Thread:Godzillafan93/@comment-6052796-20141004121045/@comment-397235-20150129025702

Jerry Brukheimer movies pretty much run on this trope.

Hector Barbossa and to a somewhat lesser extent Davy Jones are both fairly sympathetic; Barbossa in fact undergoes a heel-face turn at the end of the second movie and is thoroughly a good guy by the third, so much so he's asked to marry the two main characters. Jones is played somewhat more loosely; it's heavily implied that he's sadistic mainly because he feels like he has to be, and it several points he actually seems disgusted with himself.

Ian Howe and Mitch Connell in the National Treasure movies both fit this as well. Ian comes across as a legitimately nice guy, but he's also one ruthless son of a bitch. Mitch by the end of the film actually sacrifices himself to save the others.