Best Modern Villain Intro Scenes 

0:00 The Departed 3:21 Dredd 4:46 Transformers: The Last Knight 7:13 The Dark Knight Rises 10:15 Inglorious Basterds

Hans Landa is definitely the most intimidating and terrifying of all of them.

Waltz's performance was terrifying in this scene but also kudos to the other French actor, you can 'see' the fear in his eyes...

Chills down by spine every time I watch that inglorious bastards scene. That sudden change where you know he means business is disheartening

Christoph Waltz is so damn good in everything he's in. His character's intro in Django: Unchained could easily go into a Best Character/Protagonist Intros movie in the future.

Waltz is such a good actor you can literally feel the tension in that scene alone, the movie itself is a masterpiece, it's masterfully crafted and perfectly casted to the point that the movie flows like a turbulent river thanks to how good and catchy it is. I cannot think of any scene where i felt bored at all, such a great film.

So a little fun fact, in French, “adieu” is a goodbye said when you don’t expect to see someone for a really long time if ever like a hard bye, but “au revoir” is a goodbye used as if you’d expect to most likely be seeing someone soon or in the near future. If you pay attention, Landa uses “adieu” when letting the soldiers into the home to kill the family under the floor but then uses “au revoir” to Shoshana as she runs away, hinting that he knows they will cross paths again. I don’t speak French so correct me for anything I may have said improperly

you skipped the Bane part where he goes, "Perhaps he's wondering why you'd shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane." That line had such weight to it because it was the actual first time you heard him. plus it showed he was intelligent

The opening scene of Inglorious Basterds could stand alone as a short film masterpiece.

Jack nicholson is without a doubt one of the greatest actors of all time.

12:37 to 12:42 (immediately pause); Look at the very subtle change in expression between these two timestamps using the arrow keys. The right side of his mouth and eyebrows are ALL he needs to convey a shift in tone. MARVELOUS acting!

11:39 only a truly jarring villain can pull out a cartoonishly large pipe and still be intimidating

The Inglourious Basterds intro is one of the best movie intros ever... such a nerve wrecking, bone chilling scene, so well played out... still gives me goosebumps every time. For me personally I put Inglourious Basterds over Pulp Fiction as the best movie Tarantino has made.

Christoph waltz is one of my favorite actors ever

The entirety of Inglorious Basterds is such a tense, nerve wracking movie. Every scene Hans Landa is in is terrifying and this scene sets the stage for that. After this scene you never know how much he knows but always feel terrified for the protagonists when he is in a scene with them. The scene where he meets Shoshana at the restaurant with Gobbles, the scene where he meets them at the movie premiere, the scene where he negotiates with Aldo. You know he's capable of anything, at any time, all because we've seen how cunning he is in this first scene. Add that in with the tension in the Basement Bar scene and the entire movie keeps you on pins and needles the entire time. Personally, I think it's Tarantino's best work.

I always see everyone praising waltz, but the other actor across from him (I forgot his name) also did an amazing job showing the pain his character felt when pointing out the family

Physically terrifying: I’m gonna go with Bane. Psychologically terrifying: Hans Landa. Great list, bro! Looking forward to more!

Nothing is better than joker's intro in the robbery scene..Batman dark knight

You know Han's is the most vicious when he makes Megatron look like a bag of kittens.

Inglorious Bastards is such a great movie. That scene is so interesting and escalates so quickly.

"The Departed" is the only Hollywood remake of a foreign film,I can think of,that is on par with the original if not better. Then again,it´s directed by Scorcese and has Nicholson,DiCaprio,M.Damon,M.Wahlberg and Martin Sheen in it.

TDKR was the first film where i genuinely felt worried for the main character, Bane was just too much of a beast.

Saved the best until last. An outstanding character, that you could almost side with for his brilliance. If only it had be turned for the good.

Hans Landa will forever be my favorite villain

12:37 is the best acting, the subtle motion from a smirk to an intimidating frown.

I don't see how anyone can deny that Tarantino is a master filmmaker.

One of the key reasons I've heard for how good the Inglourious Basterds one is because it uses the Alfred Hitchcock idea of the bomb under the table. Which is roughly the idea comparing a conversation between two people when suddenly a bomb goes off killing them giving 20 seconds of shock compared to at the start establishing with the audience that there is a bomb under the table that will go off in 5 minutes resulting in 5 or so minutes of tension. In this case the bomb being the family hiding under the floor boards and the explosion being the Germans finding and killing them.

Hans Landa has got to be the best written villain I've ever seen. Just how he can go from a cheery disposition to stone cold serious at the drop of a hat is terrifying. And using other languages to trick his targets was genius. Evil, but genius.

