Top 10 Bad Movies That Wasted Great Concepts
When it comes to movies, nothing hurts more than watching a great idea being terribly executed. Wasted potential is bound to happen in a creative field like moviemaking, but the curse of wondering what could have been is something that makes a bad movie even worse. From bad direction and a failure to understand an idea’s potential, to terrible writing that drive a clever thought straight into a wall, here are 10 terrible movies that unfortunately wasted excellent ideas:
The concept: A fictionalized version of the famous Japanese “Ak? Vendetta” story about a group of 47 masterless samurai who go on a dark quest to avenge the death of their master. But there is a twist instead of a classic samurai film, the story is reimagined with a fantasy spin that includes witches, giants and dragons, all based on very old Japanese folklore.