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Just when you thought these movies were lost causes... Join us as we count down the most jaw-dropping plot twists that saved otherwise mediocre films! From hidden identities and shocking betrayals to mind-bending reality shifts, these unexpected revelations completely changed the game.
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00:00Oh my god, of course.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most surprising times a bad movie switched things up for the better.
00:11Spoilers ahead for the following films.
00:14Not having been said, I have a request.
00:18Number 50, The Cube, Dude, Where's My Car?
00:22To be fair, this film isn't exactly Citizen Kane.
00:25Dude, where's my car? Where's your car, dude?
00:27Dude, Where's My Car? starts off simple, and then snowballs into a much more complicated story.
00:33We'll give the movie credit for its use of a Rubik's Cube.
00:36Using the toy as an important plot device, the narrative comes down to saving the universe.
00:42These kinds of stakes make this stoner comedy a fantastical, offbeat piece of work.
00:47The Cube becomes the continuum, Transfunctioner, and must be solved.
00:51Wait!
00:57Thankfully for the lead duo, some Norwegian guys are ready to help out.
01:07You don't know quite how it all happened, but you can't get mad at this goofy twist.
01:11We saved the universe!
01:13We saved what you said!
01:14Number 49, Cobbler and Father, The Cobbler
01:18With a large catalogue of wacky projects, Adam Sandler seems fit for a movie about shoemaking.
01:25The Cobbler gives his hero Max the opportunity to switch lives with each new pair.
01:29It sounds fun until you realize the plot wants to be everything all at once.
01:49Thankfully for the audience, the movie gives them a reason to stick around to the end.
01:53Steve Buscemi's barber Jimmy takes off his footwear to reveal he's the main character's father, Abraham.
01:59You see, the thing is, I'm not just a barber, Max.
02:03I'm also a cobbler.
02:06And I'm your father.
02:12Dad.
02:13That's right, Max.
02:14Through it all, you realize that the dad isn't dead after all.
02:18This Dustin Hoffman jump scare catches you off guard before altering the plot once more.
02:23In this strange and funny twist, you can't quite believe an average script hides this kind of greatness.
02:29You are a guardian of souls, Max.
02:34You are the cobbler.
02:36This is your thing.
02:39Number 48, Puberty Love, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
02:43Gloriously Dumb.
02:44This 1970s horror movie features the comical invasion of the title Fruit.
02:50There are a handful of absurd encounters from kitchen murders to aquatic attacks.
02:54By the end, the Tomatoes find themselves trapped in a stadium.
03:08The film then decides to use music to take down the enemies.
03:11Cover your ears, everyone!
03:13Using a song titled Puberty Love, the humans take back their world from the modified villains.
03:27It's not exactly the kind of weapon you'd expect to fight off a powerful horde.
03:31In keeping with the story's silly tone, this plot delivers by giving everyone an excuse to stomp on the red produce.
03:43Number 47, Julia Roberts, Oceans 12.
03:50We as a society need to get over the momentary hate for Oceans 12.
03:55While it received mixed reviews at the time, some fans have come around to this goofy film.
04:00Steven Soderbergh's sequel becomes super meta in the final act.
04:04You're gonna have to play a small role in this thing.
04:06Okay, so can you put these on?
04:09The character Tess bears a resemblance to Julia Roberts,
04:12with the real actress playing a part of the heist.
04:15Roberts is more than game to play a version of herself,
04:18while a cameo from Bruce Willis only amplifies the sequence.
04:21Oh my god!
04:24What are you doing in rain?
04:27Well, I'm here on vacation.
04:28I love you!
04:30With some witty dialogue, this crazy moment pokes fun at celebrities with a fun acting exercise.
04:36You can call the movie a series of cop-outs, but this turn still feels comedically bold.
04:40All right, thank you Bruce Willis.
04:43Just don't...
04:43Thank you museum.
04:44You're a fire.
04:45Number 46.
04:46The tape.
04:47Vacancy.
04:48Many movie motels are known for hiding dark secrets.
04:52The one in Vacancy is no different, but the extent of the revelations might surprise viewers.
04:57It's like a library of classics.
04:59Both Amy and David Fox stay in a room with an unfortunate tape to watch.
05:05I can't just mute it or something, so I don't have to hear it.
05:08Not only is the footage disturbing, it's also set in the same place that they're staying.
05:12Talk about a huge turning point that sets the tone for this horror film.
05:16Audiences are clamoring for something to happen until this scene.
05:20Throwing viewers for a loop, the plot tries its best to separate itself from a hundred other thrillers.
05:25It's still a B-movie, but the story benefits from the heroes receiving this scary warning.
05:32It's okay.
05:33Oh my God.
05:34It's okay.
05:37No!
05:38Number 45.
05:40Elton John's Cameo.
05:42Kingsman, The Golden Circle.
05:44If you were lucky enough to watch this movie with no information,
05:47you'd be surprised to spot this music legend in the cast.
05:50Elton John plays himself as a prisoner of Julianne Moore's villain Poppy.
05:54Hey, Elton, have you been a bad boy again?
05:59He's not only there to sing and poke fun at his celebrity status, but also to fight.
06:04In the third act of Kingsman, The Golden Circle,
06:07the pop star develops some incredible hand-to-hand combat skills.
06:11John seems more than happy to make several jokes at his own expense.
06:15Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, that's all right, hey!
06:21Isn't that supposed to be Saturday?
06:23What day is it today?
06:25Wednesday.
06:26Exactly!
06:28In the end, we're happy that somebody had a good time with this lackluster sequel.
06:32Now, go off and save the world.
06:35If I save the world, can I have two tickets to your next concert?
06:38Darling, if you save the world, you can have a backstage pass.
06:41In this Ethan Coen thriller, Margaret Qualley's detective Honey O'Donohue sparks up a fling
06:52with Aubrey Plaza's M.G. Falcone.
06:54The twisty plot involves a load of red herrings and even side characters played by Chris Evans.
07:00Before you start wondering what all the fuss is about,
07:02Plaza's police officer returns to reignite this crime tale.
07:06She also proves to be a dangerous criminal.
07:08You had company?
07:12Yeah, I had company.
07:14This initiates a fun fight, with a tea kettle becoming a weapon.
07:18The result stings in a good way.
07:20You at least get a crazy brawl out of it,
07:22leaving you a little more satisfied by the overall vibe.
07:25You think they're gonna look for bullets and a skeleton in the ashes?
07:30Number 43.
07:32The book's author.
07:33The number 23.
07:35Jim Carrey's journey into horror might not be everybody's cup of tea,
07:38The number 23 finds its hero lost in a web of conspiracies,
07:42with the character questioning his own sanity.
07:45Isn't that amazing?
07:46What?
07:48It's all 23.
07:49My birthday.
07:502-3.
07:51Driver's license.
07:51Social security number.
07:52Everything.
07:54I was born at 11-12pm.
07:5511 plus 12.
07:57It's like it's imitating my life.
08:00Everybody wants to know the author of a strange text.
08:02As it turns out, Carrie's protagonist, Walter Sparrow, is the writer in question.
08:08You wrote the book, Walter.
08:11It's one of the few meaningful points of this jumbled creep show.
08:15You start to imagine how this twist affects the larger plot.
08:18Reviving the promise of the premise,
08:20the twist lets the actor have a more emotionally effective scene before it's all over.
08:25You need to leave before.
08:28Before what?
08:35Before you kill me?
08:39Number 42.
08:41Flanagan's plot.
08:42Along came a spider.
08:44Following a kidnapping, Alex Cross teams up with Secret Service agent,
08:48Jesse Flanagan, to figure out what happened.
08:51Which door did he go out?
08:52Oh, that one there.
