History TooDumbToLive / LiveActionFilms

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, is way too overconfident for his own good. Iosef makes a serious mistake when he goes and retaliates against John Wick for petty reasons, the first red flag being when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, a warning sign that John has ties with the Tarasov Crime Family. Then not only does Iosef and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is and considers him a "nobody". Not only that, he completely doesn't grasp from his colleagues and father he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, is way too overconfident for his own good. Iosef makes a serious mistake when he goes and retaliates against John Wick for petty reasons, the first red flag being when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, a warning sign that John has ties with the Tarasov Crime Family. Then not only does Iosef and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, is way too overconfident for his own good. Iosef makes a serious mistake when he goes and retaliates against John Wick for petty reasons; The first red flag is when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, a warning sign that John has ties with the Tarasov Crime Family. Then not only does Iosef and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, is way too overconfident for his own good. Iosef makes a serious mistake when he goes and retaliated against John Wick for petty reasons; The first red flag is when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, a warning sign that John has ties with the Tarasov Crime Family. Then not only does Iosef and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, makes a serious mistake when he goes and pisses off John Wick. The first red flag is when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, suggesting that John may have ties with the underworld. Then not only does Iosef and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, makes a serious mistake when he goes and pisses off John Wick. The first red flag is when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, suggesting that John may have ties with the underworld. Then not only does he and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, makes a serious mistake when he goes and pisses off John Wick. The first red flag is when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, suggesting that John may have a history with the Tarasov crime family. Then not only does he and a gang of robbers track him to his home, beat him senseless, and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even cluelessly telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, makes a serious mistake when he goes and pisses off John Wick. The first red flag is when Iosef is taken aback by John inflicting BilingualBackfire against Iosef disrespecting him in Russian, suggesting that John may have a history with the Tarasov crime family. Then not only does he and a gang of robbers track him to his home and jack his car, but he also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, makes a serious mistake when he goes and pisses off John Wick. Not only does he jack his car, but also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is; he considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him. Even his last words illustrate how stupid he is: "It was just a [[KilledMidSentence fucking-]]" He knows ''exactly'' why John wants him dead, but even literally staring down a loaded gun, he's too stupid to even try ''apologizing''.

** Iosef Tarasov in ''[[Film/JohnWick John Wick: Chapter 1]]'', the asshole son of the biggest mob boss of the city, makes a serious mistake when he goes and pisses off John Wick. Not only does he jack his car, but also kills his dog. Iosef is a spoiled brat and one of the ''very'' few people in the underworld who ''doesn't'' know who Wick is, and considers him nothing but a "nobody". And not only that, but he completely doesn't grasp that he's basically pissed off the underworld's equivalent of the Angel of Death, even telling his father that he wants to go back and finish the job. Only his father and the men fielded by him keep him alive for more than a few minutes once John comes gunning for him.

* ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'': The Predators in much franchise media often fall into this trope. Despite the fact that Xenomorphs are apparently one of the species that Predators enjoy hunting the most, and thus should already know what they're capable of, Predators are frequently TooDumbToLive when they fight them. For instance, instead of attacking them in range, they frequently meet them in hand to hand combat, which is the Xenomorph's forte. Worse, they often tend to attack them not with blunt weapons or lasers, or even just their own fists, but with bladed weapons. [[IdiotBall That's right, they use bladed weapons in melee combat on a species that usually kills its prey at close range and bleeds acid when it gets cut.]] Even the so called "veteran warriors" do this. However, ExpandedUniverse gives a possible explanation for this; Predator blood neutralizes Xenomorph acid, so the acid isn't ''nearly'' as dangerous to them as it is to other species and the veteran Predators utilize specially crafted blades that ''don't'' melt on contact with the acid. It's also partially justified because the Predators are HonorBeforeReason incarnated. The fact that the Aliens are at their most dangerous up close and personal is exactly the reason they are fought at close quarters: the harder the fight, the bigger the renown for the killer.

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* ''Film/PainkillerJane'': Though he's aware of Jane's enhanced strength, since he caused her to have it, Erfan just cuffs her when she's captured. Naturally, she easily breaks free and ends up jumping from a helicopter on top of him. [[spoiler:He survives though, being implied as having been enhanced too.]]

* ''Film/BloodSurf'': The characters are walking across a reef specifically to avoid the hungry saltwater crocodile hunting them. When Zack the producer hurts his foot on a sharp end, ''he decides to grab a surfboard and use it to swim towards the beach''. Even the other characters [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing just dismiss him as an asshole]] when he slides right into the crocodile's waiting mouth.

*** Grand Moff Tarkin counts, though it is usually viewed as too arrogant to live. The Death Star carried 7000 fighters. Twelve were launched, and only because they were under the personal command of Darth Vader instead of being attached to the station.

* ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'': Makes the perfect couple with BondVillainStupidity when all the mobsters, including their boss, dies horribly by the hand of the protagonist [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim due to their inability to just kill him off at the first occasion.]] The result is particularly hilarious when we learn, just before the last shooting, that in spite of all the talking and the stalking the villains performed earlier, their intentions were REALLY and JUST and PLAINLY to see the protagonist DEAD. Bonus points for the fact that they even know he was the ultimate badass from the very start.

** The one exception is the Rage from the ''Rage War'' trilogy of books, who actually succeed in weaponizing the Xenomorphs. Instead, they’re terminally stupid in a different way: on their way to conquer Earth, they attack everything in their path. Including the [[Film/{{Predator}} Predators]], who were not trying to stop them. Naturally, the Earth Empire and the Predators team up to stop them.