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10 Greatest Anti-Heroes In Comic Book Movies

The more inundated cinema becomes with superhero movies, the more we are seeing the less squeaky-clean elements of comic book heroes making it to the screen. Even a well-loved character like Iron Man was once an arms dealer and Batman’s more self-destructive qualities were played up in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Yet these characters might as well be kid-friendly cartoon characters compared to the fully-fledged anti-heroes of the genre.

8) Marv

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Sin City, based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, is a film full of darkness. This may be because it is filmed in monochrome but also because of the murky material. The best of the depraved bunch of characters, however, is surely Marv, who is tremendously played by Mickey Rourke in the Robert Rodriguez/Miller/partially Tarantino directed movie.

With his intimidating look, seven foot tall stature and a heavily scarred face and flattop, he cuts a mean figure. He’s like Frankenstein’s Monster as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger or, as Miller describes him, “Conan in a trenchcoat.”

More than that, though, he is an effective archetype of the hard man with a heart of gold. Marv is only pressed into action when Goldie, a prostitute who treated him well despite his face, is murdered – and he is framed for it. Marv might have a bigger softer side than most other anti-heroes on this list, then, but cross him at your own peril.