08:54It's a straight shot to his parking space.
09:00Let's go in.
09:01The initial villain, Gary Soneggi,
09:04ends up being only a small piece of the puzzle.
09:07This James Patterson potboiler trudges along,
09:09but then gives you one dynamic narrative choice.
09:12Flanagan is actually working on a nefarious scheme of her own.
09:15He's onto us already, isn't he?
09:18No, he's not onto us.
09:22But I think he's onto you.
09:24From hero to criminal,
09:26she becomes Cross's target after fooling him for so long.
09:29The concept of using her as an authority
09:31and then hiding her killer instincts could be the best part.
09:35Along came a spider forces the former partners to meet once again,
09:39but this time under much more interesting circumstances.
09:42Put the gun down, Jesse.
09:44Would you kill another partner?
09:53Number 41, Captain Fawcett and the Evil Neighbors,
09:57The Pacifier.
09:58Shane Wolfe goes from a Navy SEAL to a glorified babysitter,
10:02protecting a man's family and teaching them lessons about life.
10:06Have you ever given a driving lesson before?
10:09In a minivan?
10:09No.
10:10But think of it like a Bradley assault vehicle.
10:13Yeah, especially when Zoe's driving.
10:14The plot comes back around as Ninja's attack.
10:17It turns out that Wolf's boss, Captain Fawcett,
10:20is actually the villain,
10:22with the plumber's neighbors being in on it.
10:24You promised us ghosts months ago.
10:26I'm sorry there were delays.
10:28There's plenty of silly energy and debatable subplots
10:31until the twist saves the day.
10:33You've almost forgotten that there's any reason
10:35for Vin Diesel's hero to be there in the first place.
10:38Along with some third act singing,
10:40this story ends up going to a place
10:42that's both funny and musical.
10:44Looks like you have a hit on your hands.
10:46You think so?
10:47Number 40, Ronda's Death, Song to Song.
10:51Director Terrence Malick is known for his sprawling
10:54and visually stunning dramas.
10:56After winning the Palme d'Or for The Tree of Life,
10:58he spent the next decade working on projects
11:01that have received a wide variety of reactions.
11:03What can I get for you?
11:05I have a condition.
11:06Yes.
11:07I can't be left alone.
11:09For more than five minutes.
11:12Can I get you something else?
11:14I'd like to hear you sing.
11:17Song to Song might be considered one of his worst films
11:20and challenges the traditional concept of structure.
11:24If you don't like art house fare,
11:26this one will be especially challenging
11:27with its love triangles and lack of dialogue.
11:30You're so far off.
11:35I'll die if you don't come soon.
11:39Four characters intertwine in the Austin music scene
11:42with little to no stakes.
11:43With Ronda's death,
11:45it feels like the remaining heroes fall back down to earth.
11:48Michael Fassbender's cook must confront reality and move on.
11:51While it's not for everybody,
11:53this narrative eventually ekes out one notable twist.
12:06Number 39.
12:08One more twist.
12:09Glass.
12:10Combining the worlds of Split and Unbreakable,
12:13Glass expands the M. Night Shyamalan universe
12:16with complicated results.
12:18The story boils down to the release of incriminating footage
12:21that can take down Dr. Staple.
12:23We're not executioners and we don't need martyrs.
12:26When the heroes obtain it,
12:28they spread it on the internet for the world to see.
12:30The movie ends with some hope the information
12:32will set the record straight on superheroes.
12:34There are unknown forces
12:36that don't want us to realize
12:38what we are truly capable of.
12:40It's unclear what the next steps will be,
12:42but Shyamalan leaves you in a good place by the end.
12:45There's plenty of surprises until that point
12:47that could have sabotaged the story altogether.
12:49In the end,
12:50this quiet scene tries its best
12:52to tie up some loose ends.
12:54Belief in oneself is contagious.
12:59We give each other permission to be superheroes.
13:03We will never awaken otherwise.
13:08Number 38.
13:09Ellie's Identity.
13:11Argyle.
13:12At the start of this spy adventure,
13:13Ellie Conway seems like a typical author.
13:16Her nuanced life is the subject of this box office bomb.
13:20She might write about espionage,
13:21but she's also got a much more interesting past
13:24as a secret agent.
13:27Welcome back,
13:29Agent R.
13:31Kyle.
13:33Some brainwashing made Conway forget about her job history
13:36and led to her acclaimed career as a novelist.
13:40Not only does this make Argyle more intriguing,
13:42it also sets up the hero's potential
13:44as an action star all her own.
13:49Looking good.
13:51Not feeling very good.
13:53It's gonna be all right.
13:55Director Matthew Vaughn capitalizes on this discovery
13:57with a few set pieces.
13:59It might not come together,
14:00but this plot benefited from a mind-blowing switch.
14:03There is no next mission to go on,
14:07target to acquire,
14:08or threat to neutralize.
14:12For the first time,
14:15Argyle was finally free.
14:18Number 37.
14:20The moon was built by ancient humans.
14:22Moonfall.
14:23Following an incident with the space shuttle,
14:25astronauts and other experts grapple with the moon-going rogue.
14:29We got another problem.
14:32The moon's orbit is shifting again.
14:34What?
14:36It's correcting itself.
14:37The mystery builds until the heroes figure out the bewildering truth.
14:41As it turns out,
14:42the Earth's little friend is the making of ancient beings.
14:46You probably thought you were just getting a crazy disaster movie, too.
14:50Your ancestors had created a perfect and harmonious world,
14:54controlled by a central self-learning computer system,
14:59which served them in all of their daily lives.
15:03You call it AI.
15:06Artificial intelligence.
15:08The filmmakers try to make sense of this information,
15:10making you gasp and laugh in equal measure.
15:13A talented cast does their best to carry on
15:16after a breathtaking plot point features AI technobabble.
15:20Director Roland Emmerich delves into conspiracy territory here,
15:24helping to create a fun version of lunar history.
15:27So the aliens that built the moon?
15:30Our ancestors.
15:32Hold on.
15:33Hold on, because my freaking brain's just exploded.
15:36Number 36.
15:37A Ghost Named Jack.
15:39Ghost Ship.
15:40This schlocky mystery begins with a bunch of boat passengers
15:43kicking the bucket.
15:45For the rest of the movie,
15:46you wonder how exactly it all went down.
15:48The hero, Maureen Epps,
15:49then watches it all happen with some help from a ghost girl.
15:53I want to show you something.
15:56With a larger plan unfolding before her eyes,
16:00Epps sees one man make it through the destruction.
16:02Jack orchestrated a few gruesome reversals,
16:05and even played with a hook.
16:07It might seem implausible,
16:08but this entertaining sequence gives you some much-needed information.
16:12The ghostly antagonist brings the plot forward with a wild flashback.
16:17Even if the rest of the movie bumbles around,
16:19this horrifying twist gives us a positive jolt.
16:22I want my crew back.
16:25Sorry.
16:26Once the passengers mark their mind,
16:29then I guess it's over.
16:36Number 35.
16:37The Wrong Man.
16:39Mission Impossible 2.
16:40It might be the most divisive Mission Impossible film,
16:43but it still features a few cool moments.
16:46Chief among them might be the twist involving henchman Hugh Stamp.
16:49Ethan Hunt meets this enemy in the villain's lair,
16:52and dispatches him off-screen.
16:55Raise your hands very slowly.
16:58Sure you want me to do this?
17:00The hero then creates a mask of stamp,
17:02gags him, and swaps faces.
17:04Sean Ambrose thinks that he's captured the IMF agent,
17:07and shoots what he believes to be his rival.
17:10In reality, Hunt tricks Ambrose into executing his own buddy.
