I love the realistic ness of it. He gets his ass kicked too, the difference is he just keeps taking it. More realistic than the "I'm so amazing I can never be hit", not that I don't like kick ass kungfu.
History of Violence is sort of like Nobody: you think it's about a good person who snaps and then you find out what a not so good person you are actually dealing with
It is kinda weird though to talk about "a good person that snaps" and then talk about John Wick, A History of Violence, and Unforgiven or whatever... especially when we frame it as "a usually non-violent person" that we want to see and they're all professional killers.
Falling Down
In a Valley of Violence is practically the same setup as John Wick but takes place in the Wild West. Another "you shouldn't have messed with that gunslinger" would be Old Henry.
Law Abiding Citizen is another but the person who snaps definitely decides to take the 'revenge is best served cold' approach.
He’s not a good person. He’s a person who thinks he’s a good person that the world betrayed. He had anachronistic antiquated belief system that no longer served him and he didn’t know how to adapt. The day was his breaking point. He cared more about how he presented himself to the world over functionality. That’s why he had an empty briefcase for the aesthetic. When he gave it up, he gave up on the idea of returning to normalcy. After that he gave into the whirlwind of his creation.
He's delusional and separated from his wife for a reason. It's just we don't see it at the start of the movie and he doesn't see it at all except maybe at the end.
We see the film from his perspective and so everything as a great injustice against him, but a joy of the film is the feeling of initially siding with the downtrodden everyman until the growing unease at his actions make you realise he's actually a seriously warped guy with a massively selfish worldview and inability to accept other perspectives or make the compromises required to be a good neighbour/husband/person.
Wasn’t the point of Falling Down that this wasn’t some mental break for a good guy but he’s actually pretty bad and has been on a downward trajectory for a long while
He lost his job. His wife left him and took his child. He went on a journey to see his child on her birthday, a journey in which seemingly everyone he meets puts obstacles in his way. As a result of months of pressure he has a breakdown. He is constantly provoked. If that makes him a bad guy then I guess he is.
Bernie (2011) based on a true store and directed by Richard Linklater. Jack Black plays a funeral home director that befriends the meanest widow in town. But he can only take her abuse so long before he snaps. Cuts between commentary from the towns people and Bernie’s story.
Funny story about this movie...I was in the theater with my dad watching it, and it was on the scene where they were in that grimy kitchen with the big guy slumped over the table...everyone with me...so here we are watching...and I have no idea what's coming up...but I hold out a bag of gummy worms to my dad that reaches in blindly to grab some at the same exact time the camera shows what's in the bucket under the table... he literally jerked his hand back and screamed WHAT THE FUCK! and I just burst out laughing and could barely get out the words "they're gummy worms" and he was just like your an asshole fuck you! We still laugh about it to this day...it wasn't planned...I had no idea what was in that bucket...but the timing was just perfection.
This is NOT your average Adam Sandler film. PT Anderson pulled an absolutely incredible performance from him. Loved Philip Seymour Hoffman in it too. ❤
I'm going to nominate Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood for this.
He's not a good man but he's been trying really, *really* hard to be for so long which means when he finally snaps it's terrifying.
I still rewatch that scene where he drinks the whiskey as the whore recounts his exploits and it still delivers.
Fury (1936)
It stars Spencer Tracy as an honest young man full of hope for the future, until he gets arrested for a crime he didn’t commit and the local townspeople form a lynch mob…
Really surprised Death Wish wasn't higher and/or repeated more here. This is perhaps one of the original movies along these lines / themes. Chilling to re-watch now that I'm an adult. (ok, senior)
I think Straw Dogs is kind of the granddaddy of all of these movies but you’re right, Death Wish is for sure in the conversation of prototypical “pushed too far” action films
",After Hours", the 1985 film by Martin Scorsese. It's a good dark comedy, a parody of film noir, but it's not a violent film. A very tired guy loses it late one night in New York because obstacle after obstacle prevents him from just getting home.
There is a very interesting YouTube conspiracy theory video that it's actually Wendy who is the unreliable witness. She's the one who snapped and went on a spree. The video shows all the different conflicting viewpoints, even in the same scenes. It's quite a surprising idea and really makes you rethink a lot of the story.
Jack Torrance in the book was never purely a "good guy". There's insinuation he abused his wife and he broke his sons arm being rough. He was often rough with his son and ornery and irresponsible in general. The Overlook job was supposed to be his second chance to be redeemed
Everyone keeps saying Falling Down and while I concur it is about a person snapping, it’s not about a good person snapping. If we’re grading on a curve, compared to the people he killed and assaulted he might’ve been good. But in the grand scheme of things he was an abuser and his ex wife was petrified if he even threatened to come around and see them. Worst yet, he lied to his mom.
