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Patriot Games, Sean Miller (Sean Bean)

Site Rating: 45%
(ratings: 2)
Editor Rating: 38%
Writeup Rating: 80%
(ratings: 2)
Film: Patriot Games (1992)
Deceased Character: Sean Miller (Sean Bean)
Archetype: Baddy (Major)
Killed by: Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford)
Killed with: Anchor


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 14th Jun 2005

Seeking revenge against Ryan, who killed his little brother early in the film, Miller is on the high seas chasing down the ailing boat of Ryan. Shooting at the boat, Miller's bullets puncture the engine and starts a small fire in the back of Ryan's boat.

When he gets in range, Miller tries to shoot Ryan with his gun but, in the age old Hollywood tradition, it has run out of bullets at the critical moment.

Miller throwing the gun into the sea, decides to board Ryans boat and beat him to death.We then get the usual 2 minutes of scuffling.

Picking up an anchor, Miller makes a few swipes at Ryan who uses a mooring pole to protect himself from the blows. One frantic swipe with the anchor finally embeds it invitingly into the boat's aft.

Following a bit of macho wrestling, where Miller uses the mooring pole to strangle Ryan, Ryan manages to push him back. Off balance, Miller's momentum sends him falling backwards and he impales himself on the anchor.

All the while, the flaming speedboat is careering onwards with grim determination towards a rocky outcrop. Ryan's last action is to throw himself into the sea as the boat hits the rocks and explodes.

This is really convenient, as a search and rescue helicopter in the distance sees the explosion like a flare and flies towards the wreckage, where they rescue Ryan. Talk about being born under a lucky star sign.....



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Last Updated: 1st Jun 2008
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This review has 2 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'Patty' (reply to this comment)
I liked this review. Being a Sean Bean fan, this is still one of my favourite movies. It was a classic baddy death scene. One that relieves the good guy from the awful stigma of actually killing the bad guy with his own lilly-white hands. Geez, no wonder I have always prefered the villians...
Comment 2 by 'Ocafi' (reply to this comment)
Especially Sean Bean, one of my favorite actors of all time. Just once, I'd like to see the good guy dispense some truly gritty justice and blow the bad guy's brains out without having to wait for the baddie to pull out his hidden weapon and backstab the good guy. Or maybe, when that happens, have the bad guy actually kill the good guy. Not in Hollywood, though.