“Come with me if you want to live.”
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Who doesn’t love a good twist? A shocking third-act reveal can recontextualize an entire movie and make repeated viewings into a kind of scavenger hunt for overlooked clues.
“This kid can see dead people?”
“The bad guy is his father?”
These moments stick in your mind and turn an already-great movie into an instant classic.