• From: Buffalo, NY
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Topic: Most innocent bystanders killed?

I'm re-watching AKIRA, and am once again reminded of how much Otomo seems to hate innocent bystanders. Main characters live to fight another day, but anyone within a 5 mile radius will probably get smashed by a flying rock at some point.

So, what films have the highest body count of onlookers? I'm not talking about end of the world or disaster films where killing everyone is the main plot, but cases where people totally uninvolved with the plot are dying as an un-noticed consequence of the main action.

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  • From: Annapolis, MD
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Re: Most innocent bystanders killed?

Hard Boiled has to be near the top. Quite a few bystanders get shot up in the teahouse and I'm pretty sure even more get slaughtered in the hospital scenes.

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  • Registered: 2010-05-27
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Re: Most innocent bystanders killed?

I've never seen it but i'll say Death Race 2000 until i can think of something better.

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  • Registered: 2010-05-01
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Re: Most innocent bystanders killed?

Total Recall.

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  • From: Farmington, CT
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Re: Most innocent bystanders killed?

There's always http://www.moviebodycounts.com but if we're talking specifically about innocent bystanders, I'd guess Star Wars would be at the top. An entire planet is destroyed. I guess Star Trek 2009 counts on the same grounds.

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  • From: Scotland
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Re: Most innocent bystanders killed?

Not the most, but the thing that annoyed me about Wanted was the whole 'we have to protect the public' shite then all those people die on the train and nobody gives a fuck. Hmmmmm.....

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  • From: Buffalo, NY
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Re: Most innocent bystanders killed?

Star Wars and Star Trek don't count, as those people are directly killed by the main characters as part of the plot. Now, if the Death Star had accidentally fired at some point destroying a random planet, THAT would have counted smile

(you could count all the Ewoks who died when the remains of the second Death Star rained down on Endor, but unfortunately that wasn't shown on film...)

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