Every Batman Movie Villain Ever Ranked From Worst To Best

18. Bane (Batman & Robin)

The de-facto worst entry on this list goes to Batman & Robin's Bane (Jeep Swenson), based on the simple fact that his portrayal in the campy, franchise-annihilating blockbuster is basically tantamount to character assassination.

Though wrestler Jeep Swenson certainly meets the hulking physical requirements of the role, Bane is relegated to goofy sidekick status throughout.

More frustratingly, the criminal mastermind Bane of the comics is nowhere to be seen - here he's a rail-thin criminal who gets unwillingly transformed into a clunking brute, who even ends up working as Poison Ivy's (Uma Thurman) chauffeur in one baffling sequence.

Batman & Robin's Bane is a product of an era where Hollywood had little consistent respect for comic books as a medium, though at least the character got a considerably better do-over in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.