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* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'' part 2 has [[TheLancer the lancer]] go that path during the war. He invents booby traps designed to kill [[spoiler: the medics who come to the rescue of wounded]]. This turns out to [[GoneHorriblyRight go horribly right]], resulting in him losing [[spoiler: the love of his life]].

* ''Film/RoadHouse1989'': Elizabeth suggests that Dalton could become as terrible as Wesley in trying to take him down, which makes very little sense. At that point Dalton hadn't even ''done'' anything close to Wesley's [[CorruptHick blatant criminality and extortion]]. He does kill his goon Jimmy, but only after he just tried to murder the farmer Emmet in his sleep, and it's hinted that the police is so corrupt that he would have [[CardboardPrison walked straight out of jail]] if Dalton had attempted a citizen's arrest. It's not until after Wesley [[spoiler:has Dalton's mentor Wade murdered]] that Dalton decides the gloves are off and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* ''Film/RoadHouse'': Elizabeth suggests that Dalton could become as terrible as Wesley in trying to take him down, which makes very little sense. At that point Dalton hadn't even ''done'' anything close to Wesley's [[CorruptHick blatant criminality and extortion]]. He does kill his goon Jimmy, but only after he just tried to murder the farmer Emmet in his sleep, and it's hinted that the police is so corrupt that he would have [[CardboardPrison walked straight out of jail]] if Dalton had attempted a citizen's arrest. It's not until after Wesley [[spoiler:has Dalton's mentor Wade murdered]] that Dalton decides the gloves are off and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* In ''Film/{{Destroyer}}'', this trope defines the lead character and is what drives the entire plot.

* Kevin Bacon's character from the 2007 film ''Film/DeathSentence''. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the gang leader in the ending, who, in a NotSoDifferent moment, revels at the fact that he has reduced the protagonist to such a pathetic shell of a man.

** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the vision in the cave on Dagobah is a warning that Luke can become [[NotSoDifferent a monster just like Vader]] should he give in to the Dark Side, no matter the reason.

* Sarah Connor in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Her personal mission was to stop Judgment Day from occurring and keep Skynet from forming. To accomplish this, she hid from the law, [[{{Tykebomb}} raised her only child to become a military leader,]] shacked up with gunrunners, and traded sex for stockpiles of illegal weapons, and, at her worst, almost killed an innocent man (whose life's work caused Judgment Day to happen) in front of his wife and son. That last point is particularly important, because she was trying to kill what is essentially the "father" of Skynet before he could create it. Which is ''exactly'' what Skynet sent the first terminator to do to her before she could "create" John. And the way she tries to kill said man: [[NotSoDifferent she just slowly walks after him, completely serene as she takes shots at him. Even the gun she uses (a .45 long-slide pistol with laser sight) is the exact same one that the Terminator from the first film used to try to assassinate her.]]

* ''Film/RoadHouse'': Elizabeth suggests that Dalton could become as terrible as Wesley in trying to take him down, which makes very little sense. At that point Dalton hadn't even ''done'' anything close to Wesley's [[CorruptHick blatant criminality and extortion]]. He does kill Jimmy, but only after he just tried to murder Emmet in his sleep, and it's hinted that the police is so corrupt that he would have [[CardboardPrison walked straight out of jail]] if Dalton had attempted a citizen's arrest. It's not until after Wesley [[spoiler:has Emmet murdered]] that Dalton decides the gloves are off and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* ''Film/RoadHouse'': Elizabeth suggests that Dalton could become as terrible as Wesley in trying to take him down, which makes very little sense. At that point Dalton hadn't even ''done'' anything close to Wesley's [[CorruptHick blatant criminality and extortion]]. He does kill Jimmy, but only after he just tried to murder Emmet in his sleep, and it's suggested that the police is so corrupt that he would have [[CardboardPrison walked straight out of jail]] if Dalton had attempted a citizen's arrest. It's not until after Wesley [[spoiler:has Emmet murdered]] that Dalton decides the gloves are off and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* ''Film/TrainingDay'' Central premise of the film revolves around this trope.

