1. John Matrix vs. Bennett - Commando
And yet, nothing can be #1 except the most brilliantly awful mismatch in cinema history, the legendary final battle between doughy Freddie Mercury lookalike Bennett (Vernon Wells, a name I am ashamed to say I did not need to look up), and John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger). It's just a thoroughly implausible but undeniably gloriously entertaining final fight, because Wells is so clearly out of shape - poorly disguised by a chainmail vest that's supposed to make him seem threatening? - compared to Arnie, who is at his most chiseled, log-carrying peak. After slaughtering an entire island's worth of generic goons who must have been in better shape than this guy, Arnie actually struggles against Bennett for a few moments, before eventually lobbing a giant metal pipe through his chest cavity, and letting out the classic quip, "Let off some steam, Bennett". Brilliant. What's your favourite movie mismatch ever? Let us know in the comments below.
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