The results of the 46th Razzie Awards are in, and this year’s biggest “winner” is Prime Video’s “War of the Worlds.”
Starring Ice Cube as a cybersecurity analyst, the film “won” five of the six categories for which it was nominated, including worst actor (Cube), worst prequel, remake, rip-off, or sequel, and worst screenplay (Kenny Golde and Marc Hyman). Rich Lee also took the award for worst director—despite Cube saying that Lee wasn’t even on set during filming.
A baffling modern reimagining, the film follows Cube’s cybersecurity analyst as he realizes the real danger may be internal rather than extraterrestrial. Being a Prime Video release, it leans heavily on Amazon imagery—delivery trucks, drones, checkout screens, even a $1,000 gift card offered to a homeless man—making it feel more like an ad than a movie.
Shot in just two weeks during COVID with the director nowhere in sight, it comes across as rushed and disjointed, ultimately earning a deserved 2% on Rotten Tomatoes. A disasterpiece that will no doubt be studied—for all the wrong reasons—in the years to come.
Other “winners” at this year’s ceremony include “all seven artificial dwarves” from Disney’s Snow White. Organizers joked that the film “cost a fortune and lost a fortune—perhaps cursed by Walt [Disney] himself for ignoring his dying wish that it never be remade.”
Elsewhere, Rebel Wilson “won” the Razzie for Worst Actress for her role in “Bride Hard.” Meanwhile, Sylvester Stallone’s daughter, Scarlet Rose Stallone, took home the award for Worst Supporting Actress for her performance in Brian Skiba’s Western “Gunslingers.”
Wilson’s win comes just over 24 hours after a report alleged that she attempted to spy on—and smear—the producer of her directorial debut, “The Deb,” by leaking to the media that he was a “sex trafficker.”
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.