Worst geek movies of the decade

There were some pretty awful (and great) geek movies in 2018. But what about this entire past decade? Using the scoring system of CNET sister site Metacritic, we've compiled a list of the worst geek movies since 2010. 

Tying for No. 48: Venom. In our review, we said this Tom Hardy-led superhero film "bites off more than it can chew." 

Metascore: 35 

The prequel and sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman is "a resoundingly unlovable movie," per the San Francisco Chronicle.

Metascore: 35 

This Netflix film about a mute man searching for his missing girlfriend is "a slog, and a depressing one," The Atlantic said. 

Metascore: 35 

This box-office bomb, which grossed just $10 million, is "remarkably empty of any sense of kinship," according to the Associated Press. 

Metascore: 35

The sequel to Ghost Rider "seems to have been ill-conceived from the very start," according to Slant Magazine. 

Metascore: 34

The Mummy reboot, starring Tom Cruise, is "a monster fail," per Rolling Stone. 

Metascore: 34

Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, The Dark Tower is "a mess of a movie," according to the Arizona Republic.

Metascore: 34

The fifth film in the Ice Age saga, Collision Course is "lazy, scattershot and excruciatingly unfunny," the Washington Post said. 

Metascore: 34

Johnny Depp reprises his role as the Mad Hatter in this sequel that is a "dull, formulaic theme-park ride," per the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Metascore: 34

This Zack Snyder-directed fantasy film is "hands-down the most nightmarishly awful film of [2011]," per the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Metascore: 33

Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, Jonah Hex is "bracingly inept," according to LA Weekly. 

Metascore: 33

This post-apocalyptic sci-fi film starring Will and Jaden Smith is "a lethargic slog," said USA Today. 

Metascore: 33

The fourth film in the Transformers franchise is an "endless barrage of nonsense and noise," according to Entertainment Weekly. 

Metascore: 32

Nominated for three Razzies, the Robin Hood reboot "will make you side with the Sheriff of Nottingham," per Time Out. 

Metascore: 32

This sci-fi action-thriller starring Jude Law is "simply a case of movie malpractice," Premiere said. 

Metascore: 32

Legion is "a cartoonishly grim supernatural thriller," according to The AV Club. 

Metascore: 32

Based on the video game series of the same name, Warcraft is "a godawful mess," said Rolling Stone. 

Metascore: 32

The Will Smith-less Independence Day sequel is "an immaculate case-study in how far blockbusters have fallen," per IndieWire. 

Metascore: 32

Rolling Stone said "nothing works" in this stoner fantasy film starring Natalie Portman and James Franco. 

Metascore: 31

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot is "utterly inessential," according to Time Out. 

Metascore: 31

This Jennifer Lawrence-led horror film is "a terrible little movie even by the standards of the genre," per the Boston Globe. 

Metascore: 31

This horror film, based on the character of the same name, is "flat-out dull," per the AV Club. 

Metascore: 30

The sixth and final entry in the Paranormal Activity saga "feels like the last wheeze of a played-out series," according to The Wrap. 

Metascore: 30

This animated film, based on the video game of the same name, is "insufferable. And seemingly interminable," said the Seattle Times. 

Metascore: 29

This fantasy film about a robotic dog is "something worse than bad. It's utterly forgettable," per the AV Club.

Metascore: 29

Starring Will Smith, Bright is a "gaudy, overstuffed piece of blockbuster trash," according to RogerEbert.com. 

Metascore: 29

Based on the Hitman video game series, this reboot of the franchise is "just high-tech Swiss cheese, filled with holes and smelling like last week's refrigerator contents," said the Chicago Sun-Times. 

Metascore: 28

Starring Keanu Reeves as a samurai (seriously), this fantasy film is "insufferably boring, culturally hegemonic and profoundly ugly," according to Film.com.

Metascore: 28

Nicolas Cage plays a heroic knight of the Crusades in this 2011 fantasy film that is "both overblown and undercooked," per Variety. 

Metascore: 28

The sequel to Age of Extinction is an "incoherent mess," per RogerEbert.com.

Metascore: 27

This dark comedy, set in a world with humans and puppets, "doesn't have an interesting story, and the jokes fall flat," per the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Metascore: 27

This thriller that follows two assassins is "as soft-boiled as they come," according to Entertainment Weekly. 

Metascore: 27

This sci-fi comedy, starring Adam Sandler, is "stupid and lifeless," according to New York Magazine. 

Metascore: 27

A remake of the 1990 film of the same name, Flatliners "plays like a malpractice case: a cheap horror film grafted on to an episode of House," said the Wrap.

Metascore: 27

"Someone forgot to put anything fantastic" into the Fantastic Four reboot, said the New York Daily News. 

Metascore: 27

This sci-fi disaster film is "the most boring alien-invasion movie ever," said the New York Daily News. 

Metascore: 26

Based on the comic Rest in Peace Department, this Ryan Reynolds-led film is a "dud that squanders a decent cast," according to the Washington Post. 

Metascore: 25

This sequel to Piranha 3D is "gloriously bad," per Boxoffice Magazine.

Metascore: 24

This psychological thriller "sucks bad, real bad," said Rolling Stone. 

Metascore: 23

This fantasy film starring Jeremy Renner as a witch hunter is "so demeaningly bad, so utterly without merit, that there is a kind of purity in its awfulness," according to the Guardian. 

Metascore: 23

The fifth entry in the Underworld franchise is "tragically bereft of the pulp verve this nonsense needs to be tolerable," per Empire.

Metascore: 23

Based on the eponymous toy line, Max Steel is a "drearily lame time-waster," said Variety. 

Metascore: 22

This 2011 horror film is "about as humorless — and joyless — as they come," according to the Austin Chronicle. 

Metascore: 22

Based on the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, this M. Night Shyamalan-helmed fantasy film is "an agonizing experience," per the Chicago Sun-Times. 

Metascore: 20

Empire called this found-footage parody film "dreadful." 

Metascore: 20

Keanu Reeves stars as a neuroscientist who brings his family back to life in this 2018 thriller that is a "disaster," per We Got This Covered. 

Metascore: 19

This 2011 thriller is a "Razzie-worthy sci-fi zero," said Slant Magazine. 

Metascore: 18

A parody of the Twilight saga, this 2010 horror comedy is a "sloppy, tossed-off collection of parodic gags of vampire flicks and gratuitous pop-cultural references," according to Time Out. 

Metascore: 18

The sequel to 2006's Silent Hill is "stiff, episodic and disjointed," per the AV Club.

Metascore: 16

This animated comedy is a "soul-crushing disaster because it lacks humor, wit, ideas, visual style, compelling performances, a point of view or any other distinguishing characteristic that would make it anything but a complete waste of your time," The Wrap said. 

Metascore: 12

The fifth installment in the Scary Movie saga is "lazy, boring, vile and tragically unfunny attempt at a horror-film spoof," according to the Washington Post. 

Metascore: 11