100 Greatest One-Liners Compilation Before The Kill Honors Famous Last Words, From Winners To Losers

If you have about 12 minutes to spare today, you have time to share our appreciation for how “100 Greatest One-Liners: Before The Kill” honors the shared virtue of every generation’s men and women of action that we respect the most: a sense of decorum.

There really is a certain propriety to carrying out a cinematic kill. Clocking in at several times the beginning-to-end length of most action sequences, this tidy compilation highlights over 50 years of that inevitable moment when heroes and villains alike eloquently mark their adversaries’ mortality with one sentimental quip. From the iconic greats such as Schwarzenegger (“I’ll be back”…”Knock-knock”…”You’re fired”), Bruce Willis (“Yippee-ki-yay, motherf***er”…”Happy trails, Hans”), Roddy Piper’s legendary declaration that he came to chew bubblegum and kick ass (SPOILER: he’s all out of bubblegum) and even the immortal John Wayne’s command to “fill your hands, you son of a bitch” to the memetic “THIS. IS. SPARTA!” and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE’s hilariously corny “Terrorize this!”, you never let a soon-to-be dead man walking have the last word.

That little parting monologue is much more than offering your opponent a sporting last chance to turn the tables on your smartass repartee. Let’s be honest, to dispatch a foe determined to go down swinging and NOT offer a cursory sendoff is a bit dismissive, don’t you think? You might as well dress your adversary in a cleanly pressed red Starfleet uniform before putting two between his eyes.

Even in a duel to the death, a little respect never goes amiss.

Film List (in order of appearance):

Independence Day (1996)
Predator (1987)
Scarface (1983)
They Live (1988)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Terminator (1984)
Cobra (1986)
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Action Jackson (1988)
True Grit (1969)
Stargate (1994)
Friday The 13th (2009)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Star Trek (2009)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
Air Force One (1997)
Commando (1985)
Die Another Day (2002)
Die Hard (1988)
The Rock (1996)
Leon: The Professional (1994)
The Heat (2013)
300 (2006)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
GoldenEye (1995)
Moonraker (1979)
Robocop (1987)
Tremors (1990)
Wolverine (2013)
True Lies (1994)
Casper (1995)
Judge Dredd (1995)
The Lion King (1994)
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
Wild Wild West (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman (1989)
Batman Begins (2005)
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Death Wish 2 (1982)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Stone Cold (1991)
Army Of Darkness (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Big Game (2014)
Con Air (1997)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Dr. No (1962)
The Dead Pool (1988)
Equilibrium (2002)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Jaws (1975)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Live And Let Die (1973)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
RoboCop (1987)
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)
Scream (1996)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Wars (1977)
Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003)
WALL-E (2008)
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
The Princess Bride (1987)
Transformers (2007)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Unforgiven (1992)
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)
Blade (1998)
Clear And Present Danger (1994)
I Come In Peace (1990)
X-Men (2000)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Eraser (1996)
Heist (2001)
Highlander (1986)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian (2009)
The Condemned (2007)
Child’s Play (1988)
The Rookie (1990)
The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
V For Vendetta (2006)
The Thing (1982)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1986)
The Karate Kid II (1986)
Iron Man 3 (2013)

Source – Burger Fiction