![]() Puss rises to the occasion and disarms his foe, mirroring the scene where they first met where Death taunted Puss to pick up his weapon. The final duel, like the rest of the movie, is riveting from start to finish - a fantastic finale where Puss is finally able to keep a cool head and Death even channels his inner Darth Maul and combines his scythes to form a cool as hell staff. This time, however, Puss is ready to face the powerful enemy, now having true friends to protect and a last life he wishes to cherish. Death has enjoyed the chase thus far, but has grown tired of the cheap novelty and is ready to make that final notch on his sickle and move on to the next arrogant feline. With Puss's friends and enemies watching from the various points of the fabled Wishing Star, they witness a final showdown between our favorite fearless hero and the actual Grim Reaper, where the harbinger of Death gives Puss his sword back for a proper climactic battle. Just like that, one of the best movie villains in years has been introduced in spectacular fashion. ![]() The Wolf could easily chase him down right then and there, but if he's waited this long to take down the legendary Puss in Boots, he can wait a little longer. The horrific beast orders Puss to pick up his sword so he can finish the job, but our hero flees out of fear instead. As this painful realization that his demise will be permanent dawns on him, The Wolf picks up the scent of the blood and gets eerily excited to dispatch the cat, dragging his twin sickles across the floor as sparks fly in a shot that looks straight out of a horror film. The fight concludes when The Wolf scratches Puss's forehead, and a stream of blood (yes, blood, in a PG animated film) drips down his face. The two have a duel, but it's one that Puss is losing the entire time, with The Wolf somehow calculating and predicting every single move he makes. The variety of the antagonistic forces is also a big plus, with the sympathetic Goldilocks ( Florence Pugh) and her crime family of the Three Bears, the power-mad and irredeemable Big Jack Horner ( John Mulaney), and one final main villain who completely steals the show.īelieving this is just another bounty hunter trying to collect a reward on him, Puss triumphantly draws his sword, only to have it immediately swatted away by The Wolf. The acclaimed studio's hit Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is already worthy of being called a modern animated masterpiece for its gorgeous art style, hysterical sense of humor, and surprisingly mature themes on mortality, but the foes that Puss ( Antonio Banderas) and his friends face push the sequel into a whole other tier altogether. There are of course examples from their other films as well, like the complex Ramesses ( Ralph Fiennes) from The Prince of Egypt and the deranged Lord Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2. DreamWorks Animation has delivered no shortage of fantastic villains over its decades-long career, particularly from the Shrek franchise with Lord Farquard ( John Lithgow), the Fairy Godmother ( Jennifer Saunders), and Rumpelstiltskin ( Walt Dohrn).
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