A bad guy is usually someone who can make himself several steps ahead of the rest.

He calculates each death with precision and exactness that it is truly a feat of masterful engineering.

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His characterization is a genuine masterclass of deception and crime.

While he does not kill everyone he encounters, he leaves that up to his coin toss.

He considers himself an agent of fate, and an executor through chance.

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He used his knowledge and witty nature to develop and execute his plan to overtake Nakatomi Plaza.

She intelligently plans the whole thing out down to every last detail.

The lengths to which she went are both impressive and terrifying.

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Hans Landa has a truly amazing intellect and an absolutely frigid heart.

His character, John Doe, is a serial killer who designs his killings around the seven deadly sins.

He thought he was sending a message to the world.

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Instead, he was furthering the evil he was complaining about.

His intelligence, while not enough to beat the Batman, is impressive.

He’s recruited in the film to help figure out and hunt down another serial killer, Buffalo Bill.

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He is known for being highly intelligent, being a man of culture and having incredible manners.

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Alan Rickman in Die Hard

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Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne taking a bath in ‘Gone Girl’

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Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds

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Two detectives (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) escorting a prisoner (Kevin Spacey) across the desert in ‘Se7en’.

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The Joker from The Dark Knight threatens criminals with a grenade in his coat

Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs

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