You can't move in a movie world for the bodies of heroic sacrifices. Characters often give their lives for the sake of others, willingly sending themselves into the unknown to save the day. But it's not always as necessary as they think. Let's say that your last missile was jammed and your only hope of taking out a giant city-destroying alien ship before it unleashed its primary weapon was to fly your jet right into its core - that would be a sacrifice that meant something. Or let's say that a giant asteroid was on a crash course with Earth and would destroy humanity unless one man detonated a bomb while he was stood on it, preventing it from ever reaching Earth - that would be an example of a sacrifice that was worthwhile. However, when you actually think about certain supposedly heroic movie deaths, they ended up either meaning nothing or didn't actually have to occur - the people who sacrificed themselves had for no reason. This article will take a look through some example of deaths that might have seemed heroic, helpful and worthwhile at the first time of watching, but were actually completely unnecessary when you look a little closer at them. Here are ten movie characters who sacrificed themselves unnecessarily...