17:14It's yet another clever face mask reveal
17:25in a series full of great ones.
17:28The rest of the movie might be action overload,
17:30but this scene goes for broke
17:31and shifts your expectations for the better.
17:34Luthor, we're in the bridge for me!
17:41Number 34.
17:43Stuntman Mike Drives His Date Home.
17:45Death Proof.
17:47Unless you're a big slasher fan,
17:48this one might sit lower on your personal
17:50Quentin Tarantino ranking.
17:52So what's your name, I see?
17:55Stuntman Mike.
17:57Stuntman Mike's your name?
18:00You ask anybody.
18:02Death Proof takes its sweet time
18:04establishing the ensemble,
18:06and gives you a reason to question Stuntman Mike.
18:09Once the latter drives a woman away,
18:11you watch as the plot revs up
18:12like a muscle car engine.
18:14Mike gives his passenger Pam a ride
18:16that turns deadly within minutes.
18:18Remember when I said this car was death proof?
18:21Well, that wasn't a lie.
18:24This car is 100% death proof.
18:27Only to get the benefit of it, honey,
18:29you really need to be sitting in my seat.
18:34The villain takes his time, too,
18:36making his victim wait for her gruesome demise.
18:39Tarantino transforms into a great horror director
18:42for this terrifying sequence.
18:44There might be lots of talking
18:45in between the movie's bright spots,
18:47but those key scenes stand out
18:48for their genuine thrills.
18:50Now I gotta catch me, my other girlfriends.
18:53While on spring break,
19:00Olivia Barron and her friends
19:01try out a game that turns deadly.
19:03Don't tell the truth or you die.
19:05Do the dare or you die.
19:06Refuse to play.
19:11Just follow the rules.
19:13This sets off a chaotic chain of events
19:14that range from cheesy to cliched.
19:17The hero must make a last-minute choice
19:19after encountering her possessed friend, Marky.
19:21How do we get out of this game alive?
19:27You can't.
19:28Seizing an opportunity,
19:30Barron uses social media to delay her demise.
19:33She then posts a video for a larger audience
19:35and gives her more time.
19:37Truth or dare might seem like another demonic twist
19:39on a classic concept,
19:41but this third act pushes the story much further.
19:44It somehow finds a way to upend the plot
19:46and even set up a potential sequel.
19:48I'm so sorry, but I have to ask you.
19:51Truth or dare.
19:54Number 32.
19:55Mrs. Voorhees.
19:57Friday the 13th.
19:58At Camp Crystal Lake,
20:00the victims pile up
20:01and an unknown killer wreaks havoc.
20:09The perpetrator is later revealed
20:10to be the mother of Jason Voorhees.
20:12Oh, my sweet, innocent child.
20:16Grieving the death of her son,
20:18the mother goes on a killing spree
20:20against the summertime residents.
20:22Most people expect the villain
20:23to be wearing a hockey mask
20:24and forget the original twist.
20:26Mrs. Voorhees is almost as creepy
20:28as her offspring,
20:30with her unsettling reveal
20:31coming before a final showdown.
20:33You'd never suspect her
20:34until she starts to reveal
20:35her shocking backstory.
20:36Look what you did to him.
20:40Look what you did to him!
20:44Powered by her tragic past,
20:47this character and her villain status
20:49helped to jumpstart
20:50an iconic horror series.
20:53Number 31.
20:54It's all an experiment.
20:56Old.
20:57M. Night Shyamalan loves his twists.
20:59With his 2021 thriller Old
21:01being no different,
21:02the movie features
21:03an imaginative plot
21:04full of rapidly aging beachgoers.
21:07I don't feel the same.
21:09It's like my mind is changing too.
21:12I'm getting many thoughts
21:13at the same time.
21:15It's weird.
21:17As the characters realize
21:18their fates,
21:19they fight to stay alive.
21:21The entire premise switches gears
21:22to reveal a greater experiment.
21:24With Shyamalan's character watching,
21:26it turns out that scientists
21:28want to analyze the location
21:29with some unsuspecting victims.
21:31Final members of Trial 73
21:33are deceased.
21:34Observations complete.
21:37Bringing drives back,
21:38returning to base.
21:39Trent and Maddox
21:40finally reach middle age
21:41and devise a way
21:42to swim to safety.
21:44This adds another detail
21:45that goes for Broke,
21:46expanding the lore of this universe
21:48with this scientific twist.
21:50You can argue whether or not
21:51the director sticks the landing,
21:53but the initial reveal
21:54does feel like an effective strategy.
21:56How would you feel
21:58if a 50-year-old man called
21:59and told you he was
22:00your six-year-old nephew?
22:01Number 30
22:02An elaborate revenge plot.
22:04Lucky Number Slevin
22:05A man named Max
22:07and his son Henry
22:08are killed by the mob.
22:09Jeez, you just blew on a seven horse.
22:12What have you done with my son?
22:13He's on his way home.
22:14Just like you.
22:16Years later,
22:17Slevin Kalevra
22:18finds himself trapped
22:19between two crime bosses,
22:22the rabbi
22:22and, fittingly, the boss.
22:24Also involved
22:25is a shadowy figure
22:26known as Mr. Good Cat.
22:28Bear with us,
22:29it gets kind of complicated.
22:31Fast forward to the ending
22:32and we learn that Slevin
22:33is actually the young Henry
22:35from the prologue,
22:37who was spared
22:37by the assassin Mr. Good Cat
22:39after he had an attack of conscience.
22:42The movie's events
22:43were all a ploy
22:44concocted by Slevin
22:45and Good Cat
22:46to get revenge
22:47on the rabbi
22:47and the boss,
22:49both of whom
22:49had ordered the death of Max.
22:51You?
22:53No.
22:55You're dead.
22:59You're dead!
23:00It's a neat little
23:01family-based twist
23:02that elevates
23:03an otherwise run-of-the-mill
23:04mob thriller.
23:06Number 29.
23:08Hartley is a Conman
23:09Red Notice
23:10Despite its star-studded cast,
23:12Red Notice
23:13really flew under the radar
23:14and garnered
23:15a middling reception.
23:17A traditional heist caper,
23:19it involves three people
23:20fighting over stolen jewels
23:21that once belonged
23:22to Cleopatra.
23:24Booth, I'm curious.
23:25How's it feel
23:25to be sold out
23:26by the most wanted
23:27art thief in the world?
23:29I'm the most wanted
23:30art thief in the world.
23:32You were.
23:33John Hartley
23:34is the FBI agent
23:35on the trails
23:36of professional thieves
23:37Nolan Booth
23:38and Sarah Black.
23:39Or is he?
23:41Turns out,
23:41Hartley is actually
23:42a conman
23:43and the husband of Sarah,
23:45and they're both
23:46working together
23:46against Nolan.
23:48They targeted the thief
23:49and used him
23:50to find the location
23:51of the third
23:51and final jewel,
23:53which they proceed
23:54to snag for themselves.
23:55It was all a lie?
23:57Even the sob story
23:58about your dad?
23:59No.
24:00My dad was a conman
24:01and I hated him.
24:03So I decided
24:04to become better
24:04than he ever was.
24:06Beat him in his own game.
24:07It's these types
24:07of twisty,
24:08who-can-you-trust
24:09mind games
24:10that make heist thrillers
24:12so much fun.
24:13Number 28.
24:15Donnie was the mastermind,
24:16Den of Thieves.
24:18At this point,
24:18we should always expect
24:19an otherwise unassuming
24:21member of a gang
24:22to be the true
24:22criminal mastermind.
24:24Den of Thieves
24:25follows a police detective
24:26named Nick O'Brien
24:27as he tries to stop a gang
24:29from robbing
24:30the Federal Reserve.
