The bad guy in films has to be pathological to distract from the social dimension. “Psychological depravity” and violence distract us from having to deal with the films’ unresolved questions about capitalism’s “anonymous, utterly non-psychological” side, Zizek notes.

Film violence is a way to end a film with clear results, with the hero winning. Film makers use violence as an easy way out: through the violence of good guy against bad guy, cinema avoids the intricacies of capitalism that are system inherent and cannot be solved by taking the bad guys out of the game. - Andre Vantino citing Slavoj Zizek (via alterities) http://ift.tt/2ab0lNW