10 Deaths That RUINED Movies

10. Steven Hiller - Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Sequels to fan favourite 90s movies don't always go over so well, and Independence Day: Resurgence was no exception. Twenty years after the original, the film's reputation was already in tatters when it was announced former star Will Smith wouldn't be returning.

In the original sci-fi blockbuster, Smith had portrayed veteran army pilot Colonel Steven Hiller, who led the charge against the film's alien invaders and was often the movie's standout.

But with Smith gone, the writers had to get rid of Hiller for the sequel, and did so in the most cruel, unceremonious way possible: by having him die off-screen, killed in an explosion caused by some malfunctioning alien tech he was testing out.

It was a brutal and unnecessary demise, and the rest of the film never really recovered from Smith's absence, especially once they brought in a wooden Liam Hemsworth to take the lead and bogged the movie down with an over-indulgence in bland CGI and a derivative story.