Another Top 10 Movie Villains with Understandable Motivations

we hate to admit it but these characters kind of have a point welcome to watchmojo.com movie villains with understandable motivations for this list we're taking a look at even more big-screen villains with understandable motivations and complex backstories we'll be excluding animated baddies as that list already exists but we will be including secondary or even tertiary antagonists point is they don't have to be the primary villain to earn themselves a spot your honor I'm the law-abiding citizen number 10 the tethered us us perhaps made a lesser impact than get out director Jordan peels previous movie but the tethered were way more sympathetic than the Armitage family red explains that the tethered were created in a failed ploy to control the population when the experiment proved a bust however the tethered were abandoned underground to mindlessly mirror their surface counterparts when a delayed joins them she organizes the tethered and leads them to break free of their underground prisons and make their way to the surface do you really blame them being stuck in some dank underground bunker and being mindlessly tethered to the surface sounds like literal how on earth poor things just wanted to breathe some fresh air and have their turn to live it's our time now number 9 Harvey Dent to face the Dark Knight two-face begins the film is Harvey Dent a noble District Attorney how bent on bringing an end to crime and corruption in Gotham City carbon-fibre 28 caliber main china if you want to kill a public servant mr. Maroni I recommend you buy American however he suffers more than his fair share of tragedy when Rachel is killed and he's left horribly disfigured in a fire Harvey then undergoes a psychotic breakdown and with a little help from the Joker he turns into a deranged vigilante and begins hunting down and killing those he believes are responsible for his misfortunes I took Gotham's White Knight and I revenge is a story trope as old as time but when it's done this effectively it totally works revenge and grief can take us to some very dark places indeed number 8 the Wicked Witch of the West The Wizard of Oz the Wicked Witch is movie royalty and arguably one of the very faces of villainy itself once Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland her house lands on and squashes the Wicked Witch of the East the munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East and there is the house and here you are and that's all is left of the Wicked Witch thingy and to add insult to injury Glinda gives the witch's ruby slippers to Dorothy now we know the witches weren't the most benevolent of rulers but think about this from the witches perspective this random girl quite literally comes out of nowhere squishes your sister to death and then has the gall to take her shoes [Music] you come back to me or I'll it's too late there they are and yeah The Witch of the West basically just wants the slippers for their power but there's also a bit of vengeance in there too and we can't say that she's entirely wrong and feeling the way that she does number 7 general Francis X Frank Hummel the rock some may disagree with this opinion but the rock is arguably Michael Bay's greatest achievement and it contains a wonderful villain in Edie Harrises Frank Hummel general Hummel in Vietnam I think he was a major at the time three tours in nom Panama Grenada desert storm three purple hearts two silver stars and the Congressional Medal of Jesus this man is a hero the story sees Hummel and his men storming Alcatraz Island and threatening mainland San Francisco with VX gas armed rockets unless they're paid 1 million dollars sounds like basic action movie stuff that is until you learned that Hummel wants the money to come from a military slush fund and will use it to pay the families of the men who died under his command families who were not properly compensated by the government [Music] it gets even better when you realize that Hummel was bluffing and never had any intention of distributing the gas wait this guy's supposed to be a villain we blow they called it the missions over number six the machines the matrix it's sad but the matrix feels evermore relevant by the day throughout human history we have been dependent on machines to survive in the world of the movie humans were so toxic that they literally blocked out the Sun denying it as an energy source to the machines that they created and abused but we know that it was us that scorched the sky at the time they were dependent on solar power and it was believed that they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the Sun needing an energy source to survive the machines decided to turn on their creators and harness their bio electric power you know because humans literally blocked out the Sun and it's not like the machine's merely enslaved humans they also placated them with a perfectly normal dreamworld and even attempted to create a utopia until the humans ruined that as well do you know that the first matrix was designed to be a perfect human world where none suffered maybe Smith had a point when he called humans a virus on earth human beings are disease a cancer of this planet your number five Clyde Alexander Shelton law abiding citizen Clyde Shelton is a deranged serial killer there's no getting around that aside from what he does to