7 Movies That Are Way Better Than Their Rotten Tomatoes Scores

Rotten Tomatoes , the pop movie and television review aggregator , cave in critical consensus a metric . Not since Roger Ebert ’s imperious " quarter round up / thumbs down " has the answer to " should I see disco biscuit movie this weekend ? " been so blunt . Fresh movies are worth your time . Skip the rotten I . It ’s that simpleton .

Or it would be , if the algorithm that parsed points of view , assessed hot takes , and calculated the Rotten Tomatoes percentages was finely tuned to the user . Just think the moving picture glossed over by lively - or - snuff it Rotten Tomatoes readers because a contrarian crest the " wise " number at the knees with an carry off review .

Actually , wecanimagine . As we enter the smash hit season , here are a few recent summertime - film splatters that deserve another face :

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Terminator Genisys

loose : June 22nd , 2015Starring : Emilia Clarke , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jason ClarkeDirector : Alan Taylor ( Thor : The Dark World)Tomatometer reading:26%Why it ’s better than it looks : Hollywood ’s third attempt to pivot off James Cameron ’s originalTerminatordouble feature film is a half - baked tribute warp by sentence - travel logic . dwell on how sure-enough T-800 could fight untried T-800 , or how Clarke ’s enhanced John Connor navigated to his female parent ’s fresh place in story , will make the pinna shed blood . Anyone who can stomach the franchise nod will come up Clarke owning the Sarah Connor theatrical role just like Linda Hamilton in the ' 80s . She ’s fierce , and has comic alchemy with Schwarzenegger , giving the tolerable action a fleet , needed robo - kick to the ass . Where to see it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , PlayStation Video , and YouTube

The A-Team

Released:2010Starring : Liam Neeson , Bradley Cooper , Jessica BielDirector : Joe CarnahanTomatometer reading:47%Why it ’s honest than it looks : The A - Teamknew what it had to be : rowdy , over the top , and full of sleazy one - liners . There is a way of life to botch the carrying into action , and there are slipway to turn it into a living G.I. Joe cartoon . Carnahan complete the latter , expand the scope without Hannibal , Face , B.A. Baracus , and Howling Mad Murdock without losing any of their temerarious dynamic . A moving-picture show that chomp its cigar in loathly glee , much to the chagrin of people who like their legal action squinty and serious . Where to see it : hire on iTunes , Amazon , and YouTube

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

free : May 2nd , 2014Starring : Andrew Garfield , Emma Stone , Jamie FoxxDirector : Marc WebbTomatometer reading:53%Why it ’s better than it looks : Amazing Spider - Man 2goes down in flames . After the first instalment fail to spatter like any of the the originalSpider - Manmovies , Webb stuffed his sequel like a turducken . There are countless villains , preposterous twist , soggy setup for spinoffs that would never make out , and prismatic competitiveness successiveness back by Hans Zimmer , Pharrell Williams , and Johnny Marr ’s wailing soundtrack . Amazing Spider - Man 2provides alternative to the Marvel Universe ’s interlocking cohesion and DC Comics ' grimdark epicness , natural action exaggerated for maximal lunacy . This was n’t theSpider - Mancritics expected , and the review piled on accordingly . Where to see it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , PlayStation Video , and YouTube

The Lone Ranger

Released : July 3rd , 2013Starring : Johnny Depp , Armie Hammer , Helena Bonham CarterDirector : Gore VerbinskiTomatometer reading:31%Why it ’s better than it expect : The Lone Rangerhorses around once too often , and Johnny Depp tapping into his " Cherokee heritage " ( invariably mentioned , continually disputed , never confirmed ) to play Tonto earnedThe Lone Rangera # baffling stamp . gratefully , the picture itself steers clear of stereotype enough to successfully recastPirates of the Caribbeanin Western threads . Verbinski is a master of action choreography and the movie ’s multi - tiered finish , a footchase across a zip locamotive set to the " William TellOverture , " is an all - timekeeper . add up for the star power , stay for a blockbuster manager getting away with budgetary slaying . The Lone Rangeris BIG.Where to see it : let on iTunes , Amazon , PlayStation Video , and YouTube

Speed Racer

Released : May 9th , 2008Starring : Emile Hirsch , Christina Ricci , Matthew FoxDirectors : Lana and Lilly WachowskiTomatometer reading:39%Why it ’s better than it wait : The Wachowskis are seer who rarely see heart - to - eye with the audience . WhenThe Matrixduo were task with conform a 1960s racing anime for 18- to 25 - year - old weened onSpider - Man , Transformers , andStar Warsprequels , they smothered theDays of Thunderin eight congius of eminent - fructose maize syrup then launched it off a cliff . Speed Raceris thrill , breezing through the cartoony character material to barrel into what people really want to see : cars ram very , very , very quickly . Where to see it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , PlayStation Video , and YouTube

The Purge: Anarchy

Released : July 18th , 2014Starring : Frank Grillo , Carmen Ejogo , Michael K. WilliamsDirector : James DeMonacoTomatometer reading:55%Why it ’s better than it wait : pic good guys on a regular basis offload pistol cartridge in the name of sport . Anarchywonders if shootout activity should n’t be a little … terrifying . Enabled by the inherent scourge of the bullet , The Purgesequel scales up to a citywide manhunt , like a John Carpenter horror pic carve out of a John Carpenter action mechanism movie . The Purgeisn’t a movie you want to cozy up and watch on a night in – it ’s nasty , nihilistic , and nightmarish . But rotted ? Not quite . Where to see it : rend on iTunes , Amazon , PlayStation Video , and YouTube

MacGruber

release : May 21st , 2010Starring : Will Forte , Kristen Wiig , Val KilmerDirector : Jorma TacconeTomatometer reading:47%Why it ’s better than it looks : ostensibly critic hate when grown piece beat Apium graveolens dulce sticks up their butt and trip the light fantastic toe around like the Coppertone baby . That ’s just one of the odd become inMacGruber , aSaturday Night Livesketch blow out to a frantic , screaming ' ninety action - movie spoof . Forte ’s is a redoubtable dimwit , an Inspector Clouseau flailing in a Michael Bay plotline . The jokes inMacGrubergo broad ( " Tell me who you want me to bang ! " the hoagy begs to a military superior ) and psychotic ( " KFBR392 … KFBR392 " ) , but never safe , which may explain its splattered legacy . Where to see it : Rent on iTunes , Amazon , PlayStation Video , and YouTube

Matt Patchesis Thrillist ’s Entertainment editor . He antecedently write for Grantland , Esquire.com , Vulture , The Hollywood newsperson , andThe Guardian . incur him on Twitter:@misterpatches .

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