It's been 55 years since her big-screen debut in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but we all remember Maleficent: red lips, twisted horns, and green flames. She's the self-proclaimed Mistress of All Evil ...

And Maleficent does indeed retell that sequence, too, and despite a bag full of inconsistencies and flaws that climactic fight at least is the result of setup and delivery. The earlier battle ...