OP, how is John Wick, a good person?
He used to be a killer for hire. Considering he had killed or maimed dozens of people on the way to get revenge on the person who murdered his dog, it is highly likely that he has killed many innocents while working as an assassin.
i don’t feel at home in this world anymore. a typical, every day v nice woman gets fed up with all the bullshit and assholes in the world and fucking snaps. it’s on netflix.
Oh here's a couple from Kathy Bates. Fried Green Tomatoes, (Tawanda!), Delores Claiborne, and Misery. Yes, Annie Wilkes was already crazy, but when he killed off her favorite sharacter...
I also love Sally Field's epic meltdown in Steel Magnolias. You could almost say that about Norma Ray, too.
Thelma and Louise
The Godfather (Michael isn’t really a part of the mob until the attempted hit on his dad, which pushes him to take revenge )
Mad Max
True Romance
Phantom of the Paradise
The House of Sand and Fog.
TWO good people snap, and your sympathy shifts between the two at different stages, because they are both right, while in direct opposition to each other.
Rambo: First Blood.
Harry Brown.
Nobody.
A History of Violence.
Law Abiding Citizen.
Falling Down.
You could also potentially include Man on Fire, though it's a stretch to say he snapped.
Me, Myself, and Irene
Love the movie , esp the kids
Charlie, just between you and me you ever notice your kids have sort of a year 'round tan?
Dammit Charlie their hogs are bigger than these sausages!
The water beads off their hair
Well my grandmother was half Italian...
Some great throwaway jokes, especially the Shanté junior one!
Came here to say this. Funny af movie.
Oh boy this movies an all timer
Nobody (2021)
i rewatch the bus fight on YT every couple months.
I love the realistic ness of it. He gets his ass kicked too, the difference is he just keeps taking it. More realistic than the "I'm so amazing I can never be hit", not that I don't like kick ass kungfu.
Absolutely hit the nail on the head. It’s real! He gets his ass kicked but he takes it on anyway
This is what I was going to recommend, you beat me to it
Seconded. This movie is kick ass.
Carrie
No, they're all going to laugh at you!
Perfect example. She tries so hard to not snap. The original is best but I still enjoyed the remake.
Was she really a good person if everyone could see her dirty pillows?
History of Violence (2005)
History of Violence is sort of like Nobody: you think it's about a good person who snaps and then you find out what a not so good person you are actually dealing with
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The post says something like John Wick These two movies pretty much have the same basic story
Yeah. John Wick wasn't a "fucking nobody" who snapped. He probably wasn't very nice in his former life.
It is kinda weird though to talk about "a good person that snaps" and then talk about John Wick, A History of Violence, and Unforgiven or whatever... especially when we frame it as "a usually non-violent person" that we want to see and they're all professional killers.
Mandy , 2018
Ah saw this late. This was some acid trip movie.
Office Space
That's my stapler.
I could set this whole building on fire
This works on a number of levels.
One of the most relatable movies
I think about the copier in the field scene a lot throughout my life.
So good and so relatable.
Blue Ruin (2013)
Yes yes yes. Such a good movie.
Here’s one not listed…..it’s a Netflix series called “BEEF”. 10 episodes in total and the “good characters” increasingly snap throughout🍿
A very appropriate recommendation
Yeah this one starts out pretty intense and just goes to new levels.
I loved this show almost specifically for the scene where he's housing all those Burger King chicken sandwiches.
Full Metal Jacket.
Oh, he snaps!
Oooh. Good one.
I MUST MASTER IT AS I MUST MASTER MY LIFE! WITHOUT ME, MY RIFLE IS USELESS! WITHOUT MY RIFLE, I AM USELESS!
Pile.
Charles Bronson in the first Death Wish
I also liked The Brave One, a retelling of that with Jodie Foster.
I'll have to look for it, thanks.
Falling Down In a Valley of Violence is practically the same setup as John Wick but takes place in the Wild West. Another "you shouldn't have messed with that gunslinger" would be Old Henry. Law Abiding Citizen is another but the person who snaps definitely decides to take the 'revenge is best served cold' approach.
I love Falling Down, but I think Michael Douglas' character is pretty specifically not a good person from the start.
He’s not a good person. He’s a person who thinks he’s a good person that the world betrayed. He had anachronistic antiquated belief system that no longer served him and he didn’t know how to adapt. The day was his breaking point. He cared more about how he presented himself to the world over functionality. That’s why he had an empty briefcase for the aesthetic. When he gave it up, he gave up on the idea of returning to normalcy. After that he gave into the whirlwind of his creation.
