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Road House (2024)
A B-movie low budget dump of a Cult Classic
If you are going to go up against a cult classic, it better be GOOD. This is horrific on any level-casting, acting, directing, cinematography, location and sets, plot, believability, character arcs. I understand some people might "enjoy" it, but it is truly a talentless film from start to finish. Every character is unlikeable and is shallow and uninteresting. They clearly had no sets made and just used some half vacant bar for $100 a day. Wow. Note that percentage wise MOST reviews are 1, 2 or 3, which is already generous. Really is a disgrace for Gyllenhaal who must really need the bucks... It is truly in my Top Ten Worst Films of the last 50 years.. no kidding!
Its REAL value is that is makes you go on to NFlix or elsewhere to watch the original Roadhouse after many years and see what a fantastic genre piece that is.. Woe unto the current film industry that cranks out such trash.
Copying Beethoven (2006)
A Perfect Film...
Not only it this film superb on the level of plot, acting, character development, cinematography, direction and scripting, but the story is wise, deep and spiritual. The lead acting is extremely sensitive, in fact a tour de force. Of course it is a fictional story, But as a period piece and a tale of artistic struggle and that of a "tortured genius it is spell-binding. While the play of the young girl and artist as belligerent old man might seem like a trope, it is done with great sensitivity and not ham-handed. Note: You have to have at least a little bit of soul to appreciate its depth and beauty of the film. Highly recommended.
Deus (2022)
DISTINCTIVE B MOVIE TURKEY!
What really makes this movie distinctive is that:
1. It has what must be the ugliest ensemble cast that ever appeared in a turkey B movie
2. The hairdo of the lead lady is the most bizarre and hysterical of any turkey B-movie.
My theory is that to save money, they hired an all-alien cast, But the aliens are really having trouble keeping their fabricated human form together. What a pity! Until proved otherwise, that is the accepted governmental narrative.
Why they do not have proper method-acting classes on other planets and solar systems is beyond. I think this is unfair, and shows a definite bigotry and prejudice against them non-humans.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
Any Positive Reviews Must Have Been By Zombies...
Remember those corny laughable Sci-fi horror films from the 50's? They are masterpieces compared to this pathetic mess. What do you get when you combine a corny cliche script with horrible direction, bad dialogue, and talentless actors? This film. Oh, I forget the "special effects." Look to the 50's to see it done better.
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Amazing Footage, Unbearable Narration.
If you enjoy being spoken at exactly like a school teacher reading a story book to a group of 5-year olds, then this is for you. Truly the worst voice over narration I have ever heard, and that is without knowing anything in advance about who the narrator was. Cloying, pretentious, self-conscious, everything that acting isn't, the most un-natural, one would really say, fake speech I have heard on film. Nobody there, just enjoying listening to herself.
WATCH THE FILM WITH SUBTITLES ONLY AND NO SOUND AND YOU WILL BE FINE.
SAS: Red Notice (2021)
Right up there with the Worst of All Time
Genuinely silly writing, full of plot holes and could be the stupidest dialog ever written in the history of Hollywood. I kid you not. The only thing that tops it is a constant overblown and bizarre music track. Not a quiet scene in the entire movie, filled with cheezy, laughable orchestration. And the characters! You really hope for the heroine to die soon before you have to hear more woke ranting! So sad to see the hero of Outlander destroy his career in blaze of dumpster fire...
French Exit (2020)
One of the Worst Films of All Time..
Yes, Michelle Pfeiffer can act.. And the cat was very intelligent.. otherwise a truly meandering, meaningless, but especially pretentious, indulgent, dishonest, narcissistic waste of time.. No plot, no believable characters, no character arc, a true waste of money and time. I am sure the director and writer just LOVED themselves for producing this homage to their own imagined brilliance.
One Night in Bangkok (2020)
Fantastic for a laugh.. in spite of the boredom...
Bangkok should actually sue this movie for misrepresentation on all levels.. if it wasn't so funny! Mark lands at a ficticious airport in Thailand (not allowed to film there?), and gets limo.. with a young female driver.. that speaks perfect vernacular English with no accent.. as do all the people in the film, including the evil bad guys and police! Of course, she was raised in New Jersey so it makes sense, and is half Norweigan and half Thai after all.. but all-bad actor (casting couch?). In reality only 25% of Thais know English and they are generally university graduates at least.. Not driving a cab. 99% of the ones you meet, dont! You can rent a limo for $50 a day easily there, but he offers $6,000 for one night of driving (a good way to get mugged!). But she says "many people would do it for half or less (hahahah). Also.. no phones appear in the movie.. though I have never been in a taxi where the driver wasnt on one several times in a single drive.. Very comical heavy-handed ominous sound track, and hysterically bad dialog. I really love the part where she (with a cross in the car) is given lessons on karma by Marc the killer... in a 99% Buddhist country! Laffs abound, and the silly scenes continue. I never did figure out the running gag where he cant find paper or towel in any washrooms to dry his hands in Bangkok... NEVER happens in BKK which is generally 100 times cleaner than most American cities. Truly a silly and ridiculous film (check the cast, Chinese, Japanese, American.. where are the Thais?). Laugh till you're bored!
