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Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
Awful, but worth it if you dig horrible movies
This easily falls into the 'so bad it's good' category. If you believe in that phenomenon, add this to your list. If not, avoid at all costs - you will hate it.
The special effects are out of this world bad, the plot line is super silly. The love story is laughably inappropriate. Divoff plays an amazing creep in this awful romp - he looks like a cross between Phil Hartman and Jim Carrey with his perpetual goofy grin.
Some of the deaths in this movie are just hilarious to watch. My favourite thing is the actors' reactions to them, and how the extras in this movie don't seem to notice anything going on around them.
That casino scene was just epic.
I Am Soldier (2014)
One of the worst movies I've ever seen
Movies that are this bad, unintentionally, are a joke. The notion that this guy is 'one of the best trainees ever to pass the tests' after he's freaked out in isolation, balked at jumping out of an airplane - he's an abject failure and categorical candidate for dismissal. He removes his helmet in a combat zone to hold a dying friend in his arms. He's an emotional train wreck.
Acting is poor and the storyline disjunct, predictable bizarre nonsense. Insanely mediocre heavily ADR'd fight scenes. The SAS likely is ashamed
The 'love story' angle is insanely stupid and a cliché which producers likely thought would add a bizarre nuance to this steaming mound. The ending happens with zero denouement or conclusion. Time is money. Don't waste yours.
Der Rote Baron (2008)
why movies need to be from Hollywood
Look, as a Canadian I'm all for sticking up for films produced outside of Hollywood. However, again as a Canadian, I can safely say that 99% it turns out like rubbish, and this is no exception.
To begin anecdotally, For some reason, if you watch this movie with the added English subtitles for the deaf, you notice that they change most of the emotional scenes so they include many rather inappropriate expletives that aren't in the movie. It's actually quite funny - lots of subtitled F-words for the deaf kids to see. Another example of the lack of oversight on this project - it's disjunct, poorly filmed, poorly acted, poorly written. The dogfights glorify dogfighting, complete with inspirational music - like every kid should grow up and become these men, do what they do. The fighting scenes were graphically phenomenal, but completely unrealistic - they should have been simultaneously both mesmerizing and terrifying - planes shot down all over the place, death and fear, pride and elation palpable and very real. This movie makes it seem like these men are in a kid's TV show - invincible: a terrible message to give to children. The remainder of this heap is jilted and nonsensical dialogue. Emotions in the movie play out in a disorganized manic depressive fashion - strange calmness following by loud shouting. Lastly, it is completely historically inaccurate. It adds all the elements that make bad Hollywood movies bad - unnecessary romance, softening everything visceral and real so it can be kid-friendly, and embellishment of the truth in the hope of greater profit. See 'Australia' or 'Passiondale' for similar, outside-of- Hollywood flops. Hate it and love it, all at the same time.