Whenever you watch an action movie, it all seems to build up to a very specific point. The entire story is built around getting the villain and the hero in the same place at the same time, to do the ultimate stand-off where nine times out of ten, the hero wins without any real issues. Some movies decide to do things completely different though.
While it is ridiculously hard and sounds almost impossible to have your hero and villain never meet in a movie, some movies have actually done so with great success. Granted, most of them don’t, which is why this almost never gets done. But let’s take a look at some movies where the villain and hero never meeting each other doesn’t diminish the overall experience or story.
Braveheart
While William Wallace smacks his way through a lot of English soldiers trying to get to King Edward “Longshanks,” the two actually never meet. The final battle almost gives you the impression that that big moment is going to happen, as King Edward is giving orders to the troops on the field, but before William can actually get to him he gets betrayed and brutally murdered as an example and warning to others trying to sympathize with his cause.
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6 Movies Where The Hero and Villain Never Meet 
