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* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movies ''[[Casino Royale]]'' and ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' explore this, with Mathis even giving a short speech about heroes and villains being indistinguishable in far too many cases, and many bits of the latter shed light on the extents to which governments and agencies have to go to in order to ensure their continued survival. Still, [[Big Bad|Le Chiffre]], [[Diabolical Mastermind|Greene]] and [[Nebulous Evil Organisation|Quantum]] are all evil, no doubt about it.
* [[Anti-Hero|John Constantine]], of the [[Constantine|eponymous film]] (and the [[Hellblazer|comic]] that inspired it), is a foul-mouthed, [[Driven to Suicide|suicidal]] [[Bad Dreams|sonuvabitch]]. And he's one of the good guys. {{spoiler|Not that [[Fallen Angel|Gabriel]] was [[Holier Than Thou|much better]].}}
* ''[[District 9]]''. You know it's bad when the "hero" of the film is a barely competent, racist, and selfish [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]. The one white spot in the film is the alien Christopher, if [http://www.mnuspreadslies.com/ his blog] is anything to go by. You have to hand it to a guy who's been horribly oppressed by us for twenty years, yet ''still'' has some [https://web.archive.org/web/20110320101439/http://www.mnuspreadslies.com/post.php?id=383 faith] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110320101446/http://www.mnuspreadslies.com/post.php?id=390 in] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110320102051/http://www.mnuspreadslies.com/post.php?id=401 humanity]
** No, ''District 9'' is an example of [[Heel Face Turn]] (aka, redemption of the sinner), not of grey morality. It was quite clear that the character was unsympathetic at the beginning; he changed.
** But everyone Wikus is up against once he's forced to take refuge with the Prawns ([[Mega Corp|MNU]] - from which he left - and the Nigerian drugdealers) is worse.
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