12 Dumbest Comic Book Movie Characters

8. Justin Hammer - Iron Man 2

Sam Rockwell€™s role as Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2 is essentially a string of dumb moments interspersed throughout the narrative. He€™s introduced as a threat to Tony in the courtroom, before Tony hijacks his video feed and lampoons all this hard work.

Things don€™t get much from there, with a particular low point coming when Hammer is dumb enough to lie to known villain Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) by bringing him a decoy bird. Didn€™t fool him for a second.

Stupidest moment: €œIt's capable of busting a bunker under the bunker you just busted. If it were any smarter, it'd write a book, a book that would make Ulysses look like it was written in crayon. It would read it to you,€ boasts Hammer about his missile codenamed €˜The Ex Wife.€™ Later, the weapon proves utterly useless, leading Tony and Rhodey to mock him in his absence.

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