r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly

A young child finds a portal to a magic world in an ordinary household object

....and stops an evil tyrant from ruling over the people there.

Hint 1: >!It's a children's movie!<

Hint 2: >!Our protagonist enters this world looking for a lost keepsake!<

Hint 3: >!The main character is not a human!<

Hint 4: >!It's a movie based on a TV show!<

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u/Flacker111 — 4 hours ago

Man has big epiphany that there is more to life than his job...so he immediately goes back to his old job.

He's immediately a big hit again

Hints/what we know so far--

Released between 1988 and 2000

No Nic Cage

No Kevin Spacey

No Jim Carrey

No Billy Crystal

No Mike Myers

No Bruce Willis

No Samuel L Jackson

NOT animated

Sometimes he's hard to decipher

His colleagues are an interesting cast of characters. He makes music with one, another has some great dance moves, and they all learn a lot from one another.

No John Wick films

SPORTS

I am talking about A character, not the main character

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u/Seaciety — 5 hours ago

Two people steal an egg. Then a bunch of stuff doesnt happen.

Its an old movie. (90s)

Not a James bond movie but it does involve spies.

And the important thing is that other stuff doesnt happen. Like the entire movie is undone by the end.

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u/Tggdan3 — 23 hours ago

Unprosecuted skinny dipping leads to the death of god

Not sure if unprosecuted is a word but you get what I mean

Hint: it’s a machine god

Pulling a couple hints from the comments up here:

Scifi post apocalyptic movie, with a cabin in the woods (in which zero deaths occur)

No Matthew McConaughey, Neve Campbell, or red pills

Live action movie

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u/kacpdwsniper — 22 hours ago

An up close look at an International Man of Mystery who has defied convention over decades

His successes, his failures, his stints being frozen out, his romances, and his odd friendships and rivalries are all explored

Hints/what we know so far--

Released between 2017 and 2021 (will keep updating as this narrows)

Not a DC comics movie

Not a Michael Bay movie

Not a Bond movie

Not a Mission Impossible movie

Not a Christopher Nolan film

No Tom Hanks

No Leo DiCaprio

No Brad Pitt

MC is American

Movie is about a real person, but not a musician

In fact, it's a documentary....

Sports but not racing or soccer or tennis or football

It's basketball

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u/Seaciety — 3 days ago

Given an impossible task, a crack team of army engineers works tirelessly to achieve their objective.

hints*

Our main character is responsible for some historic firsts in this movie.

Our hero runs his ops by the books.

Our hero is an unwavering commanding officer and admired by his subordinates

His reckless abandon and gambling with lives goes unnoticed while good soldiers get screwed

hints**

The antagonist has a vendetta and will violate what's left of his moral code to defeat the protaganist.

The higher ups in this film rarely have a bad thing to say.

Cards heavily influence this film.

hints***

when our protagonist is down his troops rally around him because of his good works.

He occasionally provides legal advice.

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u/FoulestWinner — 19 hours ago

A young mans unnatural appetite leads to escalating acts of cruelity against his victims.

Hint: No it's not animated and no its not a horror, well I mean it is but not uh...not in the genre of it.

Heading to bed so I'll leave yall with a second hint

The movies PG

Hint 3 hes not a cannibal

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u/CornDogRebornDog — 21 hours ago

Everything seems real but it’s actually being televised unbeknownst to the MC. The love interest tries to reveal it only to be sent away by the ones making the show. In the end all is revealed

Hints so far

Is a kids comedy

Very widely seen tv movie

Not animated

2000s

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u/WulfieJay — 1 day ago

The opening involves a potential lethal dive down a dam, an agent turned villain, and military information at stake. The world is ultimately saved.

HINT: A little camp, a lot of fun, tons of fight scenes but very few guns

HINT: It’s a sequel and the band Prodigy are featured in both this and the original.

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u/FentonsHorseRanch — 1 day ago

You just wanted a peaceful vacation, instead you're eaten alive by some of the tiniest horror movie villains that aren't microscopic like a virus or something

Clues and hints here, will probably need it for this one

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel — 4 hours ago

Sometimes communication breakthroughs lead to tears

A happy ending for one character doesn't preclude a sad ending for another

Hints/What we know so far--

Takes place on Earth/Not a space movie

Released before 2025

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u/Seaciety — 1 day ago