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

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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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  (#15) Bruce Wayne Talking to His Friend Right Before He Dies

  While trying to save a bunch of employees who somehow didn't realize they should evacuate his Metropolis building, Bruce tries to stay on the phone with a guy named Jack O'Dwyer. After Bruce loses service, Jack prays in his final moments before being killed by the world engine. Who needs Faces of Death when you can just watch the first ten minutes of this movie?
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  (#16) Batman Smashing a Ceramic Fixture Over Superman's Head

  Everybody knew that when Batman and Superman finally came to blows, it wouldn't be pretty, but who knew Batman was such a dirty fighter? At one point in their scuffle, Batman uses a Kryptonite gas to take down Superman, rips a sink from a wall Johnny Cash-style, and proceeds to beat Clark over the head with a ceramic fixture before choking him out with a bat-rope.
  
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  (#1) A Suicide Bomber Blows Up a Senate Hearing

  At one point, Superman attends a Senate hearing on the legality of his actions, and a suicide bomber paid by Lex Luthor sets off a bomb and kills everyone (except Supes) while also destroying a federal building. One of the reasons that the scene feels so dark is because it's not just something from a movie where guys in tights punch each other, it's an atrocity that everyone hears about all too regularly. Oh, and it's all made worse by the fact that Luthor's calling card is a mason jar full of urine.
  
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  (#5) Martha Kent Being (Sexually?) Assaulted

  In order to get Superman to fight Batman, Lex Luthor enlists his goons to kidnap Martha Kent and take grainy, Se7en-style Polaroids of her being assaulted while someone writes the word "WITCH" on her head.
  
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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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