10 Awful Plot Twists That Completely Ruined Great Movies

4. War Of The Worlds

The Movie

In this enthralling, anti-Independence Day blockbuster, insane aliens execute a plot hole-ridden invasion of Earth, decimating the population at will and using their blood as a crop fertiliser.

It's something Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) and kids are having none of, son Robbie (Justwin Chatwin) especially, who ignores the advice of easily dying army men by running at the technologically superior enemy, armed only with an iPod and some guyliner.

The Awful Twist

There is a widely held belief that, due to its inexplicable amount of holes, War of the Worlds isn't a great film. But what modern blockbuster doesn't have plotholes? There's a lot to recommend, and I know I'm not totally alone in thinking it's a great action movie. That includes the moment when the aliens die of flue, which is fine (I maintain that the book's ending is perfect for the film).

What isn't fine, however, is that Ray and daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) reach Ray's step-parents' house, and everyone's alive. Seriously: they're all alive. The step-parents and Ray's ex-wife included. Everyone else in the world has been getting killed really easily; these guys not only look alive, but really, really well, as though they've been on holiday to a planet that wasn't being invaded by homicidal, extraterrestrial gardeners.

The very worst part: Ray's emo son is alive, despite running at the aliens during a firefight. It's unnecessary, and the surprisingly dark tone of the film is ruined by the pleasant and entirely unbelievable fact that all of Ray's family has survived an alien holocaust.