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* ''DoubleTeam'': [[BigBad Mickey Rourke's character]], standing on a mine that will explode once stepped off, a ferocious tiger approaching him, inside a coliseum filled with mines. What does he do? Step off the mine the second the tiger lunges at him and send the entire coliseum up in flames. It's going out with a bang taken UpToEleven.
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* ''DoubleTeam'': ''Film/DoubleTeam'': [[BigBad Mickey Rourke's character]], standing on a mine that will explode once stepped off, a ferocious tiger approaching him, inside a coliseum filled with mines. What does he do? Step off the mine the second the tiger lunges at him and send the entire coliseum up in flames. It's going out with a bang taken UpToEleven.
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* [[SeanConnery Daniel Dravot]] in ''TheManWhoWouldBeKing''. After his loyal subjects discover that he's not a god or a devil, but only a man, he and his best friend Peachy are overwhelmed by an angry mob. Faced with certain death, he asks for Peachy's forgiveness, then sets his crown upon his head and walks proudly to his doom, singing ''The Son of God goes forth to war'' and yelling mocking encouragement to his executioners.
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* [[SeanConnery Daniel Dravot]] in ''TheManWhoWouldBeKing''.''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing''. After his loyal subjects discover that he's not a god or a devil, but only a man, he and his best friend Peachy are overwhelmed by an angry mob. Faced with certain death, he asks for Peachy's forgiveness, then sets his crown upon his head and walks proudly to his doom, singing ''The Son of God goes forth to war'' and yelling mocking encouragement to his executioners.
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* At the end of ''[[Film/MadMax Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', [[spoiler: Nux allows the Wives, Max, and Furiosa to escape on [[BigBad Immortan Joe's]] car while he flips over the War Rig to [[TakingYouWithMe take Rictus with him]] and to kill all of Joe's men.]]
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* At the end of ''[[Film/MadMax Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', [[spoiler: Nux allows the Wives, Max, and Furiosa to escape on [[BigBad Immortan Joe's]] car while he flips over the War Rig to [[TakingYouWithMe take Rictus with him]] and to kill all of Joe's men.]]]]
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* Godzilla, the King of the Monsters himself, gets a pretty awesome one in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', which one can argue is happening ''[[BeyondTheImpossible THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE]]'' as he's in the process of ripping himself apart due to his powers going out of control. Yet he ''still'' manages to fight off the military, several mini-Destoroyahs, reunite with his son in Tokyo, then essentially beat Destoroyah more or less to death (even if the Super X-III did technically get in a hit that froze the bastard and cause him to shatter), and withstood massive amounts of freezer weapons- and was in fact burning through most of it, and ''postuhumously resurrected his dead son'' by the film's end!
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* Godzilla, the King of the Monsters himself, gets a pretty awesome one in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', which one can argue is happening ''[[BeyondTheImpossible THROUGHOUT ''THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE]]'' MOVIE'' as he's in the process of ripping himself apart due to his powers going out of control. Yet he ''still'' manages to fight off the military, several mini-Destoroyahs, reunite with his son in Tokyo, then essentially beat Destoroyah more or less to death (even if the Super X-III did technically get in a hit that froze the bastard and cause him to shatter), and withstood massive amounts of freezer weapons- and was in fact burning through most of it, and ''postuhumously resurrected his dead son'' by the film's end!
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* Optimus Prime's continuous deaths in every Transformers continuity begins in 1986 during the G1 continuity, with his greatest moment being in ''TransformersTheMovie'', in which after landing on Earth as the Decepticons are laying seige to Autobot City, he utters eight words that sets up what is going to be his most epic outing in Generation One.
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* Optimus Prime's continuous deaths in every Transformers continuity begins in 1986 during the G1 continuity, with his greatest moment being in ''TransformersTheMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', in which after landing on Earth as the Decepticons are laying seige to Autobot City, he utters eight words that sets up what is going to be his most epic outing in Generation One.
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* The 2010 ''ClashOfTheTitans'' has Draco performing a HeroicSacrifice, in order to distract and pin down Medusa so that Perseus can kill her. His LastWords? "Let them know men did this." And then he ''smiles as Medusa turns him to stone''.
* In ''{{Gladiator}}'',Maximus endures a fatal knife wound long enough to defeat the corrupt Emperor Commodus in combat once and for all.
* In ''{{Gladiator}}'',Maximus endures a fatal knife wound long enough to defeat the corrupt Emperor Commodus in combat once and for all.
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* The 2010 ''ClashOfTheTitans'' ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' has Draco performing a HeroicSacrifice, in order to distract and pin down Medusa so that Perseus can kill her. His LastWords? "Let them know men did this." And then he ''smiles as Medusa turns him to stone''.
* In''{{Gladiator}}'',Maximus ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'', Maximus endures a fatal knife wound long enough to defeat the corrupt Emperor Commodus in combat once and for all.
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** Wash didn't get a DyingMomentOfAwesome so much as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome immediately followed by a [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Dropping]].
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** Wash didn't get a DyingMomentOfAwesome so much as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome immediately followed by a [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Dropping]].
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** Donnie was "fated" to die that night. [[SpannerInTheWorks Since he didn't]], an AlternateUniverse formed in a time loop. If Donnie didn't collapse the alternate universe by the end of the time loop, the whole universe would implode. Donnie was able to use his powers to send a falling damaged airplane turbine back in time to that night, [[StableTimeLoop killing him and preventing the alternate universe from forming]]. In a sort of compensation, Donnie gets all his memories of the alternate universe in that last moment before he dies, and he laughs as he realizes he's saved the universe, before the turbine crashes through his room and kills him. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Alternate universe never created, destruction of the main universe averted]]. [[FridgeLogic Meaning he never got the powers and sent it back in time, creating a worse paradox than the one he solved.]]
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** Donnie was "fated" to die that night. [[SpannerInTheWorks Since he didn't]], an AlternateUniverse formed in a time loop. If Donnie didn't collapse the alternate universe by the end of the time loop, the whole universe would implode. Donnie was able to use his powers to send a falling damaged airplane turbine back in time to that night, [[StableTimeLoop killing him and preventing the alternate universe from forming]]. In a sort of compensation, Donnie gets all his memories of the alternate universe in that last moment before he dies, and he laughs as he realizes he's saved the universe, before the turbine crashes through his room and kills him. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Alternate universe never created, destruction of the main universe averted]]. [[FridgeLogic Meaning he never got the powers and sent it back in time, creating a worse paradox than the one he solved.]]
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** [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. "You can't win, Darth. [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]" And he does.
** Darth Vader. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while conducting force lightning that the Emperor inadvertently self-inflicted]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
** Darth Vader. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while conducting force lightning that the Emperor inadvertently self-inflicted]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
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** [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan Kenobi]].Kenobi]] in ''Film/ANewHope''. "You can't win, Darth. [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]" And he does.
** DarthVader.Vader in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while conducting force lightning that the Emperor inadvertently self-inflicted]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
** Darth
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* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Harry's death has him, though not by his own control, slaughter through a bunch of a Westboro-like church goers with minimal injuries. He then walks outside, has a friendly chat with Valentine, and faces his death like a true gentleman.
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* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Harry's death has him, though not by his own control, slaughter through a bunch of a Westboro-like church goers with minimal injuries. He then walks outside, has a friendly chat with Valentine, and faces his death like a true gentleman.gentleman.
* At the end of ''[[Film/MadMax Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', [[spoiler: Nux allows the Wives, Max, and Furiosa to escape on [[BigBad Immortan Joe's]] car while he flips over the War Rig to [[TakingYouWithMe take Rictus with him]] and to kill all of Joe's men.]]
* At the end of ''[[Film/MadMax Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', [[spoiler: Nux allows the Wives, Max, and Furiosa to escape on [[BigBad Immortan Joe's]] car while he flips over the War Rig to [[TakingYouWithMe take Rictus with him]] and to kill all of Joe's men.]]
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* ''Film/PacificRim'': During the last ditch assault on the Breach, Striker Eureka is crippled, and left unable to release its nuclear payload. Pentecost and Chuck decide to detonate it anyway, both [[TakingYouWithMe killing the remaining Kaiju (and themselves)]] and giving Gipsy Danger a chance to finish the mission.
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* ''Film/PacificRim'': During the last ditch assault on the Breach, Striker Eureka is crippled, and left unable to release its nuclear payload. Pentecost and Chuck decide to detonate it anyway, both [[TakingYouWithMe killing the remaining Kaiju (and themselves)]] and giving Gipsy Danger a chance to finish the mission.mission.
* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Harry's death has him, though not by his own control, slaughter through a bunch of a Westboro-like church goers with minimal injuries. He then walks outside, has a friendly chat with Valentine, and faces his death like a true gentleman.
* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Harry's death has him, though not by his own control, slaughter through a bunch of a Westboro-like church goers with minimal injuries. He then walks outside, has a friendly chat with Valentine, and faces his death like a true gentleman.
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** Also James Norrington in the next movie: When asked by Davy Jones if he's afraid of death, Norrington stabs the monster and dies. Jones takes that as a no.
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** Also James Norrington in the next movie: When asked by Davy Jones if he's afraid of death, death--prelude to offering Norrington life in exchange for service to Jones--Norrington stabs the monster straight through where the heart should be, and dies. Jones takes dies.
--> '''Davy Jones''': I take that as ano."no."
--> '''Davy Jones''': I take that as a
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* Godzilla, the King of the Monsters himself, gets a pretty awesome one in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', which one can argue is happening ''throughout the MOVIE'' as he's in the process of ripping himself apart due to his powers going out of control. Yet he ''still'' manages to fight off the military, several mini-Destoroyahs, reunite with his son in Tokyo, then essentially beat Destoroyah more or less to death (even if the Super X-III did technically get in a hit that froze the bastard and cause him to shatter), and withstood massive amounts of freezer weapons- and was in fact burning through most of it, and ''postuhumously resurrected his dead son'' by the film's end!
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* Godzilla, the King of the Monsters himself, gets a pretty awesome one in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', which one can argue is happening ''throughout the MOVIE'' ''[[BeyondTheImpossible THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE]]'' as he's in the process of ripping himself apart due to his powers going out of control. Yet he ''still'' manages to fight off the military, several mini-Destoroyahs, reunite with his son in Tokyo, then essentially beat Destoroyah more or less to death (even if the Super X-III did technically get in a hit that froze the bastard and cause him to shatter), and withstood massive amounts of freezer weapons- and was in fact burning through most of it, and ''postuhumously resurrected his dead son'' by the film's end!
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* Optimus Prime's continuous deaths in every Transformers continuity begins in 1986 during the G1 continuity, with his greatest moment being in ''TransformersTheMovie'', in which after landing on Earth as the Decepticons are laying seige to Autobot City, he says utters eight words that sets up what is going to be his most epic outing in Generation One.
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* Optimus Prime's continuous deaths in every Transformers continuity begins in 1986 during the G1 continuity, with his greatest moment being in ''TransformersTheMovie'', in which after landing on Earth as the Decepticons are laying seige to Autobot City, he says utters eight words that sets up what is going to be his most epic outing in Generation One.
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* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', Book's destruction of the ship that destroyed Haven. Though the shepherd himself would beg to differ on just how awesome his act of self-defense (does it count as awesome if his last act was failing to live up to his own ideals?).
** ''YES''. FridgeBrilliance kicks in that if he hadn't shot that gunship down, ''Serenity'' would have flown into a burning town and a fully functioning gunship ready to shoot them out of the sky.
** ''YES''. FridgeBrilliance kicks in that if he hadn't shot that gunship down, ''Serenity'' would have flown into a burning town and a fully functioning gunship ready to shoot them out of the sky.
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* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', Book's destruction of the ship that destroyed Haven. Though the shepherd himself would beg to differ on just how awesome his act of self-defense (does it count as awesome if his last act was failing to live up to his own ideals?).
** ''YES''. FridgeBrilliance kicks in that if he hadn't shot that gunship down, ''Serenity'' would have flown into a burning town and a fully functioning gunship ready to shoot them out of the sky.was.
** ''YES''. FridgeBrilliance kicks in that if he hadn't shot that gunship down, ''Serenity'' would have flown into a burning town and a fully functioning gunship ready to shoot them out of the sky.
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* ''Film/EscapePlan'': Breslin, Rottmeyer, and Javen manage to slip away during a riot and attempt to reach an exit to the outside of the prison. Before they get too far, Javen gets mortally shot by a guard. He then makes the others leave him behind with their guns, deciding to [[YouShallNotPass hold off the guards]] so the others have a chance at escape. He then proceeds to not only kill several guards, but takes an ''insane'' amount to bullets to the chest before going down. And even then, bleeding to death with [[BigBad Breslin]] about to finish him off, he [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner merely says "God is Great" in Arabic]].
** To which Breslin [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]
** To which Breslin [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]
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* ''Film/EscapePlan'': Breslin, Rottmeyer, and Javen manage to slip away during a riot and attempt to reach an exit to the outside of the prison. Before they get too far, Javen gets mortally shot by a guard. He then makes the others leave him behind with their guns, deciding to [[YouShallNotPass hold off the guards]] so the others have a chance at escape. He then proceeds to not only kill several guards, but takes an ''insane'' amount to bullets to the chest before going down. And even then, bleeding to death with [[BigBad Breslin]] Hobbes]] about to finish him off, he [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner merely says "God is Great" in Arabic]].
** To whichBreslin Hobbes [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]
** To which
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* Robert, in RedDawn1984, is standing off against two armored helicopters, each fully capable of taking out an armored column...and manages to damage one of them enough to drive it off. His last act is to stand out in the open, proud and defiant, engaging the other helicopter with his [[CoolGun AK-47]]...against [[MoreDakka heavy machine guns]], and go down [[DefiantToTheEnd yelling his battle cry.]]
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* Robert, in RedDawn1984, is standing off against two armored helicopters, each fully capable of taking out an armored column...and manages to damage one of them enough to drive it off. His last act is to stand out in the open, proud and defiant, engaging the other helicopter with his [[CoolGun AK-47]]...against [[MoreDakka heavy machine guns]], and go down [[DefiantToTheEnd yelling his battle cry.]]]]
* ''Film/PacificRim'': During the last ditch assault on the Breach, Striker Eureka is crippled, and left unable to release its nuclear payload. Pentecost and Chuck decide to detonate it anyway, both [[TakingYouWithMe killing the remaining Kaiju (and themselves)]] and giving Gipsy Danger a chance to finish the mission.
* ''Film/PacificRim'': During the last ditch assault on the Breach, Striker Eureka is crippled, and left unable to release its nuclear payload. Pentecost and Chuck decide to detonate it anyway, both [[TakingYouWithMe killing the remaining Kaiju (and themselves)]] and giving Gipsy Danger a chance to finish the mission.
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** Sarge, having realized that he's been infected by his earlier werewolf-given wounds, decides to go down fighting rather than become one himself. And at the end of the final siege sequence, he forces Cooper to safety in the basement, then triggers a gas explosion to destroy the house, [[TakingYouWithMe killing himself and most of the werewolf pack]].
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** Colonel Hardy.
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** Colonel Hardy.Hardy, the first human to thoroughly screw over a Kryptonian without using KryptoniteFactor.
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** Darth Vader. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while being struck by force lightning]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
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** Darth Vader. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while being struck by conducting force lightning]], lightning that the Emperor inadvertently self-inflicted]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
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* ''Film/DrStrangelove'': The famous "riding the bomb" seqeunce. To elaborate, the plane under the command of Major Kong has been crippled by a missile. Running out of fuel, the crew aims for one attack on a single sight. When they get there, the bomb bay won't open. So Major Kong jumps onto on of the bombs, fixes the wiring, and when the bomb falls, he rides it, hollering and cheering all the way down. [[spoiler: Sadly, he just ended the world.]]
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* ''Film/DrStrangelove'': The famous "riding the bomb" seqeunce. To elaborate, the plane under the command of Major Kong has been crippled by a missile. Running out of fuel, the crew aims for one attack on a single sight. When they get there, the bomb bay won't open. So Major Kong jumps onto on of the bombs, fixes the wiring, and when the bomb falls, he rides it, hollering and cheering all the way down. [[spoiler: Sadly, he just ended the world.]]
* Robert, in RedDawn1984, is standing off against two armored helicopters, each fully capable of taking out an armored column...and manages to damage one of them enough to drive it off. His last act is to stand out in the open, proud and defiant, engaging the other helicopter with his [[CoolGun AK-47]]...against [[MoreDakka heavy machine guns]], and go down [[DefiantToTheEnd yelling his battle cry.]]
* Robert, in RedDawn1984, is standing off against two armored helicopters, each fully capable of taking out an armored column...and manages to damage one of them enough to drive it off. His last act is to stand out in the open, proud and defiant, engaging the other helicopter with his [[CoolGun AK-47]]...against [[MoreDakka heavy machine guns]], and go down [[DefiantToTheEnd yelling his battle cry.]]
