10 Shocking Movie Deaths That Came Out Of NOWHERE

10. Die Hard 2 - Corporal Telford

Die Hard 2 is a bit of a mixed bag, and it's probably the weakest of the good Die Hard films (i.e. anything aside from the fifth one!), but it does have plenty going for it, and one of its strongest assets is a razor-sharp surprise villain twist late in the movie. 

The movie sees deranged US Colonel William Stuart (William Sadler) taking over Dulles International Airport and jeopardizing thousands of airborne passengers. He demands that a villainous foreign general (Franco Nero) be allowed to land safely and escape, or he'll crash the planes. John McClane (Bruce Willis), whose wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) is on one of the planes, fights to stop them and gets assistance from various others, including a counter-terrorism squad led by Major Grant (John Amos). 

One of Grant's team is a rookie, Corporal Telford (Patrick O'Neal), who's only there because the usual guy got Appendicitis. Later, while the team is on the road, they are reminiscing about a past mission. Telford expresses regret he wasn't there, and Grant replies, "Yeah, me too, kid." "Really, Sir?" Telford responds. 

"Sure. Or we wouldn't have to do this." 

Grant then cuts the poor man's throat, revealing in the coldest way imaginable that he and his whole team are allied with Colonel Stuart. This was a fantastic twist, whichever way you cut it, and one of the very best moments in the film.