Edward Hermann in The Lost Boys (1987)

We just came up with this one. This is a strain of THS where they want you to think he's the bad guy, then they let him off the hook -- only to bring him back around as the bad guy in the end!

Michael Wincott in Along Came a Spider (2001)

A congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross, sucking him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.

Leland Orser in The Bone Collector (1999)

Two cops on the trail of a brutal killer. They must see as one, they must act as one, they must think as one, before the next victim falls.

Timothy Hutton in The General's Daughter (1999)

When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.