Gallery: Like Clockwork: 40 Years of Ice-Cold Psychopaths
011971-clockwork
Forty years ago, a derby-capped, Beethoven-loving English hoodlum smashed noggins with so much style that he set a new benchmark for psychopathic behavior. After Alex and his Droogs wreaked havoc in 1971's *[A Clockwork Orange](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film))*, ambitious filmmakers could no longer get by with standard-issue bad guys. Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of novelist Anthony Burgess' futuristic satire impacted Hollywood-style depravity: Audiences would now expect extra dollops of wit and cruelty from their bad guys. And if the psycho wore a creepy mask or really bad haircut, all the better. To mark the 40th anniversary of *A Clockwork Orange*, which will be re-released Tuesday on Blu-ray, Wired.com chronicles the spawn of Alex with a gallery of the sickest, coldest and most charismatic evil bastards from the past four decades of movie history. __Above:__ Alex ---- __Movie:__ *[A Clockwork Orange](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/)* (1971) __Psycho factor:__ After [Malcolm McDowell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne) dances through beatings to the music of Beethoven, big-screen villainy will never be the same.
021972-last-house
Fred 'Weasel' Podowski ---------------------- __Movie:__ *[The Last House on the Left](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_House_on_the_Left_(1972_film))* (1972) __Psycho factor:__ Disturbing in the extreme, Fred "Weasel" Podowski (played by porn vet [Fred J. Lincoln](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne)) joins up with Krug Stillo ([David A. Hess](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne)) to bring a group of girls into the forest in Wes Craven's landmark horror film. Amputation ensues.
031973-live-and-let-die-660
Mr. Big ------- __Movie:__ *[Live and Let Die](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(film))* (1973) __Psycho factor:__ [Yaphet Kotto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne), as sadistic mastermind Mr. Big, predates [torture porn](http://nymag.com/movies/features/15622/) by decades when he instructs his aide Tee Hee: "On the first wrong answer from Miss Solitaire, you will snip the little finger of Mr. Bond's right hand. Starting with the second wrong answer, you will proceed to the more ... vital ... areas."
041973-live-and-let-die-660
Mr. Big ------- __Movie:__ *[Live and Let Die](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(film))* (1973) __Psycho factor:__ [Yaphet Kotto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne), as sadistic mastermind Mr. Big, predates [torture porn](http://nymag.com/movies/features/15622/) by decades when he instructs his aide Tee Hee: "On the first wrong answer from Miss Solitaire, you will snip the little finger of Mr. Bond's right hand. Starting with the second wrong answer, you will proceed to the more ... vital ... areas."
051974-leatherface
Leatherface ----------- __Movie:__ *[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/)* (1974) __Psycho factor:__ He isn't much for snappy retorts. But [Leatherface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherface), the chainsaw-wielding lunatic played by Gunnar Hansen, gets his nickname because he wears a mask made of human skin. Enough said.
061975-cuckoo
Nurse Ratched ------------- __Movie:__ *[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/)* (1975) __Psycho factor:__ Dealing with Jack Nicholson's rebellious Randle McMurphy, mental hospital matron Nurse Ratched says, "If Mr. McMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally, I'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way." Uh oh. Louise Fletcher wins an Oscar for her portrayal of a bureaucratic monster who believes in control-through-sedation.
071976-logans-run-2
Box --- __Movie:__ *[Logan's Run](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run_(film))* (1976) __Psycho factor:__ "I am overwhelming, am I not?" asks [Roscoe Lee Browne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne) in director Michael Anderson's dystopic sci-fi movie. Browne's character, the robotic Box, runs an ice chamber filled with frozen animals and human "Runners" — individuals who aren't ready to step into the sanitary killing chamber at age 30.
081977-star-wars
Darth Vader ----------- __Movie:__ *[Star Wars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope)* (1977) __Psycho factor:__ James Earl Jones' voice, coupled with a monk's-cape-meets-gas-mask costume, forms the foundation for sci-fi's most iconic tragic hero.
