Equilibrium (2002)In the totalitarian future of Equilibrium, human emotion is outlawed. It wasn't enough to stop his dying thoughts from being that he himself probably caused the downfall of all humanity, but the effort was appreciated. With giant arrows lodged in his torso, Boromir still fought on, doing his best to protect the tiny halflings under his charge. Because Boromir's bold and brave attempt to right recent wrongs - in a last ditch effort to undo his own huge mistake - is some amazing cinema. If we're looking for noble exits, that is. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)When asked, Sean Bean himself has said that this was his favorite Sean Bean death. Because sometimes, for Sean Bean, death becomes a big pile on.īean caught stealing. Also, in keeping with his previous tentpole movie double-death (anchor + explosion), turncoat Alec got to both fall and get crushed. He also got to (sort of) die twice, as his traitorous 00 Agent, Alec Trevelyan, was thought to be dead for half the movie, only to then pop up and surprise Bond later. Goldeneye (1995)Like with Patriot Games, Bean actually got to make it to the end of Goldeneye, Pierce Brosnan's first (and best) Bond movie. Making Harrison Ford make vintage Harrison Ford action face. Bean, in rare form, actually got to get his licks in before he perished - getting to beat on Harrison Ford with both a metal pole and a massive anchor. But it still counts as a death even if one makes it to the final reel. Of course, he was the villain and Ford was the hero so there was no way he was escaping this film in one piece. "I came out to have a good time and honestly I'm feeling so attacked right now." Patriot Games (1992)Bean first became known to American audiences thanks to his vengeful role opposite Harrison Ford in Patriot Games. And if there was ever a more massive clue that death was seeking the man out, Final Destination-style, it was watching Bean's McCabe get driven off a cliff, almost comically, by a herd of stampeding cattle. But in 1990's The Field, Bean played an peaceful Irish farmer. Professions which make it easier for the viewer to understand why he might be, all of a sudden, screaming in agony. The Field (1990)Sometimes Sean Bean's played a spy. Here are ten of the actor's most notable screen deaths. Sometimes he's deserved it, most times not. Legends ReviewOver the years, everyone from 007 to Jack Ryan to a massive Tolkien Uruk-hai has put Bean in the dirt. Despite the fact that the man, in real life, is a triple-tough son of a bitch who got stabbed in a bar fight in 2011 - only to walk back into the pub for a pint afterward. Sean Bean, thanks to literally dozens of roles where he's been violently killed, has gained the unusual notoriety of being freakin' great at dying. But more likely Odum's just going to be the hero throughout, taking down bad guys on undercover missions while being drawn into a larger conspiracy about his own identity. In which case we'd be watching the first time Bean's ever been killed off before the story even starts. Of course, it could be the case that Bean's character on Legends, FBI Agent Martin Odum, is already dead. Or, in the case of Legends, at least all the way until the series finale, when all bets would be off. After over two decades of meeting graphic, vicious ends in movies, perhaps Bean felt it was time he made it all the way to the closing credits. I know! Well, the guy's gotta mix things up every once in a while. It debuts this week on TNT and from what we can tell, all signs point to Sean Bean.
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