10 Movie Heroes That Saved The Villain's Life

10. Bruce Wayne Saved Ra's al Ghul - Batman Begins

With every new iteration of Batman, there is always intrigue around how the character’s infamous no-killing rule will be handled. Christian Bale’s Batman stuck to it very closely (though found a loophole at the end of his first movie) while Ben Affleck’s version threw it out of the window completely.

The former may have neglected to save Ra’s al Ghul during the conclusion of Batman Begins, but this wasn’t the first time he fought the character. It was Ra’s al Ghul, under the guise of Ducard, who trained Bruce Wayne before their key ideological differences pushed them apart.

The villain was of the mind that to be a true vigilante, and to exact justice, Bruce needed to be able to kill. Bruce disagreed, and even took things one step further. As his former mentor slid down the icy mountain toward certain death, Bruce went to great lengths and pain to save his life.

Whether this was to prove a point, or because he genuinely didn’t want to see the man he knew as Ducard dead is certainly up for debate, but even so he put his own life at great risk to save the villain who risked it to begin with.