History BadBoss / Film

* ''Film/JamesBond''

** Ernst Stavro Blofeld runs [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] like a tyrannical dictator — he demands absolute and unquestionable loyalty from his minions, rarely gives them a second chance, and wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone [[YouHaveFailedMe who fails]], [[DefectorFromDecadence defects from SPECTRE]], or [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder plans to cheat him]]. Fail your tasks? [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove Get a poisoned dagger to your leg.]] Dare to question Blofeld? [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice Get thrown into a piranha-infested water pool.]] Thinking of cheating him? [[Film/{{Thunderball}} Get zapped in an electric chair]]. Dare to defect SPECTRE? ''[[Film/{{Spectre}} A goon squad will be sent to hunt you down]] [[TheDeterminator no matter where you're hiding or located.]]'' Organizational discipline within SPECTRE is notoriously draconian, and to heighten the impact of those who fail him, he often uses the BlofeldPloy to scare a random but innocent mook, only to suddenly kill the actual target when the supposed one is off-guard. Here are a few good examples below:
*** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'': EvilGenius Kronsteen looks on smugly, confident that fellow underling Rosa Klebb is being held terminally accountable for their scheme's failure — only for the poisoned blade from Morzeny's shoe to change directions. Klebb is visibly terrified of Blofeld's wrath after Number One executed Kronsteen.

*** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Blofeld does it again to an henchman who was supposed to have the Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]] eliminated by ordering his NumberTwo to [[SickeningCrunch have his skull bashed]], [[EyePoke eyes gouged out]], before killing him with a NeckSnap. And the way Blofeld also deals with the Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]] also qualifies, as he had poisoned his cell phone so that he dies a slow but painful death, watching his own body deteriorate via radiation poisoning.

*** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'': EvilGenius Kronsteen looks on smugly, confident that fellow underling Rosa Klebb is being held terminally accountable for their scheme's failure - only for the poisoned blade from Morzeny's shoe to change directions.

*** In ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Blofeld had a [[SharkPool pool]] filled with [[PiranhaProblem piranhas]] in his office -- complete with a [[TrapDoor bridge]] that underlings were forced to cross when they entered and exited.

** Ernst Stavro Blofeld runs [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] like a tyrannical dictator — he demands absolute and unquestionable loyalty from his minions, rarely gives them a second chance, and wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone [[YouHaveFailedMe who fails]], [[DefectorFromDecadence defects from SPECTRE]], or [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder plans to cheat him]]. Fail your tasks? [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove Get a poisoned dagger to your leg.]] Dare to question Blofeld? [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice Get thrown into a piranha-infested pool.]] Thinking of cheating him? [[Film/{{Thunderball}} He'll have you zapped in an electric chair]]. Dare to defect SPECTRE? ''[[Film/{{Spectre}} He'll send his goon squad to hunt you down]] [[TheDeterminator no matter where you're located.]]'' Organizational discipline within SPECTRE is notoriously draconian, and to heighten the impact of those who fail him, he often uses the BlofeldPloy to scare a random but innocent mook, only to suddenly kill the actual target when the supposed one is off-guard. Here are a few good examples below:
*** In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', the chairs in Blofeld's conference room were rigged to electrocute any underling who displeased him.

*** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Blofeld does it again to an underling who was supposed to have the Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]] eliminated by ordering his NumberTwo to [[SickeningCrunch have his skull bashed]], [[EyePoke eyes gouged out]], before killing him with a NeckSnap. The way Blofeld also deals with the Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]] also qualifies, as he had poisoned his cell phone so that he dies a slow but painful death, watching his own body deteriorate via radiation poisoning.

** Ernst Stavro Blofeld runs [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] like a tyrannical dictator — he demands absolute and unquestionable loyalty from his minions, rarely gives them a second chance, and wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone [[YouHaveFailedMe who fails]], [[DefectorFromDecadence defects from SPECTRE]], or [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder plans to cheat him]]. Organizational discipline within SPECTRE is notoriously draconian, and to heighten the impact of those who fail him, he often uses the BlofeldPloy to scare a random but innocent mook, only to suddenly kill the actual target when the supposed one is off-guard. Here are a few good examples below:

** In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', the chairs in Blofeld's conference room were rigged to electrocute any underling who displeased him.
*** From the same movie, Emilio Largo has Quist thrown in his shark pool after he failed to kill Bond.
** In ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Blofeld had a [[SharkPool pool]] filled with [[PiranhaProblem piranhas]] in his office -- complete with a [[TrapDoor bridge]] that underlings were forced to cross when they entered and exited.

