Biggest Contenders for the 2025 Razzie Awards

Well, it was a good run. After a couple of years where video game adaptations came and showed how good they can be, a movie like Borderlands needs to return and make all of us remember the days of the 1993 Mario Bros. movie, or the Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter live actions, or the Doom live action. You know the drill.

Deserved Nominations:

- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: Eli Roth
- Worst Actor: Kevin Hart
- Worst Actress: Cate Blanchett
- Worst Supporting Actor: Jack Black
- Worst Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis and/or Amanda Greenblatt
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
- Worst Screenplay

Before Borderlands, this seemed like the most obvious example and biggest runner-up for worst film of the year. And despite Borderlands earning its reputation in record time, don't think we've forgotten about this absolute trainwreck either.

Deserved Nominations:

- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: S. J. Clarkson
- Worst Actress: Dakota Johnson
- Worst Supporting Actor: Tahar Rahim
- Worst Supporting Actress: Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, and/or Celeste O'Connor
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
- Worst Screenplay

And thus, that little fad of movies about brands has come to a sad end. Yes, I enjoyed Blackberry, Tetris, and Air, but between this and Flaming Hot... oof, man, thank God these are going to be over.

Deserved Nominations:

- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: Jerry Seinfeld
- Worst Actor: Jerry Seinfeld
- Worst Actress: Melissa McCarthy
- Worst Supporting Actress: Amy Schumer
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
- Worst Screenplay

Poor Zack Snyder, man. Part of me just wishes the guy could have some legit credibility as a filmmaker, but films like this just straight up don't help him at all to redeem his name.

Deserved Nominations:

- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: Zack Snyder
- Worst Actress: Sofia Boutella
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
- Worst Screenplay

I just have no idea who in the world wanted to make a romantic/erotic drama involving Wednesday Addams and Bilbo Baggins.

Deserved Nominations:

- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: Jade Bartlett
- Worst Actor: Martin Freeman
- Worst Actress: Jenna Ortega
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Screenplay

Between the poor box office performance and how the reviews are calling it out, it's just easy to see how or why this movie would end up with various nominations.

Deserved Nominations:

- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: Carlos Saldanha
- Worst Actor: Zachary Levi
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Screenplay

Between the campy screenplay and the grisly violence, I'd say this is too scary to watch. Pure nightmare fuel for me.

But there's a catch. Besides the sequel's producer and star Scott Chambers, the film features more big British names than its 2023 predecessor. Simon Callow, Alec Newman, and Teresa Banham are co-starring in this sequel. The Rotten Tomatoes score is still "Rotten," but it has improved by 48%.

2024, so far, has been a weird year for Jagged Edge Productions.

When the first sneak peek of this film came out, everybody immediately knew the kind of project this remake would be. After its release... yeah, they were right. Maybe it's a little more tolerable than we all thought it was going to be, but make no mistake, it's still a very poorly made product. It had all the chances of succeeding, but it ruined them.

Deserved Nominations:
- Worst Picture
- Worst Director: Rupert Sanders
- Worst Actor: Bill Skarsgård
- Worst Actress: FKA Twigs
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
- Worst Screenplay

Okay, so the sequel has been a mixed bag for critics, but we audiences don't mind. It had what it took for the KCAs to nominate it at their 2024 ceremony.