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Star Wars aficionados were surprised when, at the conclusion of Solo: A Star Wars Story, red-faced, horn-headed Phantom Menace villain Darth Maul showed up via hologram to give a few ominous directives to Emilia Clarke's Qu'ira. Surprised, because the last film fans saw of the Sith he had just been cut in half by Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi. With the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) story only a few weeks away from a Blu-ray release, the fine folks over at IGN have the clip so you can relive Maul's return from the comfort of your own home.
Featuring a supporting cast peppered with familiar faces - Fast and Furious's own Michelle Rodriguez, Rome's James Purefoy, Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius, and Krypton's own General Zod, Colin Salmon - Anderson put a young, not-far-off-Fifth Element, Milla Jovovich front and centre as his initially-amnesiac warrior, wandering the creepy halls of a potentially infested high security facility before going full Bourne to kick all kinds of ass. With a modicum of style necessary to cover over the cracks of some iffy CG (the practical effects are much more suitably visceral and Cronenbergian), and an absolutely bonkers score by Marco Beltrami and Marilyn Manson keeping the feature moving even when nothing is happening (perfect example: immediately after Jovovich's Alice kicks the zombie dog's face off), Anderson actually did a pretty sterling effort with such a comparatively low budget. The automatic defence systems, the first discovery of the zombies and early bites, the overwhelming numbers and dwindling bullets, the ticking timer on the facility sealing itself shut, the doom of an increasing number of their own being infected, and then the tease of hope in the form of a potential anti-virus - as well as the amnesiac twists which afforded both hero and villain - there was a lot that worked. And then there was a CG blob-monster. Still, even that was legions better than the excess of subsequent efforts.
In December 1956, Welles was offered the role of the villain in a Universal thriller about a crooked cop. But the movie's star, Charlton Heston, thought that Welles was to direct the picture, and from the acorn of that misunderstanding emerged a splendid oak. With all due respect to the truncatedMagnificent Ambersons, blighted Othello, and mossyChimes at Midnight, Touch of Evil is the tallest tree in the wilderness of Welles's post-Kane career. "Unimaginably pleasurable to make," the maestro told Peter Bogdanovich. It shows.
Either a hit or a flop (depending on who you believe) during its theatrical run in October and November, Black Adam is a ton of fun, if you like that sort of thing. Introducing a humorously homicidal antihero who puts an irreverent spin on the superhero formula, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays a rare villain(ish) role, let loose to create carnage with a knowing smirk to camera.
Away from the CGI punch-ups, Johnson's acting skills aren't exactly stretched. He's mostly required to loom, and occasionally deliver deadpan one-liners. Teth-Adam spends a lot of time staring at a statue, which hints at some vulnerability as the character grapples with the weight of his own myth. But Black Adam is a pretty safe for a bad guy -- sure, he's not afraid to toss a henchman into a mountain (played for a laugh), but Johnson (and his digital double) lack the seething rage and unpredictable menace that would make Black Adam truly scary (compared to, say, the unsettling simmering volatility Joaquin Phoenix brought to DC's previous villain-focused story Joker). One computer-generated version of Johnson is sure to raise a smile, however.
I have no problem admitting that I love the 'Resident Evil' film franchise, despite its flaws in every entry. It's odd, really, since I literally wanted to break the game discs in half every time I'd try to play them, but I'm not one of those fans who holds the movies up against the games and years worth of expectations. I see this series as a cutting edge sci-fi horror series, featuring my favorite horror creature, the undead, reanimated humans who now hunger for flesh. With the bipolar, yet still scary (to this day it gives me the creeps), claustrophobic original standing as the high note, a horrid misfire of a sequel with the least intimidating villain ever (seriously, Nemesis looks like a human-pug hybrid), a fun third entry that ended on such a bad note that I wrote the live action series off as being unrecoverable, and a CGI survival tale set early on in the outbreak, tying in some of the more popular video game characters, the 'Resident Evil' film franchise surely could have been retired. It would have been somewhat graceful, considering the difficulties that would surely arise due to the finale of 'Extinction,' where the special effects budget to make the twist believable in future volumes would have cost as much as the original did in its entirety.
I won't say that 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' pulled off the impossible and made a bad situation good...because it didn't. It is a 97 minute live action video game, complete with gimmicky effects, too many moments that felt like boss battles, and an ending that not even a mother could love, as it would rather blow the doors off for another inevitable sequel, rather than offer any sort of hope. By the time the twists and turns are over, viewers may leave wondering why this film blew its load too early, gave us the worst villain in the series, and forgot its own plot devices in lieu of convenience for the sake of some pretty sweet looking, though utterly unbelievable, special effects shots.
New bonus material from the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release of Doctor Strange gives us a deeper peek at it's villain, Kaecilius and the Zealots that follow him. The two deleted scenes show a few darker moments that were cut from the movie and some excellent concept art where you can see how this character was developed.
Marvel and director Scott Derrickson ultimately decided that these scenes didn't need to be in the movie, but it definitely doesn't seem to be because the scenes were lacking in quality. The first scene features Mads Mikkelsen as the villainous Kaecilius and his group of loyal Zealots attempting to make contact with the Dread Dormammu. The other scene takes place in a church and we see Kaecilius challenging a man of faith about the concept of the afterlife, which is pretty dark and really interesting. There is also some newly released concept art, offering us a new look at Mads Mikkelsen's effective bad guy.
Doctor Strange was told as an origin story and largely focused on Stephen Strange's journey to becoming the new Sorcerer Supreme. For better or for worse, that meant that Kaecilius was not focused a whole lot, at least in terms of getting any backstory or much context for his evil doings. Weak villains have often been a complaint among fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it has been made clear that the folks at Marvel Studios like to focus on the heroes, which is a strategy that has paid off for them so far. These scenes do reveal that, at least conceptually, there was some more depth and definitely a lot more darkness to Kaecilius in Doctor Strange. Unfortunately, some of that stuff had to wind up on the cutting room floor.
In addition to the newly released deleted scenes and concept art that focus on the villain from Doctor Strange, Marvel Studios also released a brief featurette that explores what went into filming the post-credit scene between Stephen Strange and Thor. The scene serves as something as a set up for Thor: Ragnarok and, as revealed in the video, was filmed fairly late in the process as the script for Thor 3 was coming together. We also get to see how well Benedict Cumberbatch and Chris Hemsworth get along out of character, which is fun.
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