10 Terrible Plot Twists From Otherwise Awesome Movies
6. Fall - Hunter Died In The Fall
Gravity. 47 Meters Down. Adrift. Fall. What do all of these movies have in common? Firstly, they all focus on two characters trying to survive an extreme scenario. Secondly, they deploy the annoying and played-out trope of the main character having a hallucination of the other character when they've in fact died.
Those hoping that Fall, which focuses on two female climbers - Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) - stranded atop a huge radio mast 2,000 feet above ground, wouldn't go down this route were disappointed. Late in the film, it does indeed turn out that Hunter had died in a fall earlier on, and Becky has been talking to a hallucination for a large chunk of the picture. As well as being entirely foreseeable, this undermines the movie by denying Hunter a proper death scene that could've been far more impactful.
Fall is an awesome thriller; there's a good reason it became such a streaming hit, and it's a frequently terrifying fight for survival. This twist is the one thing that really lets it down, though, so here's hoping the upcoming sequel won't go down this route as well.