24:31Dealing with a different
24:32animal here, boys.
24:33One of the gang's members
24:34is getaway driver
24:35Donnie Wilson,
24:36played by O'Shea Jackson Jr.
24:38In the exciting climax
24:39of the film,
24:40Nick successfully recovers
24:42the bags of stolen money,
24:43only to find them
24:44filled with shredded paper.
24:46What he doesn't find
24:47is Donnie,
24:48who had swapped the bags
24:49and taken the cash
24:50for himself,
24:51having orchestrated
24:52the whole heist
24:53from the get-go.
24:54You know everything
24:55was accounted for
24:56at the Fed, right?
24:59Probably so.
25:00It's a great way
25:01to end what is essentially
25:02just a rip-off of heat.
25:04Number 27.
25:06Cliff and Sidney
25:07are the killers.
25:08A perfect getaway.
25:10This ironically named movie
25:11takes place in Hawaii
25:12and concerns three couples,
25:15Cliff and Sidney,
25:16Nick and Gina,
25:17and Kale and Cleo.
25:18Well, you didn't say
25:20you were doing the trail,
25:21so...
25:22Neither did you.
25:24But we offered you a ride.
25:26You didn't want it.
25:28You didn't take it.
25:29So I don't really understand
25:31what the issue is.
25:32The couples meet
25:32on a remote hike,
25:34but they become wary
25:34of each other
25:35when a homicide
25:36is reported in the area,
25:37with the perps
25:38being described
25:39as a man and woman.
25:40Kale and Cleo
25:41are eventually arrested
25:42for the murders,
25:43which surprises no one
25:45considering their generally
25:46creepy nature.
25:47Of course,
25:48it was all a red herring.
25:49The real killers
25:50are who we least expected.
25:52Cliff and Sidney,
25:53two drug users
25:54who murder tourists
25:55and assume their identities.
25:57She was kind of classy, huh?
25:59Hey.
26:01Rule two?
26:03Keep your game face on.
26:09Come on, honey.
26:10The movie is much smarter
26:11than your average thriller,
26:13and this twist
26:13is certainly a big part of it.
26:16Number 26.
26:17Millie and Nick
26:18are working together.
26:19Reindeer Games.
26:21Okay, pay attention
26:22because this gets complicated.
26:23So Nick and Rudy
26:24are prison cellmates,
26:26but Nick is killed in a fight.
26:27When Rudy gets out,
26:29he pretends to be Nick
26:30and meets Ashley,
26:31with whom Nick
26:32had been exchanging letters.
26:33Look, Ashley, I'm sorry.
26:35I, uh,
26:36I was scared
26:37that I was gonna walk out there
26:38and you're gonna take one look at me
26:40and just turn around.
26:42You know,
26:42I was scared
26:43I was walking out of heartache.
26:44Then he gets sucked
26:45into a casino heist
26:46planned by Ashley's brother Gabriel.
26:49Fast forward a bit
26:50and we learn that Gabriel
26:51and Ashley
26:51are actually lovers,
26:53not siblings.
26:55Plot twist one.
26:56Plot twist two,
26:57Nick shows up alive and well.
26:59And plot twist three,
27:01Ashley is actually Millie Bobeck
27:03and she's been working
27:04with the presumed dead Nick
27:05from the very beginning.
27:07Get all that?
27:08Point is,
27:09it's a fun reveal
27:09that adds some much-needed spice
27:11to an otherwise
27:12ho-hum heist thriller.
27:14I always wanted to rob
27:15that casino, Rudy.
27:17Way back when I worked there.
27:19What better way
27:20than to get some guys
27:21to rob it for me?
27:22Number 25.
27:23Tom took on Rogue's identity.
27:26War.
27:26Jet Li plays Rogue,
27:28a Yakuza assassin
27:29who was seemingly shot
27:30and killed
27:31by FBI agent Tom Lone.
27:33Did you get him?
27:34I got him.
27:36You sure?
27:37Took one in the face.
27:38He's dead.
27:39Relax.
27:39However,
27:40he survives and murders
27:41Tom and his family
27:42before burning down their home.
27:44Later,
27:45Rogue fights Yakuza boss,
27:47Shiro Yanagawa,
27:48who realizes that he is
27:49not actually Rogue,
27:50but the supposedly deceased
27:52Tom Lone.
27:53Tom had pulled a trick
27:54on both the Yakuza
27:55and the audience.
27:57He killed Rogue that night,
27:58put his wedding ring
27:59on his finger,
28:00and burned the house down
28:01to make his corpse
28:02unrecognizable.
28:03You're Tom Lone.
28:06Change it to your face.
28:09Your voice.
28:12All so you could get to me.
28:14He then had his face
28:15surgically altered
28:16to resemble Rogue
28:17so he could go on
28:18a revenge spree.
28:20There's nothing like
28:20a good face swap plot twist
28:22to help a movie stand out.
28:24Number 24.
28:25Anna imagined Alex
28:26and killed everyone.
28:28The uninvited.
28:29While it's a lesser remake
28:31of the Korean film
28:32A Tale of Two Sisters,
28:34The Uninvited
28:34is a decent enough flick
28:36that's redeemed
28:36by a solid plot twist.
28:38The movie follows sisters,
28:40Anna and Alex,
28:41who are convinced
28:41that their father's
28:42new girlfriend,
28:43Rachel,
28:44murdered their mother
28:44in a house fire.
28:46The fire wasn't an accident.
28:51It was her.
28:52Tensions build,
28:53and Alex ultimately
28:55murders Rachel.
28:56But as we eventually learn,
28:57most of the movie's events
28:58took place in Anna's head.
29:00Suffering from mental illness,
29:02Anna accidentally killed
29:04both her mother
29:04and Alex in a house fire
29:06and pinned the blame
29:07on Rachel
29:08as a coping mechanism.
29:09I did exactly what you asked.
29:12Did what, Anna?
29:20I finished what I started.
29:22She then imagined Alex
29:23and murdered Rachel
29:24as a result of her
29:25worsening delusions.
29:26It's a great twist
29:28that deepens both the plot
29:29and Anna's character.
29:31Number 23.
29:33Everyone is dead.
29:34Passengers.
29:35They were dead all along
29:36is a tricky twist
29:37that is not often welcomed
29:38by audiences.
29:40In fact,
29:41reactions to it
29:41can be pretty darned hostile.
29:43But we think it gives
29:44this otherwise unmemorable film
29:46a memorable kick.
29:47It certainly helped us remember it.
29:49When did you first realize
29:50that something was wrong?
29:53The concept is simple.
29:54Anne Hathaway is Claire Summers,
29:56a psychotherapist
29:57who counsels the survivors
29:58of a plane crash.
30:00But they're not actually survivors.
30:02In reality,
30:03everyone died in the accident,
30:04including Claire,
30:05who's having trouble
30:06accepting her demise
30:07and is imagining herself
30:09as a psychotherapist.
30:10Talking to other deceased people
30:12was a way to help her
30:13come to terms
30:13with her own death.
30:14And everyone else?
30:18They're just here
30:20to help us find our way.
30:21It works.
30:22In the end,
30:23Claire finally accepts
30:24her new position
30:25and sails into the afterlife.
30:27Number 22.
30:29Maggie is Freddy's daughter.
30:31Freddy's dead.
30:32The final nightmare.
30:33As the title suggests,
30:35this was meant to be
30:35the final movie
30:36in the Elm Street franchise.
30:38And what better way to end it
30:39than with a little patricide?
30:41A John Doe is brought
30:42to a youth shelter,
30:44which is run by
30:44Dr. Maggie Burroughs.
30:46How long have you been awake?
30:47As far as I can remember.
30:49I don't know.
