10 Awesome Movie Moments Where You Think The Villain Might Actually Win

10. Billy Bites The Bullet - The Departed

Until its final few moments, Martin Scorsese's remake of Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs looks like it's going to follow the original's downer ending to the letter.

In the third act, undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is killed while attempting to expose corrupt cop Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), seemingly leaving Sullivan to get away unpunished as his equivalent does in Infernal Affairs.

Except, in the interest of a more crowd-pleasing Hollywood ending, The Departed tacks on an additional final scene where Sullivan is confronted in his apartment by Sgt. Dignam (Mark Wahlberg), who promptly shoots him in the head as he arrives home.

It really did seem like Sullivan had his slippery escape all mapped out, but along came Scorsese with a surprising "happy" ending totally out of nowhere.

While undeniably a concession in remaking the bleaker original movie for a more mainstream global market, it's still an effective ending on its own merits.