. A degenerate narcissist who thoroughly undermines anything that could be considered a humane quality within him, Monty represents a picture of what a psychopath with no other resources might become with the powers to exercise whatever they might have wanted.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad David "Monty" Montgomery]] is a depraved, hedonistic egotistical comedian already guilty of [[SerialRapist serial rape]] and abuse who ends up infected by becomes far worse after the incurable G+ virus. Now with the powers of [[CompellingVoice hypnosis]] virus grants him hypnosis and telekinesis, Monty decides telekinesis. Deciding to make the most of spend his last few months on Earth. Initially using [[PowerPerversionPotential engrossing himself]], Monty uses his powers to force a nun into sleeping with him--[[SerialRapist not an isolated incident]]--Monty quickly thereafter rapes rape and murders murder the Queen of England before telekinetically [[YourHeadAsplode blowing up the skulls]] of brutally killing the Royal Family and proclaiming himself King the Prime Minister in rapid succession, forcing a battalion of England. After hundreds of soldiers to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide hypnotizing an entire battalion of soldiers numbering in the hundreds to kill themselves]]--and forcing seventy of the survivors to shoot themselves--Monty decapitates the Prime Minister to secure total reign themselves]] and taking over England. Monty quickly lavishes in proceeds to use his new position and turns London influence to turn England into his own private hellhole, personal pit of debauchery, influencing millions through public broadcast to engage in whatever depraved pursuits they want out in the streets into unimaginable depravity while using his powers to pursue further sexual fantasies. Monty further engrosses himself by blowing up the heads of an raping countless women and slaughtering entire crowd of people crowds more simply for annoying him, and once he learns a naval fleet has been sent out to stop him, Monty murders even murder over a one million innocent people--[[WouldHurtAChild children not spared]]--in one fell swoop, using his telekinetic abilities swoop to extend his range. influence past England. When confronted by an armada, Monty hypnotizes the captain to rape one of his own men before making the entire armada kill itself, finally necessitating a nuke dropped on central London purely for the purpose of wiping him out. Even and even after all of the carnage and millions adoring him under his influence—and millions more dead—Monty admits hypnotized or killed by him, Monty confesses he still isn't satisfied in the end. A satisfied. Nothing more than a [[TheHedonist degenerate narcissist who thoroughly undermines anything that could be considered a humane quality within him, sadist]] in the end, Monty represents a picture of what a psychopath with no other resources might become with the powers to exercise whatever they might have wanted.
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* CompleteMonster: David "[[BigBad Monty]]" Montgomery is a depraved, [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] comedian who ends up infected by the incurable G+ virus. Now with the powers of [[CompellingVoice hypnosis]] and telekinesis, Monty [[ForTheEvulz decides to make the most]] of his last months on Earth. Initially [[PowerPerversionPotential using his powers]] to force a nun into sleeping with him--[[SerialRapist not an isolated incident]]--Monty quickly thereafter rapes and murders the Queen of England before telekinetically [[YourHeadAsplode blowing up the skulls]] of the Royal Family and proclaiming himself King of England. After [[PsychicAssistedSuicide hypnotizing an entire battalion of soldiers numbering in the hundreds to kill themselves]]--and forcing seventy of the survivors to shoot themselves--Monty [[OffWithHisHead decapitates the Prime Minister]] to secure total reign over England. Monty quickly lavishes in his new position and turns London into his own private hellhole, influencing millions through public broadcast to engage in whatever depraved pursuits they want out in the streets while using his powers to pursue further sexual fantasies. Monty further engrosses himself by blowing up the heads of an entire crowd of people simply for annoying him, and once he learns a naval fleet has been sent out to stop him, Monty murders over a million people--[[WouldHurtAChild children not spared]]--in one fell swoop, using his telekinetic abilities to extend his range. Monty hypnotizes the captain to rape one of his own men before making the entire armada kill itself, finally necessitating a nuke dropped on central London purely for the purpose of wiping him out. Even after all the carnage and millions adoring him under his influence—and millions more dead—Monty admits he still isn't satisfied in the end. A degenerate narcissist who thoroughly undermines anything that could be considered a humane quality within him, Monty [[TheUnfettered represents a picture of what a psychopath with no other resources might become with the powers to exercise whatever they might have wanted]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad David "[[BigBad Monty]]" Montgomery "Monty" Montgomery]] is a depraved, [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] hedonistic comedian who ends up infected by the incurable G+ virus. Now with the powers of [[CompellingVoice hypnosis]] and telekinesis, Monty [[ForTheEvulz decides to make the most]] most of his last months on Earth. Initially [[PowerPerversionPotential using his powers]] powers to force a nun into sleeping with him--[[SerialRapist not an isolated incident]]--Monty quickly thereafter rapes and murders the Queen of England before telekinetically [[YourHeadAsplode blowing up the skulls]] of the Royal Family and proclaiming himself King of England. After [[PsychicAssistedSuicide hypnotizing an entire battalion of soldiers numbering in the hundreds to kill themselves]]--and forcing seventy of the survivors to shoot themselves--Monty [[OffWithHisHead decapitates the Prime Minister]] Minister to secure total reign over England. Monty quickly lavishes in his new position and turns London into his own private hellhole, influencing millions through public broadcast to engage in whatever depraved pursuits they want out in the streets while using his powers to pursue further sexual fantasies. Monty further engrosses himself by blowing up the heads of an entire crowd of people simply for annoying him, and once he learns a naval fleet has been sent out to stop him, Monty murders over a million people--[[WouldHurtAChild children not spared]]--in one fell swoop, using his telekinetic abilities to extend his range. Monty hypnotizes the captain to rape one of his own men before making the entire armada kill itself, finally necessitating a nuke dropped on central London purely for the purpose of wiping him out. Even after all the carnage and millions adoring him under his influence—and millions more dead—Monty admits he still isn't satisfied in the end. A degenerate narcissist who thoroughly undermines anything that could be considered a humane quality within him, Monty [[TheUnfettered represents a picture of what a psychopath with no other resources might become with the powers to exercise whatever they might have wanted]].wanted.