** ''Film/{{Spectre}}: Blofeld does it again to an underling who was supposed to have the Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]] eliminated by ordering his NumberTwo to [[SickeningCrunch have his skull bashed]], [[EyePoke eyes gouged out]], before killing him with a NeckSnap. The way Blofeld also deals with the Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]] also qualifies, as he had poisoned his cell phone so that he dies a slow but painful death, watching his own body deteriorate via radiation poisoning.

* Willie Bank in ''Film/OceansThirteen'' treated all of his employees this way, even his right-hand woman, tearing up the thank you card to a one-of-a-kind gift. It makes it [[KarmicRetribution awesome]] that he's brought down by his employees (the hostess, the unknowing Sponder, the table people who probably knew something was wrong when people were winning right and left but didn't give a shit, etc.)

* Willie Bank in ''[[OceansEleven Oceans 13]]'' treated all of his employees this way, even his right-hand woman, tearing up the thank you card to a one-of-a-kind gift.
** Which is why it's awesome that he's brought down by his employees (the hostess, the unknowing Sponder, the table people who probably knew something was wrong when people were winning right and left but didn't give a shit, etc.)

** Kylo Ren has thus far been slightly about this, usually opting to take out his frustrations [[DieChairDie on the environment around him]] rather than his subordinates. However, at one point he does become enraged enough to telekenetically drag a First Order officer across the room and choke him.

** Kylo Ren. Bad news? Take a lightsaber out and destroy a console!

--->'''Moff Jerjerrod:''' The Emperor's coming here?\\
'''Darth Vader:''' That is correct, Commander. And he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.\\
'''Jerjerrod:''' We shall double our efforts!\\
'''Vader:''' I hope so, commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

** JackNicholson's ComicBook/TheJoker from Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''. When he gets angry at Batman, he asks Bob --his most loyal henchman-- for a gun; Bob gives Joker the gun, and the Joker kills him with it, for no reason other than he feels like killing ''someone''.
** HeathLedger's Joker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is arguably even worse. In the first scene, he has his entire gang slaughter each other, and later plants a phone bomb into one of his men. To even join the gang, there are tryouts which involve having the recruitees fight each other with halves of a broken pool cue.

* Per his characterization in [[BadBoss/ComicBooks the comics]], Magneto's leadership in the Film/XMenFilmSeries is often revealed to be this, most notably in the original trilogy (and in particular during ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''). His callous abandonment of longtime [[TheDragon Dragon]] Mystique after she is [[DePower depowered]] foreshadows how willing he is to kill her in the prequel film ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (admittedly to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save all of mutantkind]]). Even in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' he shows shades of this, stylizing himself as the DrillSergeantNasty to the titular first class. There's a ''reason'' why, when Magneto makes his WeCanRuleTogether speech at the end, that Mystique is the only one to take him up on the offer.

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Johann Schmidt, aka the ComicBook/RedSkull, continually shows no concern for the welfare of his men, despite their fanatical devotion to Schmidt,having them chomp {{cyanide pill}}s when captured to avoid giving out information on him, [[YouHaveFailedMe executing one merely for surviving an attack on a HYDRA base]], and activating the self-destruct sequence at another [=HYDRA=] base when the Allied forces overrun it, not caring that hundreds of his troops will be killed in the blast

** HeathLedger's Joker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is arguably even worse. In the first scene, he has his entire gang slaughter each other, and later plants a phone bomb into one of his men. To even join the gang, there are tryouts which involve having the recruitees fight each other with one-half a broken pool cue.

** JackNicholson's ComicBook/TheJoker from Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''. When he gets angry at Batman, he asks Bob --his most loyal henchman-- for a gun; Bob gives Joker the gun, and the Joker kills him with it, for no reason other than he feels like.

* Commander Kruge from ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', who kills his lousy tactical officer when the guy over-performs, destroying a vessel instead of disabling it. The [[KlingonPromotion Klingon Promoted]] guy who takes over knows better than to mess up similarly. Later, however, Kruge is devestated when [[spoiler: Kirk orders the ''Enterprise'' to self-destruct, killing almost all of Kruge's crew]].

** Davy Jones is feared even by the mussels clinging to his ship, which retreat into their shells at the sound of his approach, employs a sadistic Bo'sun to motivate his crew with a whip, and forces a man to [[SadisticChoice whip his own son rather than let said Bo'sun do it.]]

** Blackbeard maintains his crew's fear of him by never letting them see him, employs zombies to keep them in line, burns a man alive for taking part in a mutiny, and plays a RussianRoulette game with his own daughter to force Jack to obey him. His crew are shown to be a lot happier once [[spoiler:Barbossa kills Blackbeard and takes over his job]].

* Amanda Waller from ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' while a WellIntentionExtremist, clearly treats both her subjects and employees horribly. Not only is she fully willing to execute her Squad just for disobedience and screw them over in the end despite after everything they had done but also shows no qualms murdering her own staff members in order to cover up her own incompetence.