Author: Rob Vaux

It's a car movie made by people who couldn't find reverse in a Volkswagen; a puzzle box thriller assembled by the functionally insane.

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As a routine thriller Firewall is barely functional, but as a waste of talent, it’s positively amazing.

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My poor brain hung in there for as long as it could, but it lost its grip during the giant chicken attack and I haven’t seen it since.

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Dragging your boyfriend/husband to this movie will give him the leverage to demand multiple screenings of Jerry Bruckheimer films as penance. Ladies, you have been warned.

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You could do worse… by which I mean you couldn't possibly do worse.

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This couple has endured for over 900 years; the least Tristan & Isolde can do is show us a reason why.

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Psst! DreamWorks! Your Nemo envy is showing!

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Real-life military trainers – regardless of gender – never make you say, ‘Wow you’re hot!’ They make you say, ‘I’ll do whatever you want, please don’t hurt me.’

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Robbing casinos? Shit, these guys should be in charge of Katrina relief!

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Yeah Johnny, it’s got a Hemi. Too bad the rest of your movie is such a broken-down lemon.

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Stop for a moment and ponder just how stupid it is to blow the ending of your movie in the title.

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This film sucks on a level I can scarcely describe.

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Whew! That was close: something almost happened there for a minute.

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It doesn’t suck. Please take a moment to pick your jaw up off the floor and we’ll continue.

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A tedious, astonishingly irritating march through scene after scene of quasi-Jungian horse flop.

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Fee. Fi. Fo. Meh.

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Only someone so smart could make a movie this stupid.

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Though a scant 100 minutes long, After Earth feels longer and slower than your average PBS pledge drive.

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You’ll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot. You’ll be more entertained getting hit by a bus.

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Sun Tzu believed that becoming predictable would lead to disaster. Apparently, the creators of The Art of War couldn’t be bothered to take him to heart.

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At least it’s not in 3D.

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