Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Is one of the most notorious bombs of all time as bad as we’ve been told? We break down the movie ISHTAR and also dive into some of the behind-the-scenes drama and intrigue that may have affected the movie’s performance ISHTAR - Release date: May 15, 1987  - Budget: $55M - Box office: $14.4M - Estimated loss: $50M - Director: Elaine May  - Starring: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman,  Isabelle Adjani,...

We’re walking the fine line between clever and stupid as we are joined by the excellent Angel Garcia (@GuerrillaJokes) to talk 1984’s generation-defining mockumentary THIS IS SPINAL TAP THIS IS SPINAL TAP - Release date: MARCH 2, 1984 - Budget: $2M - Box office: $4.7M - Estimated loss: $500K - Director: Rob Reiner  - Starring: Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Tony Hend...

One of our favorite movies we've covered so far, it's 2016's criminally underseen in theaters but immediate cult classic neo-noir comedy THE NICE GUYS THE NICE GUYS - Release date: May 20, 2016 - Budget: $50M - Box office: $62.8M - Estimated loss: $15M - Director: Shane Black - Starring: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David, Kim Basin...

We’re going back to 2001 to visit the Uncanny Valley as we’re joined by @JeffIsTallGuy to talk about the tech demo pretending to be a movie called FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN - Release date: July 11, 2001 - Budget: $137M - Box office: $85.1M - Estimated loss: $94M - Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi   - Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Steve Busc...

Forget about the beach that makes you old, this movie aged us exponentially. It’s M. Night Shyamalan’s first appearance in the Blast Zone, and we’re talking 2006’s LADY IN THE WATER Lady In The Water  - Release date: July 21, 2006 - Budget: $70M  - Box office: $72.8M - Estimated loss: $45M - Director: M. Night Shyamalan  - Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright,...

The wrong film died (at the box office) This week we’re joined by Andrew Nadeau (Spitfire Comedy, Netflix Family, Here’s Where It Went Wrong) to talk 2007’s send-up of music biopics WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY WALK HARD - Release date: December 21, 2007 - Budget: $35M - Box office: $20.6M - Estimated loss: $25M - Director: Jake Kasdan  - Starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Kri...

We’re revisiting the early days of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s movie stardom with 2003’s THE RUNDOWN The Rundown - Release date: September 26, 2003 - Budget: $85M - Box office: $80.9M - Estimated loss: $30M - Director: Peter Berg - Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Sean William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken, Ewen Brenner, Jon Gries, A lot of cows NEXT WEEK: You DO want a part of this shit as w...

We’re going all the way back to 1993 with Regular Mike (@RegularM1ke) to talk about the star-studded, groundbreaking superhero cult classic THE METEOR MAN THE METEOR MAN  - Release date: August 6, 1993  - Budget: $20M - Box office: $8M - Estimated loss: $17.5M - Director: Robert Townsend - Starring: Robert Townsend, Eddie Griffin, Marla Gibbs, Robert Giullaume , James Earl Jones, Don Cheadle NEXT...

We’re going back to 2002 for the animated adventure romp TREASURE PLANET. Treasure Planet - Release date: November 27, 2002 - Budget: $140M - Box office: $109.6M - Estimated loss: $60M - Director: Ron Clements and John Musker - Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Michael Wincott, Laurie Metcalf, Roscoe Lee Browne NEXT WEEK: We’ve got Regula...

What to say about this movie... It's definitely a movie and it definitely bombed. BUT we are joined by the amazing Hayley (@2Saddington) to talk about it and Adam Sandler as a whole THAT'S MY BOY - Release date: June 15, 2012 - Budget: $70M - Box office: $57.7M - Estimated loss: $40M - Director: Sean Anders - Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan, Vanilla Ice...

People like playing Battleship right? But what they really love is the LORE behind the game. JK this movie is dumb.   BATTLESHIP - Release date: May 18, 2012 - Budget: $250M - Box office: $303M - Estimated loss: $150M ($100,000,000 club member!) - Director: Peter Berg  - Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgaard, Rihanna, Hamish Linklater, Tadanobu Asano, Jesse Pl...

This week we are joined by special guest Josh Flitter (@FLITTER) to examiner the 2016 cult classic POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING so let’s see that Donkey Roll  POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING - Release date: June 3, 2016 - Budget: $20M - Box office: $9.7M  - Estimated loss: $15M - Director: Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer  - Starring: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Tim Meadows,...

Let the blood and the tears flow as we break down 2011’s family drama/MMA movie WARRIOR.   Warrior - Release date: September 9, 2011 - Budget: $25M - Box office: $23.3M - Estimated loss: $10M - Director: Gavin O’Connor - Starring: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo NEXT WEEK: We’re joined by the hilarious Josh Flitter (@FLITTER) to talk about the beloved 2016 cul...

