10 Worst Movies Ever Released In January

10. Elektra

Release Date: 14 January 2005

Why It's Bad: Elektra may not be in the Batman & Robin league of awfulness, but it’s still one of the most dispiriting superhero movies ever made, possessing zero charm, fun or personality. When even Terence Stamp can’t enliven the proceedings, you know you’re watching a turkey.

Opportunist, needless and very, very dull, Elektra proves that you can make a movie about a sexy action heroine with a blind martial arts master and turn it into the proverbial dog’s breakfast, something it accomplishes by ladling on the pop psychology. Turns out Elektra had a tough childhood, and that’s why she dresses like a Victoria’s Secret model and carries knives. Who knew?

What The Critics Said: “Just as all regular models can’t be supermodels, so all action chicks can’t be superheroines. Elektra turns out to be walled off rather than mysteriously alluring, blank rather than deep.” (Entertainment Weekly)