Top rated movies with bad writing that have wasted potential

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

1 Arctic Void (2022)

When the power mysteriously fails, and almost everyone vanishes from a small tourist vessel in the Arctic, fear becomes the master for the three who remain. Forced ashore, the men deteriorate in body and mind until a dark truth emerges that compels them to ally or perish.

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2022-01-14 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Michael Weaver, Tim Griffin

Rating

rating icon 5.08
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    letdown
  2. Ranked #2 for
    big letdown
  3. Ranked #3 for
    big disappointment

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2 What Lies Below (2020)

Liberty, a socially awkward 16-year-old, returns from two months at camp to a blindsided introduction of her mother’s fiancé, John Smith, whose charm, intelligence, and beauty paint the picture of a man too perfect to be human.

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2020-12-17 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Ema Horvath, Mena Suvari

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    waste of two hours
  2. Ranked #2 for
    totally sucks
  3. Ranked #2 for
    complete nonsense

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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

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4 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

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5 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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6 Domino (2019)

Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.

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2019-05-31 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten

Rating

rating icon 4.644
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    bad directing
  2. Ranked #4 for
    uncinematic
  3. Ranked #6 for
    straight to video

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7 False Positive (2021)

After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle. But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him.

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2021-06-18 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux

Rating

rating icon 5.688
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    horrible writing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    despicable acting
  3. Ranked #3 for
    extremely boring

Trailer

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8 Critters Attack! (2019)

Follows 20-year-old Drea, who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for a professor of a college she hopes to attend. Struggling to entertain the professor's children Trissy and Jake, along with her own little brother Phillip , Drea takes them on a hike, unaware that mysterious alien critters have crash-landed and started devouring every living thing they encounter.

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2019-07-13 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Tashiana Washington, Dee Wallace

Rating

rating icon 5.625
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    total letdown
  2. Ranked #5 for
    incredibly disappointing
  3. Ranked #6 for
    schlock-like editing

Trailer

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9 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    intentionally funny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheer fun
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character

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10 Blacklight (2022)

Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.

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2022-02-10 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Liam Neeson, Emmy Raver-Lampman

Rating

rating icon 6.169
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    bad writing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    badly scripted
  3. Ranked #5 for
    hackneyed

Trailer

Blacklight trailer
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