8 Directors Who Really Should Have Retired After One Movie

2. Brett Ratner

Brett-Ratner-600x300 Brett Ratner is considered to be somewhat of a douchebag in and amongst his fellow Hollywood players, so much so that he even made up some bizarre lie about sleeping with Olivia Munn, one which he later had to retract, 'cause nobody wants to imagine what they might've looked like. Ratner actually started his career with a little-known Chris Tucker/Charlie Sheen flick, Money Talks, that nobody has ever seen or heard of, so I'm actually kind of cheating here in saying that Rush Hour is going to be Ratner's "one movie" within the confines of this list (Money Talks is basically Rush Hour without a Chinese person in it, anyway). And Rush Hour is an entertaining movie. Admit it. It is. It's even bordering on the hilarious at points, even if you're not completely at ease with all the casual racism and the sound of Chris Tucker's voice grating on your soul for 90 minutes. What has Ratner done since, then? Another Rush Hour movie, which is basically the first movie again, and an ill-judged X-Men sequel. Throw in Tower Heist (ugh!) and a segment out of the awfully awful Movie 43, and you've got one heck of a lackluster Hollywood career. Ratner should've stopped at Rush Hour, then he could've been "that douchebag that made that one movie" instead of "that douchebag who made all the awful movies."
 
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