hook line and sinker
these guys are bad to the bone and
beyond
you know what real love is Christel know
sacré welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten action movie villains for
this list we’ve looked at live-action
movies only and nothing based on a comic
book
we’ve also excluded specific genres of
action because we’ve already got you
covered with the top ten sci-fi movie
villains the top 10 scariest horror
movie villains and many many more
sometimes these things do not go as
planned as you say they just happen hey
Peter number 10 Erik kweilyn cliffhanger
let me draw your memory turning snow
strewn mountains into the place of
nightmares
waylynn is the abominable snowman with
guns and heavy artillery
Sylvester Stallone’s Gabe Walker is the
bright light in a dark abyss
he’s mountain rescue with extra muscle
nice try kweilyn is the master puppeteer
though as he kidnaps Gabe and has him
negotiate the perilous landscape in
search of 100 million dollars would you
have thought of that he’s ex-military
gone mad
he’s attitude at altitude and a real
cold killer
kill a few people they call you a
murderer kill a million and you’re a
conqueror go figure
number 9 ivan cordon off Air Force One
yes think I’m a monster but I would kill
this man somebody’s son Gary Oldman’s
korshunov is the russian terrorist
leader behind a particularly daring
hijack
Air Force One is quite the machine but
it isn’t impenetrable Harrison Ford is
quite the president but he isn’t
untouchable where is my husband
he is Floyd the coward chose to save
himself korshunov is a midair madman and
a nasty negotiator tell me what I want
to hear or I will execute the member of
the senior staff and continue killing
one hostage every minute I took the
plane crash our refueling plan all right
using Ford’s wife and daughter as
bargaining tools he’s a rebel supporter
and he’s gone crazy in the cockpit no I
have no choice you have to trust he’s at
30,000 feet but villains rarely stoop
this low one is dead we accused my pilot
mr. president
know what that baby play number eight
bill strannix and commander kril under
siege
welcome to the USS Missouri not all bad
guys get to make an entrance alongside a
playboy model with Erika Eleniak in tow
bill strannix poses as a caterer and
proceeds to give the captain of the USS
Missouri a birthday to remember this
insanity is so logical helped by his
mole on the inside commander krill
strannix and his mid-pacific pirates
turn a routine voyage into a sea soaked
disaster your maniac
drown your own crew they want missiles
and they’ll make hell or high water to
get them you tried to kill me you son of
a bitch so welcome to the revolution
it’s more to follow I’ll stay in touch
number seven Alec Trevelyan or double O
six goldeneye the names
Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan nope it just
doesn’t have the same ring James Bond’s
one-time friend ditches the second-rate
name though and starts going by Yanis
close to judas and spelling but it’s way
more criminal no longer just an
anonymous start on a memorial wallet in
i6 what’s the matter James no glib
remark no pithy comeback he fakes his
own death gains access to Goldeneye and
uses the electromagnetic megaweapon
to try to take over the world he escaped
good for bond bad for you it’s a grand
plan for a grand villain he may be
double o-6 but on this list he’s our
number seven my god you just be a good
boy and die you first number six
General Francis X Frank Hummel the rock
fire fire
he’s good guy turned bad then turned a
little bit good again ladies and
gentlemen you’re being detained against
your will for that I apologize
and Harris’s general Hummel was a
well-respected US Marine now he’s got
some serious beef with the American
government can you live with that yeah
he wants 100 million dollars
compensation for soldiers that died in
secret service to their country I tried
you know I tried everything and I still
don’t have their attention a noble cause
compared to some but to get it
he has seized some chemical weaponry
taken over Alcatraz and threatened to
poison the whole of San Francisco well
now we can add kidnapping and extortion
to his list of accolades its
unconventional and very unhinged you’ve
got 40 hours till noon day after
tomorrow to arrange transfer of the
money I am aware of your countermeasure
you know and I know it doesn’t stand a
chance
how about from Alcatraz about number
five
Owen Davian mission impossible 3 read
this slowly as Debian Philip Seymour
Hoffman is at his bad guy best bringing
Tom Cruise out of early retirement he’ll
stop at nothing to get the enigmatic
rabbit’s foot gonna make her bleed and
cry and call out your name and you’re
