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0 / 30 Fotos
John Wick
- During the course of the John Wick franchise, this assassin, played by Keanu Reeves, is an unstoppable force. With a blend of handgun artistry, machine gun skills, and hand-to-hand combat, John Wick can take on anyone and anything.
© NL Beeld
1 / 30 Fotos
Beatrix "The Bride" Kiddo
- Uma Thurman's the Bride is a revenge-driven super assassin, who's also trained by the greatest martial arts master. In the 'Kill Bill' saga, the Bride is unkillable in many ways, but most notable is that she survives a bullet to the head.
© NL Beeld
2 / 30 Fotos
James Bond
- With numerous injuries, traps, and logic-defying circumstances that should have time after time marked the end of him, 007 has shown for decades that he's unkillable.
© NL Beeld
3 / 30 Fotos
Indiana Jones
- From nabbing ancient relics while dodging poison blow darts, to a huge, hurtling boulder that nearly crushes him, Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones has survived some impossible odds.
© NL Beeld
4 / 30 Fotos
Ellen Ripley
- In Ridley Scott's 'Alien' (1979), Sigourney Weaver's Ripley manages to do what everyone else on the ship doesn't: survive. And even after she sacrificed herself, she was eventually cloned and brought back to life.
© NL Beeld
5 / 30 Fotos
Jack Sparrow
- Johnny Depp's charismatic Jack Sparrow has built his reputation on escaping death at all costs. And while he's dragged in the end to Davy Jones' Locker, the pirate doesn't really perish.
© NL Beeld
6 / 30 Fotos
Catwoman
- In 1992, Tim Burton's 'Batman Returns' gave the world the most iconic Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Evoking the nine lives myth about cats, Catwoman gets shot multiple times, and always gets right back up.
© NL Beeld
7 / 30 Fotos
Ethan Hunt
- Tom Cruise's unstoppable super spy of the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise is a man who runs into danger and risks his life to save the world. And he survives over and over again.
© NL Beeld
8 / 30 Fotos
Anton Chigurh
- Javier Bardem's Oscar-winning role in 'No Country for Old Men' (2007) is meticulous and brutal. And after the hitman manages to complete his work, he still manages to survive a car smashup.
© NL Beeld
9 / 30 Fotos
The Terminator
- From shotgun blasts to the face, to explosions, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator can withstand just about anything.
© NL Beeld
10 / 30 Fotos
Neo
- Fighting evil agents and stopping flying bullets from hitting him, Neo from the 'Matrix' franchise is practically a modern-day Messiah.
© NL Beeld
11 / 30 Fotos
Freddy Krueger
- First introduced to us in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984), many teens have attempted to get the fix on Freddy, but failed. The problem here is that he's already dead...
© NL Beeld
12 / 30 Fotos
Gandalf
- Ian McKellen's iconic wizard from 'The Lord of the Rings' franchise is simply indestructible. With many tricks up his sleeves, he falls down a mine with a monster and still manages to survive.
© NL Beeld
13 / 30 Fotos
Sidney Prescott
- Portrayed by Neve Campbell, Sidney Prescott is the protagonist of the 'Scream' franchise. Having been chased all around, this final girl is practically immortal.
© NL Beeld
14 / 30 Fotos
The Wet Bandits
- The 'Home Alone' burglars survive all the traps set by Kevin McCallister. But in reality, nearly everything that happens to them should have ended them for good.
© NL Beeld
15 / 30 Fotos
Lara Croft
- Trained in numerous defense arts, we've seen throughout the 'Tomb Raider' franchise that Lara Croft isn't scared of getting physical. From shadow monsters to bullet wounds, and Pandora's box, she's survived them all.
© NL Beeld
16 / 30 Fotos
Jason Voorhees
- Jason of the 'Friday the 13th' franchise has cheated death many times. From having survived drowning to being hacked into pieces, he just keeps on coming back.
© NL Beeld
17 / 30 Fotos
Westley
- Westley from 'The Princess Bride' (1987) is a farm boy who becomes a roguish pirate. In his quest to rescue his true love, Buttercup, he defeats a master swordsman and even drinks poison. Oh, what true love made him do!
© NL Beeld
18 / 30 Fotos
Snake Plissken
- The 1981 sci-fi classic 'Escape from New York' gave the world Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken, the ultimate antihero. Whatever is thrown at him, Pilssken beats the odds to survive at every turn.
© NL Beeld
19 / 30 Fotos
Pinhead
- From the 'Hellraiser' franchise, Pinhead is a literal hellraiser. Dragged back into hell more times than we care to count, Pinhead just keeps coming back.
© NL Beeld
20 / 30 Fotos
Chev Chelios
- In the 2006 action flick 'Crank', hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is injected with a special poison that requires him to keep his adrenaline up just to keep his heart beating. This results in a completely insane, action-packed flick that sees Chev constantly defying death.