30:50About three days.
30:54Looks more like three weeks.
30:55Together,
30:56they discover that
30:56the mythical Freddy Krueger
30:58had a child.
30:59Maggie checks her adoption papers
31:01and discovers
31:01that she is that child.
31:03Her real name is
31:04Katherine Krueger,
31:05but it was changed
31:06when Freddy was arrested.
31:08So she confronts her father,
31:09pulls him into the real world,
31:11and sticks a pipe bomb
31:12in his chest.
31:13Happy Father's Day.
31:15The family dynamics
31:16are interesting,
31:17and it gives the franchise
31:18a satisfying ending.
31:20Or rather,
31:20what should have been
31:21its ending.
31:22Number 21.
31:23They're All in a Killer's Mind.
31:25Identity.
31:26This is a highly divisive movie,
31:29and it all boils down
31:30to its famous twist.
31:31For some,
31:32this was just another
31:33forgettable
31:34Agatha Christie movie,
31:35with people being
31:36mysteriously killed off
31:37in an isolated motel.
31:39Jesus,
31:39my God.
31:40Who is this?
31:42What?
31:43The woman I was driving.
31:44The story is inspired by
31:46And Then There Were None,
31:47and for many,
31:48it was a pale imitation of it.
31:50Until that twist.
31:52We learn that these people
31:53are actually the personalities
31:54of Malcolm Rivers,
31:55a murderer suffering
31:56from dissociative identity disorder.
31:59Malcolm's psychiatrist
32:00is attempting to remove
32:01the different personalities,
32:03which we see visualized
32:04as the violent events
32:05in the motel.
32:07Just when we thought
32:07this was another
32:08ordinary murder mystery,
32:09in comes this wild twist
32:11to prove us all wrong.
32:13I need you to understand
32:14the killer cannot survive.
32:17It's divisive, yes,
32:19but it's certainly unforgettable.
32:21Number 20.
32:22The Devil's Identity
32:23Devil
32:24Devil deserves points
32:25for an exciting premise.
32:27Five strangers
32:28are trapped in an elevator.
32:30One by one,
32:31a person is killed
32:32by someone in the group
32:33while everyone tries
32:34to figure out the culprit.
32:35He's probably trying
32:37to figure out
32:37which one of us
32:39is the murderer.
32:40Although it's
32:41an interesting story setup,
32:43Devil becomes
32:43too similar to Saw.
32:45The film basically
32:46becomes about
32:47how gruesome
32:47the next death will be.
32:49These cheap thrills
32:50aren't particularly exhilarating
32:52until the climax.
32:54It turns out
32:54that an elderly woman
32:55who died early on
32:57is the true villain.
32:58Even more surprisingly,
33:00she's the actual Devil.
33:02The antagonist
33:02deliberately trapped
33:04sinful people together
33:05to collect their souls.
33:06You're not good.
33:08I know.
33:09You think you can make up
33:10for the choices you made?
33:12No.
33:15You think you can be forgiven?
33:17This flips Devil's story
33:18on its head
33:19since each person
33:20deserves to be held
33:21responsible for their crimes.
33:23Number 19.
33:24The Real Villain
33:25The Nutcracker
33:26and The Four Realms
33:28This fantasy adventure
33:29is about protagonist Clara
33:31bringing peace
33:32to a magical land.
33:33She teems
33:34with the Sugar Plum Fairy
33:35while grieving her mother's death,
33:37the former queen
33:38of the realms.
33:39Mother Ginger's the one
33:40who began this war.
33:43I hope you'll be
33:44the one to finish it.
33:46The film's good
33:47versus bad outline
33:48lacks originality,
33:50feeling like a rehash
33:51of superhero movies.
33:53Its twist does signify
33:54deeper themes
33:55relating to Clara's loss
33:56as Sugar Plum's betrayal
33:58comes to light.
33:59Mother Ginger,
34:00the supposed villain,
34:01is revealed
34:02to be falsely accused,
34:04perceiving the death
34:05of Clara's mother
34:05as abandonment,
34:07Sugar Plum plans
34:08to become queen
34:08in her place.
34:09Your mother abandoned us.
34:13And then?
34:14She just expects us
34:16to carry on
34:17and play nice.
34:17Well, I don't want
34:18to play nice!
34:19Meanwhile,
34:20Clara accepts
34:21losing her mother,
34:22empowering herself
34:23to defeat the villain.
34:25This turn of events
34:26contrasts the two characters,
34:28adding the required
34:29emotional depth
34:29that's lacking
34:30for most of the story.
34:32Number 18.
34:33The Real Brahms
34:34The Boy
34:35Miss Evans,
34:37allow me to introduce
34:38Mr. Hilsher.
34:39Miss Evans.
34:41And this
34:42is our son,
34:44Brahms.
34:44American nanny Greta
34:46is given the strange job
34:47of looking after
34:48a porcelain doll
34:49named Brahms.
34:50This begins
34:51a drawn-out plot
34:52about odd events
34:53surrounding the doll,
34:54which convinces Greta
34:55that it's possessed
34:56by the spirit
34:57of her employer's
34:58deceased child.
34:59Unfortunately,
35:00much of the boy's
35:01runtime is about
35:02jump scares
35:03that don't do much
35:03to move the plot forward.
35:05It's only at the end
35:06when the payoff
35:07for the shock value
35:08moments arrives.
35:09Brahms,
35:10the titular boy,
35:11isn't actually a boy.
35:12He's not even a ghost.
35:14Brahms has been alive
35:15this whole time,
35:16living within the house's
35:17walls to spy on Greta.
35:19It's Brahms.
35:21It can't be.
35:22The movements of the doll
35:30were all orchestrated
35:31by Brahms himself,
35:32providing an impressive
35:33turn of events
35:34to an otherwise
35:35formulaic film.
35:37Number 17.
35:38The Truth Behind
35:39The Community
35:40Don't Worry Darling
35:41In a seemingly
35:42idyllic 50s town
35:44called Victory,
35:45housewife Alice Chambers
35:46starts to notice
35:47things are off.
35:49She realizes her husband
35:50Jack and all the men
35:51are hiding a secret.
35:52Do you even know
35:53what Frank is actually doing?
35:54It's classified.
35:55We're not even allowed
35:56to discuss our jobs
35:57with other departments.
35:58You know that.
35:59What if Margaret was right?
36:00Stop it, Alice.
36:01What if this place
36:02is dangerous?
36:02Stop it!
36:04Don't Worry Darling
36:05suffers from an identity crisis,
36:07not fully committing
36:08to being a psychological thriller
36:10or a commentary
36:11on male fragility.
36:13After wasting some
36:14of its runtime
36:14on these themes,
36:16the final act of the movie
36:17turns things around.
36:19Alice comes to know
36:20that victory isn't real.
36:21It's a simulated reality
36:22where she and the other women
36:24are trapped by the men.
36:25Do you consent
36:26to the physical
36:27and medical requirements
36:28for entry to victory?
36:30Yes.
36:30Are you aware
36:31that you are responsible
36:32for the physical upkeep
36:33of your chosen life?
36:37Yes.
36:38This brings context
36:39to the odd behavior
36:40of most of the characters
36:42as they knew
36:42the secret all along.
36:44The revelation
36:45also adds
36:45much-needed tension
36:47to Alice's bid
36:48for freedom.
36:49Number 16.
36:50Crash Landing.
36:51Life.
36:52Life is too similar
36:54to other alien-based films
36:55to feel original,
36:57featuring a story
36:58about a species
36:59that slowly takes out
37:00a space crew
37:01one by one.
37:02It has a rather
37:03generic plot line
37:04where the characters
37:05figure out a way
37:05to stop Calvin the alien.
