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* It's largely the overriding theme of [[Film/TheFrenchConnection]] that Popeye Doyle is obsessed and goes too far in pursuit of justice.
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* ''Film/Constantine2005'': AntiHero John Constantine is a foul-mouthed, [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal]] sonuvabitch, and he's one of the good guys. Not that [[FallenAngel Gabriel]] is [[HolierThanThou much better]].

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* ''Film/Constantine2005'': AntiHero John Constantine is a foul-mouthed, [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal]] sonuvabitch, and he's one rude JerkAss who only fights demons in hopes of the good guys. Not that [[FallenAngel Gabriel]] is [[HolierThanThou much better]].earning his way back into Heaven.
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* ''Film/{{Narc}}'' follows the story of two detectives who are trying to solve the case of a cop who they believe is murdered in cold blood. Although some of the people they question and interrogate are bad people, the film often shows the corruption and willingness to break the rules of the two main characters.

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* ''Film/{{Narc}}'' ''Film/Narc2002'' follows the story of two detectives who are trying to solve the case of a cop who they believe is murdered in cold blood. Although some of the people they question and interrogate are bad people, the film often shows the corruption and willingness to break the rules of the two main characters.
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* ''Film/KillerCrocodile'': The environmentalists are shown to be rather foolish on occasion, particularly when their FriendToAllLivingThings stance earns them messy deaths at the crocodile's hands. At the same time, the {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s responsible for dumping the toxic waste in the croc's habitat are clearly the villains in the whole situation, and ultimately do get their comeuppance at the end.

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* ''Film/KillerCrocodile'': The environmentalists are shown to be rather foolish on occasion, particularly when their FriendToAllLivingThings NaiveAnimalLover stance earns them messy deaths at the crocodile's hands. At the same time, the {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s responsible for dumping the toxic waste in the croc's habitat are clearly the villains in the whole situation, and ultimately do get their comeuppance at the end.
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* The portrayal of Americans during the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar in ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' is hardly idealized to say the least, but the mass grave and description of what the VC and NVA have already been doing to civilians in Hue City shows that they're not the "good guys" by any means, either.
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** ''Film/RockNRolla''. The most sympathetic characters are Archy, Johnny Quid, and the Wild Bunch. Archy is TheDragon for an underworld boss who kills or beats people without hesitation. Johnny is a drug-addled rock star who routinely steals from people, (and threatens them with a knife if they protest) and hands out {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}s to bouncers who try to stop him from getting into clubs, (and keeps going long after they have stopped being able to resist) and constantly physically and verbally abuses the people around him. The Wild Bunch are a trio of career criminals. The least sympathetic character is Lenny, (Archy's boss and Johnny's step-father) an arrogant man, abusive father, PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, a crime boss who lowers victims into water to drown/be eaten alive by voracious crayfish, rips off the people who make deals with him so that he can get them in his debt, and has secretly [[spoiler:given testimony that has put most of his men and partners into jail at one time or another in order to save himself from prosecution]].

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** ''Film/RockNRolla''. The most sympathetic characters are Archy, Johnny Quid, and the Wild Bunch. Archy is TheDragon for an underworld boss who kills and an extremely loyal NobleDemon, but will kill or beats beat people without hesitation. hesitation if ordered to do so. Johnny is a drug-addled rock star who routinely steals from people, (and threatens them with a knife if they protest) and hands out {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}s a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to bouncers a jerkass bouncer who try tried to stop him from getting into clubs, a club (and keeps kept going long after they have the bouncer stopped being able to resist) resist), and constantly physically and verbally abuses the people around him. The Wild Bunch are a trio of career (mostly petty) criminals. The least sympathetic character is Lenny, (Archy's boss and Johnny's step-father) an arrogant man, abusive father, PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, a crime boss who lowers victims into water to drown/be eaten alive by voracious crayfish, rips off the people who make deals with him so that he can get them in his debt, and has secretly [[spoiler:given testimony that has put most of his men and partners into jail at one time or another in order to save himself from prosecution]].
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* In ''Film/MonkeyBusiness'', Joe Helton may be a gangster, but at least he doesn't try to hold his rival's family hostage.



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*In ''Film/TheHunt2020'', the liberals hunting people are hypocrites who are so holier-than-thou that they hunt down and murder people they disagree with, particularly because these people accused them of hunting people. However, the kidnapped conservatives are not very sympathetic either, as most are revealed to be hateful, xenophobic idiots, although only one is shown to have actively hurt other living beings (he is shown in a photo standing over a dead rhino).
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* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'': One of the two major characters is a malicious oilman who hates everyone except himself, and sometimes even himself. The other is a swindling preacher who shows little to no concern for human life unless there are financial gains to be had. The only two morally upright characters only serve as temporary [[MoralityPets]].

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* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'': One of the two major characters is a malicious oilman who hates everyone except himself, and sometimes even himself. The other is a swindling preacher who shows little to no concern for human life unless there are financial gains to be had. The only two morally upright characters only serve as temporary [[MoralityPets]].are eventually written out and end up together.
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* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'': One of the two major characters is a malicious oilman who hates everyone except himself, and sometimes even himself. The other is a swindling preacher who shows little to no concern for human life unless there are financial gains to be had. The only two morally upright characters only serve as temporary [[MoralityPets nobody else bothers to remember]].

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* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'': One of the two major characters is a malicious oilman who hates everyone except himself, and sometimes even himself. The other is a swindling preacher who shows little to no concern for human life unless there are financial gains to be had. The only two morally upright characters only serve as temporary [[MoralityPets nobody else bothers to remember]].[[MoralityPets]].

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