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* '''Implied''': Jake has been doing his damnedest to be TheDutifulSon even when Monty has treated him like shit for the whole film, and when they meet for dinner near the climax, Monty hits Jake's RageBreakingPoint. Cut to three hours later to Jake standing in front of his girlfriend Alice's door, looking like he went nine rounds against a horde of angry pitbulls... and won.

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* '''Implied''': Jake has been doing his damnedest to be TheDutifulSon even when Monty has treated him like shit for the whole film, and when they meet for dinner near the climax, Monty hits Jake's RageBreakingPoint. Cut to three hours later to Jake standing in front of his girlfriend Alice's door, looking like he went nine fifteen whole rounds of 5 minutes a round against a horde of angry pitbulls... and won.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Monty is a selfish, egocentric, abusive {{Jerkass}} who has done his damnedest to drag his son down with him, blaming him for his mother's death, regularly beating him, and just generally making it somewhat of a miracle that Jake has ''lived'' this long. Jake finally snaps and gives him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in the form of a PunctuatedPounding ExtremeMeleeRevenge, all so that Monty can have [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of his own medicine]] and Jake can [[WhosLaughingNow never be insulted]] again.
* '''Downplayed''': Monty gives Jake a harsh critique and Jake bluntly reciprocates

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* '''Exaggerated''': Monty is a selfish, egocentric, abusive {{Jerkass}} who has done his damnedest to drag his son down with him, blaming him for his mother's death, regularly beating him, and just generally making it somewhat of a miracle that Jake has ''lived'' this long. Jake finally snaps and gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in the form of a PunctuatedPounding ExtremeMeleeRevenge, all so that Monty can have [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of his own medicine]] and Jake can [[WhosLaughingNow never be insulted]] abused]] again.
* '''Downplayed''': Monty gives Jake a harsh critique and Jake bluntly reciprocatesreciprocates.
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** Jake calls out Monty at a bad time, and the already emotionally unstable and abusive Monty responds by assaulting Jake, launching into a "BreakThemByTalking" lecture about how his "worthless son" has been living off his hard-earned money all this time and owes him his very ''life''. Jake pulls a pistol. So does Monty. The screen blanks and a shot rings out. It is left ambiguous as to who died.

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** Jake calls out Monty at a bad time, and the already emotionally unstable and abusive Monty responds by assaulting Jake, launching into a "BreakThemByTalking" lecture about how his "worthless son" has been living off his hard-earned money all this time and owes him his very ''life''. Jake pulls a pistol. So does Monty. The screen blanks and a shot rings out. It is left ambiguous as to who died.

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