you know what we can kinda see where
they’re coming from welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten film
villains who had justifiable motives
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’ll
be looking at various movie villains who
may have actually had a point or at
least sympathetic and understandable
motives for doing what they did number
10
syndrome The Incredibles there are many
things that Pixar excels at and creating
memorable villains is definitely one of
them syndrome was once a fan of mr.
incredible but after being rejected by
him spends the next few years scheming
his revenge can you fly fly home buddy I
work alone his ultimate goal is to
become a hero in the eyes of the public
and sell his powerful inventions in turn
making everyone a superhero and negating
the term in the process how do you think
I got rich I invented weapons and now I
have a weapon that only I could defeat
sure it’s for entirely selfish reasons
but you can’t deny that making everyone
a superhero really isn’t so bad would
you turn down some of those crazy
inventions if offered didn’t think so
and with everyone super no one will be
number 9 vulture spider-man homecoming
whether he’s playing in comic book hero
or the villain Michael Keaton shines I
bought trucks for this job I don’t know
no crew these guys have a family I have
my house I’m sorry sir there’s nothing I
can do
his vulture is arguably one of the
strongest recent comic book villains at
least on screen and the characters
success stems from both Keaton’s
performance and the writing behind him
after being hired to clean up the Battle
of New York his business is run out by
Tony Stark forcing him to steal and sell
the salvaged alien weapons on the black
it’s time we changed too he doesn’t want
to rule the world like most comic book
villains he just wants a comfortable
life for his family and he will do
anything to have it including selling
alien weapons for money his people peed
those people up there the rich and the
powerful they do whatever they want guys
like us you me healthcare bonus number
eight cipher the matrix just imagine
this for a second you’re living your
life peacefully and then some mysterious
guy shows up and forms you that you’re
just a glorified battery for a race of
angry machines and that your entire
reality was a simulation to keep you
pacified welcome to the real world he
frees you and you now live in a hunk of
Steel and eat mush all day you’d
probably want to out to cypher gives up
Morpheus to Agent Smith and in exchange
he gets to plug back into the matrix and
have his memory wiped
I’m tired Trinity I’m tired this war
I have fighting tired this ship in short
he gets to go back to his normal
existence that wasn’t that something he
would want as well as they say ignorance
is bliss after nine years you know what
ignorance is bliss
number seven Raoul Silva Skyfall Silva
doesn’t want to rule the world via ice
shooting satellite or whatever you just
want some good old-fashioned revenge she
send you off to me knowing you are not
ready knowing you would likely die mommy
was very bad after hacking into
top-secret Chinese files without
authorization Silva is sacrificed in
exchange for the release of numerous
other operatives following five months
of torture he attempts to kill himself
by a cyanide capsule which horribly
disfigured him but fails to take his
life rarely is a James Bond villain so
complex but then again these newest
installments aren’t like most James Bond
movies well we don’t agree with his
actions we can certainly see why he
would desire revenge
being abandoned by your agency is bad
enough but that face adds serious insult
to injury number 6 Roy batty Blade
Runner not only does he give one of the
most moving soliloquies in cinematic
history he’s also arguably one of the
mediums most sympathetic villains Roy is
a replicant and to limit their emotional
responses they are given only four years
to live deciding that this was not
nearly enough
Roy travels to earth to meet his creator
dr. Tyrell in hopes of obtaining a
longer lifespan what seems to be the
problem okay that’s it
that’s all he simply wanted to live for
more than four years and he and his
accomplices were subsequently hunted
down for it yeah we can see how he’d be
a little ticked off time
enough number five old Joe looper we
know old Joe is a child murderer and yes
he is a complete monster for it after
his loop is ordered closed by the
Rainmaker the rainmakers men
accidentally killed Joe’s wife in
response Joe sends himself back in time
to kill the Rainmaker as a boy
Terminator style to prevent his wife
from being killed in the future she
never meets you she’s safe you
understand we don’t have to give her up
I’m not gonna give her up while killing
young children is completely abhorrent
clearly doesn’t enjoy doing it he’s
simply acting out of perceived necessity
and the sheer love he has for his wife
and that’s certainly at least a little
sympathetic
[Music]
number four Andrew Detmer Chronicle
Chronicle follows a similar vein of
kerry andrew is a loner who has a rough
life both at school and at home
relentlessly bullied by students and
abused by his alcoholic father i went to
you a camera what did you see
just you being a loser add to the fact
