Grimm Fandango
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Richard Dawson as Damon Killian in The Running Man
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Underrated movie villains
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The image doesn't work for me, but I agree, severely underrated performance. The movie was kinda eh, to be frank, but Gary Oldman's performance as Zorg was just brilliant.
Saddly almost ALL performances of Gary Oldman are brilliant and they are all pretty much underated.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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John Ortiz as Jose Yero in Michael Mann's Miami Vice.
Captain Nascimento
The main reason he is an underrated movie villain ?
Because lots of people don't think of him as the villain =P
Anton Sugar
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YES
He was fucking amazing in Dracula, from the very first sequence. His God-cursing is stupendous.
Also, Tim Roth (maybe not underrated, but underappreciated) in Rob Roy:
And Dustin Hoffman as the best depressed late-life crisis Captain Hook ever:
OpinionatedCyborg
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The Vanishing (1988)
one of the best portrayals of a serial killer in fiction
The Staircase (2004, documentary)
Michael Peterson
6 hours listening to this psychopath, shiiit
Hep Cat Symphony (short film): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD0w4Lm1Ekw
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Onibaba -
Woman in the Dunes - the sand/villagers
one of the best portrayals of a serial killer in fiction
The Staircase (2004, documentary)
Michael Peterson
6 hours listening to this psychopath, shiiit
Hep Cat Symphony (short film): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD0w4Lm1Ekw
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Woman in the Dunes - the sand/villagers
Lord Naritsugu from 13 Assassins. Helps that the first half of the movie is simply a description of what a vile piece of shit he is, and the second half of the movie is an uninterrupted fight sequence where he and his allies get maximum fucking comeuppance from the best Samurai in Japan and an epic tree peasant.
Technically an indestructibly charming forest demon.
soundahfekz
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You could also post the "good guy" here, if this is I Saw The Devil.
questionmark
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Nonsense.
ThisWreckage
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The girl in Audition. One of the most unsettling performances I can think of too just because of the twist.
Jay Shadow
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Yeah, I saw part of this again a few years ago and was shocked at how good he was in a sea of total shit.
i know , i know the movie is ridiculous...but man Frank Langella really was good...its like they had enough money for a writer to write skeletors lines...then he quit or something.
why? Whole movie is metaphor for "If you fight monsters beware that you do not become a monster yourself." And its not subtle about it either.
Ventilaator
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Using another thread for it because it's TV not a movie would be dumb, so I'm gonna mention this here.
I finished watching the entirety of Buffy the Vampire Slayer recently, and I still can't believe how completely creepy Juliet Landau as Drusilla was. Out of all the bad guys in that whole series, she is easily the one I would least want to be stuck in a room with.
I finished watching the entirety of Buffy the Vampire Slayer recently, and I still can't believe how completely creepy Juliet Landau as Drusilla was. Out of all the bad guys in that whole series, she is easily the one I would least want to be stuck in a room with.
RPGCrazied
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Ming from Flash Gordon:
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Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Mission: Impossible 3
Almost on the same level of Joker in TDK. Sure not as flashy, but he's totally fucking with Ethan's head and manipulating him. He knows where to hit him that'll hurt him the most and does.
It made Mission Impossible 3 the 2nd best one in the series for me because not only is it a bunch of flashy spy/action stuff, but it has a solid narrative too.
Yeah, Owen Davien is probably one of my favorite villains of all time. Definitely agree with this.
My favorite villain of all-time, though:
Jason Isaacs as Tavington in The Patriot. Probably one of the most despicable characters ever and played to perfection. Not sure how underrated he is, though, but I know the movie as a whole gets a lot of flak.
Count Dookkake
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Society from SOCIETY.
Yeah, Owen Davien is probably one of my favorite villains of all time. Definitely agree with this.
My favorite villain of all-time, though:
Jason Isaacs as Tavington in The Patriot. Probably one of the most despicable characters ever and played to perfection. Not sure how underrated he is, though, but I know the movie as a whole gets a lot of flak.
Watched this movie for the first time a week or so ago. Not only a terrible, terrible film, but such a ridiculous villain. Couldn't disagree with you more on this pick.
Anyway, I'm going to say Rijk de Gooyer's character in Soldier of Orange, Breitner. Amazing actor, and what a despicable and convincing villain he plays.
Another great Vampire is Count von Krolock from The Fearless Vampire Killers
To me the best "classic" vampire.
Vulcano's assistant
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Talking about pale dudes, these two were also pretty decent:
Jeremy Irons in the Time Machine(2002):
The bad guy from Hellboy 2:
Bad guy from Hellboy 2 really believed he did the right thing, though.
Any more examples of that? I guess most villains do, but what are some good examples where they actually show this?
I remember that the villain in V for Vendetta honestly believed he was doing the right thing in the comic, but the movie just made him a regular bad guy.
Any more examples of that? I guess most villains do, but what are some good examples where they actually show this?
I remember that the villain in V for Vendetta honestly believed he was doing the right thing in the comic, but the movie just made him a regular bad guy.
Dude from The Rock.
True. I never saw him as evil, just desperate. His cause was noble, but the method wasn't.
bengraven
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The Vanishing (1988)
one of the best portrayals of a serial killer in fiction
Damn, he hasn't aged one bit.
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Oh man, I saw this thread earlier and Onibaba was the first thing to come to mind. I shouldn't have waited.
Then again, you and I are probably the only people who have even seen the film. I had a remake idea for it for years that I'll eventually do.
The Shadow as a whole is underrated. I love that movie.Underrated movie, Underrated villain....John Lone is freaking awesome in The Shadow...
Hell, he's awesome in The Hunted as well....also underrated....
bonus: Joan Chen is hot
i know , i know the movie is ridiculous...but man Frank Langella really was good...its like they had enough money for a writer to write skeletors lines...then he quit or something.
Dammit, you took my answer!
I would also say Azkadellia from Tin man.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
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I would not classify Robert Patrick as a 'one hit wonder' he is known as the T1000 but he has been in plenty of things and does a lot of TV show characters and voice overs.
Also hell yea Lucas Lee. Best casted and most awesome character in that movie. I don't even care if the fight was lame. I wanna see his other "fake" movies.
SillyEskimo
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This is Baron Harkonnen from Dune. He is my choice for the most underrated villain in film.
He was the first villain I thought of and haven't seen him posted, so I think I made a good choice. Given his short amount of screen time in Dune, he was goddamn horrifying. His scene with the heart plugged prisoner is one of the most vile things I ever saw as a child and stuck with me for a long time. That scene still makes me cringe to this day. He was established quickly and used excellently during the movie. He was high impact and owned every scene he was in.
He was the first villain I thought of and haven't seen him posted, so I think I made a good choice. Given his short amount of screen time in Dune, he was goddamn horrifying. His scene with the heart plugged prisoner is one of the most vile things I ever saw as a child and stuck with me for a long time. That scene still makes me cringe to this day. He was established quickly and used excellently during the movie. He was high impact and owned every scene he was in.
Does Maleficent count as underrated? I know Kingdom Hearts has done wonders for her publicity, but aside from that, it seems that it's usually Hades and Jafar who get all the praise. This lady was the first time I ever heard a swear word in a Disney film, and her taunting of Philip toward the end is crazy good.
Not as great as his older brother. Still great though.
Yea that dude was fucking scary. He didn't even do many things that were considered "villainy" either. Just the way he carried himself.
"Holy Toledo... somebody had fun.
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