Daniel Boyer is list writer for Collider who primarily focus on films and television shows related to the Action, Horror, and science fiction genres.
The key to drawing audiences into a story is giving them a well-developed, compelling villain. As one of the most essential parts of storytelling, the antagonists often drive the story, becoming the biggest obstacle for the protagonist to overcome. Regarding cinema, villains regularly overshadow heroes because they are mesmerizing and captivating to watch. While there have been many iconic cinematic villains over the years, often, they've come from the war genre.
A cold-hearted, sadistic killer, Tavington is ruthless in his service to the British Empire during the war, willing to commit all kinds of heinous acts to defeat his enemies at all costs. From executing young civilians to ordering an entire church full of people to be burned alive, Tavington is a brutal war criminal whose cruelty is matched only by his sharp intellect.
An arrogant, ineffective, power-hungry military leader, Mireau is a despicable man who only focuses on his ambitions. Willing to shift blame and send thousands of lives to be slaughtered on the battlefield, there were no limits to what he'd do to advance and protect his position as a military higher-up.
A cruel, unhinged, and highly proficient killing machine, Sgt. Barnes is the type of soldier no one would want to get on his bad side. Consumed by the horrors he experienced during his tours in Vietnam, Barnes has gained a bleak, cynical view of the war. Much like Col. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now, he's developed a need to be as cruel and remorseless as possible to achieve his objectives, even stooping so low as to kill unarmed civilians and coldly leaving a fellow brother-in-arms to die, Sgt.
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