Post by Woo on Oct 16, 2008 20:35:25 GMT -1
Last time I listed the best 10 bad guys, but where would they be without their trusty henchmen? These guys remain loyal to their boss even after their fellow employees get fed to piranhas by their evil boss. They also never stop to question their boss even after they give them crazy orders like poor Gobinda in Octopussy who gets told to get out of the flying airplane and go fight James Bond on top of it. So here are the top 10 henchmen.
10. Yo-Yo Killer- Octopussy
This guy hasn't got a name and only has about two scenes, but the reason I like him is because of his weapon. A razor edged circular saw that he uses like a yo-yo. It's a super cool weapon.
Best bit: Killing one of Bond's ally with the yo-yo.
9. Professor Dent- Dr. No
Prof Dent doesn't really do much, but his death is very memorable. Dent runs into Bond's room and shoots 6 bullets at James' bed thinking he is laying in it, but instead James cooley waits behind the room's door. Dent tries to pick up another gun, but it's empty and Bond then shoots him in cold blood saying 'you've had your six'. Connery's awesome in this scene.
Best bit: His death
8. Nik-Nak- The Man With The Golden Gun
Midget Nik-Nak kinda sucks to be honest. But he is very memorable. Apparently in real life before his suicide the actor was a big womaniser and told Roger Moore that he slept with 40 prostitutes in one day lol.
Best bit: Attacking Bond at the end of the film before getting stuffed into a suitcase.
7. Dario- Licence To Kill
Acted by a very young Benicio Del Toro Dario pretty much steals every scene he is in playing a switch-blade totting always grinning psycho. He has a great line when Felix Leiter asks what happened to his new wife. Felix is told she is dead but Dario says
"don't worry, we gave her a nice honeeeeeeymooooon." in a way that is very sick and hilarious at the same time.
Best bit: Falling into the meat grinder at the films climax.
6. Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd- Diamonds Are Forever
These are a couple of gay lovers and assassins who continually try and kill Bond in the most long-winded deaths ever. They always speak in a strange way, finishing each other sentences, which does actually make them rather chilling.
Best Bit: After they explode a helicopter- "If god had intended us to fly...." "...he would have given us wings, Mr. Kidd."
5. Dr. Kaufman- Tomorrow Never Dies
The one scene he appears is largely agreed to be the best in the film. After shooting Bond's lover he waits for James to arrive so he can kill him too and make it look like suicide. Their banter is hilarious. Bond: "If you shoot me from there it won't look like suicide..." "Mr. Bond I am a professor of forensics I assure you I could shoot you from Stuttgart and still create ze proper effect!"
Best bit: After receiving a phone call, just as he was about to kill Bond, saying that they need James' help to open his car. "It seems he can't get into your car. This is embarrassing. I don't know what to say."
4. Baron Samedi- Live And Let Die
One of the strangest characters in the film....which says a lot as LALD is possibly the strangest film of the lot. We first see him acting the mythical Baron Samedi 'The Man Who Can't Die' at a holiday resort. The next time we see him he is speaking in an hilarious posh voice while playing a flute. Then we see him burning tarot cards, but it's his final scenes that are key appearing as Baron Samedi again and fighting Bond before falling into a casket of snakes, apparently killing him.
Best Bit: After Bond saves the day and makes out with the girl on a train the camera zooms out and we see none other than Samedi himself sitting on the front of the training doing his iconic golden laugh. Looks like he may have been the real Baron after all.
3. Oddjob- Goldfinger
Goldfinger is the most famous of all Bond films and hence Oddjob is one of the most famous henchmen and he is also one of the best. With his razor rimmed bowler hat and tin of gold paint, handy for painting girls to death Oddjob is a big threat to Bond, before he ultimately "blows a fuse".
Best Bit: Oddjob cutting the head off a statue with the hat.
2. Jaws- The Spy Who Loved Me
TSWLM is has more iconic moments than any Bond film, besides Goldfinger and like GF the henchmen in this film is amazing. As a kid Jaws scared the living piss out of me in Moonraker, but it's in this film where he truly shines.
Best bit: The first time we see him smile, revealing his metal teeth.
1. Red Grant- From Russia With Love
Red Grant doesn't have metal teeth, a razor rimmed hat, voodoo skills, or a killer yo-yo, yet he remains the most dangerous foe Bond has ever faced. Throughout the whole film Grant stalks Bond around Russia, even saving his life when it looks like he is in danger, just waiting for his chance to attack 007.
