CJ from the Dawn of the Dead remake is pretty much the archetype for this one for me. Introduced as a dickhead character. Slowly becomes socialised and more important to the group of survivors and then becomes more and more of a badass as the film concludes and then goes out in a heroic way.
Also Shea Wigham’s character in Kong: Skull Island, because of the world weary way in which he decides to sacrifice himself to attempt to save his friends.
What do you say DiS?
It’s lieutenant Gorman from Aliens who is the true pinnacle of this character type
Came here to say Vasquez funnily enough (in that I was shocked - but not really it’s an Alien film - when she couldn’t just fight her way out)
Oh and Mufasa in the Lion King, obviously
Samuel L Jackson’s charachter getting chomped in the middle of his speech in Deep Blue Sea.
Wash’s death in Serenity.
I am a leaf on the wind.
Nicolas Cage’s career in The Wicker Man
Ah yeah, can’t dispute that. He wasn’t really even that much of an arsehole.
If I have to go I want to go like Billy in Predator.
Does Sunshine count? Chris Evans climbing into the freezing cold cooling tank thing to repair the ship as it makes its approach to the sun, then getting stuck, and dying after he’s finished doing his thing. On each rewatch I find it very upsetting!