091978-halloween
Michael Myers ------------- __Movie:__ *[Halloween](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/)* (1978) __Psycho factor:__ A 6-year-old murders his older sister, escapes the loony bin and freaks the daylights out of Jamie Lee Curtis' character, thus launching a nine-movie franchise. Filmmaker John Carpenter invented [Michael Myers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Myers_(Halloween)), played by Nick Castle and Tony Moran in this first installment, after taking a college field trip to a Kentucky mental institution. A 12-year-old patient gave the director a "a real evil stare" that Carpenter remembers as being "completely insane."
101979-caligula
Caligula -------- __Movie:__ *[Caligula](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080491/)* (1979) __Psycho factor:__ [Malcolm McDowell](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000532/) goes for the jugular again, this time wreaking havoc as the famously depraved emperor of Rome. *__Editor's note:__ An earlier version of this gallery included the movie* [Stalker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_%28film%29). *This entry replaces that one.*
111980-the-shining
Jack Torrance ------------- __Movie:__ *[The Shining](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/)* (1980) __Psycho factor:__ Stanley Kubrick's cinematic adaptation of Stephen King's chilling novel is filled with carefully composed visuals and literary allusions. But the film's most iconic moment is improvised by Jack Nicholson when his Jack Torrance character bursts through a door, ax in hand, and announces, "[Here's Johnny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4)!"
121981-escape-from-new-york
Hauk ---- __Movie:__ *[Escape From New York](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York)* (1981) __Psycho factor:__ He's a sneaky bastard! Police commissioner Hauk, played by veteran cowboy villain [Lee Van Cleef](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef), injects prisoner hero "Snake" Plissken ([Kurt Russell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Russell)) with microscopic explosives designed to rupture his carotid arteries once his 24 hour-mission has been completed.
131982-blade-runner
Roy Batty --------- __Movie:__ *[Blade Runner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner)* (1982) __Psycho factor:__ Unstoppable [Rutger Hauer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer), playing the relentless [Roy Batty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Batty#Roy_Batty) in Ridley Scott's sci-fi stunner, shows what he's made of when he pulls the hand belonging to Harrison Ford's Deckard through the wall, then breaks two of his fingers, proving that good characters do bad things.
141982-blade-runner
Roy Batty --------- __Movie:__ *[Blade Runner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner)* (1982) __Psycho factor:__ Unstoppable [Rutger Hauer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer), playing the relentless [Roy Batty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Batty#Roy_Batty) in Ridley Scott's sci-fi stunner, shows what he's made of when he pulls the hand belonging to Harrison Ford's Deckard through the wall, then breaks two of his fingers, proving that good characters do bad things.
151983-scarface
Tony Montana ------------ __Movie:__ *[Scarface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film))* (1983) __Psycho factor:__ Spewing cocaine-fueled rants while dressed in tailor-made suits, [Al Pacino](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Pacino) transforms a Miami drug dealer into an antihero for the ages when he greets cops by unveiling ridiculously large weapons and shouting, "Say hello to my little friends!" Tony Montana's vivid dialog, scripted by Oliver Stone, also includes such stingers as, "Why don't you try sticking your head up your ass? See if it fits," and "Orders? You giving me orders? Amigo, the only thing in this world that gives me orders is balls. You got that? Balls!"
161983-scarface
Tony Montana ------------ __Movie:__ *[Scarface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film))* (1983) __Psycho factor:__ Spewing cocaine-fueled rants while dressed in tailor-made suits, [Al Pacino](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Pacino) transforms a Miami drug dealer into an antihero for the ages when he greets cops by unveiling ridiculously large weapons and shouting, "Say hello to my little friends!" Tony Montana's vivid dialog, scripted by Oliver Stone, also includes such stingers as, "Why don't you try sticking your head up your ass? See if it fits," and "Orders? You giving me orders? Amigo, the only thing in this world that gives me orders is balls. You got that? Balls!"
