10 More Movie Villains Killed By Characters Nobody Expected

10. Le Chiffre - Casino Royale

It's simply expected of any James Bond film that the primary villain gets taken out by 007 at the end, right? 

But of course, Casino Royale was no ordinary Bond film, as it proved with the manner in which terrorist banker Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) is ultimately nudged off his mortal coil.

After Le Chiffre captures Bond (Daniel Craig) mid-film, he tortures him for the bank account info containing his poker winnings, but 007 naturally resists the abuse, even joking through his pain that Le Chiffre's going to "die scratching [his] balls."

And we as fans of the franchise absolutely believe that Bond'll get his opportunity to kill Le Chiffre by film's end, yet no more than a few moments later, the shadowy Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) bursts in the room and holds Le Chiffre at gunpoint.

At this point Le Chiffre, who is in enormous debt to terrorists, promises he'll find a way to get the money, but Mr. White simply tells him trust is more important than money, and shoots Le Chiffre square between the eyes.

It's a shocking end-of-second-act twist, teeing up Mr. White as a serious threat moving forward, even if this was followed up rather underwhelmingly in sequel Quantum of Solace.