His lawyers try to stay the execution, leading to an 11th-hour trial in which it's revealed that Rivers has Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Malcolm Rivers (Cusack) is a condemned serial killer due to die in less than two days. The big twist is that none of this happened. Luckily, the overall story was much bigger than this sloppy reveal and managed to succeed despite it.
The twist was simultaneously too predictable, especially for fans familiar with the source material, and so poorly handled that nobody thought a filmmaker like Nolan's caliber would stoop to something so corny. But when Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard) stabs Batman and reveals herself as Ra's al Ghul's daughter Talia, who has Bane on a leash and is carrying on the legacy of the League of Shadows by destroying Gotham, it had the whole theater groaning. The reveal that John Blake's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) name was Robin was eye-roll inducing, but acceptable. It's a bombastic thriller filled with excellent visuals, great performances, a worthy villain in Tom Hardy's Bane, and ultimately provides a satisfying conclusion to Bruce Wayne's story.īut the twists weren't great.
Despite these issues, much of the movie still works. There are several distracting plot holes, such as Bruce Wayne's inexplicable escape to Gotham after being imprisoned on the other side of the planet. However, the third film was in many ways a step down from its predecessors. So what are the worst twist endings in movie history? We've taken the liberty of assembling them here, but be warned - there are some major spoilers ahead. Some movies can survive a clumsy reveal, but others build their plot around the twist and go down like the Titanic when it doesn't work. Unfortunately, for every good twist, there are at least as many that are outrageous, lazy, manipulative, far-fetched, too predictable, not predictable enough, or just laughable. It can be of the most rewarding cinematic experiences there is. This is because viewers now have a chance to go back and see the story again, this time with insider knowledge, to try to pick up any clues they missed the first time. Contrary to the popular opinion that there's no point in seeing a movie if you know the twist, the best twists can increase the film's rewatchability. Any screenwriter can slap a reveal at the end of a plot, but the twists that work are set up subtly throughout the story and enrich everything leading up to it. However, this storytelling sleight of hand isn't easy to pull off. Everyone remembers the first time they learned that Darth Vader was Luke's father in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and that Bruce Willis was dead all along in "The Sixth Sense." Like any other storytelling device, the twist ending can be great if used properly.