171984-nightmare-on-elm-s
Freddy Krueger -------------- __Movie:__ *[A Nightmare on Elm Street](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/)* (1984) __Psycho factor:__ Fedora + knife glove + [Robert Englund](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Englund) = horror legend. A generation of young moviegoers lose sleep after Wes Craven introduces them to the creep in the red-striped sweater who kills people — including Johnny Depp's character in this first of nine *Nightmare* films — while they're dreaming. Runner-up: Arnold Schwarzenegger's catchphrase-spouting cyborg in [*The Terminator*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator).
181985-legend
The Lord of Darkness -------------------- __Movie:__ *[Legend](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(film))* (1985) __Psycho factor:__ Slathered in Oscar-winning make-up, [Tim Curry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry)'s grotesque evildoer lives in a devilish lair and bosses around a crew of goblin henchmen for director Ridley Scott.
191986-blue-velvet
Frank Booth ----------- __Movie:__ *[Blue Velvet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/)* (1986) __Psycho factor:__ What the *hell*? [Dennis Hopper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper)'s creepy scumbag inhales amyl nitrite and exhales feral menace each time director David Lynch points the camera at him. Frank Booth is living proof that perverts might just be living next door in Anytown, USA.
201987-robocop
Clarence J. Boddicker --------------------- __Movie:__ *[RoboCop](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/)* (1987) __Psycho factor:__ Just before Officer Alex J. Murphy gets gunned down by weaselly crime boss Boddicker, played by [Kurtwood Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtwood_Smith) in Paul Verhoeven's classic sci-fi film, the man who will become RoboCop sums up the audiences' sentiments with precision: "Buddy, I think you're slime."
211988-die-hard
Hans Gruber ----------- __Movie:__ *[Die Hard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/)* (1988) __Psycho factor:__ Opposite Bruce Willis in John McTiernan's action franchise opener, [Alan Rickman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rickman)'s crisp kidnapper Hans Gruber addresses hostages with one of many great lines: "I wanted this to be professional. Efficient, adult, cooperative, not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way, so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life."
221989-batman
The Joker --------- __Movie:__ *[Batman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/)* (1989) __Psycho factor:__ Jack Nicholson inflates The Joker's huge appetites to create a supersize mix of malice and unsettling bonhomie.
231989-batman
The Joker --------- __Movie:__ *[Batman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/)* (1989) __Psycho factor:__ Jack Nicholson inflates The Joker's huge appetites to create a supersize mix of malice and unsettling bonhomie.
241990-misery
Annie Wilkes ------------ __Movie:__ *[Misery](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery)* (1990) __Psycho factor:__ Creator Stephen King keeps it simple for actress [Kathy Bates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Bates), who plays an obsessed fan who wants to keep her favorite author in bed — by smashing his legs with a sledgehammer.
251990-misery
Annie Wilkes ------------ __Movie:__ *[Misery](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery)* (1990) __Psycho factor:__ Creator Stephen King keeps it simple for actress [Kathy Bates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Bates), who plays an obsessed fan who wants to keep her favorite author in bed — by smashing his legs with a sledgehammer.
261991-silence-of-the-lambs
Hannibal Lecter --------------- __Movie:__ *[The Silence of the Lambs](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/)* (1991) __Psycho factor:__ The hockey mask, the fava beans and the lick-lipping sibilance all come together in Anthony Hopkins' Oscar-winning portrait of epicurean cannibal Hannibal Lecter.
271992-batman
Max Shreck ---------- __Movie:__ *[Batman Returns](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103776/)* (1992) __Psycho factor:__ As the City Hall boss in cahoots with Danny DeVito's Penguin, go-to weirdo [Christopher Walken](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken) plays icy mastermind Max Shreck, aka [Oswald Cobblepot,](http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Oswald_Cobblepot_(The_Batman)) who throws Michelle Pfeiffer's character out the window before getting electrocuted.
281993-kalifornia
Early Grayce ------------ __Movie:__ *[Kalifornia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalifornia)* (1993) __Psycho factor:__ [Brad Pitt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pitt) is all good ol' boy smiles and zero remorse in his unsettling turn as an escaped convict who travels cross-country with his terrorized girlfriend ([Juliette Lewis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Lewis)). In director Dominic Sena's thriller, Early Grayce rapes women, beats David Duchovny's character and kills an elderly man without so much as a wrinkled brow while drawling out lines like, "Ya better watch it Bri, 'cuz it's comin'."
