re: Take Five: Bring On the Bad Guys

Michael — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:15:15 GMT

Robert Mitchum in "Night of the Hunter" is one chilly role as he played a psycho child killing preacher. When he quietly says "children, children", you know this is one guy only Rambo could deal with!

re: Take Five: Bring On the Bad Guys

Motorod — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:32:31 GMT

Oh man, good celluloid villains are hard to find, but you missed my favorites:

Lena Olin's portrayal of Mona Demarkov in Romeo is Bleeding, & Gary Oldman's turn as the creepy Stansfield in Leon (The Professional,) arguably two of filmdom's nastiest characters, over-the-top and unstoppable, either one a worthy match for any of the aforementioned, with acting chops to rival that of Toshirô Mifune as Taketori Washizu in Kurosawa's bleak and bloody Throne of Blood.

Olin's sexy and insane Russian hit-woman has got to be one of the most chilling onscreen killers. She is a woman who takes pride in her work and will stop at nothing, not even at losing and arm, to get the job done. She cuts a broad, bloody swath across the New York underworld and pushes Gary Oldman's Det. Jack Grimaldi, a cop on the take who's in way over his head, to the desperate brink of insanity.

Gary Oldman's pill-crunching corrupt DEA Agent is the perfect antagonist to Jean Reno's quiet, tragically lovable hit-man. You can almost smell Stansfield's nervous sweat as he tells his minions to call backup from everyone. That he beats Reno's Leon in the end, (sorta) shows just how much of a dangerously smart bad-ass he is.

1994 was a great year for bad guys.

re: Take Five: Bring On the Bad Guys

Andrew — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:01:49 GMT

I have a soft spot for Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. Cheesy as hell but the man killed Apollo Creed. Ultimate badass.