7 Movie Villains Who Shockingly Saved The Hero’s Life

Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner is one of the defining science fiction dystopias of all time, showing us an eerie world of dense cityscapes in perpetual darkness, artificial beings yearning for freedom, and cool snake-dancing. It also has one of the greatest and most unexpected finales of all time, in which Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), the human tasked with hunting down a group of escaped Replicants, finally faces off against their murderous, desperate leader Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer). 

Well, facing off is putting it generously. Despite being an expert Blade Runner and armed, Deckard is no match for the artificially designed combat model that is Roy, who turns the tables and chases him to a rooftop. This results in Deckard dangling helplessly from a ledge, while the bloodied Roy, only moments from predetermined deactivation/death, chooses to use his last moments to save the very man who meant to kill him. Who’s really the movie villain here?