291993-kalifornia
Early Grayce ------------ __Movie:__ *[Kalifornia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalifornia)* (1993) __Psycho factor:__ [Brad Pitt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pitt) is all good ol' boy smiles and zero remorse in his unsettling turn as an escaped convict who travels cross-country with his terrorized girlfriend ([Juliette Lewis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Lewis)). In director Dominic Sena's thriller, Early Grayce rapes women, beats David Duchovny's character and kills an elderly man without so much as a wrinkled brow while drawling out lines like, "Ya better watch it Bri, 'cuz it's comin'."
301994-pulp-fiction
Jules Winnfield --------------- __Movie:__ *[Pulp Fiction](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/)* (1994) __Psycho factor:__ The Bible-quoting hit man, played by [Samuel L. Jackson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/) , delivers the gospel according to Tarantino when he quotes scripture on the killing floor: "There's this passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17: 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.'"
311994-pulp-fiction
Jules Winnfield --------------- __Movie:__ *[Pulp Fiction](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/)* (1994) __Psycho factor:__ The Bible-quoting hit man, played by [Samuel L. Jackson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/) , delivers the gospel according to Tarantino when he quotes scripture on the killing floor: "There's this passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17: 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.'"
321995-seven
John Doe -------- __Movie:__ *[Se7en](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_(film))* (1995) __Psycho factor:__ [Kevin Spacey](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/) plays a high-concept serial killer drawing from the Seven Deadly Sins playbook. When John Doe decapitates Gwyneth Paltrow's character and delivers the head in a box, that's evil.
331996-scream
Ghostface ---------- __Movie:__ *[Scream](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/)* (1996) __Psycho factor:__ It's the shrieking mask, not the actors wearing it, that give this character enduring power. In this initial chapter of the horror franchise, [Skeet Ulrich](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_Ulrich) and [Matthew Lillard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lillard) don the disturbing costume during a killing spree in the fictional town of [Woodsboro](http://scream.wikia.com/wiki/Woodsboro,_California), California.
341997-fifth-element
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg -------------------------- __Movie:__ *[The Fifth Element](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element)* (1997) __Psycho factor:__ Intense British thespian [Gary Oldman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/) gets styled with the lankiest forelock in movie history for his role in Luc Besson's visually rich sci-fi movie, in which the evil Zorg spits out lines like this: "Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder and chaos."
351997-fifth-element
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg -------------------------- __Movie:__ *[The Fifth Element](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element)* (1997) __Psycho factor:__ Intense British thespian [Gary Oldman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/) gets styled with the lankiest forelock in movie history for his role in Luc Besson's visually rich sci-fi movie, in which the evil Zorg spits out lines like this: "Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder and chaos."
361998-mr-hand
Mr. Hand -------- __Movie:__ *[Dark City](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film))* (1998) __Psycho factor:__ In Alex Proyas' neo-noir sci-fi flick, [Richard O'Brien](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O'Brien)'s creepy character Mr. Hand is injected with the memories of a telekinetic human that aid him in tracking down his quarry.
371998-mr-hand
Mr. Hand -------- __Movie:__ *[Dark City](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film))* (1998) __Psycho factor:__ In Alex Proyas' neo-noir sci-fi flick, [Richard O'Brien](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O'Brien)'s creepy character Mr. Hand is injected with the memories of a telekinetic human that aid him in tracking down his quarry.
381999-the-matrix
Agent Smith ----------- __Movie:__ *[The Matrix](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/03/0331the-matrix-film-released/)* (1999) __Psycho factor:__ The machine must have its minions, and the tightly wound [Hugo Weaving](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000745/) radiates impersonal menace dressed in Agent Smith's suit and tie.
392000-american-psycho
Patrick Bateman --------------- __Movie:__ *[American Psycho](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/)* (2000) __Psycho factor:__ Before becoming the virtuous Batman, Christian Bale plays sick seducer Patrick Bateman to the hilt: Have chainsaw, will date.
