10 Movies That Shockingly Switch Protagonist

10. Bad Times At The El Royale

Daredevil's Drew Goddard returned to the big screen in 2018 with a mystery movie for the ages – Bad Times at the El Royale.

The film sees an all-star cast of seven strangers converge on a seedy motel that rests on state lines, for a night of mystery, murder and life-changing revelations.

Although Bad Times features an ensemble cast, we enter it very much through Special Agent Dwight Broadbeck's (Jon Hamm) perspective, attending the motel under the guise of a travelling salesman to uncover some state-level secrets. That is, until, he is slain with a shotgun halfway through.

Lost amid a sea of hustlers and two-faced good-fer-nothings, our perspective gradually settles behind the unlikely duo of robber-in-priest's-clothing Dock O'Kelly (Jeff Bridges) and struggling singer Darlene Sweet (Cynthia Erivo). And we're lucky it does, because the unlikely pair are the only ones to make it out of the film alive.

Though Bad Times was a commercial failure, it was well received by critics and, thanks to its irregular plotting, shocking twists, noir feel and – you guessed it – shifting protagonists, it is well on its way to becoming a cult classic.