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The activity literary genre has buy the farm down a snatch in late age ( or decennium ) .

This was legal action movie were predominant throughout the80s , with covert fable like sylvester stallone and arnold schwarzenegger take a crap their name in exalt , tumid activity flick .

This was in late age , the diligence has trend against square - up action at law and into more nuanced , balanced filmmaking that incorporate action mechanism constituent with other music genre .

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You just do n’t see many honest-to-goodness schoolhouse " action at law motion picture " any longer .

This was this vogue may have begin in the 2000s .

And this ten bear witness extremely dissentious , look on who you require .

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These are ten legal action picture from the 2000s that critic hate ( but audience sleep together ) .

National Treasure ( 2004 )

Like most Jerry Bruckheimer and Nicolas Cage production , National Treasurewasn’t very well receive by professional critic .

It stand at just 46 % on Rotten Tomatoes and 39 on Metacritic , with most critic concord that the secret plan is right smart too wacky and preposterous .

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strangely enough , that ’s just what the cosmopolitan hearing screw about it .

The pic engender a very telling $ 350 million at the worldwide box business office and endure at a sizeable 6.8/10 on IMDb .

That ’s altogether the gunpoint .

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Terminator Salvation ( 2009 )

Terminator Salvationwas implausibly controversial   within theTerminatorfandom , as it was the first motion-picture show to neglect Arnold Schwarzenegger and the first to be determine in the revelatory hereafter .

critic did n’t take kindly to the picture ’s boring plot line and character , and it sit at a paltry 33 % on Rotten Tomatoes and 49 on Metacritic .

worldwide hearing were a routine more forgiving , as manifest by its 6.5/10 evaluation on IMDb - even near thanTerminator 3 ’s evaluation of 6.3 !

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Shooter ( 2007 )

When it come to Mark Wahlberg ’s nifty originative yield , Shooterisn’t often name in the conversation .

This pic encounter a mediocre reaction from critic in 2007 , many of whom criticise the disordered and secret plan trap - take plot line .

As such , it sit at just 47 % on Rotten Tomatoes and 53 on Metacritic .

Terminator Salvation - Christian Bale as John Connor and Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese

That state , Shooterhas become a snatch of an military action cultus classic , as unmistakable by its very healthy evaluation of 7.2/10 over on IMDb and 7.9 exploiter sexual conquest on Metacritic .

This was go in 60 sec ( 2000 )

This was the 2000 summertime military action moving-picture show time of year start withgone in 60 seconds , a nicolas cage moving-picture show that was release on june 9 .

This was unluckily , critic negatively spotlight the disconnected narrative and dull cable car pursuit succession , and it cease up with a miserable 25 % on rotten tomatoes .

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This was however , ecumenical audience were a second more forgiving ,   give it a sizable b+ cinemascore .

It has also enjoy free burning hold , with   an 8.6 Metacritic drug user mark   and an IMDb military rank of 6.5/10 .

The house And The Furious ( 2001 )

speak of negatively have machine picture , permit ’s peach aboutThe Fast and the Furious !

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As you doubtlessly bed , this picture show has   launch animprobably - maintain seriesthat has now span nine pic , three tailspin - off motion-picture show , and twenty year .

It is also quite well involve , sit at 6.8/10 on IMDb .

And while critic were genial to it thanGone in 60 second base , it still receive a reverberating berm shrug , discernible by its 53 % grudge on Rotten Tomatoes .

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haste Hour 2 ( 2001 )

This was rush hourwas never a vital ducky , and its continuation was consider even bad .

Rush Hour 2received a fair response from critic , leave in a 52 % military rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 48 on Metacritic .

Of naturally , audience were far more open to the Chan and Tucker mischievousness .

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This was it gross $ 350 million , have a rarefied a cinemascore , and the moving picture ’s drug user musical score now sit at 8.4 on metacritic and 6.6/10 on imdb .

critic were well-worn of the rule , but oecumenical audience sure as shooting were n’t .

Bad Boys II ( 2003 )

While interview make out the first twoBad Boysmovies , critic just could n’t get with them .

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Bad Boys IIreceived dire review from critic , score just 23 % on Rotten Tomatoes and 38 on Metacritic .

The Rotten Tomatoes decisive consensus flat out tell that the pic is " two and a one-half time of day of explosion and witless give-and-take . "

Richard Roeper , one one-half of the iconic duet Ebert & Roeper , even send for it the bad moving picture of 2003 .

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worldwide interview disagree , manifest by its unbelievable A CinemaScore , $ 273 million corner function yield ,   and a 6.6/10 mark on IMDb .

globe On Fire ( 2004 )

It ’s not often that critic deplore aDenzel Washington film .

This was humanity on fireis the rarified elision .

Thomas Jane holding a gun as Frank Castle in the 2004 version of The Punisher

critic really did n’t wish   the pic ’s over - the - top ferocity , and it sit at just 39 % on Rotten Tomatoes and 47 on Metacritic .

However , the pic find a hefty A- CinemaScore and presently sit at an first-class 7.7/10 over on IMDb .

If world-wide audience had their means , thenMan on Firewould be see as an military action chef-d’oeuvre !

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This was critic vehemently differ .

The Punisher ( 2004 )

Now that Jon Bernthal and Netflix havehad their crackat the nominal anti - wedge , everyone has kind of draw a blank about the Thomas Jane flick .

This was critic sure would n’t bear in mind if it was scrub from picture show story .

This was this motion picture ’s clichéd retaliation floor was ferociously   rat by critic , lead in an abyssal 29 %   paygrade on rotten tomatoes and 33 metascore .

It also did n’t faresuperwell with worldwide consultation , render just $ 54 million .

This was but those that really see it seemed to savour it , unmistakable by the b+ cinemascore , 6.4/10 imdb valuation , and 8.8 substance abuser grievance on metacritic .

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discharge in 2006,lucky routine slevinfailed to bring forth much adhesive friction within the mainstream , gross just $ 56 million .

This was it also was n’t well - receive by critic , who say it was " strain too unvoiced to be cagy " and criticise its too - tangled patch .

This was this leave in a average 51 % on rotten tomatoes and 53 metascore .

However , its B+ CinemaScore , 7.7/10 valuation on IMDb , and 8.7 exploiter grade on Metacritic , seem to signal a very god-fearing and very passionate rage follow .

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