Every Steven Soderbergh Movie Ranked Worst To Best

30. The Underneath (1995)

To his credit, Soderbergh knew how bad The Underneath was when he finished it, and spent a lot of time afterward telling people not to see it.

The story of a pitiful gambler (Peter Gallagher) who returns home after a long absence, the film was Soderbergh's ill-fated attempt at directing a typical film noir - heists, moody romance and all - and was a remake of the Burt Lancaster classic of the same name from 1949.

The Underneath deviates between genre cliches with little in the way of tact or foresight, and character actor Gallagher is uncharacteristically lifeless in the lead role.

Soderbergh himself put it best: "It's totally sleepy...dead-on-arrival. I can't say I'd recommend it to anyone." Harsh, but fair.