10 Recent Movie Twists EVERYONE Predicted

Plot twists can often make or break a movie - they can recontextualise the entire story in a brain-breakingly brilliant way, or make so little sense that the entire enterprise collapses in on itself.

A twist by its nature should theoretically be surprising to most of the audience, though it's fairly common for viewers to figure them out ahead of time and then feel rather pleased with themselves for doing so.

Of course, it's worth noting that there are worse things for a twist to be than predictable - they can make no sense or betray everything that came before. 

A reveal that's telegraphed a little too eagerly but at least serves the film's characters and themes need not derail everything leading up to the shoe drop moment.

And so for better or worse, the majority of audience members likely saw these recent plot twists coming, from not-so-secret villain reveals that suffered from obvious casting, to sequel-baiting final rug-pulls that some fans predicted the moment the first trailer dropped.

But if you didn't see these reveals coming, you shouldn't feel bad - the fun of just watching a movie on its own terms and not trying to "defeat" it by predicting every last plot beat is vastly underrated...

A major subplot in Bad Boys: Ride or Die revolves around a shadowy, secret villain who has framed the late Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) for being in league with drug cartels, threatening his posthumous legacy.

But let's be real here - the real Bad Guy couldn't be more instantly noticeable to anyone who's watched more than a few Ioan Gruffud movies over the last 20 years.

Gruffud has a knack for being cast in big Hollywood blockbusters as the detestable supporting villain - the guy just oozes smarminess on screen in basically every role he's ever played, so it just makes sense.

And so, the moment he shows up in the fourth Bad Boys movie as Adam Lockwood, a mayoral candidate and new boyfriend of Miami PD captain Rita Secada (Paola Núñez), how can you not peg him for the baddie?

Gruffud is far too famous to simply be playing the generic-o love interest guy, so of course it's no surprise at all when he turns out to be working with the other main villain, James McGrath (Eric Dane).

It sure would've been fun if we were being swerved and Gruffud really was just playing a nice dude for once, but it wasn't to be.