not gonna be able to do shit you know
why
what is it rabbit’s foot cuz you’re
gonna be this close to dead crews as
Ethan Hunt knows as little as we do
about the mysterious MacGuffin but it’s
clear that this bunny isn’t going to be
cute and fluffy
for Hoffman villainy is all in the
delivery
he’s the devil with a deadpan expression
he’s cold-hearted and he couldn’t care
less an impervious man for an impossible
mission nothing that was fun
number four Cyrus the virus Grissom Con
Air aka Cyrus the virus 39 years old 25
of them spent at our institutions some
prisoners are good at heart
and some are bad all the way through
John Malkovich’s Cyrus Grissom is in the
latter category
as toxic as his nickname suggests Cyrus
the virus is flying his way to freedom
in the most destructive way possible
where are you going with my plane Cyrus
we’re going to Disneyland he takes out
cops he takes out cons and he’s trying
to take out Nicolas Cage he’s half
escapologist and half lunatic you lost
your mind according to my last psych
evaluation yes he’s wearing orange but
seeing red a very dangerous man
please sayonara
number three castor Troy face off if I
were to let you suck my tongue
would you be grateful hmm in a complete
role reversal Nic Cage steps onto our
podium as this big-time baddie
oh no I I see I see you you think I’m
bluffing I am but then maybe I’m not so
terrible that one body can’t contain him
cage soon transplants to John Travolta
and the kill-crazy crossover has us
captivated and a little confused wait
you get lookin hot it’s like looking at
a mirror only not it’s kind of similar
to a lot of body swap stories but this
one’s got way more bloodshed Touche
also unlike Freaky Friday faceoff gives
us castor Troy a legendary and ever so
eccentric villain Oh
gamma nice caboose Podesta those nested
s2 goes to the store oh isn’t this
religious number two Howard Payne speed
pop quiz hot shot
Karis holding a police hostage got
enough dynamite strapped to his chest to
blow a building in half now what do you
do our runner-up is the ultimate bad cop
nothing personal a retired member of the
Atlanta PD Bomb Squad Howard Payne knows
a thing or two about disarming
explosives and now he’s hell-bent on
setting them off I think I wouldn’t have
been prepared two years I spent setting
up that elevator job two years I
invested myself in it you couldn’t
understand the kind of commitment that I
have first he targets an elevator then
he hits a bus there must be something
about compact transportation vehicles
that really gets this guy going you
can’t beat me you’re gonna pay me every
dollar otherwise you the Wildcat and
every innocent person on that bus are
gonna end up just like your friends his
terror tactics are high-octane the speed
limit concept is genius
pain is just a world-class criminal
there’s a bomb on a bus once the bus
goes 50 miles an hour
bomb is armed if it drops below 50 it
blows up what do you do before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
you think Rambo was the only guy who had
a tough time in Vietnam he killed a
police officer for Christ’s sake goddamn
look he didn’t kill all over so suing I
want my money’s worth
come on come on
we do have a serious diplomatic
situation here which I will be taking up
with your State Department first thing
in the morning well you got me quaking
in my boots but I’m still gonna bring
you down do you know why you’ve been
brought here so that this man can verify
to the world the Crimson Jihad is now a
nuclear bomb number one ladies and
gentlemen man Hans Gruber die hard time
gentle man we don’t know what the Gruber
family eats for breakfast but it’s a
sure bet that the milk is sour you’re
amazing you figured this all out already
brother Simon could have topped this
list but we’ve opted for Hans John
McClane’s original terror crazed nemesis
this is very kind of you
mysterious party crasher
you’re our most troublesome for a
security guard Alan Rickman is in his
evil element as this skyscraping
supervillain he shoots to kill he
dresses to kill go on movies don’t come
more action-packed and die hard and bad
guys don’t come more villainous than
Gruber
when Alexander saw the breadth of his
domain he wept for there were no more
world’s to conquer
he defines the role and he’s the best of
a very bad bunch due to the Nakatomi
corporations legacy of greed around the
globe they’re about to be taught a
lesson in the real use of power do you
agree with our list which villain did we
forget I hope you understood what was
happening yet
I’d rather not take Tony Hong
conclusions for more tough top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com get off my plane
