Steven Spielberg is a filmmaker responsible for some of the most popular and iconic films of all time. Entire generations of movie fans have been inspired by his fantastic, groundbreaking, and versatile work, as well as the characters he has helped bring to the big screen.
Spielberg knows how to play to the audience's emotions better than anyone. He is not afraid to have an innocent or likable character suddenly suffer a dark fate. On the other hand, he also knows how to give the audience what they want, like a villain who gets what's coming to them.
10 Didn't Deserve: Gennaro - Jurassic Park (1993)
When a group of select people are invited to the island of Jurassic Park to check out the mysterious new theme park, the corporate lawyer Gennaro is clearly the least likable among them. He is not concerned that bringing dinosaurs back to life is playing God because he sees a lot of money to be made.
However, even as unlikable as he is, he is not an evil man and did not deserve such a humiliating and terrifying death. Yes, he abandoned the kids in the truck, but seeing a T-Rex would probably make a lot of people do irrational things. That doesn't mean he should have been eaten while sitting on a toilet.
9 Did Deserve: Dennis Nedry - Jurassic Park (1993)
Though the idea of bringing dinosaurs into the 20th century is a disaster waiting to happen, most of the mayhem in Jurassic Park is caused by Dennis Nedry. He sought to steal the dino DNA and sell it to John Hammond's competitors and to help him get away with it, he disabled the park's security system, allowing the dinosaurs to roam free.
When making his escape, Nedry comes across a Dilophosaurus. Nedry continues to show what a huge jerk he is by mocking the creature, so it's unsurprising when the calm dino decides to attack. In the end, Nedry was responsible for his own death.
8 Didn't Deserve: Danny Witwer - Minority Report (2002)
In the sci-fi thriller Minority Report, the Pre-Crime program is established to predict crimes before they happen. Colin Farrell plays Witwer, a government officer looking into the possible flaws in the program, who targets Detective Anderton as a potential problem.
When Anderton is predicted to be a murderer, he assumes he is being set up by Witwer. However, Witwer discovers someone has manipulated the program to frame Anderton but is killed when he brings the information to the wrong people. Though he seemed to be the villain, Witwer was just trying to do his job.
7 Did Deserve: Mola Ram - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic heroes in cinema history and part of that is due to the fact that he battles such loathsome villains. In Temple of Doom, Indy comes across Mola Ram, a terrifying leader who performs human sacrifices and enslaves children.
After watching him tear a man's heart out and burn him alive, there is no one in the audience that doesn't want to see Ram die badly. It's very satisfying when Indy cuts the rope bridge he is on, sending Ram down into the water below where he is eaten by crocodiles.
6 Didn't Deserve: Eddie Carr - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
In the sequel to Jurassic Park, Ian Malcolm returns along with a bunch of new characters who are chased around by hungry dinosaurs. One of those new characters is Eddie Carr, a valuable member of Ian's team who proves to be more heroic than he looks.
When Ian and the others are dangling over a cliff in a truck, Eddie immediately goes into action to save the day. As he is attempting to rescue them, two T-Rexes show up looking for a meal. Instead of running, Eddie continues trying to save his friends until he is torn in half by the dinos.
5 Did Deserve: Walter Donovan - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Walter Donovan is probably the least threatening of the villains Indy has faced off with but that doesn't make him any more likable. He is an American businessman who hires Indy to find the Holy Grail, only to reveal he was working with the Nazis the whole time.
Anyone willing to work with the Nazis is obviously a pretty awful person. To add to his villainy, Donovan ruthlessly sacrifices his own men to the grail's booby-traps because he's too afraid to try himself. His ignorance leads to his gruesome death as he chooses the wrong cup and turns decrepit in a matter of seconds.
4 Didn't Deserve: Rufio - Hook (1991)
Spielberg retold the Peter Pan story in which Peter is a middle-aged man who has forgotten his time in Neverland. When he is brought back there, he is welcomed by the Lost Boys, all except for their new leader, Rufio.
However, over time, Rufio comes to accept Peter and the hero he was before and joins him in his fight against Captain Hook. But when Rufio tries to fight Hook on his own, he is stabbed and dies in Peter's arms.
3 Did Deserve: Captain Hook - Hook (1991)
Captain Hook has always been somewhat of a goofy villain. Though he is threatening, the humor surrounding the character makes him strangely likable. However, this version of Hook gives audiences more than enough reasons to hate him.
Along with killing young Rufio, Hook kidnaps Peter's children and even brainwashes Peter's own son against him. In the end, he is turned into a cowardly old man as the crocodile who ate his hand seems to come back to life and swallow him whole.
2 Didn't Deserve: Alex Kintner - Jaws (1975)
Part of the reason Jaws remains one of Spielberg's most popular films is how effectively terrifying the shark is. Spielberg does not hold back on showing the deadliness of this beast, especially with the death of young Alex Kintner.
After the idea of a shark is dismissed, the beaches are opened and Alex is one of the many people enjoying some fun in the water. Unfortunately, the shark zeros in on the young boy and devours him in a bloody attack that kept many people out of the water.
1 Did Deserve: The Nazis - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
It seems if a movie wants to create some villains that are really easy to hate, all they have to do is make them Nazis. Such is the case for Raiders of the Lost Ark as the hateful and pathetic Nazi thugs try to beat Indy to the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant.
Though they succeed in acquiring the Ark, the Nazis pay severely for their greed and evil ambition. The power of the Ark kills them in a truly horrific way and no one was sad to see them go.
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