10 Movie Villains You Wish Got More Screen Time

Iron Man 2 was a messy film - that cannot be denied. With far too many sub-plots, from Tony Stark being poisoned by his own arc reactor, to the introduction of Black Widow, to Rhodes' feud with his best friend to the many villains conspiring to take Tony down, the film ends up a slightly incoherent spectacle.

Outside of Robert Downey Jr's always dependable screen presence, the best thing about the film was Sam Rockwell's turn as rival weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer.

Hammer was a blast every second he was on screen. He was funny, he had a fragile ego, and he had a dark edge that made him unpredictable and dangerous.

Unfortunately, he barely gets any time to shine. Beginning the movie as Iron Man's new threat, he quickly ends up being sidelined by Whiplash (Mickey Rourke), who, whilst a threatening villain, was no where near as entertaining or compelling as his smarmy co-conspirator.

He appears briefly in the Marvel One-Shot, All Hail the King (2014), but other than that Hammer has vanished from the MCU and is tragically unlikely ever to return to the screen.