John Fitzgerald

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Near Pure Evil
Full Name	John S. Fitzgerald
Alias	Fitz
Origin	The Revenant
Allies	His men
Powers / Skills	Intelligence Deception Hunting Physical strength Gunmanship Excellent knife fighting skills
Goals	Escape the massacre by the Indians. Return safely back to the settlement. Kill Hugh Glass' son Hawk (all succeeded). Hide his crimes. Escape with the stolen money. Kill Hugh Glass for leaving him to "die" in the wilderness (all failed).
Moral Event Horizon	Killing Hawk, then mocking Glass over his death.
Kill Count	2
Crimes	Theft Murder
Type of Villain	Greedy Traitor

“	You came all this way just for your revenge, huh? Well, you enjoy it, Glass, 'cause there ain't nothing that's gonna bring your boy back.	„
	~ Fitzgerald to Glass.

John Fitzgerald is the main antagonist of the 2015 survival drama film The Revenant, which was based on the true events.

He was portrayed by Tom Hardy, who also played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.

Synopsis

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His Evil Ranking

What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?

• He is wildly racist, as he calls the natives horrible words and degrades Glass's half-Pawnee son Hawk by referring to him as a "half-breed."
• After Glass is intercepted by bear who mauls him and leaves him in a state of temporary near-death, Fitzgerald incessantly insists that they mercy-kill him.
• When tasked with protecting Glass, Fitzgerald privately offers to "end his misery". Knowing that Glass is unable to move or say anything, Fitzgerald fakes kindness by promising he will only do it if Glass blinks to show consent, knowing that he will have to blink at some point. When Glass closes his eyes, Fitzgerald drops the niceties and starts choking him to death, joking that God might not forgive Glass for his sins.
• When Hawk tries to stop Fitzgerald from killing Glass, Fitzgerald stabs Hawk in the stomach and lacerates his guts, leaving him to bleed to death right in front of his horrified father. He hides Hawk's body and lies to Bridger that he just disappeared.
• The next day, Fitzgerald pretends that he saw twenty Ree by the river and that he and Bridger have to leave. He stresses that they'll have to leave Glass behind, and when Bridger retorts that they'll at least have to give him a proper burial, Fitzgerald only sarcastically half-buries the still-conscious Glass alive and urges for Bridger to follow him.
• When Bridger realizes the logical incongruities in Fitzgerald's fake narrative about the approaching Ree, he threatens Fitzgerald with his rifle. Fitzgerald, however, pulls it out of his grip, knocks him to the ground and pulls the trigger, which fails to fire due to not having been loaded properly. While Fitzgerald plays it like he was just trying to threaten Bridger, if the rifle had been powdered, he would've casually shot the innocent Bridger then and there.
• When Captain Henry learns that Glass is still alive and goes out with a search party to find him, Fitzgerald empties Fort Kiowa's safe and heads for Texas, ripping his entire crew off and making all of their casualties be for nothing.
• When Henry confronts Fitzgerald over his deceit and betrayal and holds him at gunpoint, Fitzgerald shoots his old captain dead before scalping him.
• When confronted by Glass in the final battle, Fitzgerald only further taunts him by saying he should've raised Hawk to be a man instead of a girlie bitch.

What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?

• He has a bit of a Freudian Excuse, since he was horrifically tortured and half-scalped by natives before the events of the movie. However, this doesn't excuse any of his behavior towards his fellow men.