# Reverse plot game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155 "2010-11-28T07:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/21 "2010-11-28T22:33:21Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > King Kong. > > Dangerous fugitive seeks illegal travel documents from a murderer; his wife seduces a drunkard to get them. Casablanca Looks like no one’s got the self-aware computer one yet. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/22 "2010-11-29T00:00:08Z")
The self-aware computer one looks like I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream, but I don’t know if that was ever a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/23 "2010-11-29T00:27:30Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Looks like no one’s got the self-aware computer one yet. Hint: It’s a well-known movie made in the last ten years. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/24 "2010-11-29T00:38:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A self-aware computer tries to carry out its mission of protecting the last surviving remnants of humanity despite a crumbling infrastructure. Wall-E? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/25 "2010-11-29T00:41:32Z")
Dude, it’s Terminator isn’t it? Or at least one of the terminator sequels? Oh, hah, I think Rysto got it. That was clever. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/26 "2010-11-29T01:26:48Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > _ **Young man goes into a killing spree of random innocents after waking up from a coma. A group of military men try to keep a woman and kid from him.** _ 28 Days Later ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/27 "2010-11-29T04:24:26Z")
No new ones, so here goes: A member of a certain tribe tries to avenge the loss of his family upon his mortal enemy, but is opposed by 3 members of a different tribe. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/28 "2010-11-29T05:06:53Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > No new ones, so here goes: > > A member of a certain tribe tries to avenge the loss of his family upon his mortal enemy, but is opposed by 3 members of a different tribe. The Last of the Mohicans A lovelorn man enlists the help of several like-minded people upon learning that his recent ex-girlfriend is dating a loser nobody jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/29 "2010-11-29T05:59:48Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > Jaws? Yep! ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/30 "2010-11-30T02:00:48Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > A lovelorn man enlists the help of several like-minded people upon learning that his recent ex-girlfriend is dating a loser nobody jerk. There’s something about Mary? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/31 "2010-11-30T02:08:27Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > There’s something about Mary? I guess that fits, but it’s not the movie I was thinking of. Try one released more recently. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/32 "2010-11-30T02:51:03Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > A lovelorn man enlists the help of several like-minded people upon learning that his recent ex-girlfriend is dating a loser nobody jerk. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/33 "2010-11-30T02:58:57Z")
Yes, Jragon got it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/34 "2010-11-30T03:13:49Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Wall-E? Rysto is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/35 "2010-11-30T03:18:32Z")
An intelligence officer tracks down a terrorist cell that is murdering soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/36 "2010-11-30T03:29:30Z")
Charming career criminal brings his buddies together for one last big score. All goes well until a rogue cop shows up in the high rise with his mind on killing. Can the crew pull off the heist that will let them retire, or will their audacious plans be derailed by a cop who operates well outside the law? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/37 "2010-11-30T03:42:04Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Charming career criminal brings his buddies together for one last big score. All goes well until a rogue cop shows up in the high rise with his mind on killing. Can the crew pull off the heist that will let them retire, or will their audacious plans be derailed by a cop who operates well outside the law? Die hard, clearly. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > An intelligence officer tracks down a terrorist cell that is murdering soldiers. Serenity? Nevermind. Gotta be Ingluorious Basterds. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/38 "2010-11-30T03:47:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > An intelligence officer tracks down a terrorist cell that is murdering soldiers. Red Dawn and **Merijeek** , yep. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/39 "2010-11-30T09:57:26Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Harry Potter? Yes. _“and the Philosophers Stone”_ in particular, but for all I can remember could apply to all seven. Since nobody’s piped up for this one yet: “Employees of a hard-working and entrepreneurial farmer walk out on the job, causing mayhem as they go.” let me sneak in a clue: _poultry_ farmer ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/40 "2010-11-30T10:21:04Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > “Employees of a hard-working and entrepreneurial farmer walk out on the job, causing mayhem as they go.” > > _poultry_ farmer Chicken Run? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155.md?page=3)