**This post contains spoilers**
A strong telepath, he’s rich, and he’s a sociopathic jerk! Similar to so many evildoers before him, Akan (Danila Kozlovsky) has dreams of world domination. Assisted by his wife, Estelle (Haley Bennett), and his army of super soldiers, a power-hungry Akan is determined to eradicate anyone, who tries to stop him.
Akan is all-powerful. He’s seemingly unstoppable, but Akan has two big problems to worry about: Henry and Jimmy (Sharlto Copley). Henry, Akan’s new and promising star super soldier, impressively passed his field test. Jimmy? Akan’s ex-scientist is motivated by revenge, after Akan crippled him for his failures. Akan should’ve had any easy path to ruling the world, but things didn’t work out that way.
Akan convincingly thrashed and brutalized Henry during the final battle on the rooftop. But Akan celebrated a little bit too early, giving a rejuvenated Henry an opening to defeat him. Akan was an asshole bully, who enjoyed toying with and pushing Henry around throughout the movie. His ego wouldn’t allow him to believe Henry had a realistic shot at defeating him. Akan FINALLY decided it was time to take things seriously during the fight with Henry, but it was too late. Henry, using the wires connected to one of his eyeballs, to slice off half of Akan’s head? Yikes! Now that’s a gory ending for someone, who truly deserved his comeuppance, in the worst possible ways imaginable.
You have to give a lot of credit to Danila Kozlovsky, because Akan doesn’t work without his performance. Akan is clearly nuts, a madman with a dark sense of humor, but Kozlovsky never comes off as being too silly. On the surface, you might take one look at Akan, and you’ll think this guy is way too goofy to be the main villain. But Kozlovsky will quickly remind you Akan is an extremely dangerous man, who’s willing to do horrible things to get what he wants.
Akan should’ve been invincible. Jimmy and his gang of avatars caused a few problems, some inconveniences along the way. But Henry, a super soldier, slowly learning his abilities during a field test, shouldn’t have been a real challenge for him. Henry didn’t just kill Akan, he literally tore him to shreds (with an assist from the rotor blades on the helicopter). Why? Because Akan was too full of himself, and that kind of cocky mindset ultimately led to his downfall.
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