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* The criminal Waingro in ''[[Heat]]'' displays a smug expression whenever committing an low act like killing a guard during a heist for staring at him and enjoying a pie afterwards, murdering a underage prostitute or betraying his former colleagues to a common enemy.

* The arms smuggler [[Villain Protagonist]] Yuri in ''[[Lord of War]]'' is the epitome of the Smug Snake. An [[Honest John's Dealership|Honest John]] that refuses to confront the vehemence of his guilt and crimes by arguing that "I just sell guns, I don't pull the trigger". He taunts an honorable and idealistic weapons inspector, Valentin, by using the letter of the law to divert its spirit. Though by the end of the film he's still at it, he has everyone and everything he loves crumble around him. Interestingly, his character is essentially [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|an amalgam of several real-life arms dealers.]]

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' features Lord Cutler Beckett, a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] played deliberately and with slimy relish. Who'd have thought that a series whose villains thus far were [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cursed, immortal undead pirates]] would have a stereotypical [[Aristocrats Are Evil|evil English aristocrat]] as its [[Big Bad]]? He's so repulsive that he made many viewers ''[[Draco in Leather Pants|sympathise with Davy Jones]]'' when the latter was forced into [[The Dragon|servitude]]. Evidently the writers felt the same, as {{spoiler|Jones' death is an anticlimactic drop-off-the-deck while Beckett gets a huge, epic slow motion [[Strolling Through the Chaos|walk through his exploding ship]] complete with [[Ominous Latin Chanting]].}}

* ''[[The Proposition]]'' has [[Meaningful Name|Eden]] Fletcher, played by David Wenham speaking through his nose, and very intentionally meant to inspire the audience's hate. If Darth Sidious from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and Dolores Umbridge from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' got married and had a baby, and the baby grew up and took lessons at Eton in Being a Hateful Snob, it would still fall far short of Eden Fletcher. Even more infuriating than his cold-blooded perception of justice (100 lashes for a retarded 14-year old? Why not?) is his status as [[Karma Houdini]].