12 Worst Movie Performances Of 2018 (So Far)

1. Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler & Alek Skarlatos (The 15:17 To Paris)

And finally, we have a trio of performances sullied by director Clint Eastwood's insistence to cast the real-life subjects as themselves.

15:17 to Paris is Eastwood's thoroughly underwhelming dramatisation of Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alek Skarlatos' involvement in heroically stopping the 2015 Thalys train attack, with them re-enacting the incident wholesale for the movie.

There's no doubting the heroism of the three American men, but that doesn't mean they should've ever been put in a position to act in a Hollywood movie.

It's a bold move that fails spectacularly here because the three man have no natural acting instincts to speak of, and almost every second of their time on screen seems overly mannered, as is a common faux pas for amateur actors.

Just casting three lesser-known actors to play the three would've eliminated one of the movie's nagging problems right out of the gate, but instead having them appear as themselves simply piles more embarrassment on top of a project already swimming it.

Come on, Clint. You're better than glorified marketing gimmicks like this.

What do you make of these wretched performances? Got any of your own to add from the year so far? Shout them out in the comments!