10 Movie Flops It's Okay To Hate
1. Pompeii
Once mooted as a project for Roman Polanski (who walked when the budget got too high), Pompeii landed in the lap of the director of Resident Evil, a match made in Hades if ever there was one. You know you’re watching a Bad Movie when Kit Harington’s slave turned gladiator is introduced in slow motion, rain dripping off his perfect cheekbones and six pack as though he’s just stepped out of a commercial for Calvin Klein.
In his next scene, Harington wins over Emily Browning by snapping her injured horse’s neck, starting a doomed romance that takes place in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Before the climactic eruption, however, Harington has to take revenge on Razzie nominee Kiefer Sutherland, whose evil Senator killed his parents.
In true Bad Movie fashion, Sutherland’s character appears to have discovered the fountain of youth – he looks exactly the same in the opening scenes as he does in the rest of the movie, set seventeen years later. Throw in some unconvincing digital effects during the “epic” finale, and you’ve got a Bad Movie that’s ripe for Mystery Science Theatre 3000.
It’ll appear on the show eventually - after the movie grossed just $23 million in the US, the producers will be looking to recoup their investment.