that his loving mother is painfully
dying of cancer and you’ve got an
emotional bomb waiting to go off
when Andrew obtains superpowers however
he sees himself as an apex predator and
begins to use these forces for evil
including ripping teeth out of his
bully’s mouths and violently lashing out
at his father and like Carrie the
message is clear
maybe we should treat each other a
little better lest someone snap I’m an
apex predator number three
Magua the last of the Mohicans though
the novel painted an even more nuanced
and complex picture of this character
the film adaptation still did an
admirable job in helping us understand
Magua and his motives and like many
other villains he has revenge on his
mind his entire village was burned to
the ground by the British his children
were killed and he was taken as a slave
by another tribe
Maya’s children were killed by the
in his mind all his misfortunes stem
from the gray hair ie the British Magua
[Music]
while that may not warrant all the
violence that Magua caused we can
certainly understand how such pain and
grief served his grounds for revenge in
his eyes number two
Koba Planet of the Apes franchise Koba I
am well torture can certainly do
terrible things to the mind of a man or
an ape before Caesars rise Koba was
moved from lab to lab and was subjected
to countless tests and forms of abuse
throughout his life due to his endless
torture at the hands of humans he soon
grew an intense hatred towards them
which in turn led him to becoming a
genocide all maniac who wanted the
while he may have gone a bit extremist
we can’t help but feel sympathy towards
his plight and inhumane upbringing
season week number one magneto x-men
franchise this is where your power was
born and this is where your people was
slaughtered magneto is less villain and
more tragic anti villain not only
because he is complex but also because
he’s played by Ian McKellen and Michael
Fassbender and it’s impossible to hate
those guys magneto is a passionate
crusader for the rights of mutants and
will do anything to protect his species
from discrimination or extinction even
if that means going on the offensive who
will you stand with the humans or us
with the background not only as a mutant
but as a Jew magneto knows firsthand how
cruel humans can be towards those they
perceive as others and aims to prevent
another terrible outcome for those of
his kind
while his actions may not be Noble his
heart is in the right place doesn’t it
ever wake you up in the middle of the
the feeling and one day they’ll come for
you and your children do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
they’re coming from welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten film
villains who had justifiable motives
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’ll
be looking at various movie villains who
may have actually had a point or at
least sympathetic and understandable
motives for doing what they did number
10
syndrome The Incredibles there are many
things that Pixar excels at and creating
memorable villains is definitely one of
them syndrome was once a fan of mr.
incredible but after being rejected by
him spends the next few years scheming
his revenge can you fly fly home buddy I
work alone his ultimate goal is to
become a hero in the eyes of the public
and sell his powerful inventions in turn
making everyone a superhero and negating
the term in the process how do you think
I got rich I invented weapons and now I
have a weapon that only I could defeat
sure it’s for entirely selfish reasons
but you can’t deny that making everyone
a superhero really isn’t so bad would
you turn down some of those crazy
inventions if offered didn’t think so
and with everyone super no one will be
number 9 vulture spider-man homecoming
whether he’s playing in comic book hero
or the villain Michael Keaton shines I
bought trucks for this job I don’t know
no crew these guys have a family I have
my house I’m sorry sir there’s nothing I
can do
his vulture is arguably one of the
strongest recent comic book villains at
least on screen and the characters
success stems from both Keaton’s
performance and the writing behind him
after being hired to clean up the Battle
of New York his business is run out by
Tony Stark forcing him to steal and sell
the salvaged alien weapons on the black
it’s time we changed too he doesn’t want
to rule the world like most comic book
villains he just wants a comfortable
life for his family and he will do
anything to have it including selling
alien weapons for money his people peed
those people up there the rich and the
powerful they do whatever they want guys
like us you me healthcare bonus number
eight cipher the matrix just imagine
this for a second you’re living your
life peacefully and then some mysterious
guy shows up and forms you that you’re
just a glorified battery for a race of
angry machines and that your entire
reality was a simulation to keep you
pacified welcome to the real world he
frees you and you now live in a hunk of
Steel and eat mush all day you’d
probably want to out to cypher gives up
Morpheus to Agent Smith and in exchange
he gets to plug back into the matrix and
have his memory wiped
I’m tired Trinity I’m tired this war
I have fighting tired this ship in short
