They're determined to achieve their Evil Plan by any means necessary, be it murder or kidnapping. Many of them are first-rate sociopathic Diabolical Masterminds and/or Corrupt Corporate Executives. Pick any villain in the James Bond franchise.
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He proceeds to jeopardize the whole mission by falsifying data and betraying the Endurance crew in a desperate attempt to save his own skin after the planet he was supposed to explore turned out to be inhospitable. Mann, as it turns out that the reason he's unfettered is because he has no priority higher than keeping himself alive.
Interstellar: NASA deliberately seeks out people like this for the mission people with no connection to Earth or a willingness to make any sacrifice if it means getting the job done. But the only way he can do that is to become The Unfettered, no matter what he has to sacrifice along the way. In The Hustler, Eddie wants to beat Minnesota Fats at pool and be recognized as the best player ever. Apart from that, he is a deranged savage. The tradition of not fighting on Holy Ground is just about the only law he respects. He will attack any Immortal, anytime and nearly anywhere. The Kurgan from Highlander, an ancient Immortal from the Russian steppes who only cares about one thing: claiming the Prize. In Fight Club, Tyler Durden (and eventually the narrator) count. Don't believe it? Just listen to his speech and see for yourself. The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules. Joker: You have all these rules, and you think they'll save you. Nothing is beyond her if it means Gotham is ashes in the end. Kill innocent people, die herself, construct a years-long deception and alternate identity to infiltrate Gotham's elite, seduce the man who killed her father, allow her closest friend and protector to die. Talia al Ghul from The Dark Knight Rises. Collateral gives us Vincent, the hired killer who's as charming as he is terrifying. He eventually murders his daughter Gamora to acquire the Soul Stone. His pursuit of the Infinity Stones is entirely because being able to do so everywhere at once with the snap of a finger is far more efficient than having to go from world to world. Following the loss of all life on his homeworld due to overpopulation, he becomes capable of doing anything, no matter how monstrous, to prevent other worlds from suffering a similar fate. Thanos turns out to be this in Avengers: Infinity War. If America had that much dedication, he said, as few as 10 divisions could win the war. At first Kurtz was traumatized, but given time to think about it, he marveled at the genius of tactics like that the enemy was going to win the war, not because they had a superior military, but because they were willing to do whatever it took to win. When things changed for him was when, during one of these aid missions, the enemy came into the village after they left and massacred everyone especially disturbing was that they mutilated the arms of the children and threw them into a pile as a trophy, mocking the Americans. 
He speaks of how, when he was with the US Special Forces, he went on numerous humanitarian aid missions to foster good will towards the common people of Vietnam. He gives a monologue to Captain Williard as to why he admires the Vietnamese enemy.
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