History VillainousBreakdown / Film

** This performance was similar to Pris's death rages in ''Film/BladeRunner''.

* Common in ''Film/JamesBond'' films. When things don't go their way, the Bond villains begin to flip out.

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In the opening scene, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who spent years in hiding and plotted his revenge against 007 for foiling his {{Evil Plan}}s, tries to kill Bond while the latter is visiting the grave of his dead wife via a remote-controlled helicopter, [[BadBoss expresses no concern for the death of his pilot]], and sadistically toys with 007 during the aforementioned assassination attempt. [[spoiler:But when Bond regains control over the helicopter, Blofeld ''[[VillainsWantMercy pathetically]]'' [[VillainsWantMercy pleads with]] [[DirtyCoward 007 to be spared]], strangely offering to buy Bond a stainless steel delicatessen in exchange for his life. Not impressed with this [[SarcasmMode totally tempting offer]] from the man who ''murdered his wife,'' Bond drops the villain down an industrial chimney stack, killing him for good.]]
** While Max Zorin in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' was already an insane psychopath to begin with, he slowly loses his grip on sanity as the film progresses. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, he's batshit AxCrazy to the point of wielding a fire ax against Bond in the final fight after gleefully killing his henchmen left and right.]]

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In the opening scene, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who spent years in hiding and plotted his revenge against 007 for foiling his {{Evil Plan}}s, tries to kill Bond while the latter is visiting the grave of his dead wife via a remote-controlled helicopter, [[BadBoss kills one of his own men]], and sadistically toys with 007 during the aforementioned assassination attempt. [[spoiler:But when Bond regains control over the helicopter, Blofeld ''[[VillainsWantMercy pathetically]]'' [[VillainsWantMercy pleads with]] [[DirtyCoward 007 to be spared]], strangely offering to buy Bond a stainless steel delicatessen in exchange for his life. He ignores this [[SarcasmMode totally tempting offer]] from the man who ''murdered his wife'' and instead drops the villain down an industrial chimney stack, killing him for good.]]

* In ''Film/{{Batman}}'', the Joker ends up breaking down completely near the end of the movie, when he has Batman and Vicky Vale hanging for dear life. While he was insane beforehand, he at least had some self-restraint to his insanity. By that point however, he couldn't stop himself from laughing insanely and frequently, and destroying parts of the Cathedral in trying to stomp on their hands ("Oh, they sure don't make 'em like they used to! (mad laughter as he smashes the bricks with his feet) do they, huh? (insane giggling) Eh, Batsy? (laughs up a storm)")

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In the opening scene, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who spent years in hiding and plotted his revenge against 007 for foiling his {{Evil Plan}}s, tries to kill Bond while the latter is visiting the grave of his dead wife via a remote-controlled helicopter, [[BadBoss kills one of his own men]], and sadistically toys with 007 during the aforementioned assassination attempt. [[spoiler:But when Bond regains control over the helicopter, Blofeld ''[[VillainsWantMercy pathetically]]'' [[VillainsWantMercy pleads with]] [[DirtyCoward 007 to be spared]], but Bond ignores it and drops him down an industrial chimney stack, killing him for good.]]

* In ''Film/TheFirm'', FBI's agent Wayne Tarrance goes full breakdown when Mitch's brother Ray escapes his surveillance.

-->'''Gekko''': ''[still smug]'' You sandbagged me on Bluestar? I guess you think you taught the teacher a lesson, that the tail can wag the dog, huh? Well let me clue you in, pal. The ice is melting right underneath your feet. ''[Gekko punches Bud and grabs him by the collar.]'' Did you think you could've gotten this far this fast with anybody else, huh? You think you'd be out there dicking someone like Darien? No. You'd be cold-calling widows and dentists trying to buy 20 shares of some fucking dog-shit stock. I took you in. ''[hits Fox a 2nd time]'' '''A NOBODY!''' ''[hits him again]'' I opened the doors for you. I showed you how the system works. The value of information, how to '''get it!''' Fulham Oil, Brant Resources, Geodynamics. And this is how you fucking ''pay me back,'' '''you cockroach!''' ''[Gekko hits him a 4th time, but the force of the hit knocks Bud into the ground.]'' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting I GAVE YOU DARIEN! I GAVE YOU YOUR MANHOOD, I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING!]]''''' ''[Gekko calms down, then tosses a handkerchief to Bud to clean off the blood on his lip.]'' You could have been one of the great ones, Buddy. I look at you, and I see myself. Why?\\

* Towards the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the Avengers and the Guardians manage to capture Thanos on his homeworld, Titan, but thanks to [[spoiler:Mantis being an empath, she is able to feel Thanos' grief for sacrificing Gamora to achieve the Soul Stone, which affected him deeply. When Star-Lord finds out, he flies into a rage and starts hitting Thanos. The teams' hold on him is broken, and Thanos suffers a massive violent breakdown, which culminates in him using the Infinity Gauntlet to ''[[ColonyDrop throw a moon at them.]]'']]

