Final Fantasy VII (1997): Mercenary Cloud Strife joins eco-terrorists to fight a megacorporation draining the planet’s life force. Its cinematic scope, Sephiroth, and 3D leap made it a global phenomenon. AKA Final Fantasy 7, FF7, FFVII
He believed he was a Cetra and that Man had betrayed them two millennia ago, but how come he never discovered he wasn't a Cetra and that Jenova was a hostile alien lifeform while traveling through the Lifestream and acquiring its knowledge?
Why did he turn evil? He is ultimately so mad, selfish, and delusional that he believes he is the pinnacle of existence and shouldn't have to coexist with any lower forms of life. He will therefore destroy all of those inferior beings using orbital bombardment in order to absorb the Lifestream and effectively become a god.