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Welcome to watchmojo and today we're counting down our picks for the most critically panned films that were expected to be once distinguished, if not long absent, film actors and directors return to form.

Though I was raised here in India, I was born in America, which is where our Journey begins.

Doc, you're the one who tells us not to live over a safety net.

Didn't think that was going to translate to you guys heading out to a war.

If I did, I would have cut my tongue out.

Two time Golden Globe winner Tom Cruise was locked into genre movies by the mid 2000s.

Meanwhile, legendary actor turned filmmaker Robert Redford hadn't directed since the polarizing bomb, the Legend of Bagger Vance.

The two teamed up to reclaim prestige, which with the political opus Lions for Lambs.

With Cruz heading the hyperlinked cast as a crookedly ambitious senator being interviewed, he and Paula Wagner even took over management at United Artists for the production.

This is the quintessential yes or no question of our time.

Sadly, their investment busted under disappointing box office receipts and disastrous reviews for the film's preachy, disjointed structure.

Critics highlighted Cruise's charisma, but found him glaringly miscast.

Lions for Lambs heartbreakingly confirmed the actor's popcorn rebrand, while Redford capped his directing career with two more misguided political thrillers.

They try to figure out how much they can get away with because of it.

Mr. Hughes, get on your safety frequency.

The esteemed acting and filmmaking career of Warren Bey completely stopped after his performance in 2001's disastrous Town and Country.

He hadn't directed since 1998's controversial political satire Bullworth, so there was a particular hype surrounding the 2016 period dramedy rules Don't Apply.

Bey directed, wrote, produced and starred as billionaire Howard Hughes in a fictional love triangle with an aspiring actress and her chauffeur.

Critics were split by the ultimately banal vanity project, but audience opinion was decisive.

Rules don't apply grossed under $4 million against a $25 million budget.

Beatty was actually sued by Regency Enterprises for failing to cover promotion losses.

He has since unofficially retired for his health.

Seemingly Respecting the rule against overreaching Hollywood comeback dreams.

And what the hell happened at the close up of me in the cockpit?

You know, the plane flew for one mile and nobody knows if it'll ever fly again.

You show this Marika what a real driver can do.

If you can believe it, iconic action star Sylvester Stallone was was getting to be a tough sell by the new millennium.

But 1997's cop land seemingly promised a triumphant return to drama.

Thus, Stallone jumped into the driver's seat with Driven in the hopes of revitalizing his credibility as an actor and screenwriter.

Unfortunately, critics weren't flattering the motorsport's melodrama when they called it Rocky.

If you go racing, your mind's not right, you will get torn apart.

The film was panned for its inaccuracies, clown clunky storytelling and Renny Harland's chaotic direction.

It crashed at the box office after opening at number one and received seven nominations at the Golden Raspberries.

Stallone remarkably redeemed himself with a versatile career afterward, but

still considers Driven one of his most regrettable follies.

The title said it all to fans of Cameron Diaz, who shockingly retired in 2014 to focus on family.

Eleven years later, she and her Annie co star Jamie Foxx reunited as an on screen family in the Netflix spy comedy Back in Action.

The overtly manufactured hype made the explosive romp an instant hit on streaming.

Critics, however, blasted it as formulaic and flaccid.

So look, if we're acting weird or stressed out, it's just because that's the way she makes us feel, okay?

Some were even immediately branding the January release as one of the worst movies of 2025.

Whether that's any more extreme than the movie's Hollywood nonsense, Back in Action didn't build much faith in its embarrassingly telegraphed sequel or Diaz's career revival.

Despite his significant contributions to modern film, Francis Ford Coppola struggled to secure funding for his ambitious sci fi epic Megalopolis in the 80s.

After decades of projects declining in profile and quality, he stepped away to raise the funds himself.

Megalopolis was finally released in 2024 with an all star cast, spectacular production values, and, well, little else.

What about those standing in your way who like it the way it is.

Actually, the story was seriously overstuffed with heavy handed political and philosophical commentary.

Crudely influenced by Iron Rand, it was all articulated through cheesy dialogue, style and even acting.

Though some admired the film's bold artistry, audience backlash and skepticism resulted in it being poor.

Razzie winner Coppola still defends his vision, but most fans and Lionsgate surely regret trusting Megalopolis.

The wholesome image that made Lindsay Lohan a star was destroyed by a slew of scandals in the later 2000s.

Her disastrous attempt at a darker turn on the screen with I Know who Killed Me didn't help.

Director Paul Schrader gave Lohan another shot at legitimacy with an erotic thriller that boasted his distinguished flair for psychological tension.

Well, the Canyons turned out to be a trashy melodrama that managed to underperform on a $250,000 budget.

Lohan actually received good reviews, but

this was negated when Schrader publicly derided her unreliability on the set and in promotions.

The Canyons only dragged down her reputation further until sobriety and a modest return to light affair more or less salvaged it.

Christian likes to shock people, and I get it.

Not a whole lot came out of Sharon Stone's star making turn in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct.

The long delayed sequel was a thinly veiled attempt to renew her status amid an irregular run of projects in the 2000s.

In her superstardom, femme fatale Catherine Tramiel's relocation to London was condemned as a campy and outlandish heap of misogyny.

I should have stopped Cheslov from killing his girlfriend.

The original director, Paul Verhoeven, had turned down the project because he expected it to be a disaster just from the script.

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