10 Horror Movie Characters Who Had To Make Horrendous Decisions
5. David Jordan - Life
Featuring an ensemble cast, 2017's Life received positive reviews and a respectable commercial return. The movie chronicles the discovery of extraterrestrial life on Mars - a murderous life form dubbed Calvin that proceeds to terrorise the six-member crew of the International Space Station.
After Calvin viciously wipes out the entirety of the team bar Jake Gyllenhaal's David Jordan and Rebecca Ferguson's Miranda North, the two survivors realise that Calvin cannot be allowed to wreak havoc on their home planet. Jordan then makes the soul-cleaving decision to sacrifice his own life to protect humanity.
After luring the alien into an escape pod, he intends to pilot the vessel into deep space, simultaneously allowing North to return to Earth safely.
This was already a desolating choice for Gyllenhaal's scientist, compounding the emotional damage when it is revealed that North's pod is actually the one hurtling uncontrollably into the black oblivion of space after colliding with debris.
Jordan's pod has splashed down on Earth with Calvin still in tow, presumably precipitating the end of the world when his rescuers open the stricken vehicle and unleash this monster on human civilisation.