History VillainousBreakdown / LiveActionFilms

* The BigBad in ''All About Evil'' is already insane from the get-go, being an AxCrazy SerialKiller who's dedicated to keeping her late father's movie theatre running by making "independent movies" of herself and her henchmen killing anyone she doesn't like. However, she completely falls apart during the film's climax -- the protagonist has prevented her "masterpiece" of slaughtering a packed audience, the police have arrived, and she's dragged the protagonist's mother up to the roof. She starts ranting, but the protagonist cuts her off, stating that her father would be ashamed of what she's become. This sets her off, and she starts screaming to the sky "Daddy, I did it for you!", then clutching her head and yelling at the protagonist to shut up... at which point [[spoiler: the protagonist's mother grabs her knife and stabs her in the neck, and she stumbles back off the roof.]]

** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'': Similar to Le Chiffre, Rosa Klebb has one in her final scene, [[spoiler:where she desperately tries to kill Bond in a Venice hotel room. This is justified in that if she fails to kill Bond and get the Lektor, she'll end up like Kronsteen.]]

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In TheTeaser, 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 killing the pilot]], and sadistically toys with 007 during the murder attempt. [[spoiler:But when Bond gains control of the chopper, Blofeld ''[[VillainsWantMercy pathetically]]'' [[DirtyCoward cries uncle]], even strangely offering Bond a stainless steel delicatessen in exchange for his life. Unimpressed with this totally tempting offer from the man who ''murdered his wife,'' Bond drops the man down an industrial chimney stack, killing him for good. That Blofeld could only afford a small lunch implies he was low on funds as well]].
** ''Film/AViewToAKill'': While Max Zorin 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 AxCrazy to the point of wildly swinging an axe against Bond on top of the Golden Gate Bridge in the final fight after gleefully killing his henchmen left and right.]]

*** Boris Grishenko goes nuts when Natalya hacks the titular KillSat so it'll go out of orbit to the point of angrily demanding her to give him the access codes. Later on, when Bond manually destroys the antenna transmitter, he even rages at the computer monitor and screams at the camera when the titular KillSat explodes in space.

** In ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', when BigBad Dominic Greene's plans [[StuffBlowingUp explode]] around his ears, he goes insane, trying to chop Bond to little pieces [[AxCrazy using an axe]] while making shrieking gibberish similar to demonic monkeys. His fury gets the better of him when he ''[[AgonyOfTheFeet unintentionally skewers himself in the foot]]''.

* ''Film/Flodder3'': Van Brandwijk becomes so focused on getting rid of the Flodders (and repeatedly failing) that his own committee decides to sack him. He becomes an unhinged madman because of this, pathetically tearing out a bed of flowers celebrating the anniversary of Zonnedael before proceeding to steal a gasoline truck and using a DeadfootLeadfoot to drive it through a dozen backyards in a straight line into the Flodder house. Unfortunately for him, because Opa's wheelchair gets stuck underneath it, the truck ends up crashing into the house next to the Flodder Family and causes a chain reaction that results in every ''other'' house in the neighborhood burning down. In his last scene he is desperately trying to put out the fire consuming his own house as it ignites the anniversary fireworks stored in his garage. Van Brandwijk starts LaughingMad at his self-inflicted wound.

* ''Film/Flodder3'': Van Brandwijk becomes so focused on getting rid of the Flodders (and repeatedly failing) that his own committee arranges to get rid of him. He becomes an unhinged madman because of this, pathetically tearing out a bed of flowers celebrating the anniversary before proceeding to steal a gasoline truck and using a DeadfootLeadfoot to drive it through a dozen backyards in a straight line into the Flodder house. Unfortunately for him, because Opa's wheelchair gets stuck underneath it, the truck ends up crashing into the house next to the Flodder Family and causes a chain reaction that results in every ''other'' house in the neighborhood burning down. In his last scene he is desperately trying to put out the fire consuming his own house as it ignites the fireworks in his garage. Van Brandwijk starts LaughingMad at his monumental failure.

* ''Film/Flodder3'': Van Brandwijk becomes so focused on getting rid of the Flodders (and failing) that his own committee arranges to get rid of him. He becomes an unhinged madman because of this, pathetically tearing out a bed of flowers celebrating the anniversary before proceeding to steal a gasoline truck and using a DeadfootLeadfoot to drive it through a dozen backyards in a straight line into the Flodder house. Unfortunately for him, because Opa's wheelchair gets stuck underneath it, the truck ends up crashing into the house next to the Flodder Family and causes a chain reaction that results in every ''other'' house in the neighborhood burning down. In his last scene he is desperately trying to put out the fire consuming his own house as it ignites the fireworks in his garage. Van Brandwijk starts LaughingMad at his monumental failure.

* In ''Film/BootCamp'', Dr. Hail suffers one during the PrisonRiot and attempts to shoot Sophie, Ben and Jack.

