Best: Gone Girl (2009) For all the accusations of poisoned misogyny and questionable agendas (as well as entirely justified questions about some of the creative choices that diluted certain important messages from the source), Gone Girl was entirely successful in its singular manifesto. It wanted to appal: to crawl under the finger-nails and behind the eyes and convince of a morally repugnant world where no-one was really right and everyone capable of monstrosity. And most of that success is firmly thanks to Pike's stunning performance, which should come with a warning label reading simply "irritant." Worst: Doom (2005) She might have been young and hopeful at the time, but you should never sign onto a video game adaptation if you want to emerge with your reputation intact. It's a minefield that - rather unfortunately - Pike's performance in the Doom adaptation failed to negotiate rather spectacularly.