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** Billy and his gang of killers crosses this when one of their members kills Nick's son, Brendan, during a gang initiation dressed up as a gas-station holdup. And if that wasn't enough, they [[spoiler:raid Nick's house later on in the film, with the leader himself fatally shooting Helen, the former's wife]].
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**MoralEventHorizon: Billy and his gang of killers crosses this when one of their members kills Nick's son, Brendan, during a gang initiation dressed up as a gas-station holdup. And if that wasn't enough, they [[spoiler:raid Nick's house later on in the film, with the leader himself fatally shooting Helen, the former's wife]].
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*CompleteMonster: David "[[BigBad Monty]]" Montgomery is a depraved, [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] comedian who ends up infected by the incurable G+ virus. Now with the powers of [[CompellingVoice hypnosis]] and telekinesis, Monty [[ForTheEvulz decides to make the most]] of his last months on Earth. Initially [[PowerPerversionPotential using his powers]] to force a nun into sleeping with him--[[SerialRapist not an isolated incident]]--Monty quickly thereafter rapes and murders the Queen of England before telekinetically [[YourHeadAsplode blowing up the skulls]] of the Royal Family and proclaiming himself King of England. After [[PsychicAssistedSuicide hypnotizing an entire battalion of soldiers numbering in the hundreds to kill themselves]]--and forcing seventy of the survivors to shoot themselves--Monty [[OffWithHisHead decapitates the Prime Minister]] to secure total reign over England. Monty quickly lavishes in his new position and turns London into his own private hellhole, influencing millions through public broadcast to engage in whatever depraved pursuits they want out in the streets while using his powers to pursue further sexual fantasies. Monty further engrosses himself by blowing up the heads of an entire crowd of people simply for annoying him, and once he learns a naval fleet has been sent out to stop him, Monty murders over a million people--[[WouldHurtAChild children not spared]]--in one fell swoop, using his telekinetic abilities to extend his range. Monty hypnotizes the captain to rape one of his own men before making the entire armada kill itself, finally necessitating a nuke dropped on central London purely for the purpose of wiping him out. Even after all the carnage and millions adoring him under his influence—and millions more dead—Monty admits he still isn't satisfied in the end. A degenerate narcissist who thoroughly undermines anything that could be considered a humane quality within him, Monty [[TheUnfettered represents a picture of what a psychopath with no other resources might become with the powers to exercise whatever they might have wanted]].
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* CompleteMonster: Monty. In the first issue alone, he rapes a nun, and only gets worse from there.
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** Billy and his gang of killers crosses this when one of their members kills Nick's son, Brendan, at the gas station hold-up.during a gang initiation dressed up as a gas-station holdup. And if that wasn't enough, they [[spoiler:raid Nick's house later on in the film, with the leader himself fatally shooting Helen, the former's wife]].
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* InferredHolocaust: It's mentioned at one point that by the time Verity and Weasel reach London, Monty has murdered over ''three million people''. [[spoiler:And by the end, central London has been nuked to hell in order to wipe Monty completely out of existence.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Monty. In the first issue alone, he rapes a nun, and only gets worse from there.
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Except he only kills Asshole Victims — and even then, he shows no indication of wanting to kill anyone but the gang specifically — whereas they all attack and terrorize innocents (including his entire family) with impunity. So while his Roaring Rampage Of Revenge is definitely tragic and unsaintly, "Not So Different" is more of an Informed Flaw — and only used by the Big Bad to taunt Nick, giving shades of Unreliable Narrator as well.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: On the one hand, Nick wants to protect his wife and remaining son from Billy and his gang of killers. On the other hand, he made himself out to be as bad as the killers themselves. Therefore, it can be hard to root for him.
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** Billy and his gang of killers crosses this when one of their members kills Nick's son, Brendan, at the gas station hold-up. And if that wasn't enough, they [[spoiler:raid Nick's house later on in the film, with the leader himself fatally shooting Helen, the former's wife]].
** Nick himself also crossed the line after he [[spoiler:killed Billy and the rest of the gang at the end, which goes to show that they're NotSoDifferent.]]
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** Billy and his gang of killers crosses this when one of their members kills Nick's son, Brendan, at the gas station hold-up. And if that wasn't enough, they [[spoiler:raid Nick's house later on in the film, with the leader himself fatally shooting Helen, the former's wife]].
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* OneSceneWonder: John Goodman as Bones Darley, not in the film much but he owns the role he's given.
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