37:08Control.
37:09This is station.
37:10Station for control.
37:11The specimen's location
37:12is unknown.
37:13It is to be considered
37:14hostile and deadly.
37:16Our intent
37:16is to isolate
37:17and destroy it
37:18in compliance
37:19with protocol.
37:20The ending
37:20makes it appear
37:21that Miranda North
37:22has escaped
37:23while David Jordan
37:24has sacrificed himself
37:25to prevent Calvin
37:26from reaching Earth.
37:28You fly out
37:29into deep space.
37:30With?
37:30With Calvin.
37:32Yes.
37:33Meanwhile,
37:33you get into Boat B,
37:36you press the button
37:37and there are no complications
37:38and it takes you back home.
37:40No, we should be
37:41Lord Calvin together.
37:42Uh-uh, Miranda.
37:44That doesn't make any sense.
37:45The film's final moments
37:46are where this seemingly
37:47predictable story
37:48takes a huge turn,
37:50as it was Miranda's pod
37:51that was knocked off course
37:52while David has reached
37:54Earth with Calvin.
38:01Oh, no, no.
38:02No!
38:03This changes life's direction
38:08completely,
38:09leaving us stunned
38:10with the chilling realization
38:11that humanity
38:12might be doomed.
38:14Number 15.
38:15Morty's real identity.
38:17Click.
38:18Where's the box?
38:18Does it come with directions?
38:20Not necessary.
38:22Just point.
38:24Click.
38:25Eventually,
38:26it will program itself.
38:30Perpetually frustrated,
38:31Michael Newman is offered
38:32a time-skipping remote
38:33by a mysterious man
38:35named Morty.
38:36While Michael initially
38:37has fun with it,
38:38his life ultimately spirals
38:40out of control.
38:41Click has some emotionally
38:42stirring moments,
38:43but the slapstick comedy
38:44can become annoying to watch.
38:46The premise also overstays
38:48its welcome
38:48after several time skips.
38:50But the reveal of Morty's
38:51true nature
38:52saves the movie.
38:54With decades skipped
38:55beyond salvation,
38:56Michael finds out
38:57that Morty
38:58is the angel of death.
38:59The remote was a way
39:09for Michael to appreciate
39:11his life,
39:11giving him an extremely
39:13long lesson to learn.
39:15Unlike stereotypical portrayals
39:16of the angel of death,
39:18Morty isn't an evil entity,
39:20but someone who shows
39:21Michael that he's been
39:22making the wrong decisions
39:23in life.
39:24Number 14.
39:25Jamie's father.
39:27Dead silence.
39:28Jamie Ashen tries to figure
39:30out a way to end
39:31his family's curse
39:32as the ghost of
39:32ventriloquist Mary Shaw
39:34looks to end his bloodline.
39:36All these years
39:37you've resented me
39:38for sending you away,
39:39but I did it to distance
39:41you from this curse.
39:42Taking a slow build
39:44toward its conclusion,
39:45dead silence spends
39:46a lot of its runtime
39:47showing the protagonist
39:49lost and confused.
39:51Jamie's story is riddled
39:52with many bait-and-switch moments
39:54until he thinks
39:55he's beaten Mary
39:56by destroying her last doll.
39:58However,
40:10the final moments
40:10have Jamie realize
40:11that he was led astray.
40:13His father turns out
40:15to be a doll
40:15controlled by his wife
40:17who is possessed by Mary.
40:19With no place to run,
40:20a horrified Jamie learns
40:21this is how his demise
40:22was planned the whole time.
40:24Now, who's the dummy?
40:41No!
40:45Although the villain wins,
40:47the manner of her victory
40:48does deserve praise.
40:50Number 13.
40:52Tim's Endgame
40:53Seven Pounds
40:55Seven Pounds has
40:56earnest intent
40:57with its story
40:58about the power of kindness.
41:00Because you
41:00are a good man.
41:04No,
41:05really.
41:07Even
41:08when you don't know
41:10that people are watching you.
41:11But it gets very melodramatic
41:13as the film goes on,
41:14making it a bit of a drag
41:15to watch.
41:16It follows Ben Thomas,
41:18who seeks to help
41:19supposed strangers.
41:21Keeping up with the abundance
41:22of characters
41:23is difficult
41:23until the ending
41:24ties everything together.
41:26We learn Ben
41:27is actually Tim Thomas,
41:29who was responsible
41:30for causing multiple deaths
41:31in an accident.
41:33Tim is giving his organs
41:34away to people in need
41:35to redeem himself,
41:36culminating in his own demise
41:38to save seven lives.
41:40I got lung cancer
41:42and I needed
41:43a double-logue transplant.
41:47Tim could only
41:48give me one,
41:48of course.
41:50I must have planted a seed.
41:52His sacrifice
41:52justifies every interaction
41:54he's had in the film,
41:56carving out Tim's role
41:57as a tragic hero
41:58and slapping viewers
41:59right in the feels.
42:01Number 12.
42:03The Truth About the Devereaux's
42:04The Skeleton Key
42:05Look,
42:07you said the house
42:07had a history, right?
42:08Hoodoo is pretty harmless.
42:11Harmless how?
42:12Well, it's psychological
42:13like a lot of that stuff.
42:15I can't hurt you
42:15if you don't believe it.
42:16This supernatural horror
42:17contains many scenes
42:19with characters
42:19talking about Hoodoo.
42:21All this exposition
42:22dulls The Skeleton Key's
42:23quality since so much talking
42:25leaves little room
42:26for scares.
42:28Kate Hudson's character,
42:29Caroline,
42:30becomes a caretaker
42:31of an elderly couple,
42:32the Devereaux's.
42:33The initially skeptical
42:35protagonist eventually
42:36believes the old people
42:37are Hoodoo practitioners
42:38and tries to escape.
42:40But it turns out
42:41that all of Caroline's
42:42research was manipulated
42:43to make her believe
42:44in Hoodoo
42:45and prepared for possession.
42:47The Devereaux's
42:48are century-old
42:49body snatchers
42:50who lure young people
42:51to their plantation.
42:53Caroline and estate lawyer Luke
42:55are the latest
42:55in a long line of victims.
42:58All the talk of Hoodoo
42:59in the film
42:59were discreet hints
43:00for viewers
43:00to prepare
43:01for this grand twist.
43:03I think it fits you
43:04beautifully.
43:06It's better than Violet.
43:08Or Grace even.
43:11We'll get used to it.
43:13We always do.
43:15Number 11.
43:16The Truth About Gabriel
43:17Malignant
43:18Director James Wan
43:20frequently uses
43:21slow burn stories
43:22with a twist.
43:23Malignant follows
43:24this template as well.
43:26It begins when
43:27mistreated
43:28Madison Mitchell's
43:29violent husband
43:29is killed.
43:30You're in a hospital.
43:31Where's Derek?
43:33Do you remember
43:34what happened?
43:35Someone broke
43:36into your house.
43:38You were attacked
43:40and Derek.
43:42Madison learns
43:43that her childhood
43:44imaginary friend
43:45Gabriel
43:45is behind the deaths
43:47of people
43:48connected to her.
43:49Although the film
43:50repeats this cycle
43:51of violence
43:51more than necessary,
43:52the twist of Gabriel's
43:54sudden reappearance
43:54is worth the wait.
43:56We learn that Gabriel
43:57is Madison's
43:58parasitic twin brother
43:59who can control
44:00her body.
44:01After being extracted
44:02from her at childbirth,
44:04Gabriel's consciousness
44:05has remained
44:06in her mind.
44:07One twin is dominant
44:08while the other
44:08is underdeveloped.