these guys are bad to the bone and
beyond
you know what real love is Christel know
sacré welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten action movie villains for
this list we’ve looked at live-action
movies only and nothing based on a comic
book
we’ve also excluded specific genres of
action because we’ve already got you
covered with the top ten sci-fi movie
villains the top 10 scariest horror
movie villains and many many more
sometimes these things do not go as
planned as you say they just happen hey
Peter number 10 Erik kweilyn cliffhanger
let me draw your memory turning snow
strewn mountains into the place of
nightmares
waylynn is the abominable snowman with
guns and heavy artillery
Sylvester Stallone’s Gabe Walker is the
bright light in a dark abyss
he’s mountain rescue with extra muscle
nice try kweilyn is the master puppeteer
though as he kidnaps Gabe and has him
negotiate the perilous landscape in
search of 100 million dollars would you
have thought of that he’s ex-military
gone mad
he’s attitude at altitude and a real
cold killer
kill a few people they call you a
murderer kill a million and you’re a
conqueror go figure
number 9 ivan cordon off Air Force One
yes think I’m a monster but I would kill
this man somebody’s son Gary Oldman’s
korshunov is the russian terrorist
leader behind a particularly daring
hijack
Air Force One is quite the machine but
it isn’t impenetrable Harrison Ford is
quite the president but he isn’t
untouchable where is my husband
he is Floyd the coward chose to save
himself korshunov is a midair madman and
a nasty negotiator tell me what I want
to hear or I will execute the member of
the senior staff and continue killing
one hostage every minute I took the
plane crash our refueling plan all right
using Ford’s wife and daughter as
bargaining tools he’s a rebel supporter
and he’s gone crazy in the cockpit no I
have no choice you have to trust he’s at
30,000 feet but villains rarely stoop
this low one is dead we accused my pilot
mr. president
know what that baby play number eight
bill strannix and commander kril under
siege
welcome to the USS Missouri not all bad
guys get to make an entrance alongside a
playboy model with Erika Eleniak in tow
bill strannix poses as a caterer and
proceeds to give the captain of the USS
Missouri a birthday to remember this
insanity is so logical helped by his
mole on the inside commander krill
strannix and his mid-pacific pirates
turn a routine voyage into a sea soaked
disaster your maniac
drown your own crew they want missiles
and they’ll make hell or high water to
get them you tried to kill me you son of
a bitch so welcome to the revolution
it’s more to follow I’ll stay in touch
number seven Alec Trevelyan or double O
six goldeneye the names
Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan nope it just
doesn’t have the same ring James Bond’s
one-time friend ditches the second-rate
name though and starts going by Yanis
close to judas and spelling but it’s way
more criminal no longer just an
anonymous start on a memorial wallet in
i6 what’s the matter James no glib
remark no pithy comeback he fakes his
own death gains access to Goldeneye and
uses the electromagnetic megaweapon
to try to take over the world he escaped
good for bond bad for you it’s a grand
plan for a grand villain he may be
double o-6 but on this list he’s our
number seven my god you just be a good
boy and die you first number six
General Francis X Frank Hummel the rock
fire fire
he’s good guy turned bad then turned a
little bit good again ladies and
gentlemen you’re being detained against
your will for that I apologize
and Harris’s general Hummel was a
well-respected US Marine now he’s got
some serious beef with the American
government can you live with that yeah
he wants 100 million dollars
compensation for soldiers that died in
secret service to their country I tried
you know I tried everything and I still
don’t have their attention a noble cause
compared to some but to get it
he has seized some chemical weaponry
taken over Alcatraz and threatened to
poison the whole of San Francisco well
now we can add kidnapping and extortion
to his list of accolades its
unconventional and very unhinged you’ve
got 40 hours till noon day after
tomorrow to arrange transfer of the
money I am aware of your countermeasure
you know and I know it doesn’t stand a
chance
how about from Alcatraz about number
five
Owen Davian mission impossible 3 read
this slowly as Debian Philip Seymour
Hoffman is at his bad guy best bringing
Tom Cruise out of early retirement he’ll
stop at nothing to get the enigmatic
rabbit’s foot gonna make her bleed and
cry and call out your name and you’re
not gonna be able to do shit you know
