As always YMMV but my top three are:-
Bennett- Commando
Clarence Boddicker- Robocop
Angel Eyes- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Who's yours?
Bennett- Commando
Clarence Boddicker- Robocop
Angel Eyes- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Who's yours?
Who's the best movie bad guy?
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Of your list, I'd say Bennett from Commando ..."Let off some steam, Bennett"
Some additional favorite villians noted below:
Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects
Anton Chigurh - No Country For Old Men
Max Cady - Cape Fear
Dr. Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs
Joan Crawford - Mommie Dearest
Some additional favorite villians noted below:
Keyser Soze - The Usual Suspects
Anton Chigurh - No Country For Old Men
Max Cady - Cape Fear
Dr. Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs
Joan Crawford - Mommie Dearest
I know most will mention the more crazily graphically violent villains from more recent movies, but in terms of truly disturbing villains who don't actually stab peoples' heads with pencils onscreen I'd vote for:
Robert Mitchum as psycho killer Max Cady in the original (and far superior than the remake of) "Cape Fear."
Jack Palance as the rangers' tool in black facing the title character (Alan Ladd) in "Shane."
Paul Muni as the incestuous gangster in the original (and far superior to the remake of) "Scarface"
The two hillbillies who make poor Ned Beatty "squeal like a pig" in "Deliverance"
And, for sheer hamminess and great wiggery, you can't beat Ricardo ("rich cordaban leather") Montalban as Khan in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan")
Jeff in Boston
Robert Mitchum as psycho killer Max Cady in the original (and far superior than the remake of) "Cape Fear."
Jack Palance as the rangers' tool in black facing the title character (Alan Ladd) in "Shane."
Paul Muni as the incestuous gangster in the original (and far superior to the remake of) "Scarface"
The two hillbillies who make poor Ned Beatty "squeal like a pig" in "Deliverance"
And, for sheer hamminess and great wiggery, you can't beat Ricardo ("rich cordaban leather") Montalban as Khan in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan")
Jeff in Boston
Captain Vidal- "Pan's Labyrinth"
Pure sadistic evil.
Pure sadistic evil.
Hans Gruber.
Hal 9000
The Joker in The Dark Knight
Jack Torrance in The Shining
Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds
The Joker in The Dark Knight
Jack Torrance in The Shining
Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds
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Hannibal Lecter. Hands down.
Darth Vader injected his daughter with truth serum. Thats like ultimaye bad guy stuff lol
Darth Maul was a good bad guy
Johnny Ringo from Tombstone
Darth Maul was a good bad guy
Johnny Ringo from Tombstone
On second thought, is he really a bad guy?
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"Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. Now I really hate him"
My votes:
General Paul Mireau - Paths of Glory
Frank Booth - Blue Velvet
Cpt. Quinlan - Touch of Evil
Sgt. Ito - To End All Wars
Bricktop - Snatch
Lenny Cole - RocknRolla
Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange"
That choice was real horrorshow!
Bruce from Jaws.
Frank (Henry Fonda) - Once Upon a Time in the West
John Leslie Stevenson aka Jack the Ripper (David Warner) - Time After Time
Steve
John Leslie Stevenson aka Jack the Ripper (David Warner) - Time After Time
Steve
The Professional
True Romance
Dracula
There may have been better bad guys, but as far as actors playing bad guys, I've just got to go with Oldman in general.
Maybe not in the movies, but in cartoons, it's got to be Snidely Whiplash!
"Noooo Kirk, you can't get awaaaay.
From hell's heart I stab at thee.
For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."
From hell's heart I stab at thee.
For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."
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