-Sergeant Elias in Platoon. The scene where he throws up his arms in slow motion as Adaggio for Strings plays is a classic.
-Mr Big's death in Live and Let Die. He gets literally blown up by Bond using a compressed gas pellet gun.
-The eponymous Leon in Leon/The Professional. Utterly tragic, yet Gary Newman's wonderfully slimy portrayal makes it deliciously satisfying to see his character get his just deserts.
-The Terminator in Terminator 2. Who'd have thought Arnie being lowered into a vat of liquid metal would be such a tear-jerker?
-Apollo Creed in Rocky IV. This one's got both ridiculous slow-motion and sinister Russians.
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