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After appearing in the biggest film of his career this summer, Matt Damon has set a very high standard for himself. Damon has continued to rise in each of the four decades of his professional career, beginning with Goodwill Huntcontinuing the Jason Bourne trilogy and The Merchantand recently, delivering the most successful blockbuster The Odyssey. Directed by Christopher Nolanthe historical epic movie blew away all expectations to over $1.7 billion worldwide. It’s a shoo-in for Oscar consideration, and a top contender for a Best Picture nomination. Damon, of course, has starred in the Best Picture winner more than once. In 2023, he played an important role in Nolan Oppenheimer. Now, one of his most popular movies is going to be removed from his streaming home, leaving audiences with little time to watch it.
This movie was released in 2006, just one year ago The Bourne Ultimatum grossed over $400 million worldwide and completed the famous action trilogy. The 2006 film also appeared Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Vera Farmiga, Ray Winstone, Alex Baldwin, Mark Wahlbergand Martin Jane. Directed by Martin Scorseseit is noteworthy that it was the film that won the Oscar for Best Director in a long time. It also won the Best Picture honor as well as emerging as the top box office winner.
Collider Exclusive · Villain Personality Quiz Who Crime master Would you have the Nemesis? Lecter · Joker · Moriarty · Chigurh
Four of the best criminal minds ever put on screen. One of them would look at you and see something worth their time. Eight questions decide who will come for you, why they chose you, and what they would want when they arrive.
🍷Lecturer
🃏Joker
♟️Moriarty
🪙Chigurh
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What would a criminal mastermind say about you first? Bad villains choose their opponents carefully. Something about you got their attention.
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How do they make the first connection? The introduction tells you everything about what’s to come.
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What do you really believe about right and wrong? Every nemesis is really an argument about what you believe most.
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What finally gets under your skin? Everyone has a pressure point. Your discovery is the whole plan.
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They have made the move. How do you fight back? This is the part of the movie where the audience finds out who you are.
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What would they use against you? A good villain won’t bring in a weapon you haven’t already given them.
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What do they really want from you? Money is never a factor. There is always something else.
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How will it end between the two of you? Eight questions in, this is the one that will decide who comes for you.
The case file is complete You have your Nemesis…
Four criminal masters. One of them was always going to be yours. Here’s who’s coming for you, why they chose you out of everyone available, and what they want from the meeting.
The Silence of the Lambs · Hannibal · 1991–2002
Hannibal Lecter
Your nemesis doesn’t want to beat you. He wants to know you completely, and is patient enough to wait for him. The scary part is how good the dialogue is.
Lecter is the most dangerous type of opponent: the one who finds you interesting. He never raised his voice, because he never needed to.
You keep a lot to yourself and you are careful about what you show. That refuge is just the door he would put on.
The films understood something that other thrillers missed. Violence is not the horror. It is perfectly understood by the wrong person.
He would be polite of course about all that. That’s the worst part.
Batman · The Dark Knight · 1989–2019
The Joker
Your nemesis is not after money, landor revenge. He’s after a show, and you’re the person he’s chosen to prove his point.
The Joker only chooses opponents who believe in something. Your kindness is no protection against him. This is the whole reason he appeared.
It doesn’t have a plan that you can predict and you can’t remove anything, which removes all the tools you would normally reach for.
His whole argument is that you’re one bad day away from being a person, and you’d spend the rest of your life proving it wrong.
He called it a magic trick. You would call it the worst night of your life.
Sherlock Holmes · The Final Problem · From 1893
Moriarty
Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you figure out what it means. He chose you because no one else was worth his time.
Moriarty is the original criminal mind, the template that everyone later borrows from: a mind that is the same as the hero’s mind, pointing out the wrong way.
You like to be the smartest person in the room. He is counting on that, and he has already built the room.
This is the rare nemesis that would be extremely disappointing if you lost badly. He has to play the game to deserve it.
It ends the way these things always end. Two, one problem, and only one way down.
No Country for Old Men · 2007
Anton Chigurh
Your nemesis has no personal interest in you, and that is exactly what makes him unstoppable. You are not a competitor. You are a stop on the way.
Chigure does not negotiate, shout or explain. He arrives, he asks one question, and the answer was decided long before you opened your mouth.
You trust yourself to handle things. He is the only problem in the world that is not interested in your potential.
No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by taking away what audiences silently rely on: the sense that talking could work.
Call it. He will stay.
Here’s how much time you have left to watch Epic Crime on HBO Max
By now you may have guessed that we are talking The Departedan English remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. Produced on a reported budget of $90 million, the film grossed nearly $300 million worldwide. It now holds a 91% “Certified Fresh” score on aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Featuring outstanding work from an excellent cast, The Departed is a thrilling gangster drama with the realism and soupy morality we’ve come to expect from Martin Scorsese.” The film is currently streaming on HBO Max in the United States, but only until November 1st. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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