Random Grimmest, Darkest Things in Batman v. Superman (20 items)

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  (#19) The Woman Testifying Before the Senate About Superman Massacring Her Village

  In an early brief scene that takes place at a Senate hearing (Batman v. Superman has a lot of those) an African woman erroneously describes the horror of seeing Superman slaughter all of the men in her village. Even though the claim is false, the description still lingers, especially since it's all handled as though this movie about costumed crimefighters is a somber awards season drama.
  
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  (#10) Doomsday Bone-Stabbing Superman

  So super extra SPOILER ALERT!!!! In order to defeat Doomsday, Superman has to drive a spear made from pure Kryptonite into the creature's heart. While doing so he not only harms himself with the Kryptonite, but he also ends up impaled on a giant sharpened bone. To finish the job and kill the monster, Superman has to allow the bone to squeeze through his body, killing him in the process. It's not an easy moment for the squeamish and will almost certainly leave kids with vivid nightmares for years to come. 
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  (#18) Wallace Spray Painting "False God" on a Statue of Superman

  For whatever reason, Wallace gets the short end of the stick in Batman v. Superman. Whenever he shows up, you know it's going to be depressing. In a deliberate evocation of Vietnam protests, the legless Wallace pulls himself out of his wheelchair to spray paint "FALSE GOD" on a statue of Superman - a crime that carries an oddly weighty sentence. 
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  (#12) Jimmy Olsen Being Murdered Right Out of the Gate

  Spoiler Alert by the way. In the first real scene of the movie, Jimmy Olsen, Daily Planet photographer, comic book fixture, and friend to all - is revealed to be a CIA informant and promptly shot in the face by Anatoli Knyazev in front of Lois Lane. Being Superman's pal isn't all it's cracked up to be. 
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  (#8) A Girl Seeing Her Parents Die in an Explosion

  Thankfully the parent's death is offscreen. But at the beginning of the film, Bruce Wayne drives into burning downtown Metropolis and saves a girl who's in shock after seeing her parents die in an explosion caused by Superman and Zod going toe to toe. The kid is never seen again, but if the rest of movie's any indication, she descended into alcoholism and self-mutilation.
  
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  (#14) Knyazev Threatening to Burn Martha Kent's Face Off

  When Knyazev is holding Martha Kent hostage, he reveals that if Superman doesn't kill Batman is by burning her face off, the kindly widow's face will be burned off. Does that feel a little too Eli Roth to anyone else?

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