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The Dog Stars<\/p>\n
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The formula sounds great. Ridley Scott directing a post-apocalyptic movie starring premium actors like Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Jacob Elordi, Guy Pearce and Benedict Wong. That would be The Dog Stars, out this weekend, and critic reviews have arrived on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n
Bad news. Quite bad news, in fact. The Dog Stars is currently getting thrashed by critics. With nearly 70 reviews in, The Dog Stars has a 38% score on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/a> Ridley Scott, obviously, has directed some of the most storied movies of all time, from Thelma and Louise to Alien to Blade Runner to Gladiator. But with so many movies in his catalog, some have been bombs. And now, The Dog Stars is among them as one of his lowest-scored features on Rotten Tomatoes. Here is the bottom of the list.<\/p>\n G.I. Jane (1997) \u2013 51% critic scoreRobin Hood (2010) \u2013 43% critic scoreHannibal (2001) \u2013 39% critic scoreKingdom of Heaven (2005, not the famed director\u2019s cut) \u2013 39% critic scoreThe Dog Stars (2026) \u2013 38% critic scoreThe Counselor (2013) \u2013 33% critic scoreLegend (1985) \u2013 33% critic scoreExodus: Gods and Kings (2014) \u2013 30% critic score1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) \u2013 30% critic scoreA Good Year (2006) \u2013 26% critic score<\/p>\n The Dog Stars<\/p>\n Rotten Tomatoes<\/p>\n There\u2019s just so, so many films here, some I haven\u2019t even heard of (1492) and others I didn\u2019t know he directed (Exodus: Gods and Kings). As you can see, there was a pretty sharp down period between 2005 and 2014. Scott only had two \u201cfresh\u201d movies in that period out of eight releases, American Gangster and Prometheus. Though he ended that streak with the 91% scored The Martian. So you really never know what you\u2019re going to get with him.<\/p>\n The Dog Stars is an adaptation of a 2012 novel by Peter Heller. It is set after a pandemic that has almost wiped out humanity. Survivors band together to fight marauders and other threats. The film, which opens this weekend against the sky-high-scoring <\/a>Coyote vs. Acme, is projected to make anywhere from $18-23 million, above its rival\u2019s forecasts. Both films are still contending with the reverberations of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has won every weekend since its July 31 release, passing $2 billion at the box office. One of the only films in history to do so.<\/p>\n Why are critics not on board? Here\u2019s a sampling:<\/p>\n RogerEbert.com<\/a> \u2013 \u201cIt probably takes more effort to make a boring post-apocalyptic survivalist action film than to make a good one. If that\u2019s the case, then Ridley Scott must\u2019ve been working overtime.\u201dAV Club<\/a> \u2013 \u201cThis messy look at the end of the world isn\u2019t Scott\u2019s darkest film, but it\u2019s one of his worst misfires.\u201d<\/p>\n So, a miss, but Ridley Scott, now age 88, has promised to continue making movies until he\u2019s dead<\/a>. He compares himself to Clint Eastwood, still making films at 94. So, who knows, we may see some more hits from him to come.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n