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** To which Breslin [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]
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** To which Breslin [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]"]]
* ''Film/DrStrangelove'': The famous "riding the bomb" seqeunce. To elaborate, the plane under the command of Major Kong has been crippled by a missile. Running out of fuel, the crew aims for one attack on a single sight. When they get there, the bomb bay won't open. So Major Kong jumps onto on of the bombs, fixes the wiring, and when the bomb falls, he rides it, hollering and cheering all the way down. [[spoiler: Sadly, he just ended the world.]]
* ''Film/DrStrangelove'': The famous "riding the bomb" seqeunce. To elaborate, the plane under the command of Major Kong has been crippled by a missile. Running out of fuel, the crew aims for one attack on a single sight. When they get there, the bomb bay won't open. So Major Kong jumps onto on of the bombs, fixes the wiring, and when the bomb falls, he rides it, hollering and cheering all the way down. [[spoiler: Sadly, he just ended the world.]]
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* The grandmother from ''DantesPeak'', who voluntarily waded through ''a lake of acid'' to haul her trapped family's boat safely to shore. Stupid premise but, damn, even a ''volcano'' can't mess with granny!
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* The grandmother from ''DantesPeak'', ''Film/DantesPeak'', who voluntarily waded through ''a lake of acid'' to haul her trapped family's boat safely to shore. Stupid premise but, damn, even a ''volcano'' can't mess with granny!
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** “I’ll surrender, you mutant son-of-a-bitch. Five… four…”
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** And he isn't done yet. While he is dying, he manages to back to his explosive - loaded train, confess to Evey that he fell in love with her, died, and went on the one of the most epic funerals ever. To wit, he is cremated by an entire train full of explosives as it hits the Parliament and the entire building goes up in a show of fireworks, all to the tune of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture in front of practically all London. In respect they all show up wearing his signature Guy Fawkes mask and take it off as the sparks fly.
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** And he isn't done yet. While he is dying, he manages to get back to his explosive - loaded train, confess to Evey that he fell in love with her, died, and went on the one of the most epic funerals ever. To wit, he is cremated by an entire train full of explosives as it hits the Parliament and the entire building goes up in a show of fireworks, all to the tune of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture in front of practically all London. In respect they all show up wearing his signature Guy Fawkes mask and take it off as the sparks fly.
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* Humorously subverted by one of the characters in ''[[{{Anaconda}} Anaconda 4.]]'' The giant snake is bearing down on him and bullets won't stop it, so be pulls the pins out of two grenades and screams, expecting the snake to swallow him and explode....but it just slithers away instead, leaving him to explode by himself.
* In ''[[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers: Dark Of The Moon]]'', [[ThoseTwoGuys Wheelie and Brains]] infiltrate a Decepticon ship during the battle of Chicago and sabotage it, causing it to crash (saving the lives of Bumblebee and other Autobot prisoners in the process). It isn't confirmed if they die, but they don't show up again after that, so...
* In ''[[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers: Dark Of The Moon]]'', [[ThoseTwoGuys Wheelie and Brains]] infiltrate a Decepticon ship during the battle of Chicago and sabotage it, causing it to crash (saving the lives of Bumblebee and other Autobot prisoners in the process). It isn't confirmed if they die, but they don't show up again after that, so...
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* Humorously subverted by one of the characters in ''[[{{Anaconda}} Anaconda 4.]]'' ''Film/{{Anaconda}} 4''. The giant snake is bearing down on him and bullets won't stop it, so be [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled he pulls the pins out of two grenades grenades]] and screams, expecting the snake to swallow him and explode....but it just slithers away instead, leaving him to explode by himself.
* In''[[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers: Dark Of The Moon]]'', ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', [[ThoseTwoGuys Wheelie and Brains]] infiltrate a Decepticon ship during the battle of Chicago and sabotage it, causing it to crash (saving the lives of Bumblebee and other Autobot prisoners in the process). It isn't confirmed if they die, but they don't show up again after that, so...
* In
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* Doc Ock's death in ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2''. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath "I will not die a monster!"]]
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* Doc Ock's death in ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2''.''Film/SpiderMan2'', where he overcomes his tentacles' control over his mind and uses them to bring down his fusion machine. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath "I will not die a monster!"]]
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** Also, Boromir, protecting Merry and Pippin until he is overwhelmed by orcs. It happens "off-screen" in the books, but shown in all its poignant awesomeness in the movie. In retrospect, being portrayed by SeanBean increases both your chances of death and of it being an '''awesome''' death --[[ChronicallyKilledActor he's had a LOT of practice doing both]].
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** Also, Boromir, protecting Merry and Pippin until he is overwhelmed by orcs. It happens "off-screen" in the books, but shown in all its poignant awesomeness in the movie. In retrospect, being portrayed by SeanBean Creator/SeanBean increases both your chances of death and of it being an '''awesome''' death --[[ChronicallyKilledActor he's had a LOT of practice doing both]].
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* Tony Montana's death in ''Film/{{Scarface}}'', with him being completely high on cocaine and taking out a couple of dozen of Sosa's gang members whilst being shot by what seems to be an armory's worth of bullets. "Say hello to my little friend" indeed.
* The death of Tony Camonte, in the original Film/Scarface1932 is even more awesome, since Tony pulls a BetterToDieThanBeKilled SuicideByCop in classic 30s gangster film fashion.
* The death of Tony Camonte, in the original Film/Scarface1932 is even more awesome, since Tony pulls a BetterToDieThanBeKilled SuicideByCop in classic 30s gangster film fashion.
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* Tony Montana's death in ''Film/{{Scarface}}'', ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', with him being completely high on cocaine and taking out a couple of dozen of Sosa's gang members whilst being shot by what seems to be an armory's worth of bullets. "Say hello to my little friend" indeed.
* The death of Tony Camonte, in the originalFilm/Scarface1932 ''Film/{{Scarface 1932}}'' is even more awesome, since Tony pulls a BetterToDieThanBeKilled SuicideByCop in classic 30s gangster film fashion.
* The death of Tony Camonte, in the original
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* This trope is common in 30s gangster films(and some FilmNoir of the 40s in the same vein), which probably was a TropeCodifier for cinema. Whether its Creator/JamesCagney dying in a PietaPlagiarism in ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' or his over-the-tep death by self-destroyed propane tank("Made it Ma, Top of the World!") or
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* This trope is common in 30s gangster films(and some FilmNoir of the 40s in the same vein), which probably was a TropeCodifier for cinema. Whether its Creator/JamesCagney dying in a PietaPlagiarism in ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' or his over-the-tep death by self-destroyed propane tank("Made it Ma, Top of the World!") or
in ''Film/WhiteHeat'' or Creator/HumphreyBogart as a John Dillinger {{Expy}} in ''Film/HighSierra'', shot off the top of [[RuleOfSymbolism the tallest mountain in America]]. Indeed, these awesome monumental deaths were part of the reason UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was so vigilant in its PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad desire for gangsters not being glorified.
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* The death of Tony Camonte, in the original Film/Scarface1932 is even more awesome, since Tony pulls a BetterToDieThanBeKilled SuicideByCop in classic 30s gangster film fashion.
* This trope is common in 30s gangster films(and some FilmNoir of the 40s in the same vein), which probably was a TropeCodifier for cinema. Whether its Creator/JamesCagney dying in a PietaPlagiarism in ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' or his over-the-tep death by self-destroyed propane tank("Made it Ma, Top of the World!") or
* This trope is common in 30s gangster films(and some FilmNoir of the 40s in the same vein), which probably was a TropeCodifier for cinema. Whether its Creator/JamesCagney dying in a PietaPlagiarism in ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' or his over-the-tep death by self-destroyed propane tank("Made it Ma, Top of the World!") or
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** Gandalf the Grey gets this in the Mines of Moria, facing off against the Balrog in [[TropeNamer the trope-naming]] YouShallNotPass moment, falling down thousands of feet while battling the creature in midair, lands in a giant underground lake, gradually fights the Balrog up the Endless Stair to the top of Mt. Celebdil, finishes the beast off, and ''finally'' passes out from his wounds. He ''does'' come back later as Gandalf the White, sort of offsetting this trope. Oh, yeah, the battle, from the confrontation at the bridge to both Gandalf and the Balrog dying lasted '''Eight days'''.
