Top rated movies with bad casting that have wasted potential

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with bad casting and wasted potential! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with bad casting and wasted potential, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Mercy Black (2019)

A woman is sent to a mental institution after stabbing her classmate in an attempt to conjure an evil spirit called, Mercy Black. Fifteen years later she's released, and must save her nephew, who has become obsessed with the phenomenon.

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2019-03-24 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Daniella Pineda, Austin Amelio

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    hitting false notes
  2. Ranked #5 for
    bad casting
  3. Ranked #9 for
    messy

Trailer

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2 Neon Lights (2022)

Tech tycoon, Clay Amani, retreats to an off the grid location in search of meaning and peace, with disconnected siblings and their offspring, only to be caught in a bone-chilling killing spree within his new estate.

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2022-07-03 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Dana Abraham, Kim Coates

Rating

rating icon 3.188
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    miscast
  2. Ranked #12 for
    terribly miscast
  3. Ranked #16 for
    completely miscast

Trailer

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3 The Tax Collector (2020)

David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.

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2020-08-07 | Action / Crime

Cast

Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona

Rating

rating icon 5.658
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    very disappointing
  2. Ranked #4 for
    foul
  3. Ranked #9 for
    eyesore

Trailer

The Tax Collector trailer
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4 Firestarter (2022)

For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

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2022-05-12 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron

Rating

rating icon 5.584
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5 for
    wasted potential
  2. Ranked #8 for
    woefully miscast
  3. Ranked #8 for
    most disappointing

Trailer

Firestarter trailer
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5 The Ritual Killer (2023)

Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.

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2023-03-09 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Cole Hauser, Morgan Freeman

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    terrible waste
  2. Ranked #2 for
    useless
  3. Ranked #3 for
    poor casting

Trailer

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6 2067 (2020)

A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its greatest environmental crisis yet.

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2020-10-01 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten

Rating

rating icon 5.342
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inorganic acting
  2. Ranked #5 for
    absolute rubbish
  3. Ranked #6 for
    full of holes

Trailer

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7 Fantasy Island (2020)

A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.

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2020-02-12 | Adventure / Fantasy

Cast

Michael Peña, Maggie Q

Rating

rating icon 5.805
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #7 for
    incredibly disappointing
  2. Ranked #8 for
    plain stupid
  3. Ranked #10 for
    overly convoluted

Trailer

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8 Downhill (2020)

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

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2020-02-06 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell

Rating

rating icon 5.32
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    excruciatingly painful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    agonizing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    torturous

Trailer

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9 Mindcage (2022)

Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.

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2022-12-16 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Martin Lawrence, Melissa Roxburgh

Rating

rating icon 6.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    completely miscast
  2. Ranked #7 for
    badly scripted
  3. Ranked #7 for
    rather disappointing

Trailer

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10 Awake (2021)

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

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2021-06-09 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Gina Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt

Rating

rating icon 5.901
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    boring and stiff
  2. Ranked #4 for
    horrible writing
  3. Ranked #8 for
    pretty bad

Trailer

Awake trailer
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