YMMV / Veronica Guerin

• Complete Monster: John Gilligan is the most evil of the Irish mobsters that Veronica faces. A temperamental abuser, Gilligan threatens and beats his wife, mistress, and minions alike, threatening them all with death for slight offenses. Gilligan's primary operation is that of peddling hard drugs to teenagers and children, uncaring of the countless lives ruined by heroin and lost by OD-ing so long as Gilligan's pockets are lined. Gilligan carries out the systematic assassinations of one of his henchman Martin Cahill's squad just for convenience, and also tries to initiate a Gang War against his rivals so they will wipe one another out. When Veronica pushes to expose Gilligan to the public, Gilligan beats her bloody, threatens her entire family—promising to personally rape and kill her young son in the process—and finally assassinates Veronica to silence her for good.
• Moral Event Horizon: John Gilligan absolutely crosses this several times throughout the film, such as when he carries out the assassinations one of his henchman's squad for sport and beating protagonist Veronica Guerin to a bloody pulp as well as he threatening her entire family and promising to personally rape and kill her son in the process, but when he orders the assassination of Veronica at the end of the film, he leaps over the point of no return.