The 11 Most Excruciatingly Awful Films to Ever Exist

5. Rollerball (2002)

On paper, Rollerball sounds like a slam dunk. The 1975 original has a lot going for it, including a fantastic lead performance by James Caan and able direction from Norman Jewison, but it could use updated effects. Enter John McTiernan, an action movie great who made Die Hard, Predator, and The Hunt for Red October. Who else could update a futuristic sports movie/resistance parable?

Apparently, no one can because Rollerball 2002 stinks. McTiernan chooses a poor lead in Chris Klein, who lacks Caan’s gruff charisma and plays the hero as an oblivious airhead. Worse, McTiernan seems to have forgotten how to shoot action, choosing too many close-ups and failing to explain the function of the titular sport. Maybe a new remake will update Rollerball for real.