Hostage

In the movie Hostage, the roles of the hero and of the villains are not as dominant as in other movies. When writers bring emotions into their stories, rules are changed and ideas are played with.
A family of three is taken hostage by three young kids, who really seem to have no idea what they're getting themselves into, in a small town in California. Jeff Talley is an ex-hostage negotiator, who is thrown back unwillingly into this hostage situation and has to save the lives of three stranger. He is the hero, however he isn't at first seen as a strong, able character. He had a career in Los Angeles as a negotiator, but after one mistake he lost the lives of two people and he suffers from the guilt everyday. We immediately feel sympathy for him because of his past, but we see that he has suffered and maybe start to queastion his ability as the hero. Jeff moved to this area to get away from his old life, leaving his wife and daughter in Los Angeles.
Two of the three kids are brothers, Kevin and Dennis, and the third is Mars. These three all play a part in the situation, however after watching them you know tha Mars is the real villain of the movie. You don't even have to watch the full movie to know this, you can just tell by his appearance. He has long, black hair and wears all black clothes. The darkness of his appearance suggests evil and despair. He is pure evil and everything he did in the movie was for himself.
Dennis is the older brother, although he is naive and confused. He listens to Mars throughout the movie instead of his brother, which brings him to his death. Kevin is the youngest brother, and although you are supposed to see him as one of the villains, emotion gets in the way. He never wanted to have anything to do with Mars, he only wanted to stay with his brother. He never wanted to have any part in the hostage-taking but is sucked in, and throughout he tries to tell Dennis that they need to walk away from Mars, but Dennis doesnt ever listen. He is kind of the 'Evil Figure with the Ultimately Good Heart', because you know he should be a good person and has that potential, but the circumstances work against him and he is taken advantage of. In the end, he suffers for trying to do the right thing. He does his best to save his brother, the family and himself, and is shot by Mars.
This just makes you aware of the different ways writers can make you label characters. When you feel sympathy for them, or any other emotion like that, it's hard to think of them as evil, and even when they make the wrong choices you feel bad for them. Same goes for the good characters, they could make the wrong decisions but you have sympathy or love for them so either way they seem like the hero to you.