10 Actors Who Just Gave Their Worst Performance EVER

5. Matthew Modine - Retribution

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Matthew Modine is a perfectly well-respected actor in his own right with a bevy of memorable performances to his name - best of all Full Metal Jacket, of course.

The man also evidently isn't above pimping himself out for an obvious payday, as he did this past year in the generally wretched Liam Neeson vehicle Retribution.

Modine plays Anders Muller, a friend and colleague of Neeson's embattled protagonist who is "killed" and yet later revealed to be the film's secret villain.

Yet Modine never even tries to hide the fact he's playing a bad guy, and from the moment he first appears on screen, it's hilariously obvious there's more to him than meets the eye. That and him being the only other credited actor of-note ensures he's going to be the twist villain.

If you listen closely enough you can practically hear him cackling his way to the bank as he reels off his big villain monologue in the third act, and while there are certainly worse gigs for actors to take, it's a basically zero-effort performance all the same.

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