15 Potential Plot Twists That Could Ruin Upcoming Movies
4. Xander Cage's Retconned "Death" - XXX: The Return Of Xander Cage
The Twist: The explanation of how Xander Cage is still alive after apparently being assassinated in Bora Bora in the previous movie, likely a retcon of what came before.
Why It Could Ruin The Movie: People hated the previous Diesel-free film enough that they could easily just not mention his "death" and treat this like the first true sequel to the original, because otherwise it risks wasting time on retcon silliness that nobody really asked for.
These movies already massively strain credibility as it is (and that's kinda the fun of them), but getting deep into things like plot and character might not fly so well considering how little they seem to really care about these things in the first place.
How Likely Is It?: We know for sure that he is believed to be dead when the third movie begins, but hopefully it won't be much more than something pawned off with a few lines of dialogue. An absurd flashback sequence that hand-waves his death is likely, but we sure as hell hope not. 6/10