History RoaringRampageOfRevenge / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/RoboCop1987'': Police officer gets murdered by sadistic thugs, returns to life and unfortunately for them, remembers the whole thing quite well. He tracks them down and is understandably a little pissed off about it.

** John Matrix in ''Film/{{Commando}}'' goes on one of these when his daughter is kidnapped. "Remember when I said I'll kill you last? I lied."

** This is actually a remake of an older, British miniseries called ''The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil'', which mostly runs on the same storyline. Believe it or not, the spurned wife in ''that'' tale actually goes to greater lengths, including becoming the nanny/mistress/submissive to the judge who will be the one to sentence her ex-husband to prison.
* In ''Film/ShortCircuit 2'', Johnny Five goes for this after BigBad Oscar and his goons beat Five to Hell and back.

* The Moorwen in ''Film/{{Outlander}}'' wants to kill every HumanAlien in the universe for the genocide of its species.

* Louis in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' goes on a doozy of one after [[spoiler:Claudia is [[ExecutionByExposure executed by sunlight]] by Armand's vampires]]. He (complete with a dead-eyed stare) pours a flammable liquid (likely kerosene, given the era) around them and onto the coffins while they sleep, then throws a lit candelabra stand down, lighting the Théâtre des Vampires up with flames. He then murders anyone who emerges alive with a scythe, starting by [[OffWithHisHead decapitating the first one]] when she screams for help and ending by [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisecting another]] before he escapes.

* Creator/BradPitt's character, Louis, in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' goes on a doozy of one after [[spoiler:Claudia]] is turned to ashes by [[spoiler:Armand]]'s vampires.

* Henri Lagardère in ''Le Bossu'' kills each of the murderers of his master, chasing them all over Europe.

* In ''Film/{{Confessions}}'', Moriguchi Yuko, the main protagonist, decide to revenge for death of her daughter that occurred by two students.

* ''Film/TheLimey'' is an homage to this trope and ''Film/GetCarter'' in particular, as an English ex-con seeks the truth behind his daughter's death in L.A., only to discover [[spoiler:he and the culprit are Not So Different, leading him to stay his hand.]]

* In ''Film/GetCarter'', Michael Caine plays a vicious, sociopathic London gangster who investigates the suspicious death of his brother and turns his hometown into a bloodbath as he uncovers the truth.

** ''Film/ThePatriot'' features Gibson's character as well as his eldest son inspired to slaughter every British soldier in sight for the death of a family member. As if that wasn't enough inspiration, Gibson's rampage is kicked into overdrive when [[spoiler:his eldest son is also killed by Tavington, the same damn British soldier.]]

** ''Film/TrueLies'' after his daughter is kidnapped. Bonus points for him [[spoiler: stealing a fighter jet to pull it off.]]

* In the film ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia: Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', when Peter sees the White Witch [[spoiler: stab his brother]], he immediately slashes his way through the enemy to get to her.

* [[Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme Eddie Lomax]] has a bloody one in ''Film/DesertHeat'' that begins because a gang shot him, stole his motorcycle, and left him for dead. It's taken up to eleven when they [[spoiler: kill his best friend Johnny Sixtoes]] and Lomax ultimately decimates two rivaling gangs, saving a local town in the process.

* The Creator/BruceLee movie, ''Film/FistOfFury'' (aka ''The Chinese Connection'') deconstructs revenge. Lee's character Chen Zhen returns home to Shanghai in the early 20th Century only to discover his martial arts teacher Huo Yuanjia has mysteriously died. He discovers a conspiracy involving the local [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japanese power structure]] and a rival karate dojo. Chen gets mad, and goes out for revenge, but his rampage only escalates the violence, and then [[spoiler: his ''whole'' family falls victim to it. Even though he kills the main villain, he's lost everything and ends up getting killed by the police.]]

* In 1978 version of ''Film/GameOfDeath'': After an unsuccessful murder attempt against him, Billy Lo returns to plan his revenge against the syndicate. [[spoiler: He kills every single member of it.]]

