▁time ▁a ▁human , ▁vulner able ▁side . ▁He ▁tells ▁Guy ▁that ▁his ▁wife ▁had ▁been ▁ra ped ▁and ▁murder ed ▁on ▁Christmas ▁E ve ▁ 1 2 ▁years ▁prior , ▁and ▁reve als ▁that ▁he , ▁too , ▁was ▁once ▁a ▁bul lied ▁assistant ▁to ▁powerful , ▁ty ran n ical ▁men ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁de cade ▁putting ▁up ▁with ▁such ▁ab use ▁to ▁become ▁successful ▁himself . ▁He ▁also ▁reve als ▁that ▁ab using ▁Guy ▁was ▁his ▁way ▁of ▁teaching ▁Guy ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁ear n ▁his ▁success . ▁Da wn ▁arriv es ▁at ▁the ▁scene ▁to ▁find ▁Guy ▁aim ing ▁a ▁gun ▁at ▁Bud dy ' s ▁face ▁and ▁ins ists ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁only ▁agreed ▁to ▁see ▁Bud dy ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁helping ▁Guy ' s ▁career . ▁Da wn ▁ple ads ▁with ▁Guy ▁to ▁put ▁down ▁the ▁gun , ▁where up on ▁Bud dy ▁tells ▁Guy ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁to ▁pull ▁the ▁trigger ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁get ▁ahead ▁in ▁the ▁business . ▁After ▁a ▁moment ' s ▁inde c ision , ▁Bud dy ▁sc ream s ▁at ▁Guy ▁to ▁shoot , ▁which ▁Guy ▁does . ▁ ▁The ▁clim ax ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁reve als ▁that ▁Guy ▁killed ▁Da wn ▁( who ▁is ▁bl amed ▁for ▁kid n apping ▁and ▁tort uring ▁Bud dy ), ▁and ▁was ▁subsequently ▁promoted . ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁scene , ▁Guy ▁cold ly ▁tells ▁a ▁former ▁colle ague ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁what ▁he ▁really ▁wants ▁and ▁then ▁do ▁anything ▁to ▁get ▁it ,