I'm the type of guy who always roots for the bad guys maybe its because as a nice I living out my villain fantasy's through them or maybe because 9 times out of ten the villains story is more interesting then the heroes. Followers of my work will remember awhile back I did a list dedicated to the top ten crappiest villains in entertainment. As a follow up I decided to create a new list honoring the villains who despite there place in the annals of entertainment still for some reason I find are underrated or underused.Feel free to click the links below to see what I mean.
10) Baby Doll: Batman The Animated Series
10) Baby Doll: Batman The Animated Series
Irene Dahl was a famous child star who was stricken with a rare disease that stopped the clock on her physical aging.After years in the lime light she suffered a mental breakdown and was fired from her TV show.Years later after regressing to a childlike state she resurfaced and begun kidnapping her co-stars until she was stopped by batman.With such a great origin story I'm truly surprised this character never appeared again outside the two episodes of T.A.S she starred in. Kids are creepy and this character really played that up well especially when she would switch between sugar coated baby talk to a sullen adult voice when she was backed into a corner.Plus her weapon of choice just happens to be her doll "Happy Head" that just happens to have a sawed-off shotgun hidden in the eye socket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtLTxBYZHw
9) Ordell Robbie: Jackie Brown
Movie fans can always count on good old Samuel L Jackson to turn in quality work as a villain and Ordell Robbie is no exception. Robbie makes a living as a drug dealing women pimping gun runner with a taste form screwdrivers and the finnier things in life.What makes him such a great character is how although its obvious to see he is a no good bottom feeder he has style, just about everything he dose in the film is done with a cool head and a wicked swagger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2gqSnv9jhM
8) Jack Krauser: Resident Evil 4
Why do I love the knife wielding psychopaths like krauser so so much. Maybe its because Krasuer is the definition of an ex-military hard case whose resume includes kidnapping the presidents daughter to gain the trust of a crazy Spanish cult, almost killing the player on several occasions or perhaps most miraculous of all being able to cheat death at least twice.The characters crowning moments comes when leading up to his boss fight he stops to ask the player what he's fighting for and question his motivation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ50a1_I6YE
7) Zolf Kimblee: Fullmetal Alchemist
The mad bomber villain arytype is one we don't see much in modern media which is a shame we consider characters like Kimblee.In a show populated with great villains Kimblee sets himself apart by having a great origin.He was a high ranking state alchemist during the Ishbal rebellion he made his living butchering women and children for the state and when he got sick of that he began blowing up his own men for fun.For this he was court marshaled and locked away in a secret state prison until he eventually broke out and again begun his hobby of blowing things up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDdRcF2WUiI&feature=fvw
6) Black Mask: Batman Comics
More underused than underrated Black Mask despite being one of the biggest baddies in the batman comic books never seemed to warrant an appearance in any other real batman related material(except for "The Batman" but like I said REAL batman).Before becoming Black Mask he was called Roman Sionis and wealthy privileged young man much like Bruce Wayne, however unlike Bruce Wayne Romans parents were fake and abusive. After inheriting his fathers company Roman quickly ran it into the ground. Hard up cash Roman suffered a mental breakdown and burnt down his family home for the insurances with his mother inside. He than took a scorched pieces of his former home a carved a black mask from it.
5) The Tremor Brothers: Smokin Aces
As described by the movie itself Tremor Brothers are three southern fried Neo-Nazi speed freak killers for hire who just happen to be fond of A-bomb tactics(shoot um all and let god sort um out). While the other assassins in the film try to be as discrete as possible The Tremors wont to bring the entire world down around there target.There subtle weapons of choice include such classics as chainsaws,machetes, luggers, as well as German army surplus and patchwork body armor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgLS7kM41Ws
4) Inspector Frank Butterman: Hot Fuzz
I can't really say much about this character without spoiling major plot points for the film itself.Needless to say when the film begins he is one thing and by the time it ends he is another.That might not sound to amazing but the way actor Jim Broadbant handles it is what truly makes the character worth watching.
3) The Largo Family: Repo The Genetic Opera
The Largo Family is made up of abusive father Rotti violent son Luigi vain face stealing son Pavi and surgery addict daughter Amber. These four run the films evil genetics company Gene C.O. who have the world wrapped around there fingers after a rash of organ failures crippled the globe. The Largo's use there power and influence to take whatever they won't and kill anyone who dares say a thing. Did I mention they do this all while singing(the movie is a musical after all) its very hard to be evil while singing(trust me I know) but they pull it off nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61r9_f5g_zA
2) Sheriff John Quincey Wydell: The Devils Rejects
The evil sheriff is nothing new in film its as old as westerns themselves what makes Wydell interesting is despite that fact that he is doing his job in the begging hunting down the rejects to bring them to justice after he discovers they killed his brother George he slowly but surely begins to unwind and cross that pale blue line that separates himself and the killers he is chasing. All this comes to a head when after capturing the murderous rejects he begins torturing them and begins basically telling them he has been given a mission from god to punish them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKBqvmEPq1Y
1) The Yellow Bastard: Sin City
One part spoiled rich kid one part child molester and finally one part medical experiment gone horrible wrong for most villains all these things would be in conflict but the bastard pulls it off and then some to earn the top spot on my list. Before he was ever yellow Roark Junior used his senator fathers connection to circumvent the law and molest and kill children with no police interference. After detective Hartigan discovered this conspiracy he promptly shot off juniors genitals.Hartigan was made disappear by juniors father but not before spending millions of dollars on repairing his son in hopes of seeing a grandchild. The following surgery left Junior unable to process waste making him smell like an open sewer all the time.Junior is an evil triple threat that makes audiences skin crawl that's why I'm surprised he was quickly killed off after his transformation making it so he never appeared again in any other sin city story.(Although arguable his death was his crowning achievement)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5UQtmqzfcU
As always I ask feel free to chime in with your own two-cents.
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