10 Movie Villains Who Won AFTER They Died
5. Roy Batty - Blade Runner
Sir Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) remains one of his most hotly debated films.
Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) and several other Nexus-6 replicants have murdered to get to Earth and extend their lifespans; "blade runner", Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is tasked with tracking down and "retiring" them. When Batty meets his creator, Dr. Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), he learns that his own systems prevent his life from being extended. Kissing Tyrell, Batty then kills him in retribution.
Later chasing Deckard through a building onto the roof, Batty realises that his systems are starting to shut down. Deckard tries to escape onto another rooftop, but ends up grasping onto a beam for dear life. Holding a dove, Batty leaps after Deckard, taunting him over what it feels like to be afraid. However, Batty rescues Deckard as the blade runner slips toward the street below.
In the film's finest moment, Batty laments the prospect of his own death: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like...tears in rain. Time to die".
Batty shuts down, releasing the dove into the air, leaving Deckard visibly startled. When Rachael (Sean Young) - a replicant whom Deckard has fallen in love with - is threatened, Deckard goes into hiding with her, proving that, whilst Batty might have failed in his ultimate goal, he has successfully changed Deckard's nature.