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I’m pretty picky about the films I see, so the this is really more a list of my least favorite films of the year.
Honorable mention: The Matrix: Resurrections: Actually worse than some of the other films on my list, but I knew going in it wouldn’t be any good. (I didn’t bother seeing in theaters and just watched it on HBO Max.) A few films made this list because they were major letdowns.
5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage – Tom Hardy once again gives his all to make Venom and Eddie Brock work, and Carnage has his moments, but it’s not enough the other lackluster characters and mediocre plot.
4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife – After a goofy opening sequence, the film introduces some intriguing characters, only to mostly ignore all but one of them and then basically go into rehashing the plot of the original film.
3. F9– While the returning cast still has great chemistry and John Cena is a decent addition, the action has become so cartoony that putting a car in space is more believable than most of the other action sequences.
2. Snak Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins– It starts off as a grounded film about a man with a lot of childhood baggage, but quickly loses credibility when all the magic ninja stuff and unnecessarily over-the-top production designs are introduced.
1. Mortal Kombat – A great opening sequence and R-Rated Fatalities give hope of a video game adaption that honors the source material. But weak fight scenes, dialog and plot details that border on camp start to derail the film early on.