What Were They Thinking
A list of mostly terrible movies starring well known actors. The movies that usually have a weak story, incoherence in the plot, horrible or cheesy dialogue, really bad effects and what seems like vey little effort on the part of the screenwriters, actors or directors.
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- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsRyan GuzmanSylvester StalloneMeadow WilliamsThe lone surviving thief of a violent bank robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsSylvester StalloneDave BautistaXiaoming HuangYears after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from.
- DirectorTaran KillamStarsTaran KillamDave 'Squatch' WardBobby MoynihanA group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead.
- DirectorSylvain WhiteStarsJoey KingJulia Goldani TellesJaz SinclairIn a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsBruce WillisFrank GrilloJohnathon SchaechA bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker teams up with his ex-cop neighbor to bring down the assailant, initiating an explosive counterattack that brings all three men to the breaking point.
- DirectorJodi ScurfieldStarsJohn TravoltaKatheryn WinnickJennifer EspositoSpeedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsNicolas CageJohn CusackAdrian GrenierA Southern businessman attempts to rescue his kidnapped mobster brother.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNicolas CageWillem DafoeChristopher Matthew CookA crew of ex-cons are hired by a Cleveland mafioso to kidnap the baby of a rival mobster.
- DirectorAaron HarveyStarsMalin AkermanNikki ReedDeborah Ann WollThree women are sent to intercept a major drug deal at a diner at 3 AM and get the money. Simple - save for Murphy's law: anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsBruce WillisHayden ChristensenTy SheltonA Wall Street broker is forced to evade a police chief investigating a bank robbery as he attempts to recover the stolen money in exchange for his son's life.
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsBruce WillisKellan LutzGina CaranoA former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
- DirectorKevin CarrawayStarsVal KilmerVing RhamesLuke GossA group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.
- DirectorJohnny MartinStarsAl PacinoKarl UrbanBrittany SnowA homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman.
- DirectorIsaac FlorentineStarsAntonio BanderasKarl UrbanPaz VegaA fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
- DirectorRobert LongoStarsKeanu ReevesDolph LundgrenDina MeyerA data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
- DirectorJessy TerreroStars50 CentRobert De NiroForest WhitakerThe son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.
- DirectorGeorge MihalkaStarsAnatoly KulbitskyShaughan SeymourMichael CaineRetired British spy Harry Palmer is called back into service to prevent North Korea from getting its hands on a deadly virus called "The Red Death".
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsMichael CaineJason ConneryYuri LimontySpy-turned-detective Harry Palmer is tasked with recovering a consignment of stolen plutonium in Saint Petersburg.
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsRobert De NiroAl PacinoCarla GuginoTwo veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsKristanna LokenBen KingsleyMichelle RodriguezIn the eighteenth century, a vampire escapes from the freak show, in which she once participated, and teams up with a group of vampire slayers to kill the man who raped her mother.
- DirectorElizabeth BanksSteven BrillSteve CarrStarsEmma StoneStephen MerchantRichard GereA series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
- DirectorNicolas PesceStarsTara WestwoodJunko BaileyDavid Lawrence BrownA house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.
- DirectorWilliam Brent BellStarsKatie HolmesChristopher ConveryOwain YeomanAfter a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
- DirectorMichael CaissieStarsKatrina BowdenJay MohrWill CarlsonA sheriff makes a strange discovery when he gets called to an orchard where three teenage sisters have been attacked by a band of young delinquents.
- DirectorMatt EskandariStarsNicky WhelanBruce WillisTito OrtizAlone and trapped in a locked-down hospital, an injured young woman must escape a pair of vicious killers who are after the only piece of evidence that can implicate them in a grisly murder, the bullet in her leg.