he gets to go back to his normal
existence that wasn’t that something he
would want as well as they say ignorance
is bliss after nine years you know what
ignorance is bliss
number seven Raoul Silva Skyfall Silva
doesn’t want to rule the world via ice
shooting satellite or whatever you just
want some good old-fashioned revenge she
send you off to me knowing you are not
ready knowing you would likely die mommy
was very bad after hacking into
top-secret Chinese files without
authorization Silva is sacrificed in
exchange for the release of numerous
other operatives following five months
of torture he attempts to kill himself
by a cyanide capsule which horribly
disfigured him but fails to take his
life rarely is a James Bond villain so
complex but then again these newest
installments aren’t like most James Bond
movies well we don’t agree with his
actions we can certainly see why he
would desire revenge
being abandoned by your agency is bad
enough but that face adds serious insult
to injury number 6 Roy batty Blade
Runner not only does he give one of the
most moving soliloquies in cinematic
history he’s also arguably one of the
mediums most sympathetic villains Roy is
a replicant and to limit their emotional
responses they are given only four years
to live deciding that this was not
nearly enough
Roy travels to earth to meet his creator
dr. Tyrell in hopes of obtaining a
longer lifespan what seems to be the
problem okay that’s it
that’s all he simply wanted to live for
more than four years and he and his
accomplices were subsequently hunted
down for it yeah we can see how he’d be
a little ticked off time
enough number five old Joe looper we
know old Joe is a child murderer and yes
he is a complete monster for it after
his loop is ordered closed by the
Rainmaker the rainmakers men
accidentally killed Joe’s wife in
response Joe sends himself back in time
to kill the Rainmaker as a boy
Terminator style to prevent his wife
from being killed in the future she
never meets you she’s safe you
understand we don’t have to give her up
I’m not gonna give her up while killing
young children is completely abhorrent
clearly doesn’t enjoy doing it he’s
simply acting out of perceived necessity
and the sheer love he has for his wife
and that’s certainly at least a little
sympathetic
[Music]
number four Andrew Detmer Chronicle
Chronicle follows a similar vein of
kerry andrew is a loner who has a rough
life both at school and at home
relentlessly bullied by students and
abused by his alcoholic father i went to
you a camera what did you see
just you being a loser add to the fact
that his loving mother is painfully
dying of cancer and you’ve got an
emotional bomb waiting to go off
when Andrew obtains superpowers however
he sees himself as an apex predator and
begins to use these forces for evil
including ripping teeth out of his
bully’s mouths and violently lashing out
at his father and like Carrie the
message is clear
maybe we should treat each other a
little better lest someone snap I’m an
apex predator number three
Magua the last of the Mohicans though
the novel painted an even more nuanced
and complex picture of this character
the film adaptation still did an
admirable job in helping us understand
Magua and his motives and like many
other villains he has revenge on his
mind his entire village was burned to
the ground by the British his children
were killed and he was taken as a slave
by another tribe
Maya’s children were killed by the
in his mind all his misfortunes stem
from the gray hair ie the British Magua
[Music]
while that may not warrant all the
violence that Magua caused we can
certainly understand how such pain and
grief served his grounds for revenge in
his eyes number two
Koba Planet of the Apes franchise Koba I
am well torture can certainly do
terrible things to the mind of a man or
an ape before Caesars rise Koba was
moved from lab to lab and was subjected
to countless tests and forms of abuse
throughout his life due to his endless
torture at the hands of humans he soon
grew an intense hatred towards them
which in turn led him to becoming a
genocide all maniac who wanted the
while he may have gone a bit extremist
we can’t help but feel sympathy towards
his plight and inhumane upbringing
season week number one magneto x-men
franchise this is where your power was
born and this is where your people was
slaughtered magneto is less villain and
more tragic anti villain not only
because he is complex but also because
he’s played by Ian McKellen and Michael
Fassbender and it’s impossible to hate
those guys magneto is a passionate
crusader for the rights of mutants and
will do anything to protect his species
from discrimination or extinction even
if that means going on the offensive who
will you stand with the humans or us
with the background not only as a mutant
but as a Jew magneto knows firsthand how
cruel humans can be towards those they
perceive as others and aims to prevent
another terrible outcome for those of
his kind
while his actions may not be Noble his
heart is in the right place doesn’t it
ever wake you up in the middle of the
the feeling and one day they’ll come for
you and your children do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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