** Also, Boromir, protecting Merry and Pippin until he is overwhelmed by orcs. It happens "off-screen" in the books, but shown in all its poignant awesomeness in the movie. In retrospect, being portrayed by SeanBean increases both your chances of death and of it being an '''awesome''' death --[[ChronicallyKilledActor he's had a LOT of practice doing both]].
* The Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae, as dramatized in ''Film/ThreeHundred''. Notably, one of Leonidas's final actions is to hurl a spear at Xerxes, the Persian "God-King", nicking Xerxes's cheek and proving his claim that "even a God-King can bleed."
* Doc Ock's death in ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2''. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath "I will not die a monster!"]]
* Russell Casse's sacrifice at the end of ''Film/IndependenceDay''.
-->"Hello boys! I'm ''baaaaaaaack''!"
** Here's the perspective: It's the final battle of the movie as all remaining human forces on Earth are mounting one last assault upon the no-longer-shielded alien ships. By the end of the battle, all missiles of the flight of F-18s fighting over Area 51 have been fired, and they barely made a dent against the ship. The ship is preparing to use its WaveMotionGun on Area 51, wherein lie a huge amount of civilian refugees from the decimated West Coast. Casse has the last missile in the entire flight of jets, and just when the time comes for him to disable the gun using it, he finds it's jammed. So Casse then opts to ''fly'' the damn missile RIGHT INTO THE GUN ITSELF.
** Also: "In the words of my generation: Up. Youuuuuuuurs!!"
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** Jack Sparrow: ''"'Ello beastie."'' Sure, Jack didn't ''stay'' dead, but it still counts. Best part being that he'd just gotten halfway through the process of saving himself anyways, and simply ran out of time; he'd only bought himself the ability to look his death in the face and charge.
** Also James Norrington in the next movie: When asked by Davy Jones if he's afraid of death, Norrington stabs the monster and dies. Jones takes that as a no.
** Becket's death could be viewed as this. He calmly turns and walks down the stairs (as they are ''exploding behind him''), casually trailing his hand along the railing, before coming to a stop, looking at the camera and accepting death. Most seem to see this as Becket [[VillainousBreakdown being in denial over what has happened and is happening.]]
** Jones perishes in the middle of a massive whirpool battle while doing a KickTheDog all round.
* George Kirk's death at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrek''.
-->'''Christopher Pike''': Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes. He saved ''800 lives'', including your mother's...and yours. I ''[[DareToBeBadass dare]]'' you to do better.
** Also an example of one of the most awesome [[DareToBeBadass recruitment speeches]] ever.
** The sequel has Kirk switch places with Spock in saving the crew by going into the warp core in order to get it working again. What's awesome is that Scotty said the radiation would kill him before he could make the climb; not only did Kirk make the climb, but he ''kept on going until the damn thing was fixed''. '''''And then had enough steam to crawl back to the door again'''''. It may have copied Spock's death in Wrath of Khan, and it may not have lasted, but every fan can agree that Kirk ''finally'' got a death worthy of him.
* Spock's death in ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]]''. The ''Enterprise'' has disabled the Reliant commanded by Kirk's nemesis, Khan within the Mutara Nebula. Khan activates the Genesis Device he stole which will consume everything around it at the speed of light, and the warp engines are offline. Spock leaves the bridge, heads down to main engineering and opens up the warp core while it's still in operation. He then realigns the dilithium crystals by hand while enduring a column of face-melting warp plasma erupting from the open reactor.
** Khan's own death was nothing to sneeze at either. Even after being horribly injured, with his ship inoperable and his entire crew dead, he still managed to activate the Genesis device in a last-ditch effort to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy the]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe Enterprise]]''. Granted, it didn't work, for reasons explained above, but his utter, maniacal defiance in the face of total defeat was undeniably BadAss.
--->'''Khan:''' No, Kirk. The game's not over. [[MobyDick To the last, I grapple with thee. From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.]]
* The Enterprise herself gets one of these in ''Film/{{Star Trek III|The Search For Spock}}'', taking almost the entire crew of the Klingom Bird of Prey with her and giving her captain and crew a fighting chance.
* ''Film/{{Star Trek V|The Final Frontier}}'': "Your pain runs deep! Share it with me!"
* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', Book's destruction of the ship that destroyed Haven. Though the shepherd himself would beg to differ on just how awesome his act of self-defense (does it count as awesome if his last act was failing to live up to his own ideals?).
** ''YES''. FridgeBrilliance kicks in that if he hadn't shot that gunship down, ''Serenity'' would have flown into a burning town and a fully functioning gunship ready to shoot them out of the sky.
** Wash didn't get a DyingMomentOfAwesome so much as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome immediately followed by a [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Dropping]].
* Hollis Mason's death from the film version of ''Film/{{Watchmen}},'' which was cut from the theatrical release.
* From Neil Marshall's ''Film/DogSoldiers'', as one of the soldiers is staring a werewolf in the face, about to be eaten.
--> "I hope I give you the shits."
** It gets even better than that line; Spoon (the soldier) is attacked by the werewolf, and he fights back. Starting with ''kicking the werewolf in the face'', and ending with ''bashing it with kitchen utensils''. The only reason he loses is because another werewolf shows up and blindsides him.
** There's also Joe's death: with the other soldiers providing a distraction, he runs into a nearby shed and hotwires a car so they can escape. However, as he pulls up to the house, he realizes there's a [[DangerTakesABackseat werewolf sitting behind him]]. Rather than panic or try to escape, he grabs a knife and screams in its face while futilely trying to stab it.
--->"I'll fucking have you!"
* Most of the supporting cast is awarded this in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. The prime example is Donny "The Bear Jew" who not only ''kills'' Hitler, but [[NoKillLikeOverkill shoots his body to smithereens]] once he's dead.
* ''Film/StarWars'':
** [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. "You can't win, Darth. [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]" And he does.
** Darth Vader. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while being struck by force lightning]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
** In ROTJ, during the Battle of Endor, Green Leader aka Arvel Crynyd's fighter gets shot down. As his ship begins to break apart, the pilot manages to crash it clean through the bridge of the Executor, causing it to lose all control and smash into the Death Star. Not only that, but according to Expanded Universe, after the battle there was an award named after the pilot called the Crynyd Award, given for conspicuous bravery in space combat. The Rebels also named a captured Star Destroyer after the guy.
* ''Film/TheProfessional''. "This is from...Mathilda".
* Private Hudson from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. Spends a good chunk of the ordeal acting like a whiny, fatalistic wanker, but when the aliens finally lay siege to the heroes stronghold, he stands his ground and continues to gun down their attackers even while [[DefiantToTheEnd they drag him to his death]].
** Also, Vasquez and Gorman. Vazquez is Badass from the get-go, but Gorman has spent most of the movie as TheNeidermeyer. When Vazquez is wounded by the aliens, she empties her pistol at them to buy time for the others to get away. Then Gorman crawls back to her. Cut off from escape, Gorman pulls the pin on their last grenade, and they go out together, taking several of the aliens with them.
--->''You always were an asshole, Gorman.''
** Dillon from ''Film/{{Alien 3}}''. The Xenormorphs have so far annhilated everyone in their path: engineers, colonists, space marines, Predators, without breaking a sweat. The climax of the film sees Dillon, Ripley and the xenomorph trapped together in a lead mould, but when the humans start to climb out, the xenomorph follows them. So what does Dillon do? He stays in the mould, takes off his glasses, and buys Ripley time to get out. Not just a sacrifice, though... they have a knock-down drag-out fight that lasts an uncomfortably long time, complete with the sounds of punches landing and flesh ripping, and Dillon's smacktalk.
---> ''COME ON, YOU MOTHERFUCKER! WHAT, IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?! COME ON!! FIGHT ME!! COME ON!!''
* Fallon's death in ''Film/Piranha3D''. He manages to kill more piranha in one scene than the cast has managed in every previous one, by use of an outboard motor. "Chew on this, motherfuckers!"
** What makes it even better is that, even as he's ''being eaten alive'', his only thought is to yell at people to get to safety on the shore.
* V himself from ''Film/VForVendetta'', as he takes no less than a bajillion bullets from a group of about 20 bad guys, and then kills them all with his daggers before they can reload. Even better, he announces exactly what he plans to do before he does it. The BigBad is forced to helplessly watch while being justly subdued himself.
-->''Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof.''
** And he isn't done yet. While he is dying, he manages to back to his explosive - loaded train, confess to Evey that he fell in love with her, died, and went on the one of the most epic funerals ever. To wit, he is cremated by an entire train full of explosives as it hits the Parliament and the entire building goes up in a show of fireworks, all to the tune of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture in front of practically all London. In respect they all show up wearing his signature Guy Fawkes mask and take it off as the sparks fly.
