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Neal McDonough, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

I know this is an easy target. After all, when the pinnacle of your career is as the bad guy in the remake of Walking Tall and last year on Desperate Housewives, you aren’t exactly award season material. But who could forget this man’s god-awful turn as the villain in this latest Street Fighter fiasco. There were so many things wrong with this movie, but it was the cheeky villain with the genetic Irish brogue that stands out in my mind.

Sigh… at least no one actually saw this movie.

Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story

You might call me on the carpet for this one because Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary (well, pseudo-documentary, at least). But you will also have to admit that any appearance Michael Moore makes is a performance, and his presence in this movie was one that many people would like to forget. After all, here’s one of the biggest, greediest capitalists on the planet bemoaning the evil of corporations in which he has personally invested. Does anyone think this multi-millionaire still looks out of the little guy?

Sigh… at least this isn’t in the running for an Oscar.

Michael Cera & Jack Black, Year One

Here is a one-two punch for a film that needs to be taken together. Both Michael Cera and Jack Black can be funny in their own rights, even if they pretty much retread the same performance in every film they do. But put them together, and its oil-and-water chemistry. Hollywood has a long history of pairing successful actors together with disastrous results, and Year One was a perfect storm of zero chemistry between all of its stars, the writers and an otherwise decent director.

Sigh… at least it was so bad there won’t be a Year Two.

Eddie Murphy, Imagine That

Yeah, I know. Here’s another easy target. Remember when Eddie Murphy was box office gold? Those of you under the age of 25 probably don’t, but I’m sure you’ve heard your parents talk about this magical time known as the 80s. Well, the 80s are over, and that means that Murphy is box office stench now. His movie Imagine That was held up as an example of non-franchise films ruining Paramount, and for good reason. Here was a film that should have been about the kids in the movie, and it was all about Eddie Murphy and his awkwardly unfunny nature in modern times.

Sigh… at least it wasn’t Norbit.

Hilary Swank, Amelia

With all of these mainstream films mentioned above, let’s not forget a moldy slice of Oscar-bait that came out not too long ago. Hilary Swank gave us what is probably a pretty spot-on portrayal of the legendary aviatrix. The problem is that Amelia Earhart wasn’t really that compelling or charismatic of a person. Swank is a good actress, but this was an empty performance, not seen since her role in The Black Dahlia.

Sigh… at least we had Amy Adams in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

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