13 Terrible Recent Movies Destined To Become Cult Classics

2. Terminal

"Post-Tarantino" was a term coined by critics in the mid-to-late nineties when a glut of young and upcoming filmmakers attempted to copy the Pulp Fiction model of violent, witty, pop-culture-referencing cinema with plots where "nothing happened".

Occasionally these films turned out great - Doug Liman's Go is a near-masterpiece in its own right - while most were critically reviled with a few graduating to become cult faves regardless (The Boondock Saints being the most obvious example).

Well, almost 25 years have passed since Pulp Fiction and Terminal proves that directors are still eager to crib from it. Ultimately the mutant baby of Tarantino, Guy Ritchie and Ridley Scott, this neon-lit thriller about a young woman (Margot Robbie) seeking revenge on the men who wronged her is too aggressively self-serious to be much good.

Its flowery, faux-poetic dialogue is laughable, the stylistic elements feel contrived and cynical, and it's really only the performances - especially Robbie, a weirdly dreary Simon Pegg and a virtually unrecognisable Mike Myers - who rouse much genuine interest.

However, there will be many who dare to take the film's pretentious dialogue seriously, and alongside Robbie's sexy presence and some zany third-act reveals, will prevent the film from being totally forgotten despite its low-key VOD release a few months ago.