28 Weeks Later - Doyle's Sacrifice

After escaping the firebombing of District One, our characters break into an abandoned car to escape the chemical gas released to kill the infected. Doyle(Jeremy Renner)gets out to attempt push-starting the vehicle as soldiers armed with flamethrowers get closer. The engine finally starts as Doyle is engulfed by a large ball of flame. The children get a close-up view of Doyle burning to death and collapsing to the ground as they drive away. A brutal but necessary demise for one of the best characters in the film. Doyle sacrificed himself in order to get the others to safety. His death also gives the story an extra boost as it leaves the kids without a strong male character to lead them the rest of the way. A very underrated "fast-moving zombie" movie(they're actually biologically infected people), 28 Weeks Later is entertaining from the thrilling and suspenseful opening scene to the last haunting image.

The Wicker Man - Ending

Ending to the 1973 film The Wicker Man, where we find out that Sergeant Neil Howie IS the sacrifice. The revelation that the whole film had been building up to this final scene makes it one of the greatest deaths, quite shocking on first viewing.


Nicholas Cage was also sacrificed in the 2006 version.