The sequel is just a meandering, lazy bore that richly deserves its 0% rating.īut that one clip is funny. The original "Joe Dirt" was pretty awful too, but at least it had a certain charm to it.
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The rest of the movie is offensive, gross and so unfunny that it seems like it actively wants to hurt the audience. Without giving too much away, it involves Joe Dirt meeting Lynyrd Skynyrd and discussing band titles with them. There is a scene in this film - a solitary, lonely scene - that was actually mildly inspired. This lousy fictional universe is actually more decent and sane than the one we inhabit! "Running Mates" is hard to recommend as a movie, but any world in which Tom Selleck's protagonist could actually become president is worth admiring. That said, at a time when President Donald Trump perpetuates discrimination against everyone from Muslims and women to the LGBT community, it's hard to say that maudlin and unrealistic political crap is entirely devoid of value. This is a maudlin, unrealistic piece of political crap. The sight of a leprechaun wielding a light saber alone justifies this film. If there is one movie from this list that you should make a point of seeing, it's this one. It's a giant mess of a film, but, boy, is it entertaining and memorable. It's not clear what this movie is trying to be, since it vacillates between parodying the sci-fi and horror genres. something else entirely.Īside from the villain, the only thing it seems to share with its predecessor is the director, Brian Trenchard-Smith. While "Leprechaun 3" works as a silly camp horror film, "Leprechaun 4: In Space" is. This brings us to "Leprechaun 4: In Space," a movie for which I have previously expressed my unironic love. There is a difference between camp that exists to cover up shoddy production and camp that is a deliberate, well-executed choice. Considering that this movie exists to continue a franchise about an evil leprechaun, the latter decision was clearly the correct one. Take a step back, however, and you'll see that there is actual intelligence and craftsmanship behind this feature. The '90s were a very campy phase when it came to American horror, and because camp rarely is well-received by critics, it makes sense that "Leprechaun 3" got universally panned. This isn't just a movie that deserves better than a 0% rating this is a genuinely good movie that ought to be watched by all. While this may be of little consolation to the poor souls who saw "Soultaker" without the benefit of MST3K's commentary (which I would strongly advise against doing), the riffed version is certainly worth checking out. "Mystery Science Theater 3000" brought D-movie parodies into the mainstream, and their skewering of "Soultaker" remains one of their funniest episodes of all time. "Soultaker," like "Gator," is a movie that belongs on this list not because of its own intrinsic quality (or lack thereof), but because it allowed something genuinely good to follow. That said, it does have one redeeming quality, a single clip that justifies the entire production budget even if the rest of the film is a waste of celluloid. Half of it is rehashed stock footage from the first installment in the series, and the stuff that was shot brand-new for this one is a seemingly interminable slog. It isn't so bad it's good, it's just dull. While the obnoxiousness of the characters prevents it from reaching the transcendent levels of "Plan 9 From Outer Space," "Troll 2" or "The Room," it's still quite enjoyable if you're into that sort of thing.ĭo not see this movie. Indeed, it is arguably one of the funniest so-bad-it's-good movies out there. Oh, and it's a hilarious, hilarious mess. The characters are stupid and despicable, the soundtrack is like a cheese grater against your eardrums and the plot is simultaneously predictable and incoherent. I denounced this movie in an old review for Mic and stand by every word. That alone makes this movie's existence worthwhile!
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In the case of "Gator," it is the fact that the movie is regularly referenced in the wickedly clever TV show "Archer" as being the titular protagonist's all-time favorite flick. This is one of two movies that I've included that, despite their irredeemable awfulness, are retroactively worthwhile due to something completely unrelated to the film. Are there other bad movies that, regardless of their poor quality, actually deserve credit for - well, for anything? Anything at all to elevate them above a flat-out 0%? Even "The Emoji Movie" managed to eke out a measly 6%, suggesting that someone somewhere out there thought it had a redeeming quality or two. That said, when a movie is given a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, the assumption isn't just that it's bad, but that it's absolutely worthless. Don't let the title of this article fool you: Most of the movies listed below (not all, but most) are wretched.