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* In ''[[Demolition Man]]'', the psychotic criminal Simon Phoenix would be a [[Complete Monster]] if not for the fact that he utterly fucking ''hates'' his employer, Doctor Cocteau, his belief in [[The Evils of Free Will]], the fact that he has turned Southern California into sissy-land, and the utter restrictiveness of it all. The only reason he doesn't kill Cocteau at first is because he has a mental block preventing him from doing so, {{spoiler|and he gets around it by ordering a [[Mook]] to kill Cocteau. [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]].}}

* In ''[[Boogie Nights]]'' Jack Horner does not object to the Colonel's affairs with 15 year old girls, but disowns him when it is revealed that he's been caught with nude photos of prepubescent children.

* In ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'', {{spoiler|1=gangster Eddie Valentine turns on the film's [[Big Bad]], Neville Sinclair, after learning that Sinclair is working for the Nazis. As Eddie puts it, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|"I may not make an honest buck, but I'm 100% American!"]] followed by a ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]]'' scene with a mobster and an FBI agent firing at Nazis, looking at each other, shrugging, then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7CD13Nxro going back to killing Nazis]. This was also a moment of [[Truth in Television]], since organized crime was possibly one of the biggest allies the American government and law enforcement had when it came to rooting out Nazi spies and collaborators. The mob ''hated'' the Nazis.}}

* In ''[[Rashomon]]'' (based off the story [[wikipedia:In a Grove|In a Grove]]) the Samurai's version features the bandit horrified by the samurai's wife as she asks the bandit to kill her husband -- this is right after the bandit has raped said woman.