12 Movie Openings That Totally Trolled Audiences

Sitting down to 1993's Poetic Justice, a minute into the movie most viewers are likely to be lost already.

Want to know who this woman seducing Billy Zane is, and how they know each other?

So do the characters of Poetic Justice, because this opening scene is actually a scene from a fake movie they’re watching within the movie. The next shot cuts to the drive in theatre where our heroine sits with her current beau. So begins a dark and thoughtful romantic drama which couldn't be less like the cheesy potboiler it appears to open as, with Janet Jackson trying to get over the untimely death of her ex as she's romanced by hip hop legend Tupac Shakur.

And the answer unfortunately is no, as good as this John Singleton film is, the viewer never does find out what was going on with Billy Zane and his mysterious paramour.