However, by its nature, science fiction can also result in colossal failures.
Not to mention, shoddy special effects can undercut even the most well-conceived ideas.
10’Aliens vs.
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The sequel, by contrast, is phenomenally boring.
That is, if the audience can see them at all, considering how poorly lit most scenes are.
Overall, the movie just recycles ideas from older movies without advancing the franchise in any significant way.
Worst of all, it doesn’t even approach these tropes with slyness or self-awareness.
In short, the film should should have been confined to home video.
Say hello dead Bambi.
Finally, there’s the incredibly over-the-top performance by Snipes.
Depending on the viewer, it’s either entertainingly silly or woefully bad.
The whole thing is a waste of time, not even ironically fun.
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In other words, fairly generic sci-fi stuff.
Even the title is so on-the-nose that one would expect this to be a comedy or spoof.
Franco’s performance verges on parody, and he never comes across as genuinely threatening.
The sole redeeming feature in this snoozefest is the charming cameo bySnoop Dogg.
His performance is the best but, to be fair, he doesn’t have much competition.
Here, he plays pilot Rayford Steele, who finds himself trying to survive the Rapture.
It’s almost funny how the movie initially raises profound questions, and then immediately drops them.
Perhaps the filmmakers realized they were biting off more than they could chew.
It’s alsoslow, taking at least half an hour to properly get going.
On the acting side, Cage isn’t egregious, but he’s certainly not good either.
Taken together,Left Behindfeels like a low-budget TV movie.
This action sci-fi is set in a post-apocalyptic world where nuns on roller skates battle evil warlords.
The films bizarre premise promises campy fun, but instead, it delivers a muddled and incoherent mess.
Some of the fight scenes also look spectacularly fake.
Overall,Roller Bladehas the production value of a particularly bad student film.
“Overall,Roller Bladehas the production value of a particularly bad student film.”
The acting is likewise abysmal, the dialogue is frequently incomprehensible, and the costumes are silly.
It’s not even worth a hate watch.
Plot holes and continuity errors abound, along with comic-book-style violence and cheesy effects.
It feels like somethingEd Woodwould have made, if he’d had access to millions of dollars andSean Connery.
Not for nothing,Highlander IIhas since appeared on several publications' lists of the worst movies ever made.
In Highlander II: The Quickening, immortal warrior Connor MacLeod faces a new threat in a dystopian future. As he uncovers the origins of his immortality, he battles to save humanity from environmental disasters and powerful enemies.
In Highlander II: The Quickening, immortal warrior Connor MacLeod faces a new threat in a dystopian future.
Just you, me, and the anti-life equation!"
The fact that this movie exists is kind of mind-boggling, and it does have some so-bad-it’s-good- entertainment value.
Things get even more complicated when one of the infants is accidentally mistaken for its twin.
It’s like a live-action version ofRugrats, ifRugratswas a sci-fi and also terrible.
Consequently, likeHighlander II,Baby Geniuseshas rightfully earned its place among the worst films of all time.
It was a little creature!
I saw it!"
The extraterrestrial has escaped from NASA and is on the run from the authorities.
Mac and Meis also infamous forits blatant product placement, particularly for McDonald’s and Coca-Cola.
Then, later, the only thing that can revive a fading Mac is a sip of Coke.
When it comes to the worst sci-fi movie ever made, it’s hard to top this adaptation ofL.
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Ron Hubbard’s novel.
Where to begin with this one?
The film isn’t just bad but actively unpleasant to watch.
In a secret lab, a scientist experiments on babies who are geniuses, believing that children possess knowledge hidden from adults. When two of the babies discover a plot to manipulate their intelligence for corporate gain, they lead a breakout, using their superior intellects to outsmart the adults.
The result is the absolute nadir of science fiction.
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After an alien family accidentally gets transported to Earth during a space mission, one of the young aliens finds himself separated from his parents. Struggling to survive in a new world, he encounters a boy who helps him evade capture while searching for a way to reunite with his family.
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