The ending of Man on Fire (2004), Creasy doesn’t bargain, doesn’t hesitate, just hands himself over so Pita gets to live… and when she runs back to hug him before it’s over, that’s where it really hits.
I think what I hate the most about being gen z is how I not only saw the transition of this
But only got to experience the world before minimalism for a brief few years before I could really maintain stronger memories
That reveal in The Incredibles (2004) with the Omnidroid logs marked “TERMINATED,” each entry hitting one after another until it clicks he’s been using real heroes as test runs, that’s a dark turn Pixar doesn’t usually go near.