20 Recent Movies EVERYONE Knew Would Suck
Did ANYONE expect these films to be good?
Even the most optimistic film fan has to admit that sometimes it's just painfully obvious before a movie comes out that it's going to be a total and utter dud.
The writing can be on the wall a number of ways - perhaps the trailers simply look awful, there's been a ton of concerning reports about the production, or the cast and crew just don't inspire any confidence whatsoever.
Whatever the reason, these 20 recent movies all courted a whole ton of pre-release scepticism that they'd manage to deliver the goods, and that was precisely what happened.
Some were tepidly anticipated sequels, others were low-effort direct-to-streaming junk, and some were huge, big-budget swings that seemed destined to fall short of the mark.
All of them came to market with the distinct feeling that they'd end up critically panned if not also commercially unsuccessful - bar a few exceptions - and while films can absolutely surprise us all when low expectations are involved, that sadly wasn't the case with this lot.
More often than not, you should probably go with your gut...
20. Greenland 2: Migration
As surprisingly entertaining as 2020's disaster film Greenland was, there were more than a few red flags surrounding the recent sequel, Greenland 2: Migration.
For one, it took well over five years to finally materialise, suggesting a strained development for a film that, as a sequel to a pandemic-era hit, needed to strike while the iron was hot. This thing should've been out by 2023 at the absolute latest.
Beyond that, the marketing made it clear that this bigger-scale sequel lacked the unexpected intimacy of the original film, which for all of its post-apocalyptic mayhem succeeded because it focused so intently on the central family fighting to survive.
And finally, it was announced to be rocking a colossal $90 million budget - more than double the original's $35 million, suggesting to some that Greenland 2 was set to be a bloated sequel that forgot what actually made the original work.
Sadly this follow-up indeed lost itself to nonsensical plotting and a deeply disappointing ending, again proving that some stories are better left as one-offs.