Where the Conflict in Paw of Vengeance Breaks Open

Paw of Vengeance is driven by a collision that was already underway before the first scene.

The pension and fishing boat that rightfully belonged to him were seized by his maternal uncle Roy Thompson, and he was publicly humiliated by Thompson and his son. Twenty-year-old fisherman Cole Hayes lost his parents at an early age.

That is the spine of Paw of Vengeance: the people in the synopsis do not get to pretend the story started somewhere else.