Epically Bad Movie Plot Twists

Nowadays, moviegoers have seen just about all that there is to see in a film. It’s hard not to find a movie that isn’t running on recycled plots, rehashed jokes, and rewritten tag lines. Unfortunately, this has led to Hollywood trying to come out with films that will surprise audiences with original, out-of-nowhere, outrageous endings. Here are a few movies with the worst plot twists ever to be released.

Signs

M. Night Shyamalan was praised for The Sixth Sense’s spooky ending. Sadly, this has not been the case for his subsequent movies. Signs was marketed as an alien horror film, but it turns out it’s really about an ex-priest’s journey to regaining spirituality. Not exactly a thriller. Furthermore, the ending revealed that that the evil aliens, which weren’t that scary to begin with, die when exposed to water. It is absurd to think that all the characters had to do was throw a cup of water at them.

Perfect Stranger

The twist of this movie was that the murderer Halle Berry was trying to find was not evil Bruce Willis or creepy Giovanni Gibisi. It was Berry herself! Looking back, it should be obvious to the viewer that Berry’s character, Rowena, was the killer. However, throughout the film Rowena acts just as perplexed as the audience, even when she is completely alone in Willis’ apartment and later in Gibisi’s house. It also felt like the filmmakers added the childhood flashback scene to give a deep emotional and psychological reason as to why Rowena is now a murderer. However, it just felt very last minute and cheap.

The Life of David Gale

Kevin Spacey’s character, David Gale, is convicted of rape and murder and is dealt the death sentence. However, the twist of the movie is that Gale did not rape or murder anyone. He just made it look like he did in order to prove his point that the death penalty is wrong. The problem with this is that it made absolutely no sense. Gale’s point that the death penalty is inhumane only led to another death penalty induced death.

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