By Jennifer Brett
Georgia\’s booming film industry churns out lots of winners – \”Mockingjay part 2\” and part 1 and \”Catching Fire\” before it, \”Selma\” and \”Goosebumps,\” to name a few. But some movies filmed here don\’t do so hot and a number of locally produced projects have landed on movie review site Rotten Tomatoes\’ list of flicks that flopped this year.
\”Taken 3,\” with Liam Neeson earned a sad 9 percent approval rating on the \”Tomato-meter\” (a calculation that represents the number of critics who give a movie a positive review) and this harsh verdict: \”Hampered by toothless PG-13 action sequences, incoherent direction, and a hackneyed plot, \’Taken 3\’ serves as a clear signal that it\’s well past time to retire this franchise.\”
\”Vacation,\” the reboot starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate with Chris Hemsworth in a ridiculously raunchy role, earned a somewhat better 27 percent rating. But even cameos by Chevy Chase and Beverly D\’Angelo failed to warm critics to the project. \”Borrowing a basic storyline from the film that inspired it but forgetting the charm, wit, and heart, \’Vacation\’ is yet another nostalgia-driven retread that misses the mark,\” was the RT critic consensus.
\”Lila & Eve\” earned a 36 percent rating. In the words of one critic, the drama starring Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez \”deteriorates into a tawdry shoot-\’em-up whose screenplay takes an ill-advised surreal twist that propels the movie deep into the ozone.\”
\”A Walk in the Woods\” with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte earned a 44 percent rating. Not terrible but not great, either. Much like the film itself. Critic consensus: \”Amiable yet less compelling than any road trip movie starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte should be, \’A Walk in the Woods\’ is ultimately a bit too pedestrian.\”