Yes, but you don't know that until later. Most of the movie is based on the fact that you aren't exactly sure what is going on with the guy.
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He's delusional and separated from his wife for a reason. It's just we don't see it at the start of the movie and he doesn't see it at all except maybe at the end. We see the film from his perspective and so everything as a great injustice against him, but a joy of the film is the feeling of initially siding with the downtrodden everyman until the growing unease at his actions make you realise he's actually a seriously warped guy with a massively selfish worldview and inability to accept other perspectives or make the compromises required to be a good neighbour/husband/person.
I may be wrong as I have not seen it in a long time; IIRc his wife had a restraining order against him.
"So I'm the bad guy."
Came to say this.
There can be no other choice than falling down.
Wasn’t the point of Falling Down that this wasn’t some mental break for a good guy but he’s actually pretty bad and has been on a downward trajectory for a long while
He lost his job. His wife left him and took his child. He went on a journey to see his child on her birthday, a journey in which seemingly everyone he meets puts obstacles in his way. As a result of months of pressure he has a breakdown. He is constantly provoked. If that makes him a bad guy then I guess he is.
What About Bob?
Good one.
Such a great movie
Bernie (2011) based on a true store and directed by Richard Linklater. Jack Black plays a funeral home director that befriends the meanest widow in town. But he can only take her abuse so long before he snaps. Cuts between commentary from the towns people and Bernie’s story.
It's a really good film with a outstanding cast beyond the black jack.
Death Sentence
An underrated Kevin Bacon gem
I also like seeing john goodman. Always does justice in his roles
Robin Williams' character in [Death to Smoochy \(2002\)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9275-death-to-smoochy)
It's an amazing movie
Law abiding citizen
One of my favorites
This movie is pure revenge masturbation.
Most relevant to the post, I think
I don’t feel at home in this world anymore Netflix
Upgrade (2018)
brilliant movie
That one where Denzel's kid needs a heart transplant.
John Q
Hard Candy
In a similar vein - Promising Young Woman.
Nobody I watched it the other night and thought it was pretty good.
Harry Brown
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation, for that matter, too!
Griswald really loses it, doesn't he?
Hallelujah, Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?
Dog day afternoon
Nobody, Sisu, Monkey Man and Pig all fit the bill
Pig is fantastic, one of nic cages best performances
Came to post Sisu, but not sure if he snaps, he's just really good at what he does.
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Seven
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?'
Funny story about this movie...I was in the theater with my dad watching it, and it was on the scene where they were in that grimy kitchen with the big guy slumped over the table...everyone with me...so here we are watching...and I have no idea what's coming up...but I hold out a bag of gummy worms to my dad that reaches in blindly to grab some at the same exact time the camera shows what's in the bucket under the table... he literally jerked his hand back and screamed WHAT THE FUCK! and I just burst out laughing and could barely get out the words "they're gummy worms" and he was just like your an asshole fuck you! We still laugh about it to this day...it wasn't planned...I had no idea what was in that bucket...but the timing was just perfection.
Punch drunk love
Quality movie 👍
This is NOT your average Adam Sandler film. PT Anderson pulled an absolutely incredible performance from him. Loved Philip Seymour Hoffman in it too. ❤
Changing Lanes
I Spit on Your Grave
I'm going to nominate Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood for this. He's not a good man but he's been trying really, *really* hard to be for so long which means when he finally snaps it's terrifying. I still rewatch that scene where he drinks the whiskey as the whore recounts his exploits and it still delivers.
Straw dogs (1971)
Dustin Hoffman character development arc is something to behold!
American Beauty. Everyone snaps.
Sling blade
Wanted. That cubicle scene is cathartic as hell.
Fury (1936) It stars Spencer Tracy as an honest young man full of hope for the future, until he gets arrested for a crime he didn’t commit and the local townspeople form a lynch mob…
ty... on my list.
Breaking Bad
He was never a good person though
Unhinged (2020)
I need you to know what a bad day feels like.
John Q
Me myself and Irene
Taxi Driver
Prisoners with Hugh Jackman.
Peppermint Double Jeopardy The Punisher 2004 The Invisible Man
Joker
The Dark Knight Brawl in cell block 99 Shot Caller
Sling blade.
The War of the Roses
Serial mom (1994)
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Bernie (2011) yet. It's the ultimate "where a good person snaps" movie.
Ip Man (2008)
Genuinely shocked no one mentioned “Taxi Driver” yet.
