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When the hero does something singlehandedly to wipe out the evil army at the last second and save their friends

1. *The Mummy Returns* (2001)
The hero Rick O'Connell thrusts a magic spear into the Scorpion King's torso, thus vanquishing him and dissolving his pact with the undead Army of Anubis which he was sending to kill the Medjai and take over the world.

2. *Star Wars: The Phantom Menace* (1999)
Anakin Skywalker flies into the Trade Federation's "Droid Control Ship" and destroys it from within, which deactivates all of the Battle Droids on the planet of Naboo that had just defeated and captured the good guy's Gungan army