10 Scumbag Horror Movie Protagonists We STILL Rooted For

4. Royce - Predators

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2010's Predators has quite the juicy hook, that each of its central characters are degenerate killers in one form or another, seemingly making them viable "game" for the Predators to hunt.

The film's out-and-out protagonist is Royce (Adrien Brody), a gruff, hard-edged mercenary with a whole lot of blood on his hands. 

More to the point, he's quickly established to only be looking out for number one, and will gladly throw the rest of the group to the wolves if it'll save his own hide.

But over the course of the film it becomes tough not to warm to Royce, due to not only his fierce intelligence and cool under pressure, but how he bonds with IDF sniper Isabelle (Alice Braga) and basically grows a soul over the course of the story.

He's still got one hell of a tarnished past, but at least he's trying to be better.

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