Top 10 Worst Movies Of the 2010s So Far

Watching “Furry Vengeance,” you can’t help but wonder where Brendan Fraser’s career is going and how badly he needed this paycheck. Fraser has often made questionable film choices, but this poor excuse for a slapstick farce takes the cake. Lacking any proper comedy, the family flick sees Fraser as a poor unfortunate soul who is trying to develop property over a forest reserve full of furry animals that abuse and torture him for the entirety of the film. This kind of humor can only be tolerated in a Looney Tunes cartoon, and we assure you: Fraser is no Wile E. Coyote.

The “Transformers” film franchise already had a reputation for being a monstrous, dumbed-down, hyper-American Michael Bay study in excess. The critics love to hate them, and yet the big bucks keep coming in, so a fourth film was inevitable. Rather than showing any improvement though, “Age of Extinction” just made audiences lose their faith in Mark Wahlberg. Although the film received some of the worst reviews of the year, it was still the highest grossing picture of 2014. If the dip in quality with each sequel means anything, the upcoming installments and spin-offs will be mega-disasters.

Although the Fantastic Four were always considered kinda silly, the world had hope for this gritty reboot, what with its talented young cast, a promising up-and-coming director, and a great looking trailer. What could go wrong? When the first reports came through, the world was shocked to hear how bad this movie was. As it made the Jessica Alba version seem almost Oscar-worthy by comparison, director Josh Trank was quick to blame studio interference.

In 2014, we were lucky enough to be introduced to two major Hollywood productions about the Greek hero Hercules. “The Legend of Hercules,” however, made Dwayne Johnson’s version seem like “Citizen Kane,” even though it was released months earlier. It made the world wonder if the terrible production was due to Summit Entertainment rushing the release of the earlier film in order to beat The Rock to the punch. The result was that it was full of dull action, lacking in emotion, and was overall incredibly cheap-looking. Alas, poor Kellan Lutz is no Dwayne Johnson. Maybe it deserved to win some of its six Razzie nominations.

We continue to see more and more comic book adaptations every year, and while many are major successes, there will of course be some duds. However, in a year of “X-Men” and “Winter Soldiers,” the world decided to ignore “I, Frankenstein,” and rightfully so. Aaron Eckhart, now believing himself to be an action star, plays a version of Frankenstein’s monster who hunts demons, in an “Underworld”-style, CGI-heavy extravaganza. Despite its shiny exterior, audiences were completely disinterested and the few who saw it found it utterly dull.

Here we have an almost 2-hour long business drama about the origins of the leading world football association, FIFA – and a film that also happened to be almost completely funded by FIFA. Just hearing the synopsis makes you want to fall asleep, despite all the criticism and controversy that the subject matter has prompted. The football drama was no inspirational sports flick, but a boring and cringe worthy by-the-numbers film that absolutely nobody asked for. “United Passions” is already being hailed as one of the worst films ever made. The proof is in the numbers, as the world watched the roughly $30 million film make less than a thousand dollars for its North American opening weekend.

Working on the premise that “more is better,” this anthology film had been in the works for years. If you take mediocre sketches that could easily have been cheap YouTube videos, then replace actual laughs with crude humor, throw in some great (and some not-so-great) Hollywood actors, then you get “Movie 43.” Although it is fun to watch some of these big actors playing dirty, as if they were dared to be in this movie, it’s painful to watch others degrade themselves on the big screen. Poor Richard Gere tried everything to get out of this one and you can see it in his face.

Good old M. Night Shyamalan inevitably makes a strong appearance here. If you thought “After Earth” was gonna make our list… well, you were close. But have you subjected yourself to this insanity? If you ever wanted to see a human explode with rage, ask an “Avatar” fan about this adaptation of the beloved TV-show. Very few critics or fans have been able to find one redeeming quality about this disaster. What we get here are racially mismatched characters, mispronounced character names, and a convoluted plot that proves that not all animated material, especially a season’s worth of episodes, should be squeezed into a live action film.

For all those who went to see this without knowing it was about Christians going to heaven, and instead thought it was an action-packed Nicolas Cage apocalyptic thriller, we hope you asked for your money back. Well, it’s not like anybody saw this movie anyway. For the millions of you who’ve never even heard of this, “Left Behind” is meant to represent how bad it will get when the Rapture comes, and all the non-believers are…you know…left behind. Except we don’t get to see the end of world! Instead we get 110 minutes of confused people panicking, and a very subdued Nicolas Cage. Lame.

Before we reveal our top pick, here are a few honorable, or in this case dishonorable, mentions:
“Abduction” (2011)
“R.I.P.D.” (2013)
“Valentine’s Day” (2010)
“Piranha 3DD” (2012)
“Getaway” (2013)

The final degrading and incomprehensible performance of the decade (so far) goes to Al Pacino. We honestly hope he fired his agents after this one, and we are certain he still has nightmares about Adam Sandler. What with “Grown Ups 2,” “The Ridiculous 6,” and other alleged comedies, we’re concerned that Sandler is either pranking us or he has lost his mind. However, the Sandler produced film with the aforementioned horrendous Pacino performance and our top pick is “Jack and Jill”. Also starring Sandler in both titular roles, the movie has absolutely no plot, and was just an excuse for him to dress up as the ugliest woman since Mrs. Doubtfire, as well as make fart jokes. The movie’s record-breaking Razzie wins – in which it took home awards for every category available – as well as its very negative reception more than back all this up.

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