10 Most Entertaining Bad Guys In Action Movie History

8. Hatcher (The Rundown)

Long before he was playing the oddball sidekick in the likes of Joe Dirt and Click, Christopher Walken had a made a name for himself playing wild-eyed psychopaths with an air of cool around them. But it's his effortless blend of comedic lunacy and overt cold-bloodness as a Stalin-esque oppressor in The Rundown that stands out in his action movie oeuvre. In a movie that sees Dwayne Johnson and Sean William Scott bantering like a jacked version of Abbott and Costello, it's somehow Walken to walks away with the best lines. Whether it's his quintessentially Walken-esque explanation of how the Tooth Fairy operates ("she takes the goddamn thing, gives you a quarter") or his deadpan reaction when someone accuses him of reneging on a deal ("well thankfully I had my fingers crossed the whole time"), Walken always leaves a scene without overstaying his welcome. Hatcher isn't as extravagant as some of his other bad guys, but he's the closest thing to Walken just going his thing. And that's a beautiful thing to behold.