* Film/{{Platoon}}: Sgt. Elias Grodin's death
* Film/BattleBeyondTheStars: "LAZULI-I-I-I-I!!!!"
* Seso the knife thrower in ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' bravely battles the evil Hassassin knife thrower in order to get the Dagger back, resulting in an epic knife fight. Seso kills his opponent, only to look down and see that he had been struck in the chest by three knives. In his final moment, he grabs the dagger and tosses it out the window of the tower, falling several stories and impaling itself in the wood right next to where Dastan, Amar, and Tamina were waiting for it.
-->'''Amar:''' Did I mention he was the best?
* "''MADE IT, MA! TOP OF THE WORLD!''" - WhiteHeat, James Cagney. His character, Cody Jarrett, is atop a large fuel storage tank and is shot by a police sniper twice. His response is to giggle, shoot the pipes around him, shout the line while the police scurry to safety, and BOOM! Iconic film scene.
* Burt's death in ''Film/CabinFever''. Last words: "Good night, fucker..."
* Film/DonnieDarko, so much so he's laughing his ass off as the jet engine bears down on him.
** Donnie was "fated" to die that night. [[SpannerInTheWorks Since he didn't]], an AlternateUniverse formed in a time loop. If Donnie didn't collapse the alternate universe by the end of the time loop, the whole universe would implode. Donnie was able to use his powers to send a falling damaged airplane turbine back in time to that night, [[StableTimeLoop killing him and preventing the alternate universe from forming]]. In a sort of compensation, Donnie gets all his memories of the alternate universe in that last moment before he dies, and he laughs as he realizes he's saved the universe, before the turbine crashes through his room and kills him. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Alternate universe never created, destruction of the main universe averted]]. [[FridgeLogic Meaning he never got the powers and sent it back in time, creating a worse paradox than the one he solved.]]
* In the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Valentin Zukovsky, who we had gotten to know in ''Film/GoldenEye'', is shot multiple times in the chest by FemmeFatale Elektra King. In his final moments, [[LastBreathBullet he shoots the cuffs holding Bond to a chair]] just to show he is a damn good sport, then dies in a moment of ultimate heroism.
* Tony Montana's death in ''Film/{{Scarface}}'', with him being completely high on cocaine and taking out a couple of dozen of Sosa's gang members whilst being shot by what seems to be an armory's worth of bullets. "Say hello to my little friend" indeed.
* The 2010 ''ClashOfTheTitans'' has Draco performing a HeroicSacrifice, in order to distract and pin down Medusa so that Perseus can kill her. His LastWords? "Let them know men did this." And then he ''smiles as Medusa turns him to stone''.
* In ''{{Gladiator}}'',Maximus endures a fatal knife wound long enough to defeat the corrupt Emperor Commodus in combat once and for all.
* Nameless, from Zhang Yimou's ''Film/{{Hero}}''. After fighting through incredible odds, our protagonist faces the Emperor himself, only to be convinced of the ruler's righteousness. The court convinces the Emperor that nonetheless, Nameless must be executed, and he quietly stands at the palace gates facing thousands of arrows shot his way. His death is not shown, but afterwards the wall is thick with thousands of arrows crowded in against each other except for a single human-shaped bare patch.
-->"He was executed as a traitor... and buried as a hero"
** Made all the more poignant knowing that Nameless could block the arrows if he wished (we saw him do as much earlier in the movie.)
** Also, Broken Sword. Calmly letting the BrokenBird you love run you through with her sword certainly qualifies.
* The grandmother from ''DantesPeak'', who voluntarily waded through ''a lake of acid'' to haul her trapped family's boat safely to shore. Stupid premise but, damn, even a ''volcano'' can't mess with granny!
* ''DoubleTeam'': [[BigBad Mickey Rourke's character]], standing on a mine that will explode once stepped off, a ferocious tiger approaching him, inside a coliseum filled with mines. What does he do? Step off the mine the second the tiger lunges at him and send the entire coliseum up in flames. It's going out with a bang taken UpToEleven.
* Godzilla, the King of the Monsters himself, gets a pretty awesome one in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', which one can argue is happening ''throughout the MOVIE'' as he's in the process of ripping himself apart due to his powers going out of control. Yet he ''still'' manages to fight off the military, several mini-Destoroyahs, reunite with his son in Tokyo, then essentially beat Destoroyah more or less to death (even if the Super X-III did technically get in a hit that froze the bastard and cause him to shatter), and withstood massive amounts of freezer weapons- and was in fact burning through most of it, and ''postuhumously resurrected his dead son'' by the film's end!
* Optimus Prime's continuous deaths in every Transformers continuity begins in 1986 during the G1 continuity, with his greatest moment being in ''TransformersTheMovie'', in which after landing on Earth as the Decepticons are laying seige to Autobot City, he says utters eight words that sets up what is going to be his most epic outing in Generation One.
-->'''Optimus''': "Megatron must be stopped. No matter the cost."
** At which point The Touch begins playing, and Prime plows through three or four Decepticons and comes under fire from a host of others. He launches himself into the air and takes them all out with his rifle, and then confronts Megatron, leading to another of his classic lines, as well as a classic exchange with Megs himself.
--->'''Megatron''': "Prime!"\\
'''Optimus''':"One shall stand, one shall fall."\\
'''Megatron''': "Why throw away your life so recklessly?"\\
'''Optimus''': "That's a question you should ask ''yourself'', Megatron."
** Cue Prime and Megatron having a knock-down drag-out fight where they're throwing everything they have into it because they know it's their final confrontation no matter ''what''. One way or another, this is ''it''. Prime wins, and dies shortly afterwards, and in defeating Megatron, ''repels the entire Decepticon invasion of Autobot City''.
* Humorously subverted by one of the characters in ''[[{{Anaconda}} Anaconda 4.]]'' The giant snake is bearing down on him and bullets won't stop it, so be pulls the pins out of two grenades and screams, expecting the snake to swallow him and explode....but it just slithers away instead, leaving him to explode by himself.
* In ''[[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers: Dark Of The Moon]]'', [[ThoseTwoGuys Wheelie and Brains]] infiltrate a Decepticon ship during the battle of Chicago and sabotage it, causing it to crash (saving the lives of Bumblebee and other Autobot prisoners in the process). It isn't confirmed if they die, but they don't show up again after that, so...
** The novel [[SparedByTheAdaptation has them swimming away from the wreck]]. Also, [[TheScrappy Skids & Mudflap]] go out in style against Sentinel Prime in the novelization, the former [[TakingTheBullet giving his life]] to save Bumblebee and the latter charging the villain in a rage and trying to beat him to death, giving the others time to escape, and continuing to attack the Big Bad Bot even as he's ''disintegrating.''
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' during the final stand, after Watkins is gravely injured by a bug, he takes the ticking nuke in his hand and fights off the oncoming swarm of bugs with a single rifle, firing with one hand, as Rico, Carmen, and Ace escape, all the while shouting "YOU WANT MORE!" as the nuke ticks faster and faster and finally explodes, taking him and the rest of the bugs in the cave with him. Also qualifies as a HeroicSacrifice.
** And [[ThemeMusicPowerUp Theme Music Power-Up]] since he is able to stop the bugs with short bursts (unlike everyone else in the film who had to expend full clips before one bug even started to go down) while the epic score by Basil Poledouris plays him away.
* And then there's the eponymous character of ''Film/KillBill'', who after receiving the Five-Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique at the hands of the Bride, takes ''six'' steps rather than the five that most people take before dying to the technique.
* [[SeanConnery Daniel Dravot]] in ''TheManWhoWouldBeKing''. After his loyal subjects discover that he's not a god or a devil, but only a man, he and his best friend Peachy are overwhelmed by an angry mob. Faced with certain death, he asks for Peachy's forgiveness, then sets his crown upon his head and walks proudly to his doom, singing ''The Son of God goes forth to war'' and yelling mocking encouragement to his executioners.
** And immediately previous to this, Billy Fish. Upon being offered a chance to flee on a donkey (the mob wants Dravot and Carnehan, not Billy), he responds, "Gurkha foot soldier, not cavalry! Rifleman Majendra Bahadur Gurung wishing you many good lucks!" and charges into the crowd with his kukri, where he takes out one or two men before dying horribly.
