Everything You Always Hated In X-Men

8. Sabretooth Is A Total Joke

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One of the biggest complaints from comic book fans about the original X-Men movie is its rather meagre treatment of Sabretooth. Though stuntman-turned-actor Tyler Mane certainly brings the imposing presence to the part, as a character he's little more than a thin sketch.

Throughout the film he doesn't do much more than grunt, look big, and occasionally kick somebody's ass, but he's too often depicted as glorified comic relief: a klutz who bumps into things and gets thrown around a lot.

The character looks great but has no dimensionality whatsoever, and it wasn't until X-Men Origins: Wolverine almost an entire decade later that he finally got some shading - aided by a killer Liev Schreiber performance no less.

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