Every week your hosts Shawn Watson and Jordan Stewart will pick a movie that scored between 25 and 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. After watching the movie, we’ll spend some time talking about it and why it landed such mediocre reviews. Join us as we try to figure what went wrong and how it might have gone better.
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Episode 287 - Bad Boys for Life
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Bad Boys for Life is everything you want in an action movie and then some!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 286 - The Rundown
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We check out Dwayne The Rock Johnson's first foray into being an action star! How much has changed since The Rundown released?Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 285 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
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A couple odd miscastings cannot undo the power and life that Bram Stoker's Dracula brings to the big screen!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 284 - Equilibrium
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"We have Matrix at home."Von Missed the Mark
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Rounders brings a high stakes, fast paced, underground world of poker that makes you want to buy into the story and characters!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 282 - Final Destination
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Death is kind of a dick!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 281 - The Foreigner
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The Foreigner is a lean and mean action political thriller with a once in a lifetime powerful performance by Jackie Chan!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 280 - Primal Fear
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What would be a run of the mill courtroom thriller is elevated by Edward Norton's stellar film debut and powerful ending!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 279 - Tommy Boy
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We take a trip together down nostalgia road and revisit the beloved Chris Farley film Tommy Boy!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 278 - Stir of Echoes
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Stir Echoes had the misfortune of releasing the same year as The Sixth Sense, but how does it ultimately hold up against the occult classic?Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 277 - Blood Diamond
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Blood Diamond has some epic action sequences and fantastic acting in an otherwise uneven movie that feels like a PSA by the end!Von Missed the Mark
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Venom is a chopped up, unevely paced tonal mess that is ultimately saved by Tom Hardy's captivating performance!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 275 - Starship Troopers
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Although now considered a Sci-Fi classic with a more and more relevant message today, Starship Troopers was a very misunderstood work of satire upon it's initial release.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 274 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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Does Austin Powers stand the test of the time as a stone-cold comedy classic or just another spoof that has aged like milk?Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 273 - Black Mass
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Despite some stellar performances, especially Johnny Depp's, Black Mass is hindered by a weak script from being anything more than just another mobster movie.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 272 - Reign of Fire
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While the concepts and worldbuilding for Reign of Fire are compelling, the film is bogged down by a weak script and underwhelming action that leave you feeling a little hollow at the end.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 271 - Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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25 years later, Guy Ritchie's first feature film is still an absolute banger!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 270 - The Book of Eli
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The final film of our annual movie dump month is The Book of Eli! This post apocalyptic story has plenty of good action and acting but feels barren and a little hollow with it's plot and twist ending!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 269 - Boiler Room
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Third up on our annual movie dump month is Boiler Room, a financial crime drama that just almost on the level of The Big Short or The Wall of Wall Street!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 268 - The Pale Blue Eye
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Next up on our annual movie dump month is The Pale Blue Eye. This historical fiction detective mystery is so close to being great, but falls short with a lack of tension and a cheap twist!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 267 - Half Baked
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For this year's dump month, we check out 90's stoner comedy, Half Baked! How has it aged?Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 266 - The Long Kiss Goodnight
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We say farewell to 2023 with The Long Kiss Goodnight. Christmas wouldn't be complete without a holiday action movie! Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 265 - Hard Target
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Hard Target is like Van Damme's mullet, a business in the front and a party in the back!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 264 - Kong Skull Island
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Kong Skull Island is a hell of a roller coaster ride with some awesome action sequences, memorable character deaths, and satisfying visuals!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 263 - The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
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And not a single sandwich joke was made... Pathetic!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 262 - Arlington Road
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Arlington Road is a slow burn of a story ends with a bombshell! Unfortunately, the more you think about how you got there, the more it begins to unravel...Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 261 - Tombstone
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Tombstone earns its place as a historical Western classic thanks to a compelling story and lots of memorable and sleek performances!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 260 - Swordfish
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Quite possibly one of the dumbest and most incoherent action movies we have ever watched that really thinks it's really smart, edgy, and stylish!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 259 - Army of Darkness
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For Halloween 2023, we continue our yearly tradition of watching spooky movies all month. Our final film is the fantastically fun Army of Darkness!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 258 - Prince of Darkness
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For Halloween 2023, we continue our yearly tradition of watching spooky movies all month. Up third, Prince of Darkness!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 257 - The Hitcher
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For Halloween 2023, we continue our yearly tradition of watching spooky movies all month. Up second, The Hitcher!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 256 - The Sentinel
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For Halloween 2023, we continue our yearly tradition of watching spooky movies all month. Up first, The Sentinel!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 255 - The Front Runner
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What is a long-forgotten political scandal gets the Hollywood treatment and results in a soon to be forgotten film. What's the point?Von Missed the Mark
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Payback may be predictable, but it's clever, funny, and satisfying, especially with Mel Gibson's performance and a stable of talented character actors to fill out the world.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 253 - Happy Gilmore
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We discuss one of our favorite comedies of all time and Bob Barker's legacy!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 252 - Coming to America
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We rewatch a comedy classic asking why critics were lukewarm to it during it's original release.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 251 - Iron Man 2
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We discuss how well the sequel holds up to the original, plus Marvel fatigue.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 250 - Cutthroat Island
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The final voyage of a studio ends a total shipwreck!Von Missed the Mark
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We hop into the time machine to check out a John Carpenter classic and see what is lurking in the fog!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 248 - Inherent Vice
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Strange and irreverent, Inherent Vice may not be neat, but it offers a lot of great performances, hilarious moments, and is littered with nuggets that reward rewatching!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 247 - Southland Tales
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Words cannot describe our suffering watch this slow moving trainwreck.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 246 - Enemy of the State
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More Hackman. Less bags.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 245 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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A thrilling long last ride that dials in on the nostalgia, but doesn't quite capture the mystique of the original three.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 244 - The Running Man
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The Running Man is a fun tongue in cheek satire bouyed by a steady pace and some stand out performances from Richard Dawnson and Arnold Schwarzenegger!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 243 - Deep Rising
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Nevermind the awfully outdated CGI, Deep Rising is a fun and cheeky creature feature cult classic with snappy dialogue and cool kills!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 242 - Idiocracy
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Deeply quotable and somewhat prescient, Idiocracy serves up good laughs but lacks a central villian and balanced story.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 241 - Ender's Game
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With more time and space, Ender's Game would make for an intriguing miniseries, but the big screen just doesn't allow enough of either to do its source material justice!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 240 - Pineapple Express
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Unfocused at times, Pineapple Express, is a hilarious buddy stoner action comedy that still hits to this day.Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 239 - Boss Level
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We are Missed the Mark! And Missed the Mark has watched this!Von Missed the Mark
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Episode 238 - Evil Dead
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Visceral, gory, uncomfortable, and a lot of fun! We had a groovy time watching Evil Dead!Von Missed the Mark
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