Deacon FrostĪs also seen in The Crow, when you'e got a deadly serious hero you need an arch antagonist with a touch of panache. Dalton may not have gotten to make his third Bond film but in a strange way Sinclair possessed the flare and confidence of a Double O agent. Wooing Cliff's actress girlfriend Jenny while also plotting a jetpack-assisted third Reich invasion of Los Angeles, the debonair Sinclair was a nasty treat. Neville Sinclairīased on Golden Age of Hollywood swashbuckler Errol Flynn (along with accompanying "Nazi spy" rumors surrounding Flynn), Timothy Dalton's nefarious Tinseltown star Neville Sinclair was the perfect foil for farm boy/stunt pilot Cliff Secord in The Rocketeer. He left no stone unturned when it came to the annihilation of his enemies. Bane leveled Gotham, humbled (and hobbled) the Caped Crusader, and disgraced Jim Gordon. Choosing to speak like a mix between famed actor Richard Burton and bare-knuckle boxer Bartley Gorman, Hardy made the "man who broke the Bat" all his own, and embodied a villain who could take Bruce Wayne down in any arena of combat, be it physical or mental. Baneįollowing Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning performance in The Dark Knight was always going to be a thankless task, but Tom Hardy's Bane - though heavily parodied during The Dark Knight Rises' release (and its aftermath) - was nothing if not formidable and memorable. Adapted from James O'Barr's therapy-in-the-form-of-a-comic masterpiece, The Crow stands tall as a uniquely dark and moving exhibition of violence while Top Dollar provides a shot in the arm of charisma and swagger that Devil's Night desperately needs. The wonderfully gravel-voiced Michael Wincott added the final "ingredient X" to Alex Proyas' supernatural gothic revenge romp The Crow as a crime lord so utterly bored with all the murder and mayhem he's been getting away with that he finds the idea of an unstoppable zombie rocker, back from beyond to avenge his and his fiancé’s death, an absolute blast. With this Gotham vigilante on a killing spree, and Batman taking the blame for the mob murders, The Batman: The Animated Series-inspired Mask of the Phantasm offered up a touching look at Bruce Wayne's past-and the road almost taken-while also pitting him against a dark reflection of himself, and devestating us with well-crafted twists and turns. Movie: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)īatman: Mask of the Phantasm is considered one of the best Batman stories ever to make it to screen, animated or otherwise, and a big part of that has to do with the film's main foil, the mysterious Grim Reaper-esque Phanstasm. Farrell is set to reprise the Cobblepot role in Max's upcoming Penguin series, which will also feature Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni. A gruesomely charming performance, this Penguin was part of a major action set piece mid-movie while also indulging in a little comic relief. Matt Reeves' The Batman was rife with new takes on classic characters, and one of the big standouts was Colin Farrell's chameleon-like, prosthetic-heavy performance as Gotham gangster Oswald Cobblepot, the opportunistic wise-guy right hand of Carmine Falcone.
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