Best Bit: The fight on the train with Bond is the best fight in all 21 films. Brutal, tense and for it's day extremely violent. Lots of the films that followed this tried to duplicate this fight on a train and even more tried to have a blond henchmen like Grant, but neither him nor this fight scene have ever been topped.
10. Yo-Yo Killer- Octopussy
This guy hasn't got a name and only has about two scenes, but the reason I like him is because of his weapon. A razor edged circular saw that he uses like a yo-yo. It's a super cool weapon.
Best bit: Killing one of Bond's ally with the yo-yo.
9. Professor Dent- Dr. No
Prof Dent doesn't really do much, but his death is very memorable. Dent runs into Bond's room and shoots 6 bullets at James' bed thinking he is laying in it, but instead James cooley waits behind the room's door. Dent tries to pick up another gun, but it's empty and Bond then shoots him in cold blood saying 'you've had your six'. Connery's awesome in this scene.
Best bit: His death
8. Nik-Nak- The Man With The Golden Gun
Midget Nik-Nak kinda sucks to be honest. But he is very memorable. Apparently in real life before his suicide the actor was a big womaniser and told Roger Moore that he slept with 40 prostitutes in one day lol.
Best bit: Attacking Bond at the end of the film before getting stuffed into a suitcase.
7. Dario- Licence To Kill
Acted by a very young Benicio Del Toro Dario pretty much steals every scene he is in playing a switch-blade totting always grinning psycho. He has a great line when Felix Leiter asks what happened to his new wife. Felix is told she is dead but Dario says
"don't worry, we gave her a nice honeeeeeeymooooon." in a way that is very sick and hilarious at the same time.
Best bit: Falling into the meat grinder at the films climax.
6. Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd- Diamonds Are Forever
These are a couple of gay lovers and assassins who continually try and kill Bond in the most long-winded deaths ever. They always speak in a strange way, finishing each other sentences, which does actually make them rather chilling.
Best Bit: After they explode a helicopter- "If god had intended us to fly...." "...he would have given us wings, Mr. Kidd."
5. Dr. Kaufman- Tomorrow Never Dies
The one scene he appears is largely agreed to be the best in the film. After shooting Bond's lover he waits for James to arrive so he can kill him too and make it look like suicide. Their banter is hilarious. Bond: "If you shoot me from there it won't look like suicide..." "Mr. Bond I am a professor of forensics I assure you I could shoot you from Stuttgart and still create ze proper effect!"
Best bit: After receiving a phone call, just as he was about to kill Bond, saying that they need James' help to open his car. "It seems he can't get into your car. This is embarrassing. I don't know what to say."
4. Baron Samedi- Live And Let Die
One of the strangest characters in the film....which says a lot as LALD is possibly the strangest film of the lot. We first see him acting the mythical Baron Samedi 'The Man Who Can't Die' at a holiday resort. The next time we see him he is speaking in an hilarious posh voice while playing a flute. Then we see him burning tarot cards, but it's his final scenes that are key appearing as Baron Samedi again and fighting Bond before falling into a casket of snakes, apparently killing him.
Best Bit: After Bond saves the day and makes out with the girl on a train the camera zooms out and we see none other than Samedi himself sitting on the front of the training doing his iconic golden laugh. Looks like he may have been the real Baron after all.
3. Oddjob- Goldfinger
Goldfinger is the most famous of all Bond films and hence Oddjob is one of the most famous henchmen and he is also one of the best. With his razor rimmed bowler hat and tin of gold paint, handy for painting girls to death Oddjob is a big threat to Bond, before he ultimately "blows a fuse".
Best Bit: Oddjob cutting the head off a statue with the hat.
2. Jaws- The Spy Who Loved Me
TSWLM is has more iconic moments than any Bond film, besides Goldfinger and like GF the henchmen in this film is amazing. As a kid Jaws scared the living piss out of me in Moonraker, but it's in this film where he truly shines.
Best bit: The first time we see him smile, revealing his metal teeth.
1. Red Grant- From Russia With Love
Red Grant doesn't have metal teeth, a razor rimmed hat, voodoo skills, or a killer yo-yo, yet he remains the most dangerous foe Bond has ever faced. Throughout the whole film Grant stalks Bond around Russia, even saving his life when it looks like he is in danger, just waiting for his chance to attack 007.
Best Bit: The fight on the train with Bond is the best fight in all 21 films. Brutal, tense and for it's day extremely violent. Lots of the films that followed this tried to duplicate this fight on a train and even more tried to have a blond henchmen like Grant, but neither him nor this fight scene have ever been topped.
