10 Movies That Tricked You By Killing Main Characters Early

10. Life

Life was a little-liked 2017 sci-fi thriller about discovering the first evidence of life on Mars and learning that it's more Alien than E.T. Released to critical derision and audience shoulder-shrugging, it was seen as just another in a long line of Alien clones that would be forgotten in due time, despite a major cast headlined by Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and up-and-comer Rebecca Ferguson.

The titular life begins as a small, seemingly containable sample to the excitement of the astronauts, but it becomes apparent early on that the creature has the ability to grow into a multi-cell organism; a hostile one at that.

The three leads didn't have any traits that solidified one over the other, but Reynolds' recent success in the Deadpool films and the years he spent living down Green Lantern made the audience imagine he'd at least make it to the late real.

Not so, as once the creature breaks free, he's the first mouth it shoves itself in, emerging from him spewing blood and having grown even larger. Not a flop or really a hit, it's middling sci/fi with a surprising downer ending.