402001-potter-severus
Severus Snape ------------- __Movie:__ *[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/)* (2001) __Psycho factor:__ [Alan Rickman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rickman), king of the British villains, sets the table for Ralph Fienne's wicked [Lord Voldemort](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Voldemort) a few movies later by generating clouds of doom as the greasy-haired sourpuss intent on vexing Harry Potter.
412002-spider-man
Green Goblin ------------ __Movie:__ *[Spider-Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/)* (2002) __Psycho factor:__ Lanky [Willem Dafoe](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000353/) cackles his way through the Green Goblin's revenge story by sticking to this statement of purpose: "To say what you won't, to do what you can't, to remove those in your way."
422003-kill-bill-vernita-green-660
Vernita Green ------------- __Movie:__ *[Kill Bill: Vol. 1]( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/)* (2003) __Psycho factor:__ When The Bride (played by [Uma Thurman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uma_Thurman)) comes calling on Vernita, played by [Vivica A. Fox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivica_A._Fox), the assassin-turned-suburban-hausfrau goes for broke in the best knife fight involving boxes of Captain Crunch ever.
432004-saw-ii-4
Jigsaw ------ __Movie:__ *[Saw](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387564/)* (2004) __Psycho factor:__ Badass meets Rube Goldberg in the cruel avenger played by actor [Tobin Bell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_Bell). It sounds like a threat, not an invitation, when Jigsaw asks, "Wanna play a game?"
442005-batman-begins
Dr. Jonathan Crane, aka The Scarecrow ------------------------------------- __Movie:__ *[Batman Begins](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2005/06/67851?currentPage=all)* (2005) __Psycho factor:__ He's a doctor. He's a sadist. He's a doctor. He's a sadist. [Cillian Murphy](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/) plays the split-personality card perfectly as a mad scientist who throws a bag over his own head and forces victims to hallucinate their worst fears.
452006-mission-impossible-iii-022
Owen Davion ----------- __Movie:__ *[Mission: Impossible III](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_III)* (2006) __Psycho factor:__ Plump [Philip Seymour Hoffman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman) follows his [Oscar-winning portrayal of Truman Capote](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/) by torturing Tom Cruise's Ethan in this spy sequel directed by J.J. Abrams.
462007-no-country-for-old-men-008
Anton Chigurh ------------- __Movie:__ *[No Country for Old Men](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/)* (2007) __Psycho factor:__ The pudding-bowl haircut is scary enough, but [Javier Bardem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Bardem) plays his coin-flipping killer so close to the vest that his silences speak volumes in this haunting film by Ethan and Joel Coen.
472008-joker-740320
The Joker --------- __Movie:__ *[The Dark Knight](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2008/07/joker-jousts-mi/)* (2008) __Psycho factor:__ In his smeared clown makeup, [Heath Ledger](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2009/02/heath-ledger-nu/) fuses humor and sadism to produce the most riveting bad guy since the turn of the decade. Plus he looks really scary in a dress.
Photo Credit: Francois Duhamel482009-inglourious-basterds-64
Col. Hans Landa --------------- __Movie:__ *[Inglourious Basterds](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2009/08/review-nightmare-nazi-dominates-tarantinos-inglourious-basterds/)* (2009) __Psycho factor:__ Oscar-winning [Christoph Waltz](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910607/) pushes multiple perversity buttons as Quentin Tarantino's Jew-hunting, pastry-loving Nazi officer.
Andrew Schwartz, SMPSP492010-salt-004
Ted Winter ---------- __Movie:__ *[Salt](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2010/07/salt/)* (2010) __Psycho factor:__ [Liev Schreiber](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000630/) plays up his broad-faced, sharklike features as a reined-in government agent who comes unglued.
502011-hanna-isaacs-02
Isaacs ------ __Movie:__ *[Hanna](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2011/04/hanna-bourne-again/)* (2011) __Psycho factor:__ Played by [Tom Hollander](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hollander), blandly sadistic fop Isaacs whistles a merry tune and swings a mean walking stick.
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