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Yes, if the "wretch" is responsible for a huge amount of murder. And, as Stamets says, also if the hero has killed a bunch of people to get there anyway.
If the hero lets the guy who is going to destroy the world with his special neutronium bomb live because it will change him for the worse if he kills him, I think that's a ridiculous resolution for a movie.
Usually the situation isn't so black and white. It's not Jack Bauer killing a terrorist that will otherwise go on to blow up a maternity ward. The villain is defeated and they probably already have to deal with the normal societal punishment for what they did wrong, or otherwise live in some equivalent purgatory.
Come on. We're talking about a movie, not reality. Kill the bad guy. I mean I like Batman, but the Joker escapes from Arkham every single time he gets put in there. Just kill the guy already.
Maybe the movie was trying to tell you something...
That if the hero doesn't kill a psychopathic criminal, he keeps coming back to kill more people?
Maybe it's trying to say something about preponderance, killing for just belief, and human fallibility.
Maybe it's a movie with lots of punches and kicks.
Maybe we're talking about different movies.