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"Uncle Fucking BULLY!" -- Once Were Warriors (1995)
Jake "The Muss" Heke is a drunk, a woman beater and a man of extreme violence. It's this last aspect of his personality soon-to-be ex-wife Beth exploits when she discovers the reason behind their teenage daughter's suicide. This is the scene that plays behind the eyes of any father when he thinks of something happening to this little girl.
"'PC Load Letter?' What the fuck does that mean?" -- Office Space (2000)
We go from highly trained special operatives and barely literate murder machines to disgruntled IT dudes with a score to settle with their local printer. I'll leave it for the reader to decide which group yours truly more closely identifies with.
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Peter Vonder Haar writes movie reviews for the Houston Press and the occasional book. The first three novels in the "Clarke & Clarke Mysteries" - Lucky Town, Point Blank, and Empty Sky - are out now.
