15 Promising thriller plots with less impressive climax

15) Old (2021)

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This movie has a strong start with a group of strangers trapped on a beach where they age rapidly. The early scenes pull you in as they try to figure out what’s happening while dealing with personal secrets and physical changes. But the ending—where the beach is revealed as part of a pharmaceutical experiment—feels too far-fetched and undermines the tension. It turns the story into an explanation rather than letting it stay unsettling. A better ending could have left the cause of the phenomenon unexplained, focusing instead on how the survivors deal with the trauma of their experiences once they escape.

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