Hmmmmmm. Not often one for starting an article with one long reflective exclamation (is anyone?), but that’s my immediate response.
Netflix’s number one film today – a dubious distinction given they produced this film – is The Last Days of American Crime. The newly released action thriller has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Yep. 18 reviewers have sat down to digest it, and 18 reviewers have emphatically thumbed it down. The average rating in those reviews was 2.4/10. Considering the bottom grade many reviewers give is 2/10 (or one star), that’s pretty catastrophic.
This caught my eye because I remember covering the trailer for The Last Days of American Crime a few weeks ago. Now, this wasn’t exactly the science of deduction, but I’ll refer you to the following paragraph from that piece:
From the director of Taken 2 and Taken 3, the film looks par for the course. I’m not casting any aspersions. Just citing the factual existence of his previous movies, in the same way you would with Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Brett Ratner, etc. Let their work do the talking.
Olivier Megaton directing a Netflix movie. Frankly, it was always going to be a stinker. Oddly enough the studio also gave another of the names on that list a wad of cash to spunk on trash – Michael Bay for his poorly received thriller 6 Underground. Not every venture is going to be an Irishman I s’ppose.
Checked out today’s number one Netflix movie? Rarely has that moniker come with so many contradictions attached. If you’ve got any thoughts on The Last Days of the American Crime, drop them below. The only American crime I can see here is this movie, am I right people? Haha. Ah. I need to get out more.
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