"No one cared who I was until I put on the mask." Tell the truth: how many of you have been quoting this line recently? I sure have.

The moment Hans Landa's face turns serious..so well done ✌️

That damn smile turning into a deadpan stare was sickening, I got goosebumps seeing it for the first time. Tarantino makes amazing work.

The beginning of the departed=pure gold! Ps: Brenlord says congrats on the hard work brother!!

They couldn't have picked a better, more stone-faced actor for the Farmer in the scene with Hans. The stare-down they had is chilling.

Chris Waltz's scene is fckin breathtaking

Anyone infatuated with the last scene and hasn’t yet seen the movie needs to look up “inglorious basterds Italian scene”. Never could you laugh and be so worried so much at once.

The Dark Knight Rises started off so spectacularly...

That Departed intro will always be incredible, and TDKR rises intro will always be amazing, but the Inglorious Basterds intro will always be terrifying.

Where's the "They'll expect one of us in the wreckage, brother."?

That last scene got more intense as the music got louder and louder

heavens this is one of the best channels i've ever seen.

The subtlety of his threats and the way he maintains absolute control of the situation despite coming off as non-threatening and friendly is just so perfect. When he pulls out that ridiculous pipe you know it’s all over!

The last one was by far the best. No high stakes spec ops needed. Heck, he wasn't even the most evil of them! He doesn't do it out of hate or any of the typical motives for villainry. He does it because he's good at it and his skills are highly appreciated... What makes him stand out is his social mastery and that he actually made a pretty good offer to the person many of us would have expected to die...

I actually modeled an impromptu interrogation in a DnD session after the famous Hans Landa scene. My character was a chaotic neutral mercenary paired with another chaotic neutral mercenary played by my friend and we were sent on a job to do some investigating for this military for “signs of summoning”. It was in a peaceful solitary lake house like a few miles from the nearest town and a half-elven war veteran lived there. We did some preliminary scouting around the place and deduced that he was indeed inside the house. So being the more charismatic of the pair my character went to introduce themselves to the man while my friend waited by the back door (the only other exit) as he was the stronger of the pair in a straight up fight. My character managed to make their way inside after being let in and immediately noticed a doorway in the middle of the house presumably leading to a basement (it was a one story building) which the war veteran kept on glancing at. After some cheerful talking with the hesitant and closed off individual I decided to kick things up a notch because we couldn’t necessarily bring him up on charges just because he was quiet. Anyone would be wary after letting two strangers in who were armed and carrying an official letter from the military. So I started asking about family and if any lived with him which he replied “No” to which both our characters knew was a lie based on eye witness reports (my friend had been listening in from the back door). Instead of pressing the issue my character continued on asking about personal life and how often he would get visitors yada yada. Basically trying to get a questioning tone out of him. When he finally got fed up and bluntly stated if I wasn’t here to charge him with anything then I should leave. My character played dumb for a second and said “Oh, but I am here to charge you. Right now it’s just lying to an official during a sanctioned investigation, but that list could grow in the next minute depending on your actions. You have a daughter that lives here with you, and based on the fact that I haven’t heard anything around or seen anything of her I’m going to guess she’s out at the market.” This immediately caught his attention and he stiffened up before glancing at two places. The door that lead to her room (though we didn’t know that at the time) and the door leading to the basement. The next exchanges went a little something like this. I don’t remember everything word for word, so bear with me. My character purposely placed themselves between the half-elf and the back door, and dropped the friendly smile. My friend took that as a single to run around to front and wait for my que. “You’re hiding something in your basement aren’t you?” Silence. “Summoners perhaps? They were spotted in the area a few days ago. I’m assuming your daughter doesn’t know since you tried to desperately keep her out of the conversation. I can keep her out out of being charged as an accomplice as long as you point me to where your friends are.” A bald faced lie. We were directly instructed to bring anyone harboring these guys to the proper authority. Anyone. But my deception worked (thank you +9 deception) and I got him to lead me to the door. He unlocked it and as soon as he did my friend came in through the front, quietly. It was really dark down there, but my character was a caster so I just planned to throw a fireball down there at the first opportunity. Unfortunately as soon as the veteran saw my friend he got cold feet and tried to stall us. Fight broke out on the very cramped stairs, four summoners joined the fray. It was messy, but fun. Kind of anti-climatic in text form, but one of my best memories from my DnD group.

The way Christopher waltz changes his whole demeanor at 12:36 from someone who is fairly friendly to 'do not Fk with me' is a Stroke of mastery. So subtle, genius

Dredd was an amazing movie... very underated. It has some of the best one-liners i have ever heard.

