Top 10 Movie Twists That Ruined the Movie

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These movie twists didn't land. For this list, we’ll be looking at times when moviemakers threw an unexpected curveball in the story which made it unbearable to watch again.

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00:00Welcome to MissMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Movie Twists

00:10that ruined the movie.

00:12Is this Hide and Seek, are we really going to play that?

00:15Can I make a suggestion that doesn't involve violence, or is this the wrong crowd?

00:20I think that we both know, it's time for me to go.

00:23For this list, we'll be looking at times when movie makers threw an unexpected curveball

00:28in the story, which made it unbearable to watch again.

00:31Since major plot points will be discussed, a spoiler warning is now in effect.

00:36What unexpected plot twist soured your taste for a movie?

00:39Let us know in the comments.

00:4210.

00:43None of it was real.

00:45Nothing to hide.

00:58This French film has an interesting take on a dinner party.

01:01Aside from the typical conversational fare, the group all surrender their smartphones

01:05to the middle of the table.

01:07Should any of them get a call, text, or message, the details would be shared with the entire

01:11group.

01:12This, of course, leads to a plethora of secrets being revealed, and to a lesser extent, comments

01:18on smartphone culture and our unhealthy attachment to them.

01:31The story then falls flat as we learn the entire game, with the phones, has been nothing

01:36more than a what-if story, and the biggest part of this movie wasn't real.

01:41Been there, done that, no thanks.

01:519.

01:52Abducted by Aliens – The Forgotten

02:08In The Forgotten Opens, we find Julianne Moore's character Telly mourning the loss

02:13of her son Sam.

02:14He died over a year ago, and Telly is still dealing with the emotional aftermath.

02:34The movie tries to explore the concept of loss by having everyone in her life seemingly

02:39forget that Sam ever existed.

02:41It gives us a unique window into the bond a mother has with her son, but goes off the

02:45rails completely when people who try to tell her the truth get yanked into the sky.

03:02Aliens have used her motherly bond as an experiment on human beings.

03:06It's a twist that devolves quickly and takes away from the real story of loss.

03:188.

03:22It Was All A Dream – Savages At the end of the movie, The Devil's Advocate,

03:27we find Keanu Reeves' character Kevin losing his life in defiance of the Devil.

03:32The audience quickly learns that his death wasn't real, and most of the movie was in

03:37Kevin's head.

03:46It's a twist that surprised and delighted viewers.

03:49Savages tried to pull the same stunt when Ophelia wakes up after having dreamt about

03:54the death of her loved ones in a drug cartel-related murder.

04:13Both movies use the It Was All A Dream trope, but unlike The Devil's Advocate, this one

04:18falls flat.

04:19With so much action and intensity around Chon, Ben, and Ophelia, the dream just yanks any

04:25of the stakes of the film away, leaving viewers with a sour taste.

04:337.

04:36Exploding Family – Ready Or Not Talk about killer in-laws.

04:41On her wedding day, Grace learns of a terrible curse that has plagued her fiancé Alex's

04:46family.

04:47A deadly bout of hide-and-seek follows, as the LeDomas family tries to harm Grace before

04:53dawn, believing if they fail, they will experience a terrible punishment.

05:05Audiences sat on the edge of their seats, watching Grace dodge capture repeatedly.

05:10So it comes as a shocker when she finally does get caught, the sun rises, and the family

05:15literally explodes.

05:17The shattering ending undermines the entire chase of Grace, and leaves audiences wondering

05:23what exactly the point of everything was.

05:266.

05:27Best Friend Was A Ghost – Safe Haven Here's yet another attempt to retell a story

05:37about escaping unhealthy relationships.

05:40In this version, the main character Erin has fled from her cruel husband, and is now living

05:45in Southport, North Carolina, under her new name, Katie.

05:49The typical movie tropes about romance, friendship in a new town, and the return of her husband

05:54are all present and accounted for.

06:02You can already see the ending of the movie coming, and just as it unfolds like you expect

06:06it to, she finds out her best friend is… a ghost?

06:11Of her boyfriend's deceased wife?

06:13Really?

06:14It comes out of nowhere and serves no purpose other than shock value.

06:185.