why
what is it rabbit’s foot cuz you’re
gonna be this close to dead crews as
Ethan Hunt knows as little as we do
about the mysterious MacGuffin but it’s
clear that this bunny isn’t going to be
cute and fluffy
for Hoffman villainy is all in the
delivery
he’s the devil with a deadpan expression
he’s cold-hearted and he couldn’t care
less an impervious man for an impossible
mission nothing that was fun
number four Cyrus the virus Grissom Con
Air aka Cyrus the virus 39 years old 25
of them spent at our institutions some
prisoners are good at heart
and some are bad all the way through
John Malkovich’s Cyrus Grissom is in the
latter category
as toxic as his nickname suggests Cyrus
the virus is flying his way to freedom
in the most destructive way possible
where are you going with my plane Cyrus
we’re going to Disneyland he takes out
cops he takes out cons and he’s trying
to take out Nicolas Cage he’s half
escapologist and half lunatic you lost
your mind according to my last psych
evaluation yes he’s wearing orange but
seeing red a very dangerous man
please sayonara
number three castor Troy face off if I
were to let you suck my tongue
would you be grateful hmm in a complete
role reversal Nic Cage steps onto our
podium as this big-time baddie
oh no I I see I see you you think I’m
bluffing I am but then maybe I’m not so
terrible that one body can’t contain him
cage soon transplants to John Travolta
and the kill-crazy crossover has us
captivated and a little confused wait
you get lookin hot it’s like looking at
a mirror only not it’s kind of similar
to a lot of body swap stories but this
one’s got way more bloodshed Touche
also unlike Freaky Friday faceoff gives
us castor Troy a legendary and ever so
eccentric villain Oh
gamma nice caboose Podesta those nested
s2 goes to the store oh isn’t this
religious number two Howard Payne speed
pop quiz hot shot
Karis holding a police hostage got
enough dynamite strapped to his chest to
blow a building in half now what do you
do our runner-up is the ultimate bad cop
nothing personal a retired member of the
Atlanta PD Bomb Squad Howard Payne knows
a thing or two about disarming
explosives and now he’s hell-bent on
setting them off I think I wouldn’t have
been prepared two years I spent setting
up that elevator job two years I
invested myself in it you couldn’t
understand the kind of commitment that I
have first he targets an elevator then
he hits a bus there must be something
about compact transportation vehicles
that really gets this guy going you
can’t beat me you’re gonna pay me every
dollar otherwise you the Wildcat and
every innocent person on that bus are
gonna end up just like your friends his
terror tactics are high-octane the speed
limit concept is genius
pain is just a world-class criminal
there’s a bomb on a bus once the bus
goes 50 miles an hour
bomb is armed if it drops below 50 it
blows up what do you do before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
you think Rambo was the only guy who had
a tough time in Vietnam he killed a
police officer for Christ’s sake goddamn
look he didn’t kill all over so suing I
want my money’s worth
come on come on
we do have a serious diplomatic
situation here which I will be taking up
with your State Department first thing
in the morning well you got me quaking
in my boots but I’m still gonna bring
you down do you know why you’ve been
brought here so that this man can verify
to the world the Crimson Jihad is now a
nuclear bomb number one ladies and
gentlemen man Hans Gruber die hard time
gentle man we don’t know what the Gruber
family eats for breakfast but it’s a
sure bet that the milk is sour you’re
amazing you figured this all out already
brother Simon could have topped this
list but we’ve opted for Hans John
McClane’s original terror crazed nemesis
this is very kind of you
mysterious party crasher
you’re our most troublesome for a
security guard Alan Rickman is in his
evil element as this skyscraping
supervillain he shoots to kill he
dresses to kill go on movies don’t come
more action-packed and die hard and bad
guys don’t come more villainous than
Gruber
when Alexander saw the breadth of his
domain he wept for there were no more
world’s to conquer
he defines the role and he’s the best of
a very bad bunch due to the Nakatomi
corporations legacy of greed around the
globe they’re about to be taught a
lesson in the real use of power do you
agree with our list which villain did we
forget I hope you understood what was
happening yet
I’d rather not take Tony Hong
conclusions for more tough top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com get off my plane
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