The 15 Worst Movies of 2021

– December 29, 2021

Above are the lowest-scoring films released in the United States between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. Films are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades given by top professional critics) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 4 reviews are excluded. All scores are from December 24, 2021.

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22 Vanquish

(#5) Directed by George Gallo of Midnight Run fame—that 1988 classic remains his most recent green Metascore, by the way—this limp, unmemorable action-thriller finds Ruby Rose playing a former Russian drug courier who must do the bidding of a dirty ex-cop (Morgan Freeman) who has taken her daughter as a hostage. Critics dismissed it as a pale imitation of the John Wick series.

“It’s a form of actor abuse to see the legendary Morgan Freeman trapped in this relentlessly violent and vapid mess that does offer one lesson to students of cinema in how to do everything calamitously wrong.” —Peter Travers, ABC News

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