Thriller villains who should have won the hero

Many times, the hero is made to appear as the supreme unblemished figure in a story, the one who makes no mistakes and whose ideals overlap with those of others. But that’s just what a good villain does, who shows them all the failures and flaws of him, but who unfortunately could not see the goals of him realized in these suspense films.

As many would expect, the Joker is one of those movie villains who were supposed to conquer the hero. In this case, Batman in “The Dark Knight”, because in addition to his enigmatic personality, the ideals of the antagonist were to show how corrupt Gotham City is and how easy it is for anyone to disturb public order. Available on HBO Max.

The Riddler

Likewise, “The Batman” has another one villain who was supposed to defeat the hero of the story starring Robert Pattinson. Paul Dano gave birth to The Riddler, a guy with the goal of once again eliminating the corrupted rats of Gotham City, who, through the system, managed to undo all the help for the villain to get to the situation where this . Available on HBO Max.

Thanos

While he ultimately failed to see his goal fully completed, Thanos is one of the most great villains who proved him right in “Avengers: Endgame”. While his methods are somewhat questionable, in a universe where overpopulation has begun to deplete natural resources, one of the decisions no one would dare to make, he made and wiped out half of life. Available on Disney+.

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Roy Batty

Despite initially posing as a threat to humans, with greater dexterity and physical strength than any human, the “Blade Runner” replicants eventually sought to be treated with dignity. Roy Batty was the leader of this group of feeling machines who didn’t want to be treated like slaves and, in his last breath, he demonstrates what it means to be human. Available on HBO Max.

Matrix machines

The story with Keanu Reeves in “The Matrix” seems to put the machines on the side of humans by pure coincidence. However, in the Animatrix it is explained that as soon as one of the machines became conscious, the earthlings took it upon themselves to eliminate it and, with it, all their attempts at peaceful coexistence, which caused a war between the two sides.

John Kramer

Now, a position that will be very difficult to defend due to his terrible acts, and without condoning them, John Kramer of the ‘Saw’ franchise has good intentions deep down. His idea is that each of his victims appreciate life and stop committing atrocities against others. Aside from the slaughter of him, he was a misunderstood villain that sparked much debate about his crimes. Available on HBO Max, Claro, Lionsgate+ and Amazon Prime Video.