** Defied at the end of ''Film/{{Spectre}}''. [[spoiler:Following the FinalBattle, Ernst Stavro Blofeld offers 007 a chance to FinishHim when he is at Bond's mercy and attempts invoking the StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred trope to see if Bond will fall for the bait, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood but is left perplexed]] when 007 refuses to do so. He is also confused as to what 007 meant when he stated that [[NotWorthKilling he's "out of bullets"]], despite their CainAndAbel relationship. It also escaped Blofeld's mind in the fact that despite being a ProfessionalKiller, [[EveryoneHasStandards there are moral lines even 007 will not cross]], and killing him in revenge won't bring 007 the closure he longed for.]]

--> '''Picard:''' No! '''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]'''

*** Deconstructed in ''Goldeneye''. Part of Janus/[[spoiler:Alec Trevelyan's]] FreudianExcuse against England is because [[spoiler:his parents, who were part of the Lienz Cossacks who worked with the Nazis against the Russians during WWII. The Cossacks, who believed that they were under British protection near the end of the war, were instead sent back to Stalin, who had them all shot. Trevelyan and his family survived the betrayal and Stalin's death squads, but his father killed his wife and himself rather than live with the shame of it, leaving Trevelyan quite pissed about this and seeking to make the British government pay.]] [[NeverMyFault Also, he blames Bond for scarring his face because 007 changed the bomb's timers to three minutes instead of six.]] Once Bond learns of his motives however, [[KirkSummation he simply calls]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse Janus out]], claiming that most of the innocents he's going to kill have nothing to do with it.

*** Deconstructed in ''Goldeneye''. Part of Janus/[[spoiler:Alec Trevelyan's]] FreudianExcuse against England is because [[spoiler:his parents, who were part of the Lienz Cossacks who worked with the Nazis against the Russians during WWII. The Cossacks, who believed that they were under British protection near the end of the war, were instead sent back to Stalin's death squads. Trevelyan is pissed about this, and seeks to make the British government pay, as it caused his parents to kill out of the shame of surviving.]] [[NeverMyFault Also, he blames Bond for scarring his face because 007 changed the bomb's timers to three minutes instead of six.]] Once Bond learns of his motives however, [[KirkSummation he simply calls]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse Janus out]], claiming that most of the innocents he's going to kill have nothing to do with it.

* In ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'', this is one fatal flaw of [[MalcolmXerox Erik "Killmonger" Steven]]. Having suffered at the hands of racism in the America, Erik grows up to become a genocidal black supremacist who wants to massacre and subjugate white people using Wakandan technology. Needless to say, everyone wastes no time in pointing out that his ultimate plan is no different than what the white colonists of the past did.

** Defied at the end of ''Film/{{Spectre}}''. [[spoiler:Following the FinalBattle, Ernst Stavro Blofeld offers 007 a chance to FinishHim when he is at Bond's mercy and attempts to invoke the StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred trope to see if Bond will fall for the bait, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood but is left perplexed when 007 refuses to do so]]. He is also confused as to what 007 meant when he stated that [[NotWorthKilling he's "out of bullets"]], despite their CainAndAbel relationship. It also escaped Blofeld's mind in the fact that despite being a ProfessionalKiller, [[EveryoneHasStandards there are moral lines even 007 will not cross]], and killing Blofeld in revenge won't bring him the closure he longed for.]]

** It does happen to him in ''Film/LicenceToKill''. It starts with Colombian drug lord Franz Sanchez feeding James Bond's longtime friend and ally Felix Leiter to a shark (after raping and killing his new bride), followed by Bond resigning from MI6, briefly going rogue, and killing every member of Sanchez's organization in increasingly graphic ways. For once, Bond is not following orders, and is acting out of a thirst for revenge.

** The {{Big Bad}}s of ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' were former MI6 agents who [[RogueAgent went rogue]] and now hold personal grudges against England for perceived betrayals.

* What Clint Barton succumbs to during ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler:distraught over his family's disintegration he turns to unfettered retribution against those who survived the event and he deems unworthy, being their JudgeJuryAndExecutioner without justice]].