10 Terrible Plot Twists From Otherwise Awesome Movies

10. Goldeneye - Alec Is Still Alive

In the James Bond classic Goldeneye, it turns out that Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), the former 006 who'd apparently died in the Soviet Union nine years earlier - as depicted in the film's pre-credits scene - is actually Janus, the supervillain trying to devastate the United Kingdom with a weaponized satellite. 

So, this twist is quite the outlier for it is, on paper, pretty great. Unlike with many badly done fake-out deaths, in this case, Alec is shown apparently being shot on-screen, and it at least looks convincing. Furthermore, Trevelyan is one of the greatest Bond villains ever, Bean gives one of his very finest performances (complete with one of his finest on-screen deaths, too), and the betrayal of a former ally gives the film heightened personal stakes for Bond (Pierce Brosnan). 

The problem, then? The marketing gave it away for free. The trailers clearly showed Sean Bean as the villain, and to make matters worse, the film's opening credits gave Bean high billing even though his character had seemingly just died, so he was obviously coming back. 

Goldeneye is an elite James Bond film, without question, but the way in which it insists on presenting this reveal as a plot twist even though it really wasn't is undeniably distracting.