10 Movies That Tricked You By Killing Main Characters Early

Survival horror films demand a character that will lead the small group of trapped victims to safety, be it through thoughtful planning, heavy firepower or a combination of the two. In Renny Harlin's Deep Blue Sea, that character was multi-millionaire Samuel L. Jackson, visiting an underwater lab where scientists have been experimenting on sharks in hopes of finding a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, man played with God a little too much and the sharks got smarter and Michael Rappaport-hungry.

Thomas Jane is the rogue shark wrangler and, at first, he's a wild card, chances of survival being up to the winds of fate. LL Cool J was under contractual obligation to survive so it wouldn't frighten his children, but according to his theme song his hat was like a shark's fin, so he was fine either way.

That's why it's both funny and scary that, during the middle of a rousing speech about survival and laying out a strategy, one of the giant Mako sharks leaps from the water and devours Jackson, pulling him into the water.

Jackson's commentary is worth a listen on the DVD as well, as he spends most of it raving about a golf course near the set, then abruptly says, "Well, I'm dead," and leaves the recording studio.