XXX

XXX

Revolution Studios etc.

August 9, 2002

Action

DVD
D+

The wisecracking helps a little.  Rob Cohen directed, after Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and The Skulls.

Twisted

Twisted

Kopelson Entertainment

February 27, 2004

Crime Drama

DVD

D-

Lives up to the title.  Philip Kaufman directed, long after The Right Stuff and four years after Quills.

Time to Kill

Time to Kill

Warner Bros.

July 24, 1996

Crime Drama

DVD
D

Hard to watch, but I appreciated that it takes rape more seriously than, for instance, Tightrope.  This is based on the John Grisham novel and directed by Joel Schumacher, who directed Tigerland, among many other movies I've rejected in this project.

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

Columbia etc.

August 8, 2003

Crime Drama

DVD
D-

Yeah, we all knew I wouldn't like this, but it least it had a moment of Josh Charles being snarky.  Clark Johnson directed.

Shaft (2019)

Shaft (2019)

New Line Cinema etc.

June 14, 2019

Action, Comedy

DVD

D

I actually would've gone for a D+, because of the humor, and then it used Islamophobia and transphobia for throwaway laugh-lines.  And, no, I haven't seen anything else in the franchise.  Tim Story directed, seventeen years after Barber Shop.

The Red Violin

The Red Violin

Channel 4 Films

3 September 1998

Historical Drama

DVD
D+

Mostly uninvolving.  François Girard directed and co-wrote.

The Negotiator

The Negotiator

Regency etc.

July 29, 1998
Action

DVD
D

While Jackson's performance is good, opening the movie with an abused child as a hostage means I would never watch more than the required quarter hour.  F. Gary Gray directed, five years before the Italian Job remake.

The Man (2005)

The Man (2005)

New Line

September 9, 2005

Crime Comedy
DVD
D-

Simultaneously boring, stupid, unfunny, and racist, but not too violent.  Les Mayfield directed about six years after Blue Streak, which at least had better music.

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan 

Warner Bros.

June 27, 2016

Historical Drama?
DVD
D-

Stunningly bad, and it's not like Tarzan movies set a very high bar.  Based on, well, you know, and directed by David Yates.

Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave

MGM

December 15, 2006

War Drama

DVD
F+

Very much not my kind of movie.  Irwin Winkler directed and co-wrote.

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight

Weinstein Company

December 30, 2015

Western?

DVD
D

Another historical Tarantino flick.

Freedomland

Freedomland

Sony Pictures

February 17, 2006

Crime Drama

DVD
D

Jackson is a cop, Moore is a victim.  Richard Price adapted his novel into the screenplay, and Joe Roth directed.

Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou
Trimark
November 7, 1997
Historical Drama
DVD
D+

The movie starts out with the narrator saying that she killed her father when she was 10, so already I knew I wasn't going to like this movie.  The 1960s period details, like the music, bump this up though.  Kasi Lemmons wrote and directed.

Loaded Weapon 1

Loaded Weapon 1
New Line Cinema
February 5, 1993
Parody, Crime Comedy
DVD
C-

This isn't bad for what it is, sort of a low-rent (but still celebrity-filled) entry in the Naked Gun genre, but I didn't laugh once in fifteen minutes.  Gene Quintano directed and co-wrote.