Hans Landa is a walking horror movie.

That last scene is seriously scary, like actually scary scary. Thank the lord the Nazi's lost the war.

loving your content Benjy.....getting me through this lockdown....thx

I love how bane’s goons can perfectly on the plane wing just cuz there’s a cord tied to them😂

This channel has a way of making art and nostalgia out of art and nostalgia. True beauty.

you didn't mention no country for old men. that's one of the best villain compared to any other

The Departed was the best movie I’ve ever seen iml and the fact this video opened up with that put a smile on my face.

yet ANOTHER banger by benjy Good Job

That's one of the best lines I've ever heard the beginning of this video

Inglorious Basterds is in my top 5 movies of all time. Seriously incredibly well made film.

I have that same wolverine comic from The Departed lol. Great videos man. Been watching your different selections. Keep up the great work bro👌🏾💯✌🏾✌🏾

My boy B comin thru in the clutch with some good material

Landa wins hands down. But the real head twister is this: Does Landa already know Mimieux is Shosanna when he orders milk for her in the restaurant? Is he just messing with her for fun, the way he did when he let her go after killing her family?

The inglourious basterds scene is so good because us along with the French guy keep trying to tell ours3lves that hans landa is just too full of himself and that he doesn't actually know... But we keep getting told he does

Love this channel, man 👍

bill the butcher in Gangs of New York....great villain intro

“You do good in school? Good we call that a paradox”

Dredd is such an underrated movie

Without the entrance of Angel Eyes from the good the bad and the ugly I can't take that list serious. Even Hans Landas entrance was a tribute to Angel Eyes entrance!

Sir RU-vidr, you are a gentleman and a scholar. Nice job!

Nice video

Lena Hadley is an amazing actress and needs a ton more credit

I'm going to join with many others and say Hans Landa is one of the coolest villains ever.

love how they told megatron to pick again and he did

Hans Landa - one of my favourite characters ever, let alone villain.

I see Hans Landa in my nightmares. That scene in the diner with him and Shoshanna is terrifying

Inglorious barsterds, what a spectacular way to end this clip. 👌🏻... Best selection of vilian clips I've seen so far. Now u definitely need to upstage this specific video. And that is going to be tough. #ilovedallofit

That first few minutes of "Inglourious Basterds" is the most frightening of any movie I have ever witnessed. No monster movie, no horror flick, no Alfred Hitchcock has ever scared me the way that sequence does to this moment. I pee my pants whenever I see that scene.

12:37 - no words are needed to understand the shifting from friendly to threatening. O cara é foda.

Absolutely Perfect!

"When you're facing a loaded gun......what's the difference?"

Keep up the good work

*when people see the thumbnail “LEDGER’S JOKER BETTER BE IN THIS LIST.”

Good job on editing you are amazing the departed worked out good in it and you would go next the reel heel,keep up the good work!😃

Even though I watched Waltz in Inglories Bastards like 10 to 15 times already, I felt my pulse raise nevertheless watching him performing this chilling scene

Dang! Dark Knight Rises - awesome pick!!

Hansen Landa is the perfect example of how you can be polite char. ming, and an absolute MONSTER. I remeber forgetting to blink durring the strudel scene. I was a terrified as she was, and still to this day dont know if he knew. I remeber that thanking God I didnt live in over there in those times.

Thing is gonna be relax until you see Christoph Waltz’s Poker Face.

"she fell funny" lol how was she supposed to fall?

This RU-vid channel knows about all the best movies

Well done, you have a new subscriber. Here's your lucky quarter.

Thanos has such a scary entrance too! Badass

Cristoph waltz should have given some outstanding award, for this role

Nice vids thanks

14.20 the farmer, tough and rugged, looked like a frightened small child knowing what was about to happen. Very well acted as well

4:10 might be one of the most badass shots ive seen in awhile

Dude... I watched Inglourious basterds yesterday and right the next few hours you post this video

Hans Landa Is a brilliant villain.Cunning and very intelligent.With out raising his voice he can be intimidating.Christoph Waltz is an amazing actor.Love watching movies he is in.

"The Departed" had so many "Oh shit!" moments in it for me, such a crazy movie!

No one can write dialogue like Tarantino. And no one can put that dialogue to screen like Waltz. The pub scene in Inglorious Basterds is also very well written and extremely tense.

Christoph Walz was absolutely terrifying as Hans Landa.

Buddy Benjy bringin the bomb broadcasts, hell yeah

transformers into bane intro editing was epic love it

i see you saved the best til last

HA! Finally!!!! MaMa! You are awesome.