When Richard bought it looked so gruelling. Hans Gruber freefalling was was up there. The bad guy getting flattened by a freight carton in Leathal Weapon 2.
These guys bought it big time. They were memorable not just because they were creative or just gross, but because in some way they were among most cinematic. If these aren't the cinematically best offings of movie villians, what do you think was?
Gene Simmons had a couple really good ones. Getting killed by the programmed robot spiders in Runaway was one, and my all-time favorite movie death was the one he suffered in Wanted: Dead or Alive.
Another personal favorite of mine, #2 on my all-time list, was Denis Leary's character's death in Gunmen. If you haven't seen the movie (most people haven't), it's similar to the one suffered by the Anthony Hopkins character in RED II, but I liked the Leary version better.
Rounding out my top three is T-Bird's death in The Crow. That movie had a lot of good ones.
One of my personal favorites was from Law Abiding Citizen: The death of Clarence Darby, rapist/murderer or Clyde Shelton's family. The whole setup was brilliant and the torture scene was brutal, but justified and oh so satisfying. Most memorable part of the movie for me.
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