I’d like to see more:

Main character tortures a low-level grunt

Gets false confession

Goes off on wild goose chase based on that confession

Bad guys get away with their plot as a result

“Yes, you were torturing me, I’d obviously have said anything to get you to stop.”

I feel like I’ve seen this sequence once or twice, but I can’t remember what it was in. It actually seems like something that is more likely to be put in a comedy, where the protagonist can be shown to be stupid occasionally. Maybe Brooklyn 99, or Barry, or something like that?