15 Most Epic Movie Moments Of 2018

10. The Iron Giant Sacrifices Itself - Ready Player One

Ready Player One The Iron Giant Dead
Warner Bros.

During Ready Player One's climactic Battle of Castle Anorak, the Aech-piloted (Lena Waithe) avatar of The Iron Giant makes the ultimate sacrifice to allow Parzival (Tye Sheridan) and the other heroes to continue their journey.

The Iron Giant braces itself across a lava-filled crevasse, but it's unfortunately unable to retrieve itself once the heroes are safely across, falling into the lava and promptly being consumed by it (but not before letting out a Terminator 2-esque thumbs up).

It may ultimately be a fairly inconsequential death when you consider that this is in a VR space, but even so, given the fanfare for the character, it was awesome to see it - or an approximation of it, at least - back to its heroic, sacrificial best.

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