As «I, Tonya» moves closer to the defining incident — the assault on Kerrigan, orchestrated by the moronic Gillooly and self - proclaimed bodyguard and security expert Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser), in
which hired goons bashed Harding's rival on the knee — this becomes less clear.
The Seven are
hired; the Seven retake the town from the industrialist's
goons; the Seven train the townspeople in self - defense; the Seven wait for the inevitable climax in
which the industrialist returns with a veritable army.