10 Action Movies That Looked Awesome But Sucked

Die Hard 2 and Ciffhanger made Renny Harlin Hollywood’s go-to guy for unpretentious slam-bang thrills, but then Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight knocked him off his pedestal and reduced him to a string of B-grade actioners. Mindhunters looked like it could be a return to former glories, but instead it hammers another nail into the coffin of his career.

Following the 10 Little Indians template, the movie dispatches a group of rookie FBI agents to a remote island for a training exercise that turns sinister when their leader, played by Christian Slater, is sprayed with nitrogen. Causing his body to shatter when it hits the floor.

After their boat is destroyed, the remaining members are polished off in increasingly unlikely ways (note to trainees: splitting up with a killer on the loose is not advised), the nadir of which is probably the acid-laced cigarette that eats through the skin of its victim.