5 Random Buddy Movies We Want To See

If there’s one thing we’ve learnt about movies in the last five years it’s that Marvel is always ahead of the curve. After stubbornly committing to their big connected movie universe though, Marvel’s next big swing might just be the buddy movie.

After Black Widow and Captain America hung out fighting Hydra in The Winter Soldier, it’s now looking a certainty that Thor: Ragnarok will be a road movie through space with Thor and The Hulk. It got us thinking: what other action movie characters could you throw together into a two hour buddy movie. Here’s our five suggestions:

 

1. Lara Croft meets Indiana Jones

Lara Croft Indiana Jones
It’s perfect, right? Both loosely describe themselves as “archaeologists” as they pillage the tombs of the dead for loot in a selfish bid for stolen wealth and glory. Both Croft and Jones spend more time shooting people in exotic locals than they do any actual archaeological trench digging.

Even better, they would probably play off each other quite well. One’s a grouchy old professor, the other is a sassy young tomb robber. Remember how rubbish it was in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to find our Shia LaBeouf was Indiana Jones’ son? Throw LaBeouf to the wind and have Lara and Indie team up to steal the historic heirlooms of other cultures for fleeting fame and personal lust.

 

2. Christian Bale’s Batman and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man

Tobey Maguire Batman
One’s super serious, the other is goofy as hell. Before Marvel created all its interconnected films The Dark Knight Trilogy and Toby Maguire’s Spiderman movies were the big superhero flicks on the block. It’s just a shame we never got to see Batman and Spiderman hang out and fight crime together, because that would have been awesome and hilarious at the same time.

Spiderman would be making cheesy wisecracks every two minutes about Batman’s gravelly voice, while the caped crusader would probably straight up murder James Franco’s character (because it’s what the city needs, not what it deserves, or how ever that went). Anyway, have them team up to defeat Kingpin in New York, because if Spider-Man went to Gotham his body would be buried in a shallow grave before the week was out.

 

3. Buffy meets Blade

Blade and Buffy
Remember how bizarre Blade Trinity was? According to one cast member, the film shoot was filled with ridiculous nonsense, which has sort of killed the franchise for about a decade. Here’s our plan to revive the Blade movie franchise: add Buffy Summers.

Two vampire franchises collide; it could be like Batman V Superman, but with the undead. I can see you shaking your head and pointing out how vampires work slightly differently in the Blade universe and the Buffyverse. Don’t sweat it: we want to see Buffy and Blade slug it out before they team up to take down Edward from Twilight.

 

4. Hermione Granger and Arya Stark

Hermione and Arya
Imagine all the wonderful, whimsical characters from the Harry Potter universe getting sucked into the world of Game of Thrones. Not only would a lot of them probably die quite quickly, but Lord Voldemort wouldn’t be able to hold a candle to the Lannisters. Magic works differently in Westeros, so we’re guessing Hermione will be one of the few Potter characters with the smarts to survive without magic.

Buddy movies are always about odd couples that could not be more different. It’s the basic formula for every buddy cop movie from Lethal Weapon to The Heat. Who would be the perfect partner for Hermione? Arya Stark, who by now probably approaches all life problems with the philosophy of ‘stab now, ask questions later’. So what I’m saying is: give us a movie where Hermione and Arya team up to save Harry Potter from Ramsey Bolton.

 

5. Deadpool and Wolverine

Deadpool and Wolverine
With Deadpool looking to be an unexpected hit for Fox and Hugh Jackman apparently winding down his time as Wolverine, now is the perfect time for a buddy movie with the pair. For over a decade Jackman has been the main attraction of the X-Men movies, but if Deadpool is a real success Fox might have just found his replacement in Ryan Reynolds. How about a passing of the torch movie?

Once again we’ve got the serious one (Wolverine) and the funny one (Deadpool), who could potentially play off each other well. It doesn’t really matter what they’re doing or who the bad guy is, it would just be fun to watch. Also, it would atone for the abomination that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine (argh! Kill it with fire!). Give the whole thing a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe and you’ve got yourself a summer blockbuster hit.

We’re still not sure Fox will want to make Deadpool their main X-Man though. Family values groups would not approve.

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