** ''Film/StarTrek'' (2009). Nero's ''"Fire everything!"'' when he realizes Spock is doing a suicide run. But Ayel also has one when we first see him, upon realising he's [[TimeTravel arrived 25 years too early]]. This is in contrast to Nero who commonly speaks very little or else says things like "Hello Christopher. I'm Nero."

** General Hux has a brief one before the climax in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. When Vice Admiral Holdo starts powering up the hyperdrive of the cruiser she's on, he writes it off as a diversion, already firing on the Resistance transports that are trying to escape. [[OhCrap Then he realizes]] that the ship is [[RammingAlwaysWorks turning]] [[TakingYouWithMe towards]] [[HeroicSacrifice them]].

* Towards the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the Avengers and the Guardians manage to capture Thanos, but thanks to [[spoiler:Mantis being an empath, she is able to feel Thanos' grief for sacrificing Gamora to achieve the Soul Stone, which affected him deeply. When Star-Lord finds out, he flies into a rage and starts hitting Thanos. The teams' hold on him is broken, and Thanos suffers a massive violent breakdown, which culminates in him using the Infinity Gauntlet to ''[[ColonyDrop throw a moon at them.]]'']]

** Frank becomes increasingly unhinged as his criminal empire starts collapsing around him, proceeding to murder cops in broad daylight, ranting at the police captain pursuing him about how everyone he killed had it coming, holding an innocent woman hostage, and finally [[spoiler:dying in the backseat of a taxi from a previously sustained gunshot wound while surrounded by cops gathered to arrest him.]]

** Frank becomes increasingly unhinged when his criminal empire starts collapsing around him, proceeding to murder cops in broad daylight, ranting at the police captain pursuing him about how everyone he killed had it coming, and finally [[spoiler:dying in the backseat of a taxi from a previously sustained gunshot wound while surrounded by cops gathered to arrest him.]]

** While Max Zorin in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' was already an insane psychopath to begin with, he slowly loses his grip on sanity as the film progresses. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, he's batshit AxCrazy to the point of wielding a fire axe against Bond in the final fight after gleefully killing his henchmen left and right.]]
** Franz Sanchez in ''Film/LicenceToKill'' loses his sanity by the end of the film. He goes from [[BenevolentBoss treating his employees with trust and respect]] [[spoiler:to impaling them on forklifts, gunning down TheScrappy, and swinging madly with a machete when he sees Bond, cutting the air brake on his oil tanker truck, which naturally leads to StuffBlowingUp.]]

** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': [[spoiler:After being revealed as SPECTRE's MoleInCharge within the British government, Max Denbigh/C]] tries one last time to break M by saying that he doesn't matter anymore and face it. After M says "Maybe I don't, but something has to," Max abruptly starts fighting M over the gun.

* Agent Smith in ''Franchise/TheMatrix''. [[Film/TheMatrix In the first movie]], his ability to actually ''hate'' humans sets him apart from his emotionless fellow Agents, and he starts losing his cool after Neo and Trinity rescue Morpheus. When Neo comes BackFromTheDead, he loses what composure he still had and charges at him in a fury. And even all of this is overshadowed by his scenery-chewing, spit-spraying breakdown at the end of ''[[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions Revolutions]]''. When he sees that Neo won't stay down no matter how many skyscrapers he gets smashed through, he goes on a minute-plus rant about the [[StrawNihilist pointlessness of existence]] before demanding "Why, Mister Anderson, why, WHY DO YOU PERSIST?"

** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': [[spoiler:After being revealed as SPECTRE's MoleInCharge within the British government]], Max Denbigh/C tries one last time to break M by saying that he doesn't matter anymore and face it. After M says "Maybe I don't, but something has to," Max abruptly starts fighting M over the gun.

* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'':
** Agent Smith. [[Film/TheMatrix In the first movie]], his ability to actually ''hate'' humans sets him apart from his emotionless fellow Agents, and he starts losing his cool after Neo and Trinity rescue Morpheus. When Neo comes BackFromTheDead, he loses what composure he still had and charges at him in a fury. And even all of this is overshadowed by his scenery-chewing, spit-spraying breakdown at the end of ''[[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions Revolutions]]''. When he sees that Neo won't stay down no matter how many skyscrapers he gets smashed through, he goes on a minute-plus rant about the [[StrawNihilist pointlessness of existence]] before demanding "Why, Mister Anderson, why, WHY DO YOU PERSIST?"

* Agent Smith (later just Smith) in ''Film/TheMatrix''. In the first movie, his ability to actually ''hate'' humans sets him apart from his emotionless fellow Agents, and he starts losing his cool after Neo and Trinity rescue Morpheus. When Neo comes BackFromTheDead, he loses what composure he still had and charges at him in a fury. And even all of this is overshadowed by his scenery-chewing, spit-spraying breakdown at the end of ''[[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions Revolutions]]''. When he sees that Neo won't stay down no matter how many skyscrapers he gets smashed through, he goes on a minute-plus rant about the [[StrawNihilist pointlessness of existence]] before demanding "Why, Mister Anderson, why, WHY DO YOU PERSIST?"
-->'''Neo:''' Because I choose to.
-->'''Smith:''' ''(attacks)''

** General Hux has a brief one before the climax in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. When Admiral Holdo starts powering up the hyperdrive of the cruiser she's on, he writes it off as a diversion, already firing on the Resistance transports that are trying to escape. [[OhCrap Then he realizes]] that the ship is [[RammingAlwaysWorks turning]] [[TakingYouWithMe towards]] [[HeroicSacrifice them]].
-->'''General Hux''': FIRE ON THAT CRUISER!

* Jerry Lundegaard in ''Film/Fargo'' has several over the course of the movie. First, his stingy and greedy father-in-law, Wade, screws him out of a real estate deal that would have solved his financial problems, and he despondently walks out to his car and tries to scrape the ice off his windshield, only to angrily chuck the scraper away and flail around like a child throwing a temper tantrum. Then when Showalter tells him he wants the entire ransom for Jean after the murders in Brainerd and GMAC tells him he was 24 hours to prove the cars he allegedly sold actually exist before they contact their legal department, Jerry slams his binder against his desk out of pure frustration. ''Then'' when Marge tries to question him again and asks if she can talk to Wade (who's already been shot to death by Showalter), Jerry panics and flees the interview. Finally, when he's tracked down and arrested in Bismarck, Jerry starts making pathetic baby-man squealing noises as he tries to escape from the troopers. It demonstrates what an ultimately pathetic and inadequate man he is, and how far out of his depth he's gotten himself.

* Screwface, the BigBad of the Creator/StevenSeagal film ''Film/MarkedForDeath'' has one moment a little less than halfway in the movie where he loses it. He goes to sit down at a card game with his {{mooks}}, then notices one his men is missing and asks where he is. For a second or two after Screwface is told that Seagal's character killed that mook, he seems to take it calmly, then he start pounding on the table, turns it over, rips a leg off the frame and starts beating a mook who can't get out of the way fast enough with it. Then he screams that he wants Seagal and Seagal's whole family dead, and if they aren't up to it, ''he'll'' do it... then he'll kill all of them.

[[[caption-width-right:350:''"I can't help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!"'']]

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''', ''Film/{{Downfall}}''. [[MemeticMutation It's subtitles has been altered by many since.]]

[-[[caption-width-right:350:"I can't help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!"]]-]

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''', ''Film/{{Downfall}}''

-->[[spoiler:'''Thor''': This is madness!]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Loki''': Is it madness? Is it? '''''IS IT!?''''']]

--->'''Hitler''': "That was an order! Steiner's assault was an order! Who do you think you are, to dare to disobey an order that I give?! Is this what it has come to!? The military has been lying to me! Everybody has been lying to me! Even the SS! Our generals are just a bunch of contemptible, disloyal cowards!"
--->'''General''': "My Fuhrer, I cannot allow you to insult the soldiers like this!"
--->'''Hitler''': "[[KickTheDog They are cowards, traitors]] [[YouHaveFailedMe and failures!!]]"