10 most colorful Russian villains in Hollywood movies

Hollywood is constantly in search of bright and charismatic characters with a memorable history and habits. It is not surprising that filmmakers see such dramatic potential in Russia, or rather, in Russian antagonist characters who cause trouble, bring ruin and are eager to destroy the world. Russian villains are always on the verge between theatrical seriousness and a sprawling cranberry. Remembered the brightest villains from Russia, represented by Hollywood.

The villain is Kirill (FSB agent)

In the sequel to the adventures of Jason Bourne, Karl Urban took on the image of a purposeful Russian antagonist. The New Zealand actor played the role of Kirill, an FSB agent hired by an influential Russian oligarch to eliminate Born.

The mission of the Russian killer stretches in time and space — an unsuccessful hunt for Bourne turns into a series of adventures in Goa, Berlin, and then in Moscow (with a very memorable scene of a car chase).

Of course, the fate of any Russian antagonist in action movies is obviously known, but for Bourne, fighting an FSB agent turns out to be not such an easy task.

The Villain - Mother Russia

Not only is the sequel to "Kick-Ass" itself comical and parodic, Wadlow's film also offers a bright palette of villains, among which Mother Russia (or Mother Russia) is most distinguished - a physically invincible bodybuilder and former KGB agent.

Mother Russia coldly kills enemies standing in her way, and there are also contradictory rumors about her about how the antagonist ate a woman with whom she was sitting in the same prison cell.

The role of Ekaterina Dubrovsky (the real name of the heroine) was performed by Olga Kurkulina, an Israeli bodybuilder and high jumper. The athlete gave the film the image that was required for the parody comic universe - an aggressive and titanic killing machine.

The villain is Ivan Vanko

In the MARVEL universe, evil also has a Russian origin — a talented physicist Ivan Vanko connects a reactor to metal whips and sets out to take revenge on Iron Man.

Driven by a sense of anger and revenge, Vanko wants to avenge an incident from the past related to the fathers of the main characters — Soviet physicist Anton Vanko and American inventor Howard Stark.

Mickey Rourke, who is familiar with the roles of bad guys firsthand, fits into the image of a stereotypical Russian megalomaniac: he is harsh, exuding danger (his costume is not inferior to the capabilities of the Stark suit itself), and with it considerable irony. For such an actor's experience, Rourke even visited Butyrskaya prison - obviously to gain characteristic features for his hero.

The villain is Ivan Drago

The Soviet boxing champion, who spends every day in grueling training, Ivan Drago from the fourth "Rocky" became the standard Russian antagonist.

An emotionless boxer, looking like a perfect sculptural statue, with a creepy platform hairstyle and sparkling muscles - Drago really appeared as a serious test for Rocky Balboa.

The charismatic Dolph Lungdren mints pathetic and threatening phrases and generally paints the image of the Soviet enemy in the collective American view — a cold "red machine", which is not so easy to disable.

The villain is Grigory Rasputin

Grigory Rasputin— a simple peasant who became a favorite of Nicholas II, appeared in the Hellboy universe in the form of a charismatic occultist who is going to open the gates to hell and awaken ancient creatures from hibernation.

The Russian warlock in Del Toro's painting looks very unpleasant: he resorts to creepy mystical rituals, and the ultimate goal of his mission is the apocalypse.

However, it is not necessary to be surprised by such a combination. The world of Hellboy's characters is drowning in excessive kitsch: a Russian peasant mystic, occultists from Nazi Germany, as well as a devil-like hero with sawn horns.

The villain is Victor Rostavili

Catalog of the brightest antagonists from Russia is impossible without mentioning "Red Heat", a comedy thriller directed by Walter Hill.

The main star of the film, of course, is Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, who tried himself in the image of the Moscow police captain Ivan Danko. He is on the hunt for the leader of the Moscow drug mafia, Viktor Rostavili, played by Ed O' Ross.

It's not the first time Ed O' Ross has tried himself in the image of a Russian character. But the figure of Viktor Rostavili - an influential dealer who conceived a large supply of cocaine from the United States - settles in the memory forever. Catchy, deliberate, unnecessarily caricatured - this is what Walter Hill's action movie looks like, and the very image of the Georgian mafia.

The villain is Teddy

An action film by Antoine Fuqua, telling about the life of a former intelligence officer (Denzel Washington), who meets an underage prostitute and gets bogged down in a terrible criminal scrape.

The antagonists of the film are a brutal Russian mafia with a colorful thug named Teddy (real name is Nikolai Itchenko), who performs tasks for his boss.

The role of the dangerous Russian was played by New Zealand actor Marton Chokash. His composure and self-control came in handy as never before and turned the hero into a real killing machine. The former special forces soldier and current mafia minion is thought out to the smallest detail: his tattoos hidden under an elegant suit look especially noticeable (the image with the words "don't touch me if you want to live!" is most memorable).

The villain is Boris Razor

The image of Boris Razors from Guy Ritchie's crime comedy is especially memorable to the domestic audience. The Russian arms dealer, famous for his stubbornness, uncompromising and minted obscenity, was beautifully played by the actor Rade Sherbegia.

Throughout the film, a Russian merchant seeks to get a precious stone, but his task fails — criminal London is ready to surprise even an established authority.

To be remembered, the character does not have to appear on the screen too often. Small episodic appearances of the Razor are compensated by the absurdism and expressiveness of the scenes themselves — which is only worth their sound framing with a repeating melody on a balalaika.

The villain is Egor Korshunov

Wolfgang Peterson's action movie tells about a group of terrorists who hijacked a plane with the US president.

They demand the release of the arrested dictator from Kazakhstan — Ivan Radek. The daring operation is headed by the charismatic Egor Korshunov, played by Gary Oldman.

Everyone knows that Oldman has largely gained acting fame thanks to the atypical roles of antagonists. In "The President's Plane," Oldman pushed his antagonistic potential to the limit: he beats up the American leader, threatens his loved ones with death and uncompromisingly goes to his goal. The situation would have turned into a collapse for the United States if the president had not turned out to be Harrison Ford.

The villain is Andrey Sator

Christopher Nolan's spy thriller, for all its extraordinary design, consists of quite common genre attributes.

Beautiful girls, traveling around the world, British elegance with expensive suits, the threat of war and, of course, the Russian antagonist. The latter was taken over by Kenneth Branagh— a British actor who became famous for his Shakespearean roles. In "The Argument", Brana plays the role of Andrei Sator— a Russian oligarch who owns a secret weapon from the future.

The hot-tempered megalomaniac has cancer and does not want to retire alone — he intends to take the whole world with him. Perhaps the image of Sator seems formulaic, but Brana's British artistry, let's be honest, is very "Argumentative" to face. Funny coincidence: Branagh has already tried himself as a Russian — it was in "Jack Ryan", another spy thriller with a bad character originally from Of Russia.