History ReasonableAuthorityFigure / LiveActionFilms

** ''Film/JurassicPark'': In contrast to his book counterpart, when everything goes wrong, John Hammond does eventually takes responsibility for this major blunder that even puts his grandchildren in danger and is willing to listen to others' advice on how to to get everyone out of Jurassic Park alive.

** Franchise/MonsterVerse:
*** Joe Brody in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', before the death of his wife at least. He pushes for an emergency meeting because he's concerned about ''unexplained'' seismic reading near the nuclear power plant's vicinity, and before the meeting can happen, when supposed quakes start striking the plant, he rightfully orders that the plant be taken offline without hesitation. Lastly there's his tragic ShootTheDog.
*** Serizawa himself is one. When he first sees Joe Brody being interrogated, at first he thinks the guy's a loony. Then he looks at the papers Joe had on him, and notices the patterns perfectly match the ones they're seeing now. When the US Navy picks him up, he also has them bring both Brodys along. He realizes too late that Joe had indeed predicted that something wasn't right about those readings he was examining for the last 15 years. Though his son Ford didn't have the same knowledge, he did provide enough of a clue for Serizawa to figure out Godzilla may not be quite the bad guy as he's seen as.
*** Admiral Stenz is who displays ConsummateProfessional shades aims to be this trope, but it's arguably ZigZagged by his narrow mindset affecting his decisions. He treats the Kaiju as a threat for a good reason, but he persistently displays enough respect for the Monarch experts he's provided to not just brush them off without first hearing what they have to say, and he can honestly be credited with considering the safety of civilians' lives first and foremost. He also seems to have serious second thoughts about his nuclear plan in the 2014 film after he authorizes it, although he doesn't back down, and after this plan horribly backfires and leaves the military with their hands tied, he concedes to holding out hope that Serizawa is right that Godzilla will destroy the threat of the MUTOs for them. On the other hand, ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' shows that Stenz has a habit of ignoring Monarch's advice to ''not'' try killing the Kaiju with manmade means which could make things worse, [[GeneralRipper and he remains persistently skeptical of both Godzilla's benevolence and the idea of humans seeking coexistence with Titans]]. He only contacts Monarch just ''after'' [[spoiler:the Oxygen Destroyer]] has been launched against Ghidorah and Rodan, meaning they're unable to advise him against it or even inform him and the military what precisely is going on at the location and whether or not such a drastic move is really necessary.
*** {{Downplayed}} in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' with Mark Russell, who is now the new director of Monarch. Although he's seemingly no longer vengeful over his son's death, he's still as HotBlooded and judgmental as he was in ''King of the Monsters'', and he refuses to even ''try'' working out why Godzilla has seemingly made a FaceHeelTurn when the latter's attacks begin, instead jumping to a conclusion. That being said, he's sensible enough when Godzilla approaches Hong Kong to know Monarch should prioritize getting citizens out of his way instead of trying to engage the Titan.
*** See the Comic Books folder and Live-Action TV page for more examples.

* ''Film/MrJones2019'': William Randolph Hearst. [[spoiler:He's understandably pissed off when Gareth trespasses in his house to meet him, but gives Gareth "30 seconds" to explain what he exactly wants. Which is enough to catch his attention when Gareth tells he witnessed first-hand what happens in Ukraine and that the famine isn't a mere rumor. Hearst then publishes articles about the tragedy, but it doesn't do much to influence the audience.]]

* In the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' series, while Principal Strickland shows some jerkass tendencies (mocks Marty for his musical ambitions, castigates George for being a victim of bullies), his grandfather in the Old West, Marshall Strickland, appears to be a fair-minded lawman.

* ''Film/TheBurningSea:'' In this Norwegian disaster movie, the authorities quickly realise the nature of the threat when shown evidence (potential underwater landslide + oil drilling rigs = bad) and take action to minimise the risk. However, this is a disaster movie, so nature moves faster than they do.
* Michelle Bradley from ''Film/{{Chappie}}''. Not only does she treat her employees decently, she also has legitimate reasons for cutting funding for Moore's Moose project (the police aren't willing to pay for such an overpowered and unweildly mech, and adding more features isn't going to help), and not allowing Dion to experiment with Scout 22 (there's an incredible amount of red tape involved, plus Tetravaal is, y'know, ''a weapons manufacturer'', so a smart AI that can for example, paint, isn't really useful to their interests).

** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Gareth Mallory becomes a Reasonable Authority Figure after being swayed by M's defence of "the old ways", and helps Q and Tanner with their off-the-books plan to help Bond and M. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, he succeeds Judi Dench's character and becomes the new M.]]

** ''Film/JurassicPark'': In contrast to his book counterpart, when everything goes wrong, John Hammond does eventually takes responsibility for this major blunder that even puts his grandchildren in danger and is willing to listen to others' advise on how to to get everyone out of Jurassic Park alive.

* All the authority figures in ''Film/TheKillerThatStalkedNewYork'', a 1950 film {{Very Loosely Based|OnATrueStory}} on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_New_York_City_smallpox_outbreak 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak]], are helpful in containing the smallpox outbreak. The Commissioner of Health of the City of New York immediately takes the threat of a widespread epidemic seriously and launches an intense investigation to track down the source of spread, and as soon as he realises that the situation is getting out of control, he goes to the Mayor ("No one told smallpox it's Sunday!"). The Mayor, in turn, provides all resources the Health Commissioner asks for, including the half-million dollars needed to cover the cost of vaccines for eight million people ("At six cents a life, that's a buy."), and makes sure to be the first one to get vaccinated in front of a room full of reporters to get publicity for the vaccination campaign.

** Colonel Phillips in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' is a pragmatic man who sticks to the reality that a scrawny, asthmatic man isn't a good soldier until he sees the scientist's transformation of Steve Rogers. But Phillips doesn't believe a single SuperSoldier like Steve Rogers is enough to win the war until Steve rescues 400 men single-handedly. When Steve presents himself for disciplinary action, Phillips is convinced of Steve's place and brings him into the military fold, with his full trust. Likewise, he stuck his neck out for Peggy Carter, recognising her potential and supporting her as a high-ranking Agent in the SSR. He mostly just seems resigned and disappointed when it appears that she got Steve killed and risked Howard (a major military contractor) on a suicide mission based on what he assumed was a crush (she retorted "faith") and he's telling her that she's fired. When Steve arrives with 400 men in tow, his response to her is a wry smile and, "faith, huh?"

* ''Film/MrJones2019'': William Randolph Hearst. [[spoiler:He's understandably pissed off when Gareth trespasses in his house to meet him, but gives Gareth "30 seconds" to explain what he exactly wants. Which is enough to catch his attention when Gareth tells he witnessed first-hand what happens in Ukraine and that the famine isn't a mere rumor. Hearst then publishes articles about the traged, but it doesn't do much to influence the audience.]]

--> '''Martin:''' He [the other Martin] must be forcing her [his wife not to recognise him]

** ''Film/XMen'': In the DVD special feature “The Mutant Watch”, Senators Connie Kasamatsu and Howard Fulwood oppose Robert Kelly’s proposed Mutant Registration Act as paranoid and discriminatory. Fulwood even says the X-Men are heroes for risking their lives to protect humans.