Sidekick:
Private William Hudson (Bill Paxton)
Who?
Hudson is a lowly foot soldier in the interplanetary Marine squadron that accompanies Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) back to a remote planet in search of alien specimens. He distinguishes himself on the battlefield by shouting “fuck!” a lot, and not dying right away like most of his comrades in arms.
Why so useless?
Let’s get this straight: Everyone loves Hudson, and with good reason—with his foul mouth and we’re-all-gonna-die attitude, he’s the most entertaining grunt in the bunch. But what does he actually achieve, beyond a handful of pithy one-liners and a spectacular, tentacular death?
Whether it’s a cute wisecracking kid, a hairy alien copilot or a sassy kung fu assassin, every great movie hero needs a reliable sidekick. But what to do when your partner in crime-fighting turns out to be more of a hindrance than a help? From malfunctioning mechanical owls to bumbling extraterrestrial amphibians, from dead-meat fighter pilots to pratfalling computer hackers, these are the 12 most ineffective movie sidekicks.
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