44:10It's not considered
44:10conjoined because
44:11the underdeveloped twin
44:12is dependent
44:13on the body
44:13of the other.
44:14Like a parasite,
44:16Gabriel feeds
44:17off Emily.
44:18The hunt for the killer
44:19went around in circles
44:21because Madison
44:22was indirectly
44:23the killer
44:23all along.
44:24This clever twist
44:25alters the context
44:26of the film's events
44:28and sets up
44:29its horror-filled
44:30ending.
44:31Number 10.
44:32David's Dream
44:33Vanilla Sky
44:34Vanilla Sky
44:35opens with David Ames
44:37providing his account
44:37of the events
44:38that ruined his life.
44:39An accident
44:40leaves David's face
44:41disfigured,
44:42alienating him
44:43from his lover
44:44Sophia.
44:45Let's get it all out.
44:46Say everything now.
44:47Just, just,
44:48say everything,
44:50say everything now.
44:51Now, now, now.
44:52I'll tell you
44:52in another life
44:53when we are both cats.
44:55Incoherent
44:55storytelling techniques
44:57and constant tonal
44:58changes in the narrative
44:59make it confusing
45:00to keep up
45:01with Vanilla Sky.
45:02But the climax
45:03answers why
45:04David's life
45:05is a blur.
45:06He's been in
45:06cryogenic sleep
45:07for over a century,
45:09waiting for technology
45:10to develop enough
45:11to repair his disfigurement.
45:13All the mayhem
45:14shortly after his accident
45:15was a glitch
45:16in his lucid dream,
45:17causing his feelings
45:18of guilt and sadness
45:19to catch up to him.
45:20Your subconscious
45:21did create problems.
45:24Your dream
45:25turned into a nightmare,
45:26and this gentleman
45:27was able to uncover
45:28the fabric of our work.
45:31The glitch
45:31has been corrected.
45:33The ambiguity
45:33of David's fate
45:34is a clever way
45:35to leave viewers
45:36contemplating
45:37what comes next.
45:39Number 9.
45:40The Cat
45:40Fallen
45:41This supernatural
45:43horror movie's plot
45:44has detective
45:45Hobbs and Jonesy
45:46track the demon
45:47Azazel,
45:48who possesses people
45:49hoping to cause
45:50global calamity.
45:51Just tell me
45:52what they want.
45:53The demons?
45:54They want
45:55the fall of civilization,
45:57the fall of Babylon,
45:59as they put it.
46:00The premise
46:01quickly takes a downturn
46:02since Azazel's
46:03body hopping
46:04becomes played out
46:05and nothing else
46:06really happens.
46:07Fallen also comes across
46:08as too convoluted
46:10for a horror movie,
46:11but this makes way
46:12for an ingeniously
46:13simple twist
46:14no one would see coming.
46:16Before letting
46:16Azazel take over
46:17his body,
46:18Hobbs poisons himself
46:19while at a secluded cabin
46:21to ensure the demon
46:22is stranded forever.
46:23You don't smoke anymore.
46:30That's right, I don't.
46:33You know why?
46:38Because cigarettes kill.
46:42Especially cigarettes
46:43leaks with poison.
46:45However,
46:45Azazel breaks
46:46the fourth wall
46:47to mock us
46:48for thinking
46:48the good guy
46:49would win
46:49as he possesses
46:50a cat
46:51to head back
46:52to civilization.
46:53Oh.
46:56You forgot something,
46:57didn't you?
47:00At the beginning,
47:01I said I was going
47:02to tell you
47:03about the time
47:04I almost died.
47:06This intellectual twist
47:08proves the devil
47:09does come in many forms.
47:11Number 8.
47:13Remy's True Reality
47:14Repo Men
47:15This movie's premise
47:17is about repo men
47:18in the future,
47:19whose job
47:19is to repossess
47:20artificially enhanced organs.
47:22My job is simple.
47:25Can't pay for your car.
47:27The bank takes it back.
47:28Can't pay for your house.
47:30The bank takes it back.
47:33Can't pay for your liver.
47:36Well, that's where I come in.
47:37The main character,
47:39Remy's attempt
47:39to escape
47:40the repossession
47:41of his heart
47:41eventually spirals
47:42into a predictable
47:43chase story.
47:45The story seems
47:45to reach its
47:46cliche happy ending
47:47when a glitch
47:48brings everything
47:49back to reality.
47:50It's revealed
47:51that Remy's injury
47:52at one point in the film
47:53had caused
47:54severe brain damage.
47:55And all that he sees
47:57is part of a simulation.
47:59Let's go, buddy.
48:04No!
48:06Remy and his love interest
48:08are actually barely alive,
48:10meaning the happy ending
48:11only exists
48:12in Remy's mind.
48:13This subverts
48:14usual action movie
48:15stereotypes
48:16in favor of a dark
48:17and realistic conclusion
48:18that is bittersweet
48:19yet thought-provoking
48:21at the same time.
48:25Sweet dreams, buddy.
48:29Number 7.
48:31Ender's Simulations
48:32Ender's Game
48:33Ender's Game
48:34follows the titular
48:35character's training
48:36to prevent an alien invasion.
48:38He partakes in simulations
48:40of the alien race
48:41known as Formix
48:42gaining victory
48:43through his strategically
48:44brilliant mind.
48:45Ender, watch our right flank.
48:47We need backup for Bernard.
48:48I see it.
48:48Bernard, you flag them.
48:49Copy that.
48:50Using 10 through 18.
48:51Alive.
48:51Peel right.
48:53Compensate for the pull
48:54of planet G8
48:55and go full throttle.
48:56However, the film
48:57devotes a lot of time
48:58to the gaming aspect,
49:00which prevents
49:00the supporting characters
49:01from having much depth.
49:03It's only by the ending
49:04that the importance
49:05of the many simulations
49:06becomes apparent.
49:08Ender finds out
49:08that these were all
49:09happening in real time
49:10and he's responsible
49:12for wiping out
49:13most of the Formix race.
49:14It's a solid twist
49:15that turns the protagonist
49:17into a villain
49:17without anyone realizing it.
49:19I will bear the shame
49:21of this genocide forever.
49:22No.
49:24You will be remembered
49:25as a hero.
49:26I will be remembered
49:27as a killer!
49:28The reveal of the Formix's
49:29true peaceful nature
49:30makes Ender's
49:31misunderstood actions
49:32all the more tragic.
49:35Number 6.
49:36Betrayal
49:36Smoke and Aces
49:38FBI agents
49:39Mesner and Carruthers
49:40are tasked
49:41to keep the informant
49:42Aces alive
49:43from mob boss
49:44Baratza's bounty.
49:45No form of witness
49:46against the mob
49:47has been as crucial
49:48or as important
49:50as Buddy, Aces, Israel
49:52is not only essential
49:53to our case,
49:55he is our case.
49:56Unfortunately,
49:57the influx
49:58of many characters
49:59turns this into
50:00a highly convoluted plot
50:01that runs around
50:02in circles
50:03until the climax
50:04presents the big twist.
50:06The FBI is revealed
50:07to be working
50:08with the mob,
50:08Esperatza himself
50:09is an informant
50:10and Aces' father
50:12whom the FBI
50:13hand over
50:14as part of their deal.
50:15The Bureau
50:16betrayed us.
50:17Wake up.
50:18You betrayed us,
50:19Deputy Director Locke.
50:21You betrayed us
50:21the way you betrayed them,
50:22you f***ing asshole.
50:26Disgusted
50:26that the FBI's
50:27own corrupt activities
50:28caused so many deaths,
50:30Messner pulls the plugs
50:32on both Aces
50:33and Esperatza
50:34to destroy
50:34everyone's plans.
