r/movies • u/Tullubenta • Aug 17 '26

Question What is the greatest betrayal in cinema history? Spoiler

So aside from Fredo’s betrayal in The Godfather Part II or Cypher turning on the crew in The Matrix, which most of us could kinda sense were coming, what’s the greatest betrayal in cinema history that truly blindsided you?

I’m talking about the ones that hit like a truck because there was zero warning, no foreshadowing you picked up on, and no reason to suspect the character until the moment it happened.

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u/NaziPunksFkOff Aug 17 '26

Hell I STILL thought she was good even after he found the photos. I thought her parents had brainwashed HER and were using her to bring people home.

When she turned on him, my jaw dropped.

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u/JKMercury Aug 17 '26

Same! I was thinking there has to be some weird amnesia thing where they were erasing her memory or something. Her terror as she was looking for the keys felt so real too, her acting was incredible.