Worst Picture was just one of five awards that 'War Of The Worlds' took home, making it something of a clean sweep for the Ice Cube-starring adaptation / devastation of H.G. Wells’ classic novel.
As is tradition, prior to celebrating the best films of the year with the Oscars comes news of the Golden Raspberry Awards, aka: the Razzies, which celebrate the worst cinema had to offer.
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Punching down for some; balancing the cinematic scales for others...
The 46th edition of the Razzies named War Of The Worlds, starring Ice Cube, as the worst film of last year.
It’s hard to argue with that assessment, as the laughably naff Amazon-sponsored adaptation / devastation of H.G. Wells’ classic novel can only be considered a cinematic crime against humanity.
Further cementing its status as such is the fact that War Of The Worlds just about swept the board at the parody awards this year, bagging a total of five prizes: Worst Picture, Worst Director (Rich Lee), Worst Actor (Ice Cube), Worst Screenplay (Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman) and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel.
With War of the Worlds dominating almost every category, just four other films won Razzies this year.
Disney’s Snow White remake won two: Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Screen Combo, both for the film’s CGI dwarfs. Again, tough to argue.
Rebel Wilson took home Worst Actress for her action “comedy” Bride Hard, and Scarlet Rose Stallone (daughter of Sylvester Stallone) won Worst Supporting Actress for Gunslingers.
The Razzies also awarded Kate Hudson with the Redeemer Award for her Oscar-nominated performance in Song Sung Blue. Hudson has received several Razzie acting nods throughout her career, including ones for My Best Friend’s Girl (2008), Mother’s Day (2016) and Music (2021).
Here is the full list of this year’s dishonours:
WORST PICTURE
- War Of The Worlds - WINNER
- The Electric State
- Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Disney's Snow White
- Star Trek: Section 31
WORST ACTOR
- Ice Cube, War of The Worlds - WINNER
- Dave Bautista, In The Lost Lands
- Scott Eastwood, Alarum
- Jared Leto, Tron: Ares
- Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Hurry Up Tomorrow
WORST ACTRESS
- Rebel Wilson, Bride Hard - WINNER
- Ariana DeBose, Love Hurts
- Milla Jovovich, In The Lost Lands
- Natalie Portman, Fountain Of Youth
- Michele Yeoh, Star Trek: Section 31
WORST REMAKE / RIP-OFF / SEQUEL
- War Of The Worlds - WINNER
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Five Nights At Freddy's 2
- Smurfs
- Snow White
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Scarlet Rose Stallone, Gunslingers - WINNER
- Anna Chlumsky, Bride Hard
- Ema Horvath, The Strangers: Chapter 2
- Kacey Rohl, Star Trek: Section 31
- Isis Valverde, Alarum
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- All Seven Artificial Dwarfs, Snow White - WINNER
- Nicolas Cage, Gunslingers
- Stephen Dorff, Bride Hard
- Greg Kinnear, Off the Grid
- Sylvester Stallone, Alarum
WORST SCREEN COMBO
- All Seven Dwarfs, Snow White - WINNER
- James Corden & Rihanna, Smurfs
- Ice Cube & His Zoom Camera, War of The Worlds
- Robert De Niro & Robert De Niro (as Frank & Vito), The Alto Knights
- The Weeknd & His Colossal Ego, Hurry Up Tomorrow
WORST DIRECTOR
- Rich Lee, War Of The Worlds - WINNER
- Olatunde Osunsanmi, Star Trek: Section 31
- The Russo Brothers, The Electric State
- Trey Edward Shults, Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Marc Webb, Snow White
WORST SCREENPLAY
- War Of The Worlds - WINNER
- The Electric State
- Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Snow White
- Star Trek: Section 31
