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We are the last two rats, and we can either eat each other... or eat everyone else.
~ Silva trying to corrupt James Bond

Tiago Rodriguez, better known as Raoul Silva, is the main antagonist of the 2012 film Skyfall. He's a former MI6 agent turned cyber terrorist seeking revenge against M for selling him out to the Chinese.

He was portrayed by Javier Bardem.

What Makes Him Magnificent?[]

  • Javier's performance was one of the most memorable, charming and interesting from the 007's movies. Raoul was one of the deepest and most remarkable villains because both for the actor's performance and being a really well wrote character and not another generic villain like the most antagonist around the franchise.
  • Even before his face heel turn, not only was he a master computer hacker capable of breaking any security system, but he was also a top MI6 agent.
  • Behind M's back, he hacked the Chinese while stationed in Hong Kong.
  • Has a legitimate freudian excuse from being tortured by the Chinese after M sold him out for breaking protocol. The torture was so bad that he attempted suicide via cyanide capsule which only disfigured his face.
  • He escaped from Chinese custody and forged a cyber terrorist empire with the hopes of one day getting his revenge against M.
  • Caused a chemical leak on an island leading the populace abandoning it, so he could make it his lair.
  • Hired an assassin to steal a hard drive containing a list of all the NATO agents worldwide.
  • Hacked M's computer and used it to decrypt the list, compromising MI6 in the process.
  • Caused a gas explosion killing 8 agents in the process.
  • Allowed himself to be captured by MI6 so he can confront M about her betrayal.
  • He knew his enemies so well he knew that Q would make the mistake of plugging his laptop into MI6's network so he could be freed from his cell.
  • Nearly killed M at her hearing.
  • Followed Bond and M to Bond's childhood home.
  • His final scenes and death at the hands of James Bond are played for sympathy. His last words weren't him cursing M for selling him out, but rather him begging her to put them both out of their misery.
  • Although he died, his plan to discredit M and kill her ultimately succeeded, making him one of the very few James Bond villains to have achieved his goal.

What Makes Him A Baddie?[]

  • He's a cyberterrorist with much offscreen villainy which includes rigging an election in Uganda and destabilizing economies.
  • In the next film it's revealed that he's an agent of SPECTRE.
  • He has several Kick the Dog moments such as shooting Sévérine in the face to knock the glass of her head.
  • Killed 8 MI6 agents who had nothing to do with his suffering in a gas explosion.

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