Ji qi zhi xue (2017)
Easily in top 10 WORST films of ALL TIME.
Having watched thousands of movies (yes, I am that old), including reviews of the top 50 worst movies ever made since the 40's, this is right up there!
Saddest thing, Jackie does no stunts, but used stunt doubles and stand-ins for all but the lamest scenes.
The plot is like a psychotic mish mash of stream of consciousness drivel.. utterly disjointed bizarre and basically absent.
But HEY.. It was BEST STUDENT FILM in 2018... What???
I do honestly feel bad for Mr. Chan though, having gone from a giant in film-making to this utter trash.
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Star-studded Turkey
An all-star cast with the most cheesy and laughable production, poor direction and cinematography-one of the most poorly shot, edited and written war films of all time. The result is a dreary, farcical and absurdly unrealistic movie that does no justice to the events or the people involved.
Bloodshot (2020)
They dont get any worse..
This embarrasing turkey is certainly Vin Deisel's worst and really in the top 50 of worst movies of all time (and that is quite a unique category). Everything about this move is fourth rate: the script, the acting (utterly dismal with not ONE redeeming performance), a ridiculously cheap soundtrak..The leading lady is a particularly dull spot in amongst an amateur cast. Overall a silly waste of time, let alone 5.99 on Amazon.
It says 45 million budjet.. That could have been used in so many valuable ways. The saving grace is that the worldwide gross was 28 million. If the director and writer never work again, it will all be worth the losses.
2036 Origin Unknown (2018)
Fiirst movie EVER with five different endings! Wow!
The script is so muddled, confused, and juvenile that they didnt know how to end the tangled chaos.. So there are, quite literally, five different ending in a row.. Which I suppose are meant to be "gotchas".. Aha.. a new twist and turn! But it just comes off as silly and childish. Acting was fine, considering a amateur script and goofy dialogue.
Altered Carbon (2018)
LIKE ANYONE CAN SEE, SEASON 2 SUCKS AND ALISON IS A HORRID WRITER
Season 1 was a TEN..
Season 2.. maybe a TWO...
Not only different actors, but a different writer and different directors. Way below the acting level, dialog, storyline, direction, pacing, effects and cleverness of the first season...
First episodes of season 2 are all in backlight, pitch black and dark shadow almost the whole time, even the interesting fight scenes. Trying to hard to be "stylish and just silly and without any aesthetic sense. What a let down and not worth watching.
Bardo Blues (2017)
One of the Worst Movies of ALL TIME
We did enjoying laughing our way through this catastrophe..
Truly the most amateur, failed-acting-school performances you will ever see.
Absurd depictions of Thailand, if you have ever spent time there.
The plot, direction, support actors.. it is all the worst example of a home movie for public school hollywood wannabe's you will ever see..!!!
If you like this.. there really is no hope!
Last Summer (2018)
Absolutely Brilliant...
Better than 98% of movies you will ever see coming out of Hollywood..
A story of great wisdom from the mind of a child.
Perfect acting all round, gorgeous cinematography, intelligent writing, masterful direction. What more could you want in a movie.
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
No Plot, No Story
Any book, novel, movie, narrative, consists of a protagonist, opposition and a desire line that drives it forward. Along the way, there will be a climax and a revelation that changes the main character in unexpected ways. The stakes should be high for the main character, and their challenge significant. Here we have no plot whatsoever for about 1.5 hours and then a tepid "fight" of three men for one woman. There is no tension, and no real struggle forward. Some wonderful acting by Errol Flynn and Eddie Albert. Prolonged scenes of bullfights might have been novel in the 1950's but are plodding and dull additions to a dud of a film. The rotten tomatoes review of 37% is generous.
Lady in Cement (1968)
The End of Film Noir
This must be a career low point for Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch and Richard Conte whose acting is uniformly cheesy and staged. With lots of additional bad acting from B movie extras and what is arguably the worst music track in film history (laughable, then annoying), it is not even a shadow of the ingenious, dark and powerful Film Noir of earlier decades. The skin diving scene with a Frank body double is particularly silly and laughable, but it actually takes itself seriously, rather than tongue in cheek. Other high points of hilarity: Raquel's giant hair and the go-go bar scene. This could be considered the Plan Nine from Outer Space of detective movies...