** Then in the 2019 sequel Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019. Godzilla [[spoiler: was filled with rage in his [[SuperMode Burning Godzilla]] form against [[BigBad King Ghidorah]] upon the death of his friend [[BigGood Mothra]] after King Ghidorah hit her at full force all of his gravity beams at point blank range. What does he do after that? Oh ho boy, this is gruesome yet cathartic. He [[RasputinianDeath incinerates King Ghidorah]] with three nuclear pulses the first of which melts King Ghidorah's wings, another melts his 2 side heads, and the last destroys the rest of King Ghidorah's body to nothingness. Then came daybreak, Godzilla gobbles up Ghidorah's last head and atomizes it into absolute ash with his standard atomic breath in order to ensure it is dead completely.]]
* Most of the plot to ''Film/{{Goemon}}'' revolves around this, when the titular character plots to assassinate [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hideyoshi]]. It becomes a very literal rampage of revenge when [[spoiler: Hideyoshi boils his childhood friend Saizou, and his ''son'', ''ALIVE'']], and he becomes the most epic OneManArmy in recent movie history. He then tops himself shortly after by [[spoiler: fighting ''two'' armies by himself, taking out one with relative ease, and only stopping on the second after his former master slowed him down, as well as his decision to withdraw his killing blow on the general when he got his chance]].

* Near the end of Mexican [[TheCartel drug-dealer]] film ''Film/ElInfierno'' (Hell), our protagonist, Benny, goes into one, attacking his former associates. To elaborate, Benny learned that his brother, [[TheDreaded El Diablo]], had not died in a shootout against rival drug dealers, but had been castrated and tortured to death by his boss, Don José Reyes, because he had slept with his wife. He also learned that one of his friends, El Huasteco, was planning on giving away to Don José that Benny's nephew was El Diablito, a member of a rival gang. Terrified, Benny gave his nephew money so he could take a bus to the frontier and escape to the United States, and went to confess his crimes to the local policemen. Unfortunately, they were DirtyCops working for Don José, so they beat him up, and after Benny tries to trick them into letting him go by bribing them with drugs and money he had stashed inside his brother's grave, they shoot him and leave him for dead. He didn't die, so Benny returned to his home to find that they had murdered his girlfriend. Benny then goes to his mother's house, and spends some time in an AngstComa before picking up his AK and driving to Town Square, where Don José is being made the mayor, with various of his men as bodyguards. Benny walks up to the front row, and shoots dead Don José, his wife, the former mayor, and José's men, before finally succumbing to DeathByDespair, with his only consolation being that his nephew escaped from the hellhole that is being a Narco. [[spoiler: [[ShootTheShaggyDog Except that the film ends with a shot of Benny's nephew shooting some drug dealer with an AK, having become a Narco himself]]]]

* After [[spoiler: Master Liu]] is killed in ''Film/IpMan'', the titular pugilist goes on a short-lived one of these. He calls for ten judoka to fight and [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] the lot. Even the last one, who's clearly unwilling to fight on, goes down hard. After Ip Man's done, you can see him trembling slightly as he comes out of TranquilFury. You get the feeling that if he thought he had a chance he would have gone after the murderer himself. The Japanese fighters' apparent MookChivalry may be justifiable if you believe that martial artists can sense intent, as Ip Man's state of mind would have given him enough violent intent to make his opponents hesitant about bumrushing him.
* The 2010 Korean film ''Film/ISawTheDevil'' is in some ways a deconstruction of the protagonists of these sort of films and their PayEvilUntoEvil revenge plots. TheHero is a cop whose fiancé is murdered by a sadistic serial killer. After discovering the identity of the killer, after [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique brutally torturing three possible suspects who are ultimately innocent of the crime]], he decides to make the killer's life a living hell following him around beating him up, letting him go and then beating him up again later hoping to make the man suffer just as much as he has. This is all well and good except that along the way several innocent people are harmed because of the hero's refusal to just kill the villain and the killer ultimately snaps [[TheDogBitesBack and proceeds to torture or kill the hero's loved ones]]. This in turn leads to [[spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon the hero making sure the killer dies in front of his innocent parents and son]] which ultimately brings the hero absolutely no solace and arguably makes him as much of a monster as the villain.]]

