12 Things That Were Really To Blame For Hollywood's Biggest F*ck Ups

8. Cutthroat Island's Locations Were 5000 Miles Apart

There's a concept in tinsel town which they call Hollywood Jail. And if you haven't heard of it, well, that's because they don't want you too. It's not an actual prison, by the way €“ it's a theoretical slammer directors and actors find themselves in if they make a particularly big turkey. As punishment for their crappy movie they get stuck in the €œJail€ for a sentence befitting how big a box office bomb they were responsible for, not being allowed any big-name jobs until they work their way back up and convince people they've learned their lesson. One of the longest-term occupants of Hollywood Jail was Renny Harlin €“ previously the helmer of Die Hard 2 and Deep Blue Sea €“ and it was all thanks to Cutthroat Island. Yes, Cutthroat Island, the film which held the prestigious Guinness world record for "Biggest Box-Office Flop of All Time". Movie insiders and audiences alike have spent the decades since its release picking over the wreckage and trying to figure out exactly what went wrong with the film €“ was the script terrible? Did Harlin just forget how to direct? Did the constant changes in the cast affect the production? The accepted explanation is something like a combination of all those factors. In reality, though, we think that everyone was just tired. That's because, in his infinite wisdom, Harlin decided to film Cutthroat Island on location in Malta and Thailand €“ two places which are 5000 miles apart. So not only did they waste money on travelling between the two, but the constant shuttling between such disparate locations probably didn't make for great morale on set.