DVDs with Black villians
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DVDs with Black villians
Was reading the Arab villains thread and someone pointed this out. I can't really think of any dvds with black villains in them (but a disproportionate amount of black ppl do die first in movies). Anybody know of a movie with a black villain?
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*technically* speaking, Samuel L. Jackson could be considered a villian in The Negotiator. That could be argued at length, but I'd consider his role a bit villainous.
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What did he do that was villainous?
The recent Steven Seagal movie (too lazy to look up title) where the criminals break into prison had a black main villain, I think.
Denzel in Training Day
SLJ in Pulp Fiction
Morgan Freeman in Hard Rain
Wesley Snipes in New Jack City
Honk!
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Um your a little late. http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=288044
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Originally posted by huzefa
He wasn't the villain. What did he do that was villainous?
He wasn't the villain. What did he do that was villainous?
In that same vein, what about Denzel Washington in John Q. It was pretty much the same plot concept, although different circumstances. Once again, the end may have justified the means, but holding people hostage should be and is considered villainous.
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Danny Glover in Switchback, Color Purple, Witness
Morgan Freeman in Hard Rain, Outbreak, Chain Reaction, Nurse Betty
Don Cheadle in Meteor Man, Devil in a Blue Dress
Halle Berry in Swordfish, Flintstones, Rich Man's Wife
Morgan Freeman in Hard Rain, Outbreak, Chain Reaction, Nurse Betty
Don Cheadle in Meteor Man, Devil in a Blue Dress
Halle Berry in Swordfish, Flintstones, Rich Man's Wife
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You can add DREAMCATCHER to the Morgan Freeman-as-villain list.
Oh, and if you feel it counts, there's always the uber-villain Darth Vader, voiced by James Earl Jones...
Oh, and if you feel it counts, there's always the uber-villain Darth Vader, voiced by James Earl Jones...
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Conan - James Earl Jones
Conan the Destroyer - Wilt Chamberlain (half bad, anyway)
Demolition Man - Wesley Snipe
Conan the Destroyer - Wilt Chamberlain (half bad, anyway)
Demolition Man - Wesley Snipe
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Originally posted by Charlie Goose
The recent Steven Seagal movie (too lazy to look up title) where the criminals break into prison had a black main villain, I think.[/B]
The recent Steven Seagal movie (too lazy to look up title) where the criminals break into prison had a black main villain, I think.[/B]
And what about "Mr. Big" (Yaphet Kotto) from Live and Let Die... wasn't he the old 7-Up guy? (Oops, someone already mentioned him.)
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Originally posted by Goldberg74:
And what about Yaphet Kotto...wasn't he the old 7-Up guy?
No, that was Geoffrey Holder, who movie audiences may remember best as Punjab from 1982's ANNIE. Yaphet was the bonus-obsessed engineer from ALIEN, though...
And what about Yaphet Kotto...wasn't he the old 7-Up guy?
No, that was Geoffrey Holder, who movie audiences may remember best as Punjab from 1982's ANNIE. Yaphet was the bonus-obsessed engineer from ALIEN, though...
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Originally posted by matome
Tony Todd as the CandyMan. Perhaps the only black horror villain?
Tony Todd as the CandyMan. Perhaps the only black horror villain?
Originally posted by majorjoe23
Blacula, Blackenstein, Dr. Black and Mr. White (Well, sort of on that one).
Blacula, Blackenstein, Dr. Black and Mr. White (Well, sort of on that one).