* In ''BattleLosAngeles'', Lieutenant Martinez is badly injured during the highway battle, and the aliens are moving in for their kill with their gun walker. Their attempt to set some C4 as a trap has been ruined by the gun walker's indiscriminate fire, which has destroyed the radio detonator. Martinez then has all of the remaining C4 piled next to him, and when the gun walker gets close to him, he triggers the manual detonator and destroys the walker, taking himself with it.
* Trudy's HeroicSacrifice in ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
* William Wallace in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Having gotten captured by the English, he refuses to swear allegiance to King Edward, and is sentenced to death. As gets tortured throughout a public display, he stays silent until the end, when the executioner grants him the opportunity to speak. Rather than saying "Mercy", Wallace defiantly yells "FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!", and he gets beheaded.
* Upon seemingly dying, SHIELD Agent PhilCoulson in ''Film/TheAvengers'' not only manages to harm Loki with a {{BFG}}, but he also gives a defiant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the demigod, telling Loki that his plans will fail. On top of that, he suggests to Nick Fury that he's fine with his fate, as it'll give the Avengers -- specifically Iron Man & Captain America -- that added push to finally work as a cohesive team.
** Slightly related, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' gets his own subversion: during his training, a grenade is thrown into the middle the group. Everyone else runs away, but Steve dives onto it, thinking its real (and looking like he fully expected to be blown to smithereens)... only to find out it was not a real grenade.
---> "Is this a test?"
---> "He's still skinny."
* ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' franchise:
** ''Film/PitchBlack'': Paris. He drinks some wine, then breathes on his lighter to make it flare up, as one last "fuck you" to the creatures before they tear him apart.
** The unnamed Furyan Necromonger in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''. His last order from the [[BigBad Grand Marshall]] is to deliver a message to Riddick: 'Stay out of the Necromonger's way, and they will allow you to live'. He finds Riddick on planet Crematoria, sheltering inside a bunker from the intense heat of the sun, and delivers the message. Then he tells Riddick, from one [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Furyan]] to another, that he hopes Riddick will ignore the message and continue to fight against the Grand Marshall, and calmly strolls out of the bunker to be incinerated by the Crematorian sun.
* ''Film/TheyLive'' ends with a Dying Moment that changes the world. Nada has finally located the machine which sends a signal that prevents the human race from seeing aliens that have assimilated society. In doing so, Nada finds himself on a rooftop, with guns aimed at him by cops in a helicopter, as well as Holly, a former ally fresh off a FaceHeelTurn. Nada's choice? "Fuck it." He shoots and kills Holly, then fires at the machine, destroying it. Nada is shot dead in the process, and his last act before succumbing to his wounds is to give the helicopter the finger. And with that, humans discover every last alien in their midst.
* In ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'', [[WalkingWasteland Blackout]] grabs Moreau. As Moreau slowly rots, he defiantly headbutts Blackout so hard his own head smashes apart, while stunning Blackout.
-->"[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner I can still see the light!]]"
* In ''Film/IronMan1'' Yinsen had one of these when, in his last moments, he compelled Tony to not waste his life.
* ''Film/ManOfSteel'':
** Colonel Hardy.
** Also mentioned in-universe by [[TheDragon Faora]], which Hardy repeats to her in a badass IronicEcho during his HeroicSacrifice.
--> "A good death is its own reward."
* ''Film/EscapePlan'': Breslin, Rottmeyer, and Javen manage to slip away during a riot and attempt to reach an exit to the outside of the prison. Before they get too far, Javen gets mortally shot by a guard. He then makes the others leave him behind with their guns, deciding to [[YouShallNotPass hold off the guards]] so the others have a chance at escape. He then proceeds to not only kill several guards, but takes an ''insane'' amount to bullets to the chest before going down. And even then, bleeding to death with [[BigBad Breslin]] about to finish him off, he [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner merely says "God is Great" in Arabic]].
** To which Breslin [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]
** Gandalf the Grey gets this in the Mines of Moria, facing off against the Balrog in [[TropeNamer the trope-naming]] YouShallNotPass moment, falling down thousands of feet while battling the creature in midair, lands in a giant underground lake, gradually fights the Balrog up the Endless Stair to the top of Mt. Celebdil, finishes the beast off, and ''finally'' passes out from his wounds. He ''does'' come back later as Gandalf the White, sort of offsetting this trope. Oh, yeah, the battle, from the confrontation at the bridge to both Gandalf and the Balrog dying lasted '''Eight days'''.
** Also, Boromir, protecting Merry and Pippin until he is overwhelmed by orcs. It happens "off-screen" in the books, but shown in all its poignant awesomeness in the movie. In retrospect, being portrayed by SeanBean increases both your chances of death and of it being an '''awesome''' death --[[ChronicallyKilledActor he's had a LOT of practice doing both]].
* The Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae, as dramatized in ''Film/ThreeHundred''. Notably, one of Leonidas's final actions is to hurl a spear at Xerxes, the Persian "God-King", nicking Xerxes's cheek and proving his claim that "even a God-King can bleed."
* Doc Ock's death in ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2''. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath "I will not die a monster!"]]
* Russell Casse's sacrifice at the end of ''Film/IndependenceDay''.
-->"Hello boys! I'm ''baaaaaaaack''!"
** Here's the perspective: It's the final battle of the movie as all remaining human forces on Earth are mounting one last assault upon the no-longer-shielded alien ships. By the end of the battle, all missiles of the flight of F-18s fighting over Area 51 have been fired, and they barely made a dent against the ship. The ship is preparing to use its WaveMotionGun on Area 51, wherein lie a huge amount of civilian refugees from the decimated West Coast. Casse has the last missile in the entire flight of jets, and just when the time comes for him to disable the gun using it, he finds it's jammed. So Casse then opts to ''fly'' the damn missile RIGHT INTO THE GUN ITSELF.
** Also: "In the words of my generation: Up. Youuuuuuuurs!!"
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** Jack Sparrow: ''"'Ello beastie."'' Sure, Jack didn't ''stay'' dead, but it still counts. Best part being that he'd just gotten halfway through the process of saving himself anyways, and simply ran out of time; he'd only bought himself the ability to look his death in the face and charge.
** Also James Norrington in the next movie: When asked by Davy Jones if he's afraid of death, Norrington stabs the monster and dies. Jones takes that as a no.
** Becket's death could be viewed as this. He calmly turns and walks down the stairs (as they are ''exploding behind him''), casually trailing his hand along the railing, before coming to a stop, looking at the camera and accepting death. Most seem to see this as Becket [[VillainousBreakdown being in denial over what has happened and is happening.]]
** Jones perishes in the middle of a massive whirpool battle while doing a KickTheDog all round.
* George Kirk's death at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrek''.
-->'''Christopher Pike''': Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes. He saved ''800 lives'', including your mother's...and yours. I ''[[DareToBeBadass dare]]'' you to do better.
** Also an example of one of the most awesome [[DareToBeBadass recruitment speeches]] ever.
** The sequel has Kirk switch places with Spock in saving the crew by going into the warp core in order to get it working again. What's awesome is that Scotty said the radiation would kill him before he could make the climb; not only did Kirk make the climb, but he ''kept on going until the damn thing was fixed''. '''''And then had enough steam to crawl back to the door again'''''. It may have copied Spock's death in Wrath of Khan, and it may not have lasted, but every fan can agree that Kirk ''finally'' got a death worthy of him.
* Spock's death in ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]]''. The ''Enterprise'' has disabled the Reliant commanded by Kirk's nemesis, Khan within the Mutara Nebula. Khan activates the Genesis Device he stole which will consume everything around it at the speed of light, and the warp engines are offline. Spock leaves the bridge, heads down to main engineering and opens up the warp core while it's still in operation. He then realigns the dilithium crystals by hand while enduring a column of face-melting warp plasma erupting from the open reactor.
** Khan's own death was nothing to sneeze at either. Even after being horribly injured, with his ship inoperable and his entire crew dead, he still managed to activate the Genesis device in a last-ditch effort to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy the]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe Enterprise]]''. Granted, it didn't work, for reasons explained above, but his utter, maniacal defiance in the face of total defeat was undeniably BadAss.
--->'''Khan:''' No, Kirk. The game's not over. [[MobyDick To the last, I grapple with thee. From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.]]
* The Enterprise herself gets one of these in ''Film/{{Star Trek III|The Search For Spock}}'', taking almost the entire crew of the Klingom Bird of Prey with her and giving her captain and crew a fighting chance.
* ''Film/{{Star Trek V|The Final Frontier}}'': "Your pain runs deep! Share it with me!"
* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', Book's destruction of the ship that destroyed Haven. Though the shepherd himself would beg to differ on just how awesome his act of self-defense (does it count as awesome if his last act was failing to live up to his own ideals?).
** ''YES''. FridgeBrilliance kicks in that if he hadn't shot that gunship down, ''Serenity'' would have flown into a burning town and a fully functioning gunship ready to shoot them out of the sky.
** Wash didn't get a DyingMomentOfAwesome so much as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome immediately followed by a [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Dropping]].
* Hollis Mason's death from the film version of ''Film/{{Watchmen}},'' which was cut from the theatrical release.
* From Neil Marshall's ''Film/DogSoldiers'', as one of the soldiers is staring a werewolf in the face, about to be eaten.
--> "I hope I give you the shits."
** It gets even better than that line; Spoon (the soldier) is attacked by the werewolf, and he fights back. Starting with ''kicking the werewolf in the face'', and ending with ''bashing it with kitchen utensils''. The only reason he loses is because another werewolf shows up and blindsides him.
** There's also Joe's death: with the other soldiers providing a distraction, he runs into a nearby shed and hotwires a car so they can escape. However, as he pulls up to the house, he realizes there's a [[DangerTakesABackseat werewolf sitting behind him]]. Rather than panic or try to escape, he grabs a knife and screams in its face while futilely trying to stab it.
--->"I'll fucking have you!"
* Most of the supporting cast is awarded this in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. The prime example is Donny "The Bear Jew" who not only ''kills'' Hitler, but [[NoKillLikeOverkill shoots his body to smithereens]] once he's dead.
* ''Film/StarWars'':
** [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. "You can't win, Darth. [[MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]" And he does.
** Darth Vader. [[HeelFaceTurn Picks up the Emperor]], [[TheDeterminator despite missing a hand, and, while being struck by force lightning]], tosses him into the Death Star's bowels. While he doesn't survive, his spirit [[RedemptionEqualsDeath becomes one]] [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence with the Light Side of the Force]] and is finally at peace.
** In ROTJ, during the Battle of Endor, Green Leader aka Arvel Crynyd's fighter gets shot down. As his ship begins to break apart, the pilot manages to crash it clean through the bridge of the Executor, causing it to lose all control and smash into the Death Star. Not only that, but according to Expanded Universe, after the battle there was an award named after the pilot called the Crynyd Award, given for conspicuous bravery in space combat. The Rebels also named a captured Star Destroyer after the guy.
* ''Film/TheProfessional''. "This is from...Mathilda".
* Private Hudson from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. Spends a good chunk of the ordeal acting like a whiny, fatalistic wanker, but when the aliens finally lay siege to the heroes stronghold, he stands his ground and continues to gun down their attackers even while [[DefiantToTheEnd they drag him to his death]].
** Also, Vasquez and Gorman. Vazquez is Badass from the get-go, but Gorman has spent most of the movie as TheNeidermeyer. When Vazquez is wounded by the aliens, she empties her pistol at them to buy time for the others to get away. Then Gorman crawls back to her. Cut off from escape, Gorman pulls the pin on their last grenade, and they go out together, taking several of the aliens with them.
--->''You always were an asshole, Gorman.''
** Dillon from ''Film/{{Alien 3}}''. The Xenormorphs have so far annhilated everyone in their path: engineers, colonists, space marines, Predators, without breaking a sweat. The climax of the film sees Dillon, Ripley and the xenomorph trapped together in a lead mould, but when the humans start to climb out, the xenomorph follows them. So what does Dillon do? He stays in the mould, takes off his glasses, and buys Ripley time to get out. Not just a sacrifice, though... they have a knock-down drag-out fight that lasts an uncomfortably long time, complete with the sounds of punches landing and flesh ripping, and Dillon's smacktalk.
---> ''COME ON, YOU MOTHERFUCKER! WHAT, IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?! COME ON!! FIGHT ME!! COME ON!!''
* Fallon's death in ''Film/Piranha3D''. He manages to kill more piranha in one scene than the cast has managed in every previous one, by use of an outboard motor. "Chew on this, motherfuckers!"
** What makes it even better is that, even as he's ''being eaten alive'', his only thought is to yell at people to get to safety on the shore.
* V himself from ''Film/VForVendetta'', as he takes no less than a bajillion bullets from a group of about 20 bad guys, and then kills them all with his daggers before they can reload. Even better, he announces exactly what he plans to do before he does it. The BigBad is forced to helplessly watch while being justly subdued himself.
-->''Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof.''
** And he isn't done yet. While he is dying, he manages to back to his explosive - loaded train, confess to Evey that he fell in love with her, died, and went on the one of the most epic funerals ever. To wit, he is cremated by an entire train full of explosives as it hits the Parliament and the entire building goes up in a show of fireworks, all to the tune of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture in front of practically all London. In respect they all show up wearing his signature Guy Fawkes mask and take it off as the sparks fly.
* Film/{{Platoon}}: Sgt. Elias Grodin's death
* Film/BattleBeyondTheStars: "LAZULI-I-I-I-I!!!!"
* Seso the knife thrower in ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' bravely battles the evil Hassassin knife thrower in order to get the Dagger back, resulting in an epic knife fight. Seso kills his opponent, only to look down and see that he had been struck in the chest by three knives. In his final moment, he grabs the dagger and tosses it out the window of the tower, falling several stories and impaling itself in the wood right next to where Dastan, Amar, and Tamina were waiting for it.
-->'''Amar:''' Did I mention he was the best?
* "''MADE IT, MA! TOP OF THE WORLD!''" - WhiteHeat, James Cagney. His character, Cody Jarrett, is atop a large fuel storage tank and is shot by a police sniper twice. His response is to giggle, shoot the pipes around him, shout the line while the police scurry to safety, and BOOM! Iconic film scene.
* Burt's death in ''Film/CabinFever''. Last words: "Good night, fucker..."
* Film/DonnieDarko, so much so he's laughing his ass off as the jet engine bears down on him.
** Donnie was "fated" to die that night. [[SpannerInTheWorks Since he didn't]], an AlternateUniverse formed in a time loop. If Donnie didn't collapse the alternate universe by the end of the time loop, the whole universe would implode. Donnie was able to use his powers to send a falling damaged airplane turbine back in time to that night, [[StableTimeLoop killing him and preventing the alternate universe from forming]]. In a sort of compensation, Donnie gets all his memories of the alternate universe in that last moment before he dies, and he laughs as he realizes he's saved the universe, before the turbine crashes through his room and kills him. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Alternate universe never created, destruction of the main universe averted]]. [[FridgeLogic Meaning he never got the powers and sent it back in time, creating a worse paradox than the one he solved.]]
* In the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Valentin Zukovsky, who we had gotten to know in ''Film/GoldenEye'', is shot multiple times in the chest by FemmeFatale Elektra King. In his final moments, [[LastBreathBullet he shoots the cuffs holding Bond to a chair]] just to show he is a damn good sport, then dies in a moment of ultimate heroism.
* Tony Montana's death in ''Film/{{Scarface}}'', with him being completely high on cocaine and taking out a couple of dozen of Sosa's gang members whilst being shot by what seems to be an armory's worth of bullets. "Say hello to my little friend" indeed.
* The 2010 ''ClashOfTheTitans'' has Draco performing a HeroicSacrifice, in order to distract and pin down Medusa so that Perseus can kill her. His LastWords? "Let them know men did this." And then he ''smiles as Medusa turns him to stone''.
* In ''{{Gladiator}}'',Maximus endures a fatal knife wound long enough to defeat the corrupt Emperor Commodus in combat once and for all.
* Nameless, from Zhang Yimou's ''Film/{{Hero}}''. After fighting through incredible odds, our protagonist faces the Emperor himself, only to be convinced of the ruler's righteousness. The court convinces the Emperor that nonetheless, Nameless must be executed, and he quietly stands at the palace gates facing thousands of arrows shot his way. His death is not shown, but afterwards the wall is thick with thousands of arrows crowded in against each other except for a single human-shaped bare patch.
-->"He was executed as a traitor... and buried as a hero"
** Made all the more poignant knowing that Nameless could block the arrows if he wished (we saw him do as much earlier in the movie.)
** Also, Broken Sword. Calmly letting the BrokenBird you love run you through with her sword certainly qualifies.
* The grandmother from ''DantesPeak'', who voluntarily waded through ''a lake of acid'' to haul her trapped family's boat safely to shore. Stupid premise but, damn, even a ''volcano'' can't mess with granny!