* The end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler:Thanos suffers from this after seeing Tony/Iron Man completely erase the Mad Titan Army, before he himself gets erased.]] [[FaceDeathwithDignity He doesn't say a single word as he disintegrates with a mournful look on his face]].

'''Hitler:''' (''apoplectic with rage'') [[SuddenlyShouting THAT WAS AN]] '''[[SuddenlyShoutingORDER!]]''' Steiner's attack was an '''ORDER!''' Who do you think you are to ''dare'' disobey an order I give!? (''outside the office, Gerda Christian begins sobbing'') So this is what it has come to... the military has been ''lying'' to me! ''Everyone'' has been ''lying'' to me; even the SS! Our generals are just a bunch of ''contemptible, disloyal'' '''cowards!'''\\

'''Hitler:''' (''apoplectic with rage'') [[SuddenlyShouting THAT WAS AN '''ORDER!''']] Steiner's attack was an '''ORDER!''' Who do you think you are to ''dare'' disobey an order I give!? (''outside the office, Gerda Christian begins sobbing'') So this is what it has come to... the military has been ''lying'' to me! ''Everyone'' has been ''lying'' to me; even the SS! Our generals are just a bunch of ''contemptible, disloyal'' '''cowards!'''\\

** Sauron has one of these, despite being nothing but a giant flaming eyeball. As his tower of Barad-Dur collapses and all of his works are undone by the destruction of the One Ring, Sauron's eye is wide with fear and desperately looking for a way out. He lets out a bestial roar of terror and, just before his power is snuffed out for good, the roar becomes the voice of a normal human crying out in agony, demonstrating what the once great dark lord had been reduced to.
** Denethor from the same film is more of a {{Jerkass}} than a true villain, and was never really there in the first place, but his breakdown comes shortly after he thinks his last son has died and, moments later, sees the huge host of Mordor amassed outside the walls of his city.

** Joel Cairo, turning on Kaspar Gutman after finding out that [[spoiler:the eponymous statue is a worthless fake made of lead]]:

* In ''Film/{{Scream 3}}'', when Sidney finally confronts [[spoiler: Roman Bridger the series instigator, during his MotiveRant about her life that [[ItsAllAboutMe he should have had]], [[ShutUpHannibal she tells him to stop whining]], that he's responsible for his own choices and simply wants an excuse to kill people. Roman snaps and a mutual NoHoldsBarredBeatdown ensues.]]

--> '''Nixon:''' ''[throws down the gun]'' ''Noooo, Mother.'' I did '''not''' elect myself. ''THEY'' ELECTED ME! Not once, not twice, but ''all'' my goddamn life! And they'll do it again too! ''Yes.'' They had their chance. Oh, sure. ''THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T'' '''''TRUST''''' ''ME!'' THEY SAID LET DICK NIXON DO IT, '''''AND I DID IT!''''' They said they wouldn't buy a used car from me, but they gave me the biggest '''''vote''''' in American history! Then they flushed me down the toilet, and they wanted me to ''stay'' down. They wanted me to ''kill'' myself. Well, I won't do it. If they want me dead, ''they'll have to do it.'' '''''FUCK 'EEEEEM!'''''
* The Operative in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' is unflappable for most of the story, going so far as to proclaim that Mal ''can't'' make him angry during their first confrontation at the Companion Training House. If you watch carefully, though, you can see the first pebbles of the rockslide earlier in the movie... until the climax where he [[OhCrap freaks out]].
-->(''[[CoolStarship Serenity]]'' is followed through the ion cloud by [[spoiler:a fleet of Reavers]])\\
'''Operative:''' ... target the [[spoiler:Reavers]]. Target the [[spoiler:Reavers]]! Target ''[[AllOfThem everyone]]''! ''SOMEBODY FIRE''!

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In TheTeaser, 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 murder attempt. [[spoiler:But when Bond gains control of the chopper, Blofeld ''[[VillainsWantMercy pathetically]]'' [[DirtyCoward cries uncle]], even strangely offering Bond a stainless steel delicatessen in exchange for his life. Unimpressed with this totally tempting offer from the man who ''murdered his wife,'' Bond drops the man down an industrial chimney stack, killing him for good. That Blofeld could only afford a small lunch implies he was low on funds as well]].

* "Who cares about Derek {{Film/Zoolander}} anyway? The man has only one look for Christ's sake! Blue Steel? Ferrari? Le Tigre? They're the ''same face!'' Doesn't anyone notice this?! ''[[OnlySaneMan I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!]]'' I invented the ''piano key necktie!'' I invented it! What have you done, Derek?! Nothing! ''You've got '''nothing! NOTHING!''''' And I will be a monkey's uncle if I have you ruin this for me! Because if you can't get the job done, then I will! (to the Prime Minister of Malaysia) DIE YOU WAGE-HANKING SCUM!"