"Evil'd Enough"

2 February 2025

60s

The evil dread.

Javier Bardem appears to be playing the CEO of a major advertising network in this amusing commercial for Uber Eats, the latest in a strong sequence directed by David Shane. The premise is funny. Bored with the continuous effort to achieve world domination, a paragon of vice decides to order some food via the advertised service, put his feet up and watch an old episode of 'Happy Days'.

Director Shane hides the comedy twists behind a faithful exploration of the tropes of films featuring evil villains, and Javier Bardem nails the portrayal, as one might expect given his experience of playing such characters.

What's particularly funny is the way the fear and respect for Bardem's character from his acolytes is sustained even as he visibly softens because of his weariness with all his evil doing, and his determination to have a night off from it all doesn't move the needle on that at all.

And it lands its advertising message. Don't we all feel we've earned the right to minimum effort from time to time... even if we haven't been planning to take over the world.

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