© NL Beeld
21 / 30 Fotos
The Black Knight
- The Black Knight in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (1975) has a short appearance, but his entire existence is based on his stubborn refusal to perish. And it's hilarious!
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22 / 30 Fotos
Wonder Woman
- With superior strength, speed, and agility, it's no wonder Gal Gadot's superheroine can survive anything.
© NL Beeld
23 / 30 Fotos
Tang Lung
- Bruce Lee's character in 'The Way of the Dragon' (1972) is a man of both style and grace. Fighting with a combination of Chinese boxing and karate, he's seriously difficult to kill.
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24 / 30 Fotos
Nick Bennett
- Timothy Olyphant's character in 'A Perfect Getaway' (2009) proves he's literally made of titanium. Meaning he can take a bullet to the head and shrug it off.
© NL Beeld
25 / 30 Fotos
Superman
- They don't call him the Man of Steel for nothing. Alien visitor Superman is from Krypton, which means he's not like your average human. Not only is he quick, but bullets can't penetrate his skin.
© NL Beeld
26 / 30 Fotos
Boris the Bullet Dodger
- The Russian arms dealer Boris, from Guy Ritchie's 2000 comedy 'Snatch' is nearly a superhuman. Throughout the film, we see him get stabbed, beaten, shot, and hit by a car, and survive. It's still unclear, though, if he survived the final assault. But many say he's still somehow alive.
© NL Beeld
27 / 30 Fotos
John McClane
- Bruce Willis' John McClane from the 'Die Hard' franchise isn't afraid to get his fists bruised. From facing terrorists to surviving a high-rise hostage situation, McClane is undying.
© NL Beeld
28 / 30 Fotos
Marv
- A local legend in underworld circles, Marv from 'Sin City' (2005) is repeatedly attacked and hit by bullets, while still remaining a living tank. And when he's finally executed in an electric chair, it proves to be a lot harder than expected. See also: The best female villains in film and TV
© NL Beeld
29 / 30 Fotos
© NL Beeld
0 / 30 Fotos
John Wick
- During the course of the John Wick franchise, this assassin, played by Keanu Reeves, is an unstoppable force. With a blend of handgun artistry, machine gun skills, and hand-to-hand combat, John Wick can take on anyone and anything.
© NL Beeld
1 / 30 Fotos
Beatrix "The Bride" Kiddo
- Uma Thurman's the Bride is a revenge-driven super assassin, who's also trained by the greatest martial arts master. In the 'Kill Bill' saga, the Bride is unkillable in many ways, but most notable is that she survives a bullet to the head.
© NL Beeld
2 / 30 Fotos
James Bond
- With numerous injuries, traps, and logic-defying circumstances that should have time after time marked the end of him, 007 has shown for decades that he's unkillable.
© NL Beeld
3 / 30 Fotos
Indiana Jones
- From nabbing ancient relics while dodging poison blow darts, to a huge, hurtling boulder that nearly crushes him, Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones has survived some impossible odds.
© NL Beeld
4 / 30 Fotos
Ellen Ripley
- In Ridley Scott's 'Alien' (1979), Sigourney Weaver's Ripley manages to do what everyone else on the ship doesn't: survive. And even after she sacrificed herself, she was eventually cloned and brought back to life.
© NL Beeld
5 / 30 Fotos
Jack Sparrow
- Johnny Depp's charismatic Jack Sparrow has built his reputation on escaping death at all costs. And while he's dragged in the end to Davy Jones' Locker, the pirate doesn't really perish.
© NL Beeld
6 / 30 Fotos
Catwoman
- In 1992, Tim Burton's 'Batman Returns' gave the world the most iconic Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Evoking the nine lives myth about cats, Catwoman gets shot multiple times, and always gets right back up.
© NL Beeld
7 / 30 Fotos
Ethan Hunt
- Tom Cruise's unstoppable super spy of the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise is a man who runs into danger and risks his life to save the world. And he survives over and over again.
© NL Beeld
8 / 30 Fotos
Anton Chigurh
- Javier Bardem's Oscar-winning role in 'No Country for Old Men' (2007) is meticulous and brutal. And after the hitman manages to complete his work, he still manages to survive a car smashup.
© NL Beeld
9 / 30 Fotos
The Terminator
- From shotgun blasts to the face, to explosions, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator can withstand just about anything.
© NL Beeld
10 / 30 Fotos
Neo
- Fighting evil agents and stopping flying bullets from hitting him, Neo from the 'Matrix' franchise is practically a modern-day Messiah.
