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Of naturally , his champion - making role was King Leonidas in Zack Snyder ’s comic book epic300 . Butler ’s proved perfect casting for the flamboyant action mechanism hero , and he followed up with more hits likeLaw digest Citizen- which has a great twist ending- andRocknRolla . Butler has become somewhat typecast in the activeness genre in recent years , thanks to the achiever of hisHas Fallenfranchise orDen Of Thieves .
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He also received great followup for his work in disaster movieGreenlandin 2020 . There are n’t many Gerard Butler horror movie to go around , but at least they ’re all unique in their own way .
3. Dracula 2000
There is no more " 2000s " a horror movie thanDracula 2000 , which will be a concentrated dose of nostalgia for some and poorly - date stamp overrefinement for others . The film was one of Butler ’s first big breaks , but while he is never less than charismatic , there ’s zero menace to his take on the grapheme . In fact , despite being labeled repulsion there ’s petty suspense or scare to be found inDracula 2000 . It does boost a strong hold cast - let in Christopher Plummer as Van Helsing , Star Trek : Picard’sJeri Ryanand Jonny Lee Miller - plus a authentically intriguing backstory for Dracula himself , but despite some imaginative ideas , it ’s allow down by hokey negotiation , flashy redaction and a bizarre want of energy .
2. Tales Of The Mummy (1998)
Director Russell Mulcahy is behind such stone asRazorbackandHighlander , but he ’s helmed some actual duds too . Sadly , Tales Of The Mummyis one of those , but it ’s not perfectly free of meritoriousness . It boasts another strong cast , including Jason Scott Lee , Sean Pertwee and Christopher Lee , with the movie marking one of Butler ’s earliest concealment role as an ill - fated archaeologist . Tales Of The Mummyhas a potent opening sequence too , but once it propel to London , it becomes a gloomy , slow commixture of detective tale and teras movie . While the opening is worth seeing , the rest is purely forMummymoviecompletionists .
1. Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter (2009)
The most unequalled submission inGerard Butler’shorror movies ranking isTales Of The Black Freighter , an alive spin - off of Snyder’sWatchmenmovie . It was earlier scripted as a springy - action segment designed to go in the movie itself , but as this was prohibitively expensive it was accommodate as a short anime motion-picture show instead . This 25 - bit moving picture sees Butler vocalization a shipwreck chieftain who stitch together a liferaft constitute of the bodies of his crew , and the chronicle charts his pedigree into madness as he chases the titular pirate watercraft . story Of The Black Freighteris a gory , bleak narrative with a great vocal twist by Butler , and while it ’s ultimately a metaphor forWatchmen’sstory , it ’s a worthy standalone jaunt in itself .
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