10 Recent Movies Let Down By Predictable Twists

10. Cole Is Scorpion's Descendant - Mortal Kombat

The Mortal Kombat reboot could've chosen any of the game's iconic kombatants to serve as the hero. Liu Kang. Johnny Cage. RoboCop.

Instead, the writers cooked up a brand-new character called Cole. Fans of the blood-and-guts beat 'em up immediately found this decision suspicious, believing Cole must have a deeper connection with one of the fighters.

Sadly, the trailer practically confirmed this by revealing way too much. In Mortal Kombat's teaser, we see Cole having visions of his ancestor, Hanzo Hasashi AKA Scorpion. This shot may be brief, but it was enough for entertainment sites to deduce Cole was a descendant of the gold-armoured ninja months before the movie came out!

What's annoying about this twist is it wouldn't have been so obvious if this single shot was removed from the trailer. We understand that the promos need to pump in as much action as possible to sell the movie but, c'mon! Mortal Kombat probably had the coolest trailer of the year! It already looked so awesome, why did the filmmakers have to insert this one moment and ruin the whole surprise?