We are joined by the hilarious Wenzler Powers (@WenzlerPowers) to talk about the ambitious 2009 comedy/drama Funny People Funny People - Release date: July 31, 2009 - Budget: $75M - Box office: $71.6M - Estimated loss: $40M - Director: Judd Apatow - Starring: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Aubrey Plaza, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman NEXT WEEK: We step into the octagon and throw...

🧟‍♂️ BONUS EPISODE🧟‍♂️ We’re dropping a snack-sized bonus episode as the boys sink their teeth into Zack Snyder zombie heist action comedy Army of the Dead. Does it satisfy our event-movie hunger or does it bite off more than it can chew? Tune in to find out but BEWARE SPOILERS

Before the first Deadpool movie, Ryan Reynolds was... a cop named Nick. We’re talking the uninspired 2013 bomb that is a borderline member of the prestigious $100m loss club, R.I.P.D.!  R.I.P.D. - Release date: July 19, 2013 - Budget: $154m - Box office: $78.3M - Estimated loss: $90M - Director: Robert Schwentke  - Starring: Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephanie S...

This week we are joined by the hilarious Michael Tannenbaum (@iamTannenbaum) to try to make sense of 1984’s psychedelic sci-fi clusterfuck DUNE!  Dune - Release date: December 14, 1984 - Budget: $42M - Box office: $30.9M - Estimated loss: $20M - Director: David Lynch  - Starring:  Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Patrick Stewart, Sean Young, Jose Ferrer, Virginia Madsen, Kenneth McMillan, Paul L...

This week we’re covering one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time, it’s The Shawshank Redemption!  The Shawshank Redemption - Release date: September 23, 1994 - Budget: $25M - Box office: $16M (before re-releases) - Estimated loss: $15M - Director: Frank Darabont  - Starring:  Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore NEXT WEE...

This week we’re joined by hilarious comedian Niles Abston (@NILES100) to talk about  1999’s sprawling prison epic/comedy Life.  Life  - Release date: April 16, 1999 - Budget: $80M - Box office: $73.3M - Estimated loss: $30M - Director: Ted Demme  - Starring:  Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Clarence Williams III, Barry Shabaka Henley NEXT...

One of our most highly requested episodes is LIVE! Just in time for the theatrical re-release, it's Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Is the character of Scott kinda the worst? Isn't the soundtrack amazing? And  listen to us rant about some of the other 2010 releases that made more money Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World  - Release date: August 13, 2010 - Budget: $85M - Box office: $48.1M - Estimat...

More like BLAST ACTION HERO. This week the fellas break down the 1993 action/parody(?) movie that Arnold called the beginning of the end of his movie career.  Last Action Hero - Release date: June 18, 1993 - Budget: $85M - Box office: $137M - Estimated loss: $26M - Director: John McTiernan  - Starring:  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, Robert Prosky, Tom Noonan, Frank McR...

We’re gonna rip some throats this week as we are joined by comedian Pallavi Gunalan (@PallaviGunalan) to talk about 2010 cult classic MacGruber!   MacGruber - Release date: May 21, 2010 - Budget: $10m - Box office: $9.3m  - Estimated loss: $8m - Director: Jorma Taccone - Starring: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Val Kilmer, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph  Coming up next week: The fellas get...

Oh boy. This week, the guys are joined by comedian Nash Flynn (@itsnashflynn) to claw our way through the 2019 disaster CATS. They will never be the same.  CATS  - Release date: December 20, 2019 - Budget: $90M - Box office: $75.5M - Estimated loss: $50 - Director: Tom Hooper  - Starring: Francesca Hayward, Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Laurie Davidson, Robbie Fairchild, Rebel Wilson, J...

🚨 BONUS SURPRISE EPISODE ALERT! 🚨  You don’t have to wait until Wednesday this week! We’re back with a bonus episode to talk about Godzilla vs. Kong. Does this movie correct the mistakes of King of the Monsters? Who had the correct predictions? And did J.R.R. Tolkien write this  movie?!  All this and more on today’s episode  Don’t forget to tune in Wednesday for our first guest appearance: CATS...

Ian and Jon dig deep into the  2019 monster mash Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Why cram your movie full of monsters and then hide them in a lightning storm? Is the title a spoiler? And did the movie live up to that awesome trailer? We discuss all this and more  Godzilla: King of the Monsters  - Release date: May 31, 2019 - Budget: $200M - Box office: $386.6M - Estimated loss: $100M - Director: M...