Republican Congressman Shelley Runyon - The Contender (2000)
Runyon’s a proud, card-carrying member of the Grand Old Party and his career has been spent trying to keep things that way: grand and old.
He can’t abide the anarchy of modern life, with its disrespect for law and order and its indulgence in craven perversions. He puts it down to a lack of moral fibre.
He’s a man on a mission – to stop people having fun. We think it's 'cause he has a girl's name.
Reputation: 8
Influence: 10
Friends: 0, probably
Commissioner James Gordon - The Dark Knight (2008)
Jim Gordon’s a good man. One of the few in the hellhole that is Gotham City.
As Police Commissioner of Gotham PD, he’s entrusted with bringing down the lunatics running the asylum, like that nasty masked vigilante Batman.
But rumours persist, that Gordon himself is in alliance with the Caped Crusader. Could he know more than he’s telling?
Reputation: 10
Influence: 8
Friends: at least 1
Let battle commence...
Runyon’s on a mission to clean the streets of America, and he thinks Gordon’s the man for the job.
Granted sweeping powers, Gordon goes after the baddies, only to find that some of the worst criminal elements – drug dealers, corrupt cops, disfigured paedos and blood-sucking vampires – appear to have already dealt with each other. Huh, what gives?
But Runyon doesn’t believe him, and concludes that Gordon must be masterminding things. He starts a smear campaign that leaves Gordon’s reputation in tatters.
When Gordon confronts him, Runyon panics and shoots him. He hastily orders a cover-up, but when Runyon’s aides come to dispose of the corpse, it turns out Gordon was faking. Bullet-proof vest. Very handy.
Arrests all round for Runyon and his cronies. Looks like Gordon’s the man.
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