11 Heroic Acts In Movies That Changed Absolutely Nothing

9. Jericho Kills Himself - End Of Days

At the end of religious apocalypse movie End Of Days, Arnold Schwarzenegger's grizzled cop - the ludicrously brilliantly named Jericho Cane, in case anyone missed the religious notes of the film - ends his protection of devil's quarry Christine York (who Beelzebub wants to hump to create a demon baby and bring about the end of the world) by becoming possessed himself and attempting to rape his charge.

The film is about as hokey as religious action films come, as Arnie's Jericho is told all he needs to stop Satan is faith (which confuses his need to use a rocket launcher against him in the film's penultimate set-piece), but the silliness does at least establish the internal logic that humans can fight off Satan's influence if they have the will-power (and the faith in God). Gabriel Byrne's banker obviously doesn't have the power to fight back, because he's a slimey banker, but Arnie isn't a bad guy, even though he definitely turned his back on God when his family was murdered, so he's able to wrestle with Satan and stop himself from impregnating Christine (Satan always handily chooses virile men apparently).

With the clock about to run down on Satan's sexy window of opportunity for another millennium, Arnie fights off the devilish control and impales himself on a sword, stopping the Devil from regaining control, and sending him back to Hell without his ruinous offspring being conceived, which happens roughly five seconds after Jericho kills himself.

So basically, Jericho could have just stood perfectly still for a few seconds, having regained control of his loins, and Satan would have been banished back to Hell. Killing himself changed the outcome in absolutely no way.