20 Recent Movie Plot Twists NOBODY Saw Coming

8. Dennis Lied About Having A Twin & Got Rocky Killed - Twinless

Twinless
Lionsgate

James Sweeney's terrific new black comedy Twinless was marketed as a film about two young men, Roman (Dylan O'Brien) and Dennis (Sweeney), who become co-dependent friends after meeting at a support group for "twinless twins" - each of them grieving the death of their own twin.

But Sweeney's film is full of unexpected twists and turns that are doled out over the course of its runtime.

In the first act, we learn that Dennis was actually romantically involved with Roman's twin brother Rocky, and more to the point, he was inadvertently responsible for Rocky's death, angrily calling him into traffic where he was hit and killed by a car.

Since then Dennis has effectively been stalking Roman, and to somehow make it even worse, it's later confirmed that Dennis never had a twin, simply fabricating the story so he could attend the support group and get close to Roman.

It's deliciously twisted stuff and executed with incredible tonal mastery by Sweeney - at once delivering on the compelling promises of the trailer but also offering so, so much more.

 
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