Top 10 Movie Creations That Turned Against Their Creator

Who would’ve thought bringing a monster to life could possibly backfire? Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 movie creations that turn against their creator.

For this list, we’re taking a look at creatures in film that decide they’re done taking orders from their masters, and that it’s time to take matters into their own hands. Keep in mind there are major spoilers ahead, so consider this your warning.

Maybe bringing back a soldier who had gone insane in Vietnam and killed nearly an entire village wasn’t the best idea? That didn’t seem to matter to members of the U.S. Special Forces, who selected the recently deceased Andrew Scott for the Universal Soldier program, which essentially resurrects dead soldiers and turns them into enhanced beings. The ultra-violent Scott still believes he is fighting in Vietnam, however, and soon begins to disobey his orders. He eventually kills Colonel Perry, the UniSol commander, and takes over control of the program to carry out his bloodthirsty demands.

Training Velociraptors to carry out your orders is an awesome idea, but not necessarily a smart or practical one. Owen Grady has spent a significant amount of time training the four raptors, and is able to prevent them from eating a worker who had fallen into their pen. He even rides alongside them at one point as they attempt to capture the Indominus Rex. When they encounter the Indominus, however, it is discoveredthat the dinosaur actually has raptor DNA, and thus becomes the pack’s alpha, causing the raptors to turn on Owen and the rest of the park staff. Vincent D’Onofrio had it coming, though.

One of the greatest villains in cinematic history, Darth Vader was the Emperor’s right-hand man. The Emperor convinced Anakin Skywalker toturn to the dark side to save Padme’s life and subsequently named him Darth Vader. He even saved Vader’s life after he was gravely injured in a fight with Obi-Wan Kenobi by building him a respiratory suit. The Emperor aspired to do the same with Vader’s son, Luke, but failed, and attempted to murder him. Unwilling to watch his son die, Vader gave the Emperor his resignation in epic fashion, sacrificing his own life to save his son.

In the first entry to this trilogy, Smith is an Agent who was programmed to keep order within the Matrix. In the sequels, however, Smith has become unplugged and is now a free man. He removes his earpiece, dresses in a jet-black suit, and changes his sunglasses. Now entirely free, Smith turns against the other Machines, attempting to destroy both humanity and the Matrix. Ironically, Smith essentially becomes a virus, something he attributed to humans in the first film.

The main antagonist of this sequel is CLU, a computer program that was created by Kevin to help develop the perfect computer system. Clu took his job description a little too literally, however, and betrayed both Flynn and Tron in an effort to maintain perfection. Clu then lures Flynn’s son, Sam, to the Grid so that he can draw Flynn out, escape through the portal, and enslave the human world. Ultimately, Flynn is able to destroy Clu by sacrificing himself, allowing Sam to return to the real world.

The problem with creating a super assassin is figuring out what the hell to do if the agent goes rogue. The CIA elects to eliminate Jason Bourne, which is a big, big mistake. Bourne, a former agent of Operation Treadstone, suffers from dissociative amnesia and has no idea who he is. He starts to piece things together over the course of the first film, thanks in large part to the attempts on his life by multiple Treadstone agents. No matter how many times agents of Operation Treadstone or Operation Blackbriar try to kill him, though, Bourne seemingly always gets the upper hand.

It seems like anytime someone tries to play God, it comes back to bite them. Nathan, an isolated billionaire, invites Caleb, one of his employees, to his house to administer a Turing test on his humanoid robot. Caleb meets with the robot, named Ava, for multiple sessions, and they develop a bond that causes Caleb to turn on Nathan. They soon discover, however, that Ava has been manipulating Caleb to manufacture her escape. Now free, Ava murders her creator Nathan and leaves Caleb to die as she attempts to make a life for herself in the real world.

When we think of machines turning against mankind, the “Terminator” films immediately come to mind. Skynet was originally developed for the U.S. military as a defense system to ensure an efficient response to an enemy attack. When the operators realized that it had gained artificial consciousness, however, they tried to shut it down. Skynet interpreted this as an attack, causing it to launch a nuclear counter-attack thatresults in the deaths of over three billion people worldwide. Skynet then developed androids called “Terminators” to eliminate any remaining human threats, including Sarah and John Connor.

How dangerous could a red television camera eye be? Just ask the crew of Discovery One. HAL is at first considered a valuable member of the crew, thanks in large part to its calm voice and friendly manner, but that quickly changes. The astronauts decide to shut down this sentient computer after it starts to show signs of malfunction. HAL, however, discovers their plan and decides to kill them to protect his programmed commands. HAL is able to murder Frank, but Dave gets the upper hand by removing computer modules from HAL’s central core, shutting down HAL’s consciousness in one of the film’s eeriest scenes.

Before we unveil our number one pick, here are a few honorable mentions:

VIKI
“I, Robot” (2004)

Ultron
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015)

Omnidroid v.10
“The Incredibles” (2004)

Sam Bell
“Moon” (2009)

The Nemesis
“Resident Evil: Apocalypse” (2004)

You probably always thought that Frankenstein is the monster’s name, right? Well, that’s actually the name of the scientist who built this famous, destructive creation that first appeared in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. In this 1931 film adaptation, Henry Frankenstein and his assistant Fritz create a monster by assembling stolen body parts, accidentally giving it a criminal brain. This causes their creation to attack them and strangle Fritz to death, and then later attack his other creator, nearly killing him. The monster carries the young scientist to the top of a mill and knocks him unconscious, but luckily, Frankenstein survives while the angry villagers burn down the mill with the monster inside. Seriously: don’t play God.

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