10 Movie Villains Who Made One Wrong Move

3. Ronan - Guardians Of The Galaxy

Ronan Guardians Of The Galaxy
Marvel Studios

The Wrong Move

For starters, Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) spends a good 30 seconds monologuing when he should be destroying Xandar with his Power Stone-infused warhammer as planned.

But that's not even the worst of it. Ronan wastes another minute allowing himself to be distracted by a dancing Star-Lord, giving Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Drax (Dave Bautista) time to fire a rocket at his warhammer.

This frees the Power Stone and, with the Guardians sharing its power between them, they're able to withstand its might while also destroying Ronan.

What They Should've Done

Literally all Ronan had to do was focus on the task at hand and not be a totally gormless villain cliche. Now, there's no guarantee he wouldn't have been melted by Thanos (Josh Brolin) eventually, but if he'd sacked Xandar with the Power Stone, the Guardians would have been helpless against him.

Despite getting dangerously close to winning, he ended up with the geekiest death of any "major" MCU villain, cementing his stature as a total joke.

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