** After [[spoiler: Big Daddy is himself killed]], Hit-Girl and Kick-Ass embark on their own Roaring Rampage of Revenge.

* In ''Film/LawAbidingCitizen'', Clyde Shelton's "people to be killed horribly" list includes the two guys who killed his wife and daughter. And their lawyer. And the judge from the trial. And the D.A. And most of the people in the D.A.'s office. And [[spoiler: the Mayor, City Council, and police brass of Philadelphia]].

* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Zod goes on one after [[spoiler: his plan to {{Terraform}} Earth is foiled and his crew are banished to the Phantom Zone]]. Zod vows to personally kill every last human being on Earth just to spite Superman. Being a FlyingBrick, he has the power to do it to. [[spoiler: Clark is [[ShootTheDog forced]] to [[NeckSnap kill]] him to stop him carrying it out.]]

*** [[spoiler: Clint Barton/Hawkeye went on one as a vigilante against the entire criminal underworld during the five year TimeSkip, enraged that lots of criminal scum were spared by Thanos, but his family wasn’t.]]
*** [[spoiler:2014 Thanos is making a break for the Infinity Gauntlet... only for an '''extremely''' pissed off Scarlet Witch to intercept him, his 2018 counterpart's murder of her lover Vision fresh in her mind), complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]]. Cue one of the few times that Thanos is completely outmatched, as she delivers a telekinetic NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, culminating in her breaking his sword, levitating him in the air, and slowly crushing him in his armor like a tin can. It's so vicious that he has to call down an orbital bombardment that decimates his own forces just to survive.]]

** ''Film/ThePatriot'' features Gibson's character as well as his eldest son inspired to slaughter every British soldier in sight for the death of a family member. As if that wasn't enough inspiration, Gibson's rampage is kicked into overdrive when [[spoiler: his eldest son is also killed by Tavington, the same damn British soldier.]]

* Subverted in ''Film/TheProfessional.'' [[spoiler: Mathilda Lando has trained with the hitman Leon Montana. By chance, she learns of where the people she wants her revenge on work. She arms herself, sneaks in successfully, hunts down [[BigBad Norman Stansfield]] in the bathroom, and is promptly caught and very nearly shot dead by the same person who murdered her family including her 4 year old brother until Willi Blood informs him about the death of his second in command Malky by Leon.]]

** In ''Film/RamboLastBlood'', the second half of the film has Rambo taking revenge on a group of HumanTraffickers [[spoiler: after Gabrielle is put through hell and dies from a drug overdose.]]

* In ''Film/{{Snatch}}'', gangster Bricktop has secured Irish Traveler and bare-knuckle boxing champion Mickey's cooperation in a rigged fight by having his mother's caravan set on fire while she's still in it. It occurs to Mickey's allies that he appears to be cooperating rather mildly, under the circumstances... until the night of the fight. [[spoiler: When it's revealed that as well as putting money on himself to win the fight and winning it, thus ripping Bricktop off completely, he and his fellow Travellers have arranged an ambush in which they bloodily wipe out pretty much all of Bricktop's organisation, including Bricktop himself.]] As Turkish notes: "For every action there's a reaction. And a pikey reaction is ''quite a fucking thing''."
* Solomon Kane in [[Film/SolomonKane the movie]] goes on a pretty epic RoaringRampageOfRevenge about halfway through the movie after [[spoiler: the kind family he was traveling with is brutally massacred by a pack of Malachi's bandits.]] Kane does not take this well. At all.

** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', [[spoiler: after Kylo Ren kills Han Solo, Chewbacca goes ''berserk'', shooting Kylo and several storm-troopers with his bowcaster before setting off the charges he and Han set around the Starkiller's oscillator.]]

* Creator/JamesCaan in ''Film/{{Thief}}'', after [[spoiler: his quasi-partner Leo reneges on their deal regarding some diamonds Caan's character Frank helps to steal from a safe. Frank then goes on a rampage and destroys Leo's business and finally guns him down. Could also be said to overlap with DespairEventHorizon, as Frank also forsakes his wife in the process.]]

* In ''Film/TheBravados'', CrusadingWidower Jim Douglass has spent six months hunting the outlaws he believes raped and murdered his wife. When he catches up with them, they are already in jail awaiting execution. When they escape, he chases them all the way to Mexico in order to kill them.