One of The Rock’s lowest rated movies is climbing the Netflix Top 10 chart, proving once again that a theatrical flop can be a streaming success.
Countless times we’ve seen films that went down like a sh*t sandwich when they first dropped – both critically and commercially – enjoying incredible viewing figures when they hit Netflix.
The Call starring Halle Berry, The Virtuoso with Anthony Hopkins, and more recently The Snowman featuring Michael Fassbender are just a few examples of movies with abysmal Rotten Tomatoes scores that hit the streaming platform’s Top 10 movie chart.
And now it’s the turn of a flick starring none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
One of The Rock’s worst movies reaches Netflix Top 10
GI Joe Retaliation starring The Rock is currently number five in Netflix’s Top 10 movie chart – despite earning just 28% from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
You can watch the trailer below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vAo4rJPqQ4
The 2013 film, based on the GI Joe toy line and a sequel to GI Joe The Rise of Cobra, did better with audiences, earning a 48% score – but it’s still not a great outcome, putting it in the list of The Rock’s 10 least successful films.
As is always the case, we can’t know for sure why Retaliation is trending, but it often has something to do with the big names leading the charge – and you don’t get much bigger than The Rock.
And he’s not the only major star in the cast, as the former wrestler is joined by Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, Lee Byung-hun, and Adrianne Palicki.
However, what makes this film an outlier is that, unlike other flops that have been given a boost on streaming, Retaliation has been on Netflix for a while, rather than dropping in the past couple of weeks.
What are Netflix viewers saying about GI Joe Retaliation?
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