5 Sci-Fi Movies With Incredible Plot Twists
New worlds, distant futures, species grappling with their own unsustainable advancements, handcrafted sentient life: these new frontiers are the perfect venues to shock the audience. Mankind has an impressive ability to weave the most unexpected vision of technology's impact on their own advancement, which often loops back around and shocks mankind itself.
Inserting a massive twist into a narrative carries an interesting risk. If the story is building up to a whale of a final reveal, anyone who knows what's hiding just beyond the third act might have their experience ruined. Conversely, if the twist is the big payoff, it may be all anyone talks about. Most people these days hear a reference to the big reveal near the end of Fight Club before they hear anything else about it. These science fiction films used that same device to make jaws drop and knock socks off viewers. Spoilers ahead for every film mentioned.
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Anyone who has caught more than a few minutes of the modern trilogy or theoretical upcoming sequels has had the big reveal of the 1968 original spoiled for them. When it came out, however, it was a groundbreaking final shot that completely changed the direction of the film, and completely blew audiences' minds.
The original Planet of the Apes tells the tale of a trio of astronauts who crash-land on an unknown planet, only to find it occupied by hyper-intelligent apes. The ape society features a strict class system and an underclass of primitive human beings. The astronauts slowly learn of a once-great human civilization buried beneath the planet's new masters. Though they are desperate to find answers, the kind and wise Dr. Zaius advises against venturing out too far.
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