10 Brilliant Movie Villains Defeated In The DUMBEST Way Possible

10. Kananga - Live And Let Die

In Roger Moore's first outing as James Bond in Live and Let Die, 007 is assigned to take down a drug trader called Kananga. Kananga lives under the guise of a restaurant owner while performing his illicit affairs under the alias "Mr. Big."

Yaphet Kotto, who plays the main villain, has the difficult task of playing three roles. He plays the charismatic Kananga while in the public eye, the ruthless drug lord, Mr. Big, and Kananga as he actually is; an unscrupulous and manipulative dictator. Kotto is so good at playing these personas, the viewer never suspects Mr. Big and Kananga are one and the same.

It's such a shame Kotto's performance is overshadowed by the character's preposterous death. While scuffling with Kananga, Bond stuffs a gas pellet into his mouth, forcing him to expand like a balloon until he bursts.

Not only does the inflated Kananga prop look fake, there's no blood when he explodes, making it look even less convincing. The death seems so uncharacteristically comical, it would be more suited in a Monty Python sketch than in the Bond franchise.

The filmmakers should've had Kananga bite the big one by being eaten by sharks, just like in Ian Fleming's novel.