C.W.'s Picks

C.W.'s Picks:

Best On-screen Deaths

5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975): Jack Nicholson finds himself a victim of the standard issue lobotomy and the enormous soft spoken Chief takes it upon himself to put the poor drooling bastard out of his misery with a hospital pillow. Absolutely heartwarming.

4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969): Two American outlaws experience the language barrier and the Bolivian National Army after fleeing the U.S. for what could have been a lucrative bank robbing career in the third world. Two against 200… I like those odds.

3. Deep Blue Sea (1999): A state of the art sea station is sinking into the ocean and the scientists aboard are being slowly picked off by super intelligent sharks. Who can pull the crew together? Enter Sam Jackson and a rousing rally cry that is promptly followed by a sudden and gruesome death. Good TV.

2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): Rowdy Cowboy Bomber Pilot Major "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) has his orders but finds them difficult to execute when a live Nuke becomes lodged in his aircraft. When finally dropped Pickens is dropped with it. He takes it like a champ though and is incinerated a-hoopin' an' a-hollerin.'

1. American Psycho (2000): Christian Bale enthusiastically explains the value of "It's Hip to Be Square" by Mr. Huey Lewis and then savagely massacres his co-worker (Jared Leto) with an axe. A biting social commentary delivered by a man dressed in plastic.