"You had to fuck with me. You wanna fuck with me?"
- The famous shootout scene is just as cool as it is frightening. The sound editing is astonishingly realistic. Trying to use a little girl as a human shield is chilling.
- Trejo's death scene doubles with Tear Jerker. By the time McCauley has found him, his wife has been murdered (the scene gives a glimpse of her naked corpse, so she probably didn't have a pleasant death at the hands of Waingro) and he's lying near-death in a pool of blood, barely able to speak.
- Hanna's stepdaughter's attempted suicide, where he finds her lying in a bathtub in a pool of bloodied water with her wrists and legs cut. Hanna's reaction is not a Large Ham made by Al Pacino but that of a parent in a state of genuine panic: blaming himself and telling her to keep staying alive while he is covering her wounds.
- Waingro is the film's Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant, the Evil Counterpart of Neil. While Neil is the film's villain and a ruthless criminal, he is portrayed sympathetically and has standards. Waingro is a complete psycho with murderous tendencies.
- The way he deals with the ear-bleeding van guard demonstrates how insane he is.
- The reveal that Waingro isn't just an unhinged thief but an actual Serial Killer of underaged prostitutes. The movie shows him toying with his latest victim before making his intent perfectly clear. Hanna finding her with her face bashed in, and trying to restrain her mother from seeing her body also qualifies as this and a tearjerker.
Waingro: The Grim Reaper's visiting with you.- Its also heavily implied that he’s a serial rapist in addition to his serial murderous tendencies.
- His death; his dying gasp before McCauley unloads on his brains is deeply unsettling. He deserved it though.
