James Bond isthe foundation text for the espionage genre.
It set the standard for suave spies, thrilling missions, and luxurious lifestyles, captivating audiences for decades.
Some are painfully self-serious, while others verge on parody.
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Here are some of the most notable examples, fromThe AvengerstoBallistic: Ecks vs.
They all more than deserve their place in the cinematic Hall of Shame.
It ranksnear the very bottomof Depp’s 2010s output.
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They’re not helped by the cringey script, featuring tons of lame one-liners.
For a superior take on similar ideas, rather check out theCherubbook series byRobert Muchamore.
It’s not really worth watching now as anything other than a Swinging Sixties curio.
The movie rightly won several Razzies, though it managed to make a small profit at the box office.
Sometimes, you just get burned.
Van Damme’s character is like a dollar store version of James Bond’s Jaws, for example.
Even fans of the original show were unhappy, especially with the film’s deviations from the source material.
As they uncover the intricacies of the sinister plot, they must collaborate to restore global stability.
2’Ballistic: Ecks vs.
It’s the opposite of fun.
Even the title feels horrible on the tongue.
Critics eviscerated it, and it currently holds a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Some publications have even gone so far as to name it among the worst films ever made.
Two highly skilled operatives, once adversaries, are forced to team up to take down a common enemy.
It’s about an agent named Bryan Cooper (Ray Danton), a.k.a.
The film features long stretches of inactivity punctuated by low-budget action sequences and cheesy dialogue.
The nonsensical plot that often feels like a parody of the spy genre, but not a good one.
For this reason, it was featured on the review showMystery Science Theater 3000and cut to ribbons.
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Sadly, there are no actual dragons.
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After the death of his uncle, the 14-year-old schoolboy Alex Rider is forced by the Special Operations Division of the UK’s secret intelligence service, MI6, into a mission which will save millions of lives.
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In The Avengers, British secret agents John Steed and Emma Peel are tasked with thwarting the diabolical scheme of the villain Sir August De Wynter, who aims to control the world’s weather systems. As they uncover the intricacies of the sinister plot, they must collaborate to restore global stability.
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