The training montage comes in many forms, depending on the genre.

In the action genre, a training montage tends to revolve around arming up and honing the (anti?)hero’s killing skills; think: gun-range, hand-to-hand combat, armament acquisition, etc.

But the corresponding montage in the new movie Silent Night focuses on one crucial step in the process that’s usually elided in such sequences: car training!

How can Joe Schmo possibly hope to pull off a car chase without taking the time to master driving their automobile?

Not merely a clever insertion, this motor-vehicle consideration in Silent Night also acts as a Chekhov’s Gun, setting up his Ford Mustang to later become among the most indestructible four-wheels in the history of cinema.

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Speaking of wheels, the movie’s final image — a toy-train endlessly circling a grave — doubles as a visual metaphor for revenge, and revenge movies.