various people he also sets off multiple car bombs and even attempts to blow up City Hall Clyde is watching he sees him evacuating he would detonate this thing but like to face Clyde was simply an extremely damaged man who suffered unbelievable tragedy in his past his wife and young daughter were both killed in a home invasion and the killer Clarence Darby has given a very lenient sentence in exchange for his testimony he killed my wife and child Rupert Ames did you murder him as well Rupert Ames deserved to die seething with rage Clyde embarks on his killing spree to get revenge on the person who ruined his happiness and what he believes is a deeply broken justice system doing the right thing you just have to see it that way by murdering all those people all you're doing is destroying the memory of your daughter and causing the same pain that you're suffering from number four Adrian Veidt Ozymandias watchman Ozymandias is easily one of the most effectively destructive villains in cinematic history but as tough as it is to admit he did have his reasons in the movies alternate timeline the United States and the USSR are on the brink of nuclear war is infinite obviously to save the very future of humanity Ozymandias decides to destroy various major cities around the world blame it on dr. Manhattan and essentially unite the warring countries over a common enemy I am tired of earth these people I'm tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives so yes Adrian Veidt committed widespread global chaos and as dried burg States essentially destroyed humanity on his own that said his plan does work and the world is finally united in peace did the end justify the extreme means well that's for the viewer to decide by exposing me he would sacrifice the peace so many died for today peace based on a lie but peace nonetheless he's right number three Frankenstein's monster Frankenstein much like the Wicked Witch of the West Frankenstein's monster is one of the most iconic faces in movie history but really he just wants his freedom his inherent fear of fire is originally mistaken for aggression and he subsequently imprisoned in a dark and scary dungeon and tortured with flames and when he understandably makes his violent escape he finds incredible joy in simply throwing flowers with a little girl would you like one of my flowery unfortunately this peaceful sojourn ends in death as the monster unintentionally drowns the child by throwing her into a lake both the scientists and the mob antagonized the monster over misunderstood circumstances and he comes across as more of a tragic anti villain than a full-blown antagonist number two Thanos Avengers infinity war infinity war was much revered and rightfully so with Thanos Marvel Studios was willing to be bold he was more than just a one-dimensional comic-book villain and in the end he actually succeeds in his depraved mission by destroying half of all life in the universe his character is much like Ozymandias as he commits mass destruction for the greater good as weird as that is to consider did it cost he thinks that the universe is overpopulated and in order to save it he needs to eradicate half of the population you have to plant a small price to pay for salvation he doesn't like or even want to do it he just sees it as a necessity one that nobody else is willing to step up and make happen insanely flawed and problematic logic but logic nonetheless before we unveil our number one sympathetic villain here are some honorable mentions the city fathers will have no choice give me the billions I need to complete my research [Music] I can find a cure I had every reason to suspect that Marcus had killed every single one of the people I hold most dear poor can demand father executed a terrible revenge for essentially and poisoned our children for too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to conch it too long I've been starving to death and haven't died before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you'll have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Erik kill monger Stevens Black Panther actor Michael B Jordan has rightfully compared kill monger to x-men's Magneto like Magneto he seeks revenge for various atrocities and wants to empower a disenfranchised segment of the population how do you think you ancestors got these you think they paid a fair price what did they take it like they took everything else he holds a grudge against Wakanda for not intervening in outside politics and claims that they stood by and did nothing while Africa was subjected to slavery I'm standing in your house serving justice to a man who stole your vibranium and murdered your people once he claims leadership of Wakanda he wishes for their super weapons to be sent to various marginalized communities to help them fight back against their oppressors they'll arm oppressed people all over the world so they can finally rise up and kill those in power and while his methods are violent and flawed T'Challa realizes that he had a point and kill monger becomes a major reason for Wakanda opening their borders and sharing their incredible resources with the world Congo will no longer watch from the shadows do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos you

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Length: 12min 33sec (753 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 02 2019