10 Movie Villains Who Would Have Won By Doing NOTHING
6. Don Ciccio - The Godfather Part II
Much of The Godfather Part II deals with the early life of Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), particularly the murder of Vito's father at the hands of the ruthless Sicilian Don Ciccio (Giuseppe Sillato).
Ciccio kills Vito's father for refusing to pay tribute to him, seeing this as a massive insult.
And because that's not enough, he then has Vito's brother Paolo killed during their father's funeral, and orders the murder of Vito and his mother to tie up all the loose ends.
However, Vito's mother sacrificed herself to allow Vito to escape to America, and 20 years later he returns to Italy to get bloody revenge on Ciccio, brutally stabbing him from gut to throat.
As is so common among mobsters, Ciccio's own arrogance got the better of him: he simply couldn't abide someone refusing to pay a "protection" fee to him, and so set himself up to get greased two decades later.
Had he left Vito's family well alone, Ciccio likely would've stayed on top until he died of natural causes some time later.