Shoot 'Em Up

Top 10 Great Ensembles in Bad Movies

Even the most brilliant actors will occasionally make bad movies. Scripts change, budgets shrink, directors quit or get canned. For the most part, audiences realize that movies are a collaborative medium and that a bad movie isn't necessarily the fault of the lead actor. Audiences are far less understanding when a bad movie has an ensemble cast, however: How could so many talented people be so wrong? We recently asked you to rate the Top 10 Great Ensembles in Good Movies; now, we want you to be brutally honest and help us rate the Top 10 Great Ensembles in Bad Movies.

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• Mars Attacks!
• Battleship
• The Avengers
• Magnolia
• Battlefield Earth
• Four Rooms
• Mystery Men
• Be Cool
• Little Fockers
• Ocean's Twelve
• Sucker Punch
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
• Independence Day
• Troy
• Pearl Harbor
• Swordfish
• Death to Smoochy
• The Bonfire of the Vanities
• Armageddon
• Elizabethtown
• Valentine's Day
• Grown Ups
• The Faculty
• The Watch
• New Year's Eve
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
• Con Air
• Shoot 'Em Up

DVD Tuesday

The first DVD Tuesday of 2008 is a relatively tame one, with Milla Jovovich's videogame sequel Resident Evil: Extinction leading a pack of new releases that includes the Jason Statham/Jet Li action duel WAR and Jon Voight's controversial Mormon massacre flick September Dawn.

Our pick for this week is the over-the-top action thriller Shoot 'Em Up, starring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti. Check out our review.

• Shoot 'Em Up
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• War
• September Dawn

By the Numbers: Reviews of this Weekend's New Releases

It's NRA week at the Cineplex, with this weekend's two major releases, 3:10 to Yuma and Shoot 'Em Up, both featuring ample amounts of gunplay. Turns out they're both pretty good movies, too -- Yuma is even being touted as the year's first bona fide Oscar contender. 

A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:  

3:10 to Yuma  
"A modern classic of the genre. From start to end, a breathtakingly captivating piece of cinema in every aspect." [Full Review]

Shoot 'Em Up 
"Firmly rooted in the tradition of film noir, with tough guys, deadly bombshells and Raymond Chandler-esque language. Ridiculous, over-the-top, stupid...and still pretty fun."  [Full Review]   

Also opening this weekend: The Brothers Solomon, Hatchet and The Bubble.

• 3:10 to Yuma
• Shoot 'Em Up
• The Brothers Solomon