50 Greatest Movie Villains Of The 21st Century

29. David Harken €“ Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses Kevin Spacey How can we forget David Harken? He is reflective of that douchebag boss most underachieving men have had to deal with at least once in their life; the big man on top who is cruel, selfish and unfair. The ridiculously overemphasised narcissism of the character made him delightfully unlikable, and Kevin Spacey€™s performance made him pretty damn scary as well. As things got really crazy towards the end, we saw that this guy could believably be a psychopathic murderer. I guess the douchebag boss you were thinking of wasn€™t so bad after all?

28. Don Logan €“ Sexy Beast

sexy_beast Don Logan is a vile sociopath who uses everything in his power to his advantage and his alone. He is manipulative, violent and very cruel. Ben Kingsley performed his best villainous turn ever in this dark crime film, and actually see Iron Man 3 first before you complain about that statement. Logan is the kind of criminal that rules through brutish persistence alone. It is his uncompromising desire to please himself that makes him very unpleasant and a very memorable villain.

27. Doctor Octopus €“ Spider-Man 2

By far the best villain in the entire Spider-Man filmography so far, Doctor Octopus was the peak of the original Spider-Man trilogy. He was played excellently by the rather underrated Alfred Molina. By now the formula of a sympathetic Spider-Man villain has become very tired. It€™s always a scientist who, in the name of his science, screws something up and loses everything. Naturally he becomes a mentally unstable jerk with an unrealistic plan; Doctor Octopus was the best version of this arc and the one that underwhelming villains such as The Lizard shouldn€™t have been ripped off of.
 
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