© NL Beeld
11 / 30 Fotos
Freddy Krueger
- First introduced to us in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984), many teens have attempted to get the fix on Freddy, but failed. The problem here is that he's already dead...
© NL Beeld
12 / 30 Fotos
Gandalf
- Ian McKellen's iconic wizard from 'The Lord of the Rings' franchise is simply indestructible. With many tricks up his sleeves, he falls down a mine with a monster and still manages to survive.
© NL Beeld
13 / 30 Fotos
Sidney Prescott
- Portrayed by Neve Campbell, Sidney Prescott is the protagonist of the 'Scream' franchise. Having been chased all around, this final girl is practically immortal.
© NL Beeld
14 / 30 Fotos
The Wet Bandits
- The 'Home Alone' burglars survive all the traps set by Kevin McCallister. But in reality, nearly everything that happens to them should have ended them for good.
© NL Beeld
15 / 30 Fotos
Lara Croft
- Trained in numerous defense arts, we've seen throughout the 'Tomb Raider' franchise that Lara Croft isn't scared of getting physical. From shadow monsters to bullet wounds, and Pandora's box, she's survived them all.
© NL Beeld
16 / 30 Fotos
Jason Voorhees
- Jason of the 'Friday the 13th' franchise has cheated death many times. From having survived drowning to being hacked into pieces, he just keeps on coming back.
© NL Beeld
17 / 30 Fotos
Westley
- Westley from 'The Princess Bride' (1987) is a farm boy who becomes a roguish pirate. In his quest to rescue his true love, Buttercup, he defeats a master swordsman and even drinks poison. Oh, what true love made him do!
© NL Beeld
18 / 30 Fotos
Snake Plissken
- The 1981 sci-fi classic 'Escape from New York' gave the world Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken, the ultimate antihero. Whatever is thrown at him, Pilssken beats the odds to survive at every turn.
© NL Beeld
19 / 30 Fotos
Pinhead
- From the 'Hellraiser' franchise, Pinhead is a literal hellraiser. Dragged back into hell more times than we care to count, Pinhead just keeps coming back.
© NL Beeld
20 / 30 Fotos
Chev Chelios
- In the 2006 action flick 'Crank', hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is injected with a special poison that requires him to keep his adrenaline up just to keep his heart beating. This results in a completely insane, action-packed flick that sees Chev constantly defying death.
© NL Beeld
21 / 30 Fotos
The Black Knight
- The Black Knight in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (1975) has a short appearance, but his entire existence is based on his stubborn refusal to perish. And it's hilarious!
© Getty Images
22 / 30 Fotos
Wonder Woman
- With superior strength, speed, and agility, it's no wonder Gal Gadot's superheroine can survive anything.
© NL Beeld
23 / 30 Fotos
Tang Lung
- Bruce Lee's character in 'The Way of the Dragon' (1972) is a man of both style and grace. Fighting with a combination of Chinese boxing and karate, he's seriously difficult to kill.
© Getty Images
24 / 30 Fotos
Nick Bennett
- Timothy Olyphant's character in 'A Perfect Getaway' (2009) proves he's literally made of titanium. Meaning he can take a bullet to the head and shrug it off.
© NL Beeld
25 / 30 Fotos
Superman
- They don't call him the Man of Steel for nothing. Alien visitor Superman is from Krypton, which means he's not like your average human. Not only is he quick, but bullets can't penetrate his skin.
© NL Beeld
26 / 30 Fotos
Boris the Bullet Dodger
- The Russian arms dealer Boris, from Guy Ritchie's 2000 comedy 'Snatch' is nearly a superhuman. Throughout the film, we see him get stabbed, beaten, shot, and hit by a car, and survive. It's still unclear, though, if he survived the final assault. But many say he's still somehow alive.
© NL Beeld
27 / 30 Fotos
John McClane
- Bruce Willis' John McClane from the 'Die Hard' franchise isn't afraid to get his fists bruised. From facing terrorists to surviving a high-rise hostage situation, McClane is undying.
© NL Beeld
28 / 30 Fotos
Marv
- A local legend in underworld circles, Marv from 'Sin City' (2005) is repeatedly attacked and hit by bullets, while still remaining a living tank. And when he's finally executed in an electric chair, it proves to be a lot harder than expected. See also: The best female villains in film and TV
© NL Beeld
29 / 30 Fotos
Movie characters who are basically impossible to kill
These characters certainly won't die another day!
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In cinema, all main characters need trials to endure and obstacles to overcome. But some folks prove they're not just tough, but that they're basically immortal!
And this isn't something that only happens with superheroes or slasher monsters. A lot of ordinary mortals prove to be extraordinarily death-proof. From John Wick to James Bond, these characters are slick, smart, and avoid their deaths no matter what goes against them.
Click on for some of the most indestructible characters in cinematic history.
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