* ''DoubleTeam'': [[BigBad Mickey Rourke's character]], standing on a mine that will explode once stepped off, a ferocious tiger approaching him, inside a coliseum filled with mines. What does he do? Step off the mine the second the tiger lunges at him and send the entire coliseum up in flames. It's going out with a bang taken UpToEleven.
* Godzilla, the King of the Monsters himself, gets a pretty awesome one in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', which one can argue is happening ''throughout the MOVIE'' as he's in the process of ripping himself apart due to his powers going out of control. Yet he ''still'' manages to fight off the military, several mini-Destoroyahs, reunite with his son in Tokyo, then essentially beat Destoroyah more or less to death (even if the Super X-III did technically get in a hit that froze the bastard and cause him to shatter), and withstood massive amounts of freezer weapons- and was in fact burning through most of it, and ''postuhumously resurrected his dead son'' by the film's end!
* Optimus Prime's continuous deaths in every Transformers continuity begins in 1986 during the G1 continuity, with his greatest moment being in ''TransformersTheMovie'', in which after landing on Earth as the Decepticons are laying seige to Autobot City, he says utters eight words that sets up what is going to be his most epic outing in Generation One.
-->'''Optimus''': "Megatron must be stopped. No matter the cost."
** At which point The Touch begins playing, and Prime plows through three or four Decepticons and comes under fire from a host of others. He launches himself into the air and takes them all out with his rifle, and then confronts Megatron, leading to another of his classic lines, as well as a classic exchange with Megs himself.
--->'''Megatron''': "Prime!"\\
'''Optimus''':"One shall stand, one shall fall."\\
'''Megatron''': "Why throw away your life so recklessly?"\\
'''Optimus''': "That's a question you should ask ''yourself'', Megatron."
** Cue Prime and Megatron having a knock-down drag-out fight where they're throwing everything they have into it because they know it's their final confrontation no matter ''what''. One way or another, this is ''it''. Prime wins, and dies shortly afterwards, and in defeating Megatron, ''repels the entire Decepticon invasion of Autobot City''.
* Humorously subverted by one of the characters in ''[[{{Anaconda}} Anaconda 4.]]'' The giant snake is bearing down on him and bullets won't stop it, so be pulls the pins out of two grenades and screams, expecting the snake to swallow him and explode....but it just slithers away instead, leaving him to explode by himself.
* In ''[[Film/{{Transformers}} Transformers: Dark Of The Moon]]'', [[ThoseTwoGuys Wheelie and Brains]] infiltrate a Decepticon ship during the battle of Chicago and sabotage it, causing it to crash (saving the lives of Bumblebee and other Autobot prisoners in the process). It isn't confirmed if they die, but they don't show up again after that, so...
** The novel [[SparedByTheAdaptation has them swimming away from the wreck]]. Also, [[TheScrappy Skids & Mudflap]] go out in style against Sentinel Prime in the novelization, the former [[TakingTheBullet giving his life]] to save Bumblebee and the latter charging the villain in a rage and trying to beat him to death, giving the others time to escape, and continuing to attack the Big Bad Bot even as he's ''disintegrating.''
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' during the final stand, after Watkins is gravely injured by a bug, he takes the ticking nuke in his hand and fights off the oncoming swarm of bugs with a single rifle, firing with one hand, as Rico, Carmen, and Ace escape, all the while shouting "YOU WANT MORE!" as the nuke ticks faster and faster and finally explodes, taking him and the rest of the bugs in the cave with him. Also qualifies as a HeroicSacrifice.
** And [[ThemeMusicPowerUp Theme Music Power-Up]] since he is able to stop the bugs with short bursts (unlike everyone else in the film who had to expend full clips before one bug even started to go down) while the epic score by Basil Poledouris plays him away.
* And then there's the eponymous character of ''Film/KillBill'', who after receiving the Five-Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique at the hands of the Bride, takes ''six'' steps rather than the five that most people take before dying to the technique.
* [[SeanConnery Daniel Dravot]] in ''TheManWhoWouldBeKing''. After his loyal subjects discover that he's not a god or a devil, but only a man, he and his best friend Peachy are overwhelmed by an angry mob. Faced with certain death, he asks for Peachy's forgiveness, then sets his crown upon his head and walks proudly to his doom, singing ''The Son of God goes forth to war'' and yelling mocking encouragement to his executioners.
** And immediately previous to this, Billy Fish. Upon being offered a chance to flee on a donkey (the mob wants Dravot and Carnehan, not Billy), he responds, "Gurkha foot soldier, not cavalry! Rifleman Majendra Bahadur Gurung wishing you many good lucks!" and charges into the crowd with his kukri, where he takes out one or two men before dying horribly.
* In ''BattleLosAngeles'', Lieutenant Martinez is badly injured during the highway battle, and the aliens are moving in for their kill with their gun walker. Their attempt to set some C4 as a trap has been ruined by the gun walker's indiscriminate fire, which has destroyed the radio detonator. Martinez then has all of the remaining C4 piled next to him, and when the gun walker gets close to him, he triggers the manual detonator and destroys the walker, taking himself with it.
* Trudy's HeroicSacrifice in ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
* William Wallace in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Having gotten captured by the English, he refuses to swear allegiance to King Edward, and is sentenced to death. As gets tortured throughout a public display, he stays silent until the end, when the executioner grants him the opportunity to speak. Rather than saying "Mercy", Wallace defiantly yells "FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!", and he gets beheaded.
* Upon seemingly dying, SHIELD Agent PhilCoulson in ''Film/TheAvengers'' not only manages to harm Loki with a {{BFG}}, but he also gives a defiant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the demigod, telling Loki that his plans will fail. On top of that, he suggests to Nick Fury that he's fine with his fate, as it'll give the Avengers -- specifically Iron Man & Captain America -- that added push to finally work as a cohesive team.
** Slightly related, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' gets his own subversion: during his training, a grenade is thrown into the middle the group. Everyone else runs away, but Steve dives onto it, thinking its real (and looking like he fully expected to be blown to smithereens)... only to find out it was not a real grenade.
---> "Is this a test?"
---> "He's still skinny."
* ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' franchise:
** ''Film/PitchBlack'': Paris. He drinks some wine, then breathes on his lighter to make it flare up, as one last "fuck you" to the creatures before they tear him apart.
** The unnamed Furyan Necromonger in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''. His last order from the [[BigBad Grand Marshall]] is to deliver a message to Riddick: 'Stay out of the Necromonger's way, and they will allow you to live'. He finds Riddick on planet Crematoria, sheltering inside a bunker from the intense heat of the sun, and delivers the message. Then he tells Riddick, from one [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Furyan]] to another, that he hopes Riddick will ignore the message and continue to fight against the Grand Marshall, and calmly strolls out of the bunker to be incinerated by the Crematorian sun.
* ''Film/TheyLive'' ends with a Dying Moment that changes the world. Nada has finally located the machine which sends a signal that prevents the human race from seeing aliens that have assimilated society. In doing so, Nada finds himself on a rooftop, with guns aimed at him by cops in a helicopter, as well as Holly, a former ally fresh off a FaceHeelTurn. Nada's choice? "Fuck it." He shoots and kills Holly, then fires at the machine, destroying it. Nada is shot dead in the process, and his last act before succumbing to his wounds is to give the helicopter the finger. And with that, humans discover every last alien in their midst.
* In ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'', [[WalkingWasteland Blackout]] grabs Moreau. As Moreau slowly rots, he defiantly headbutts Blackout so hard his own head smashes apart, while stunning Blackout.
-->"[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner I can still see the light!]]"
* In ''Film/IronMan1'' Yinsen had one of these when, in his last moments, he compelled Tony to not waste his life.
* ''Film/ManOfSteel'':
** Colonel Hardy.
** Also mentioned in-universe by [[TheDragon Faora]], which Hardy repeats to her in a badass IronicEcho during his HeroicSacrifice.
--> "A good death is its own reward."
* ''Film/EscapePlan'': Breslin, Rottmeyer, and Javen manage to slip away during a riot and attempt to reach an exit to the outside of the prison. Before they get too far, Javen gets mortally shot by a guard. He then makes the others leave him behind with their guns, deciding to [[YouShallNotPass hold off the guards]] so the others have a chance at escape. He then proceeds to not only kill several guards, but takes an ''insane'' amount to bullets to the chest before going down. And even then, bleeding to death with [[BigBad Breslin]] about to finish him off, he [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner merely says "God is Great" in Arabic]].
** To which Breslin [[ShutUpKirk gives a rather pithy "Yeah."]]
