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Added by johanlefourbe on 19 Aug 2012 10:30
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Top 10 worst movies 2012

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People who added this item 129 Average listal rating (82 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 5.6


Note : Somehow, the damned thing managed to be even weaker than I expected. First of all, even though Willis was displayed prominently on all the promotional material, in fact, he had a rather minor part which could have been easily removed or played by any third-rate actor so, like for most of his recent work, it was obviously another pay-check gig for him. Then, in spite of its title and the fact that the main character was a fireman, this movie had actually not much to do with firefighting which was rather disappointing. Instead, it was another tedious thriller dealing with some average guy going into the witness protection program. Seriously, the material was just so generic but, in the last act, it became even worse when the main character decided to go after the bag guys all by himself. Basically, it was just so ridiculous and completely lame. At least, the always dependable Vincent D'Onofrio did deliver another solid performance playing some psychopath but he probably should have used his talent for something more worthwhile.
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People who added this item 41 Average listal rating (23 ratings) 4.3 IMDB Rating 4.1


Note : Basically, it was an indie feature trying to be quirky and/or artistic but it completely failed to be either. On top of that, nothing much happened through the whole thing and, to make things worse, the few characters involved were just terrible. Indeed, they were all uninteresting, but the character played by Reeves was just spineless and the character played by Bojana Novakovic was even sometimes downright cringe-inducing. While you are kept in the dark through most of the duration, there was finally some twist at the end providing some information about these characters but it was just as lame and underwhelming at the rest of the movie was. Eventually, the most bewildering thing about this movie was how Keanu Reeves ended getting involved in this project. Indeed, for a lame blockbuster, at least, he would get a nice pay check but since this movie was obviously made with a shoestring budget, money was definitely not the motivator here. At least, Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens did look charming but that’s probably the only positive thing I could find regarding this flick.
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People who added this item 9 Average listal rating (7 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 4.5
The Courier (2012)


Note : Even if it didn’t seem to be much, it turned out to be even worse than I expected though. In fact, there was actually some potential as it could have been cool to follow Jeffrey Dean Morgan delivering some mysterious package from one place to another. Unfortunately, for some reason, they went for something so completely convoluted and boring which had nothing to do with his job after all. The most surprising thing was that it was directed by Hany Abu-Assad. I figured this out only afterwards when the movie was over and I looked it up on IMDb. Eventually, I wonder how a director could go from ‘Paradise Now’ to such a cheap and above all weak direct-to-VOD action flick like this one. It seems that, after the critical success of ‘Paradise Now’, Abu-Assad went to live in the US to further develop his career but it seems that he struggled and this movie was the only thing he managed to do after 7 long years. Fortunately, it seems that his career afterwards didn’t suffer that much from this blow. Anyway, coming back on the movie itself, well, it was definitely a rather unwatchable mess, I’m afraid. Another weird thing was to see Lili Taylor and Miguel Ferrer, usually some solid actors, showing up to play some random killers but even they couldn’t do much with this rather abysmal material.
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Note : Even worse than the 4th Underworld installment, you have the 5th Resident Evil installment.... At this moment, we got the point, Kate Beckinsale and Milla Jovovich are some pretty badass b*tches but I would be glad to see them in something else. Anyway, I'm officially fed up with this franchise... It was just an abysmal story, with some tedious characters, even the action scenes were not really impressive. Even though I didn't like the other sequels, I always reminded open-minded and could find one or two redeeming features. Not this time though.
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People who added this item 222 Average listal rating (140 ratings) 5.3 IMDB Rating 5.9


Note : This last feature starring Eddie Murphy was again another rather pathetic comedy, a really typical example of what Murphy has been doing in the last 15 years. Indeed, it was based on a really weak concept similar to 'Liar Liar' or 'Yes Man' and either you have to provide some hilarious jokes (which was the case with 'Liar Liar') or you have to provide some interesting characters but there was nothing funny or interesting here.
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People who added this item 859 Average listal rating (533 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.4


Note : Not only was it the shortest (only 75 minutes!) but also the weakest installment of the franchise. Indeed, the whole Lycan conspiracy has already been done before (in the first movie, right? Honestly, I couldn't care less...) and it felt really redundant.
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People who added this item 78 Average listal rating (43 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6


Note : Honestly, I didn't know what this flick was about beforehand and I didn't know what to expect but it was pretty weak. Basically, it is one of those very convoluted thrillers with some repetitive annoying twists and I really had a hard time to care about the whole thing.
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People who added this item 173 Average listal rating (95 ratings) 5.2 IMDB Rating 5.7


Note : Well, unfortunately, it turned out to be another really underwhelming romantic-comedy starring Gerard Butler. Indeed, not only the whole thing was poorly put together but, even worse, it was just terribly tedious to behold. Basically, the whole concept was to have this former football star suddenly becoming a coach for some young kids and, in the process, the guy would supposedly get the attention of so many apparently desperate soccer-moms. So, it seemed to be some perfect material for a raunchy comedy but, in fact, the guy was never really interested in these soccer-moms and spent most of the duration trying to reconnect with his young son. As a result, the main character was never really described as a wild party beast or as a dedicated father and this lack of commitment from the makers made the guy completely flaccid and uninteresting. However, the soccer-moms (even one dad as well) were even more poorly developed though. However, the icing on the cake was probably how the guy eventually managed to ruin his ex upcoming wedding. Seriously, it was just priceless to see Jessica Biel (probably the only believable character) saying that she never stopped loving him which seemed to be completely out-of-character.
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People who added this item 877 Average listal rating (613 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.8
Battleship (2012)


Note : The lack of inspiration in Hollywood is pretty obvious but after the sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes, book adaptations, comic-books, tv-shows, is a board game the only thing left?!? Anyway, honestly, I thought the whole thing was pretty boring. Indeed, the introduction was really tiresome and tideous and then the rest was just a mix of various movies going from the obvious 'Transformers', 'Independence Day', 'Predator' and even 'Titanic'.
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People who added this item 308 Average listal rating (190 ratings) 3.7 IMDB Rating 4.2


Note : I always had a weak spot for the found footage genre but after watching this flick, I now understand the whole fatigue concerning this genre. Basically, two things were missing, originality and cleverness. Indeed, except for a few creepy moments, it was pretty tedious and really uninspired and all these flaws were even more obvious with the ending.
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