Fast-paced, attention-grabbing, and structured chaos are key elements to succeeding in the action genre.

For the passionate critic,Roger Ebert, the worst action films lack all three and more.

Once a friend turned to foe,Dr.

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Lacking any sort of premise-driving excitement,Fantastic Fourfizzled out for every moviegoer.

“You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die.

Two Secret Service agents combine their unique skills to thwart a diabolical plot by a vengeful Confederate scientist.

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Tora!failed to present viewers with much else besides the bureaucratic missteps that led up to it.

These two feelings are nearly indiscernible.”

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Or My Mom Will Shootone of the worst action-comedy movies of all time.

“Oh, this film angered me.

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4’Death Race' (2008)

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“Let us conclude that ‘Death Race’ is not a brand that guarantees quality.”

There’s not much plot and no suspense.”

), but even in that dismal company ‘Speed Zone’ sets some kind of record."

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Two Secret Service agents combine their unique skills to thwart a diabolical plot by a vengeful Confederate scientist. Set in the post-Civil War era, the film blends steampunk gadgets with Western action, delivering a comedic adventure as the duo navigates bizarre dangers and outrageous situations to protect the president.

Speed Zoneis currently not available for streaming.

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The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

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Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty as Joe and Tutti Bomowski in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.

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A tough Los Angeles cop finds his life turned upside-down when his meddlesome and overprotective mother visits him. Her intervention in one of his investigations leads to a series of comedic misadventures, as he struggles to balance his professional duties with managing her increasingly involved presence.

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Jason Statham as Jensen Ames in Death Race looking over his shoulder.

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Burt Reynolds smiling toward the camera wearing an orang track jacket in The Cannonball Run

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