10 Best Movie Terrorists

6. Owen Davian - Mission Impossible III

"Who are you? What's you're name? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Because if you do, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name. And then I'm gonna find you,and kill you right in front of her."
The late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman delivered an absolutely masterful performance as the villain Owen Davian in Mission Impossible III. He was an arms dealer, a terrorist and a man who implanted explosives in the skulls of his victims. This was a man who was utterly ruthless and tested the series€™ hero Ethan Hunt to his very limits. Take the opening scene. Davian flits between cold and calculating to utterly deranged, holding a gun to the head of Ethan's fiancée Julia as he demands the location of the rabbits foot, a mysterious device he plans to sell to terrorists worldwide in exchange for his own continued wealth. By the time the opening credits roll, we assume he has pulled the trigger, killing Julia and setting himself up as the best villain in the series to date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNUIU7AzTg The Method Behind His Madness To obtain the rabbits foot at any cost. The Degree Of Terror And Destruction He Leaves In His Wake Just look at the spectacular bridge attack sequence. His Sheer Force Of Character Davian is the ultimate villain. He's in it for himself and will kill anyone to get what he wants.
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