Top 10 Cinema Villains of 2015

Villainous Behaviour

2015 has been a pretty decent year for the nasty on the big screen so here’s Tripwire’s Top 10 for 2015…

1. Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller’s return to the world of Mad Max saw the introduction of new villain Immortan Joe, evil ruler who controlled the water and a harem of women, who he kept prisoner with the intention of breeding them.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBD30p1tUgg
2. Ultron (voice of James Spader) Avengers: Age of Ultron
   Despite the fact that the film was a disappointment, Spader’s voice brought Avengers villain Ultron to life with aplomb.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi74dZwqMsE
3. Kylo Ren (Adam Ridley) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
   The son of two of Star Wars’ major players, Ren was a suitably sinister and conflicted successor to Darth Vader.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kRNgNjwvWg
4. Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) Ant-Man
   Stoll played evil millionaire Darren Cross, who was bent on using the tech that created Ant-Man for his own diabolical ends.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUltTT8acg
5. President Snow (Donald Sutherland) Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
   Sutherland is an actor with a CV more impressive than most but he was one of the highlights of the Hunger Games series.
6. Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist) John Wick
   Psychotic gangster who made Wick’s life a living hell, Tarasov was one of the most demented screen villains all year.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAofAWEpGU
7. Lane (Sean Harris) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
   Sometimes it takes a Brit to really turn up the malice and Harris as Ethan Hunt’s adversary in this year’s Mission: Impossible was a more than worthy foe.
8. Thomas and Lucille Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain) Crimson Peak
   Despite the fact that the film didn’t quite measure up, brother and sister Thomas and Lucille were probably the most wonderfully gothic pair seen on screen in 2015.
9. Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman) Pan
   Jackman is an incredibly versatile performer and he offered a mesmerising performance in Pan as the demented Blackbeard.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTzHsc1tjXg
10. Indominus Rex Jurassic World
    The new dinosaur created by the latest bunch of misguided scientists made us root for the T Rex.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMN716zTxc

Jurassic World [DVD] Pan [DVD] [2015] Crimson Peak [DVD] [2015] Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation [DVD] Mad Max: Fury Road [DVD] [2015] Mad Max Anthology [Blu-ray] [2015] [Region Free]