I’m talking about a moment when a villain has the hero at their mercy and then does a move to really show what an utter bastard they are. There’s no shortage of them, but one that really sticks out to me is one line from “Se7en” at the climax from Kevin Spacey as John Doe.

“Oh…he didn’t know.”

Anyone who’s seen “Se7en” will know exactly what I mean. As brutal as that film’s outcome is, that just makes it all the worse.

What’s your worst?

  • DeconceptualistEnglish
    11•9 months ago

    Not a film, but in the Foundation TV series what the emperor does at the end of season 1 is pretty damn cruel.

    !He catches a conspirator and has her ‘erased’ – killing not just her family, but everyone who knows her or has been in contact with her throughout her life so there will be no memory of her existence.!<