Break bad (v.): (1) to challenge convention, (2) to defy authority, (3) to raise hell.

Sometimes life forces you to cross the line. You're going about your everyday routine, when suddenly something truly awful happens, and all that pent-up rage you feel about your job, your marriage, and your very existence is released with unstoppable fury. Some call it "reaching the breaking point"; others call it "breaking bad." Whatever you call it, these classic characters have experienced it and done it -- and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro, 1976. Photo courtesy of the Everett Collection.