Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20170411234907/@comment-4651179-20170926234952

Gemnist 2.0 wrote: I mean, his motivation is that he got left on a freaking rooftop? His personality is that he's a pervert? And his endgame made no sense, and I've watched the movie three times; did he want to infect the country with Extremis or something? Did he just want revenge on Tony (which, by the way, is basically what Iron Monger and Whiplash were)?

What the rooftop scene did to Killian was change his perspective and made him realize he could actually take advantage of being in the shadows. He didn't want revenge on Tony for ditching him all those years ago, he attacked Tony because he became a threat to his operations as soon as he actively antagonized the Mandarin.

His endgame wasn't close to infecting the country with Extremis. It was to control both sides of the War on Terror. Killing the President served a double purpose. To put the Vice-President (who was in cahoots with Killian) in his chair, and to increase the atmosphere of fear generated by the Mandarin which had already helped Killian ensure many military contracts.