10 Most Brutal Movie Beatings

6. Killing Them Softly

In Andrew Dominik's heavy-handed neo-noir, Ray Liotta plays Markie Trattman; the man who cried wolf. Having 'held up' his own poker game in order to run off with the money, Markie unwittingly makes himself the prime suspect if such an event were to happen again. So when two small-time crooks get wind of the scam, they know they'll be off the hook. On a dark and rainy night, justice befalls poor Markie in the shape of two knuckle-cracking mobsters at the side of his car. He pleads for his life, with stammering apologies and the panic ever growing in his eyes, but they ain't listening. What follows is one of the most realistic scenes of violence ever committed to the big screen. Even for the genre it€™s a tough watch, exacerbated by a curious sound mix in which every blow sounds like shattered glass. As a bruised and beaten Markie is punched to the ground, his teeth tumbling from a broken jaw and his blood snatched by the lashing rain, witnessing the man's last few breaths becomes almost unbearable.