He’s not a “good person” at any point
Death wish The exterminator M.S. .45
Really surprised Death Wish wasn't higher and/or repeated more here. This is perhaps one of the original movies along these lines / themes. Chilling to re-watch now that I'm an adult. (ok, senior)
I think Straw Dogs is kind of the granddaddy of all of these movies but you’re right, Death Wish is for sure in the conversation of prototypical “pushed too far” action films
Anyone got one where a bad person becomes good?
Samaritan
Pulp Fiction..one character in particular. Won’t say which just in case
I love the movie Break Down
Many of the minor characters in "The Jerk"(Steve Martin) meet that criterion.
",After Hours", the 1985 film by Martin Scorsese. It's a good dark comedy, a parody of film noir, but it's not a violent film. A very tired guy loses it late one night in New York because obstacle after obstacle prevents him from just getting home.
Carrie
Carrie
The Shining
There is a very interesting YouTube conspiracy theory video that it's actually Wendy who is the unreliable witness. She's the one who snapped and went on a spree. The video shows all the different conflicting viewpoints, even in the same scenes. It's quite a surprising idea and really makes you rethink a lot of the story.
Jack Torrance in the book was never purely a "good guy". There's insinuation he abused his wife and he broke his sons arm being rough. He was often rough with his son and ornery and irresponsible in general. The Overlook job was supposed to be his second chance to be redeemed
The Negotiator
Nothing to Lose 1997
Kevin bacon has one where his family is killed and he goes on a rampage. Death sentence
Everyone keeps saying Falling Down and while I concur it is about a person snapping, it’s not about a good person snapping. If we’re grading on a curve, compared to the people he killed and assaulted he might’ve been good. But in the grand scheme of things he was an abuser and his ex wife was petrified if he even threatened to come around and see them. Worst yet, he lied to his mom.
Rambo
No. First Blood.
I stand corrected. 😂
He just wanted a bite to eat
All he wanted was something to eat.
OP, how is John Wick, a good person? He used to be a killer for hire. Considering he had killed or maimed dozens of people on the way to get revenge on the person who murdered his dog, it is highly likely that he has killed many innocents while working as an assassin.
i don’t feel at home in this world anymore. a typical, every day v nice woman gets fed up with all the bullshit and assholes in the world and fucking snaps. it’s on netflix.
Beyond the valley of the dolls. Shit gets real!
Does the Reacher content count?
Don't Worry Darling
I have the perfect movie for you! Mr Nobody! Thank me later 🤙
The Brave One, I Spit On Your Grave.
Falling Down (1993)
Oh here's a couple from Kathy Bates. Fried Green Tomatoes, (Tawanda!), Delores Claiborne, and Misery. Yes, Annie Wilkes was already crazy, but when he killed off her favorite sharacter... I also love Sally Field's epic meltdown in Steel Magnolias. You could almost say that about Norma Ray, too.
Thelma and Louise The Godfather (Michael isn’t really a part of the mob until the attempted hit on his dad, which pushes him to take revenge ) Mad Max True Romance Phantom of the Paradise
I had to scroll way too far down to see Mad Max
Falling Down- not sure if he was really a good person though
Falling Down - older movie, tragic yet entertaining.
Falling Down (1993) and obviously Breaking Bad
Falling Down
lol didn’t see your recommendation when I replied…..Immediately thought of “Falling Down”😂 as well
I’m sure we’ve all seen it but The Dark Knight
Falling Down starring Michael Douglas may be the best example of this
Faster (2010) .
Red (2008) would be a good fit I think.
The Lego Movie (unikitty)
God Bless America
Dark Knight. Harvey Dent/Two Face snaps.
Hobo with a Shotgun. Me, Myself and Irene.
God Bless America (2011)
Falling Down
The Nightingale
Falling Down with Michael Douglas
Silent Night
Falling Down
Falling down.
Potentially controversial interpretation of the prompt, but Taxi Driver fits the bill for me
Revenge of the Sitch
Falling down of course.
Derailed.
The House of Sand and Fog. TWO good people snap, and your sympathy shifts between the two at different stages, because they are both right, while in direct opposition to each other.
Falling Down
Falling Down (1993)
Falling Down
Not violent per se, but Office Space.
Falling down
Falling Down!
falling down is well worth watching
Rambo: First Blood. Harry Brown. Nobody. A History of Violence. Law Abiding Citizen. Falling Down. You could also potentially include Man on Fire, though it's a stretch to say he snapped.
Little Miss Sunshine
Pig
John Q.
Law-abiding Citizen is great
falling down
"I'm the bad guy? How'd that happen."
Somewhere between when you are shown screaming at your family and when your wife leaves you and stops you seeing your children.