20 Worst Movies Of 2017

7. Arsenal

Sometimes it feels a little mean to keep taking shots at Nicholas Cage, but there's legitimately never been an actor of his standing - and who has proved himself capable of great performances in the past - who so regularly slums it and seems to have adopted being bad as something of a gimmick.

His latest addition to the bargain basement came this year in the shape of Arsenal, alongside John Cusack (who also has it in him to be both great and woeful). It's cut from the same slab as Taken and all the other identikit familial vengeance movies and it's really, really poor.

It should really have just been straight-to-DVD, but the presence of Cusack and Cage gives it a sort of haunted relevance, and the fallacy of potential really doesn't help it. If anything, it's just distracting and makes promises nobody involved could possibly cash.