Jean Vilain

"If six pounds of pure plutonium is powerful enough to change the balance of the world, imagine what five tons will do. It's very interesting."

- Jean Vilain to Hector

Jean Vilain is the main antagonist in the 2012 action film The Expendables 2. He was portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Leading of The Sangs and First Conflict with The Expendables
Vilain is the leader of a mercenary group known as the Sangs. and he crosses paths with the Expendables in Albania when he captures their newest and youngest member, Billy "The Kid" Timmons. He then demands that they drop their weapons and give him the case with the coordinates to an abandoned Soviet plutonium mine. After the team drop their guns and give the case to Vilain, he has Hector hold Barney's knife to Billy's chest as he roundhouse kicks it into Billy's chest, killing him as the Expendables watch in horror, powerless to do anything about it. In so doing, Vilain becomes the vengeful group's primary target.

Finding The Plutonium and Final Battle at the Airport
Villain later finds the weapons grade plutonium he has been searching for in the abandoned mine and excavates it, intending to sell it to the highest bidder. After gaining the plutonium with Hector's help, he attempts to transport it by plane but is stopped by the Expendables and their allies, Trench Mauser and Mr. Church. To buy time for the plutonium to be loaded onto the plane, Vilain, Hector and his soldiers battle the Expendables and their allies.

Final Fight with Barney and Death
"what was his name?"

- Vilain ,about Billy ,saying he don't knows the name of him in order to piss off Barney Ross

"i'm out of bullets!"

- Vilain ,runs out of ammunition ,about to fight with Ross

After Vilain draws Barney Ross to him, they engage in a short gun fight until Vilain runs out of ammunition. He then goads Ross into facing him in a fair fight and they battle each other in very vicious, brutal and violent fight with Vilain holding the upper hand throughout most of the fight. However, Ross finally defeats Vilain by beating him down with chains before stabbing him in the chest with the same knife he used to kill Billy. Finally, Ross cuts Vilain's head off and presents it in a bloody bag to Trench and Church to prove the villain is dead.

Pun
Ironically, Vilain means "nasty/naughty/wicked" in French.