5. Frank Costello, The Departed
Honestly, I can't really justify this answer other than the fact that someone had to be #5 and this last half-decade was pretty weak for bad guys. Let's step it up in 2011-2015. I'm looking at you, Bobby.
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| You handsome devil, you |
4. Stuntman Mike, Death Proof
He's scary, mean, has a weird foot-fetish, and has given us the most badass car-chase scenes this side of Steve McQueen.
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| Zoe Bell: Australian for "driver" |
3. The Joker, The Dark Knight
Somehow-- and I don't know how-- Heath Ledger managed to play the same role that previously held the titled of best Batman villain (obviously, I mean the 1989 role from the aforementioned Nicholson) and not only did it better, but blew it away. And introduced us to the awesome disappearing pencil trick. We'll see him again in George A Romero's sequel, Night of the Living Ledger*.
2. Anton Chigurh, No Country for Old Men
Bardem made the bowl cut even scarier. He also took the Two Face coin-flip and made it terrifying, instead of doing what Aaron Eckhart did, which in most cultures isn't even technically considered acting. Why was he even in that movie? Nolan might as well have re-cast Schwarzenegger.
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| Nooooooo |
1. Hans Landa, Inglourious Basterds
This man is-- in his own words-- a bingo. Simply put, he's the best villain since Hannibal Lecter (in Silence of the Lambs. If all we had to base him on was the abortion that was Hannibal, we'd all be mentioning Lecter in the same breath as Jane Fonda in Monster In-Law).
*Too soon?
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