06:19Ben Dies After Kissing Rey – Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker

06:37With the launch of the new Star Wars trilogy, fans were introduced to Ben Solo, aka Kylo

06:55Ren.

06:56Meant to serve as the primary adversary in the films, Kylo's journey was one filled

07:01with conflict.

07:02As much as he wanted to be the next Darth Vader, his journey led him to finding redemption

07:07through the eyes of our new Jedi hero, Rey.

07:19Mirroring that of Luke Skywalker's path with Vader, the writing was on the wall that Ben

07:24wasn't going to make it at the end of the third film.

07:27But did they have to bump him off after saving Rey's life?

07:30We waited three films for them to come together, only to see him die moments later.

07:36Just not fair.

07:424.

07:48Wash Dies – Serenity For a show that only lasted one season, it's

07:57pretty incredible to see how much love fans have given this show.

08:00After being cancelled by Fox in 2002, fan support for the show eventually resulted in

08:05the filming of the 2005 movie Serenity, which was meant to conclude the story.

08:10Fans were ecstatic to see their favourite brown coats finally brought back for one more

08:15battle.

08:16Their elation quickly dropped as fan-favourite character Wash died near the end of the movie.

08:27Given that they had already lost Shepard earlier, this seemed like an unnecessary plot

08:32twist that no one wanted.

08:373.

08:40It's Set in Modern Times – The Village When you see that M. Night Shyamalan is the

08:56director of a movie, it's a foregone conclusion there's going to be some major plot twist

09:02near the end.

09:09Everyone was floored by the ending of Sixth Sense, and both Unbreakable and Signs kept

09:14his twists going.

09:15In 2004's The Village, we thought we were looking at a group of people living in the

09:191800s, and were afraid to go beyond their borders.

09:23Yet when Ivy ventures out beyond the wall, we see a ranger driving, and learn that the

09:28entire 19th century community exists in modern times, within a protective forest reserve.

09:38It's a clever twist, but undoes much of the setting of the film, and undermines the uniqueness

09:43of the world we've been presented.

09:492.

09:53Abe Lincoln Memorial – Planet of the Apes Sometimes, plot twists allow the viewer to

10:03see the movie in a whole new context.

10:05Other times, it's a trope used far too often, and it turns audiences away.

10:10Then you have Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.

10:20Supposedly inspired by the original 1968 film, we again see a space-age astronaut being flung

10:27onto a planet ruled by apes.

10:29Unlike the original, however, the final scene of the movie doesn't provide any revelations

10:34about where he was.

10:35Instead, we get an ape version of Abraham Lincoln, and a whole lot of moviegoers scratching

10:41their heads as to why.

10:53It may be closer to the original Pierre Boulle book, but that certainly doesn't make it

10:58a good ending.

11:191.

11:20The Mandarin Wasn't Real – Iron Man 3 Up until the latter half of Iron Man 3, audiences

11:38were petrified of a mystical Mandarin.

11:41He was responsible for several high-profile bombings, and was honing in on the United

11:45States.

11:46The scale of mystery that surrounded him made him that more scary as the movie went

11:51on.

11:52Yet, when Tony Stark finally discovers him, we learn the Mandarin isn't real.

11:57He's an actor named Trevor Slattery, who's been paid to portray him by Aldrich Killian.

12:12This fake-out severely disappointed Marvel fans as the real Mandarin from the comics

12:17was a legendary supervillain and archenemy of Iron Man.

12:21Thankfully, we were promised the real deal for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

12:421.

12:43Iron Man 3 Up until the latter half of Iron Man 3, audiences were petrified of a mystical

12:44Mandarin.

12:45He was responsible for several high-profile bombings, and was honing in on the United

12:46States.

12:47The scale of mystery that surrounded him made him that more scary as the movie went on.

12:48He's an actor named Trevor Slattery, who's been paid to portray him by Aldrich Killian.

12:49This fake-out severely disappointed Marvel fans as the real Mandarin from the comics

12:50was a legendary supervillain and archenemy of Iron Man 3.

12:51Thankfully, we were promised the real deal for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

12:52Thankfully, we were promised the real deal for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

12:53Thankfully, we were promised the real deal for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

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