10 Movies That Hired Famous Actors Solely To Kill Them Off

10. The Rock / Samuel L. Jackson - The Other Guys

The Other Guys is a spoof action movie that works better than it probably should, thanks to great performances and razor-sharp dialogue. The plot involves a couple of bumbling cops (Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell) who have to take over a case from their hot shot rivals.

Said rivals are played by The Rock and Sam Jackson, who get into all sorts of high-octane car chases and gunfights, and are basically the duo you see in every buddy cop movie. This is where the movie starts breaking rules, though, when we follow them chasing some thieves onto the roof of a very tall building. When the bad guys escape via a zip line the cocky duo decides to “Aim for the bushes”, and promptly jump off the roof.

Sadly for them, there are no bushes, so the camera follows them all the way to their deaths. The suddenness of this is what makes it hilarious, with a very game Jackson and The Rock perfectly setting up the punchline.