10 Movies That Tried Way Too Hard To Be Cool

1. Revolver

Guy Ritchie's 2005 crime thriller Revolver feels less like an actual Ritchie film than it does a young up-and-coming filmmaker trying (horribly) to imitate his well-trod style.

The whip-smart wise-crack dialogue Ritchie is best known for is substituted here for pretentious narration amid a puzzle-like narrative that immediately adds it to the pile of post-Tarantino forgettables.

It's not all bad - Jason Statham is good and there are some fun action beats - but the positives are largely drowned out by Ritchie's insufferable script, which clearly thinks it's way smarter and more provocative than it actually is.

What Ritchie believes to be cool and unique is just overly verbose and tiresomely convoluted. Hard pass.