10 Shocking Movie Character Deaths That Came Out Of Nowhere

Serving as a Hollywood calling card for both its director, eventual Kick Ass adapter Matthew Vaughn, and star, future 007 Daniel Craig, 2004’s Layer Cake is an agreeably stylish and clever Guy Ritchie clone which combines enough of Get Carter’s uniquely British grittiness and Sexy Beast’s slick, glossy presentation to develop an identity of its own.

The film is well worth a watch, following a nameless smooth operator in the London coke business as he navigates his last days as a dealer before retiring from his life of crime. It’s a twisty, exciting thriller for the most part, a funny and well-paced caper which is hard to predict—right up until its devastating last moments.

Remember when we said the flick owes a debt to earlier British gangster effort Get Carter?

Well, obviously Vaughn was worried viewers wouldn’t see the similarity, since this flick ends much the same way as that bruising Michael Caine effort. After our hero has succeeded in double-crossing all sides and making off with the loot, he gracefully exits the criminal underworld—only to be suddenly and brutally murdered by Ben f***ing Whishaw.

Well okay, a character played by him, but still. F***ing Paddington.