Science fiction can be one of the hardest genres for a movie director to pull off.

Throughout the years, there have been many sci-fi movies with less-than-optimal direction.

The most poorly directed sci-fi films of all time are typically counted among the worst movies ever made.

Kora holding two guns in Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver.

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They must race against time for the sake of babies all around the world.

Then,John McTiernandid the same thing with action horror withPredator.

The first one is somewhat okay, but the sequel,Requiem, is downright awful.

Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery in Highlander II: The Quickening

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Made by music video directors and special effects expertsGregandColin Strause,Alien vs.

Even setting that aside, their direction has no personality or uniqueness to redeem them.

But this was a $20-million-dollar-budget production, and where all that money went, no one knows.

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Boll certainly doesn’t seem to be making the best of it.

Based on a sci-fi novel by Scientology creatorL.

Ron Hubbard, it’s about an alien warrior race that conquers Earth in the future and enslaves humanity.

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However, right under their noses, humans are preparing for the rebellion of the millennium.

Howard the Duckis disgustingly sexual, terribly paced, and stupidly written.

They resurrect the dead of the Earth, putting the lives of the living in danger.

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A close-up of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Last Knight

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Four babies in Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

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A still from Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

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Sofia Boutella as Kora shooting down a hallway in Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver.

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Aline and Edward talking to a soldier in Alone in the Dark

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Even Forest Whitaker and John Travolta look down in ‘Battlefield Earth’

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Howard the Duck and Lea Thompson in the 1986 movie, Howard the Duck.

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Aliens Tanna, played by actor Joanna Lee, and Eros, played by actor Dudley Manlove, in Plan 9 from Outer Space.

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