10 Movie Characters Who Were Killed Off Way Too Soon

In a movie where there is a killer alien on board a spaceship, leaving the crew with no escape, you have to assume that just about every character is in danger of dying. Ripley may have survived the Xenomorph in 1979, but few characters in such films are so lucky.

As was the case with Life. The 2017 outing's story was very similar to that of Alien, and the extra-terrestrial in question this time wouldn't have held much threat if it didn't kill at least a character or two.

Ultimately, all six of the crew were killed, but who could have predicted that Ryan Reynolds' Rory Adams would go so early? One of the biggest names on the cast list, heavily featured during the marketing, and one of the more interesting characters, Rory seemed destined to survive at least a little longer. Instead, he was the first to die at the hands of Calvin.

It's a shame because Adams was arguably one of the better developed characters in the film, and Life would have benefitted from keeping him around longer. Yes, there was the typical sarcasm and wit that just about every other Ryan Reynolds character has, but it was slightly more reserved than, say, Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Adam Reed (The Adam Project), or Nolan Booth (Red Notice). As a supporting character, this didn't overtake the entire thing, and from the short performance Reynolds gave, it feels that there was so much more to Adams that audiences never got to see.