In lieu of providing spoilers, it should simply be said that the moment
the other villain of the film (that is not Madd's Mickelson) encounters Strange is one of the best climaxes of the entire MCU.
Not exact matches
He became a second fiddle to the
film's
other villain, Sandman, who proved to be more menacing than one
of Spidey's most beloved adversaries, a crime that Spider - Man fans simply couldn't forgive.
By ignoring the
other half, the equally incredible amounts
of animal products, the
film goes after the safe
villains, while not tackling the much touchier subject
of this society's obsession with animal foods.
Other confirmed names include Jack Kesy as the
film's central
villain (though the identity
of the
villain has yet to be confirmed), Japanese actress Shioli Kutsuna and Julian Dennison — though it has not yet been revealed which characters they'll be playing.
Johnson is writing and directing the second
of the new Star Wars trilogy
films, and Benicio Del Toro has been the subject
of some
other,
villain - centric casting speculation.
After establishing a first half with intelligence and a smartly subdued Noomi Rapace, the
film devolves into a series
of shadowy men double - crossing each
other and the threat
of a large - scale terrorist attack with a head
villain who barely registers as anything but sullen.
Ant - Man, on the
other hand, was more than just a comedy movie, it was a heist
film that managed to surprise audiences with its unique action scenes (thanks to the shrinking capabilities
of the
film's main hero and
villain).
Alas, it is very much a Hollywood treatment, full
of glossed - over characterizations and trumped - up conflicts (the
other school educators are painted as the
villains), and, at best, we are given everything we expect, delivered tidy and sterile like a formula
film always tends to.
Because director Ryan Coogler and his team have made an excellent superhero
film that is culturally aware and has a message without being preachy, and the
villain of Erik Killmonger (a terrific Michael B. Jordan) has a rich level
of tragedy unmatched by
other MCU
villains.
While they do excel at that aspect
of the characters, it's still an instance where they could be replaced with plenty
of other villains and the results would be the same, which is a shame as all
of the characters in the
film do have decent chemistry with each
other.
The current trend
of superhero
films has the mortal
villains scheming to plot the heroes against each
other (
of course
villains forget the heroes have multi-million dollar contracts and therefore can not be killed).
Disney
films do
villains better than any
other company, so it feels right that Sanders first port
of call is making sure that Ravena is a memorable, nasty piece
of work.
If you're a fan
of 80s action
films, or just like to watch
villains die in fascinating blurs
of bravado, you need no
other reason to see this movie than the cast list itself.
In fact, the
film's
villain, the Vulture, played with a great mix
of darkness and realness by Michael Keaton, makes his living stealing the technology from the bad guys
of the
other movies.
But those
films, for all
of their genre manipulations, were still superhero movies first and these
other genres second, still founded on spandex and leather costumes and world - threatening
villains.
We talk about the
film's various strengths, the rich themes woven into the story, the meteoric rise
of director Ryan Coogler, the incredible
villain, how it compares to
other Marvel movies (there are more than a few insults lobbed at Doctor Strange), how Marvel movies changed after the dissolution
of the story group, what Black Panther means for the future
of the MCU and for blockbusters in general, and more.
Any
other year, in any
other context, «The Captive» would simply be another overcooked rote thriller that, like so many
other films in this genre, totally loses the run
of itself in the final act (seriously, Kevin Durand goes so Bond
villain that he even has a female henchperson sidekick).
The trio
of Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson and Sean Harris (the
villain in Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, weirdo in many
other films) is so vastly talented that the prospect...
Because they are all as bad as each
other, the
film allows its characters to riff on their personal brands without any one
of them seeming overly cruel until the secret
villain of the piece materialises.
It is during these emotional scenes that the
film is able to be effective, though Anderson isn't able to carry over the poignancy or sense
of terror to
other scenes, as the artifice
of the main story, as well as the weakness
of the main
villain, snap things back to the mundane.
Dominic Cooper, on the
other hand, is absolutely wasted as the one - dimensional
villain, while Michael Keaton, who plays the manic impresario / announcer behind the DeLeon, delivers a wildly over-the-top performance that suggests he's the only one aware
of exactly what kind
of film they're making.
THR says some
of its sources tell that Ejiofar is eyed to plan an unnamed
villain in the 2016
film, but
other sources disagree.
On the
other hand, the very nature
of the
film's hero -
villain dichotomy lends its climax a rare cathartic chill.
Some have suggested he could play the man who trained T'Challa in the ways
of combat, while
others have speculated that he could play the father
of the
film's possible
villain, Erik Killmonger (Jordan).
In comparison with
other»80s genre favorites (including Zemeckis's next
film, «Back to the Future»), «Romancing the Stone» does look rather low - rent — the sneering Colombian
villain's much - touted «private army» seems to consist
of about five sweaty extras in moth - eaten fatigues.
If you think it's tough being the scarred, wise - cracking Deadpool in the world
of superheroes and
villains, you haven't heard what writers Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and the
film's
other creators had to go through to make his movie a reality.