Or what about the bit near the beginning where Arnold crushes a man’s neck with his boot? Brrr. We were a little torn, in fact, between adding this particular selection, or the moment where duplicitous taxi driver Bennie gets ripped apart with a giant drill (killer line: “Screw you!”). There are absolutely dozens of nasty deaths in Total Recall, which is why it gets two entries on this list. Read more: What Running Man Teaches Us About Today “Here is Sub-Zero! Now plain zero!” Ouch. It has to be said, though, that it’s nowhere near as wince-inducing as the one-liner which follows. Written down, it probably doesn’t sound like much, but the way it’s shot – with a protracted scene of the victim clutching at his throat and gasping for air – makes it a surprisingly grotesque moment. In what is for our money the most wince-inducing kill of the movie, Arnold defeats Sub-Zero (a homicidal hockey player) by garrotting him with a length of barbed wire. Needless to say, Arnold manages to turn the tables on them – usually by using the assassins’ weapons against them. Imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Arnold ends up on a gameshow where contestants are hunted live on air by assassins in flashy outfits. Read more: The Use of Ads in RoboCop, Total Recall, and Starship TroopersĪrnold squeezed himself into a yellow jumpsuit for this decidedly loose adaptation of a dystopian novel by Stephen King (writing under the pseudonym Richard Bachman). Wince-inducing for us, but for Richter, who plunges to his death with the words, “See you at the party!” ringing in his ears, it’s a bitter end to a particularly crappy day. In a final, man-on-man confrontation which he has no hope of winning, Richter has his arms unceremoniously ripped off in an elevator shaft. And to make matters even worse, Richter’s boss Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox) expressly forbids him from killing Doug until the third act – by which time it’s too late. Then, in what can only be described as the day from hell for Richter, Doug proceeds to kill all of the former’s henchmen, and then brutally ‘divorces’ Lori with a bullet. First he has to stand aside while his better half, Lori (Sharon Stone) pretends to be the wife of Doug Quaid – actually a secret agent by the name of Hauser, but really Arnold Schwarzenegger again. The more we think about it, the more sorry we feel for Michael Ironside’s character Richter in 1990’s Total Recall. Read more: The Terminator – Suspense and Foreshadowing in James Cameron’s Classic If action movies are cinematic Formula One Racing, Arnold is… you get the idea. The officious cop, needless to say, is horribly squashed – like we said, “Oof.” With a muttered “I’ll be back” (the first instance of his now famous catchphrase, fact fans), the T-800 wanders off, only to come crashing through the front doors in a stolen car a few minutes later. There is, however, one scene that, although entirely lacking in gore, really has the “Oof!” factor, and just about beats the naked punk slaughter as the most wince-inducing.Īttempting to gain access to the police precinct in which his quarry is hiding, the T-800 (Arnold, with hair slightly less gelled than usual) is given short shrift by the officious cop sitting at the reception desk. Inspired though the casting of Arnie as the (almost) unstoppable cyborg assassin from the future might be, The Terminator gives him little to do other than shoot people – one memorable bit of nude punk murder aside, that is. This classic of ’80s sci-fi is significant for a myriad of reasons it put James Cameron firmly on the map as one of Hollywood’s most promising mainstream directors and established Arnold as a formidable screen presence. The Terminator (1984) – Death at the drive-in If action movies are cinematic ballet, Arnold is its Rudolph Nureyev. Villain four receives an axe to the abdomen, while the fifth has his arm chopped off with a machete. Villains two and three are killed with circular saw blades to the head and throat respectively. One is run through with a gardener’s fork as Arnie hangs from the rafters. In a display of vicious creativity, Arnold slaughters a series of soldiers as they advance on the shed – apparently in single file. The bit we’re interested in here, though, is the moment where he stops off at a garden shed for an extended scene of intimate bloodletting – for the sake of convenience, we’ve combined all these wince-inducing kills into one handy entry. The goons, naturally, will pay with their lives.ĭuring Commando’s final act assault on the bad guys’ mansion, Arnold offs a stunning amount of mortals with a variety of light and heavy ordnance. John Matrix, who turns out to be Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s going to get rather messy around here…įoolish villains have kidnapped the daughter of one Col. This list is therefore dedicated entirely to the assorted deaths Arnold Schwarzenegger dealt out without the use of firearms – so brace yourself, reader.
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