10 Easily Avoidable Deaths In Sci-Fi Movies

There's a reason why debates about this film's conclusion persist.

More in line with the source material, the alternative ending gives audiences a mental 180°. It puts Robert Neville's motives into question and provides a refreshing shred of humanity to the Darkseekers. Explaining that Neville is as much of a threat to them as they are to him, Neville still gets to walk away knowing the cure.

However, the theatrical cut's ending is more a traditional action movie finish. Neville, instead, sacrifices himself to save the cure, letting the others escape with it. It's not without some merit; it fulfils Neville's character arc by reuniting him with his family through his death once he's achieved his goal of finding the cure.

If you intend to make this massive change to favour something familiar, though, at least give Neville a great death. Unsurprisingly, they didn't do that, opting for Neville to blow himself and the Darkseekers up via grenade. If anyone forgot, grenades don't blow up immediately, providing time for a getaway before the explosion. How did no one think of this? It makes everyone look incredibly dumb for choosing this stupidly avoidable death over the superior alternative they had already shot.