50:56After messing around
50:57with the plot so much,
50:59Smoke and Aces'
51:00morally appropriate ending
51:01presents a great contrast
51:02to all the prior
51:03over-the-top violence.
51:06Number 5.
51:07Everything Comes Full Circle
51:08Final Destination 5
51:10The Final Destination movies
51:12have never been
51:13critical darlings,
51:14mainly because the plot lines
51:15lack many surprises.
51:17We all gotta get off.
51:19What are you talking about?
51:20The bridge is gonna collapse.
51:22What?
51:23We're all gonna die.
51:24What the hell is going on?
51:25We're all gonna die
51:26if we don't get off this bridge,
51:27now!
51:27What's going on?
51:28Final Destination 5
51:30follows the same pattern,
51:32featuring yet another group's
51:33attempts to escape death,
51:34but meeting their ends
51:35in gruesome ways.
51:37The main plot ends as expected,
51:39with the survivors
51:39planning to leave on a plane
51:41to celebrate their
51:41supposed victory over death.
51:43Are you kidding me?
51:44You're gonna make me
51:44sit in the middle seat?
51:45Uh-huh.
51:46I'm like twice your size.
51:48Not really.
51:49All right.
51:53However,
51:54it's then that the flight
51:55is confirmed to be
51:56the one shown in the first movie,
51:57meaning that everything
51:58that's happened so far
51:59has been set up by death
52:01to lead to this moment.
52:02Those passengers
52:03who got off the plane earlier,
52:06what was that all about?
52:08A kid had a panic attack
52:09and wanted off the plane.
52:10He said he had
52:11some kind of vision.
52:13No.
52:16Oh my God!
52:19As the plane crashes,
52:21the story comes full circle
52:22for the franchise,
52:23making it symbolic
52:24of the circle of life
52:25and death.
52:27Number 4.
52:28Judgment Day.
52:29Terminator 3.
52:30Rise of the Machines.
52:32No bombs fell.
52:34Computers didn't take control.
52:38We stopped Judgment Day.
52:40By this point,
52:41it was obvious that the series
52:43would copy the format
52:44of the previous two movies.
52:46Terminator 3 does indeed
52:47follow this style,
52:48with the titular character
52:49now protecting
52:50an adult John Connor
52:52from another advanced Terminator
52:53sent by Skynet.
52:55You're here to kill me?
53:04No.
53:05You must live.
53:07The story is on course
53:08for the usual sacrifice
53:09by the Terminator,
53:10but the final moments
53:11take an original twist
53:12never seen before
53:13in the franchise.
53:14It turns out that
53:15Judgment Day
53:16could never be prevented,
53:18as was always believed,
53:19and that Skynet
53:20had already initiated
53:21nuclear bombs
53:22to begin a worldwide massacre.
53:24John, what is he saying?
53:28Judgment Day.
53:31The end of the world.
53:35It's today,
53:35three hours from now.
53:37Terminator 3
53:38baits the viewer
53:38into a false sense
53:39of security
53:40to leave fans speechless
53:41as the series' promise
53:43of a dystopian future
53:44finally comes to pass.
53:46This psychological horror story
53:53centers around
53:53the adoption
53:54of a young child
53:55whose arrival
53:55sparks several incidents.
53:57Orphan is largely formulaic,
53:59with obvious signs
54:00of young Esther
54:01being an evil child.
54:03Then you were just
54:04pretending this whole time?
54:06I thought you would
54:07enjoy teaching me.
54:08It must be frustrating
54:10for someone
54:10who loves music
54:11as much as you
54:12to have a son
54:13who isn't interested
54:14and a daughter
54:15who can't even hear.
54:18The build-up
54:18seems to point
54:19toward a cliche turn
54:20for the worst
54:21from Esther,
54:22but the reveal
54:22of her true nature
54:23comes out of nowhere.
54:25As it turns out,
54:26Esther is an adult woman
54:27posing as a young girl,
54:29meaning her malicious
54:30activities were
54:30the premeditated actions
54:32of a murderer
54:33and not a disturbed child.
54:35She only looks
54:35like a child.
54:37According to our records,
54:39Lena Klammer
54:40was born in 1976.
54:42She's 33 years old.
54:44The twist gives the thriller
54:45the eerie sense of horror
54:47it was going for.
54:48It also makes Orphan
54:49a highly rewatchable flick
54:51as it's interesting
54:52to go back
54:52and find clues
54:53for this twist
54:54hidden all along.
54:55Go to your room.
54:56Honestly,
54:57we're past that now,
54:59aren't we?
54:59Number 2.
55:01The Truth About Eli
55:02The Book of Eli
55:03The Book of Eli
55:04sees the titular character's
55:06attempt to preserve
55:07the last copy of the Bible
55:08while escaping a warlord
55:10who wants
55:10the book's knowledge.
55:11This dystopian movie
55:27has similarities
55:27with the critically acclaimed
55:29Mad Max series,
55:30but relies on the mystery
55:31of its protagonists
55:32so much
55:33that the action
55:33becomes a drag to watch.
55:35However,
55:36the closing moments
55:37show Eli's been hiding
55:38an even bigger secret
55:39as the Bible is written
55:40in braille,
55:41revealing that Eli
55:42was blind the whole time.
55:44The first book of Moses
55:46called Genesis
55:50chapter 1
55:53verse 1.
55:55Having given
55:56no obvious clues,
55:57the twist places
55:58the protagonist's actions
55:59in a bigger context
56:00and signs off
56:02with an uplifting message.
56:03Eli's journey
56:04was always meant
56:05to be spiritual,
56:06which changes
56:07as the previously bleak
56:08outlook of the film
56:09in an instant.
56:10It doesn't make any sense.
56:12It doesn't have to make sense.
56:13It's fate.
56:13It's fate.
56:14It's the flower of light
56:15in the field of darkness
56:17that's giving me
56:17the strength to carry on.
56:18You understand?
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56:34Number 1.
56:36The Secret Accomplice
56:38Saw 3D
56:39The seventh movie
56:40loses all the nuances
56:42and thoughtful commentary
56:43from previous entries.
56:45Instead,
56:45Saw 3D
56:46is a straight-up gore fest
56:48that relies completely
56:49on the traps.
56:50The flick's plot
56:51sees Mark Hoffman
56:52simply off everyone
56:53in his path
56:54and then take down
56:55Jigsaw's wife,
56:56Jill,
56:57out of revenge.
56:58This person
56:59will go on killing
57:00until he's stopped.
57:01You know him.
57:02And he definitely
57:04knows you.
57:04Is that right?
57:06He's Detective Mark Hoffman.
57:08However,
57:09Dr. Gordon,
57:10whose status
57:10was never clarified
57:11until this film's
57:12opening scene,
57:13shows up to attack
57:14Hoffman before he can escape.
57:16It's revealed that
57:17Gordon was Jigsaw's
57:18secret accomplice
57:19all along,
57:20meaning he had a hand
57:21in everything
57:22that happened
57:23in the series.
57:24Hello, Dr. Gordon.
57:27You are perhaps
57:28my greatest asset.
57:29This ties up
57:31all loose ends
57:32in one go
57:32and at least
57:33gives this
57:34by-the-numbers movie
57:35the huge twist
57:36fans were looking for.
57:38No!
57:39Game over.
57:40No!
57:41Did we forget
57:42another bad movie plot
57:43with a crazy twist?
57:44Let us know
57:45in the comments.
57:46first video
57:47I won't
57:58go
58:03to
58:04the
58:04TV
58:04I won't
58:06go
58:07to
58:07there
58:10happens
58:10in the
58:10telling
58:11feed
58:12I won't
58:12l
58:13have
58:13to
58:14lie
58:14I'll
58:15do
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