10 INSANE Moments Cut From Recent Movies
These WILD moments all hit the cutting room floor.
No matter how complete a film might feel when you're watching it, the movie we see is almost always the result of an intense editorial process where it's whittled down from a much larger and longer whole.
That is to say, the majority of films end up leaving at least a few scenes on the cutting room floor for one of many reasons, only for audiences to sometimes cry foul when these scenes later come to light.
And that's certainly the case with these 10 recent movies, each of which cut some absolutely wild sequences that many would've loved to see make the final cut.
But again, there are often complex reasons for scenes being cut - maybe they upended the film's pacing, created tonal issues, or even introduced plot holes. Hell, perhaps they just didn't turn out as well as the director hoped.
Whatever the reason, these scenes didn't make the cut, though at least some of them have been released to audiences, either being posted online or included as a home video extra.
Frustratingly though, some already appear to be lost to the ether never to be seen, which is a massive shame...
10. Mr. Miyagi's Cameo - Karate Kid: Legends
One of the chief complaints about Karate Kid: Legends is that the film felt too rushed and brief for its own good, clocking in at just 94 minutes and ultimately failing to make the most of its cast.
And soon after the legacy sequel's release, actor Shiro Nobunaga revealed on Instagram that he actually shot two flashback scenes as Mr. Miyagi - standing in for the late Pat Morita - which were cut, with behind-the-scenes images showing him sharing the screen with Jackie Chan's Mr. Han.
Fans were understandably baffled that these scenes were left on the cutting room floor considering not only Legends' brief runtime but also how forced the connection between Mr. Han and Mr. Miyagi feels in the final cut.
These scenes could've easily smoothed out that issue, and while it's possible they simply didn't play out as well as intended, if nothing else Nobunaga looks like an absolute dead ringer for Pat Morita.
And it's certainly preferable to the uncanny AI deepfake of Mr. Miyagi we saw in Cobra Kai's final season. Yet all this effort was ultimately for nought.