I think the ex-wife is the closest thing to a 'villain' in this movie

The fact that fast food, or the price of a soda, throws him into a rage is a CLEAR indication of what his ex-wife was trying to avoid. Perhaps she should have stuck around until he started taking out his rage on her and their daughter. Maybe wait until she actually got slapped around before deciding enough was enough? So often, we see abused wives being told they should have left sooner, before extreme violence erupts, not to wait until it gets worse, etc. and now this one is being ridiculed for doing exactly that!

bingo, you hit the nail on the head. she knew exactly he what he was capable of. unfortunately, the decks are stacked against victims in these cases. how many times do you see the wife killed by her husband only after calling the cops several times and them not doing a damn thing about it.

"perfecto!!"

You're not considering the context at all.

He'd never done that before previously in his life. He'd lost his job (probably due his anguish over not being able to see his family), been left by his callous wife who'd taken the extra step of banning him from seeing his daughter, had a near death experience with some punks who had tried to rob him, and then shoot him - so get your context right, it's not like he just woke up some day and went in and shot up a fast food joint for kicks.

The wife struck me as evil. D-dens clearly had anger and control issues, but was not abusive, just easily frustrated when the things he was trying to do for his family/daughter did not please them. This is a reason to get marriage counselling, not break up a family and then ban a father from seeing his only daughter. THAT is the most evil thing that occurs in the entire film - even at the end when he's embracing his daughter he hasn't seen for god knows how long, the wife cannot stand seeing their shared affection and tells him to stop and that he's sick. What a horrible, vile human being she is.

NO VIOLENCE occurred, you thick *beep*.

There were no warning signs. He wasn't violent towards her or anyone else.

Trying to, pathetically, throw your arms up AFTER the fact and say "see! see he was violent aaaall along" isn't going to work in a situation where despite BEING non-violent his life was destroyed by a vindictive ex-wife.

Blaming actions that happened after doesn't work since no previous warning signs were given for his actions through the movie. I very much doubt she told the judge "I strongly suspect he will engage in a cross-city rampage against people who deliberately piss him off in order to see his daughter for her birthday in a few years".

People like you are the damn problem. And usually end up messing with actual victims of domestic violence when they genuinely need help.

Your argument is fallacious, since his rage in the movie was obviously triggered partly by his wife leaving him, and not letting him see his daughter. What a b----, seriously.

The fact that fast food, or the price of a soda, throws him into a rage is a CLEAR indication of what his ex-wife was trying to avoid. Perhaps she should have stuck around until he started taking out his rage on her and their daughter. Maybe wait until she actually got slapped around before deciding enough was enough? So often, we see abused wives being told they should have left sooner, before extreme violence erupts, not to wait until it gets worse, etc. and now this one is being ridiculed for doing exactly that!

EVERYONE has the propensity to violence. You have a breaking point, we all do. This film was about D-Fens' breaking point.

He was not violent. He was weird and snippy. His wife admitted he was never violent. 90% of the violence in this film was not instigated by D-FENS. He reacted to the violence in a violent way for the first time. It took his wife leaving him, his daughter being taken from him, losing his job, and living with his mother to snap. He likely never would have 'fallen down' had his wife not been such a frigid cold hearted b!tch. Even the cops look at her like the khunt she is when they came to make a report and guard her from the non-abusive father coming to see his child on her birthday(maybe).

Not only that, but the character had zero redeeming qualities. If she wasn't the villain the film makers really screwed up.

Exactly thank you! I really hope despite my beliefs in govt speech regulation that some of these men posting on here are being documented by someone. They seem incredibly scary to justify what this man did. All violent acts start with hate. There seems to be plenty of it here. Biggest villain really? Did you listen to the part where she did admit he wasn't violent physically and was honest with the judge but he told her it is in their best interests to get a restraining order? Why did he do that? Because plenty of times women and children have died by the hands of someone who exhibited warning signs that no one acted on. DUH. Really do i have to explain this to people. Now i think he should have had monitored visitation etc. but the judge recommended this. BIgger villain than the gang bangers who randomly shot people on the street? Bigger villain than the hateful nazi? Really? Exaggerate much?Comming from an abusive relationship myself, there were many warning signs exibited before *beep* hit the fan. If I had ended it sooner, *beep* would not have hit the fan. We are taught to not ignore the warning signs and they are there. Despite that I don't hate men because I am smart enough to understand this is not ALL men. Now you d bags on here judging from your posts deserved to be left. What kind of women would stay with men such as yourselves? With all your hate and mysogyny? No women in their right mind would stay with someone so preoccupied by hate. o wait you were never that way before she ruined you right? You let one woman or perhaps a couple ruin your perception of half the populice?? Are you admiting you are that weak? Have you no wonderful mothers, sisters or daughters? God forbid you have daughters my god! You're setting them up to be strippers for sure with your views of women! Have you reconsidered what sort of woman to get involved with? Maybe that is the prob or maybe YOU are the prob. Grow up!Are you always going after the same type of idiot woman? Some men on here are incredibly hateful. He showed dangerous tendencies. The mere fact that he did in fact sink that low after his breaking point proves he was unstable. PLENTY of people come to their breaking point. Most turn to drugs or other addictions to cope etc hurting only themselves. Some kill themselves again only hurting themselves. I wake up almost every day hating most of humanity for the shallowness, materialism, blatant disregard for others, killing etc. Normal people like myself (kinda) would never resort to this sort of blatant disregard as this man did! Clearly he was mentally unstable to say the least. He seemed at many times completely detached from reality which is a sign or a sociopath at best. I'm tired of all these men blaming everyone else for their problems especially women it is so absurd. Take ownership for your part and let the past go guys. Cus you know who you are hurting most? Yourselves by living with the burden of hatred towards women. WOW.O and if you can't do that,do us women a favor and turn gay. I don't want any of your filthy DNA in the gene pool. Peace.